>> you bet. i listened to bill yesterday. >> there you go. good morning. breaking overnight, a massive fire causes an overpass to collapse on one of the nation's busiest highways. in one hurt, but the highw shut down in definitelily. a huge nightmare for hundreds of thousands of drivers. michael flynn tells congress he will testify about that russian investigation and tell what he knows if he ee's grante immunity. frightening fall, a circumstance circumstance due

soleperformer. how she's doing this morning. and the grand minufinale. al has reached the last stop on his tour and he's making it an extra special one this morning on this friday, march 31st, 2017. this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. it's a friday morning, a rainy one, can you believe those pictures coming out of atlanta? >> i-85 is a major thoroughfare down south. it's going to cruise major problems for commuters there for the foreseeable future. we'll go live to atlanta in just

a moment. we're going to start in washington, a major development tied to the congressional investigations of russian interference in the election, michael flynn who was ousted as president trump's national security advisor is now offering to testify if he is given immunity from prosecution. we have two reports. we'll talk exclusively to house minority leader nancy pelosi, she's in our studios. but peter alexander is at the white house this morning. >> reporter: president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn, one of his closest aides throughout the campaign and the transition saying he has a story to tell and he very much want to tell it. he wants to avoid prosecution in a federal investigation that's deepening by the day. the president's ousted security adviser michael flynn telling the intelligence committee he'll

testify in exchange for immunity because of what his lawyer describes as a highly politicized witch hunt environment. on meet the press last september, flynn discussed immunity for aides to mr. trump's opponent hillary clinton. >> when you are given immunity, you've probably committed a crime. >> reporter: a "new york times" report that two white house officials played a role in giving classified information to the house intelligence committee devin nunes. a white house lawyer who formerly worked on house intelligence committee staff. and the senior director for intelligence at the national security council. and overnight "the washington post" identifying johnizenberg as a third official who handles house intelligence files. nunes denied the source worked for the white house.

nunes still refusing to reveal his source, but it was to back up the president's unsubstantiated claim that he was wiretapped. the fbi director confirms the russia investigation while rebuking the president's wiretapping claim. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> reporter: nunes makes the trip to the white house grounds to review those documents, returning to the white house the next day to brief the president after making this stunning allegation. >> the president-elect and his team, were at least, i guess, monitored. >> reporter: the president saying he felt vindicated. the following day sean spicer dismisses suggestions it came from the white house. on thursday, spicer less forthcoming. >> i'm not going to get into any further details on this.

>> reporter: also the intelligence committee -- with one witness former fbi agent watts said that president trump used russian tactics to his advantage. >> the reason it worked in this u.s. election is that the commander in chief has used russian measures at times against his opponents. >> reporter: noting russians killed in the past three months. >> follow the trail of dead russians. >> reporter: and just moments ago we heard from the president who tweeted mike flynn should ask for immunity, and that this is a witch hunt with democrats questioning the white house's transparen transparency, the white house announced that it's invited the bipartisan leaders of the house intelligence committee what it views as newly discovered evidence that may be related to the unlawful disclosure of

intelligence. to send the information directly to them. >> peter alexander starting us off. let's go to msnbc's chief legal correspondent. boy, do we need a lawyer this morning. the president just said that michael flip should ask for immunity. just to be clear, just because someone asks for immunity doesn't mean that they believe themselves to be guilty of a crime. the problem for michael flynn is that he has said in the past that if you ask for immunity, that you have probably committed a crime. >> that's not the standard. it is certainly possible that given everything going on they are looking for extra assurances, on the other hand it's worth it note that others caught up in this investigation are not asking for immunity at this time according to public statements. >> so what go into the statement of whether to grant michael flynn immunity.

>> whether he is a target, whether he has actual information that's helpful to congress from a policy level or helpful to investigators on a criminal level. >> and the department of justice wants in on this discussion, because if congress grants immunity, that could affect a prosecution down the road from the department of justice. >> what type of immunity? are they interested in testimony, or russian questions, so a lot there the doj willon >> congresswoman pelosi, good to see you. >> good morning. >> this is a tangled web, we were just watching how this has all come about. according to the facts as we understand them right now, it appears that this information about potential incidental surveillance came from the white house to chairman nunes of the house. do you think donald trump was part of all of this? do you think he knew all along that that information was in the white house and that he was part

of this kind of orchestration of getting it out there through chairman nunes? >> whether the president was aware or not was one thing, the white house, the trump administration certainly was, and it is very bizarre. i have a long history in the intelligence committee, i have been the top democrat there myself, i have never seen behavior this bizarre on the part of the chairman. >> do you think president trump was in on it? >> wittingly or unwittingly, but he has not disassociated himself from it. so you take that and then you have general flynn asking for immunity, we really have to really take some steps back and hope that the administration there's some adult someplace who can say this is not fair to the american people. >> are general flynn and this question of immunity, is it more important to find out precisely what he knows? or is it more to potentially

build a case against him? >> as was indicated, usually the prosecutors or the committee, as the case may be, would have to get some idea of what information he has. now in the past, we saw in iran contra, the colonel took an immunity bath and we don't want people taking an immunity bath so that the justice department can't make a case against them. this is michael flynn and perhaps his violation of the law, and what that could lead to, i really don't want to think it's about flynn to get the president, this is about flynn and flynn. >> one of the things the president has been critici maki against obama without offering any proof. one thing you have said a lot, is that you think that the russians have something on president trump, you say what do they have on him? you're asking the question, do

you actually have something to back up that question? >> i just want to know what the russians have politically, personally and professionally on president trump. because why would the president he and try to flirt with the idea of lifting sanctions on russia and their behavior in eastern europe. why would the united states put putin on the pedestal and diminish is greatness of america. >> you don't have evidence on that? >> let's have the outside independent commission investigate all of this and i don't know how many more days where new news connecting the trump campaign to the russians needs to come forward, for the republicans in congress to say let's get to the truth, the american people deserve the truth, why are the republicans

protecting the president? why don't we just have the truth? so you see -- i think that both of the committees can do some kind of an investigation. i don't think that the chairman of the house committee, he should recuse himself because some of this investigation is about what happened -- >> you think he should recuse himself? >> i think he should recuse himself. i think he should not conduct the investigation because he was part of the transition, he was part of the transition, so for that and other reasons his bizarre behavior, why would the chairman of the committee go to the white house to get information that they could have conveyed to the president, bring it to the president and then take it to the press. >> so you've just laid that out, do you think that devin nunes knew he was part of this whole orchestration or do you think he was an unwitting participant? in other words was he used by the white house? >> no, he was duped. that's the most innocent, most

benign characterization that he was duped. the chairman of the committee, the intelligence committee is a small committee that's accountable to the country, to the president, about protection of our troops, having intelligence so that we can protect the american people, not protect the president. >> if the election were held tomorrow, which democrat could beat donald trump. >> the election isn't tomorrow, it's four years away, we have a congressional election. four years in advance, to even know it was going to be barack obama, four years in advance we didn't know it was going to be bill clinton. we have a wealth of talent to the party. there's a lot of enthusiasm to do that right now.

