we ran out of good morning. lifefehreatening cold. polar vortex delivering bone-chilling temperatures from minnesota to the northeast. record setting cold pushing the mercury to near zero in the big apple. warnings everywheree to stay inside. >> you should take this weather very, veryy seriously. >> how long will it last? dylan is tracking itt all. southern discomfort. the repububcan candidates gearing up fornother debate tonight. the field getting smallers the stakes grow larger. will donald trump follow through on his suit to sueed cruz? cann marco rubio comeback? can john kasich h ep the new hampshireeomentum going? jumping into action. incredible rescue caught on

a car with a woman and her baby inside plunges inhe water. and more bad blood? anotherr kanye west/taylor swift feud this morning over racy music.c. she says she gave her blessing. her team says not true. it doesn't look like she is ready to shake it off. today, saturday, february 13th, 2016.. because we got badad blood we used to be mad love >romm nbc news, this is "today." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welclce to "today." i'm erica hill. >> and i'm craig melvin.

not a person on the plaza. >> we have a a nch of hand warmers ready to hand out. >> and a bunch of airplanes. >> he needs to get somewhere quickly. >> we do have folol over here. we will see them in bit. look at t t temperatures around the country. minneapolis, 6 below zero right now. that is just the temperature. that is not how it feels outside. it i i understandably chilly here. dylan checked the temperature in new york. it's whwh? >> it's 21 with the windchill of 11. that is it. it will not warm up. it will get colder. >> we got our fire pit here. i'll hunt some rascaly bbits here in a bit. >> this bitter air affecting 65 million people. shshnelle has more on that. >> it is the middle of winter and it is supupsed to be cold, these temperatures are out of the ordinary.

they are dangerous. officials are warning people to take every precautioio to stay safe. >> reporter: it's a dangerous freezing, wind driven,, record mashing, sub zero cold. tens of millions of americans shivererg from icy wind blowing from the plains to new england and down t tthe southehet today. >>ou should take this weather very, very seriously. >> reporter: the national weather service calls it life threatening. dangerous driving in tennessee and north carolina on friday. condndions worse in michigan. i-94 shutdown allll aftereron friday after two crashes involving ten big trucks and 17 cars. four people were injured. sub freezing temperatures led to a pair of water main breaks in pennsylvania as the water shoho up, it turned to ice. the windchillll in upstate new york may fall to a mind numbing

>> i have half my wardrobe on right now. >> reporter: the thermometer is expected to dip below zero. andn a window in maine, a frosty heart just in time for valentine's weekend. snuggle up by the fire. >> valentine's dayay weekend. this cold weather shohod not last long. >> thank you. we will focus on that. thank you, sheinelle. >> dydyn, what are we looking at this weekend? >> sheinelle said it will not last long. it is the polar vortex. we will see the coldest temperatures we have seen all season. temperatures today will not warm up in the northeast.t. in fact, we are most likely hihiing our high temperature right now. you gogoo the midwest, minneapolis at 6 below. this afternoon, temperatures will sink into the single digits and teens. that is running 20 to 25 degrees below average.

we'll feel. we are looking for boston to start off in the morning at 4 below. the rececd is 3 below. that was set back in 1954. we are looking at perhaps record-breaking temperatures sunday morning. as we go into sunday afternoon, temperatures will be in the teens. it is still about 20 to almost 40 degrees below avevege for this time of ar. we will see temperatures warming up on monday. we h he to get through the weekend. as we go into tuesday, we will see temperatures above averagag it is just the weekend. it is valentine's day. we should snuggle anyway. >> good reason to stay inside. dylan, thank you. turning t t politicic where fireworks a a expected on the south carolina stage. that is the site of the next republican debate. with the attacks getting more heated on the campaign trail, anything can happen. we have coverage for you w wh nbc's hallie jackson covering the republicans. hallie, goooomorning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning, the candidates are

theetage is the smallest with six peoeoe left in the race. south carolina has a reputation of being a rough and tumble state. n't expect tonight to be different with republicans already looking reaea to rumble. >> reporter: i i front of a rowdy crowd, donalaltrump takakg aim at jeb bush. >> he has a vicious streak.. >> reporter: ononne, a different target a a trump warns ted cruz on twitter, if he doesn't quote clean up his act, stop cheating and doing negative ads, trump will sue him for not being a natural born citizen. >> there isore than a little irony than donald calling somebody nasty with the insults and vulgarities. >> reporter: cruz and t tmp battling f f evangelicals in south carolina.

this one from trump on illegal immigration immigration. >> his killer, an illegal immigrant. >> reporter: and thihi from cruz hit not a republilin rival, b b hillary clinton. the ad spoofs the movie "office space" but a different kind of lm thatas cruz explaining why he yanked this off the air. >> vote for a pretty face next time. >> it happened with one of the actresses who was therere had a more colorful film history than we were aware. reporter: the a aresshe star of adult movies w w says she has no hard feelings.. >> i have no ill will against ted cruz. he hasasas a job to do. i'm a middle class working girl. >> reporter: the job tonight for marco rubio, prove he can bounce baba from new hampshire.

