> good morning. all but one. donald trump wins four of five states, including florida, forcing marco rubio out of the race. >> after tonight, it is clelear that while we are on the right side, this year, we will not be on the winning side. >> john kasich hangs on with a win in his home state of ohio. >> we are going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination. >> for the democrats, a clean sweep for hillary clinton. sanders hanging in, but it's trump she's setting her sights on.

be able to defend our country, not embarrassss it. >> arere the races all but over? our political team weighs in. breaking overnight. word that president obama will nominate a supreme court justice ore scalia this morning. will the nominee have a chance of being confirmed? a college student gets 15 years of hard labor inn north korea overnight. his crime, allegedly trying to steal a banner. the trial lasting just an hour. does he have any hope of getting out and getting home? a day after freree styling with the president. potus, i'm free styling >> lin-manuel miranda is taking us on.

>> this you have to hear today, tuesday, march 16th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. breaking news all over the place. president obama ready to nominate a replacement for supreme court justice antonin scalia one month after his death. >> we will bring this announcement to you live when it happens, as if we needed any more reminder of the stakes of this presidential election. that's where we begin. big night for donald trump presidential race. they're inching closer to their party's nominations. >> trump notched victories in florida, north carolina, illinois and missouri. while ohioo governor john kasich took his home state, only win of the race so far. here's how the delegates break down for the republicans.

to 656. followed by ted cruz, marco rubio, who dropped out of the race, and governor kasich. >> in the democratic race, hillary clinton bounced back from last week's loss in michigan. she swept all five states last night. her delegate lead over sanders, more than 700. >> we're going to talk to governor kasich live in a couple minutes and break down the night's results with our decision 2016 team. first, let's begin our coverage with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, long night. good morning.g. >> yeah, it was a long night. matt, good morning to you. the next time donald trump is here in cleveland may be as the republican nominee at the convention this summer. another huge night for him. going four of five, racking up a ton of delegates. more than halfway to the magical number he needs to clinch the nomination. the only other candidate celebrating last night, john kasich. the last remaining mainstream republican in the race.

>> i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. i love you. >> reporter: john kasich boasting a big win at home, denying donald trump a clean sweep and drawing a stark contrast. >> i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. >> reporter: earlier, vowing to take his campaign to the convention back here in cleveland. >> i'm going to keep doing what i'm doing, because i think people really do appreciate the positive message. >> reporter: trump basking in victory. >> this was an amazing evening, great evening. >> reporter: wididening his delegate l lead by winning the grand prize of florida, knocking out marco rubio, who was touted as the establishment's best chance to beat the billionaire. trump trawling rubio on twitter hours after he exited the race. >> i believe with all my heart that the winnerr of the florida primary next tuesday will be the

>> thanks, marco, trump vote. we agree. >> it will not leave us a fractured party, they're going toto leave us a fractured nation. >> reporter: ted cruz telling hallie jacksonon it's a two-man race. >> head to head is a nightmare for donald trump because 2/3 of republicans recognize he'ss not the best candidate to go against clinton because he loses against hillary clinton. >> reporter: mocks s s s s s s still. >> i have to explain to the people, they don't understand basic physics, basic mathematics, basic whatever you want to call it. >> reporter: surrounded by family and staff, trump gave credit to his campaign mamanager, who is still under investigation for allegedly grabbing a reporter last week. while tuesday's event was billed as a press conference -- >> thank you very much, everybody. thank you.

stage without taking a single question. >> one of the statistics out of last night is the fact that donald trump was able to barrel through anti-trump ads. more than $20 million spent against him across the fivive super tuesday states. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. > governor john kasich is with us on the phone. good morning. >> good morning. >> congratulations on your win. this was a big one. i know you were hoping to wiwin. it was a must-win for you. is any part of your feeling this morning a big sigh of relief? >> well, no, not really. i mean, really, it's a good accomplishment accomplishment. i beat trump by 11 points. it's remarkable, isn't it? lived in ohio, came in here and trashed me, and he lost. let me tell you, neither cruz nor trump can win the general election. you know, they can't come into ohio with the philosophies they have and win. you can't win ohio, you can't be

what we'll be doing is we're going to now start to get the attention, we're starting to rise around the country. when people look at my record of job creation in washington, job creation in ohio, bringing people together, reminding people we're americans before we're republicans and democrats and having common sense solutions, we've been able to do well.. we have a wayss to go, to make sure we're going to be traveling everywhere. we'll have a national campaign, and i'll be the nominee. >> i'll ask you about that. i swore there wouould be no math, but if you win every delegate from here on out, you still don't meet the magic number of 1,237, which means itt would have to be the result of a contested convention. can you explain to people who support you, how are y you going to pull that off? >> nobody is going to get enough delegates to win at the convention.. everyone is going to f fall short. that was what was so big about ohio. basisically, for those people that

common sense in this election, when they wanted somebody that could raise the bar, you know, i refusedd to take the low road to the highest office. if you see these guys fighting on the stage, it was absolutely unbelievable, what was going on there. nobody is going to have enough delegates. when we get there, the delegates will have to figure out, number one, who can run the country, who has the record and, three, who can win. >> nobody is going to have the required number of delegates, that's your prediction. one person who, mathematically, can get the required number of delegates, and that's donald trump. let me ask you this way: would you be willing to actively cooperate with ted cruz and his campaign to make sure that donald trump does not get to 1,237 and then take your chances at the convention? >> well, look, i don't have any intention of doing anything other than going out across the country and telling people about

in terms of whether campaigns will speak or not, i don't know. i don't get in the middle of that. i'm not a political operative. i'm a candidate. >> but as the guy on the masthead, y you wouldn't be involved in that discussion? >> look, i can tell you, all i can tell you about this, matt, is i'm out there running to the president. i'm not out to stop donald trump or stop anybody else. by winning yesesterday in ohio, i've dealt him a very, very big number of delegates. if you want to talk about mathematics and you want to talk about probability, and really look at it hard -- and let me tell you the biggest probability, they can't win a general election for either of these guys. that's the biggest probability we have. >> let's end on saying congratulations on youour win in ohio. >> i appreciate you guys. came out when i was in new hampshire and i said we'd keep going.

for allowing me to do this. after the country hears about my record, i think we'll continue to rise. god bless our country. >> governor, thank you very much for being with us. on the democratic side, it was a huge night for hillary clinton, as we said. she swept all five contests. a major step toward clinching the nomination. clinton used her victory speech to take direct aim at the republican front runner, donald trump. with more on that. good morning. >> good morning to you. secretary clinton wakes up this morning as the strong democratic front runner, after losing michigan last week. she proved last night she can compete in every corner of the country. it was a major blow to senator bernie sanders, whose path to the nomination got a whole lot tougher. >> hillary! >> reporter: this morning, hillary clinton celebrating a clean sweep. >> this is another super tuesday for o our campaign.

ingdefying expectation expectations. the buck yn eye state giving her a significant victory in what was expected to be a tight race. >> we're closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november! >> reporter: overnight,t, clinton managed to seal the deal in two more states. the apparent winner in missouri and illinois. despite a sanders advertising glitch, clinton carried three states by double digits. in phoenix, arizona, sanders showed no signs of letting up. >> don't let people tell you that you can't think big. >> reporter: or giving up. >> next week, arizona has a very important election. we will win if the voter turnout is high. let's make it high. thank you all very much!

looking to arizona. today, releasing this new spanish language ad. and leaving no doubt she's also setting her sights on donald trump, the man who may be her next competitor. >> our commander in chief had to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it. >> campaign officials acknowledge the steep odds. in order for sanders to come back, he has to win bigig states like new y york and pennsylvania, zwrin -- margins. still, he can stay in the race as long as he wants to. >> kristen, thank you very much. let's dive further into this with chuck todd. nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." nicolle wallace, political analyst, and mark, the managing editor of "bloomberg politics." give me your headline from lastt