but i'm certain that many excellent people will put themselves forward. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi. good to have you here. now back to that chaotic commute that's playing out in atlanta after a massive fire caused part of an interstate to collapse there. the road is one of the busiest in the country, it's shut down until further notice as firms try to figure out precisely what to do next. >> reporter: incredibly, this massive fire is still smoldering, that is a chunk of i-85 that's missing right now. georgia's governor has declared a state of emergency, some area schools are shut down as the investigation as to what caused this ferocious fire gets under way. at the height of the evening rush hour -- >> on the interstate there is a huge, huge fire. >> reporter: an inferno erupting on i-85, just south of downtown atlanta. one of the city's major arteries

is shut down. >> it ignited real fast, real fast, at that point you could hear the bridge falling apart. >> reporter: the fire seen for miles after burning for about 40 minutes, an elevated section of the highway collapsed. >> we were aware of 85 collapsing, if there are units that could get on 85 northbound. >> reporter: the interstate at a stand still in one of country's busiest cities. >> we have got spring break traffic, we have got the first braves game that came into county, so it couldn't have happened at a worse time. >> reporter: investigators are now working to find out what caused the fire, the area underneath was used to store plastic. >> the speculation that i heard was that it was some pvc

products that caught fire. >> reporter: county the country, there are about 56,000 structurally deficient britisdg. unlike previous bridge collapses in 2007 and washington state in 2015, no vehicles were on the section of road at this time, that's because traffic had stopped minutes before when drivers first saw the flames. remarkably, no injuries have been reported and right now engineers are inspecting this part of the road to see how much of it has been compromised. it could be months before this section of roads is repaired. swing to swing former was act when she fell and landed on her back. this picture was taken just seconds before the accident.

the show was immediately stopped, medical personnel attended to her, she was carried off on a thankfully did not suffer any injury and is expected to return to the show in the near future. men's final four tipping off tomorrow night with a few surprises in the field. nbc's ron mott reporting. >> reporter: there are arguably three cinderella stories in north carolina trying to erase that heart breaking ending to last year's march madness. everyone loves an underdog, and this year's final four is a racket busting final four, two schools dancing for the first time, surging south carolina and top seeded gonzaga, that's in washington state for all of you asking. at long last, their 15 minutes of hoops name, well, technically

40 are finally ticking. >> we know we're a great team and we know we have earned the right to be considered a great team, playing at this time of the year, anybody who's still playing is a great team. >> you only got to beat them by one, and then you're the best. >> reporter: in oregon the ducks are quacking with excitement too, it's been nearly 80 years since they have been on basketball basketball's biggest stage since 1939. and while there are plenty of butterflies and pressure to go around, the men in carolina blue felt that way after valuing to villanueva after last week's championship game with this dramatic buzzer beater. this power house, once again an

odds on favorite to win it all. >> we can only beap we come out of here with that trophy. >> reporter: 64 teams gone, four still going, three set to exit the stage, leaving one to shine in the moment. so how about this for an intriguing matchup forl? a battle of the carolinas, just one of the four riveting possibilities for the championship game on monday night. tipoff as you mentioned, craig, over the weekend. >> savannah guthrie, which team >> you all right told me, i'm gamecocks all the way. south carolina's craig melvin. >> sure. >> this is an officially nonneutral zone. >> let's go over to al, he is wrapping up at a place very close to his heart. >> reporter: all right, guys, i got to tell you, these students here u we're going to try to set the record today, we'll tell you what record is coming up.

but it has something to do with ice. we got to worry about snow and ice in the forecast. as you're looking on the radar, you already see that we have got a lot of rain, but making its way into upstate new york in northern new england, we are talking about snow, so we have got not only -- this is springtime, we have got flash floods possible, and winter storm warnings from portland to boston, as you can see, we're going to have heavy rains, strong winds, and the potential for power outages today, heavy wet snow mixed with sleet, we're talking got in some areas of upstate new york and new england, 15 inches of snow, boston could see two to six inches and then rainfall amounts, we're talking some areas between new york and into pennsylvania, locally three to four inches between washington, d.c. and new york city. a crazy time.

good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. a dreary day ahead. rain this morning, heavy downpours this afternoon. with gusty winds, chilly all day long. 49 degrees in philadelphia. the heaviest rainfall comes through this afternoon and into the evening hours. the suburbs, 47 degrees this afternoon with winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. up to 50 but steady rainfall for new jersey with those downpours continuing into the evening. 40s for the lehigh valley.

just into the low 50s in delaware. have a great day. est and that is your latest weather, guys, the guinness world records, that we're going to try to set on the ice here. the world's longest conga line on ice. can we do it? we'll find out coming up in the next hour, that's right, baby. >> the world's longest conga line on ice. >> who's holding that record right now? >> they're in trouble. >> they are, thank you, al, we'll check back in. coming up, what a story, a great grandmother trapped for five agonizing day in her car, she was stranded in snow, now she's telling her story and telling what she did to survive. and we're saving you money

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it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. 7:26, friday morning. good morning, i'm tracy davidson. it's dreary and wet outside. we've issued a first alert so you know what's to come with the rain. meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. we have a first alert for today and tonight. the heavy rain, though, that i'm expecting, the downpours, those are destined for the evening commute. could result in localized flooding. this is light rain in wilmington, bucks county, trenton, south jersey. there's more to come. this rainfall is coming in from the southwest. there's the heavy rain, and some thunderstorms activity due in this afternoon. >> let's see what the rain is doing to the morning commute. nbc10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has got that. jess? yeah, an accident scene on 295. now these are the cameras around route 168.

it's approaching the accident scene. on the southbound side, traffic is almost completely stopped here. if you're moving right toward this direction where you can split toward philadelphia or to head to the 42 freeway, problems and delays. we had an earlier ground stop at the philadelphia national airport for flights departing to head to philadelphia. they just canceled it but said residual delays may still be in effect. definitely check why your carrier before you head out. there might be problems with the airport at least because of the weather. >> got it. thanks. today in bucks county, jacob sullivan will be arraigned in the grace packer murder case. authorities say he strangled the 14-year-old last july the day after allegedly raping her while grace's adoptive mother, sarah packer, watched. we could also learn if prosecutors will seek the death penalty. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. see us every week day morning from 4:30 to 7:00.