>> we have to o ve perspective here. i had ononanswer i would havee done differently. >> reporter: rubio campaign aide tells me he is eager fofotonight and reaea to take on attacks directly rather than pivot to president obama. watch for jeb bush to try to land some punches tonight. south carolina hoping it's the comemeck state for bushsh look for john kasich keeping up momentum aftft the second place finish in newewhampshire. his tactic is different, guys. he is looking totay positive and stay above the fray. >> we'll see i ihat works. hallie jackson, thank you. >> elise jordan is a political adviser. thank k u for being here. >> thank you for having meme >> there are six candidates left. what advice would you give the candidates? >> given this is the ninth

with each and how they project themselves. people haven't d de well trying to attack. you look at what chris christie did with marco rubio. it was a very effective attack and really harmed rubio, but christie is out. was a suicide bomber on stage and took rubio out. that is the fine balance these candidates have to navigate between being too nasty and showing a positive vision and keeping in the race.. >> you mentionon marco rubio. there will be an e era focus on m tonight. >> yes. he really needs toave a reaeay strong performance. he needs to show he can go off scriri and not a robot candidate. there is a focus on that emphasizing that part of his political background. he needs to show he can be more off the cuff and intelligent. >> donald trump in south carolina at last chchk, he was up around 16 points, i believe. primary voterss in that state are

nearly 70% of the voters are evangelical. donald trumpmpid w wl with evangelical voters in iowa. how is a guy like donald trump doingg well with the so-called god voters. >> it is i ieresting he iss navigating that balance so well so far.. i think part of what cruz knows with the opening there, when he did the new york values attack, that was not sailing in the wind. he knew thth was effefeive. what i'm looking foronight is trumums use of the foul languaua. this is the bible belt and polite culture. that language in frontf ildren is not goingngo go wewe. >> a lot too watch. ise jordan, thank you. turning to theemocrats where president obama is a major talking behinininor hillary clinton and bernie sanders after

nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on that. >> reporter: good morning.g. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will spend part of the day in nevada hoping to get out the vote for the nevada caucuses next weekend. both spent the night and they were there to help out the state party to raise moneyey for the humphrey/mondale dinner. it was a record turnout. bernie sanders spoke first. his campaign sees minnesoso with a history of electing more liberal candidates as a place where he could challenge clinton. but both spoke differentlyly when they referred to president obama. >> we have got to be h hest and to acknowledge we still have a very, very long way to go to

all of us believe we can create. >> better off because of his presidency. so i, yes, will build on the progress he's made because i am a progressiveho actualllllikes to makakprogress. reporter: more and more hillary clinton trying to wrap herself in theegacy of president obama. and nevada i i that next big showdown and clinton has changed her schedule topend more time there. so on monday, she willl be in nevada and former president bill clinton will takak over for her at three fund-raisers already scheduled for florida. back to you. >> kelly, thank you. > pope e ancis is spending his first full day in mexico today ararving last evening to fanfare. today, the pope t tvels to areas plagued by drug cartel violence. later, a special mass. nbc's anne thompson is in mexico

reporter: good morning, craig. this city is buzzing from the rousing welcome given to pope e francis last night. he arrived in darkness, but greeted with light as thousands held up the portable light sticks andhanted his name. children rushed the pontiff on the tarmac reaching out to welcome him to mexico. while dancers in traditional dress performed for the pontiff. there was a mariachi bandd as well. one offered his sombrero a a he put it on for a moment. earlier in the day onhe flighgh from rome,his sosorero was offered to him. on the flight, he said he was excited to come to mexico. had a chance to ask him about whether he is concerned about the zika virus that is so prevalent h he in latin america. the pope told me no. earlier, he stopped overnn

an historiceeting with the patriarch of the russian orthodox church. the first time the two leaders of those churches met. pope francis described it as a conversasaon between twowo brothers. these institutions had been seserated for centuries. today is official business for the pope. he will meet with the president and give a speech to the diplomatic corps. then we are expecting the highlight of the visit whehehe holds mass at the patron saint of guadalajara. craig. thanknkyou. >> an announced cease-fire will really take hold in the country torn apart by civil war. nbc's keir simmons is in today damascus this morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. a peace deal is set to come into

a cesestionf hostilities next week. already it is coming apart. secretary kerry criticizing the russians for the bombardment around aleppo. president assad of syria saying he intends to keep fightingg until he takes back the entire country. this morning, syrian forces backed by the russians and iranians a a continuing to adadnce around aleppo taking new villages. theebels, tellingews organizations saying they y n't plan to end the bloodshed. isis and al qaeda al nusra stillll trying to hold the country. people innamascus say why shouldlde stop fighting when they don't plan to stop. all of the distrust.

the communities where people are starving to deatat secretary kerry when he announced this deal, he said it wawa ambitious. he is turning out to be very, very right about that. erica. >> keir, thank u. authorities still tryinin to figure out what led a machete-wielding man to slash his way through an ohio restaurant on thursday n nhtht mohammed berry became known to the fbi four years ago for his radicacacaslamic views. at this point, it is not clear if those views prompted thursday's attack. police say the tragic death of two teens in an a azozo high school were actually a a murder/suicide. the shoototg of two 15-year-old girls sparked a school lockdown after gunfire reported near thth

eight shots with one bullet. a suicide note has been found. detectives say the teens appear to have been in a relationship. bone-chilling cold here. dylan i i back withh a check of the forecast. >> 90 million people under a windchill advisory or warning this morning. this is therctic front that is dropping temperatures. it crosses the great lakes and it is t tggering the lake-effect snow. we could see 1 foot of snow off lake erie. temperatures dropping today. highs in the teensounts of cold sun wiwih highs struggling too rise into the mid 30s. ice arrives well after miminight sunday. state

and thahas your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. >> we havee more on the rescue we showed you at the top of the show. a woman and her baby in the car when the car is out of control d plunging into the canal below. nbc's kelly cobiella is in ndon with the v veo for us. kelly, good morning. >> repepter: good morning, erica. such a scaca moment. this woman trying to park her car with a toddler strapped in the backseat when the car carcar rolls over the edge into the water with both t tpped inside. with thehe cell phone camera rolling, witnesses called amsterdam's s 911. four brave people did not wait... jumping in and swimming to the car. inside, a mother and toddler running out of time. you can see one man struggling withthth car door. it opens, but the car shifts.

