>> yeah, progress toward peace on hold for now. it's the first of march. this is "today."

showdown. >> you are gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war 3. >> a bitter back and forth between president trump and ukraine's president over a peace deal with russia with vice president vance chiming in. the ukrainian ambassador to the u.s. holding her head in her hands. zelenskyy later saying the meeting did not go as plan. >> yes, i think it was not good. >> is a peace deal dead? will the u.s. pull its financial support for ukraine now? we're live. new details this morning about the mysterious deaths of actor gene hackman and his wife. the time line and what investigators are ruling out. health setback. new concerns over pope francis on friday when he needed help breathing we're live at the vatican. towering scare. two window washers 78 meters

high in new york city holding on for dear life after winds sent their scaffolding flying. plus red carpet ready. hollywood's best and brightest set to turn out for tomorrow's academy awards. >> you're green. >> i am. >> will one of this year's biggest blockbusters fly high? >> it is a war. >> as another top movie shows art imitating life. and controversy surrounds another best picture contender. we'll get you ready for the oscars, today, saturday, march 1, 2025. from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander and laura jarrett live from 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" and thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. as i looked through the oscar

nominees i realize just how little i have seen this year. >> i've got my money on oppenheimer. they told me i'm a year behind on that one. we'll look ahead to the oscars and the big night and also the frightenening growing measle outbreak in texas and other states report more cases and the cdc issues a new warning over its dangerous spread. but let's begin this morning with the fallout from that truly stunning scene in the oval office friday that potentially destroyed decades of diplomacy between the u.s. and ukraine. president zelenskyy is now out of the country arriving, you see there, inlondon this morning as he arrives home. we have two reports this morning and let's begin with white house correspondent vaughn hilliard. he's in west palm beach traveling with the president. vaughn, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren. this could be a defining 24 hours for the u.s. not just in these russia-ukraine peace talks but also in its global positioning in its relations

with its long-time allies going forward. first, the fireworks. >> you're not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now. with us you start having cards. >> i'm not playing cards. >> you're gambling with -- >> reporter: then the fallout. >> yes, i think it was not good. i think it was not good because had a lot of different dialogues. >> reporter: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy last night telling fox news he regretted the oval office showdown that stunned the country and the world. >> i'm not aligned with putin. i'm not aligned with anybody. >> reporter: his vice president interjecting. >> what makes america a good country is america engaging in good diplomacy. that's what president trump is doing. >> reporter: zelenskyy telling vance trump violated a cease-fire. >> he broke the cease-fire. he killed our people. what kind of diplomacy? what do you mean? >> i'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.

>> yes, but -- >> mr. president, with respect i think it's disrespectful if you to come to the oval office and try to litigate this in front of the american media. you should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to the conflict. i've been to -- i've actually watched and seen the stories. >> reporter: zelenskyy then suggesting future russian aggression could hit the u.s. >> you don't feel now but you will feel it in the future. >> you don't know that. >> god bless you are not at war. >> don't tell us what we're going to feel. >> reporter: ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. at one point hiding her face in her hands. >> you are gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war 3. >> have you said thank you once in this entire meeting? in this entire meeting have you said thank you? >>reporter: mr. trump with an explicit threat. >> either you're going to make a deal or we're out. and if we're out, we'll fight it

out. >> reporter: their white house lunch canceled and despite expectations no signed agreement over ukraine's critical minerals. >> i have never been more proud of the president. i don't know we can ever do business with zelenskyy again. >> this was not professional. we don't gain anything by acting like bullies. >> reporter: a line-up of european leaders posting their own view of zelenskyy and justin trudeau writing canada will continue to stand with ukraine. the president before boarding his flight to mar-a-lago. >> he's got to say i want to make peace. he doesn't have to stand there and say about putin this, putin that, all negative things. >> reporter: now, just this morning president zelenskyy posting online several messages thanking the u.s. and saying, quote, the american people helped save our people. and you heard that suggestion by vice president vance that he hadn't said thank you to note. zelenskyy did tell president trump thank you during that meeting yesterday and has

numerous times over the years including in that memorable address to congress back in 2022. guys? >> all right, vaughn, thank you. starting us off. >> we want to bring in nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel who, ofof course,s just back from the front lines in ukraine. richard, this quickly became the oval office outburst scene heard around the world. obviously in horror in the eyes of many european allies, those in ukraine as well. what is the reaction in european capitals and in ukraine to what we just witnessed? >> reporter: well, i think you have it exactly right. first, it was shock this event happened pretty late last night, so the european capitals were already into the evening. they didn't really react to it in realtime. but now with the passage of a little bit of time, that shock has become horror, and you've seen almost every european country big and small put out some sort of statement saying we express solidarity with ukraine. you can never blame the victim. you should blame the aggressor.

germany in particular taking a very strong stance, one legislator there saying that he was shocked that the united states could stab an ally in the back. now the europeans are trying not just to show lenskyy support, but they're trying to potentially replace the united states as the key diplomatic player, the key backer of ukraine, and keir starmer in the yocan. you said zelenskyy just arrived in london. it is because the you can is now trying to an emergency summit. and zelenskyy did put out a series of messages this morning on social media thanking president trump, thanking the united states repeatedly, but insisting that they need security guarantees. they can't just take vladimir putin's word for it that he will stop the invasion, that he won't invade ukraine again. ukraine said and president zelenskyy has said time and time again putin's words aren't to be believed, they're not to be trusted, we need security guarantees.