>> i think you'll hear a deafening roar in the republican party about the prospects of a brokered convention. it'll take place at the same time that trump has done nothing but strengthen himself. there is a disconnect between the conversation the republicans are having and the reality. >> the republican estabablishment died last night. the republican establishment is shockingly willing now too let donald trump be thehe nominee. they're resigned to it, and they'll focus on trying to hold the hououse and the senate. >> l let me pick up on that. nicolle, we talk about the stages of grief at the table. the bargaining, the anger. >> she does it all on a daily basis. >> exactly. >> as our establishment republican, is it acceptance phase? if establishment republicans are saying, we accept it, does that meanan we're accepting we're probably going to lose the white house in 2016? >> i think it is a healthy acceptance of the will of the voters. our voters are speaking at the top of their lungs, and they're doing so at the polls, which is the appropriate and civilized place.

he had the possibility of having the republican party start to coalesce around him, until he lost everything last night. >> john kasich, he'd been hanging around on the sidelines, mark, for a long time. he steps up and wins his home state of ohio. does he get some kind of slingshot effect from that, that carries him further? >> i think he has 72 hours to show the establishment and the voters that he's a viable person here. his argument about the general election is powerful, but the delegates is more powerful. he can't win a majority now, and it'll be up to cruz and kasich to say, they're the stop trump movement. not meetings in washington. it's not campaign ads. it's not web campaigns. can either of them stop trump? i'm spectacle but they have a window to try. >> on the "times" this morning, yes, trump and clinton had big

resounding triumphs matched an unusual reality, most americans still don't like him or her. >> the most striking numbers in the exit polls were -- and i look at the battleground states voting -- ohio, florida and north carolina. a full third of republicann primary voters, when asked if trump and clinton are the nominees, will you be satisfied or consider a third party, over 40% of republicans in ohio said third party. 39% of north carolina republicans saidd third party. 30% of florida republicans. look, there is an anti-trump appetite out there. there's just no messenger to tap into it. ted cruz was horrendous last night in his attempt to put the party together. >> thanks for setting me up. i'll say two words. give me your first reaction. super fast. the two words are paul ryan. >> last gasp. if thehe convention blows up, he'll be the republican nominee. >> missed his window.

acceptance that trump will be the nominee, barring some huge, unforeseen circumstance. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, i want t to bring up something that happened on this show on tuesday. donald trump apparently contradicting himself when he joined both us and our friends over at abc by phone. >> this is what happened. he talked to abc first, before their show. they asked him about that advertisement that showed women quoting things, quotes of mr. trump. here's what he said when asked about that ad.. >> have you seen that and what did you make of it? >> i have seen it, and it was romney deal. >> a couple minutes later, he appeared live on this show. here's what he had to say. >> obviously, i have not seen the ad, so i i have would have to see it. i've heard about the ad, but i have not seen the ad. >> does this matter? when a guy contradicts himself within a couple of minutes, do people care?

the thing that tripped up a campaign. took two days to explain it to people like chuck and mark. in the post-trump era, he contradicts himself within a news cycle. which was within the hour of the morning shows. >> hour? five munn inutes. >> yeah. >> this is politics in the age of trump. the fact checkers are irrelevant irrelevant. in trump's power, inn his trust he has with the supporters, the supporters trust trump more than the media. >> you asked before about whether republicans were resigning themselves to losing ththe general election if trump is the nominee. they believe hillaryry clinton is so weak that trump could beat her. part of what they're drawing on is the fact that trump f flies above stuff like this and maybe he would against hillary clinton in the general election. >> we live in a post-truth political world. donald trump is the poster child. >> we have gone past our allotted time here. >> you're all in therapy with me now. >> exactly.

news's time. >> we'll have more i in the next half hour. north korea's highest court sentenced an american college student to 15 years of hard labor in prison. he was convicted of subversion trial. he appeared disoriented and led through the courthouse. the university of virginia student was arrested during a tour group visit in january. north korea says he confessed to trying to steal a political banner from his hotel. former u.n. ambassador is reportedly working for his release. another story this morning, severe weather. outbreak of tornadoes across the midwest. while the south deals with some devastating flooding. many neighborhoods underwater, including one texas town coping with the worst flooding in more than half a century. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is there. good morning. >> good morning. we're at the edge of the flood zone in texas, down thehe foggy road behind me is a community that's been completely destroyed.

seeing wilild weather. the midwest has also been in the bull's eye. >> reporter: overnight, nine reports of tornadoes in parts of the midwest. storm chasers capturing twisters near good hope, illinois. high winds and thunderstorms causing golf ball sized hail to pound parts of the ststate. residents there hunker down for more storms forecasted today. this morning in dewy ville, texas, many are waking up to catastrophic damage, after flood waters crested overnight. hundreds of homes in one town are waterlogged. 1,200 people ordered to evacuate. jace's family tried to save their home and was lucky to walk away with their cat. >> water went right over. >> destroyed everything? >> yeah. >> reporter: homes along highway 12 have been swamped w with up to 8 feet of water. churches here for decades will need prayers for their own

the only grocery store in town is seeing historic flooding. the cemetery is nearly all underwater. the top of headstones, barely visible. >> the town appears to have the most damage, but water is everywhere. it's reaching homes even miles away. >> reporter: authorities know not everyone has evacuated. this water, they say, is dangerous in more ways than one. >> definitely. it's got contaminants in it. from the ground and from all the oils and sewage ers and all that. >> reporter: with many waking up in shelters and others fishing in the street, in the coming recede. as it does, it promises to reveal a town that's lost so much and may never be the same. > residents who live inn t this area tell us t they do not have flood insurance. the local river, which triggered the flooding, rose from to 8 feet

folks here have never seen anything like this ever before. >> our thoughts are with those people. as we come to al, i feel like we've been looking at this region on your map for a few weeks. they've been hit hard. >> and get hit again. fortunately, not quite as bad as the past but it won't help. major to moderate flooding, all these diamonds showing that. the sabine river at deweyville crested last evening. in orange, still going to continue to rise beyond the current level of almost 7.5 feet. while we're not along looking at a ton of rain, the gulf can pick up 2 inches b increase speed, full throttle! (over intercom) ann, are you coming in? negative! stay on target. what are you guys doing? artoo, thrusters! they're closing in! i'll guard the base. for every family that lives star wars, this is the place where

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good wednesday morning. morning. still seeing that? >> it's patchy but it's not as bad as yesterday. we can see the dense e fog advisory for the coast and areas into the water. 11:00 a.m. and at this point, stst. pete, tampa, all good. brbrandon, great visibility. but the plant city area, you'u're tickets-4 area. otherwise, steamy. 72 lakeland. we will warm up to 82 today. st. patrick's day 80. better rain chances friday, saturday and sunday.

little bit touch and go on 275 southbound. what i want to show you is a little bit of fog. it's looking better than it was 10 minutes ago. i-4 right around kathleen road in the plant city area. and we have slow traffic 275 southbound. this is coming away from hillsborough avenue in the distance. that's downtown tampa. heavy. and it's going to take you ehrlich to 275, 17 minutes southbound on the veterans expressway. back to you gene. >> thank you. florida senator marco rubio is now out of the race for the white house. our senator ended his campaign after losing the primary here in his home state no. word on who he will endorse if anyone.

