as saturday night licks off his own 2016 coverage. >> buckle up, america, because the clintons are back. gunning for green. tiger woods making a big run at the masters purt ersers putting him back in a familiar spot -- the leaderboard at augusta. but can any catch 21-year-old jordan spieth? daring diamond heist. a group brazen thieves caught on camera stealing tens of millions of dollars in precious jewels. how did they do it? and did british police miss an

important clue along the way? we're live in london. fill 'em up. slurpy lovers taking full advantage of 7-eleven's bring your own cup. even a kiddie pool which had a few folks here worried about a serious case of brain freeze "today," sunday 12th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm peter alexander in for lester this morning. sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer are here. we're getting ready for what's going to be one heck of a finish at the master's in augusta. tiger woods, phil mickelson, a 21-year-old from texas named jordan spieth. >> lots of action which makes for one very happy dylan dreyer. >> i do really enjoy it. >> i don't play but i actually

like watching with my husband. >> it is fun to watch. >> yes, absolutely. coming up right now, our top story -- hillary clinton's announcement that she is running for president. it is expected in just a few short hours. nbc's kristin welker is once again outside of clinton's new campaign headquarters in brooklyn new york for us this morning. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: meterpeter, good morning to you. that's right, we expect that announcement to come down late this afternoon on social media. meanwhile, clinton's campaign aides worked late into the the night here on your campaign headquarters putting the final touches on her highly anticipated second bid for the white house. >> don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states of america? >> reporter: in just a few hours, hillary clinton will make it official. aides say her campaign message will focus on ways to help the middle class. late saturday she earned an endorsement enemf sorts, from the current commander in chief speaking in panama. >> i think she would be an excellent president. >> reporter: clinton will tweet out a video announcing her candidacy.

unlike 2008 she'll start off by getting up close and personal with voters in key states like iowa and new hampshire. >> she has to find a way to project in small group settings some of the warmth that her friends say she displays in private. >> reporter: while some of her strongest supporters rallied in manhattan saturday not far from her brooklyn headquarters -- >> who are we ready for! >> hilly! >> im >> i've been waiting for hillary for a long time. >> reporter: others are undecided about another clinton in the white house. >> i'm not sure about her veracity. >> reporter: and republicans are gearing up too, releasing this video of their so-called stop hillary command center and rallying in iowa. >> we don't coronate or nominee in the republican party. >> reporter: then there's bill clinton who made the wrong kind of headlines in 2008. he says this time he'll take a back seat role, at least initial

ly ly. >> but bill clinton attracts people. he has a magnetic personality and style and i think he will get coverage whether he wants it or not. >> reporter: "saturday night live" wasted no time taking him on. >> i'm going to get it. this election is about you. i don't want to hog your limelight. i am leaving. look at me go. bye. i'm gone. >> reporter: and the republican national committee is already out with its counter message today slamming clinton for using her personal e-mails while serving as secretary of state. they'll be passing out these thumb drives which read "some hillary." just one of the hot button issues as the 2016 race gets under way. >> and so it begins kristin welker outside the new clinton headquarters. >> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press" and joins us this morning from washington. chuck, good morning. >> well good morning, erica. >> as we countdown here waiting for that official announcement president obama all but officially endorsing hillary clinton this weekend.

if this race for the democratic nomination essentially over once the announcement comes before it even began? >> honestly it probably is. you hate to assume that this early out. anything can happen. use every one of those cliches that you want. the fact of the matter is unless elizabeth warren or joe biden gets in the race there really isn't a threat to her other than herself. i think her main opponent is herself in this. this announcement tour is kind of like a book tour i think in a month you'll see a whole bunch of democratic hand-wringing. a whole bunch of people will look at the formothers and say maybe joe biden ought to get in. the toughest pry mother opponent she primary motive she has is herself. >> how much wrangling will there be and can there be of former president clinton? >> if they're trying to organize

