breaking news. oscar pistorius in court right now as prosecutors lay out their murder case against him in detail for the first time. this morning, why they say they are more convinced that the killing of his girlfriend was premeditated. second chance, former south carolina governor mark sanford running for congress years after an affair that ended his marriage and made him a political punch line. will voters forgive and forget? this morning we'll talk to him live. back to work, the duchess of cambridge returning to her duties and showing off a bit of a baby bump the first time in

public, "today," tuesday, february 19th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. that hearing for oscar pistorius is unfolding at this hour, the star weeping at times when hearing details about his girlfriend's death. >> prosecutors casting doubt on his claim that the shooting was an accident, saying there are telltale signs of premeditation, that he actually had to put on his artificial legs and walk across the floor before opening fire. michelle kosinski is seated right behind him and will have

details for us. what caused adam lanza to open up his killing spree? and new details are coming to light. have you ever been busted by one of those red light cameras? >> oh, yeah. >> i'm guessing you have. >> those are for speeding. >> not the red light district, david, red light cameras. why are some lawmakers trying to get them taken down? >> i think they're wrong just for the record. >> you like the red light cameras? >> no, i think they're wrong, the cameras are wrong. >> okay. of course, that bail hearing for oscar pistorius is going on in south africa right now. michelle kosinski has been inside the court all morning long. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. as we speak, up in that courtroom, oscar pistorius is inconsolable. a statement by him is now being

read to the court in which he denies the allegation of murder against him in the strongest terms. a judge just decided that his case, from here on out, at least for now, will be considered premeditated murder and that affects things like whether or not he will be let out on bond. that will also be decided very soon. i was actually seated directly in front of pistorius, about a foot away. i could hear him crying. when i would turn around, i could see his body shaking. in fact, throughout this hearing, every time lawyers would detail the alleged crime, he would break down, hiding his face in his hands. oscar pistorius faced the court and the global scrum of media he's used to, but never like this. his family held each other and prayed. immedia the court would not allow the media to take any pictures during the hearing. showing little if any emotion he

could barely control during his first appearance. but it was there. he stood before the magistrate who asked him if he was well. his eyes filld with tears, he shrugged barely uttering, i guess. prosecutors laid out their case, accusing pistorius of shooting and killing an unarmed, innocent wom woman, his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. she came to his house between 5:00 and 6:00 that evening planning to stay the night. her makeup bag in the bathroom, her overnight bag in the bedroom. he armed himself, attached his prosthesis, walked 20 feet to the bathroom where he believed reeva locked herself inside, and fired through his gun four times through the door. he broke through the door, carried her downstairs where he encountered a security guard and a friend, who he told him he thought was a burglar. she locked that door for a

purpose, they said, and saying there's no possible explanation for his actions, that even if he d think it was a burglar, this would be a clear intention to kill the burglar while the burglar was harmless in the toilet and that would still be a premeditated murder of a defenseless burglar. nothing remotely indicative of premeditation his lawyers say. emotions flow from a different set of loved ones and supporters at reeva's funeral. >> we are here today as a family. but there's only one thing miss i ing. reeva. >> reporter: next, the judge will decide whether or not pistorius is released from jail. if he is not, he is expected to be transferred and held in a prison. back to you guys. >> michelle kosinski in south africa for us. michelle, thank you. now here's david. mary carillo is also at the courthouse this morning, a correspondent for "rock center with brian williams" and covered

oscar pistorius for nbc sports at the london liolympics. mary, good morning. good to see you. >> good to see you, david. the nation is so divided on so many levels. this man was a hero, an idol to so many people. i was one of those people who put a halo over his head like so many others. now he's doing a perp walk. it's so hard to reconcile. >> what is the mood like? it's got to be all anyone is talking about. >> reporter: it is all over this entire country. obviously, you know, reeva steenkamp, her memorial service was today in port elizabeth. here in johannesburg, since early morning demonstrators from the asc women's league holding placards saying things like oscar pistorius should rot in hell. these are people who embraced

this man in so many ways and now they want to see him -- basically they want to see him go away, go to prison. again, it's still surreal for someone like me. i spent about a week with him here last summer for "rock center." he was heralded a hero. i went through his house where this horrible tragedy took place and, surely, he was jumpy even back then. we had kept open the garage door because before he was home he had allowed us to set up and bring in equipment, lights, cameras, all of that. and the garage door was still open when he came back from training and he started yelling at the housekeeper -- it wasn't the housekeeper's fault. it was our fault. clearly, this guy worried about his safety, worried about security. he was a gun guy. that's very, very clear. and now it looks like his entire legacy -- i had this guy as a noble peace prize winner one day. now he could be spending the rest of his life in jail. >> not to ask you to play investigator here, mary, but you did spend time with him.

were there any clues you could glean with that time profiling him as you did last summer? there's talk about not only his state of mind now, but how jumpy he was about intruders, how security conscious he was. the defense now is saying how this was a terrible accident. >> reporter: i never -- i didn't sense it in those ways. again, there's a high crime rate here in south africa. there's no denying that. a lot of people here own guns. i sure -- look, i fell for him. david, i've been covering sports for 30 years. i don't like getting spun. i don't like getting shined by people but i truly believe that oscar pistorius was every kind of good. so, again, this is very hard for me to make sense of this at all. >> this has got to feel a lot like o.j. simpson who was, of course, criminally cleared, found not guilty of murder charges, later found civilly liable for killing his ex-wife.