air pockets disappppr. then the splashes. another man trying to shahaer the window witit the stone, but it's not working. the car is going under fast. ben abraham saw it from his office. he sayay he ran to his tool box and grabbed a hammer. en jumped in t t the river. at first, even that didn't work, he said. it was very scary. finally they break through the back window. pulling the child free and then the mother. just as the rear bumpepe sinks low the water line. police told us we were in the water for two minutes, he says. it felt more like ten.n. in just a matter of minutes, four bystanders becoming local heroes. and t tseseen told local media that they just did what anyone else would have done i ithat situation. really instinct kicked in. mother and child were taken t t the hospital and said to be in good condition.

incredible what forcet took to break those windows. >> it really is. scary. thankfully a good ending. the surf is up on the west coast. the maverick surf competition with waves sobig, it is like surfing d dn a five--story building. some are risking their lives for a shot at glory. we spoke with some of the daredevils about why theyy do it. >> r rorter: half a mile offshore, 50-foot waves. mavericks is called the most treacherous surf competition in the world. >> anything can happen anytime. stars. 24 big wave surfers. more women are expected next year. >e are making our voice heard we want an opportunity at

fearless. >> why do you do this? >> you just risisis death. you get as close to it, but escape it. >> repepter: what makes maverickck different are the water. they cause the waves to pick up massive speed, height andnd force. >> so powerful. >> reporter: made more intense by el ninio. these mavericks surfers are still feeling effects of el nio which causes super chargrg waves in waters that are already deadly. >> howow big are these waves? >> a four-story building c cing right at you. >> massive wave. >> reporter: the waves are so big, spectators are banand from the shore. says his job isustt like yours. >> feeds me and my family. that's what i do. this is what i do. there's a lot of risk, but the reward is great and the other thinin is, it's that oro get a normal job and be a normal person. >eporter: you don't want that?

that. i've never done it. the deal is i do what i was put on this earth to do.. >> reporter: which is ride the tide. >> a life long -- >> it giveses you chicken skin talking about it. >> reporter: awesome or as they say here, gnarly. >> you say it is so intense they had to cancel it? >> at one point the waves were too big. to see what they postponed it for makes you wonder. still to come, we're going get you c cght up on the week's big stories, including the must-seealentine's day treat from fabio. and also if you justren't in the moooo for love this weekend, how you can celebrate the holiday in a very d dferent way.

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and the special another really cold day. meteorologist jim lytle s the rst warn forecast. frigid aiai mass in place for the weekend. good amounts of cold sun with highs ststuggling to rise e nto the mid 30s. ice arrives well after midnight sunday. state transportation crews are gearing g p for the possibility

crews will head out today toto brine the roadd around gaston, ncoln, catawba, and iredell counties. but crews here in charlotte and some other areas, like union and anley counties are o o standby. n-c-d-o-t is reminding people to avoid getting t on the roads durii and after the storm. transportation crews aren't the only ones gettinggready for this winter weather threat. @7n\\people were out yesterday hitting up grocery stores, and getting some extra cold weather suppliee. the most in demand item right now is snow melt. as the weekend goes onn be sure to stay up to date on the temperature outside. just download the nbc charlotte weathercaster app. you'll get real-time updates on conditionon in your ighborhood. it's free in your app store. this morning, people in north charlotte are waking up after having to spend a night in the cold. piedmont natural gaasays a subcontractor with google fiber cut a gas line last night. it happened on wildbrook drive in the highland creek neighborhood. almost 300 homes didn't have heat overnight because of the

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roses are red, violets are blue, you are the president and i am your boo. we come back on saturday morninin february 13th, 2016. a little l l l from the first lady to her boo. president obama on this valentine's day weekend. coming up, what the president had to say to her and h h it involves the situation room. outside our studidi here at 1a, a very s sll crowd, although, before we came on at the top of the hour, no one was there. layeyed up. layered up out there. we will head t. oh, a aig bear out there. >> a b b teded bear. >> we willlet out in a bit. this bone-chilling cold is making headlines today.

in the northeast, w whave actually hit our highs today. it is only expecteddo get colder throughout the day. for the first time since that deadlyy shooting in columbine high school 17 years ago, dylan klebold's mom is speaking out. sue says she thinks of the victims every day. you will hear from her in our next half hour. > and its a lifetime ban for mets reliever jenry mejia. the third time he f fled the drug substantial rules. and weave sheinelle with the recap of the week's biggestst headlines. >> from the war of wordsds in politics to the zika virus. here are the stories that caught our attention.