the campaign much differently. literally there were two camps inside the clinton campaign in 2008. you had people around former president clinton and you had hillary clinton's people. this time they've got someone like john podesta, former chief of staff to bill clinton, senior advisor to president obama. his job is sort of corral the old bill clinton crowd and the former president himself, keep them in the loop. because he was actually kept out of the loop sometimes of campaign decisions. i think that's one way they think they can sort of corral him. >> on the republican side i know you sat down with senator rand paul who says there is a sense the clintons think they're above the law. there's already messaging put out there about personal e-mails. is this going to be the main line of afaq for the republican party? >> i think it is. just look at -- i mean some early polls in swing states colorado virginia and iowa had he asked is hillary clinton honest and trustworthy to be president and she was on the

wrong side of that answer. more people in iowa colorado and virginia said she wasn't honest and trustworthy. the e-mail story gives republicans an entree into that issue. i think this is something she's got to fix. this is a long-term problem for her if she's not careful. >> we also want to quickly get your take on senator marco rubio who is expected to throw his hat in the ring tomorrow. is this helpful or is it more helpful to hillary clinton right now to announce ahead or is it more helpful for marco rubio to be the guy the morning after. >> i think this is a case where the rubio campaign is trying to make lemonade out of lemons. rand paul and ted cruz got a full week of an ability after their announcement and they got almost attention for a full week. marco rubio will not get that. all the focus will be on hillary clinton for most of next week. but, for a moment tomorrow he gets to sort of be the other candidate. he gets to almost look the part of what the nominee might look like. there are a lot of democrats who

are more worried about facing marco rubio in the general election than any other republican running right now. >> you leave us on a good note which gives us even more reason to tune in to "meet the press" later this morning. we know that announcement will be a big topic, including a panel of experts there, including new york city mayor bill de blasio. >> 19 months to go. >> oh is that all! 19 months. we have new details about a historic meeting that took place between the presidents president obama and cuba's president raul castro yesterday. >> yes. good morning. the president is back in washington this morning after sitting down with raul castro saturday. nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing is in panama city with more. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. we haven't seen a meeting like this in more than 50 years. there were actually some surprises out of it. but first, let's take a look at the picture everyone was waiting for. the leaders of u.s. and cuba sitting down together shaking hands a couple of times actually

and making plans to normalize relations between the two countries. it turned out to be more than just a meet-and-greet too. it went on longer than expected for almost an hour. president obama later gave us some details of his conversation with raul castro after the cameras left. >> it was a candid and fruitful conversation between me and raul castro. we are able to speak honestly about our differences and our concerns in ways that i think offer the possibility of moving the relationship between our two countries in a different and better direction. >> reporter: so the president said the two men did agree to disagree on some things including cuba's human rights record. and castro won't be going home one thing he wanted for cuba to be taken off the list of state sponsors of terror although that is still expected to happen. and president obama said embassies could open fairly quickly in washington and havana. one side of the thaw -- castro

in his summit speech after airing a long list of past grievances against the u.s. called president obama brave and humble and said he'd read at least part of his autobiographies. the president won't have time to bask in what his aides consider a successful trip because congress comes back to town this week to challenge the ongoing iranian nuclear talks. but for this morning, cuba is one step closer to ending decades of isolation and president obama has a building block of his legacy. sheinelle? >> chris, thank you. pope francis is calling the mass slaughter of more than 1 million armenians the first genocide of the 20th century. the pope made the comments earlier today at a mass marking 100 years since the killings by ottoman turks. the ceremony included armenia's president. turkey has long denied the deaths constituted genocide. congress is expected to return from spring break as planned tomorrow after a shooting at the u.s. capitol saturday. capitol police say a man fatally shot himself in front of the building in an apparent suicide. no one else was hurt but the building was locked down for

almost two hours. now to south carolina where mourners gathered on saturday to remember the man who was shot to death as he ran away from a police officer. the whole thing caught on camera. nbc's mark potter has more. >> reporter: at a church in somerville south carolina an overflow crowd of hundreds as mourners paid their respects to the family of walter scott, killed by a police officer last weekend. the hearse carrying his casket arrived under police escort. his family friends and former classmates tried to make sense of it. >> it is is a senseless tragedy. something that could have been avoided. >> reporter: the pastor called it a rate crime. after fleeing from a north charleston police officer during a traffic stop and facing a warrant for failure to pay child support, scott was seen on a cell phone video fleeing again after an apparent scuffle with