in terms of the public response and the circumstances, it feels very similar to you? >> reporter: the thing is, o.j. simpson never admitted anything. that's not what's happening down here. oscar pistorius clearly was the man who killed reeva steenkamp. that's not even being argued by the defense team. the big question is whether it was, as the prosecution is trying to allege, an execution, or if it was just a horrible, horrible tragedy. but, again, i liked o.j. i had met him before as well. i never got the sense that this was, you know, a very, very special guy who was going to do great things and create a legacy of honor. that's what i thought about oscar pistorius. right now all that seems to be going away. >> mary carillo, thank you very much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. we want to get a check of the morning's other headlines. very busy morning. natalie morales is here. >> good morning, everyone. u.s. security firm is pointing

the finger directly at the chinese army in 141 cases of computer hacking. american computer securities firm says it has traced the hacking of american and foreign companies plus government agencies to one specific chinese military building on the outskirts of shanghai. china says the charge is groundle groundless. u.s. coast guard says a leak in a fuel oil line was the cause of the fire that left that carnival cruise ship powerless and adrift in the gulf of mexico last week. officials say they do not suspect the leak aboard the triumph to have been caused intentionally. sad new details of country singer mindy mccready's final days. bil she was allowed to leave rehab after 17 hours. her body found shot dead, next to the body of her dog. mcknight said the country singer had threatened suicide after

losing custody of one of her sons earlier this month. disappointing news on the employment front for veterans. young americans who served in the military following the september 11th attacks topped 20% last year. that is much higher than their nonveteran peers and the national average of 7.9% in january. now let's head to wall street. jackie deang list elis is at th york stock exchange for us. >> good morning, natalie. two of the nation's largest office suppliers, office max and office depot reportedly in talks to become one. this deal would help cut costs but consumers worry less competition could increase prices. meantime, dell reporting earnings, losing ground to apple's sleeker products for years. things so bad that founder michael dell recently announcing his intentions to take the company private. natalie? >> jackie deangelis at the new

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>> good morning. light rain showers are likely on and off for the rest of the day. mostly off and on light rain. >> that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. former south carolina governor mark sanford is hoping for a second chance in politics in the wake of a personal scandal that cost him his marriage. we'll talk to the governor exclusively in a moment. first, his story. in a new campaign ad, mark sanford takes on his biggest hurdle, past scandal. >> i've experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes, but in their wake we can learn a lot about grace,

second chances and be the better for it. >> four years ago, san tls ford was a rising republican star, governor of south carolina, with an attractive wife and family. but that promising political career was derailed by an affair with a television reporter in argentina. >> i've let down a lot of people. >> sanford's staff said he was hiking the appalachian trail but he had lied to his staff and was actually visiting his mistress in argentina. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. i've developed a relationship with a -- started out as a dear, dear friend from argentina. >> that admission led to his censure, resignation as head of republicans governor association. >> my important job right now is our children, his career is the least of my concern. >> campaigning on his fiscally conservative record. >> i've cut spending, reduced

debt and made government more accountable. >> now the front-runner in a 16-person republican field for the march 19th primary. he recently became engaged to his former mistress, whom he has called his soul mate. former governor mark sanford is with us now exclusively. governor, good morning. good to see you. >> you as well. >> let's cut right to it. a lot of people are watching saying, you know, everyone does deserve a second chance. everybody deserves a chance to rebuild their life, but not everybody is entitled to run for public office when it relies on public trust especially at a time when our washington institutions have lost so much respect. what would your response be to that? >> twofold. i have had conversations with a lot of friends back home. the reality of our lives, if we live long enough we're going to fail at something. i absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. but one place i didn't ever fail was with the taxpayers. if you look at my 20 years in politics, what you would see is a fairly remarkable consistency

in terms of looking out for the taxpayer. the ill that's before us as a civilization, if we don't get our financial house in order, there will be incredible consequences for the dollar, american way of life, all that and more. >> couple of things about that, though. number one, you paid a fine. ethics charges related to misusing taxpayer funds. you don't have to get into the nitty gritty about it. >> sure. >> but doesn't that go against your -- >> no. if we were to get into the nitty gritty, you would find there was no admission of guilt with any of that. in many ways a lawyer would settle a case -- you're a lawyer by training -- this happened but by no means did we agree this happened. and the house, by no means fans, absolved us of all of that. >> to the larger issue, do you really need to run for public office? what is this about? you care about debt and deficit.

these are issues well discussed in washington. >> that's just the problem. they are well discussed but all too often too few choose to take real action. and i was actually rated number one in the united states congress by the taxpayer union, citizens gest against government waste, raised the most fiscally conservative governor in the united states. it points to one thing. many people talk about our spending problem in washington, all too few are trying to do something about it. >> the price of re-entering politics is drudging up all the things we saw. it may be embarrassing to you but to the people around you, including your ex-wife, your family. is it worth it? >> no. there's definitely pain in the clips you were just showing. but i sat down with the boys. we had a conversation. i said what do you want me to do? if you don't want me to do it, i'm out. their point is no, dad, you've long cared about this stuff. you ought to do it.

i also would say i've been on something of a personal journey. i believe if you live long enough, you will fail at something. the higher you rise, the bigger you fall. i failed. in some ways i've come to learn that ultimately our brokenness as human beings is ultimately our connection. and that goes to a larger article of faith and a lot more. >> and you have been very introspective these past few years. you've talked about that. have you asked yourself, what is this really about? is it about these issues of debt and spending or is this about seeking some kind of personal, political redemption? >> i think we all hope for redemption in our lives. that is one of the great journeys of our respective lives. but i would say my focus is crystal clear, which is, is part of the cost of re-entering politics a discussion about my personal failure and the consequences thereof? yes. is that painful to me and a lot of others that i love? yes. but i keep going back to we are at a tipping point as a

civilization. if we don't get our financial house in order, there will be unbelievable consequences to the folks watching this show right now. >> mark sanford, it's great to have you here. thank you for being here. appreciate it. now here's david. switching fweer ining gear morning, the duchess of cambridge is making her first public appearance. >> reporter: this is the first time we've seen the duchess in public since christmas, officially at least. she is now very visibly pregnant. she appeared wearing a figure-hugging dress and holding her hands protectively in front of her. a blossoming duchess of cambridge, showing off her baby bump. now around 4 1/2 months pregnant. this morning she visited a center that treats women with addiction. it's one of her charities. kate, back at work after a