7:30 now, it's a friday morning, march 31st, 2017, and check out oswego, new york, al is there, it is the final day of roper con iii. al, take it away. >> reporter: we're on the beautiful shores of lake ontario, at oswego, it's my alma mater, i have come home to the land of oz, as they like to call it. i am here, back in oswego, and

we are going to set the world record, the guinness world record for the longest conga line on ice. the old record about 350 people in london, we have got over 600 folks who are going to take part in this attempt. it is going to be awesome, savannah, a big finish for rockerthon iii. starting the madness. >> i think you set another record this week, most college students up before 7:30 a.m., for any reason, ever. we're looking forward to it, al, thank you. let's get a quick check of today's headlines. former national security adviser michael flynn is now offering to testify before congress about the trump campaign's possible ties to russia. but his attorney says the retired general wants immunity from prosecution first. flynn was one of mr. trump's

advisors before being appointed national security advisor. he served for just three week w. part of interstate 85 collapsed, that road is one of the country's busiest. the cause of the fire sis under investigation, but police say terrorism is not suspected. and spacex successfully launched a rocket from kennedy space center last night. it took about four months to refurbish. and now more on a survival story we first told you about on thursday. an 85-year-old woman who spent five days stranded in her car in the colorado mountains. now she's speaking out about what happened.

miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah good morning, this great grandmother did everything right after making one wrong turn, she not only beat the odds, she beat the elements, surviving when few thought she could. this morning 85-year-old ruby jean stein is back behind the wheel. the great grand mother surviving in her senta after being stuck in the snow and ice. ruby and her cat spent five agonizing days and four freezing nights. stein used safety p-- to ration the food she had to make it more than 20 hours in the cold. >> people asked me, what did you do? what do you do in car for five

days, nothing. i just had to stay calm, i had to figure what was best. there wasn't a lot i could do about it. >> reporter: headed to her grand daughter's house, ruby was looking for i-70. but she drove 20 miles the wrong way. flyers were passed around all over town. but it wasn't until two hikers stumbled mon ruby that he was later reunited with her granddaughter. >> it was amazing and sad, but just great at the same time. i was just so thankful. >> very, very grateful, yeah. that we were able to bring her home to you. >> reporter: after a road trip she'll never forget, ruby and her nicky are back home beating the odds together. >> it's out of this world, it is -- it is something i am

starting to think i was never going to have again. >> reporter: they say cats have nine lives, maybe nicky had to few to spare. >> ruby tells us she actually left her granddaughter's house to try to get ahead of that storm. for now no big road trips in her immediate future, but one thing's for certain, ruby knows how to make the best out of a bad situation. >> she's amazing. we're so glad she's doing well. let's get a check of the weather from al up in oswego. >> today's weather is brought to you by nondrowsy claritin. >> reporter: and good morning, everybody, we are being sa sarenaded by the oswego team. let's show you our pollen map,

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just about 8:00. good morning. i'm tracy davidson. a rainy morning and more rain to come. we'll get you updated with first alert meteorologist bill henley. good morning. >> good morning. we're seeing plenty of showers first thing this morning. these are light showers across bucks county, in through trenton and wilmington seeing the showers fill back in. along with many of the suburbs and steady rainfall extends to the shore. atlantic city, look at delaware. there is more lining up to the southwest. this is all coming through during the day today. and those thunderstorms, those heavy downpours, those are due in this afternoon and this evening. we could see a couple of inches of rain by the time this finally dries out tomorrow morning. 39 now in philadelphia. 36 in the suburbs. new jersey is 38. you see the chill is in the air in the lehigh valley and delaware. the wind blowing and rain, not much of a warmup. the warmup happens this weekend. >> we'll see how the rain is impacting your ride to work.

first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has that. we're watching big delays. cameras around roosevelt boulevard. the eastbound delay, morning volume because of a crash in the eastbound side ahead around spring garden street. approaching center city, we're slow. we're always slow on 295 moving through bell mawr. and this is creating a backup, as well. this is the southbound side approaching 168 because of a crash up ahead. back to you. today, a bucks county trial accused in a botched pizza robbery that ended in a deadly shooting. chastity ramos staked out the pizza shop in levittown along with the mother of one of the two robbers. a customer who was pistol whipped pulled a gun and fired killing one robber and wounding the other. the armed customer was not charged. a judge expect to sentence a mother in the death of her 4-year-old daughter. shakia holmes pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. her daughter shot herself with a gun found in the closet of their north philadelphia home.

"today," coming up. flynn is in. former national security advisor michael flynn says he's ready to talk about russia. and he says he has a story to tell. how might that impact president trump and his administration? we're live at the white house. plus the fountain of use for your brain? maria shriver introduces us to 70-year-olds who are as sharp as teenagers. and rokerthon rolls to the finish line. al returns to his alma mater for one very cool finale. >> there's no players like home!

>> as one more guinness world record gets ready to fall today. on friday, march 31st, 2017. we're celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary on the plaza. >> happy birthday gloria. >> it's mom's 75th birthday. >> on "today," i'm fun and 40. it is 8:00 on today, it's friday, the it's the 31st of march. it's crazy around here.

our crowd is soaked this morning. they look cute. it's so good being out here. wet, freezing cold. >> you guys having a good time? [ cheers and applause ] coming up, hot chicken in today's kitchen. popping up on restaurant menus all across this country, we're very excited to learn how to make chicken at home. >> and zoom in on that biscuit. as we mentioned, al is closing out rokerthon 3, it's got a special meaning today, he's at his alma mater, al, you must be having a great time. >> reporter: i can't even begin to tell you, we're having a blast. and by the way, all the schools came up with their own guinness world record idea. we had nothing to do with it. they came to us and said we want to do this, and, boy, have these

schools really delivered. let's give you a little recap of where we have been. we kicked off the week at the university of oklahoma, then we made our way to northern michigan university, the next stop, we went to university of tennessee and then we ended up in loyola, maryland, and finally here, the wlooirlakers here ato state. we came out of zamboni, we got another zamboni here, it's driven by tiny tim, and let me tell you this is one heck of a zamboni. >> who wants a t-shirt? >> reporter: here comes tiny tim. whooo! boom! how's that, baby? a zamboni that fires t-shirts. >> we need that.

>> here in suny oswego. >> we want that. >> reporter: we are bringing this back for the rockefeller center ice rink. this thing is huge. tiny tim, you're a giant. >> al, yes, standing strong at the end of the week, we'll get more from al in a minute. but first the stop stories. i'm halle jackson in washington. and new this morning, it looks like ousted security advisor michael flynn wants to break his weeks long silence. he's asking for immunity in exchange for his testimony. and now flynn's getting backup from his former pass. president trump tweeting, mike flynn should ask for immunity and this is a witch hunt by media and dems of historic proportion.

after all but disappearing after his dismissal last month, former national security advise or michael flynn wants to tell his story should the circumstances permit. that those circumstances apparently include immunity. but he tells the intelligence committee he will testify. in a statement he said no reasonable person would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution. senator mark warner is the top democrat on that committee. >> we won't say what we will do or won't do. >> reporter: flynn was one of the president's top advisors during his campaign and transition, privy to inner circle conversations about national policy and the transition. his request for immunity six

months after he slammed hillary clinton's staffers for seeking their own immunity. >> when you are given immunity, that means you probably committed a crime. >> reporter: as rick cohen wattnik named by two newspapers as having some role in devin nunes's claims that there was wiretapping. >> i think people in the west wing had no idea that i was there. >> reporter: but two other white house officials were also reportedly involved in getting nunes that information. nbc news has not independently verified that reporting. this morning nbc news caught up with both men. >> i'm not talking about anything. >> i have no idea. >> reporter: now the president's declaring war on the house freedom caucus, an ultraconservative voting bloc, accused of hurting the entire republican agenda if they don't

get on the team and fast, we must fight them and dems in 2018. >> most people don't take well to being bullied. it may allow a child to get his way, but that's not how our government works. >> >> reporter: lots for president trump to juggle today, he's also expected to sign several executive orders later on regarding trade laws. a massive fire caused part of a bridge to collapse on i-85 in atlanta. it's one of the nation's busiest roadways and this morning commuters are facing what's being called by the mayor, a long-term transportation crisis, the cause of this still under investigation. but officials are focussing oast bridge. they think it may have caught fire. the so-called superagers