the officer who opened fire shooting scott in the back. the officer was jailed on a murder charge and a memorial now marks where the killing occurred. >> you come out here and you actually see what actually happened. you see the distance from which he got killed. it's really sad. >> reporter: a killing for which there are still many questions about why it went this far. for "today," mark potter nbc news somerville south carolina. now to vermont where it was a close call for a pilot and his paepgss passengers saturday. they were practicing landing and taking off on a frozen lake when the plane started to sink. the two men walk nearly a mile to reach land. they were cold and wet but said to be just fine. it sure was a big gulp for seven 11 slurpy fans. it was bring your own cup day. they brought rice cookers, sand pales. one person even filled an empty

watermelon. i guess whatever you could find in your kitchen. all for $1.49. all you can slurp. >> if they sell the baby pool in the back of the seven 11, just #1, just fill it up. storms across texas. we had golf ball sized hail. we had some isolated severe storms in that part of the country bouncing all over the ground there. today we are still looking at a small chance of some isolated storms especially back through the plain states. we are going to see the chance of some isolated strong storms right in through northeastern parts of kansas and including northwestern parts of missouri where we could again see some hail and some isolated damaging wind gusts. we've got this ridge in the jet stream but it is allowing this cold front to combine moisture streaming in from the gulf of mexico. that's why we are looking a the a set-up for more storms to develop, especially later on tonight mainly in this area ahead of the front. but tomorrow showers and storms

will become good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. as we head into the rest of today, our temperatures will range between 65 and 68 degrees, sunny and warm even warmer than what we saw yesterday. warming trend continues as we head back to work tomorrow. 72 degrees, plenty of sunshine. that changes as we head into tuesday. 70 with a chance of showers. we track another chance of showers friday and saturday but our temperatures stay mild all week long, in the 60s and 70s. and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you very much. now to a daring diamond heist. this one caught on camera. security camera footage capturing the brazen bandits in the act. now police in london are hoping it will help them track down these jewel thieves. nbc's kelly cobiella is standing

by outside where this all went down. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. yes, this happened over the easter weekend. it is a four-day holiday in this country. police are calling it audacious. on the security camera you can see the burglars going in and out of this safe deposit building through a side door over and over again. yet the break-in went undiscovered for four whole days. it was supposed to be the safest place in london to store your jewels. >> nearly 1,000 individual safes are contained within this massive steel and reinforced concrete. >> reporter: but yesterday police released security camera pictures showing a gang of thieves using a side door for nearly 12 hours. hauling away diamonds and gems. hollywood couldn't have written it better. police say the thieves disabled the elevator on the second floor, then dropped down the shaft to the basement. they used a diamond core drill like this one to cut through

more than six feet of reinforced concrete and raided the vault. police say the gang spent all night grabbing the loot. then returned for another all-nighter a day later. only one alarm went off that first night. a security guard reportedly checked the front door found it locked and did nothing more. >> there have been a number of reports in the media around the alarm being activated on the friday and the police response. this will of course form part of the investigation. >> reporter: some customers are still waiting to learn what they've lost. 65 boxes were cleared out. >> it's almost like a military operation. i think that's what's scary. >> reporter: like the 2003 diamond heist in antwerp when chievres got away with $500 million in jules.ewels. a book was written on this heeft. >> they either had inside information or they carefully surveilled the police for a long time. >> reporter: police are still going over the crime scene in the basement but the best clues are from the security camera. the robbers and their get-away

van. police are still trying to figure out how much in jewels was stolen. the guesswork is around 1$00 million. possibly more. they're investigating themselves looking into anyone responded to that one alarm. peter and erica, it was the employees coming back to work here on tuesday who finally reported it to police. >> wow. >> maybe worth checking if that door is locked this morning. appreciate that update today. they finally learned their lesson. >> i think they did. turning now to the dash for that elusive green jacket at the master's. tiger and golf's biggest stars are chasing 21-year-old jordan spieth. >> jordan spieth is on fire! he is in prime position to win the masters today. but after years of struggle it is tiger woods who has a lot of people talking today. >> reporter: golf fans are seeing something they haven't