vacation with william. >> she's had a relaxing and wonderful holiday in the caribbean with her husband and family. i think she's raring to go, to show she's not ill. she's pregnant, but like many women wants to continue working until she doesn't have to and the baby is ready to emerge. >> the palace was far from relaxed about photos on the beach last week, first published in italy, an invasion of privacy, they say. the same treatment that princess diana had. too invasive. the palace said she suffered early on. >> she's going to be under the spotlight all the time. i would strongly advise her if she wants to avoid this getting worse again that she stays aaway from stress as much as possible. >> reporter: kate's next public appearance is in march, but as she gets more visibly pregnant, it's the pictures of her in

private that the palace is determined to fight against. now the duke of cambridge is away, concentrating on his duties as a search and rescue pilot. they tell me they have decided what to do for the future and there may be a decision soon that he plans to leave the royal air force. after all, david, being a future king and a new dad, that's work enough for anyone. >> absolutely. keir simmons, thank you very much this morning. still ahead, red light cameras used to cash in. could you be the innocent victim? first this is "today" on nbc.

coming up, the new job that michael jackson's 16-year-old son, prince, just landed. also a woman who gave birth to four boys on the same day. they are not quadruplets.

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were transported on hospital. time for a check on your morning commute with sarah caldwell and traffic pulse. >> kind of busy in the past few minutes. 543, that is one accident location. multiple vehicles, off to the side, but it may cause delays in harford county. another one just cleared at howard and lombard street. watch for an accident coming in at charter oaks. this is the pace of things and baltimore national pike. just getting to improve down towards 95. southbound traffic at 29 miles per hour on average from one marsh to the 895 split. live picture of 83 and york road shows us in pretty good shape from parkton. so far so good from the j.f.x. into town. >> we have some rain in the forecast, but it should cool off

until after the drive time. we should be able to sneak into the 40's. rain coming in from the west. even if we see some of that mixing in from baltimore, the temperatures will be above freezing. off and on white rainshowers. -- often unlike rainshowers. could be like rain or snow again as we head into the weekend.

♪ 7:30 now on this tuesday morning, the 19th day of february, 2013. and that is the sleepy man banjo boys, three young brothers with great little grass music coming straight from, where else, new jersey. we'll talk about their brand of blue grass that's burn iing up e internet right now. sounding great. they'll perform for us, coming up in a couple of moments. never seen you like this, david. >> let me know when we're back on the air. >> now.

it's now. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie, alongside david gregory, master of percussion this morning. you are not the only guthrie that will be on the program this morning. >> right. >> no, no, savannah's mom is joining us to teach us something that she tried to pass on to her darling daughter. she tried the table manors section and that didn't work out. she said why don't we work on making the bed with the proper hospital corners. >> okay. how cute does my mom look? i can't wait to talk to her in a few moments and we'll try to learn how to make a bed properly after all these years. michelle obama opens up about the bangs and she's pretty candid about what motivated her to have a whole new look. we'll start this hour with the controversial cameras used to catch you running red lights. many people argue they're often inaccurate or unfair. tom costello has been looking into that story.

tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. 24 states and d.c. allow these red light cameras. nine states ban them. fairness is the big issue. in court, depending where you are, you might be able to ask a police officer about the ticket he wrote you, but you can't do that with a camera and the camera presumes that you're guilty, not innocent. they can be horrific crashes, red light runners are especially dangerous because the people they hit are usually caught completely by surprise. each year, some 700 people die and 122,000 are injured in accidents involving a driver who ran the red. to cut into that rate, more than 540 communities nationwide have turned to red light cameras. in washington, d.c., the police chief is a firm believer. >> even just in the last five years, 54 traffic fatalities down to 19. that's dramatic. >> reporter: nationwide, insurance institute for highway safety says cameras have cut

crashes by 24% and fatalities at intersections by 17%. >> when traffic violations are enforced, violations go down. >> reporter: so why then is this lawmaker in new jersey determined to tear them all out? >> because they're a rip off. because they are designed to steal money from innocent people. >> reporter: assemblyman declan o'scanlan says it's become big money makers, people who stopped just over the white line, who didn't quite clear the intersection before the red, who turned right on a red, who are waved through by a construction crew or who were forced into the intersection by a passing emergency vehicle. >> 80, 90% of the people who get tickets are behaving reasonably. the systems are designed to punish innocent people. >> reporter: and red light tickets can be expensive. $50 in new york, $75 in colorado, up to $200 in illinois. plus points. in dallas, nbc 5 found the cash

adds up. >> reporter: some cameras bring in money the size of an nfl paycheck. there's one camera in arlington, texas, that's generated $2.5 million of tickets in four years. >> reporter: in the greater washington, d.c. area, nbc 4 tallied up the fines. >> we found drivers in the d.c. capital region received at least $18 million in fines in just a one-year period alone. >> reporter: then there's the yellow light issue. traffic engineers recommend three to six seconds of yellow before the light turns red but there is no national standard, sometimes no state standard. the less time on yellow, the more red light tickets. in new jersey, steve katzman got one but wasn't even in town that day and he can prove it. someone else was driving his car. why should he have to pay for a moving violation someone else committed? >> i was frustrated and angry. it was an unfair burden that i thought was placed on me as the owner of the car. >> reporter: out of principle, he spent a small fortune, fighting the ticket and won.

but in 24 states, big brother is watching the red. and another issue here. many of these states and cities actually have a private company running the red lights and that private company shares the revenue with the city. in some cases, these companies have actually lost their contracts because they were found to not be calibrating the lights properly and also because they were found to be, in some cases, paying off members of city council. so, there's a lot of controversy here across the country. s savannah? >> that ought to burn people up to hear that. tom costello, thank you very much. you support red light cameras, is that it? >> the speeding cameras are too pervasive perhaps. >> let's talk about the weather. >> let's do that. >> let's go outside and head for al, who has a check on the weather. >> does it have anything to do with the fact that you have a lead foot? >> i'm just saying, i don't think i always do, but anyway -- >> he's very tall. >> yeah. >> the car is small.

