good morning. unstoppable unstoppable? with two wins under his belt and candidates dropping out of the race, donald trump in position confident. >> you're going to get so tired. you're going to say please, please, mr. president, we can't stand it anymore. we don't want to keep winning. we can't stand it. and i'm going to say, i don't care. we're going to keep winning. we're going to make america great again! >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton reenergized after winning in nevada. with two more contests this week and super tuesday eight days away, is there anything left that could shake up this race?

the uber driver suspected in the michigan shooting rampage that killed six people and injured two others, due in court today. now, we're learning he may have picked up fares in the middle of his alleged shooting spree. >> i kind of jokingly said to the driver, you're not the shooter, are you? >> this morning, what witnesses are saying about their interactions that night. high powered pressure. the head of the fbi urges apple to help hack into the phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. why he says everyone needs to take a deep breath. senior moment. a 106-year-old woman fulfills a lifelong dream, visiting the president and first lady. >> i thought i'd never get into the white house. >> still dancing at 106. >> meet, greet and dance that

monday, february 22nd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today." wow, it is a monday, isn't it? >> do i make you nervous, savannah. >> i'm getting used to you. matt is off this morning. you were in south carolina all weekend. >> donald trump with a ten point win coming on the heels of a double digit win in new hampshire. the question now, can he be stopped in the republican primary? >> not surprisingly, the presidential race is our top story. donald trump and hillary clinton making their cases as the clear leaders in their races. >> as we said, trump picking up his second straight victory saturday. a decisive win in south carolina. marco rubio edged out ted cruz for second place. clinton bouncing back from her defeat in new hampshire to senator bernie sanders in nevada. >> the democratic primary in

we're just eight days from super tuesday contest in 12 states. that could cement the race on both sides. we have complete coverage at this key moment in the campaign. beginning with nbc's hallie jackson in las vegas. good morning. >> good morning. this morning, the center of attention in this race has shifted here to nevada, where donald trump will hold a couple of rally ies today. history on his side right now. no republican has won new hampshire and south carolina and lost the nomination. trump has the momentum. his closest competitors and the establishment try to slow him down. >> reporter: on his victory lap in atlanta -- >> oh, that's so much better. >> reporter: -- donald trump didn't mind the dark. >> get the lights off. turn off the lights! turn off the lights! >> reporter: demanding the lights stay off after the protester pulled the plug. trump fresh off his lights-out win in south carolina.

such a conclusive victory. >> reporter: trump looking ahead to another first place finish tomorrow in nevada, perhaps unstoppable now. though his rivals are trying to. >> if you believe we need a strong contrast with the democrats, then we welcome you aboard our team. >> reporter: but cruz's disappointing third place finish in south carolina may mean more pressure to perform in the super tuesday primary. cruz hoping for a two-man race but marco rubio makes three. >> rubio! >> reporter: pulling in his biggest crowd yet in tennessee, facing a new line of attacks from trump, who is refusing to rule out questions about rubio's eligibility for the white house. the florida senator, born in the united states, his parents born in cuba. >> i'm going to spend zero time on his interpretation of the constitution with regards to eligibility. >> reporter: key to rubio's strategy, staying in the race long enough to bring together

>> we're still going to have our primary. it's a long smaller field this morning than it was. >> reporter: the end of the road for jeb bush. the end of the line for now for his family's presidential political dynasty. >> tonight, i am suspending my campaign. yeah, yeah. thank you. >> reporter: after that emotional speech, the scramble for his supporters and his donors. and new this morning, the rnc launching a fresh attack ad aimed at hillary clinton for her performance in south carolina in 2008. >> the clintons and the african-americans in this country might be irreparable. >> the rnc looking at the general election as the head of the party reiterates the promise to back whoever the nominee is. cruz and rubio fighting it out, trying to prove it won't be trump. expect to see over the next few days more endorsements come out,