the republican race heating up ead of the debate tonight in south carolina. >> w w don't need a president that thinks it's a victory to go bankrupt. >> i don't need to start the fight.t. if someone startssne in the future, we havee to bring out the differences. >> the cruz campaign doing damage control yanking the attack ad against marco rubio. >> maybe you should vote for morerehan a pretty face. >> after reports that wowon appeared in adult films. and bernie sanders trounund hillary clininn in the granini state. >> the people want real change. >> the former secretary of state fafang a big challenge embracing president obama and turning on n senator sanders at their thursday night debate. >> the criticism we heard from senatoto sanders about oururur president i expect from republicans, i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination. >> madame secretary, that is a low blow.

billlln a year and again, paid for. >> secretary clinton, you're not in the white house yet. come out with your hands up. >> no, we're not. after negotiations, a peaceful surrender after a 41-day standoff on the wildlife refuge. >> armed occupation of the federallroperty of the criri is not a peaceful protest. zika virus concerns are growing with the summer olympics six monthth away. >> if i had to decide today, i would not go. >> it's a race against time. wiping out zika carrying mosquitoes that pose a threat to pregnant women. researchers believe they can use knowledge of a s silar virus to beginnika vaccine trial as soon as the summer. passengerss called it a cruise f fm hell after the royal caribbean ship sailed right into a powerful atlantic storm. 30-foot seas and winds of 150

they were right in the middle of it. >> the scariest day of my life. >> royal caribbean is promisisi fufure cruise. >> 50% off is not enough to get me back on a ship. >> snoop is now featuring burger king's latest item. >ne dogg to another. d.j., grill that. >> and could this be the perfect valentine's day dadada >> so, tell me about your day. >> straight off thehehe cover of the romance novel, fabio listete and throws in compliments. >> i justt through your instagram and reallll like your photos. >> i really like your photos. >> it is awesome. >e has not aged.

grandma had romance novels. >> grandma? >> he looks exactly the me. >> somebody else who is aging pretty well. snoop! i don't think there is not a product out there that he won't pitch at this point. >> it's true. >> you know -- >> the commerciaia is hilarious. >> it iso good. all fluffy and whatnot. >> the guy who gets vaped so much and now promoting something grilled. >> no, no. this is probably a good time to check the weather. >> okay. moving on. leles talk about california. that is where the hotot temperatures are. spring-like warmth. rainy and below average out west thatate areinally going to see temperatures above average. san francisco, 65. los angeles shoulddet into the 80s today. normal high is about 13 degrees below that. we will stay abobo that.

san diego stays in low 80s. phoenix will most likely get close to 90 degrees on tuesday. if they hit 90, this is the earliest they hid 90 in the year. the early was februruy 24th. we have to see if that happens. conditions are ripe for temperatures to warm up with showers in the p pific northwest. the 2/3 of the country is a a about the cold. arctic air settling in. windchills down around zero and below. in the northeast, we sink in the mid to upperounts of cold sun with highs struggling to rise into the mid 30s. ice arrives well after midnight sunday. state

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>> i like that. we should go to brunch after, girls. >> we still have that. >> i'm available today, if you girls are. kanye, real important news here. having bad blood with taylor swift again. president obama has a love message for the missus. >> and the bad blood with kanye west and taylor swift. he had an over the top fashion show and album party at m mison square garden this week. one takes a swipe at taylor swift. kakae says he talked to taylor about the line before the song s released. her publicist says she was never made aware of the actual lyric and doesn't support the

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>> i was 18. too? >> i would say wait a minute. >> w w met our husbands at work. david was the stage manager at the station we worked. good old tech tv years ago. nowwe have been together 15 years. married foror ten. two great boys, a a dog, a cat. >> you picked up your husband at work? >> he was my cameraman. when you workt 4:00 in the morning. low hanging fruit. we were fririds for a while. he's notot 30 yet. i can't -- >> dylan is a true cougar at the table. >> i did meet my wife at work during a commercial break in 2008. >> a commercial break. doesn't take you long. o and a half minutes? >> i pitch quickly. >> you keep e einghe first

>> i had to tryor twoyears, actually. she come back from china. she had been t tre covering the olympics. she said oh, y, welcome. welcome. yes. there we are. one kid later. >> can we see that picture quickly? are you biting your lip? >> that's my only smile. i'm sure my wife loved that we used thatpicture. still to come here, ladies who launch. we willntroroce you to the women who could have a a future mission to mars.

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hope you like the cold because its not going to warm up much today. meteorologist jim lytle has the first wawan forecast. frigid air mass in place for the weekend. good amounts of cold sun with highs struggliig to rise into the mid 30s. ice arrives well after midnight sunday. police say they've made an arrest in a pair of local bank robberiess 42 year old

a trtrffic stop for outstanding warrants in tennessee. charlotte mecklenburg police and the fbi say he robbed the first citizens bank in babalantyne on thursday,y, and the b-b-and-t bank on maalard creek road back in jannary. police used surveillance video from inside those banks to help track doo the suspect. the race for the white house is well underway. we're getting a look at new numbers out of south carolina, a week before the first round of primaries. the new south carolilia republican prprmary poll from the "augusta chronicle" has donald trump leading the pack. more than 37 percent of likely voters said they would back him. ted cruz trailing behind in second place with only 20 points. marco rubio came in third, with 14 percent of voters saying they would back him. and jeb bush is in fourtt with 9 percent of the votes. the slimmedd down republican field meets on the debate stage tonight. it's happening at 9 in greenville, south carolina. we'll have complete live coverage both ononair and online during our 6 and 11 p-m newscasts. the today show is next then we're back with