>> i don't know. >> anyway, let's not worry about david's illegality. in fact, let's show you what's happening here in the east. this system is pushing in, bringing snow up through the great lakes, inch or two at the most. we're looking at rain making its way into the midatlantic states later this morning. we right now have winter weather advisories, winter storm watches in effect even up into northern new england. we're looking at not a lot of rain but enough that we've got problems. look at this bitter cold weather coming in. bismarck's high, 4 below. it's going to feel like 27 below in duluth. rockford, illinois, will feel >> good morning. we will see some light showers developing on an author the day today. there is a slight chance for some sleet or snow to make

>> that's your latest weather. david? al, thank you. coming up next, newly uncovered images of the newtown shooter, adam lanza, and his mother, as a new theory of a possible motive emerges, right after this. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004.

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>> how does he do with the kids around? >> that's adam, age 4 1/2, walking toward the camera. >> with the hartford courant, they're with us now. there's actually been reporting since then by a couple of colleagues at the courant that have to do with the norwegian mass murder, anders brevik. he may have been collecting articles about this mass murderer? can you tell us what you found? >> hartford courant is investigating that articles were found in the lanza home details that massacre in norway. >> they are a long way from determining a motive, that this may have motivated him and any

talk of this is pure speculation, but could he possibly have been trying to emulate this mass murderer or other murderers? >> yes. he destroyed his hard drive. they're trying to put it back together and they're trying to get information, did he have a secret life, secret identity? what was he angling toward? and then if you find articles about the worst mass murder in history in the guy's game room you're going to start to wonder. >> another piece of this has to do with adam lanza and video games. investigators are looking into the time he spent playing, presumably, violent video games. what did you find? >> we learned that there were thousands of dollars worth of video games that they discovered in the home. we learned that he had been playing video games for a while. and josh actually talked to a tech adviser who discussed some of the games that he had played

earlier on. >> and is the notion that perhaps he was trying to re-enact some of these scenes or that he had become desensitized to them? >> well, i think he did what he knew how to do. violent video games, graphically violent video games don't make you turn into violence if that's not your predisposition. but this kid had a lot going on. and when it came time for him to carry out this terrible rampage, he did it in a way he was accustomed to. >> let's talk about one of the most perplexing figures in this case, aside from adam lanza himself, which is nancy lanza. she's a polarizing figure. on one hand she's the 27th victim. some of your reporting suggests this was a woman, single mom, overwhelmed trying to do the best by her son. others view her as a villain, gun-obsessed mother who allowed her son access to guns and

fester in the basement playing video games while she traveled and enjoyed a night life. what did you make of nancy lanza? >> we wanted to learn more about nancy lanza. that's one of the objectives about this story. we heard so much about her being this pair annoyed doomsday prepper, stockpiling food, waiting for this economic collapse and we learned through our reporting that she had done a number of things to get adam in the right place. there were all these different educational shifts in and out of school. so we learn that she actually was trying to do the right thing by adam, whether or not it was that remains to be seen. >> josh, there has been a lot of talk that he may have had asperg aspergers. you also write about another condition, sensory disorder. is it widely accepted in the medical community? >> not widely embraced in terms of a diagnosis, but it manifests itself in difficulty managing

sight, sound, smells, noise, pain. >> you write that he did not like to be touched. >> right. that was a theme all through his life, as early as when he used to tag along at his brother's cub scout meetings. nancy lanza told the cub scout master, don't touch him. don't casually touch him. he doesn't like it. he recoils. >> in just a few seconds left, it's obvious how much reporting went into this and how ridiculously you looked into this situation. do you come away ultimately unsatisfied? i don't know that we get the answer why. >> you know, that's just it. are we ever really going to know the why? there may be two people that know that answer, nanci and adam, and they're not here to tell us. >> it's an excellent piece of reporting. i know front line also has the documentary. thank you both for being here. frontline "raising adam lanza" premieres tonight.

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playing, he would lie on his back and play his banjo and his eyes closed and we used to say it looked like he was sleeping. >> johnny, would you do that real quick, lay down with the banjo? >> you don't have to. so you guys are from new jersey. >> yeah. >> people don't automatically think of bluegrass when they think of new jersey. >> no. we heard an earl scruggs of him play i playing a bluegrass tune. we immediately fell in love with the music. it's got a very unique acoustic sound. >> it does. >> i'm sorry. you have three siblings at home, younger siblings. are they musical, too? >> we have one brother starting on the mandolin. that should be interesting. they're a little bit of a different age group. we'll see. >> that raises a good question. do you tell them what instrument they're going to play or do they pick their own? johnny, did you pick the banjo? >> yeah. my dad thought it would be be more passionate if i got to pick

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this is wbal tv 11 news in baltimore. >> time for a check of the morning commute. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> let's talk about accidents coming in to us. we are wrapping went up at charter oaks. we have another one at mountain road and forest drive in pasadena. we have one clearing and the the city at eastern and 48 street. 95, delays approaching white marsh towards the 8 and 5 split. once you get to the north side, it will take you 20 minutes to get you through that stretch.

here is a live look at the west side at baltimore national pike showing those delays but does not i-70 tapping the brakes from 29 all the way in towards the beltway. >> is going to be dry for the next hour or two, and after that we will see rainshowers move in 38 at the airport, 33 in parkton. radio is coming through the hagerstown area right now just west of -- rain is coming through the hagerstown. right now just west of frederick. it should not cause trouble on the roads. high temperatures around 45 degrees. going into the weekend, things will change tomorrow. it will feel like the teens and 20s, because of the winds on wednesday. we don't see any big storms on the horizon, but there is a