seen in years. zblr >> tiger for par. >> reporter: the former world number one back in the swing of things. >> that's tiger woods. >> reporter: looking a bit like the tiger of old, gaining ground early saturday. >> tiger moved and in fact this is the best he's played at augusta in ten years. >> reporter: and while woods starts today ten shots off the lead many wonder if his game might finally be taking shape once again. >> i think with tiger the issue is mental and also physical. he's had so many health concerns. >> reporter: with the 39-year-old nursing a number of injuries after his messy divorce back in 2010 -- >> rory mcilroy, par 3. >> reporter: today woods will be paired with current world number one, rory mcilroy. also in the hunt phil mickelson, looking for his fourth green jacket. >> oh my gosh! >> reporter: but the man turning the most heads this weekend rising star jordan spieth who holds the lowest score so far in masters history. the 21-year-old texan hopes to

hold on to his four-shot lead entering what should be a thrilling final round. >> jordan spieth does not get rattled by the moment. tiger woods is nipping at his feels. phil mickelson. great, elite players but i don't think spieth feels it and therefore, i believe he wins this tournament. >> erica, you even felt the excitement. you saw that putt mickelson had. >> i love mickelson. >> my sister said to me yesterday, are you watching the golf? there's some good looking golfers out there right now. ladies are tuning in. up next on "today," the hugely popular tv series

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good morning. i'm rosemary connors. picture-perfect weather on this sunday. let's get a check of the forecast now from meteorologist brittney shipp. >> that's right. we're going to see plenty of sunshine today. temperatures a little bit warmer on this sunday than yesterday, and the warming trend will continue as you head back to work tomorrow. here's a live look outside right now. not a cloud in the sky and our temperatures are starting to warm up. we're at least above the frost advisory threshold. 38 in reading, 37 in pottstown. still below freezing in coatesville at 31. 35 in philadelphia. 44 in washington township. 44 in wrightstown. at the atlantic city airport, low 40s. and as we head into the rest of today, by the time you head out for lunch, our temperatures will push into the 60s. 60 degrees by noon and by 4:00 p.m., 67 degrees and warm. rosemary? >> thank you, brittney. now to breaking news on a story you saw first on nbc 10. we have confirmed that a philadelphia mother is under arrest. she is accused of abandoning her disabled son in the woods of

cobbs creek for almost a week. medics at chop are now treating the 21-year-old victim for dehydration, malnutrition and for a laceration on his back. investigators say the man's 41-year-old mother from west philadelphia abandoned her son in the woods of cobbs creek park late friday night. the son is quadriplegic and he suffers from cerebral palsy, he is nonverbal. police arrested his mother early this morning in maryland. we're told the process to return her to philadelphia to face charges will begin tomorrow. i'm rosemary connors. brittney and i will see you right back here in 30 minutes at 9:00.

you want to share me cookie? >> no baby cookie don't share. >> oh no! i can't find elmo anywhere! wait a minute. cookie where did you get that red fur? >> don't you worry about it baby. >> that is "saturday night live" taking on on the character "cookie" from "empire." that was one of the best sketches last night. things are heating up these days at "snl." they're having a lot of fun. back now on a sunday morning, april 12 2015. little bit chilly outside but we expect it to be a pretty nice rest of your weekend here in new york city. good chance for all the people on the plaza to enjoy a little

bit of new york. we have a lot ahead in this half-hour. of course we'll begin right now with today's headlines. hillary clinton said to formally announce she's running for president this afternoon. expected to put the message out on social media. her aides say the campaign will focus on ways to help the middle class. president obama calling his meeting with cuba's president raul castro a candid and fruitful one. the president said despite the differences between the two countries, he thinks the conversation will allow this emto move in a better direction. rapper nelly is facing drug charges after the bus he was riding in was pull over on saturday in tennessee. nelly posted bail. he was released after his arrest. still to come in this half-hour of "today," we'll take you inside the brand-new nursing suite at the cincinnati reds ballpark as the team tries to make going to the game a better experience for the entire family. then we just love this one. we'll take you to a dog training school where one of the star pupils is actually not a dog. you won't believe it. and also ahead, we are cooking up a feast out here on