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good morning. life threatening cold. a a tter blast hitting 65 million p pple thanks to the polar vortex. the furious windchills. temperatures in some areas could feelels colol a a 40 belolo the w wther so dangerous that people are being warned totay inside inside. dylan dreyer is trackckg it all. breaking her silence. the mother of one of the columbine shohoers spepes out since her son, dylan klebold and hihi friend killed in 1999. more froro t t conversation andnd what she remembebe most clearly from that horrific day. and what with one of her victimsms says about the attack. and a league of their n. four women ready to launch into space with a possible mission oneay to mars. they're all part of the elite

we'l'ltalk to them today, saturday, february 13th, 2016. really really really like you and wantt you to want me to i i really, really, really like you want you you w wt me to >> and a good saturury morning to you. welcome back to "today." you said it is 21degrees? >> 21 degrees, but now the windchill is 7. >> ittot windier. >> it does feel colder. that has not stopped these fine folks froro joining us on the plaza. >> i think wee have a fire, but they can't'teel the fire. we have hand warmers. >> we n ner give away a athing on the plpla. you know it is cold.

there you go. don't put these on e-bay, young easy. hand rmers. thank you. we have more. >> i should have grabbed more. >> we will keep p psing those down the line. we have more to getet to. we want to check in with sheinelle who has more on n e the dangerous cold. >> thank yoyo erica. officials from the nation's mid section to the northeast are cold. high winds are expected t t drop windchills to below zero. mayors are urging residents to take precautions. we will have more when dylan dreyer looks at the weatatr. the remaining republican presidenenal hopefuls face-off in south carolina tonight. nbc's hallie jackson has a preview from greenville, south carolina. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. the candidates areetting ready for the debate. the stage is the smallest it has been for one of these with just

at the center of the stage, donald trump and ted cruz. both of them looking ready to rurule. trump calling cruz a liar now threatening to sue him for being born in canada. cruz dismissing that is whate calls a torrent insults coming from trump's mouth. marco rubio o looking to bounce back from his widelyanned debate performance in new hampshire last week. a campapan aide says he is eager for tonight and ready to pivot to attacks if he is facing ininming fire from republican rivals. watch for jeb bush to try to land somom punches. he is looking for a comeback. and john kasich is looking for momentum after his second place new hampshire finish. he is hoping to s sy positive and stay above the fray.. back to you. >> thank you, hallie. excicing. the pope is in mexico city this morning. he is g geted by wildly cheererg crowds.

airport in the open air popemobile. he will visit areas plagued by drug violence and hold services in the five-dayay trip. it follows the stopn cuba where he immediate with the russian orthodox patriarch. here at home, a major investigation is opened intnt an issue first reported on nbc news. the government is beginning a probe of potential health risks from a type of turf known as crumb rubber. made of ground tires and o o sports fields across the country. athletes and coaches are reporting illnesses including cancer. manufacturersslaim the product is safe, but the govererent now says more study is needed. and in idaho, a scaca ski run for a father and son. winstone was skiing with his son, ethan and ethan disappeared. head's up. it's okay.

here we go. here we go. i got you. >> turns out e ean fallen into a tree well w wch can form when heavy snow piles up around the trunk of the tree. authoritits say it is important to watch your child ski ahead of you and be alert. and finally, exhibit of corvette, but not the way you see them. twisted wrecks are part of the tional corvette museum in kentucky. you may remember security cameras caughtt sinkhole under the museumwallowing eight of the cars. two were restored after they were pulled out. they took the rest of the cars crushed in the disaster and turned them into a display. >> great idea. >> i guess if life gives you lemons. >> my heart isiseating afterer that ski accident. dylan dreyers back now with another check of the forecast.

storm system, maybe, that could make its way. despite how cold it is, it is going to turn into a warmer tuesday. in the antime, we have the huge area a aoss canada that will drag down and bring that cold air into the northeast. we are already feeling it back through minneapolis where temperatures are well belel freezing and windchills colder. a piece of the polar vortex that sits up north. then the bursts of cold air startstso settle in. it feels like 5 bebew in minneapolis. thth is the air temperaturur the wind kicking in across the northeast makes it feelle are in the single digits. high temperatures today will be dropping acrosshe northeast. 18 this afternoon in new york city. detroit at 18. milwaukee at 10. that is 21 degrees below average. tomorrow morning is really when we bottom out across the northeast. burlington, vermont, it will feelike 27 below tomorrow morning. in west virginia, 3 degrees

highs sunday in the teens and low 200s. syracuse only hitting the high of 5 degrees. finally into monday, we get back into the 30s and 40s. temperatures above freezing. we continue to warm up which sese the stageonday and tuesday which should be a rain event for amounts of cold sun with highs struggling to rise into the mid welllafter midnight sunday. state crews are and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. now to a very raw, emotional

of the columbine shooters speaks out for the first time about her son, his rage and that terrible day 17 7 ararago. nbc's stste paterson has more. >> a a thesekids. and the teacher. >> reporter: for the first time, the mother of one of the most infamousus killers in history sat down for an interview. >> i'm sorry for what my son did. >> reporter: sue klebold speaking out onbc talking about one of the teens responsisieor the massacre at columbine high school. >> it is h hd to live with the fact that someone you loved and raised as brutally killed people. >> bunch coming outs. >> reporter: on april 20th 1999, klebold's son dylan and his friend eric harris killed 13 people at the schoooo and wounding more before both committing suicide.