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8:00 now on this tuesday morning. it is the 19th of february, 2013. we have got a pretty day here in the northeast. little bit chilly. lots of sunshine. thankfully, the winds we had yesterday are gone. we have a nice crowd who has come out here to say hello. we would love to say hello to the folks back home. good morning. i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker and david gregory, in for matt this morning. coming up, a pretty special delivery. yes, and we're heralding it with booming sounds here on the plaza. a couple that has just welcomed many bundles of joy, two sets of

twins, all boys and all natural, no help at all. and a lot of work. they already have one, by the way. they already have a child. >> pretty cool. and tad's not done with babies yet. >> we'll see what mom says. >> being a new parent, being parents, we all learned from our parents. we are starting a new series, what we've learned from our parents. and savannah is going to share with us something from nancy guthrie, savannah's mom, how to make a bed with the perfect hospital corners. if you're going to the hospital, this is what you need to know. >> if you want that special hospital feel inside your bedroom. >> that's what i want. has a rail on the side. >> we won't even get into the hospital food. >> whoo! we've been going on the road all this week. last week we were in boston.

this week here headed down south to miami, warm weather. we've got so much fun scheduled. we'll eat, drink and be merry. we've got paula deen and pitbull. #todayinmiami and tweet us. we'll have more about that coming up. >> pitbull. mr. 305. >> that's right. natalie has a check of the day's top stories for us. good morning again. >> good morning, david, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. the charge is premeditated murder against oscar pistorius, who wept in a courtroom as prosecutors claim that he shot his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp while she hid behind a locked bathroom door. claiming a noise from the bathroom woke pistorius that night, causing him to grab his gun to protect himself and reeva. the affidavit says pistorius felt vulnerable without his prosthetics legs and strapped them on, fearing that intruders

are climbed into the bathroom window. scientists are blaming global warming for recent wild winters. climate change is a reason for less overall snowfall in the midwest and northeast over the past couple of years. it's also the culprit for those increasingly common massive blizzards and researchers say less snow and more blizzards are on the way in the winters to come. drew peterson was back in court today, asking for a new trial. peterson says his lawyer botched his trial for the murder of his ex-wife, kathleen savio. if a retrial is not granted, the judge will move on to sentencing. peterson is facing 60 years in prison. jesse jackson jr. may be in court this week as well. the former congressman plans to plead guilty to using campaign money to buy luxury items. he faces five years in jail and the loss of his federal pension. jackson resigned his u.s. congressional seat last november after nearly 17 years, representing chicago. jesse jackson sr. says his son, who suffers from bipolar

disorder is under, quote, tight medical supervision. and now for a look at what's trending today. the first lady's new bangs have had the internet buzzing since their debut last month. now she's revealing the real story behind the do to rachel ray. >> but this is my mid life crisis, the bangs. i couldn't get a sports car. they won't let me bungee jump. >> you went for the bangs. >> i went for the bangs. >> you're the boss of your hair. >> i can do this. this is all mine. >> we can all say a mid life crisis never look ed so good. fergie is growing her own lovely baby hump, black eyed peas singer took to twitter to announce that she and husband josh duhamel are expecting their first child. josh and me and baby makes three. she posted this picture of herself and her movie star husband as children.

prince michael jackson is now a correspondent for "entertainment tonight," oldest child of the king of pop is just 16 years old, but credits his maturity to his father. this is 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to savannah and david. guys? >> got all your hellos in this morning? >> such a nice crowd here this morning. >> absolutely. >> just saying hi. pretty nice so far this morning, al. >> it is. we'll share what david's parents taught him, how to short sheet a bed. pretty good. >> that was at the frat house actually. >> every bed david gets into is short sheeted. kids here from the west view band in san diego. you get extra credit if you're on tv? >> yeah. >> i'm sorry, we can't do that. oh, wait, you're on already. let's see what we've got for your pick city of the day. just happens to be baltimore, maryland. nbc 11, periods of rain will be milder, temperature in the mid 50s.

and as you see in the east, we'll be look at rain later today for the whole eastern seaboard. back through the great lakes, look for light lake-effect snow, big storm coming in the pacific northwest. that thing is going to make for blizzard-like conditions in the mid plains by the time we get into wednesday and thursday. ice changing over to rain in parts of the appalachians and it's going to be windy and snowy around the great lakes. that's what' >> good morning. light rain showers are likely on and off for the rest of the day. mostly off and on light rain. >> and you came to new york to meet me for your 16th birthday?

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>> thank you. they are doing wonderful, yes. >> that's great to hear. this is an incredible story because of the odds that we'll get to as we look at a picture of your darling boys here. you found out you were three months in, 12 weeks. you find out you're having two sets of twins. >> correct. >> aside from needing to sit down, what was your reaction? >> like i said, if i wasn't already on the table lying down, i'm pretty sure i would have hit the floor. >> manuel, what about you? >> oh, the first thing i said was home run and i started jumping up and down. >> easy for you to say, home run. >> yeah. >> you already have your boy, memphis. you're going to add four more. doctor, let me bring you into this. without being too invasive, they shared this. not using any fertility drugs, no in vitro here. this is incredible to have it happen naturally, correct?

>> that is correct, the incidence of having two identical sets of twins, extremely rare occurrence, 1 in a million. >> tell me what delivery is like. i am the proud father of twins. i remember that well. but to have two sets, what was it like? >> it was quite exciting. i was nervous there the morning of, waiting for my boys to make an appearance in the world. but i definitely -- all the thoughts that were coming to my head is there are four human beings. >> sure. >> that are about to come out into this world that are my responsibility and they are going to be home with me one day and we are now going to become a family of seven. and it's amazing. >> manuel, how is memphis doing with it all? all of a sudden a lot more

people will be commanding attention. good news is that in about three years it will get a little bit easier. >> he's excited. we actually brought him up here to look at his brothers. he was happy about it. and he couldn't wait to touch them and play with them. >> that's great. tresa, you still want a girl. you don't have that. are you ready to have more children to see if you can have a girl as well? >> actually, my husband was the one who was quick to answer for us. in all of the interviews, are you guys ready to try for a girl? for myself i thought can we get through this first before i answer that? >> congratulations to all of you and god bless them. it's going to be quite a ride. >> yes, sir. thank you very much. >> manuel and dr. kershaw as well. next, savannah's mother is here to reveal her secret to making savannah the woman she is. no, to make a bed.