that mitt romney will back him soon. guys? >> hallie jackson, thank you. as we mentioned, south carolina is the next battleground on the democratic side, where hillary clinton hopes to build on her big win over sanders in nevada. kristen welker is following those campaigns. >> good morning. hillary clinton is focused on fund raising in the los angeles area. hoping her donors and supporters are reenergized after heroin in nevada. >> reporter: clinton had a big win in nevada over the weekend. >> some may have doubted us but we never doubted e >> reporter: carried to victory by union workers and african-americans bho s s who turned out in force. 76% of blacks in nevada >> this one is for you. >> reporter: clinton posting this photo to instagram, savoring the victory with her

trying to gain ground withties, sanders courted african-americans at a baptist church in south carolina sunday. later, urged his supporters to fight outh carolina has the opportunity to make american history, and i hope you will. reporter: while sanders won 72% of young voters in nevada and had a strong showing among latinos, the losstions about his ability to win more diverse areas, like many of the super tuesday ers stressing, it's all about turnout. >> the voter turnout is not as high as i wanted. i said over and over again,ell when young people, >> reporter: both candidates looking forward. clinton commanding a lead in south carolina, where her ground game is in full swing. >> i want to ask if you plan on voting for hillary orter: aides close to

chances in south carolina. sanders is sharpening his focus in places he feels like colorado, massachusetts and michigan. sunday night, both campaigns took aim at the republican front >> we don't need to make america great again. it never stopped being great. but we do need to makee again. >> you want a candidate who is going to defeat donald trump. you're looking at that >> this morning, the clinton campaign is dispute ing that sanders won the latino vote, as polls suggest. that clinton trounced sanders in areas that are latino. the sanders campaign is calling it spin.res the importance of the latino vote, as super tuesday approaches and as this race heats up. willie and savannah? >> kristen welker looking at theic side. thanks. let's get analysis. nicolle wallace served as an

managing editor of bloomberg politics. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> question, is donald trump unstoppable? he seems to have the momentum and has two big wins under his >> flip it the other way around. can ted cruz or marco rubio win? i think it's a harder question to answer. it would be defying decades ofcal history to seize the nomination in marco rubio's case, after coming in third, fifth and second, and ted cruz'sn't won since iowa. it is possible. in my view, it is increasingly >> mark, the argument from a lot of republicans is, if you get donald trump in a one on one fight, it's the way to beat him.n for me is, which of the candidates, whether marco rubio, ted cruz or john kasich, gives up the fight atpoint, given how well they've been doing in the second place slot? >> none of them give it up. all of them think that somehow, lly stopped

you've got the contest here tomorrow, and then super tuesday a week from hink it's increasingly -- as nicolle said -- increasingly hard to come up with a scenario where any of the three canhim, unless they get one on one. republicans are talking about unorthodox supporters. maybe try to simply from getting a majority of the delegates. all three scenarios are, at this point, not just unlikely, but may be something changes. we need to kav yacht caveat it. maybe trump are will falter ortrange will happen. if you look at political history, trump is in a commanding position. >> mark, does the calendar favor him, the states coming upe fact they turn to winner takes s s all in a little while? >> winner take off is a way that could hurt in ohio or florida, home

winner take off state and get momentum.oth demographically and geographically, doesn't have weaknesses. a guy that can win new hampshire south carolina decisively tells you a lot of what you need to know. he'll probably win here tomorrow. a northeastern, southern and western it's up to the others candidates to decide, do they all stay in, and how do they explain how they eventually stop him? the voters need to right now, again, on the current trajectory, trump is strong. >> let's hop over to the democratic side. the clinton were relieved they won nevada. a lot of people were looking at how it was going to spin and the story changed because of the she did well with african-american voters. that'll be important in south carolina this saturday. what's the path forward for >> i think she made it difficult to imagine a scenario where bernie sanders overtakes her. she's become almost the democratic side. the democratic process makes it

like bernie as a decisive victory for her. she goes to represent much more favorable terrain for her and her aturday ends up being quite important in this race. thank you so much. >> thanks, guys. also this morning, mation emerging about the uber driver suspected of killing six people during a weekend shooting ram pain in kalamazoo, investigation. good morning. >> good morning from kalamazoo. this is where that driver isbe charged later today in the deaths of two people and the injury of two others in the shooting spree. say they have a gun. they have surveillance video. they are sure he did it. they still don't knoweporter: this is the man police say went on a rampage in kalamazoo. 45-year-old jason dalton. a husband and father of two,dly shooting his victims at random.