the plaza with some delicious produce you can find at your local farmer's plashth. er aeer'smarket. we'll show you how easy to whip up something amazing with just a few ingredients. we begin with one of the hottest scenes in music -- it is in california's desert. thousands of people coming out for the coachella music festival. it is the place to see and be seen. here's nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: it's 95 degrees in the coachella valley this weekend. now feeling even hotter thanks to the big names burning up this year's music festival. from beyonce, to bieber. looking cozy with kendall jenner. katy perry. fergie and adam leevine. >> it would be a good time to try to go out to dinner in los angeles this weekend because most of los angeles is in the desert in coachella. >> reporter: it's where stars go to be seen and heard on stage.

this year's headliners include drake, jack white and ac/dc who drew a big crowd. so it steeldid steely dan. but that hasn't dubbed some from dubbing it "old chella." in all, 160 acts will perform representing a spectrum of sound ♪ >> reporter: from alabama shakes to azalea banks, thousands packing the famously green grounds of the empire polo club as california tries to save water during a historic drought. >> as festival organizers have said once the festival is done and the conservation measures are in effect there are some hard decisions ahead and they're ready for them. >> reporter: the lawns this year -- a playground for the young and gorgeous. a scene sometimes skewered on

social media for its hippie vibe. closely watched by fashionistas looking for the next big trend, music lovers looking for the next big act. coachella's hitting all the right notes. ♪ for "today," hallie jackson, nbc news los angeles. >> that's gorgeous out there. >> beautiful area of the country. very hot. >> dylan has a final check of the weather for us. oh yeah. we've got something pretty genius. i have never seen a sign on an ipad. why have we never done this before? why have i never seen it? you guys are from gilroy california. garlic capital of the world. you smell fantastic. i'm impressed. let's look at the weather across the country. in the northeast it is a little bit chilly. in the blue area we do have some frost advisories but temperatures will continue to warm up today. we finally have a pattern change. this ridge in the jet stream bringing in warmer temperatures finally above average.

we should be 5, 10 even 15 degrees above average across the northern plains. we do have a couple scattered showers and storms along the gulf coast producing heavy overdown tours at times. some areas could pick up three to five inches of rain. that could lead to some flash flooding. it's all this stalled front. that's why it will remain an issue tomorrow too. we could also see larger hail and damaging wind gusts especially through the plain states in that small area in red. tomorrow those showers and storms continue across the gulf coast. they try to move east out ahead good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. as we head into the rest of today, our temperatures will range between 65 and 68 degrees. sunny and warm even warmer than what we saw yesterday. warming trend continues as we head back to work tomorrow. a high of 72 degree. plenty of sunshine but that changes as we head into tuesday. 70 degrees with a chance of showers. we track another chance of showers friday and saturday but

our temperatures stay mild all week long, in the 60s and 70s. >> and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> dylan, thanks. going to a ball game is often a family affair. and this year there's one major league team making sure no one feels left out. sheinelle is back with more on this story. >> yes. the cincinnati reds wanted to create a space for parents to feel comfortable so they designed an area just for them. at this point in the young baseball season it appears that this new nursing suite is already a home run. ♪ >> reporter: as the saying goes take me out to the ball game. and in cincinnati it's take everyone out to the ball game even the youngest of fans. with the reds ballpark offering a new sanctuary for parents, v.i.p. space complete with flat screen tvs, plush seating, and,

yes, bottle service. >> the game's going on. you can still watch it but it is relaxing and calm in here. you can actually bond and spend some time with your child. >> reporter: there are also lockers to store baby bags changing stations and the privacy for moms to bottle and breast feed. >> you get a lot of looks whether you do it in public. so sometimes it is approving looks. but sometimes it is disapproving looks. so it is just nice to have a space to do it that's private and clean and comfortable. >> reporter: but it is not just an issue for moms. l.a. dodger fan and new father ashton kutcher racked up nearly a quarter of a million likes on facebook when he griped there are never diaper changing stations in men's public restrooms. >> we wentprobably wouldn't have went to a game this year if they didn't have this. >> the chance that all of us get to come over and spend time there keeps us together as a family which is really special and awesome. >> reporter: the suite makes business sense, too, of course.