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what's in your wallet? this car is too small. back now at 8:18 with the start of a new series, top tips my parents taught me. each morning we'll share a special skill passed down to us. i'll get things started this morning. my mom is up early in tucson, arizona. nancy guthrie joins us now. hi, mom. good morning. >> hi, savannah. hi, everybody. >> hi, mom. >> hi. >> i see you've already made your bed even though it's 3:00 am there or whatever. why was this an important skill to teach me? >> well, i think everybody needs to know how to make a bed. and so when the time came to teach you guys how to make a bed, this is what i tried to teach you anyway. >> this is not just your standard bed making. this is the hospital corners bed making. we're talking you could bounce a quarter off of it, right, nancy? >> natalie, don't put me to the

test. it's too early. >> she's back. >> how difficult was sav apa when you tried to teach her this? how much screaming and stomping was involved? >> all three of the kids thought it was a really worthless skill. >> but to this day you make your bed exactly this way, don't you? >> i don't make my bed tech n technically. >> that's a legal term. make your bed. >> i'm a little intermittent. sometimes i shove the sheets and throw the comforter over t mom, you're not listening to this, are you? in a pinch if i had to make a hospital bed i think i could because of this delightful skill my mother gave me. >> an organized mind. >> good start to the day. >> first, you show everybody how to do it, okay? and then you can judge how we do it. >> okay. that sounds like a plan. basically, since my bed's already made, the most important thing you have to do is make sure the top sheet is really

pulled in here tightly. that gives you the smooth corner. then you pull this over and make kind of like a triangle. >> i remember that. >> how do you make the triangle? >> tuck it under tightly as you can. here is the little skill. see this nice corner? as tight as can be. then in the middle of the night it doesn't pull out. >> you're doing it all wrong. >> flip this over. >> no. oh, my gosh! >> and the flowers are still standing. >> oh, natalie can do it even with a broken hand. >> i've got a father in the military. >> oh, that's true. >> check it out, mom. look at natalie. >> what do you think, mom? >> perfect.

natalie's is wonderful. david's is wrong. >> we'll show david's. >> i'll come over and make savannah's bed for her, nancy. >> come on. you've never made a bed in your life before, have you? >> nancy, he needs help. >> oh, well -- >> there, that's all right. he's pulling it. that's good. >> you know, just -- >> now your shirt's untucked. >> mom, thank you so much. it's so good to see you. thanks for coming on the show. i know it's early there. >> yes. bye-bye. >> i'll teach you a skill. it's called napping. it's a good one to have. al, it's your turn tomorrow. >> that's right. we'll share that tomorrow. >> all right. sounds good. speaking of making things perfect -- >> are you ready? >> you look perfect. >> what's the secret to making the perfect ice castle? nbc's kevin tibbles found out

during a recent trip to minneapolis. >> reporter: a cavernous christmas palace, glatial caves all created from solid ice, not the north pole but in a parking lot next to the mall of america in minneapolis. kids must love it in here. >> yeah, they do. they do. it's like a big playground of ice. >> reporter: the ornate cra craftsmanship, californian with ice in his veins. he has been out in the elements no matter how frigid, turning single icicles into works of beauty. there's no wood, no concrete, no steel involved. >> we set it up and run water and mother nature does the growing during the nighttime. >> first he has to groet

icicles. so he has an ice farm, of course. >> they come off nicely off these racks. that's exactly what we want. >> getting down is even icier. latest crop has been transported to the top where, one by one, christiansen builds his castle. he will have frozen some 4 million gallons of water by the time this is done and that is a lot of ice koocubes. >> some would prefer just to have the ice in their glass. >> we could fill a lot of glasses. >> reporter: how come it's all blue? >> the thicker the ice, the bluer it gets because ice absorbs water and ice absorbs all the colors of the light except for blue and that's what comes out. >> reporter: but at night, the colors come alive. there are hundreds of lights

embedded in the ice, transforming the castle into something warm and magical. >> it's really beautiful. it's like sculptures. >> reporter: but to really warm up, visitors stop by the fire pit to help regain the feeling in their extremities. >> it is pretty awesome. >> it's really magical. it's minnesota winter. >> reporter: how how is brent christiansen ever going to warm up? where are you going after this? >> kuawi. >> sooner or later, it's all going to melt. kevin tibbles, nbc news, minneapolis. here we go now. >> i apparently thought i was going to get out of it. >> come on. >> i think she goes like this. >> right. >> and then -- there's too much

material. that's not my fault. you make a triangle. >> not like that. >> wait, wait, wait. >> to make a twin-sized bed, honestly. i was doing fine until -- you go like this. hold on. you put it down, make the triangle. >> making it very attractive up here. >> you go like this and then you carefully fold it over, fold it over. there. done. voila.

>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is traffic pulse 11 and sarah caldwell. >> tracking accidents out there. inner loop on the southside, two right lanes are taken up. for the south, mountain road, pasadena, watch for kraushaar. back up heavily approaching white marsh to the 895 split. north side, 17 miles per hour on average. 26 miles per hour on the outer loop from reisterstown road all

the way down. eastbound i-70 towards the beltway, expect to be delayed as well. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony, over to you. >> things are quiet now, but we expect rain over the next few hours. but we should get through the commute ok. 41 downtown, 35 in parkton. temperatures are safely above freezing. rain is moving through the frederick area and heading towards baltimore. won't be long until some light rain moves towards the city. snow and sleet in the mountains and there is a slight chance we could see that mixed in. often of light rain showers, maybe a little sleet or snow. we expect a dry day tomorrow. wind chills will be in the 20's, and dry weather on thursday. >> back with another update at