reason other than they were there to be aeporter: dalton is an uber driver, and police are looking into reports he picked up and dropped off fares in the sixen the first shooting and when he was caught. one of the passengers spoke with nbc news by telephone. >> i kind of jokingly said the driver, "you're not the shooter, are you?" he shook his head or said no. got up into the room andhe news. were in. >> reporter: sub uber says they're heartbroken. they did a background check and dalton did not have a political record. eight people were shot in three ngs. the locations, apartment complex, a car dealership and the parking lot of a crackerbarrel restaurant. among the dead, returning from a play. they had car pooled to save money and were swapping shots s s rang out.

son who were shopping for a new car. >> you see the stuff on the news all the 't think about it because it doesn't affect you. then this hits not just yourour friends. >> reporter: loved ones fighting back tears during a sunday night vigil and strugglinge of such random violence. >> two survivors are in the hospital. a mother of three shot multiple times is in serious condition. and a who was pronounced for more than an hour yesterday, doctors were s s s s were preparing her body for organn she was able to squeeze her mother's hand. doctors realized she was still alive and rushed her into surgery. >> just awful, awful you never wrap your head around why that could happen. blake, thank you. for the first time, the director of the fbi is ing in on his agency's fight with apple over

the san bernardino williams has more on this. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. the fbi director james comey says the investigation of in san bernardino cannot be complete or thorough without getting a look at the phone. in the post overnight on aurity blog, he says, we can't look the survivors in the eye or ourselves in the mirror if we don't follow this e lead is a phone that was owned by syed farook's employer, and that he used, which the fbi found in his mother's car. agents need apple's unlock it. apple is resisting, saying the company, if it does what the fbi wants, it would have to create if that software gets in the wrong hands, it could jeopardize the security of any iphone in the world. comey writes on his blog, we want to break anyone's encryption or set a master key loose on the land. the fbi not be

since farook deployed other one, and it was owned by the county. tim cook, apple ceo, said this case is about much more than a single phone or a singlen. he says what's at stake is the data security of hundreds of thousands of law-abiding sets a precedent that threatens everyone's civil liberties. >> stakes high on all sides. pete, thank you. a powerful cyclone tore through fiji. authorities are getting a disaster and to deploy aid to the islands. 6,000 residents were staying in emergency shelters a homes were destroyed or swamped. winds from the cyclone winston reached 180 miles per hour, making it the strongest storm in the southern record-keeping began. at home, dozens of passengers managed to escape minutes before a megabus exploded into flames. the bus pulled over outside of

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hour's long rampage that left six people dead in kalamazoo, arraigned today. 45-year-old jason dalton was an uber driver.ng into reports that he picked up fares during his alleged shooting spree. one of the passengers spoke to kind of jokingly said to the driver, "you're not the shooter, are you?" he shook his head or said investigators say dalton had no criminal record and no apparent connection to the victims. the united statests today for the first time since the death of justice antonin scalia. his chair is draped in black and will remain in its place bench until next month. bill cosby's wife answering questions under oath today in a defamation lawsuit tied to her assault scandal. this after her lawyer spent the weekend trying to postpone the stephanie gosk is on the story this morning. good morning.

the deposition is happening here at thiste last night, a judge denied cosby's motion to delay. cosby's lawyers said this place was too public and it was chosen by then their words, harass and embarrass camille cosby. >> reporter: for more than 50 years of marriage, she the limelight, even as her husband's fame soared. now bill cosby's legal team has beenmille from being dragged into the comedian's public legal battles. sunday night, a massachusetts federal judge denied cosby'sotion to delay her deposition. camille, who worked for years as her husband's business manager, will now testify in a civilought by seven women who allege they were sexually assaulted by bill cosby andnials are defamation. cosby's team filed this motion late saturday, arguing camille

public and unsecured venue,creating an unnecessary media circus and personal security threat. in the end, a judge ruled it should go forward.s rarely seen together in public these days. one of their last appearances was over a year ago. >> thank you.amille sat by her husband's side at the interview turned to mounting allegations. >> i just wanted to ask if you wanted to respond at all about of that was true. >> there's no response. >> reporter: now, cosby faces a criminal trial in pennsylvania,ultiple charges of sexual abuse, involving former temple employee, andrea constand. in total, 12 alleged victims multiple lawsuits. cosby's response was to sue constand. cosby's lawyers have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. stage. >> there could still be a fight. a judge says camille doesn't answer every question.