7:30 now on this wednesday morning, march 16th, 2016. that music means one thing, it's the morning after election day. a clean sweep for hillary clinton while donald trump took four out of five states. we'll talk about that more in a moment. let's look at headlines from this morning. president obama will announce his choice to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia att 11:00 eastern time. in a just released written statement, the president did not

choice is am qualified. he called it his constitutional duty to fill the seat vacateded by scalia's death last month. also in washington, commuters will have their patience tested there.e. the entire d.c. metro rail station is shut down for a inspection. this is an unprecedented move. it was ordered after an electrical fire on monday. similar to one last year that killed one person and injured dozens of others. crews are checking hundreds of cables that supply power to the tracks. >> that ought to be a fun morning. north korea's supreme court sentenced a university of virginia student to 15 years of hard labor. he was accused of trying to steal a banner from a hotel while on a trip in january. the former u.n. ambassador richardson is reportedly working for his release. back to the results from tuesday's primaries. peter alexander is digging into the numbers. good morning. >> good morning to you. one of the big take aways from

night for hillary clinton and donald trump, were how many people didn't vote for trump on the republican side. they'd consider a third party candidate. 1/3 of the voters said they'd be satisfied if the race came down to trump versus clinton in the general election. nearly half of those who voted for someone other than d donald trump said that they would seriously consider a third party candidate goingng forward. in ohio, where we are right now, obviously going to be crucial coming up in the general election. not even 2/3 -- nearly 2/3 would consider a third party candidate. only 3 in 10 said they would be satisfied with a trump versus clinton race come november. among the democrats, hillary clinton with a big night. into her numbers in illinois, look where her strengths are. the key groups supporting clinton clinton. a large number of african-americans, 70%. did well with older democrats.

with the democrats under the age of 45. he also does very well with white votersrs. clinton showing strtrength with married women. also very strong with those voters who said that experience is one of the key issues they're looking for with a candidate. >> peter, thank you very much. ohio governor john kasich's win in his home state raises the chances of a rare contested convention.. what is that and what would it look like? here to break it down is msnbc host and political correspondent steve kornacki. good morning to you. >> mornining. >> you hear contested convention, brokered convention used interchangeably. are they the same? >> brokered convention is the old term. back in the days when you didn't have the primaries. delegations from states would arrive at the convention and they'd be controlled by a boss or a king maker. the king makers would get together behind closed door, hash out a deal, tell the delegates how to vote.

delegates would make the decision themselves in the light of day. >> get to cleveland, nobody has 1,237, the number of delegates needed to win the nomination. they hold the first ballot anyway, just to prove it? >> mostly. however, the wild card in this, is if donald trump is really close to the number and not quite over, you also can have delegates. they're going to show up as free agents. if trump is really close coming into the first vote, if he picks off enough of the unbound, he gets over. otherwise, everybody has to vote the way they were told by the primary. >> there are a lot of conversations going on now. >> right. throughout the spring, even the states that had the primaries already, they'll have their state convention where they pick the delegates who will vote. >> after the first ballot, nobody has the required number of delegates, can anybody now say, i'm in for a second ballot? >> techninically, yeah, though it's more complicated. some of the rules in some of the

even on the second ballot, you have to vote the way your primary or caucus voted. not every delegate is a free agent but a lot are. beyond the second ballot, you're in a scenario where basically every delegate is going to be a free agent. historically, that's when the white knight candidates emerge. >> paul ryan could walk in and say, i'm ready if you want me? >> right, after the second. >> how many rounds? how long does this go on? >> it could go -- there's no limit. it goes until there is a winner. in the old days, you'd have dozens of ballots. woodrow wilson, i think it took 40 ballots and democrats settled on him. wasn't in contention at the beginning. you get that far in, crazy things happen. >> if you get the candidate who gets the come nomination because off a contested convention, how does that impact that candidate's chances in a general election? >> there are zero examples in

politics. zero examples in the age when primaries s and caucuses determined the delegates. if t the republicans went with somebody besides trump, and trump comes i into the convention withth the most delegates but not the majority, you'd have an angry donald trump and thousand or so delegates and several million trump voters who would be threatening not to vote for that party. >> a lot of tension in cleveland, ohio. steve kornacki, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> we have great restaurants in cleveland i can take you to. fantastic. although, unfortunately, we're going to be flying through the midwest from cleveland to chicago all the way up to minnesota minnesota, minneapolis, high wind advisories. 38 million people under advisories. airport delays in minneapolis, des moines, chicago, indianapolis and detroit. the winds are going to be gusting upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour. and we're going to be watching

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commute. >> you know, in patchy areas. it's less than what we were seeing yesterday but the dense fog advisory for the offshore waters and along the beaches continues untitil 11:00 a.m. and it's still cloudy but not as foggy as yesterday. where it is foggy along i-4 from plant city to lakeland, otherwise not too bad. and it's wawarm, 71 in tampa. st. petersburg, 72. hour-by-hour, , once this fog burns off, we will see a partly cloudy sky as temperatures climb up to 82 around 4:00 p.m. stilill warm on st. patrick's day, only a 10% rain chance and saturday. looking at traffic. tampa, south 275. and look at the fog, i-i-4 around kathleen road in the heart of city. and keep this in mind, this is on i-4 in the particular area. and look at this, clear, no fog but 275, hillsborough avenue, looks decent but closer to brakes.

on the veteransns expressway, ehrlich to 275, 23 minutes southbound, hitting the brakes there and slow and go action through ybor westbound on i-4. back to o you, gene. >> thank you. well the case of a homeowner who shot and killed anan intruder is now under review by the state attorney's office. this happened on central avenue in tampa heights. police report a man broke into the e home in broad daylight. the homeowner was home and shot the e man. police think this was a random break-in and did not arrest the homeowner.

it's 8:0 0 0 on "today". dr. oz on the new move by the cdc to limit painkiller abuse and what to ask your doctor if you need a prescription. garnering attention. movie star and mom jennifer garner stops by studio 1a to talk about faith, fame and family. then all hail "hamilton." jenna bush hager goes one on one with lin-manuel miranda, the man behind the hottest show on broadway, as he goes from

oval office, oh my gosh, i can't believe i'm there >> to rapping about our house. "today" show, playing with my poker face, my al roker face >> today, wednesday, march 16th, 2016. >> united states navy ser ceremonial guard. boo-yah, navy! >> we came all the way from tampa, florida, to get a selfie with carson daly. >> it's his birthday. >> we're on our babymoon! >> hi. >>. >> we're back at 8:00, wednesday morning, the 16th day of march in the year 2016. we have another big crowd out on the plaza on a day that really

corner a bit. although i think we're going back down. >> not quite as low as it's been, but it'll remind us we're not quite done with winter. >> spring comes what, on sunday? >> saturday, baby. >> let's enjoy this nice weather while it lasts. coming up, we have k aitlin and john, who will get a big fat today wedding next week. we'll be picking their ring today. let's go inside. natalie has a check of all the top stories of the morning. >> good morning. once again, we begin with breaking news. president o obama has made his decision on a supreme court nominee. the president is announcing his choice at a rose garden ceremony this morning. senate republicans warned the president that they would not consider his pick during an election yeyear. a vacancy opened up on the high court with the death of justice antonin scalia last month. a clean sweep for hillary clinton in the tuesday primaries

democratic nomination. on the republican side, a good night for donald trump. still not enough to pull away from what is left of the field. hallie jackson is live with us in houston this morning. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. this morning, the bottom line is this, hillary clinton's great night has bernie sanders promising to fight to stay in. marco rubio is out. while donald trump is more than halfway to the number he needs to get the republican nomination, john kasich's big win in ohio makes it more likely this race will last through the summer. >> this was an amazing evening. >> reporter: trump surrounded by gold at his hotel's glitzy ballroom. he was beat in ohio by john kasich kasich. kasich's team had confetti ready. >> neither cruz nor trump can win the general election. they can't come into ohio with the philosophies they have and win.

planning to stay in this race through a contested convention, even with h ted cruz nudging him to get out. >> the longer kasicich stays in the race, the more it benefits donald trump. >> can't he say the same about you? >> no. because unlike kasich, our campaign, number one, has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. >> reporter: for marco rubio, far from the finish he wanted. >> today, my campaign is suspended. >> reporter: ending his campaign where he started it, florida. >> the politicics of resentment against other people won't leave us just a fractured party but a fractured nation. >> reporter: taking a subtle dig at trump on his way out. hillary clinton doing the same in her victory speech. >> we're not going to succeed by dividing thihis country between us and them. >> reporter: an eye on the general election after a big night. an overwhelming win in ohio and sweeping bernie sanders in four

>> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november! >> reporter: while she has an almost insurmountable delegate lead, sanders isn't giving up. >> next week, arizona has a very important election. we will win if the voter turnout is high. >> sanders looking ahead to a possible contested convention on the democratic side. sasame for the republicans. kasich talked about it, natalilie. right now, everybody is looking to the next contests in arizona and utah, as this race heads west. >> hallie jackson in houston, thank you. a dramatic about face in ferguson, missouri. the city council on tuesday voted unanimously to accept a federal overhaul of the police force and court system. the killing of a black teenager by a white police officer in 2014 set off a wave of angry

lives matter movement. flooding wiping out homes in the south and storms racing across the midwest. eight feet of water swamped deweyville, texas, overnight. more than 1,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. flooding. in illinois, huge, swirling tornadoes, plus pounding hail, literally the size of golf balls as you see there. a cool-headed cop saved a driver from getting crushed by a train in ohio. the officer's dashcam c captures the drama here. he pulls up just as a van is caught on the tracks in brook park, ohio. he can hear the train in the distance and waves the driver away. as soon as the men reach safety, the train crushes the car. thankfully, all got away safely. major heaealth news. the cdc issuing new guidelines to limit o opioid painkiller prescripiptions.

more than 40 people die a day from overdoses. since 1999, the overall number stands at more than 165,000. a whopping 4 million or 4.3 million americans say they've used opioids for non-medical uses in the last month. dr. oz is here with what you need to know about the powerful painkillers. always good to see you. what took the cdc so long? people have been screaming about this for years. >> for the last 15 years, we've been telling doctors to wake up. there are people in pain. we'd make pain the fifth vital sign. we were pushed to describe pills for the many who had pain. tens of millions grieving because they've lost loved ones due to drugs, it seems like a long time. we're working with the medical groups on this. as much as i pride on what the cdc has done, we have to rely on the viewers. the right direction. >> look for alternatives.

first of all, before you go for medications, consider exercise and physical therapy. >> i'll give you a fact to prove this. when people in relationships develop back pain, they recover kovr cover slower than those who are single. you don't have to get moving if you have your loved one. it's the root cause. >> opioid en opioids are powerful prescription drugs and you want people to think about over-the-counter medications. >> surprisingly, narcotics make the pain worse by making you more sensitive. over the counter, the tylenol, ibuprofen, motrin. over the counter solutionsns work short term a and long term. i'm a heart surgeon. i prescribe narcotics. i never want to give them more than three days, which is what the cdc is saying. no more than three the seven. i use these myself.

pain. >> the goal isn't zero pain. >> we're getting evidence that -- this is what this is about. >> perfect. you're ahead of me. pain. you want enough of a life around whatever discomfort you're having. medication reduces by 2525% the amount of pain you sense when you're in an experiment. it works the same in real life, as well. let people help you. >> we're out of time there. save our last panel as a mystery panel for the online viewers. doc, we appreciate it. >> one tip, start slow. go slow. push your doctors to give you the least amount of drugs possible. shortest time, as well. >> catch more from him week dayes daye s -- days on the dr. oz show.

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>> that's your latest weatather. savannah? >> al, thanks. jennifer garner stars in "miracles from heaven." it's a true story told in the 2015 book of a young girl suffering from a rare, incurable disease. her mother, played by garner, searches relentlessly for a solution. >> she's not lactose intolerant. there is something wrong. >> calm down. >> you calm down! you find me another doctor. you run more tests. i'm not leaving this hospital until i know what's wrong with my daughter. >> jennifer garner, good morning. >> good morning. >> you know how they used to give star ratings to a movie. like three, four, five-star? this tish move -- movie needs a tissue rating. >> right? it's an emotional movie. >> it is.

it's based onn christy beam's book "m"miracles from heaven," and takes you on the journey her family went through when her daughter became ill. >> it's a medical mystery, then there is a miracle. there is a happy ending. >> yes. >> what did you like about the story? >> i loved -- first of all, i loved getting to know the real family. i fell head over heels for both christy, anna and their other daughters and, of course, kevin. they're real salt to the earth people. i think you have met them, perhaps. >> yeah. >> but they are -- christy was a tireless advdvocate for her daughter. you really are inspired by who she is as a mom. >> there's a spiritual side to this movie. they are spiritual people. >> right. >> what i liked about it is it's about faith, but it's also about doubt. >> yeah. >> it doesn't sugar coat anything. >> it doesn't. it's not preaching at you at all, which i love, which was

it presents a family for whom faith is an important part of their journey, but it's not saying, you know, you have to believe a certain way to have anything. >> do you find going through this movie and living through it, did you find that your own perspective on things changed at all? >> i mean, it's not something that i have ever spoken about before this film, so i still feel a little -- but i grew up going to church every sunday. i took, you know -- ben and i took our kids home to west virginia to be baptized in m my family's church. the thing about this film is it encouraged me to re-engage. jujust participating -- not just believing but participating in raising my children so they have the same backgrounds that my parents gave my siblings and me. >> you're playing christy beam, and she was there. were you like, what would she

>> are you kidid mega? ding me? >> before a scene, i'd text her, did you say this? what would you do? i said, what do you take in your coffee? what hymns do you listen to? i used her as a cheat sheet. >> what do you want people to take away from the movie? she has an interesting message about what miracles are. >> i hope that people see this film and leave feeling hopeful, leave feeling encouraged and feeling like they can put one foot in front of the other and get through something really, really tough. it's a love story between a mother and a daughter. >> i was thinking, i have like zero tolerance for any story that has anything bad happening to kids. >> agreed. >> you have daughters, too. it must have been wrenching to go through it. >> it was. it was wrenching to go through it, absolutely. but i didn't have to look far or very deeply to remind myself that i was going home to healthy kids.

there are moms sitting in hospital rooms right now a all over the world watching their children suffer through something unimaginable. it was the least i could do, was pretend for christy. >> another part of this is that you happen to be going throughgh a hard time in your own life as you were shooting this film. >> mm-hmmmm. >> i think so many people just >> oh. >> i think they just want to know how you're doing. >> oh, thank you. >> if t they could give you a hug, i think they would. >> that's kind. people have been so kind to my whole family, and w we really do appreciate it. but you know what, we're doing really well. thank you. the kids are great. they'll be getting up and going to school soon. ben is there, and he'll be taking them. we will make it work. >> seems like you're working hard at that. it's not easy to go through something like that in the public eye. >> you know what, it's not easy to go through it, period. i have found going through it in the public eye to just -- it's

for anyone, when your life shifts in any way, it's tricky enough. but i have found people to be so warm and loving, that it hasn't been nearly as bad as you might imagine. >> jennifer garner, great to see

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a man accused of torturing anand killing two gay men is expected in court. the gruesome murders in hillsborough county back in 2003 continue to get a lot of attention. he is already convicted on federal charges of drugging both menen. now he faces murder charges for the pair. how is the weather looking, leigh? >> well, you know, yesterday extremely thick fog hung along the coast all day. and let me show yoyou the moment. not totoo bad there, are low clouds around. the it's warm and humid. 71 degrees there. % humidity. and there's fog in the lakeland area but generally less foulage today than yesterday. and just as warm though, 70 plant city. 72 tampa, clearwater. 69 in brooksville. we warm to 82 this afternoon which is well above the average of 76. i don't have rain in foforecast today and only a 10 for chance for st. patrick's day tomorrow. but 30% friday. 50% saturday.

the first day of spring and we get chilly as we head into monday after the start of spring. a high of only 69. >> the spring breakers should take advantage today. >> exactly. >> we will see new about 30

i've been waiting all day 8:30 now. it's wednesday, march 16th, 2016. one day before st. patrick's day. always reminds me of my irish grandma. beautiful day out on the plaza. nice and warm. so happy to be here.