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8:30 now on this tuesday morning. it's february 19th, 2013. we have a sweet, smiling crowd on rockefeller plaza and a pretty day here as well. it's warmed up a bit since yesterday morning about this time. we say hello to all the folks back home. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker, natalie morales and

david gregory in for matt today. >> thanks for having me. it's great to be here. you want to have your finger on the button. we've got joan rivers. >> and melissa rivers. >> melissa as well, talking about their new reality show, fashion police for the awards shows. >> is that why you spent so much time planning your outfit this morning? >> put a little extra into it. >> that's why david and i wore the same scarf. >> you really did. >> to be wearing anything as the fantastic mr. roker, i feel honored. this is also a time people are thinking about spring break. if you are fa planning your next vacation, we have some ideas inspired by the oscars best picture nominee. >> you want to dress as ann he h hathaway for "les mis"? >> not exactly.

inspired by. >> i want to dress like the '80s. i like it! social cues. we'll answer questions that our expert will put to us. socially awkward situations. how would we handle them, other than what we do every day? >> we don't know what they are? >> we don't know the questions. >> so our true awkwardness will come out. >> we are acquainted with true awkward swayings as we encounter them daily. >> why are you looking at david? >> i don't know. >> what did i ever do that was awkward? >> this isn't awkward. how about a check of the weather? a lot of wet weather making its way to the eastern seaboard. snow in new england, big storm out west will eventually be affecting the plains. sunshine in the plains. bitterly cold there. nice and warm through the gulf coast. tomorrow that system on the east coast moves off. we've got a risk of strong storms in central and northern texas, snow through the rockies moving into the plains. look for more rain moving into the pacific northwest. frigid conditions in the northern plains with lake-effect snow around the great lake

>> good morning. we will see some light showers developing on an author the day today. there is a slight chance for some sleet or snow to make >> and this is a cutie right here. what a sweetheart. look at that face. all right. from one cute puddin to another cute puddin'. willard scott. ivy morgan from loganville,

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column. one of our favorite guests. good morning. >> good morning. >> you have all kinds of awkward situations lined up for us? >> i do. >> kick it off. we always invited all the kids in my daughter's class of 20 to her birthday parties. this month she's turning 11. the big 1-1. and she refuses to invite two girls. she claims they're mean. but isn't it mean to exclude them? i don't know what to do. >> that's a tough one. >> natalie, big mama on the panel. let's go to her. >> i know having had many birthday parties when you invite all the kids but i think it gets to a certain age with your child where you can say, okay, let's just have a small party. your top best friends, five friends coming over, sleepover, make a day of it. that way you eliminate the issue of having to invite the whole class. >> we faced that. we did that. >> "the new york times" loves your answer on that one. ding, ding, ding. >> whoo-hoo. >> this one for people with

brothers in their lives. i gave my brother a lift to the train station. he was running late so i sped and got pulled over by the police and got a $60 ticket. he never offered me a penny. this has been killing me. can i ask him to split the ticket? >> i would say no, but he should have offered. but i don't think that you can then go back and say, hey, can you split the ticket? i mean, you drove. >> your brother. >> nobody forced you to speed. >> no one had your foot on the pedal. >> it would have been nice had the brother offered. however i don't think sister can go in and say you should pay me the ticket. >> i could say to my brother, listen, we were in this together, why don't we split it? the real red herring here, it's killing her. when anything is killing you, that's not the time for talking about it. >> what do you think? >> i would not ask. >> i did it.

>> david just got caught for a speeding ticket. >> here is bus fare, brother. i am a divorced, middle-aged woman. >> you look great. >> and i've been seeing a wonderful man for several months. the only problem is that he and i can't agree on anything when it comes to politics. we also can't seem to avoid fighting about them either. is there any hope for us or should we go our separate ways? >> i think it's so dumb to fight about politics. there's so many -- there are many other things to talk about. >> this provides passion and spark, go with it. >> find a way to -- >> if it's getting in the way. >> take that off the table. we cannot bring politics into this relationship. >> i don't know anybody in a relationship who is not fighting about something. >> right. >> their thing is going to be politics and they're going to learn how to talk about it respectfully. >> and then they get to make up. >> right. >> it's a little early to call it quits, especially if he's so wonderful. >> he has all these other great qualities. don't give up.

>> marriage is hard. >> and i think mary matlin and james -- >> yeah. don't give up. >> every time it snows, which is often up here in vermont, my husband plows our neighbor's driveway. she's an elderly woman living alone. she never thanks us and has never offered to pay my husband for his trouble. is there any way we can stop? >> i hope she's not expecting payment for the trouble. >> i don't think you should expect payment. >> a thank you goes a long way. >> how are you going to do that? >> how do you draw a thank you out of somebody who -- >> her question is, do we stop doing it? >> right. >> now there's an expectation. how long has she been doing it? >> they don't say. she's elderly, so maybe 70 years for all we know. but -- go ahead. >> what i often think is wwjd,

what would joan do? >> you are stalling right now. just stalling. >> first of all, i want to go back to politics. if he's a democrat, she's a republican, you cancel each other's votes which is great. you can sleep in on election day. >> there you go. >> democracy at work. >> of course you keep paving the old biddy's driveway. >> you can't -- >> because you could get the house for a -- of course you do. >> what do you think about knocking on her door and saying, listen, i just want to make sure you haven't made other arrangements for having your driveway plowed and then she's in a situation -- >> that's passive aggressive. >> but then she's in a situation where she says thank you. >> are you just -- >> i would knock on the door and say my husband has been doing this. it would just be nice if you gave him a little thank you. >> yeah. >> asking for a thank you. >> and maybe some cookies would be nice.