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we have dillylan dreyer and mar shriver. in the article, we heard that mike pence as a policy. here's his own personal policy, he says he doesn't dine alone with a woman, unless his wife is there. and that got a lot of us talking in the newsroom, what do you think of that policy? do you think that's a wise policy? >> that's an old school policy that mike pence would be on board with. >> it makes sense. i don't think i would ask my husband to have that policy, but i think it's like, that would be wise, i don't remember. i'm not sure. >> why wouldn't you have dinner with -- >> i think from his point of view, the easiest way to resist temptation is to avoid it. >> that's not to say men and

women can't be friends. >> that's to say, we're not going to have dinner. >> i would like them to come. >> you think it would make your wife more comfortable. >> he's out to eat with another woman. >> then it's okay. >> i don't come down on either side of it. but i do think it's interesting. i have a friend whose father said, i'm going to give you a piece of advice. don't get in that situation, don't even let yourself get in a situation where you're tempted and you'll be in good shape. i think that's what's behind that idea. >> peeling the onion, the headline here, mike pence, asks the waiter to remove mrs. but r butterworth from the table until his wife arrives. mcdonald's announcing that will begin making their signature quarter-pound burger with fresh meat.

the other burgers will remain frozen. the rival wendy's, well, they had some beef with the news, they tweeted in response, so you'll still use frozen beef in most of your burgers in all of your restaurants? asking for a friend. >> wendy's takes pride in their fresh beef. >> i would rather have frozen beef than beef that's been sitting around a while. >> taking up for frozen beef. >> i would like to taste both and see if i can tell the difference. >> are you a burger gal? >> i like burgers. i try not to eat a lot of red meat, although i ate one yesterday. i really like burgers and i really like fries, everything that i preach you shouldn't eat, i like and i actually eat. we all know, we have been there breakups are hard, but no one is handling it better than the little girl we're about to

show you, she hilariously tells h her kindergarten relationship drama. >> my boyfriend, he proposed actually to a fourth grader. and that made me, go, like, what you doing? i thought you were going to propose to me. me. me. >> i hear you. this video went viral, of course. what happened that day at school? deanna's ex wanted to get back together. take a look. >> what did he give you? >> a bracelet. >> so you said you will take the bracelet? >> i'll take the bracelet, but i won't take you. >> say what? >> they need a show. they need a show.

>> they probably will get a show. >> yes. >> probably. >> adorable. >> i don't know about that lesson that he's learning. >> it was a nice bracelet. >> that's twlur. . >> we're going to start again with george amal clooney, we'll tell you all about the baby names amal vetoes. george jokingly said he wanted to name his children casa and amigos. and it's at nbc, we want to start by congratulating our friends at "dateline." they have incredible in depth stories and you can catch an all

new "date line" don't on nbc. >> craig, you're stuck with me tomorrow. >> that's tough. we're very happy to have you back, we missed you. calvin is sleeping his 11th night sleeping in a row. >> we have new babies. >> what's your secret? >> benadryl baby. and let's go out to al, he's on his final rokerthon 3 final record attempt. >> congratulations to "dateline as well. my wife was one of the original correspondents. it's time for rokerthon 3, we hav who's our official guinness world records

ajude dater. and the longest running president. besides the fact that oswego has the second best team in the country. the first class student group. >> we have enough people, al, we wouldn't let you down. >> reporter: are you ready to get started? the world's longest conga, they have to do it for five minutes. we are ready. put five minutes up on the clock. start the clock. >> let's go! >> reporter: here we go. all right, the old record, about 350 people, and we have over 600 folks in the conga line, let's get it started. all right, while they get it started, that's what's

good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. grab your rain gear. we've got a rainy one today. rain and wind and temperatures into the very low 50s for delaware and new jersey even t the shore our winds will top 25 miles an hour. low 40s this afternoon with a dreary day ahead for the lehigh valley. heavier downpours during the late afternoon and evening hours and that goes for the suburbs with a high of 47. just 49 in philadelphia. warmer this weekend when we finally dry out. >> reporter: all right, so far so good. the guinness world record for longest conga line on ice, here in oswego, where i went to school, so it was like coming to home sweet home. it's been a long, exciting week.

but there was one more school i had to stop at. there's no place like home. there's no place like home. there's no place like home. my alma mater, oswego, better known as oz, oswego, it was time to grab a bite at one of my favorite places in college. >> how are you doing, al? >> reporter: you look great. >> i wish i had lost weight like you did. >> i did the freshman 45. i think i'm going to try the meat ball sub. i haven't had the meat ball sub in a long time. the only difference is i would order two at a time. i thought it would be a good idea to meet with some prospective students, you know, give them a little bit of my

wisdom and insight. save yourself some time and say good buy to everyone else, this is it. whenever you're a graduate, whenever you come on campus, you have people like that following you around. it's great. then i stopped by a senior meteoroloy class where a familiar face was waiting to say hi. fritz was one of my communications professors back in the day. we had radar, tv and carrier pigeon. it was time to visit some of my old haunts. i used to work back here in the dining hall. and this was my room. and, my, i don't recognize it because it's actually clean. >> let's give it up for al roker? how does it feel? >> reporter: it feels great. but then there was the small matter of setting a guinness

book of world roadecords. >> we need you in the conga line, i think we're in trouble. >> reporter: i have a megaphone and i will use it. let's see jazz hands, no laughing, this is serious business. no laughing. luckily it's not for the fastest conga line. do you feel ready? are we going to do this? >> yeah. >> reporter: anybody going to fall down? >> no. >> reporter: let's do this, oswego. all right so the conga line is continuing, how are they doing, michael? they still have about two minutes left. so they're still going. >> this is very exciting, the world's longest conga line, what

was the original record? >> the record was 353, they still need to keep on going, they're working on it. >> reporter: when you have to get something like this, besides going five minutes, what are the other things they have to worry about? >> i need everyone holding their hands on someone else's hips, everyone needs to not fall. they're doing a great job, but they need to keep that movement going. >> reporter: i don't know what the official count is so far, but are you surprised at how many people there are here. >> everybody is enthusiastic to have you here today to try to break a world record title. >> reporter: we start at the university of oklahoma, we had the world's largest letter, we had the world's largest free tag there. >> i see a little bit of a fall there, everyone's doing a great job. 15 seconds left. >> michael is going to go through everything they need to

do. when we come back, we'll find out good morning. i'm vai sikahema. it's just about a 30 on this soggy friday. let's get right to bill henley with your most accurate forecast. >> a chilly rain falling in easten. clouds, rain and wind will combine to keep it chilly all suburbs. steadier rainfall in new jersey and delaware. and look what is coming our way. those are thunderstorms. that's the first line of some heavier downpours that moves in for this afternoon. th amoisture. we could easily see two inches if not more of rainfall in the area during the afternoon, the evening and then tonight. along with winds that will combine to keep it chilly. the gusts willp to 25 miles

an hour. it feels like it and the low 30s right now for allentown, wilmington and mt. holly and below freezing in trenton. let's get a check on the roads with jessican boyington. what are you seeing? >> a disabled vehicle. traffic moving towards center city seeing some problems. that's eastbound drive time 31 minutes from the blue route to the vine. speeds are down into the 20s. we're watching construction and electrical repairs causing pretty big headed southbound on route 90. another update for you coming up in 25 minutes. you can get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. "today" show continues in just minutes. sioux