president trump clearly doesn't want to provide them and had this outburst when zelenskyy kept pressing the point, and he was called, you know, being disrespectful to the office. europe is now trying to turn its shock and horror into some sort of action, but it is not likely, peter, that the europeans are going to take this burden and be able to shoulder it alone. they still need american participation. it is the essential partner. >> so then, richard, is there any hope that this gets repaired, that this relationship can get patched up? >> reporter: well, i think it really depends on whether this incident was a setup, was he ambushed? and some have suggested that. many people i've been speaking to have suggested that trump and vance were looking for a fight and that president zelenskyy rose to it. if they were looking for a fight and -- and they got one, then it would be unlikely that you're going to have any real reconciliation. what we just saw was a definitive break between

president zelenskyy and the united states. if it was just tempers and emotions that ran high, big personalities all in one room, then it is maybe this is time t needs to -- to try and shoulder this burden for their own sake, as they watch how the united states treated an ally in a time of need. >> one person certainly celebrating is russian president vladimir putin. richard engel with the very latest for us. richard, thank you so much. meantime, the trump administration approving a nearly $3 billion arms deal to israel on friday, bypassing normal congressional review by declaring the war against hamas as an emergency. now, the state department said the aid includes more than 2,000-pound bombs that israel previously used in gaza. meantime, egypt says the second phase of cease-fire negotiations have begun although hamas denies it. the goal of phase two, to end the war and are return all the hostages remaining in gaza believed to be alive.

this morning investigators are sharing new details about the time line and what they have ruled out for the possible cause for the deaths of bebeloved actor gene hackman and his wife. still, they acknowledge it may be months before they have a better picture of exactly what happened there. nbc's liz kreutz has the very latest from santa fe, new mexico. this morning new clues into the mysterious deaths of the actor gene hackman, his wife betsey betsey arakawa, and their dog. investigators finding they'd lidays. >> an initial investigation was done to mr. hackman's pacemaker. this revealed his last event was recorded on february 17, 2025. the sheriff also saying initiala topacy revealed no indicators of carbon monoxide.

they removed tylenol, medical c calender. e time of death and autopsy and the results, and we're going to start working our way backwards. >> reporter: according to the search warrant 95-year-old hackman and his 65-year-old wife were found in separate rooms. arakawa found in the bathroom with prescription pills on the counter, her body showing signs of mummification. based on descriptions of the bodies, who do you believe died first? >> that's a hard question to determine because that's a question we want answered. >> reporter: this morning more tributes to the two-time oscar winner pouring in. dustin hoffman calling him a giant among actors. unforgiven co-star morgan freeman writing working with him is one of the highlights of my career. he lived in santa fe, a place he reportedly grew to love while filming westerns there in his career. >> we are heartbroken over this. it's an end of an era of this

generation of actors, and that's -- that's heart breaking as well. >> reporter: and there's still so many more questions than answers. we still don't know what happened to the dog. we're still awaiting a toxicology report, which could take several weeks to be released. authorities are hoping to use data obtained from cellphones from the home to figure out who they may have last had contact with, who may have died first. but they said there's no indication there were surveillance cameras in or outside the house making it very challenging. >> liz kreutz from santa fe, thank you. moving overseas now and the concerns about the health of pope francis after he suffered a concerning setback on friday. nbc's anne thompson is at the vatican for us. anne, what's the very latest you can tell us? >> reporter: laura, well, i can tell you that pope francis was up this morning. he was drinking coffee, reading his newspapers after a peaceful night following that frightening setback in his recovery from double pneumonia. a vatican source says the

situation is still complex and the prognosis is guarded, but today and tomorrow are really crucial, as doctors look to see how the pope responds to this latest incident. what happened is the vatican said the pope had a bronco spasm. think of a coughing fit or an as he vomited and they put him a noninvasive breathing machine and doctors i spoke to in the u.s. say it's probably similar to a pap machine that pumps

oxygen directly into the mouth and nose of the patient to help them breathe. as we look at this, we can see the pope was alert, we are told, cooperative withdoctors. but all of that just made people here very, very concerned and intensified the prayer that has gone up from st. peter's square every night at a rosary service and around the world. laura? >> this is obviously beginning his third week in the hospital with lent season starting next week. what do we know about his schedule and his participation, if anything? >> reporter: yeah, it's pretty much a mess, laura. he was supposed to have a jubilee audience today. that obviously was canceled. he every sunday gives this prayer called the angalist from a vatican window we think from the third consecutive week that is going to be delivered in a printed message, and he's supposed to lead ash wednesday services on march 5th, which is the start of lent, and he will not be doing that. laura? >> understandable. anne thompson at the vatican for

us. thank you, anne. a terrifying scene right here in new york city when high rise skafld older holding two window washers began whipping around. look at this 78 stories above the ground, the scaffolding spinning so hard it hit the side of the building sending shattered glass down on the manhattan streets below. firefighters ultimately rescued the workers. they broke through a window on the 78th floor to help retrieve them. the good news is they were physically unharmed. no one on the ground was injured. but, man, those folks are going to have a heck of a story to tell. >> what a freak thing. it's time for our first check of the forecast. >> nice to see you on this saturday morning. i've got some windy conditions. we'll talk about that of course with the video from the window wawashers. we've got a little bit of snow and bit of rain we're tracking from the north east. parts of pennsylvania picking up