husband and wife are protected by law. business conversations are y draw the line could get very contentious. >> stephanie gosk with a good thank you. let's bring in ari. good morning. i think stephanie laid it out a lot of people are familiar with the privilege, marital communications, that you don't testify to those, and yet still being forced to testify. explain why. >> a big part of that, as mentioned, she was the business manager. i spoke to joe, the lawyer who is going to do her deposition today, and said she may know things not because she discussed them with bill cosby but it work. for example, payments made, business relationships with people. they argue it may show the t's at issue in the case. >> what kind of questions will she be expected to ask today? >> did you oversee payments to were you aware of the

did you have contact with any of these women or their lawyers through the years? >> this is coming out of a civil defamation suit filed by the alleged victims. there is a separate criminal investigation going on right could what is said in these depositions by camille cosby, could that evidence be used in the criminal matter? >> yes. you raise an important point,hich is, a lot of people questioned why over all these years with all the accusers, no action was taken by one of the things many prosecutors said is, we don't have enough evidence off just one accusation. this new criminal case with bill indicted and citing not only for he has reputation but his freedom, one of the key pieces of out the cases, where he admitted he obtained the quaaludes for the use of women. today, we have his wife in a new everyone on both sides of the case wondering if she'll say anything that will affect the

>> could be consequential.ch. >> thanks. good to see you. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> let's show you what we have going system that's pushing its way through the rockies. going to bring light snow for the region. night snow into the texas panhandle on by the afternoon. we are looking snowfall amounts, anywhere from 4 to 6 inches. to 4 inches of snow before it's all over. rest of the day today, risk of strong storms in southern texas. m the southeastern atlantic coast. sunny in the northeast. still nice. out west, another warm day in sunny skies and 84 degrees.

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>> reporter: he introduced his friends on e cast came together to honor the director, james burrows. >> he gave us the opportunity of a lifetime and ten years of our acting careers. >> reporter: it was the first time the old friends got together since the end of the series nearly 12 years ago.bout the early years and the start of real friendships between them. >> we really fell in love ander instantly, and would hang out at each other's houses and watch the show together. >> reporter: they recalledturned funny moments into classic scenes. >> one of my favorites was the blackout episode. i love it, with the cat on your >> keep going with the cat on my back. he said, keep doing it. keep doing it. so i yelled, ever did it. >> it went on a long time. >> i remember the episode where the boys went to a ranger game and ross was hit in the face.

room, and joey, of course, has the puck. he somehow got it. the bandage on his face. >> i always loved the >> oh, dad. turn it off. >> to fat monica and the job. and ross with his afro. >> ross? >> we would do anything for jim burrows. he taught us everything we know about comedy, timing, support, collaboration, you he's our papa. >> as you can imagine, many people online thrilled to see this highly-anticipated reunion. beth says, can't stop smiling watching this "friends" reunion. it's what dreams are made of. taylor adding, my through the roof.

shows were honored last night. you have "taxi." "will and grace." finally, es writing, decades and decades of talent. thank you for the laughs across the generations. cast of "friends" got back together and people online. >> not just "friends" but all the other great shows. moore. 40 years, incredible. >> carson, coming up, the surprising blast from the past when it comeback. plus, the dirty work, has to do it. al's day as an intern at the san diego zoo.