. well, it's 8:30, it's a friday morning, it's march 31st 2017, and it's a wet one. rain is coming down in midtown manhattan. we stayed inside for this particular segment. good morning, everybody, good to have you along. nice, warm and dry in here. >> chilly outside. we're going to be chasing a hot chicken trend, back to its roots finding out how to make this

delicious dish at home as well. first we want to mention too that 80 junior golfers from all around the u.s. and canada are gearing up for the drive, chip and putt, sunday morning on the golf channel, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern, if you have kids who want to take part in next year's event, head to drive clutchip and putt.com. we want to know, did you break the record, al? >> let's turn to michael, who is our official "guinness book of world records" adjudicate for, michael, what say to you? >> the original record is 353 people doing the longest conga on it's, we have 393, it's a new world record.

amazing, oswego. >> reporter: and we're going to give it, maybe allison can take this out on the ice and corps yo gra corps yo graff this whole thing. euro you were helping us get all this done. hold on a sec, we're going to pick a couple of names out of a hat. we have 5,000 dlr$5,000 for one student. what's the name? >> emily notaro. you are the recipient of a pure point financial $5,000 check. come on down. and while you're doing that, dr. stanley, you guys at oswego state have matched that with another $5,000 check. >> we have, al, we couldn't be outdone by any of those other

schools you were at. they did a great job and we will too. >> reporter: what's the name? >> jasmine gomez. >> reporter: jasmine gomez come on down for your $5,000 check. one from pure point financial, the other from suny oswego. this has been spectacular, we have had a fantastic time. and thank you to michael from guinness world records, boy, what a week from rokerthon 3, good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. grab your rain gear. we've got a rainy one today. rain and wind and temperatures into the very low 50s for delaware and new jersey even at the shore where winds will top 25 miles an hour. low 40s this afternoon with a dreary day ahead for the lehigh valley. heavier downpours during the

late afternoon and evening hours and that goes for the suburbs with a high of 47. just 49 in philadelphia. warmer this weekend when we finally dry out. have a great day. . >> reporter: all righty, thanks so much, guys. also want to thank all of our fabulous producers. just take a shot of everybody there. cecilia and jackie, shawn reese and all of our guys who helped d us all over the place. we have had such a blast doing rokerthon 3. guys, back to you. >> excellent job. can't wait for rokerthon 4. have researchers now found a way to unlock our brain's fountain of youth. >> for more on that, maria shriver. >> reporter: most of us associate getting older with losing our memories and lots of

aches and pains, now there's growing evidence that many of these are actually preventable. meet some seniors whose bodies are stronger and their brains healthier than ever before. at 74, nancy has the brain of a 20-something. >> if you keep doing things mentally and physically, they all come together. >> reporter: this massachusetts grandmother is part of a special club of seniors known as superagers. in memory tests, their brains are as sharp as people in their 20s. >> their memories are very youthful and they show no evidence of memory loss. >> reporter: neuroscientists lisa feldman barrett wanted to know why, she scanned more than a dozen superagers and got the shock of her career. >> we found a whole set of regions which are much thicker and much better connected, which means they are more youthful. and in fact, when you look at superagers' brains and you compare them to young people,

they're indistinguishable. >> reporter: so what keeps these older brains so young? >> the word bore come has never been used in our house. >> reporter: in the last year, nancy's learned how to play piano, chess, even pool. >> one of the things they seem to do is push through discomfort. if you cultivate that feeling of yuck at least once a day and kind of push through it. >> reporter: cultivate yuck? >> that feeling of i can't do this, it's really hard, i want to stop, but you just do it anyway. >> reporter: and it's not just our brains that can defire older age. at nearly 80 years old, these women act like kids, climbing jungle gyms, even climbing tr

trees. do you believe that people in their 60s and 70s can be moving like they're 20? >> maybe even better. >> reporter: fitness expert katie bowman. >> it's move in a different way than you have been for the last 20 or 30 or 40 years, because all of those tiny shifts in movement, they do the same thing as the movements that you do in the gym, you adapt to them. >> >>. >> reporter: so by changing the way you walk, changing the way you stand, changing the way you move through life, you avoided surgery? >> yes, exactly so. >> reporter: bowman says one of our worst habits is sucking in our stomachs to appear thinger, over time it can cause

constipation and other problems. another health trick, strengthening our legs by changing how we move up and down from chairs. many of us use momentum as a crutch. >> less momentum and less falling both on the up and on the down. >> reporter: turning back the clock and make what's old young again. >> another key to superaging is the kind of stress in your life. experts say constant toxic stress from relationships or work environments can be very harmful to your brain. but occasional bouts of stress can actually be good for it as long as you say hopeful and positive. and another thing they talk about is walk around in bare feet, get used to that, and constantly moving, we're way to sedentary. >> superagers. >> what about their diets. >> they're all very healthy, they talk about being very

healthy, but they attribute, really the fact that they keep learning, keep moving, and keep exercising more than actual diet. >> and pushing through that discomfort. >> pushing through the yuck. >> binge watching net flix? a chance encounter that changed two lives forever. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're bag, 8:41. >> good morning, guys. this is a story about one man who was living alone on the streets and one woman who decided to stop her car, changing both of their lives forever. >> i was a street person in the

usa, just usually talking to myself and just watching the people go by. >> reporter: 34-year-old victor hubbard suffers from mental illness and fell on hard times. he found himself living on the streets and chose one particular street corner on houston to stay put. >> every day when i drove by i saw him there. sometimes i would go, it's too painful and it's hurting my heart to see him. >> reporter: last june she decided to stop. >> he walked over toward my car and said hello, how are you? so i felt like it was okay and i got out on my car and i said, well, i'm good, what's your name? and he said he was victor and we started talking. he's kind and loving and gracious. >> reporter: she wanted to find out why hubbard was always at this place. >> we talked about what he was doing, why was it that he was there. and he said, well, i just need to make sure that i'm here so if