on some that. that's the best chance we'll see additional snowfall as we get through the day today. it's a clipper system so it's going to exit pretty quick, and it does do so out of northern new england but not without those winds wrapping around and bringing us some of that lake effect snow. the highest amounts are going to be in far northern maine as well as down to the lakes, 4, maybe 5 inches in some of those spots. otherwise, maybe an inch or two for folks elsewhere. yesterday it was focused on the planes. today we don't have wind advisories up right now but still 20, 30 mile per hour gusts in the great lakes. southeast 30 mile per hour gusts expected for the peak today. this means some things, yes downed trees. but also when we have low humidity that means we've got a fire risk today, and that's specifically centered over parts of the atlantic, washington, rul.a., atlanta, stretching out to birmingham and washington, all included in atlanta and this

is going to last through your day today for 49 million people. we've got the wind gusts up to 50 miles an our spring fling is over. as we wake up and look over those low clouds over san jose and some dense fog right now covering the city skyline in san francisco. you might also be seeing some of that drizzle, especially near the water. we're going to keep it foggy and cloudy and much cooler today in the city. the highs only in the upper 50s for today, a and that's a look at your forecast. guys? >> angela, thank you very much. still to come right here the latest on that measles outbreak in texas as doctors are sounding the alarm about getting kids vaccinated. what you and your family needs to know. plus, there's this new study

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>> we are back on a saturday morning, the first day of march. our weekly download to look at the week's big stories. >> we're hpy joe fryer is with us. >> good morning. >> among the major headlines, yet another airline close call. >> a southwest jet was preparing to land in chicago's midway airport when it nearly collided with a private jet that the faa says entered the runway without authorization. southwest plane was forced to quickly pull up, circle around and land again. the incident is under investigation. monica lewinsky, welcome.

>> monica lewinsky spoke out about the scandal that changed her life nearly 30 years ago when she and then president bill clinton engaged in an affair. >> i think the right way to handle a situation like that would have been to probably say it was, you know, nobody's business and to resign. california governor gavin newsom announced he's calling for the state parole board to launch a risk assessment into erik and lyle mendez. the brothers have been behind bars for 35 years for the murder of their parents. we call unreasonable risk to t public safety. >> for years, the brothers have argued they acted in self-defense, alleging years of abuse by their father. the murder conviction will remain in place after baltimore

prosecutors withdrew a motion to vacate his conviction. >> we're very confident in the jury's decision back in 2000. >> he rose to fame a decade ago in a hit podcast about the conviction for the murder of his former high school girlfriend. he served 23 years in prison and a judge vacated his conviction, but it was reinstated months later. he was allowed to remain free and could stay free if a sentence reduction goes into effect. >> i had absolute nothing to do with the murder. >> it's my sister who is the true victim here. actress michelle trachtenberg passed away in her new york city apartment. she became a breakout star in "harriet the spy" at just 10 years old. >> what are you writing? >> can you read that? >> she also played the younger sister in "buffy the vampire slayer" and starred as "gossip

girl's" most famous villain. half court for the win! >> michigan state's hollowman heaved a shot at the buzzer to beat marylan quieting the hometown crowd but setting off a big stapartan celebration. that put them on top of the big ten standings. finally, forget the basketball. the big event in new orleans this week was the pelicans annual baby crawl. number 11 absolutely crushing the competition and winning $700 in prizes. in a post-race interview, mom and dad said they had his sippy cup at the finish line for motivation. >> smart. if my parents had done that, i would have been an olympian. >> i feel like you need knee pads. >> the number one pick in the upcoming draft right there. that was exciting. >> very cute. still to come on "today," a preview of hollywood's biggest

night with the academy awards set for tomorrow. how real life is intruding on a fictional world. plus, as she prepares for the oscars. cynthia erivo giving fans a taste of her new music that has nothing to do with "wicked." we'll give you a listen in "pop start." first, these messages.

good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, march 1st. i'm kira klapper. the clock is ticking for people living at san francisco's only safe parking site. it's known as the bay view vehicle triage center. it's a 35 spot parking lot opened in 2022. it has served 132 households living in their cars. late last year, san francisco announced the site would be closing and that's on monday. the city says everyone was offered permanent housing, rental subsidies, alternative shelter or relocation assistance before monday's closure. most have accepted the help. those who didn't have to be out by the end of tomorrow. our concern, though, is for those who still are going to be living in their vehicles. they're not going to have a safe place to park. the city had spent millions of dollars on the site, whichch was just recently equipped with electricity. it also offered

case management, housing assistance and vehicle repair to those living there. the san francisco chronicle reports the high costs and limited success are among the reasons for the closure. we're going to turn now to your weekend forecast and cinthia pimentel. good morning kara. good morning everyone. well, our little time with spring has come to an end. we are on the cool down now, and we're noticing more of those clouds arriving low clouds right now. some patchy fog up there through santa rosa and down here in the south bay. it is a gray start on this first saturday of the month we take it out to storm ranger on top of san bruno mountain and you notice a couple of things. some moisture out there. we are looking at some drizzle by the coast and also some breezy winds up there in the mountains. now as we keep it on throughout the day, we will notice that fog sticking around through the early morning hours and then into the afternoon. we'll keep it cloudy and those temperatures much cooler, not only in the city, but really bay area wide. we're going to bring down no more of those 70. we're going to keep it in the 60s as we go on through today out there

in livermore, we start the day with 47 degrees, a little bit as we take it on through theshie mid-morning hours. so definitely a chance to get all those errands done once we get through ththis. a little bit of a gloomy start. so your chance to sleep in this morning. now there is some rain on the way, but that won't arrive and itill be really light until we go on into this evening. so coming up at 7:00, i'll walk you through this timeline and what we can expect for our sunday, too, because there's rain in the picture here. back to you. all right. cinthia, thanks. coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay. these kids that we thought had no hope that we were just going to have to accept their fate. a rocker dad changing his tune to find a cure for his daughter's rare genetic disease. in the process, he hopes to show