>> this is certainly where i would have been outside of the nursing suite. >> reporter: as the reds chief operating officer and father of five points out. >> it is pretty easy to stay at home and watch on your 60-inch flat screen and the beers are a lot cheaper at home than they are at the ballpark so we have to make the ballpark experience everything that it can be. we try and do that every year. >> the reds have invested $4.5 million in to renovating the entire stadium but it appears that so far, the nursing suite, which as you saw is funded by pampers and fisher homes, is a big hit. >> it sort of falls in line with the ashton kutcher tweet about -- i'm sure your husband runs into it. my husband did. there's no the a changing table. now they have these family restrooms. >> i have a friend who is a father with do daughters. he's always saying what do i do when i'm by myself? >> i like the bottle service. i'll have a physical activity.

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autism affects 1 in 68 children. there are concerns once they grow into adults they'll fall between the cracks. for the past two years, "dateline" has followed two families who face that possibility. as nbc national news correspondent kate snow reports, their fear was the kids would fall off a cliff when they turned 21. >> reporter: nicholas was on vacation for the first time in seven years. he has autism and crowds used to overwhelm him. >> he's able to go to disney world and that's a big deal. right? >> that whole trip was about

showing what he can do. and if he can do it on a trip to disney he can do it at home. >> reporter: aides and tutors paid for by his public school district in new york helped him overcome many of his challenges but no you he was about to turn 21 and lose that support. >> it was this panic mode of you're about to take this away. and everything is just going to collapse. >> reporter: students with disabilities get a free education through 21 then there a he no state or federal system required to take over. so lenore spent countless hours on the phone navigate being a patchwork of programs and huge waiting lists. >> the whole system made no sense at all and you feel powerless. >> reporter: in new york there are state-funded day programs known as day habs. "dateline" visited some and people found with special needs gluing strips of rubber to metal. a staff member explained they only leave the room 40 minutes a

day. new york state says it's in the process of shutting down sheltered workshops and trying to help more people find jobs. lenore says she couldn't put her son in a place like that. >> one of the things that was most saddening to me as a parent is looking at a system that was going to put all this money into nick. then when he graduated was willing to warehouse him someplace. >> reporter: nick's not alone. in the next ten years, half a million young people with autism will age out. >> it is a tsunami of children who are aging to adult life and we really have no safety net for that or very few safety nets. let's put it that way. >> reporter: but lenore says there's also strength in those numbers. >> the only way there's going to be a difference is if people

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who's a dog lover now? when you think of a pet that demonstrates speed, agility, obedience, obviously a dog is the first animal that would come to mind. >> my dog, jake i'm sure is watching. a star pupil in washington state, not at all who you think. take a look. in the dog eat dog world of canine agility, one seattle student may not look the part. but that hasn't stopped him from mastering a few things. how would you say she performs? >> she's amazing. a 6-month-old dog would not have the concentration level that she

has. go all the way around. >> reporter: the trainer says out of the 100,000 dogs that have come through her seattle area school amy is the first of her kind. a 45-pound half julianna-half miniature pig who seems to be a natural. even owner lori has been surprised by how much her pet pig enjoys her time here. >> i think she really likes the training. it seems more to please herself. >> make sure you're in heel position. >> reporter: the pets don't seem too concerned with their courtside buddy -- >> it seems everyone is impressed with amy's skills. >> she's learning things so much faster than our dogs. >> i'm jealous almost. >> everything that the dogs do she's learning to do and even advanced level competition obedience exercises. >> reporter: when stock, a long-time dog owner, decided to

get a pig, she first checked with kathy to make sure she could bring amy here for training as she had dornne with her many dogs over the years. >> were you surprised the training crossed over to the pig? >>y he i was. >> reporter: opportunities are limited f this perky pig but when she can show off her skills like at this seattle kennel club event this year it starts plenty of tails wagging. where can she go from here? >> anywhere she wants to. anywhere a pig can go. sky's the limit. >> amy is pretty impressive. she is the first pig out of the 100,000 dogs. not just dogs they've had a couple of goats take the training classes. >> the behind-the-scenes of the engineer throwing the camera on the pig. >> amy did not want to have the camera on her. she was a great sport and they were all a lot of fun. >> we'll sen it over to dylan right now in the orange room. she'll with "today's" plaza fans