my mom comes looking for me she knows where to find me. >> reporter: hubbard stood at the street corner hoping she would find him. >> i checked with every agency i could think of, to see, can somebody please help him. >> reporter: she started a gofundme page to raise money for clothing, food and a place for him to say and she give him a job at her cooking business, the art of the meal. >> i enjoy working here and it's influencing me to always do something besides just staying on the corner. >> reporter: last december, sprous and her took victor in their home. he's now living there in a room of his own. >> she helped me with a lot of things, she helped me overcome and to see that i had it inside of me, but i always had to bury

it in my heart that i could get better. >> reporter: and sprous is committed to keep helping hubbard. >> i believe that he was the one that the lord put there on the corner and in my heart. >> i think everybody could lenard something from my story, to know that i had courage to transform and to become a better better than. >> look what i could have overlooked, i have this great, amazing, funny, sensitive human being in my life now. >> and ginger, dave helped victor find his mother who he now keeps in touch with. she's helped him raise more than $30,000 on their gofundme pages >> and he's changed her. >> it's so inspiring for all of us. >> thank you for that. enjoy the weekend. >> you too. up next, we are serving up a recipe for hot chicken to spice

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for resources and information on substance abuse. paid for with pennsylvania taxpayer dollars. hot chicken, here we come. welcome back, something that's trending in from new york to california. this hot, spicy chicken will make grown men cry. >> reporter: from coast to coast, fried chicken is heating up. >> it's going to get your attention. your full attention. >> reporter: born and breaded in nashville, tennessee, it's called hot chicken, a breast, thigh or wing that marinaded, floured and set on fire with spice. >> one night he came home pretty

late and his girlfriend made him some fried chicken and then put a ton of hot sauce on it thinking he wouldn't like it and he did like it and hot chicken was born. >> nashville's very own original, prince's hot chicken, pairs their own brand of heat with white bread and pickles. and across town, alongside other greens, father and son owners nick bishop and nick bishop jr. say it's made grown men cry. >> it's painful, painful, both today and tomorrow, unbearable in many ways. it's the one item we have on our menu that people will take at risk. >> reporter: according to data from four square city guide, mentions of hot chicken were up

123% in 2016, a number the tech company expects will continue to grow. >> reporter: we have had this explosion of regional foods that get removed from their place of origin and then spread throughout the country. you had the philly cheesesteak, you had the lobster roll from maine and now you have hot chicken. >> all spreading the gospel of hot chicken. hungry customers can wait more than an hour for the spice yir bird. >> it has a nice flavor, it's juicy and everything you can ask for. >> reporter: so if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. >> all right, you can make your own hot chicken at home. the executive chef of root and bone here. you got your ingredients here, we'll show that on the screen. but good chicken. how do you do a quality check on

chicken? >> it's about the bird, you want to start with a good, happy bird, happy birds make happy food. i'm going to make a brine. i have made this brine and cooled it down already. >> like a salt, sugar -- >> that's just pepper, some and sugar, we're going to marinade this brine all the way through. >> how hot is the sample that you made these guys? >> it's a little peppery. i heard they didn't have coffee, so i thought this would liven it up a little bit. we have got the b rrkbrine, so going to leave this in the cooler for about a day. and then we're going to dredge it. we have got the pepper in here, some cayenne, some paprika and we're going to layer this tabasco and pepper in there.

this is butter milk and eggs. and i'm going to take this chicken. >> this is the brine chicken for 24 hours, then you're going to do your bath trick here. >> with the magic of time, we have already done our bath here, tobacco and butter milk. >> you've done this before? >> i like watching you. we do a version of this chicken, which you're going to see here. we have dredged it, we have got a lot of flour on it. >> you're in a cast iron skillet and some oil. >> i have this oil at about 350. >> do you see the effects of root and bone? >> some people come in and see how hot they can take it. >> how is it, guys? >> it's fantastic. >> it's not overpowering, it's got some kick but not -- >> it seems like the flavor is kind of elevated. >> the kick hits you later.

is that on purpose? it's like a five-second delay. >> you've got some butter here. >> so i have layered the tabasco here again, with some cayenne and some other peppers. >> how long is this frying going to take roughly? 15 to 20 minutes? >> but we're going to top it off with some pickles. we have a root and bone. >> go to "today".com. we're going to go, but fst this is ir"t

we're back, 8:54. >> take a bite of hot chicken right before i have to do birthdays. but we are celebrating, so let's say hello to some friendly faces. happy 107th birthday to melvin, he actually go business the nickname, uncle dude. enjoy it. ms. linda smith is 100 years old. she's a proud grandma from wisconsin, she and her husband own their own hotel. and michael vesta ran his own custom display business. and harley is celebrating his birthday of over 100 years celebrating his birthday by playing golf.

joseph is 100 years old, from omaha, nebraska, he's a world war 2 veteran and receives the purple heart for his service. and happy birthday to margarite, she's an avid bolger. >> don't forget, tomorrow's april fool's day so don't get got. not all pranks have to be mean. take a look at what happened at the nbc store. >> she's my favorite. >> i think that's savannah guthrie. >> it's like a scene from "psycho." they have the actual "today's" show desk at the nbc store.

it's really fun. so happy april fool's day, everybody. >> my mouth's on fire. >> i know. carson while i was doing the birthdays was looking for a beer in that nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning. i'm vai sikahema. better have an umbrella with you. let's get to bill henley with your most accurate forecast. >> the heavy rain will be later today. that's why we've issued a first alert for the entire area. today and into tonight during the evening commute that's when heavy rain will come through. those downpours could produce an inch or two of rainfall and lead to localized flooding.

right now a large area of light rain. suburbs in the lehigh valley, berks county. and a chilly rain falling for delaware. more steady rain on the way. these thunderstorms have settled down, but still a lot of moisture. we'll get a few waves of rain coming in this afternoon. late this afternoon and this evening. that's when we'll see the heaviest rainfall. the temperatures, well, they're parked in the 30s for most neighborhoods. now 40 degrees in philadelphia. and 40 in delaware. see a little bit of a warm-up with the rain and the wind, it's never really going to feel warm during the day today. thank you, bill. what kind of impact is the rain having on the roads? jessica boyington. >> big delays on the schuylkill. this is one of the heaviest roads that we're watching right now. surprisingly not a lot of accidents reported right now, at least on the majors. this is the schuylkill right around roosevelt boulevard, that eastbound side you can see traffic barely moving at all 20

minutes from the blue route to the vine if you're heading eastbound and the philadelphia international airport just tweeted that there's a ground stop for arthritis departing to philadelphia and also some delays heading to newark and new york. back to you. happening today, philadelphia district attorney seth williams will tell a judge if he's found a new lawyer to defend him in his corruption case. the d.a.'s former lawyer says william ds not have the money to pay him. we'll be back with more in 25 minutes.

this is "today's" take. welcome to "today" on this friday morning, the last day of march, 2017. it's going out like a lion here in new york city. you see folks out there on this friday, you see honkey tonk we

have trace adkins here. this is reminiscent to your pennsylvania days. >> i remember hanging out and listening to this song. >> i have to say, this is a huge, huge song. >> when you drive across country, you listen to a lot of country music. so your first album, 1996, streaming outloud? >> yes. >> that's like any of those songs come on and i can just sing along. like "every light in the house is on." >> thank you. >> and "thinking thing." >> i just have to tell you that. so it's your first album, and here we are with your newest album. >> 12. >> do you get nervous?

you seem so calm. >> what i have learned over the years, you should just focus on singing and the music stuff because the other stuff, the business part of it, the album sales and all that, there's not a lot you can do about that. so, you know, just don't worry about it too much. i mean i love these days when the new album comes out, we get to put new music out for people. but i don't get too worried about it. >> it's already number one on the country charts. >> that's huge. >> that's good. >> this morning we came in, and your album has come out. >> that makes sense, a lot of artists actually say that, there's such a business to it, you're the artist, so you just do what you do? >> can't dwell on that, can't worry about it too much. you just drive yourself crazy. >> and we're getting treated to watered down.