big week for lin-manuel -- >> miranda. >> the creator and, , of course, the star of "hamilton." first he was at the white house with the president. now, he is taking on jenna bush hager. we'll find out how that went in a little while. plus, it's time to pick the rings for our wedding couple. we'll have a classic option. these days, there are exciting new trends when it comes to rings, as well. also, we are proud parents. our puppy with a purpose, tuesday. he's acquired the skills he needs to start his formal guide dog training. he'll be starting with a new training for five months before assisting. wrangler, way to go, buddy. >> we miss you, buddy. >> he'll hear that hat the next five months. we just interviewed jennifer garner and i said the movie

she said it opens today. "miracles in heaven" opens today. >> i thihink she might know. it's her movie. >> that's right. check of the weather? >> we're looking at wet weather in the pacific northwest. also a few showers moving to the northeast later today. lots of sunshinene along the eastern seaboard with warm temperatures. 85 in l.a. and high surf advisories. for tomorrow, wet weather through the gulf coast. some areas dealing with flooding. we'll be watching that closely. light snonow showers in the inner mountain region. west coast, sunshine. beautiful day tomorrow in seattle. 58 degrees. 61 in portland, oregon.

>> that's your latest weather. what's your name? >> taylor. >> 21 today? >> yes. >> what are you doing to celebrate your birthday? >> going to see "hamilton." >> you'll see lin-manuel miranda tonight? >> yeah, i'm excited. >> we have a preview coming up now. >> all right. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> that is the hottest ticket in town. >> "hamilton" has taken broadway and the country by ststorm. house. jenna bush hager is one lucky lady. man behind it all. good morning. >> it was the best. my husband thinks i may leave him for lin-manuel. let's say i would, and he'd understand. i can't get enough of the music.

you know "hamilton" is remarkable. lin-manuel miranda is changing the face of broadway. he's also making changes on a bigger stage. >> reporter: the grammy-winning, hardest ticket in town, broadway hit musical that's blown the country away. >> "hamilton." >> reporter: "hamilton" tells the story of alexander hamilton, founder father, depicted by a diverse cast who performs mainly in hip hop and rap. if thehe i'm a big shot >> reporter: lin-manuel miranda wrote the play and music and stars as the lead. growing up in the washington heights neighborhood of new york city, miranda related to hamilton, an immigrant f from a caribbean island. >> the first inspirationon of

is i realized he leftt his island in thehe caribbean because he had a chance at education. my dad did the same thing, got a full ride to nyu. >> reporter: miranda'a's family comes from puerto rico and some of his happiest memories was time spent there. >> my grandfather was the manager of the bank there. my grandmother ran a travel agency.. i ran the slushy machine. it was this vibrant town, even as a kid. >> reporter: his pararents came to new yoyork in search of a better life. >> when you watch your son win a grammy, perform at the white house, l lobby on congress, can you b believe you raised him? >> no. i sort of pinch myself all the time. it's the american dream. >> you're doing something that the protagonist of your play, your musical, would have done, alexander hamilton. you're lobbying congress. >> yeah.

politics, and so i think when, you know -- you may be familiar with this -- when your dad does something, maybe it's not the most interesting thing in the world for you. >> i've never heard anything like that. >> so i have a lifetime of cynicism about politics but when there is a crisis like this, it's all hands on deck. these are american citizens in puerto rico, and they're suffering. >> today, we're going to talk about puerto rico. >> reporter: he spent tuesday lobbying congress to raise awareness about the island's desperate financial crisis. >> we're in danger of losing the people who make puerto rico great. >> reporter: he also took his shot all the way to the president. free style rapping in the rose garden. constitution, the potus, i'm free styling, you know this >> reporter: we couldn't let the king of free style leave without a "today" rap of o our own. holding up the sign for puerto rico here to get relief for my puerto rican people

no doubt playing with my poker face, my al roker face i got the weather and what's going on outside "today" show, waving outside with pride i'm coming from all p parts of the world matt lauer, and oh, yeah, running around like jack bauer trying to get relief and savave the country for my people viva, puerto rico [ applause ] >> all right. >> matt lauer and jack bauer. not sure i see the collection. >> he didn't know you were going to ask that? >> in fact, on the way to the airport, i said, can i get poster board? i have a game to play. if you don't think he had enough on his plate, he was in the white house testing the educational curriculum for "hamilton." they're spending 20,000 kids to go see the show and do work afterwards. >> they should be gogoing. great that they're going. >> complete educucation. >> they're doing so much outside of the performance. >> he made it back for the showw

>> wow. >> by the way, it's a three-hour show. >> you never look at your watch. >> never. >> i have to give this parenting advice. i said to his father, how did you raise a genius? he said, i let him be. i thought, gosh, i need some work. >> i know i'll hear it when i get home. pop, let me be. up next, we'll get ready for our big fat today wedding. we're choosing our couple's ring.

make we wanna say i do we're back at 8:40. more of our countdown to our big fat today wedding. you voted for our couple's dress and tux on tuesday. this morning it's all about the rings. in 2016, there are pretty exciting new trends. >> reporter: wedding bands symbolizing love, eternity, commitment, happy en

out, simple gold bands or matctching your engagement ring. in 2016, it's all about individuality individuality. mixed metals are trending for him and her. so is rose gold. >> looks terrific on everyone's skin tone. >> reporter: for the groom, for many choices from ser ceramic to classic with a twist. black diamonds are? >> a little edgier, more masculine. >> reporter: for the bride, colored stones are hot, so are floral, pave and vintage. >> using motifs, like a floral motif, or vintage styling. all of these are big trends right now. >> reporter: if you're looking for a wedding band this year, pick the one that makes your heart bloom. >> here to add sparkle to our big fat today wedding is editor in chief of "brides" magazine. and, of course, our lovebirds are here. they want to see the choices more than anybody. good morning. >> good morning. >> you got your marriage license yesterday. >> we did. >> what was that like?

>> it was pictures of us writing everything. >> from every angle. it was fun. >> what has it been like? your friends and family from all over the country must be flipping out that you're about to do this on national tv. >> they're so excited. >> reallyy excited. they can't wait to come. everyone is looking at flights. it's exciting. >> trying to stay at the hotel. big family reunion. >> the wedding is next week. let's pick the rings. we have kia here. we talked about some of the trends. we have three to show. i'll let you do the honors, kaitlin. >> the first trend is all about rose gold. it is the "it" gold of the moment, really of the last three years. we saw it startrt in the ready to wear world in jewelry and accessories and exploded as a trend. it's everywhere. guys are rocking it now, too. it is official. it is here to stay. here, we have an eternity band for you, kaitlilin.

traditional setting. when you add the roads se gold, it's romantic and adds personality. >> i see that. >> for you, all men, not just you, but the rose golold band is really gaining in popularity. what i lovee about it, again, is it's a c classic band. when you add the rose gold, it'ss a little unexpected. >> your engagement ring is platinum or gold, can you mix and match the metal? >> totally fine. >> let's go to the next trend. >> it's nice. >> who wants to do the box? >> john, you can do it. >> look at them getting along like a lovely married couple. those are pretty. tell me about these. it's a mix and match thing. >> it is. america is so over matchy. i think we're all happy about that. people want a ring that reprpresents their personality. a lot of times, oppososites attract in couples. so what we have here is a vintage-inspired ring. love this ring.

the rose cut diamonds, which i is a special cut, really makes the ring pop. it gives a special vintage feel. very spsparkly. love it. >> yeah. >> his ring? >> we have a super masculine ring. it's b black jade, whichch most people think of jade as green, but the fact it's black is special. paired with sterling silver makes it manly. >> we have a few seconds for the next box. do the honors on the last one. this is thehe colorful rings. >> oh, my gosh. >> all about diamonds and about colored stotones for ladies. the yellow diamonds are s super rare and beautiful. three rows of diamonds. for men, there are little black diamonds aroundd the ring. >> you can feast your eyes on that. it's up to mek to america to decide.

help with our wedding planning at today.com/wedding. you have until 5:00 eastern to vote for the ring and the bridesmaid dresses. we're revealing all of the winners on the big day, march 24th. >> yeah. >> so exciting. you don't know what it is yet, do you? >> no. it'll be a surprise. up next, we'll show you the tricks to getting the cheapest gym membership possible. first, this is "today" on

8:47. we're back this morning with our consumer confidential series. how do you pick the right gym and can you get a a bargain on ththe sometimes costly membershipips? what do you need to knonow while working out? exercise physiology tom holland is here with answers. good to see you. first, you have to figure o out what you want in a gym and then find the best deals.