of the day. >> good morning, peter. this is bella and we've got her friend amanda. they're both from boston. everybody here is from boston. i love this. it's cotton balls with snowmen. i can relate all too well to that. but it is your birthday so i'll let you take it away. still to come on "today" -- cooking up the perfect meal with great finds at the farmer's market. >> but first here are these so what about that stock? sure thing, right? actually, knowing the kind of risk that you're comfortable with i'd steer clear. really? really. straight talk. now based on your strategy i do have some other thoughts... multiplied by 13,000 financial advisors it's a big deal. and it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. lowe's presents: how to use the greek gods to update your deck. wow, i can't believe you did this deck yourself. well me, lowe's and zeus and apollo. now get 10% off in-stock composite

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spring really is here. we promise. this is a beautiful day hopefully where you are to head to your local farmer's market pick up great seasonal produce. there is always the question of

what do you do with everything when you get it home? to help with a few of those issues author of "lemon and salt a modern girl's guy to culinary revelry." ashley welcome. i love the title. >> that's all you need lemon and salt. >> this morning we are making a couple different things. starting off with roast chicken with rams. none of us really know what they are. >> ramps are trendy. they're only available two or three weeks a year. they're kind of like a scallion onion, but they give you bang for the buck. they have a little bit of onion flavor and a little bit of garlic. we're going to do a simple rub. we are going to use the leaves but later. take a spoon. just stir up these. i'm going to add to this a little bit of lime juice. acid. a little bit of peppers. salt nutmeg, allspice and

thyme. i'm going to drizzle in two to three tablespoons of olive oil. >> you can smell the nutmeg. i love this. combination. >> right? just eyeball it. just drape it beautifully over this chicken. get it underneath the skin but use that spoon to kind of get everything around. looking good. lift up the skin shove it everywhere. i'm going to stick a whole garlic -- i sliced it in half. stick this right in the cavity. instead of trussing it which can be very complicated, i'm just going to tie the legs. that's it. if you want to be kind of girly and silly, tie it in a bow or get creative. >> anything fancy. >> so this goes in the oven -- >> you put it in the cast iron skillet. >> the best kitchen tool you ever need. 45 50 minutes. 165 internal temperature. beautiful, delicious. you can take a bite.

>> mm. >> yeah. tons of flavor. it's wonderful. >> this is delicious. i love it. and i love the crispy salt. we'll take that one. next making a pesto but not a traditional basin/pine nut pesto. fava beans and walnuts. >> they are kind of these fairy tale looking bean. they come in this beautiful pod. when what you do is blanch them for a couple plnts. they minutes. this skin comes off. walnuts are cheaper, more economical than pine nuts. heart healthy. less oil. make the pesto the same way. top with a little parmesan cheese because everything tastes better with cheese. >> fresh mint. i love it. >> delicious. >> then lemon poppy seed. this always makes me think of my aunt sara who made lemon

poppyseed cake. >> i have a girl crush on anything lemon poppyseed. my lemons are a cross between a mandarin orange and a lemon so they're a little sweeter. this cake is light. one bowl it uses oil instead of butter. >> i need an olive oil cake for new year's this year. >> yes. >> it was such a fun different flavor. this is sorts of -- >> this is a little bit lighter. it is airy very soft. >> this is dessert but this would also be like a lovely breakfast, like right now. >> breakfast, afternoon. any time. >> please come back every weekend on sunday. easy to make. i'm going to the farmer's market later. we want to remind you to tune in for "meet the press."

we are following breaking news this morning. a mother now in custody. police in maryland have arrested the philadelphia woman accused of abandoning her quadriplegic son in the woods. we are live with an update on the investigation. all eyes are on hillary clinton as supporters and critics await her official announcement of a second run for the white house. she's expected to kick off her campaign with a video message on social media. plenty of sunshine on this sunday. outside, along boathouse row, crews are in the water and runners are pounding the pavement on kelly drive. by this afternoon, you may not even need a jacket. good morning. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. it's 9:00 on this sunday. meteorologis