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, overdose alert. growing concern this morning as the number of deaths related to popular antianxiety medications skyrockets. why doctors say this epidemic is only getting worse. lions, tigers and panda bears, oh, my! >> mr. time. >> al gets wild when he gets the chance to be an intern at the world famous san diego zoo. >> how do you think you today? her best friend's wedding. taylor swift shows off her wedding party style and reveals

honor ever., february 22nd, 2016. when we go crashing hi, mom, from long beach, california! >> i want to give a shoutout to my boys in mom loves you! >> good morning, portland, maine. we're having a baby boy. >> celebrating our birthdays from >> good morning, michigan. >> we love you, wrangler! morning, everybody. it's monday morning, february 22nd, 2016.rowd out on our plaza. bright, shining faces, happy to see them. nice morning. little chilly butis a little chilly. >> crisp morning. >> we're also in week two now of savannah's boot situation. >> yes. >> how is it it's fine. sprained ankle. everyone says it would have been better to have broken it.

>> ridiculous. >> that's w >> who says that? >> everyone. >> anybody who hasn't broken one. that's crazy. >> since we're sensitive to you,unning inside in two minutes to do another segment. >> you might want to go now. coming up, the men of "today."n we cleaned out our closets and you have the chance to buy some of it. a lot of it is nice. is that matt's?. >> jill will explain. it's for a great cause. >> matt opened his closet, like skinny >> mom jeans. top stories, sheinelle is in for natalie. >> the race for president is his morning with the next round of voting one day away. andrea mitchell is in washington strategies. andrea, good morning. >> good morning, sheinelle. with republicans voting in nevada tomorrow and both parties gearing up for next week, the 2016 election is

hillary clinton and donald trump now runner status. >> reporter: nearly a week before super tuesday, the presidential race on both sides is starting to take shape.ans, it appears to be a three-man race. >> i love to win. don't we love to win? ald trump out in front. senators marco rubio and ted cruz fighting to overtake him. today, rubio will earn the of the south florida congressional delegation in his home state. >> i should have worn my high heel boots i had on that one i can't see back there. >> reporter: he drew his biggest crowd yet in e ted cruz spent the day in nevada, focusing on tomorrow's caucuses. a cruz or rubio night may not be enough. no candidate has ever failed to get the republican nomination after winning bothand south carolina, as trump has. >> hillary! >> reporter: on the democratic

breathing a huge sigh ofr slowing the sanders surge in nevada. sanders lost this weekend, highlighting one major problem, his difficulty in with black voters. critical now that the campaign is moving to more diverse states. on sunday, sanders traveled to a baptist church, meeting with a predominantly owd. many of his lines received cheers in iowa andbut fell flat. aides acknowledge they have little chance in south carolina and are looking towardy next week. clinton looking for a decisive south carolina victory, where this morning she leadsto 3 the 2%. the dra >> the drama on the republican side is all about trump. can anyone slow himif his rivals stay in the race and continue to divide the opposition. sheinelle?

night's shooting rampage inzoo, michigan, is facing a judge today. 45-year-old jason dalton is accused of killing four women, along with a father and his teenage son.ple were wounded. police say the uber driver apparently targeted his victims randomly, and they are looking into reports thathave picked up and dropped off uber customers in the six hours between the first shooting and his arrest early sunday. of apple said this morning the government should drop its demand for help in hacking a phone used by thernardino terrorist shooter. tim cook said obeying the judge's order to assist the fbi would be unlawful and set a dangerous unday night, fbi director comey defended his demand. saying he owes it to the victims to pursue the phone s not often actor and professional wrestler john cena gets the brush it.

daytona 500. sports reporter didn't notice cena. quote, how can i miss john cena? i turned and never saw him he doesn't mind. what's wrong with a ponytail to the face? >> exactly. so much. now to alarming new findings tied to the nation's drug epidemic. according to researchers at the university of pennsylvania, there has been a dramatic increase in overdose deaths related to prescription drugs used to insomnia insomnia. dr. natalie azar is a news medical editor. good morning. >> this is a class of drugs. what are the names that people will recognize? >> these drugs, the ones people will know, are valium, klonopin, librium, in the middle of the 20th century.