>> there's never been more gyms. gyms, boutique gyms. there's never been a better time. for competition, more ability to negotiate price. >> i see commercials all the time and they offer deals. can i walk in the gym and ask for a better deal? >> absolutely. initiation. first and foremost, never pay it. it's a negotiatable thing e negotiable thing. 6% 60% of people, afterer they join, don't come back. that's what they care about. a gym. when is the best time to get a great deal? >> the vast majority of people join in january. it'll be harder. when i joined a gym, if you walked in in august, i'lll give you a deal because nobody is coming. time. >> when you come up with the amount it'll cost me a year, if i pay you in advance, does that help you and me? >> absolulutely.

so. you can often get about 10% to 20% discount. if you can pay in cash or a check, great idea, too. at the end, you don't have to fight about getting out with a credit card. >> i like that. they make money of you not showing up. let's say you sign up for a gym, pay your hard-earned money. how hard is it to get out? >> harder than breaking up with a girlfriend or getting didivorced. it can be. these contracts are really tough to break. you can -- if you complain hard enough, especially given social media and twitter and facebook, no gym wants bad press. complain hard enough, you can get out. >> you're on a treadmill in a crowded gym, there's a time limit and sometimes the treadmill shuts down at the end of 30 minutes. without making a lot of enemies, how do you get around that? >> i'm an iron man guy, do 20 mile runs. i want full credit at the end. you can find hack codes if you google the make and model of

>> one of the things i hear,, and it's shocking to me, but people who go t to gyms often say, they get their personal belongigings stolen. >> yeah. >> even if they're in a locker. how do you avoid that? >> there are professional thieves that will pay $50 gym day passes to rob the lockers, breaeak into the lockers. don't bring anything valuluable. if it's in a locker and a lock, doesn't mean it's safe. >> cleanliness. a daily segment with me, cleanliness. what do you have to be careful about in a gym? >> petri dish potentially. that's why i'm not sick, and i've been working a at gyms my whole life. wipe down the machine before, send 60 seconds doing that. lifting weights, wear gloves. >> benches and matts and things like that? >> wipe it down if you can. i put a a towel down before. taking a class like yoga, bring your own mat. >> better safe than sorry. thank you. >> thank you. frequent flyer miles.

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start today team to create a super team and teach your kids healthy habits. >> we're the sitting on the couch team. anyway, jean, jill, joy a and jenna, had great ideas. we're checking with the parents to see how it's going. >> we're going to put 30 seconds on the clock. whomever gets the most toys in the bin wins. three, two, one, start the clock! >> one, two, three, four. >> let's play the zip and zoom game. >> zip, zip, zoom. >> i don't like a messy room. i like when it's clean. >> my kids are getting bigger but their toys are getting a lot smaller. if you have a disney xfinity fan, try a christmas ornament organizer. the cleanup around here is a lot easier. >> you want to teach your kids you have to make choices from the time they're little until they're adults.

a great way to do it is using board games. >> we have family game night a lot at our house. monopoly is a favorite. it's helped with our math skills. >> h helped me do math faster in my head. >> guess what? i'm winning. >> hey! >> we're at $4.85 so far. >> grocery shopping is fun. you add up all the money you spend. >> i want to focus on breakfast. it tends to be a meal, as parents, we have a lot of control over. you want to do a cool spin on something healthy. ice cream breakfast! da, da, da, da, da, da. this is plain yogurt. frozen cherries, frozen peaches and a banana tossed in the blender with cheer roh ios on top. it's an ice cream breakfast.

i don't like the peaches. >> she doesn't like the peaches but she's eating it. >> i prepared muffins, breakfast cookies and the yogurt pops for kids to have. >> are these healthy? because they're surprisingly good. >> as paraphernalia s ents, you're the first example. oh, she sees me moving, she will, too. >> why do you love bouldering? >> it's a good burst of freedom. it's a fun way to do stuff with your family. >> exercising as a family is the best. we love it. >> instead of tryingg to do my exercise without them involved, i try to inincorporate them into it. they loved it. >> the mommy express. >> i love it. big thanks to everybody who took part in the start "today" challenge. now we have a new one.

baby or toddler to sleep? are you at odds with your it? baby in the bed. you all remember that, right? team. advice. >> sleeping well now, right? >> it was a long road. much more ahead on this wednesday morning. what do you have real quick? >> lots of great stuff.

good morning. just into the newsroom, st. petersburg police are looking for a repeat arsonist. he might be right there. you can see in the surveillance video. policece tell us someone keeps setting fires, several in the last few months. this is happening in a six- block area of the decree isn't lake neighborhood from 15th avenue north to 21st avenue north. with a crew working on the story today. in the meantime, let's get a check on the weather with leigh. thankfully not as foggy as yesterday. we saw a lot of the fog burnoff but it's still warm. 73 in tampa. 73 in st. . pete. and we will warm up all the way to 8282 today which is above the average of 76.

80 tomorrow for st. patrick's day. 79 friday. and look at sunday, dropping down to 72. and 69 on monday and between friday, saturday and sunday, we're going to get some rain. >> all right. we will be back in about 30 minutetes. this morning on "today's take," "allegiant" star theo james is here with a sneak p peek at the new film. he's back. harrison ford returns to the big screen for indiana jones 5. we're busting the health myths you've seen online. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on a beautiful wednesday morning here in new york city.

another big crowd out on the plaza. spring break weeks roll through town. inside studio 1a, i'm willie along with natalie, al and tamron. this song was on when i got the e-mail from the morning jam from our producer, amanda. "electric feel," mgmt. >> great song. >> everybody is talking about what happened last night in american politics. huge night starting with a clean sweep for hillary clinton. florida, ohio, illinois, missouri and north carolina. all going to secretary clinton. her delegate lead over senator sanders is now at more than 700 if you include the super delegates. clinton setting her sighthts on donald trump, who could be her general election opponent. >> our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it. [ applause ] engage our allies, not ail

defeat our adversaries, not embolden them. >> here's why she's talking about donald trump. last night, he won florida, illinois, missouri and north carolina. taking home 194 delegates. the only state last night he didn't win was ohio, where the home state governor john kasich won. he picked up 75 delegates. here's where things stand in the republican party. trump leading with 656 delegates. followed by cruz. marco rubio, who dropped out of the race after losing by some 20 points in his homee state of florida l last night. then governor kasich there in fourth. donald trump r referring last night to his wins as record setting. >> so i'm going forward. we had a fantastic evening. i would have never thought this could have happened. to win the states that we won and to win by the margins, especially, look, this is my second home, florida. to win by that kind of a number is incredible.

i want to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really tough campaign. he's tough. he's smart. he's got a great future. he's got a great future. >> no little marco talk. >> that hurts. >> wasn't even 24 hours. the next morning, he e was tweeting him. >> just to makee sure. >> you felt bad watching marco rubio's concession speech. >> wind taken out of his sail. >> this is a guy a year ago who was the hope of the republican party. young, smart guy. latino background from the critical state off florida. he didn't have i it this time around. officially suspending his campaign after losing florida badly. >> after tonight, it is clear that while we are on the right side, this year, we will not be on the winning side. while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe

campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> you've got three people left in the republican race. donald trump, ted cruz and this gentleman, john kasich, who won ohio last night. pretty convincing fashion. >> even though i labored in obscure ity for so long, people counting me out, people in ohio saying, why don't they ever call on him? we get all that. but we put one foot in front of the other, and i want to remind you again tonight that i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. [ applause ] >> a lot of people noticed what i noticed. as he finished his speech, i said, i've never seen so much confetti in my life. at one point, it was a whiteout in front of the camera. >> there is a reason, right?