>> march 31st has a special meaning for dylan. dylan dryer has a special way to remember the days of the month. >> 30 days hath september, april june and november, all the rest have 31 except february, because that has 28. and then leap year it's 29, but we don't know when that happens. >> we don't know when that happens. >> the song goes off the rails as the end. everybody knows the catchy little song. but the whole rhyming thing falls apart. and nobody knows what the end is. >> i had trouble picking up the melody too. is there a melody or is it more of a chant. >> i'm a bad singer, but i was. messing up any kind of sing songy -- >> february and fine is 29.

>> have you learned the 31 versus 30 really? >> i do fingers, february, march, april, may, june, july, and the only one that doesn't work is february. >> that's the thing, february. >> they're saying i have to explain it. the tops of your fingers are all the 31s and the top sides are all 30. >> i have too many knuckles. >> my fingers are short. >> you know what? that's genius, i have never thought about it. but it's the same concept. >> march is 31 days. >> good for you, you have three methods for your choosing. so last time you were here, we got some of your secrets with your game, "country confessions." it was such a big hit, that america is still screaming to do it again. are you ready? >> yes.

>> country confessions. >> all right. this is -- all right, let's see. >> we fold them up really tight. >> you have to make an album of a different genre of music, what would it be? >> crooner. i want to do a crooner record. >> you do? >> milike make new songs? >> some of those old standards. >> that's a totally doable thing. with a voice like that. >> what song would you do? ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> what's the next one? what was your first country music crush? i don't want to tell. >> how about this? >> she already knows. tanya tucker. so she already knows. >> everybody's like -- >> i love tanya.

>> let's do another one. one more. >> okay. >> we wrote these in extra big font. >> few for that. >> what's your go-to ckaraoke song? ♪ like a virgin ♪ touched for the very first time ♪ ♪ like a virgin ♪ next to mine >> i like it. one more. >> that would be a fun night. >> all right. oh, my god, what is this? this is a paragraph. with your voice, do you think you can make anything sound -- this is not a question. can you sing this line from dr. seuss? ♪ i would not like them here or there ♪ ♪ i would not like them anywhere ♪ ♪ i do not like green eggs and ham ♪

♪ i do not like them sam i am >> i just made that up. >> there you go. >> i love that. so everybody these days are doing the big gender reveal, whether you're having a boy or a girl, the ante is really high. >> did you do a gender reveal? >> i did one with blue confetti. >> we're talking about this, take a look at this couple from colorado. they're the cross fans. christian and shaen sahaun is supposed to break the balloon. but i think he topped the zri strings off of it. there's no idea what he's doing

to have. i don't know how this video ends. they hug, but did they explain it later? >> the balloon doesn't come back. >> it would have ended with me running to the truck. >> got to follow the balloon. >> we hear it's a little boy. so that's cute. so they were able to find out. >> these days, it's a cake, it's a balloon, something and you post it for everyone to see. >> i had balloons all over the living room. and i had him pop the balloons. he didn't get home until mid night, so our poor neighbors heard popping balloons after midnight. >> so you found out first? >> i did, yes, and i told him like three hours later. >> that's so sweet. >> i was always there. >> yeah, in the room? >> we didn't do the balloon popping. >> no, no, no. the sonogram thing. i never saw the thing, i had

five daughters. >> you never saw these little -- >> i don't know what this is. >> okay, there's that. anyway, just kidding. you have four girls? >> >> five. >> five girls? >> we have to talk about that next, opening day just around the corner by the way, but during a spring training camp between the rockies and the padres, the team showed they're already in reflex form. >> the field, everybody's playing, game's gone on fine, and they get an unexpected invasion from something. have a look. >> uh-oh. we're getting a swarm out in the field. look, everybody's hitting the deck. the bees again. >> oh, my gosh, i have never seen that. the bees on the move apparently. i have never seen this in my entire life. >> i have never seen that in my entire life. the padres suffer ee eed a stin

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and in no better place than his alma mater, oswego, new york, al, how are you doing? how are you feeling? >> reporter: i'm feeling great, it was great to end up here at my alma mater, oswego. i could listen to you just read the phone book. >> okay, we'll do that someday. >> reporter: but it's been exciting, i mean, you know, because hockey, you know, unlike other schools, football's big, hockey is huge here, and i got to ride in on the zamboni, i got to drive the zamboni. which was pretty cool. this is -- in fact it's oswego, and we call this the land of oz. oswego. so the yellow brick road, and the whole nine yards. this one, oswego, this is tiny tim and this is the zamboni that fires off t-shirts during the game.

and it's a little creepy, i got to tell you, but we love it. it's fantastic. and then -- yeah, then the reason -- there it is. look at that. he comes flying in. i mean it's crazy. the crowd goes nuts, and then boom, off goes a t-shirt, which he even waves his little flag. the reason we were here is to set the guinness world record for the longest conga line on ice, and we crushed it. the record was about 350 people, a couple of years ago, well, it ended up being over almost 600 people. setting the record. for world's longest conga line for the "guinness book of world records," we actually started this at the university of oklahoma, by setting a weather related world record, not one but two, we set a record for not one but two human formed weather

symbols, largest weather formed icons ever. which was pretty cool. i did love that. >> reporter: they're telling me to go to weather. so that was a nice transition, let's show you what we have got happening, and here in the northeast, what a mess, we're talking about not only winter storm watches and warnings, but flood watches as well. so in eastern pennsylvania, northeastern new york and much of new jersey we have got flood watches for 11 million people, winter storm watches and warnings for 12 million people. upwards of 12 to 15 inches of snow throughout parts of new england. and upstate new york. and look at the rainfall, anywhere from one to three inches, but we could be talking about locally three to four inches between washington and new york city, a real mess out there. good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. grab your rain gear. we've got a rainy one today. rain and wind and temperatures

into the very low 50s for delaware and new jersey even at the shore where winds will top 25 miles an hour. low 40s this afternoon with a dreary day ahead for the lehigh valley. heavier downpours during the late afternoon and evening hours and that goes for the suburbs with a high of 47. just 49 in philadelphia. warmer this weekend when we finally dry out. have a great day. >> reporter: that is your latest weather, a big thank you to net jets for getting us all over the country, and more importantlyta for getting us home. and sunday, wrestlemania 33, i'm going to be its guest announcer. we'll have all the details coming up on monday. we'll see you on monday. >> power naps, i guess. >> such a fantastic job, thank you, al. >> so happy for you, al.