the sinking feeling.g. >> i remember if this is true and d dan is really hurting people, he has to be stopped and at that moment, i prayed that he would die. >> reporter: klebold said she spent much of the last 17 years agonizing over how she missed the warning signs from her troubled son. >> i thought i was a goodd mom and he could talk to mee about anything. part of the shock of this was that learning that what i believed and how i lived and how i parented was an invention in my mind. >> reporter: many o o the survivors have grown up with grief. shootiti victimm anne marie was paralyzed fromhe w wst down. despite everything, she forgives. >> it is one thing to lose a son or daughter, but it is anonoer thing to have your last name forever linked with a tragedy. i don't have any ill will towarar her. i forgive her. >> reporter: klebold wants to ise awareness about mental illness. >> i don't know what else i can

i felt i had to do everything i could do. >> reporter: one parentt speaking tragedy. steve paterson, nbc news, los angeles. erera. >> craig, thanks. for the first time in story, nasa's latest class of astronauts split. theyeyinish training i i july. four women and four men. all chosen for an upcoming mission to mars. we recently caught up with them at johnson space center. the astronauts of 2016 have come a long way. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mamaind. >> 25 seconds. >> reporter: and not just because they're sights are now set far beyond the moon, they also look different. >> you are a class of astronauts is the first one to be equally split on gender lines. is that something you noticed?

notice day-to-day which is great. the traits we bring to the table which is what is important. >> reporter: in 2013, eight astronauau candidates were selected. including these four womenen from more than 6,100 applicants. >> the first grade teacher askeded us to draw a picture of what we wanted to be when we grew up. i drew a picture of anstronaut on the moon with a flag. >> you have been thinking about it. >> reporter: the astronaut candidates go through an intense physically demanding two-year training program. >> you remember the first time you put one of these suits on what that moment was like? >> you look in the mirror and think i'm an astronauau >> reporter: learning to fly. >> space dancing. >> reporter: to work inn space suits. >> houston, we are ready to

>> reporter: and to work the roboticrm of the international space station. >> if the toilet brbrks, we cannot calala plumber. >> reporter: jessica meir, a ologist with a ph.d. in marine biologyyas studied elephant seals and penguins and himalayan geese. christina hammock kochch holds a masters degree in electrical engineering. >> i'm a a caretaker of the group.p. >> reporter: west point grad anne mcclain, earard her masters in aerospace engineering and animal relations. >> animals. thatatomes from my rugby days. >> reporter: and major nicole mann holds a masters in mechanical engineering and mom to year-old boy. >> my calal sign is duke.

missions will take t tse astronauts away frfr their families for months or yeaea at a time. >> i think for a mom or dad, it is really hard to think about it. you understand it is an important mission and part of something bigger than yourself or family. >> if you thinknk about thehe first moments on the moon were like and seeeeg earth from another planet planetary bobo for the first timeme it will give us perspececve about our place in theeolar system and universe is incredibly important. >> we are all impressed witit the men. they were gracious and down to earth. they don't know when they will go to spacac they are waiting for their mimiions. there is a good chance one of them could go to mars. there is a chance that you have the r rht stuff. there is still time to apply. recrcrting and accepting

of astronauts. u log on to usajobs.gov. searar for astronaut candidate. you still have a few days. good luck. >> iffou get accepted, will you let us know? >> a couple have been through thth before. jessica in 2009, she said she made it to the sececd or t trd round. anne applied before as well. made it to a couple rounds. >> what makes a good astronaut? >> she said interestingly, they get this queueion all the time. it is a bit of everything. you do need to be open to new things and you have to be able to learnlly well. also, everybody has to speak russian. they spend hours with private russian tutors. >> that's right. they have tonteractith the cosmonauts. >> i did apply to nasa school at one point. i didn't g g accepteded >> clearly. >> and you're brilliant. seriously.

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we e e back on a saturday momoing. february 13th, 2016. seems like a nice day to sit by the fire. >> an awful d d to sit outside. >> don't worry. oh, yeah. dylan, good call on the blankets. dylan, do you remember when we went to the icece hotel? >> these are the blankets there. >> it is a little chihiy here in new york and across the country. tens of millilis of people are going to be affected by this. in all seseousness, a rough cold day. we have funtuff coming up. derek zoolander is back. coming up. our conversation w wh ben stillele and owen wilsononbout "zoolander 2." and the perfect question for

how do you reallynow if you are really in love? how do you know, erica hill? >> you know how i iknew? my mom said when you know, you know. cheryl, you were right. >> we will answer that question. also ahead, if you are looking to make a yummy valentine's day breakfast for your sweetheart tomorrow. we have the perfect dish with waffles. a quick programming note. the road to rio continues as the americans run for a chance to run at the olympic games. the 2016 olympic marathon trials are in los angeles. full coverageee begins today att 1:00 eastern here on nbc. how about a final check of the forecast? close to you. a natural reaction when you are freezing. other. not because you like him. >> i'm freezing. >> that's how colol you are. to craig. >> desperate times.