>> he was reportedly upset with the level of confetti at a previous event. >> you bring out the snowplows. it was unbelievable. >> you can't see them. >> like times square. >> dusting his h hair off. where am i? who am i? >> confetti, you know. >> more confetti. >> we were both in ohio for different reasons, but i'm telling you, that state and the city of cleveland, they are bracing for this summer. we don't know what's going to happen, if it'll be a contested convention. all bets are off. but cleveland is just counting down. they are. >> so excited. >> they are. they're never vous and rvous and excited, the unprpredictability. the small businesses arere prepared. the people who have lived there and watch the city and state recover. >> listen, i w worked there. >> they know it's all about ohio, ohio, ohio. >> i worked there duringg its darker days. watched it climb.

happeneded. there's a weston opening up. >> the farm to table restaurant. we were set up there. you see the small businesses which we expect in new york andnd california and chicago. you do go go to cleveland and see the resurgence resurgence. it's not just the cleveland cavaliers or the hard rock they're proud of. >> i was there on monday helping destination cleveland, the visitors bureau, kind of launch things up. it is going to be a spectacular time. ironically, the 1936 presidential convention was held in cleveland, and the -- for the republicans and the 1936 convention for the democrats held in philadelphia. being held again this year. it's a repeat of history. >> you're always the person we'll call on a game show. don't call anyone else but al roker. >> cleveland is -- i lovove cleveland. >> great place. >> one of my favorite cities. my sister lives there. it's a great place.

>> and our producer. >> adam miller is from there. >> we have a very big argument. there's a great deli there in cleveland heieights called corky and lenny. america. i will -- it's the second best in america. >> sampling? >> i think so. we want corn beef kand sandwiches and sandndwiches from carnegie here in new york. >> how big? size. month. >> wow. >> we digress. one of our favorites, comeback. remember this classic scecene from indiana, the boulder. he's got it. there it is.

when the boulder came down in 1981, i was hooked. >> the best. >> -- the old time movies had come back to life. disney confirming harririson ford and steven spielberg will team up for indiana jones 5. a number of people said, years old. 2019. harrison ford will be turningng 77 that month. i don't care. >> i don't care either. >> give me harrison ford as indiana jones any time. >> yeah. >> some folks on twitter, for example, new york daily news joking, "raiders of the lost aarp." >> oh, a-a-r-p. that's good. >> we had graphics that went with this because it would be funnier. another tweeting, "indiana jones and the golden corrrral, dinner at 4:30." there's a graphihic. >> "star wars: the force awakens," when he ran out -- and he still has that.

still. i was amazed. >> when you have someone like harrison ford, also, that's when the story line counts. you see the movies these days, especially if it's a remake or sequel, they fall off. don't know where to go. you know it won't happen here. >> indiana jones 4 was a disappointment. >> i don't remember that one. >> and the crystal skull. shia labeouf was in it. enough said. >> oh, oh. >> i got ya, shia. >> disney, no shia, okay? harrison, yes. >> wasn't that his son? >> he can get a new son. >> who is the daddy? >> maybe a grandson. >> i didn't see that coming and neither did shia labeouf. thinking, well, gosh. >> shia probably doesn't remember he was in it. >> al roker is coming for you, shia. >> poor shia.

i'll transition to this cute baby seal. >> named shia. this is at a japanese aquarium. capturing a lot of hearts. so adorable. all fluffy, born february 21st, still lives with her mom. they say baby seals lose the fluff within eight weeks. >> they say. >> they like to have a cute animal video to end on here, to get away with shia labeouf. >> if shia was that kwuz cute, it'll be better. >> you and labeouf, it is on. >> you know, it's also fun to go to a theater with him, too. >> the meme of him is hilarious. >> wow. >> anyway, we have wind blowing from minnesota to cleveland, our friends in cleveland, ohio. we've got 38 million people under some sort of a wind warning or advisory. we're going to be watching this thing.

minneapolis, green bay, chicago, indianapolis, detroit and cleveland. the winds will be blowing. we're going to be looking at a little leftover winter, too. the low pressure system moving to the canadian mer type aritimes. u.p. of michigan, heavy snow. pushes to new england. light snow around the great lakes. we may see about a foot of snow or so in the u.p. of michigan. generally, about 1 to 3 inches to maybe 4 or 5 inches in northern minnesota into parts of northern wisconsin.

>> who should play harrison ford's son. >> chris pratt. >> i'd watch that. >> yeah. >> there were talks he was going to be part of it, too? >> chris pratt, baby. up next, shia labeouf live in studio. exclusive one on one with al roker. no, just kidding. maybe you read the online claims about your health. we'll tell you what's true and what you can ignore next. balls and clean and real and looking good and sandwich and soup and a new personal best. and a little help and soup and sandwich and study group. good, clean food pairs well with anything. try the clean pairings menu.

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number one, it's close to the skeletal vertebrae. an injury can occur here if you hypoex hyperextend the neck. or with a rapid movement. rapid rotational movement. these things can also happen with chiropractic manipulation. not saying cause and effect. as well as whiplash injuries. >> presenting it? >> avoiding the hyperextension. people at risk are people are underlying hardening of the arteries. they're vulnerable to compressing the artery. >> ask for cushion back there? >> yeah. some regulation is put in. they want the sinks cushion and had higher so you're not hyperextended. >> drinking cold water after eating a meal can cause cancer. >> i read that four times. is it true? >> is it better to have cold water versus warm water in general? but the myth is, if you drink

solidify, which will turn into sludge, which will turn into fatty acids that promote cancer. all of the steps of the myth appear to be untrue. no matter what temperature water you drink, as soon as you start drinking it, it'll go to body temperature. there's acids in the stomach that break this down. no truth to this. >> if you drink cold water don't you burn more calories? >> i read that, too. >> you know how many? eight. >> still, it's true. eight a day. >> okay. just drink water. >> the next one, enjoy your breakfast. colon cleanse boosts immmmune system and increasases energy. >> the idea is something called auto intoxication, w which means any substances, material that is still l left on the colon wall can actually release toxins into the blood and, therefore, poison you, essentially, and cause migraine and this and that.. a couple of things to say about this.

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perhaps the hottest snap was of the couple who celebrated a year together.. kissing in the sand. be be by the way, hitting the beach this week, amy schumer and her friendnds. i'm not sure why that pig was on the beach. not sure if that's even legal. we'll have to get amy to call us and explain. a moment of silence. and take a listen to the new song that just dropped overnight. we're loving it. it was commissioned by the first lady of the united stateses, michelle obama. for her let girls learn initiative that helps women around the world get access to education. it's called "t"this is for my girls." features kelly clarkson, missy elliott, lea michele and zendaya, among others. the song writer, diane warren,

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good morning. i'm adrienne pedersen. here's what's making news right now. a home owner who shot and killed an intruder is now under review by the state the attorneyey's office. it happened on centntral avenue in tampa heights. police say a man broke into the home in broad daylight. the homeowner grabbed his own gun and shot the man. police think it was a random

the homeowner. and now lee, i know it's been foggy lately. >> not too bad. we still have patchy cloud cover but not t as much fog which is good news. 73 in temple terrace.e. 71 in largo.o. 71 sun city center. 72 lakeland. in the headlines, watch for dense fog again tomorrow morning. and then into friday, rain chances go up a bit. better rain chances coming saturday and sunday. and then even though sunday is the firsrst day of spring, we get cooler weather as we head into spring. so your st. patrick's day is going to be warm at 80. monday, only a high of 69 degrees which is cooler than we were this morning. >> my gogoodness. >> i know.