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in to tonight. you have a dreary day, a dreary end to march. 37 degrees. the temperature hasn't been going anywhere in the suburbs. 38 right now in new jersey. and upper 30s while delaware is 40. >> thank you, bill. jessica is looking at the commute at route 422 at trooper road. >> traffic that's moving towards the schuylkill expressway will see some of the slowdowns. 13 minutes our drive times are double here from 29 to the schuylkill. speeds there are into the 30s as well. watching over in cinnaminson. some construction and electrical repair work headed southbound just around route 90 where we're seeing this delay. the palmyra bridge is away from that actually you'll see some of those delays. we just learned which color will be added to crayola's 24-count box. it will be a part of the blue family. more details will come in may. now, the color will replace

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prawn linguini. >> i have never put on an apron before. for you ladies i'm going to put it on. >> it's a lemon chili prawn linguini. we're going to have a side that's super healthy. if you just want to make the pasta dish, it's 10 minutes from start to finish including the prep. i call them prawns, i know you guys call them shrimp. let's get cooking. let's have one on either side. we have got some linguini. and aalways keep some of the pasta back. and it keeps it from sticking together. we're going to pop it in there.

and then while that's waiting to be done. we have got lovely fresh chile, fresh ginger, fresh parsleparsl want to have some shrimp that's going to override of the of the shrimp flavors. >> why do you leave on the tails? >> that kind of holds the shrimp together. trace, you want to put the lemon juice in? >> genius, well done. >> okay, smell this. amazing, right? it's so gorgeous and so easy. a lot of times when i'm playing around with recipes, i always instagram it as i go long and post the variations.

we're going to put tomatoes in here. i've got lovely lemon zest. and i put that in with the pasta. and flat leaf parsley in there as well. and there we have got the dish and what it looks like. always put your pasta into the sauce to absorb all the gorgeous flavors. >> then it goes right into the pan? >> so easy. >> and the side dish? >>ed asparagus. you rose your asparagus for six minutes in a hot oven or a griddle pan. then you put in your asparagus like that. so gorgeous. >> fresh avocado. >> gorgeous avocado. >> and home made dressing. >> exactly the home made

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the city concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> for more than two decades trace adkins distinctive baritone voice has gotten him four grammy nominations and won him a spot in the grand ole opry. >> he's performing his latest single "watered down." trace adkins. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ i don't go all in but i'll

take a gamble ♪ ♪ and i don't burn both ends of the candle anymore ♪ ♪ i take the corners slower and steady ♪ ♪ this chip on my shoulder it ain't so heavy anymore ♪ ♪ we still fly like gypsies ♪ just a little closer to the ground ♪ ♪ and we still love our whisky ♪ now it's just a little watered down ♪ ♪ couple girls i could have married married someone else ♪

♪ and these torches i still carry don't burn like hell the way they used to ♪ ♪ the backside of 40 ain't near as crazy ♪ ♪ and sunday morning ain't near as hazy anymore ♪ ♪ we still fly like gypsies ♪ just a little closer to the ground ♪ ♪ and we still love our whisky ♪ now it's just a little watered down ♪ ♪ those old ghosts still chase

me ♪ ♪ but feels like they're losing ground ♪ ♪ yeah i'm still crazy ♪ but now i'm just a little watered down ♪ ♪ watered down >> fantastic. i. >> that's so good. >> thank you so much, your new album "something's going on" is out now. coming up, the man who inspired so many geniuses like billy crystal.

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we are thrilled to have a comedy legend who's considered a pioneer. robert klein has inspired greats like jay leno and billy crystal. >> i actually saw the very first comedy special that was ever on hbo. >> 1975. and i was also the mean director in hooper. only one broken ankle with 36 stunt men. >> not bad. >> one of the most dangerous -- i just watched, oklahoma. >> now you have a new documentary called robert kline still can't stop his leg. >> a ping-pong display, with the soda, because it's a natural. i think soda, think ping-pong, soda, ping-pong. paddles are by the laxatives. >> robert, good morning, such a

ble pleasure to have you here. ♪ ♪ i can't stop my leg >> all of the nine hbo specials, i ended with it, including in spanish. ♪ >> and for supposedly smart comedians, pretty stupid. i was just the subject of it. if you don't know who i am, you would say what a crazy title. and if you know the gag, then you know. >> i was about to start singing with you. >> i would love to sing jimmy brown. >> t >> for a kid from the bronx, i love bluegrass. i went to see foggy bottom boys.

300 new yorkers. thank you, neighbors, thank you so much. and it's, you know, i'm american, you know what i mean? >> i have to say i was watching you last night and so many comedic heavy weights are in the film and you influenced them. >> they're all great comedians, they say it, it's heart felt. it's sort of like huckal berry finn and it's my eulogy. part of that is i'm still alive and i'm still working, and i feel good about it. they say great things. but leno, he said when you're a kid in rural massachusetts and you want to go into comedy, people come up to your mother

and say, they say, is jay over that comedy things? and jay is a pretty normal kid, he went to college and he's a comedian. used to be, only the guys with tuxedos are telling the jokes. >> you go on stage without a net, it's just you, i go out there, i got six to seven guys with me. but not you, man. >> you don't need six or seven men, you could take them all on. >> you're still doing standup there? >> absolutely. i have a show tomorrow night in rhode island. it's such a small state, you'll know which theater. >> it's capes me. it's the theater in rhode island. >> thank you so much for being here, your special

nbc 10 news starts now. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. just about 10:00 a.m. on this cloudy, rainy friday. let's get right to bill henley with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. >> definitely need the umbrella today. what we've seen so far is a lot of light rain, about an inch on the ground already in the philadelphia area, less in the suburbs, but the rain has returned. look at south jersey, a steady rain there. starting to turn a little bit heavier and steadier. that shower activity moving our way. this will continue to move to the northeast.

but look at those downpours farther to the southwest. that's what's going to be here this afternoon. and there will be wave after wave of that heavy rainfall. so we can see another two, possibly three inches of rain in some areas. estimated rainfall already shows the heaviest rain in the trenton area. that's going to be with us into the -- there it goes. you see how it's picked up overnight. that rainfall will be filling in and we'll all see some heavy rain. the potential for today some localized flooding for the afternoon commute. all right, thank you, bill. let's get a check on the roads with traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> vai, that's because we have a scheduled opening on its way. scheduled for 10:00 a.m. we'll see delays on either side. also watching when the bridge isn't open there's single lane traffic moving in both directions for construction from an earlier accident. also checking with mass transit. the regional rain running with 20-minute delays for all trains due to equipment issues near

north broad station. we'll have another update in 20 minutes. k.

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