♪♪ ♪ never weak but always strong to protect you and defend you whether you are right or wrong ♪ >> i swear he is a dead ringer. that is actually timothy shallomay as bob dylan. both are nominated for the tomorrow's academy awards and e movie is up for other awards including best picture. look at you with oscar trivia. >> a full preview of the oscars coming up in our next half hour. >> if he wins i hope he reads it --. we're going to begin with the check of the ed oo lines. the fbi says the white house has returned property seized in the 2022 search for classified

documents at president trump's florida estate. before the president traveled back from mar-a-lago friday. a federal judge dismissed the classified documents case last year, and the department of justice dropped its charges after the 2024 election. the president had pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing in the case. "the new york times" filed a motion friday to dismiss a federal defamation lawsuit filed by actor justin baldoni in response to the paper's december article about his troubles on set with his "it ends with us" co-star blake lively. the article details lively's sexual harassment complaint along with internal communications with baldoni's team with his co-star. in a new filing they claimed the paper is protected by fair report privilege. that something that safe guards outlets from libel and reporting on official documents like legal filings, also noting the article

included a response from baldoni's legal team. >> also exciting finishes in the nba last night. first with the knicks with the ball 2 points down to the memphis grizzlies with 7 seconds on the clock. >> just 7 seconds. runs it, from three and scores. >> the knicks nailathize three. the grizzlies could not answer giving them a 113-114 wen. in yut the jazz squeak out a victory with a game winning dunk. final score 117, t-wolves 116. >> and that's your sports center. also this morning a big health scare. the measles outbreak in texas now spreading to new states this morning. this is a disease that was once considered eliminated, but now in the u.s. we are seeing it again amid rising anti-vaccine sentiment in many places. nbc's sam brock has the very latest. >> reporter: far from defeated measles is back on the public

health radar this morning. there are now more than 160 measles cases in ten states with kentucky and washington reporting their first patients. but texas has seen by far the most infections. 16 statewide, and the death of a 6-year-old child. san antonio officials warning hundreds if not thousands of people may have been exposed by a recent infected visitor. >> i want to take this podium to send a free urge the community -- we say this in every phone call we get. if you are sick, please stay home. don't go to the movie theater. don't go i don't know a large restaurant. >> reporter: how infectious is measles? >> measles is the most infectious virus that we know of right now . >> reporter: dr. ronald cook oversees public health in texas, a city where they're

hospitalized. one mom who grew up in a developing country telling us why she's rushing to get her daughter vaccinated. >> i got measles as a kid because there was no vaccine, but here in america basically it's free and accessible and yet people choose to, you know, ignore it. >> reporter: the cdc just issuing its first advisory since the outbreaks began in early february including this reminder, vaccinations remain the best defense against measles infection. dr. katelyn, the new jersey health commissioner, another state that's seen an outbreak. >> it's critical to me that families can trust the information they're getting from health professionals. so i will tell you, again, vaccines are safe and effective. this is not up for debate. >> reporter: for saturday today, sam brock, nbc news. all right, let's get over to angie for another check of the weather. looks like a heat wave coming. >> and you know what? just in time for first day of meteorological spring. right, peter? >> i was going to remind you of that.

>> i figured you were. i was waiting for it. i beat you to the punch. and boy, do we have spring-like temperatures through most of the country through the better part of this week, and a lot of us are still holding onto those warmer than average numbers. 60s across the plains, 70s and high 70s for parts of texas. 70s across the east as well. charlotte you're going to top out at 71 degrees. notice that cooler air that settles in for the great lakes, the 20s, the 40s. those are kind of the rangers we'll see for folks through the day. new york city ends up back in the low 30s. we're talking below normal temperatures for a lot of folks from boston to washington, d.c. pittsburgh included in that with a high of just 32 degrees for tomorrow. and then as we get into the later part of our weekend and rolling into our early part of our workwe on our first saturday of march. now we are on a cooling trend and in napa you'll notice it

more cloudy as well compared to the last couple of days. temperatures only in those low 60s this afternoon, with some clouds returning into the evening hours as we'll track a little bit of rain coming in right around dinner time, and also lingering into our and that's a look at your forecast. guys? >> all right, angie, thank you so much. just ahead an alarming new look at just how much screen time our at just how much screen time our youn g (♪♪) (phone dings) for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults, nurtec odt can provide relief in 2 hours which can last up to 2 days. (♪♪) don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur even days after use, like trouble breathing and rash. get help if you have trouble breathing, swelling of the face, mouth, tongue, or throat. common side effect is nausea. when migraine takes your time, take nurtec. ask your doctor about nurtec odt. it ain't my dad's razor, dad.