we'll talk about some of the specifics. >> okay. anxiety.adn't used these drugs used for that. >> where this data comes from actually, from 2013, when the study period ent common indications that these drugs were prescribed for her anxiety, mood disorders and e also used to treat other things. they can be used as muscle relaxants, used to treat alcohol withdrawals and things like these are the common reasons for the drugs. >> let's get to the heart of the matter. you overuse, overdose, ander things like alcohol. >> exactly. basically, what the study found, what the study authors found, is over an 18-year period, from 1996 to f adults who filled these prescriptionscrine s s increased by 67%. more concerning with this statistic, the number of deaths increased almost four fold. the number of prescriptions were increasing three times as much,

increased by four times, orr fold. >> is it because they're mixing these -- the benzos, as they're rescription drugs? >> right. >> there's no immediate explanation for this. what the study authors suggested is it's not only of using these drugs with other substances, such as opioids andl, which, when used in combination, marginalizing the safety of the drugs. not only the fact that thes increased but the quantity almost doubled. each individual person might actually be using twice as much as they should be. or using it for a longer all of which increases the risk for overdose. >> one of the take aways when i was reading about this seemss, to maybe not be so liberal in prescribing these if there is something else that might work as effectively. >> exactly. why are we prescribing these drugs as providers?

is there a safety mechanism in it up to the pharmacist to look for a drug interaction? wn nus is on all of us as a community to prevent the unfortunate deaths. alarming numbers. >> thank you so much, dr.he woman who waited 106 years to visit the white house and her reaction. even better than you might we're going to hear from her. plus, the plans being made to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of my favoriteris bueller's day off." is al up to the job?

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>> i'm so excited exclamation point abuse. that's me all the way. >> let's rewind. >> yay. >> for all you millenials, cassette tapes are small rectangular blocks that holdide on a tape, on a piece of tape. they were very popular with people like us. then the cd came along. then the music stopped sales of cassette tapes are way up right now. >> for real? >> yeah. business so good, the music industry is looking for ways to sales again, which was like back in the '90s. >> got the pencil. >> it gets >> for some reason, i feel like i want them to come back. radio. i don't want to let them go. >> well, you might have to get a cassette deck. if it's popular enough, they might make them again.

dad's? >> did you ever keep a blank tape in your boom box? >> ow you make a mix. >> you make a mix for a girl you like. you have the mix tape, all thethe songs. >> you can make one for mike. now to a video that's bound to put a smile on your face.-old woman who got her wish to visit the white house, and she met the first couple. take a look. >> hi! how are you? >> i'm fine! >> oh so nice to see you. >> it's an honor. >> you want to say hi to michelle? >> how down now. don't go too quick. >> she's 106! >> no, you are not. you are not. >> you gotta slow >> i thought i would never live to get in the white house. >> you are here. >> a black president.

>> that's me. >> yes! and i'm here to celebrate black >> she is awesome. virginia mclaurin, 106 years old, wouldn't know it based on her mood. she led the obama in a dance. she said her secret to living longer, just keep moving. >> wow, 106. >> amazing. >> she was born in 1910the things she's seen in this country, and then to visit the white house. >> that's why this moment is so special for her. if you've got the monday blues, we have a way to lift your spirits with some very expensive spirits. today is national we're celebrating with a new cocktail called the billionaire margarita. it costs t the? come on! >> why? >> you'll hear. made with a blend of thed rarest tequilas. only 500 bottles in the world.

it sells for, this bottle, what doou think? 7 r 5 , $7,500. we posted the recipe at today.com. should we enjoy this $1,200ita? >> just one sip. >> this is the first time i've had a margarita this early. >> it is pretty good. his money's worth. >> carson. >> that was $600. >> it's actually i wouldn't spend that kind of money on it, but it's really good. >> the bottle isn't going anywhere. >> are you going to be able to >> i should have waited. >> you did make a dent in there. >> here we go! >> now for taylor swift, '80s. sober up, carson. >> feeling good today. today? >> everything will be just fiyou, man. >> good morning. taylor swift. she has been busy.

course, but wasn't too busy upport a childhood friend on saturday. taylor swift returning home to pennsylvania to be the maid of honor for her best friend brit. taylorpictures on instagram. she met brit when she was 10 days old and has knowne kindergarten. taylor called herself the happiest maid of honor ever. the city-wide, weekend-long, 30 years in the making, here's a party for you.? shake it up babe off baby now twist and sard to believe but "ferry bul -- ferris bueller's day off" years ago. the organizers will re-create this parade scene, movie screenings. >> ferris -- ferris. >> sober.