>> you know what? >> just do it because she's old. just do it. >> thank you. >> really quickly. lightning round. >> okay. fast. very fast. >> lightning round. >> months ago, my co-worker and i rented a condo together for a ski trip with our husbands and kids. i paid the deposit and she agreed to pay the balance. now a week before we're supposed to leave, she canceled on me, claiming it's not a good time for her. and she doesn't want to pay her half of the condo. what should i do? >> you have to pay. come on. >> you made a deal. >> you have to honor people. you have to be straight up. >> you're canceling. the whole condo to myself. >> she has to pay, right? >> joan, she has to pay? >> you have to pay. >> i'm sorry, it's not a good time for you, but you have to live up to your commitment. >> sleep wait till she's asleepr

desk and take her ring. we'll have more with joan and melissa, so shy and retiring, i'm not sure we'll be able to pull them out of their shells.

back now at 8:46 with the mother/daughter duo of joan and melissa rivers, their reality show "joan & melissa: joan knows best?" they're testing the boundaries and pushing the envelope just a little bit. >> some friends. >> yeah. >> any how, i kiss ed her. >> whoa! >> i know. i know. >> wait, wait, wait. >> don't. >> wait. you kissed sheryl? >> yes. it was in the moment. i like her very much. like the katy perry song, i kissed a girl and i don't know if i liked it or didn't like it. i woke up this morning with an

inkred i incredible -- >> joan and melissa rivers, good morning. you are so inappropriate. am i the first one to say that? >> no. not a lot of people say that. it's a big word. >> did that really happen? >> yes. lily tomlin is a very good friend. she and jane lynch had a dinner party and i met this woman. two drinks and, i thought i might as well try it at this point. >> right. one thing -- >> maybe i've been missing something. >> do you play golf now? >> no, but i do have a picture of eleanor roosevelt over my bed. >> it will be fine. melissa, this reality tv series, in part, deals with the fact that when mom is out in l.a., she lives with you. >> yes. >> how does that work? >> how did that work? >> yeah. >> well, it -- i'm very patient. >> yeah.

>> in one sense it's wonderful for my son and for myself, but, i mean, my mom stays with me. no, you're living with me. there is a difference. and it's -- it's great but it's trying. >> i don't see you puttering around the house, making a coffee cake or something like that. you get involved? >> oh, you have no idea. >> her hello is like, why haven't you changed this light bulb? did you notice this needs to be washed? it's constant. >> let's talk about -- you're a divorced parent. when your ex comes back into the picture. >> he was there. >> your son as well. how does that go? are those episodes? >> those are episodes. one of the things we decided to explore a little bit this year is the fact that my ex-husband and i actually finally have a very good relationship. and we are co-parenting a child together, who is now a tween. and it is challenging. and you have to come together on this or they're going to, you

know, run amuck. >> she's a very good mother. she nursed cooper while he was still in the womb. i was so proud of her. so proud of her. >> it's an interesting dynamic. i think it will be fun for the viewers to see, you know, there are times joan and i want to kill each other but we work really hard to get to a place where -- >> you try not to interfere. >> i am so not abutinsky. >> you wouldn't even know she was there. >> the only thing she's changed in the house are the locks. >> the you're dating now. what are you looking for in a man? >> i don't think i can say it on morning tv. i'm looking for a no -- a policy. >> a nice person. >> someone who will not drool in social situation and that i don't have to support. >> i think it's very important. my mother used to say to me, always sleep with a very rich

man or your husband. i always -- >> i want to be with someone who is nice. >> you were joking before. you dating as well? are you looking for anyone? >> first of all, at this age, i'm looking for someone with a pulse. they're so old at this age. you know what i mean? when they have sex, they call out the nurse's name. >> you have a discerning eye and you won't pull out any punches. >> saturday night on -- >> wait, wait, on saturday night on we tv. fashion week is on monday on e! >> you can't have a drink and do this. >> no. we are doing our first-ever 90-minute oscar special. >> can't wait to see. you wait for them to look stupid. most of them look good and you go, come on, hilda, come down this aisle.

come on. you can do it. >> joan rivers and melissa, thank you very much. great to have you here. you can catch the reality show saturday night on we. up next here, great getaways inspired by this year's batch of oscar nominees. first this is "today" on nbc. a can of del monte green beans?

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is brought to you by the venture card from capital one. earn double miles you can actually use. back now at 8:53 with "today's" travel. this morning with the academy awards sunday, we have oscar-themed getaways for you to consider. kate maxwell is editor in chief of swretsetter.com. good morning. >> good morning. >> all these ideas are inspired by the movies but you don't have to have seen the movie or be a movie buff. >> no, because they're all great cities. if you're a movie buff it's just an added benefit. >> let's start with "silver linings playbook," philadelphia. almost another character in this movie. >> absolutely, yes. bradley cooper unfortunately is not part of the package. everything else just about is. it costs $259 a night at the palamar hotel. you get breakfast at the diner that pat and tiffany have their first nondate, raisin bran and tea. vncht i.p. tour of the field where the philadelphia eagle play much it's a fun package.

20% off philadelphia runners. buy your running kit and re-create those scenes. >> next on our list "argo." not in tehran. in washington, d.c., a spy thriller. >> easier to get through. secret agent package at donovan house hotel, named for the person who created the cia actually, bill donovan. "argo" exhibits, fake passport and business cards. it costs $155 a night. and you also get a $25 voucher to the restaurant so you can have your martini shaken not stirred. >> sounds pretty good right now. "beasts of the southern wild," a trip to the new orleans. >> great any time of year. mardi gras just finished. better time to go now because it's not quite as hectic. "beasts of the southern wild" is

filmed in new orleans and quvenzhane wallis actually grew up in new orleans. and beasts at check in, you get some extras. >> a lot of scenes were shot around richmond, virginia? >> richmond was the capital for most of the civil war of the confederate states. tickets to two of them including the con fed rassi museum and museum of the civil war. >> historical sites right there that you'll be able to check out as well. >> yeah. >> last, but not least, if you have the means, why not go to paris in honor of "les miserables," but in a nicer time. >> changed a lot since the 19th century where this film is set, yes. the package is a little more expensive, $295 a night. not terrible for paris.

you get a free electric so you can take in sites. hotel le bellechasse. everyday use for items, including a way to wash your delicates. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the perry hall high school student accused of opening fire on classmates on the first day of school will stand trial as an adult the day. robert gladden jr. faces 29 charges including attempted

murder. prosecutors say he showed no remorse and was not a victim of bullying.

>> good morning, everyone. fairly quiet start. rainshowers off and on through the rest of the day. there might be a few snowflakes and sleet mix in, but the roads will be ok. high temperatures in the 40'