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home. it's where we do the things we love with the people we love. celebrating, sharing—living. so why should aging mean we have to leave that in the past? what if we lived tomorrow in the same place as we did yesterday? what if we stayed home instead? with help, we can. home instead. for a better what's next. we are back now with our series, "screen time," and the few findings this week by a group called common sense media, that has many parents, frankly, concerned. >> this is a conversation all parents are having. common sense vaeb tracking

screen usage by kids 8 and under for a while now. and this new report from them finds kids get about 2 1/2 hours of screen time every day. >> nbc's kate snow has more on that and what parents can do to get their kids to cut back. >> reporter: you might call it a modern rite of passage, a tablet for a toddler. ruth sorack is a working mom of two young boys in new mexico. >> noah was 2 1/2, 3 years old when we introduced ipads. michael was about 2 1/2, 3 years old. >> reporter: new research by common sense finds by age 2, 40% of children have their own tablet. by 4 yearars old, more than hal do. when you heard that figure of 4 and 10 kids by the age of 2 have a tablet of their own, were you surprised? >> i was shocked because it's just transforming childhood. it's just transforming the reality of being a little child but also being the parent of a little child, the consequences

are quite extraordinary on many levels. >> reporter: children under 2 are averaging an hour of screen time every day. ages 2 to 4, over 2 hours of screen time. and 5 to 8-year-olds are spending on average 3 1/2 hours on a screen. >> the american academy of pediatrics says kids under 18 months old should not have any screen time. and kids between 2 and 5 should be limed to an hour a day. thatat's not what's happening i the real world. >> we are just blowing through all the orlando standards of digital usage. this digitalization of childhood is occurring at warp speed. >> reporter: the report also found a shift in what children are doing on-screens. >> the biggest change among kids under the age of 8 is gaming. the activity of gaming is much more popular now. >> reporter: the number one reason parents are letting their kids use tablets, it helps occupy their child so they can get things done or take time for themselves. she did gnat. >> i got to go pee by myself.

i know, it allowed me to have a couple minutes to myself where i could maybe sip a cup of coffee or get some work done, you know, just for a minute. i got a quick breather. >> reporter: parents told common sense media they see upsides for learning and connecting, but 75 to 80% of it parents expressed concerns about excessive use, effects on kids mental health and exposure to inappropriate material. ruth grew concerned about her 6-year-old spending too much time on a screen. >> i remember when there was a time i said hey, let's go outside and he said no. he was using an ipad, and i was taken aback because, excuse me, you live to go outside to play and get dirty, sotist jarring. >> reporter: so what's your advice for parents hearing this and going, yeah, but how do i take the tablet away? >> there's a famous old expression, just say no. and you can do that actually with a device. >> reporter: ruth did exactly that. >> i said to my husband, we just have to go cold turkey.

>> reporter: she hid the tablets. >> first few days were not fun, and then everythi was peace. i got the little people back, those amazing little people that they are. >> reporter: for "today," kate snow, nbc news. >> i feel like this is the conversation more than any other that i have with other families, with other parents right now, and the challenge which is why it's interesting to just say no, how do you go back? how do you get that time back? how do you wean them off it? >> the reality is sometimes you have to get things done, sometimes you have to go make dinner. >> 3 1/2 hours a day. >> that's a little scary. still to come we've got the oscars, but first a celebration of the worst movies of the year of the worst movies of the year and why francis for people who feel limited by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis,

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we're back now. "popstart." joe, what is popping? >> got a little music for you this week. first up cynthia erivo, the oscar winner's big weekend already off to a melodious start. she released a new song friday. not "defying gravity." it's her first solo since 2021, and it's called "replay." ♪♪ ♪ replay, replay. and my mind is like a record ♪ >> erivo says shshe's workg on her sophomore album. more details to come on that down the road. fit, though, she's going to be popular this weekend. erivo is heading to the oscars tomorrow night where she is nominated for best actress. by the way, she is one oscar away from an egot. she is slated to peorm at the

ceremony with her "wicked" co-star, ariana grande. speaking of the academy awards, up next the razzies, which has been described as the ugly cousin to the oscars. the golden raspberry awards are officially handed out a few days before the oskwrz, given to what some deem the worst in cinema. one of those trophies actually went to one of the greatest film makers of all-time, francis ford coppola named worst director for megalopolis. writing on social media in this world today i choose to not follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified by risk despite the tal want pool at its disposal may not create pictures relevant and alive 50 years from now. i like that response. he's a risktaker and that's

always made him so great. >> madam webb did very well at the razzies. finally, president angela basset, after all she plays commander in chief in the netflix series "zero day." sat down with willie to discuss working with another acting icon, robber de niro. >> you have worked with robert before, but what was it like at the stages of both of your careers? >> it was wonderful. a little nervous because the legend and the man. it was great to meet a sitting former president. >> you can catch willie's sunday sit down with angela basset tomorrow morning on "sunday today." and that's your "pop start." >> that show was very good. >> she never lost her groove, but the groove was definitely back. >> didn't know you were a fan of stella got her groove back. still to come our saturday morning ost and the awesome reason for this

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, march 1st. i'm kira klapper. if you're into wellness resolutions in 2025, we have the ultimate cold plunge opportunity for you. today's five k and polar plunge is happening today at crown beach in alameda. it benefits special olympics, northern california. special olympics says events like these offer more than meets the eye. it's a peer to peer fundraiser, so we ask that you raise a minimum of 125. that gives you the free event t shirt, that gives you a meal for the day, and you get to come take the plunge with us. online registration is closed, but day of registrations are welcome, so you can just show up to crown beach in alameda. that starts at 830 this morning. there are also two other bay area events. sonoma county polar plunge is at durand beach in bodega bay at 10 a.m, and the santa cruz beach boardwalk, also at 10 a.m. oakland city leaders say the