we have to get through the weekend in the northeast. the next storm system, once it getshere, it will bring mainly rain to the major cities. through satatday and into sunday, we will see snow through the ohio valley and tennessee river valleys. we will see the snow make its way to virginia and c colinas before it turns to a wintry mix. we start with snow monday afternrnn in the northeast, but it changes to rain as temperatures warm up. we are looking at the cold air to continue for the weekend. tempmpatures in the teens and 20s. windchill below zero. tomorrow morning in the e northeast, that's going to be as cold a ait gets with windchills 25 to 30 degrees below zero. hopefully we are not doing this set upamounts of cold sun with highs struggling to rise into he mid 30s. ice arrives well after midnight sunday. state transportation

and we found another dylan on the plaza with this amazing headgear. what do you call this? pom-pom? >> yeah. >> what do you call this? >> warm. >> i like that. straight from minnesota. erica. dylan, thanks. a little celebrity fun this mornrng as "zoolander hits theaters. we satatown with owen wilson and ben stiller for the sequel. >> it's a tough job. someone has to do it.

hit when it openeded but it was a classic and it made derek and hansel household names. they a a back in "zoolander 2." >> he was once the world's most famous model. but that was a long, long, long time ago. >> it's been 15 years since we first saw derek zoolander strike aa pose and stop moving objects. from supermodel to super reinclusive. it is a conspiracy to kill the world's most beautiful people that gets derek and hansel out of hiding to solve such a mystery. >> peace out, world. >e're back. >> back? yes, but a lot has changed in the world of high fashion.n. >> you are -- >> i'm sorry i can't understand a word you're saying. >> sitting down with ben stiller

brains behind derek and hansel. we t tched on film and politicss and origin of blue steel. >> how are you doing? >> od. >> legend has it blue steel was inspired by your mirror face. is there truth in that? >> i guess part of it came out of the face i would make when i would brush my hair and my wifee would say why are you making that face. i would say what fafa? >>owen, do you have one? >> yes, i do have one. >> owen'sook has a sound effect. owen's hansel look has a sound. >> beautiful. >> it's a work of art rigig there. >> only one person can know how to tackle this look. >> how would derek zoolander terpret this look? >> that is a blue steel. >> i would call that sad puppy and a dog. >> we do have to be fair.

how would derek and hansel interpret? >> gray steel. >> crumbled steel. >> i personally think that derek and hansel are responsible for some of the magnificent dialogugu in cinematic history. at would other magnificent dialogue had derek andhansel men?" >> did you order the code red? >> i'll answers thehe question. do you want answers? >> i want the truth. >> you can't handle t t truth.h. >> i love you, jack. >> don't you do that. don't say your good-byes, not yet. dodoou understand me? >> i'm so cold. >> rose. >> you're going to go on and make lots of babies and watch them grow. you will die an old -- is this

>> promise me that you'll surviviv >> i promise. >> neveret go. >> i'll never let go, jack. i'll never let go. >> and that never gets old. "zoolander 2" is in theatersrs how. i can't remember a movie having this many cameos in it. >> folks from here, too. >> matt lauer and natalie morales. >> a good ideaea thank you. up xt, one of life's burning questions. how canou t tl if you are truly in love? the answer aftererhese messages. male p pguins show ththr love with... a pebble. some males, however... are smarter than others. save up to 30% on select diamonds in rhythm. at kay, the number one jewelry store in america... every kiss b bins with kay. guys, kay jewelers would like to remind you... ...it's engagement s sson.

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we are back onn a saturday morning with an important question on this valentine's day weekend. what is love? >> it is an age old question that some people don't know the answer to. >> here'ss looking at you, kid. >> y y complete me. >> it's been chroniclekronchrorocled on film for decades. those scenes. those lines. that love. >> when you realize you wanto

somemedy, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. >> it starts with age and culture. what is it? ask 100 people and you get 100 different answers. >> love is awesome. >> love is being together. >> giving a girl a flower. >> love i i your first grand child. yes. >> love is when someone like reaches f f your food and youou don't have the suddenrge to slap their handdway. >> you know you are in love when you would rather hang out with your girlfriend than your best friends. >> being in love is loving the craziness that every daybrings. >> l le is being patient. >> being in love meansemember the rest of your life. look at your wife e ery day and say it's my fault. >> we tell each other every day. >> we wake upp in theorning

>> and he sings in the shower. >> well, that's to make sure you're awake. >> i l le him. >> robi ludwig, good morning. >> good momoing. >> i know folks come to you all the time. the opinions are going to vary. in your opinion, what is love? how do you know you're in love? >> well, i think when you are falling in love when you are in love, you are under the influence of a neuro chemical cocktail. it packs a wollallop. you are seeing your p ptner through rose-tinind glasses. what everyone sees as annoying, you find as adorable. >> the insurancetensity is turned up. you want to be around this person all the me. you think everybody else wants

there is a physical attraction and intellectual attraction and pefully compatibility as well. >> what is the difference between being in lovend loving someone? >well, i think it is more intense. so when you love somebody, you don't mind sharing them. you might even match them up with somebody else.. when you are in love with somebody, you don't want thehe with anynydy but you. you plan your life around them. >> when you are falling in love, you are on that roller coaster. it's'sp, it's down. it's insecure. thank god we don't live l le that all t t time. >> it changes. it is different when you are young and meet someone for the first time. alllf a sududn you have children.. children seem to changng love in a good way. >> right. >> you know, in the end, i think loving somebody is having that calm secure sense of home base. therer aren't necessarily so many

there's a sense of expansion beyond the two of you i io your friends and family. >> i t tnk it's more normal. it is loving who you are when you are around that person and loving who you can be. it iss almost like you help each other to become the person you are meant to be in the best-case scenario. >> that is a good way to look at it. what is the pressure for valentine's day and people not in a relationship? for couples out there who maybe one half of the couple feels more c cmitted than the other. they feel they don't have thee traditional commitment symbol whatever it may be. when do you know itt is time to maybe cut and run? >> cut and run somewhere else. >> lots of different non traditional relationships today. more people are co-habitating