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drop from >> that's your latest weather. the "divergent" series dominated the box office with the first two films grossing nearly $600 million. the latest installment "allegiant" hits theaters this fridayay. you can expect it'll be huge. >> no question. we'll talk to one of f the stars, theo james, in a moment. first, more about the mega-movie franchise. >> reporter: the action-packed

in post-a hf post-apocolyptic chicago. there are the dauntless, the truthful candor, the amnety. >> the future belongs to those who know where they belong. >> reporter: in the first film, we followed tris played by shailene woodley and theo james playing four. with the help of their cast, the two search for the plot to take over the city. >> wipe the program. >> reporter: in the second film, "insurgent," jeanine, played by kate winslet, hunts down tris and the rebel forces as the c city plunges into turmoil. now, in the third installment "allegiant," tris and four will

unlock the future of humanity. thee roh james, good o james, good morning. >> g good morning. >> good cliff notes version of the series. >> reminded me. >> you noticiced the tightness of your t-shirt. >> i asked for them to be specifically tight, yes. > we don't have a problem with that. >> get us and your fans caught up to speed. where do we pick you all up here? >> so we -- the third movie begins a couple weeks after the last film has ended. things are changingg in the world they're living in. naomi watts' character is taking over, and she's controlling the city. they decide to leave and see what's outside and kind of look for new hope. then they find o out that the world outside is very different to what they thought it was. there's a bunch of new characters. jeff daniels and all these people that add energy and new blood, which is fun. >> in this movie, i mean, and

good shape. >> thank you. >> are you hitting on me? >> i have a screen grab of that. very nice. so do you have to get in shape in between, or do you stay crazy in goodd shape in between? >> crazy in good shape. >> just wondering, how do you do it? >> you know what? >> as he stares adoringly into your eyes. >> oh, my gosh. >> this is next lelevel. >> you know what, i have to work at it, yeah. the first couple weeks are painful. >> i noticed, theo is giving you no eye contact now. >> i'm shy. too? >> i do, yes. which is fun. sometimes you hang around on set a lot and are waiting in the trailer. when you can do some running and sweating, it can be good. you're not looking at me now. >> the love is gone. >> full sweat. >> after doing a series of

what do you do in your next role? do you want to continue to be an action person, or do you want to do something a little more heartfelt, romcom with al? >> definitely. yeah, i thihink you need to, in terms of, you know, like any career, you need to think about longngevity and, thus, you need to take different steps and projects. in between,n, the nice thing about the films is, you know, in a way, they tick the bigger box of the franchise, but in the six months in between,n, i can do smaller, independent films. >> this movie gets broken into two. the book is one book. >> yeah. >> you have the next movie coming o out next summer? >> yeah. exactly. there's a final part of the story, which was -- there was challenges there. if you only have one book but you're telling two stories, y you need to make two coherent narratives. you need to finish the third momovie but not so much that -- does it make sense?

>> but it's interesting. also, you get a little time to explore the character more than you probably would, because you have more material. >> you start filming that this summer, so a busy man. >> busy. >> we'll let you and al run up to brunch. it'll be break. >> theo, thanks so much. the "divergent" series "ali "allegiant >> they're gone. >> hits theaters on friday. this cake is made with guinness. st. patrick's day idea for you. easter ones for the kids coming up next. less as easy as... one... "tru"... three. now there's a gorgeous trublend face for each of us one: new trublend primer it hides pores, preps and smooths skin two: trublend makeup matches 99% of skin tones. three: new trublend blush and bronzer - a baked blend to get you glowing! find your trublend

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starting off with a guinness >> yes. right here, we have some cake in a cup, in a glass, and we'll take cake crumble and put that in so, that way, it can create this bubbly look. now, we're going to take frosting with cream cheese and guininness mixed in. >> wow. >> we're going to put this on top. that way, it can create a guinness drink. >> it has the head? >> yeah, actually has guinness in it, too, the cake batter? >> yeah. >> i have to try that. >> you didn't waste any time. >> guinness is good for you, they say. >> all right. it's really fun. here, we have a fun snack. basically, we have some ranch dressing here that we could put in the pot. cute pots. >> made with yogurt, right? >> yogurt and ranch dressing. >> i love the idea. >> put them in pots. >> perfect.

now, with the babyby karat carrots, we'll take toothpicks andnd poke holes there. >> then the parsley. >> put it into the holes. doing. >> put them in here. >> plop itit in the pot. >> really cute. serve them to the kids. they're fun. >> and it's healthy. perfect. over to tamron now. >> up next, it's not edible, which is in my contract, but let's do it. >> we're going to make something fun. my viewers love this. basically, the ingredients, we have citric acid and baking soda. >> okay. >> and you can personalize this by adding in other ingredients like oil -- >> i love coconut oil. >> a little of that. pour that? >> that enough? >> yes. then some witch hazel. >> splash of that. >> then add more later on. we'll put some orange food

carrot look. while you're doing that, mix it up. i'm going to add some of this into the diy paper cone. this creates a carrot shape, making it very fun. >> put it in the funnel? >> right. then you add some fun, so it looks like a carrot. then cover it with aluminum foil. let it sit overnight. >> t then you make this basket. sweet gift. >> exactly. >> i'll keep working while you play with willie. >> we'll work with eggs here, i'm told. >> yeah. when you're making breakfast in the morning, crack the egg up top like this. very careful. >> what's your secret? >> just up top and pour the yolk out. after that, you should have some shell right over there. >> okay. >> we're going to put in some potting soil. thisis diy is really fun.

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can't tell us what they are. you have to have a lot of tricks in the bag when dealing with a toddler. i like ignoring. it works sometimes. what works one day won't work the next. distracting is a great one. tell your toddler, time to put on the shoes to go outside and they melt into the ground, distract them. let's count the shoes. then move to my favorite, offering options. if you want to wear the red shoes today or the blue shoes. away. >> we always did the walk away. ignoring them and showing there doing. eventually, they figure it out. >> don't fan the fire. >> unless they're going to get hurt, like throwing themselves on the floor and everything. >> right. school tantrum. what does it look like? verbal. at this point, you're probably hearing the word "unfair" a lot. maybe some name calling. age. they'll say, i'm the only one who has to go to bed at 8:00. you're the worst parent in the world, not fair.

>> the best thing to do is acknowledge it and walk away. you can say, it's tough to feel that way. you can walk away. you're not fanning it. sort of giving it a little acknowledgment. if it escalates and you need a consequence, make it a logical one. you're not always resorting to taking away screens because that gets old and doesn't have a good effect. you might say, you were disrespectful to me and it's hard for me to do nice things for you around here when you're treating me disrespectfully. for the rest of the week, do the dishes after dinner, to show me you understand the stuff i do for you. >> let's move on to teenagers. a new world you're experiencing right now. >> i have teenagers, yes. >> mine are close. >> the teen tantrum is different than earlier tantrums. we tend to see a lot of massive eye rolls and stomping out of the room, that sort of thing. the thing i find fascinating about this age is there's so much brain development going on and reorganizing. one of the things that happens is that teens can't read adult's facial expressions anymore. whenever you do this, you might be concerned and say, how was

your kid goes, fine! why do you have too get angry about itit, and storms off. they're misinterpreting that face as angeger. no expression? >> no needles necessary. >> you don't have to get botox, good. >> you might want to try that, willie. >> botox brow. you have to wipe your forehead of wrinkles so you are unemotional when talking to your kid. it sounds simple. works like a charm. >> quickly, the adult tantrum. >> kind of a common thread going throughout. somebody has an eruption and you don't know what to do. acknowledge it but don't stick around to be an emotional punching bag. >> great advice. head to our website today.com for more tips.

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