impending closure of four fire stations is on pause. three other oakland fire stations already have closed and are expected to reopen in june. it's all because of a massive budget deficit. in response, the city implemented a hiring freeze, canceled two police academies, and introduced the brown out of multiple fire stations. now, city leaders say those policies have reduced the projected budget shortfall and opened up new funding to keep those four fire stations open. we're going to turn now to our microclimate forecast. cinthia pimentel has a quick look. good morning carol. good morning everyone. we're starting our morning in the 40s and 50s through san jose and san francisco. and you also notice just some of that breeze right there through san bruno mountain. stormranger getting ready to pick up on some rain that will move in later on tonight. we see it right now on satellite and radar. some rain up there towards the northern coast, and that cloud cover that will come around and actually give us a gloomy afternoon. but before we get there, yes, people are getting ready for that. five

k and the polar plunge in alameda starting at 745 this morning. whether you're going out there to support and bundle up. but if you're going into the water, better luck to you. a good job doing that. we're going to keep it mostly cloudy there through alameda. a few hints of sunshine there as we go on into the afternoon, but as i mentioned, there is rain on the way, so we'll be talking about that coming up at 7:00. back to you. all right cinthia, thanks. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay. thieves using distraction to steal. we'll tell you about who they're specifically targeting and how you can avoid becoming one of their victims. we'll have that. plus all your top stories in cynthia's full forecast coming up at seven. we hope you join us. in the meantime, we'll take you back to the today show.

good morning. oval office outbursts. new llout after that stunning confrontation seen around the world. >> you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war 3. president volodymyr zelenskyy a bitter back and forth that went on for nearly 10 minutes over the war in ukraine and america's support. zelenskyy after being shown the door at the white house later acknowledging some regret. >> yes, i think it was not good. >> what it all means now for a potential peace deal. new details. investigators reveal what they've learned about the timeline into the deaths of gene hackman and his wife and what they believe they may now have ruled out. we're live at the scene. and statue-esque. the oscars is ready for its biggest night, the academy awards. >> you're green. >> i am. >> will this be a wicked good evening for one of this year's biggest block stars?

or could another musical steal the spotlight? host conan o'brien is getting ready for his close up and we'll take you through it all. today, saturday, march 1, 2025. good morning, welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. turns out most of these movies are a complete unknown to me. i have a lot of work to do. >> you've got like 36 hours to watch ten best pictures. >> you've seen it lot. >> but not all of them. so don't feel bad. >> appreciate you guys very much. we're going to get to the news right now. the aftermath of that explosive oval office visit with president trump and ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. the ukrainian president is now out of the country, his plane landing overnight in london. there the pictures. nbc's correspondent vaughn hilliard is traveling with president trump. he's in west palm beach this morning with more on the fireworks and then the fallout as we've said. vaughn, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. this could be a defining 24

hours for the united states, not just specifically in these russia-ukraine peace talks but also in its global positioning in how it's long-time allies view the u.s. going forward. first the fireworks. >> you're not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now. with us you start having cards. >> i'm not playing cards. >> right now you're playing cards. you're gambling with the lives -- >> reporter: then the fallout. >> yes, i think it was not good. i think it was not good because we had a lot of different dialogues. >> reporter: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy last night telling fox news he regretted the oval office showdown that stunned the country and the world. >> i'm not aligned with putin. i'm not aligned with anybody. >> reporter: his vice president interjecting. >> what makes america a good country is america engaging in diplomacy. that's what president trump is doing. >> reporter: zelenskyy telling vance that putin violated a 2019 cease-fire that he and putin struck. >> he broke this cease-fire. he killed our people.

what kind of diplomacy, j.d., you are speaking about? what do you mean? >> i'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country. >> yeah, but -- >> mr. president, mr. president, with respect i think it's disrespectful for you to come to the oval office and try to litigate in front of the american media. you should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict. >> ukraine -- you say what problems we have. >> i've been to -- i've actually watched and seen the stories. >> reporter: zelenskyy then suggesting future russian aggression could hit the u.s. >> you don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. god bless. >> you don't know that. >> god bless you are not at war. >> don't tell us what we're going to feel. >> reporter: ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. at one point hiding her face in her hands. >> you are gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war 3. >> have you said thank you once that entire meeting? no, in this entire meeting have you said thank you?

>> reporter: mr. trump with an explicit threat. >> you're either going to make a deal or we're out. and if we're out, you'll fight it out. >> reporter: the pair's contentious meeting ended, their white house lunch canceled. and despite expectations, no signed agreement over ukraine's critical minerals. >> i have never been more proud of the president. i don't know if we can ever do business with zelenskyy again. >> this was not professional. we don't gain anything by acting like bullies. >> reporter: a line-up of european leaders posting their own defenses of zulensky, and canadian prime minister justin trudeau writing canada will continue to stand with ukraine. the president before boarding his flight to mar-a-lago. >> we've got to say i want to make peace. he doesn't have to stand there and say about putin this, putin that, all negative things. >> reporter: now, just this morning president zelenskyy arrived in europe but was posting online several messages thanking the u.s. and saying, quote, the american people helped save our people. you heard that suggestion by

vice president vance that he hadn't said thank you. to note, zelenskyy did tell president trump thank you during that meeting yesterday and has numerous times over the years including in that memorable address to congress backin 2022. guys? >> vaughn, you think about the change over three years. 2022 zelenskyy arrived here to a bipartisan standing ovation, yesterday was escorted out of the white house. a real change in the relationship. thank you so much. all right, now to new mexico where there are still far more questions than answers as authorities try to figure out how actor gene hackman and his wife died. the couple's bodies were found earlier this week in their home. nbc's dana griffon is in santa fe with more on the investigation. dana, what more are you learning? >> reporter: laura, good morning to you. so investigators say gene hackman's pacemaker may be the best indication at this point of their last moments alive before their bodies were found in separate rooms of their home lying on the ground. investigators say there's no indication of foul play, and they also say the autopsy shows