if you are to wake up a year from now and your relationship d your life was unfolding the way you w wted itt to you are in the relationship you want to be in. what would the day look like? visualize that and go for that. >> y y need to respect your relationshsh goals. you have to be direct and say i want marriage and i want kids. put it out there. if someone can't give that to you, cut your losses.. >> how do you sustain love? how do you make sure it is the love that lasts a lifetime? >> you haveo first of alllook at a person's character and see if youou areooking at life in theeame direction. do you haveehe same goals? do you want the same things out of life a a are you w w wng to help each other to get it? love e ests within reality. if that exists with what you

up, that can be damaging. >> you know, studies show that couples who succeed and fails, the c cples that succeed have more positive-to-negative interactions even when they are fighting. >> support each other. nurture and love. >> thank you so much. robi and ian, thank you. happy valentine's day. up next, speaking of love,, how about aelicious breakfast to help you g g in the mood this valentine's day weekend. i do love to eat. >> we love too eat a lot on this show.

nbc. this morning in "today's food" delicious breakfast full of foods to get you in the mood. e opener of rocket in chicago

>> i like how you said t tt. in the momo. we will get in the mood with mimosas. >> what are our options? >> popogranite. you don't see a lot of leachy. we have mango. we take this to the chocolate ffles with cheesecake mousse. can you tell which minimum mimosas? we have choholate chips and eggs and berries and cocoa powder. we will make the c ccolate wafflele we have eggs and buttermilk and adding oil. >> you do all the wet

>> yes. i'll start on the dry. you keep them separate. go ahead and whisk that together. we have flour and cocoa powder and d own sugar and baking powder and salt. right where you are when you have it mixed -- we have it separate because you want the ingredientssixed well. we push this together. then now you reallll have to go to work as youou c c tell. yes. then you will mix that up until it is sort of batter-like. >> mixed. >> yeah. i can do that. what you will do is fold in some chocolate chips. if y y don't want that, you can use white chocolate. you can swawaout peanut butter. you can eat them like that like it is a buffet. >> you don't want to serve

>> i like the baby m&ms. >> peanut butter. >> you are going crazy and i love it. we have egg whites that we made nice and fluffy andnd airy becausese we want the waffleses to be light and fluffy. >> then we fold. >> you don't want to go crazy because you want to maintain the fluffiness for the waffles. i never know whehe i'm supposed to stop folding.g. >> w wn it stops losing the white color. don'n' go crazy. you could s s here that we are smokinggot ready to go. weill make the chocolate waffles. >> h h do yououike it? >> it is good. >> i would like another one. >> i have one for you. this one is about four minutes. depends on the size of the waffle iron. then we have the waffles. what is great, if y y don't want to cook on valentine's day, you

and then pop in the toaster or oven. then we have cream cheese, sour cream, powdered sugar, vaninia. then throw your berrrrs on. then use strawberry syrup. there you go. >> i don't have a a fork. >> i'll use a spoon. >> i'll give you mean. billy, thank you.u. rock star as always. you can get the recipe at today.com/food. >> cheers. >> valentine's day. >> cheers to you. >> first these messages. does the smell of a freshly bound presentation fill you with optimism? do you love your wireless keyboard more than certain family members? is your success due to a filing system only you understand? does printing from your tabletet to your wireless printer

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we're in for a super cold weekend.. meteorologist jim lytle has the first warn forecast. frigid air mass in place for the weekend. good amamnts of cold sun wwwh highs struggling to rissinto the m md 30s. ice arrives well after midnight sunday. the race for the white house is well underway.

look at new numbers out of south carolina, a week before the first ound the new south repububican primary poll frfrm the "augusta chronicle" haha donald trump leading the pack. more than 37 percenttof kely voters said they would back him. ted cruz trailing behind in seccnd place with only 20 points. marco rubio came in third, with 14 percent of voters saying they would back him. and jeb bush is in fourth with 9 percent of the votes. the slimmed down republican field meets on theeebate staae tonight. it's happening at 9 in greenville, south carolina. 'll have complete live verage both on air and online duringgur 6 and

with valentine's day tomorrow, some of you might need to do a littleelast minute shopping. a number of stores are lling valentine's themed things. you can find them at places like the atherton mill and the seventh street market. the hours vaay at each pop up shop. you can find all the information you need on our website, wcnc dot com. keep it right here... our next wscast starts at 9am. have a great weekend. now at 9:00, the cold weather is here. what the state is

ready for thpossibililty of snow and ice. now at 9 the cold weather is here. what the state is doing to get ready for the possibility ofof snow and ice. and d e discrepancies between the numbers. data from pd showing differences betwtwn who's being charged for having mare wanna. this is wcnc, nbc charlottemorning news. >> good morning. we are all talking about this morning. the weather.r. let's start off with a live look at uptown charlotte through the view cam. looking pretty clear not too bad out there. but, it might change. thanks. >> from the inside out yeah. >> i am rachel rollar alongside m lytle. jim, we are in for a little bit. >> o ocold weather. >> yeah. >> we got the cold and then we have the changngcoming the freezing rain and snow reat fofomonday morning. so it doesn't take very much to cause problems especially with the roads as coal as they are