no external trauma. the sheriff is hoping that the pathologist can expedite the toxicology results, which could take up to three months. he also said there are no signs the couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning, deepening the mystery of what happened. they have collected medicine, cellphones, and a monthly planner to aid in their investigation. >> both individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide. an initial interrogation was conducted of mr. hackman's pacemaker. this revealed that his last event was recorded on february 17, 2025. >> reporter: and that was at least nine days before the bodies were found. investigators noting that while the couple was a fixture in this community they had become reclusive. it's unclear whwho was thlast person to see or speak to them. laura? >> just so tragic. dana, thank you. time now for a saturday morning boost. joe's got that. >> plenty of boost right now.

a big surprise for a south carolina teacher this week. andrea scurry was walking her first graders down the hall when this announcement was made over the school intercom. >> i'd like to announce to the faculty and staff that the teacher of the year is mrs. scurry. >> mrs. scurry clearly surprised to be named teacher of the year. kudos to who got the shot there. while her students are overjoyed, clapping, screaming, even jumping down the halls. the kids had even more reason when later to celebrate mrs. scurry had an extra recess. >> that's why they love her so much. >> we love to celebrate. congratulations to her. that's fun. coming up next chloe is here with a look ahead to the oscars. >> hey, guys. good morning. hollywood night is usually a time for celebrating outstanding achievements in films. but this year real life drama is creeping into the award show to

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♪ we are back with today's talker, really this weekend's talker and a look ahead at tomorrow's academy awards. >> it's always fun to speculate about who or what might win the night's top honors. >> chloe malas is here with all the juicy details. hi, chloe. >> there's so much taw movies to watch and you don't have much time left. the stars will certainly be out come tomorrow night, but this year real world drama is making its way into hollywood's biggest night. final preparations are underway for this year's oscars. >> here we go. >> the ceremony coming just weeks after wildfires ripped through los angeles, displacing thousands including first-time oscars host conan o'brien. >> i don't know when we'll get back to our neighborhood. >> all eyes on o'brien who needs

to strike the right tone in the wake of the tragedy that also saw several celebrities lose their homes like billie crystal and dreyfus. >> this is a conclave, not a war. >> it is a war, and you have to commit to a side. >> "conclave," about the search for a new pope, coming as pope francis remains hospitalized in rome. while who made history as the first openly transgender actry to be nomfreighted for an academy award facing backlash in her resurfaced tweets criticizing muslims all coming amid an anti-transgender movement in the u.s. gas cone writing i sincerely apologize to everyone who's been hurt along the way. and then there's the hot topic of artificial intelligence which entered this year's oscars race after it was revealed "the brutalist" and amelia perez both

used a.i. technology. "the brutalist" to perfect the hungarian accents of adrian brody and felicity jones. >> i attended the university of england. >> defending his decision in a recent interview with nbc news. >> i wanted hungarians to be able to watch the film and have it ring true for them. >> so artificial intelligence has been a hot topic especially since the strikes and now the academy is considering requiring films to disclose when a film has utilized an a.i. service, according to "variety." and such disclosures have been voluntary in the past. and one thing that certainly will not be artificial on sunday night, those big moments that you just cannot script. you guys remember when they actually switched the envelopes? >> hard to forget. >> i just feel like it's one of those nights where anything can go wrong. >> unpredictability is usually always predictable.

>> hloe, thank you. appreciate it. we want to look into the forecast. angie is keeping an eye on the skies for us. what are you seeing? hi, guys. we've got mainly calm conditions for the weekend. that's great for anyone with outdoor plans. let's look ahead to the workweek because we see an active pattern taking shape and does include some severe storms possible. you can see the system that works across the mississippi valley on tuesday. this is going to bring us that severe risk essentially stretching from texas to tennessee. we'll show you those hazards in a moment. this is on the move wednesday as well, and gets the east into that action. basically from the north east to the southeast, stretching from the great lakes. the midatlantic, of course, included in that. and again, a severe threat. so what does that severe threat entail? tuesday, this is going to be the bulls eye. alexandria to are looking out towards storm ranger. getting some drizzle out there. also those breezy winds

on top of san bruno mountain. right now it's dry through san jose, but we're also looking at those low clouds hanging around, and we're going to feel a cooling trend this weekend. peeks of sunshine. but those temperatures staying cooler down into the 60s. so those 70 were and that's a look at your forecast. guys? >> angie, thank you. still ahead street corner chats with

we're back on a saturday morning with some advice from grandma. >> everybody loves grandma. sometimes it's just nice to hear some words of wisdom from an older, wiser person who might have a different perspective on life than you. >> and that's just one of it reasons why the grandma stand is popping up all over the streets in new york city, a spot for

strangers to stop and talk to grandma. >> nbc's zinhle essamuah has more. >> reporter: on a frigid tuesday in new york a simple question led people to pause their busy day. >> an experience helped shape who i am. >> it's a really deep question. >> it is. >> reporter: this is a grandma stand, a pop up project where strangers share their stories, and grandmothers listen. once a week you go out of your way and take out the grandma stand. why'd you get it started? >> my grandma turned 84 and she couldn't travel anymore. bought a lemonade stand and put a laptop and headphones and a chair and let anyone talk to my grandma. >> were you shy as a young man? >> reporter: thousands followed the project online for years. but the stand stalled in 2018 after mathew's grandmother died at 102 years old. >> she wanted to be seen.

she wants in her own words, old people to be seen. >> reporter: now the project is back. matthews calls on strangers to nominate their grandmothers and vote on a prompt. janay roberts suggested her grandma. >> everybody needs a grandma. i'm willing to share mine. >> reporter: grandma flo retired from teaching years ago. now reaching for a connection. >> empathetic because that goes a long way. i strive to be the type of person that sees good in everyone. we need to show more love. >> reporter: and on her day at the grandma stand, that's exactly what she did. can i give you a hug? >> yes. >> reporter: for "today," zinhle essamuah, nbc news, new york. >> we're all gushing over this grandma stand, right? >> there's so much to learn from each other. i think it puts you together for a connection. >> we love you, grandma flo. >> we love you, grandma flo. we're going to when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd...

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[elevator swoosh] [spell blast] [screams] five immersive worlds [lightning strikes] one amazing theme park our universe will never be the same mia? oh, youve got to see this epic universe, only at universal orlando resort we are back now here with our new friend who is sharing an important message. >> so let me introduce you. this is jenny hooper, and she's been through a lot over the last year battling a rare cancer and cushing syndrome but also amazingly graduating high school not far from here, just outside washington, d.c. congratulations. >> thank you. and this morning thanks the help of make a wish foundation, jenny is here with us for a very important reason.

we are so happy to have you here. i love your wish is so selfless because it's about paying it forward. talk about your wish and the message you have for everyone? >> when i was first diagnosed my initial instinct was to kind of retreat from the world, which in retrospect is kind of not a good thing to do. and i wished that there was more people like me who were talking about what i went through and what i learned through my journey, and i wished that, you know, cancer, disabilities, and just going through scarary thin were all more normalized. so i feel like people are kind of scared to talk about those kinds of things. but, you know, they're a normal part of life, and when i got the opportunity to have a wish through make a wish, i thought that this would be the perfect chance to share my story.

so, you know, i thought before there was the cancer world and, you know, like the normal world. but there's no such thing as, like, the normal world or the cancer world. they're like the same. >> that's because you're not alone, right? >> right, we're not alone. we're all together. we're all living in the same place, and it is normal. >> jenny, what one piece of advice would you have for people? you talk about sort of disengaging, removing yourself. what's one piece of advice for someone watching right now maybe in the hospital who's in your shoes? >> i would say that focusing on, you know, what's right in front of you. like the little things in life kind of get you through the hard times. a lot of times people in the hospital would say, like, i love your nails, and i would be like, oh, thanks i got a man cur and they stick you with a needle and you're like, okay.

but it makes it better because you're thinking about the little things. >> jenny, we are so thrilled you chose to spend your wish with us. you crushed it, by the way. you were fantastic. thank you so much. >> that's going to do it for us this saturday morning. >> we hope you have a great weekend. say bye to everybody. >> bye. good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, march 1st. i'm kira klapper people who live in san francisco's only designated safe parking site have less than 48 hours to relocate. the bay view vehicle triage center closes on monday. the lot at candlestick point is for people who live in their vehicles. it provides a place to safely park and receive services while working towards permanent housing. it opened back in 2022, and the city says it has served 132 households living in their

vehicles. late last year, the city announced it will be closing and that's coming on monday. the city says everyone who lives at the bay view vehicle triage center was offered permanent housing, rental subsidies, alternative shelter or relocation assistance. most have accepted the help. those who did not have to be out by the end of tomorrow. our concern, though, is for those who still are going to be living in their vehicles. they're not going to have a safe place to park. the city spent millions of dollars on the site, which was just recently equipped with electricity. it also offered case management, housing assistance and vehicle repair to those living on site. the chronicle reports the high cost and limited success are among the reasons for the closure. we're going to turn now to our microclimate forecast and cinthia pimentel has a quick look. hey, good morning kira. good morning everyone. we go out towards walnunut creek.here's a few patchy low clouds hanging around, but there are some peeks of sunshine that will make their way into the picture as we go on in through the mid morning

hours. temperatures, though, are going to be much cooler than what we've had this last week with those 70s. we're going to bring it back down into the 60s as we go out there in the east bay this afternoon. meantime, half moon bay. it's cloudy out there also picking up on some drizzle, and that will continue as we go on in through the mid morning hours. it will be light, but those gloomy skies will be the plan for saturday, so maybe a chance to get some sleep. just resting on this first weekend of the month here as we go on into the mid morning hours. still going to keep those drizzle chances out there by the coast. some patchy clouds there. also through parts of the east bay shoreline. a few peeks of sunshine so we'll get the chance to run around on our saturday. go to sports, do whatever birthday parties really early in the day because then into the evening hours and even on into our sunday, there's a few rain chances that i'm tracking. so we'll bring you all those details coming up in about 30 minutes here. back to you. all right cinthia, thanks. also coming up in 30 0 minutes this morning on today in the bay. one of hundreds of millions of these kids that we thought had no

hope, that we were just going to have to accept their fate. that rocker dad changing his tune to find a cure for his daughter's rare disease. in the process, he hopes to show that investors can do good and make money at the same time. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at . narrator: when you see this symbol, you know you're watching television that is educational and informational. the more you know on nbc.