>> nice to see you.her, carson. al, how about a look at the weather? >> so we're looking at a risk of strong storms from houston the way to tallahassee for today. in fact, we've got 16 million people at risk. maybe a tornado or two. into tomorrow, or wednesday, i should say, norfolk to orlando, ks at risk. a lot of rain around dallas. 2 inches. we're talking 3 to 5 through the about 1 to 2 here in the northeast. snow on the backside of this system. we're talking about anywhere 12 inches through western michigan. look for that all the way down to indianapolis, 1 to 2 inches. spill it, did i?

>> that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks a lot. we have a series all this week called "up for the job." >> tequila >> yeah. >> -- hangs in there. like most of you at home, we started our careers with internships. we said, it's time to be interns all over again. al, start us off. >> my pick, guys, the zoo. turns out the san diego zoo is its 100th birthday this year. they offered me a unique internshf their incredible team of zookeepers, i

with lions and tigers and bears, >> hey, rick. al roker. >> thanks for coming by. you are running late so we'll speed through this. sign this waiver and started with the day. >> it says i could die. >> well, you know, simple. >> maiming. what about dismembership? >> we have a lot ofthe zoo. if a member decides not to be a member anymore, it's dismembered. >> not funny. we're excited to have you as a panda keeper today. we'll teach you to clean the panda exhibits. >> what does that entail? >> a are on a high fiber diet, so a lot of poop to clean up. they poop 50 times a . >> wait, they poop 50 times a day? >> 50 times a day.

my intern, al, but we have to move quicker since the bear is hungry. >> faster, faster.. woo, breakfast time! wow. i'm a panda bear, and i'm okay. >> al, i told you, no selfies,ng or facebook. you're an intern and we have to work. come on. >> okay. nice to meet you, 'll take care of you. you'll be making brunch for the lions. >> kind of like having martha stewart making >> yes. we like to put different scents out so they can experience different thiike aromatherapy? >> exactly. some of their favorite things are the kitchen spices. then perfumes.

>> they like shih >> they do. >> amazing how fragrant it is. >> they want to mask their own predator smell in order to be better at in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion eats this >> good morning. we'll meet our new intern, bradley. what do you think? >> >> this is bradley. let's see how much he weighs this morning. 7.35. he's right in his range. he's doing pretty good. him? >> i was going to say, he smells like eucalyptus. >> do you approve of intern al? i like eucalyptus.

right here, we have abigail. 1928. they've been at the zoo -- >> 1928? >> yeah. she's probably 130 to 140 years pretty simple. undo the twist tie and drop it in. toss it all down here. >> we decided since you did anob today, we'd have one of the ambassadors let you know what he thought of your work today. jake, how do you think he today? >> i know what you had for >> i had a great time. most internships at the zoo are not hands on. they're typically office jobs. that said, the zoo says i koala

see what i did there? >> did you have a favorite >> i liked mr. woo the panda. interesting. >> turtles since 1928? >> about 140 years old, which is amazing. >> that's fun. >> if you're a lady, don't perfume by the lions. >> there is protection. it's okay. >> drive them crazy. coming up tomorrow, highn, high stress. we'll see if natalie has what it takes when she interns at "kozma -- cosmopolitan" magazine. the men of "today" cleaned out their closets for a good cause.

i see the way that good morning, everybody. monday, february 22nd, 2016. nice day out on our plaza.d. lots of smiles. we're happy to say good morning to them and all of you. we have willie in this morning. matt will be back coming up, ever wanted to sport one of matt's sporty suits, or carson's h? jill martin cleaned out the guys on the show's closets and is cause. you can buy them we're making meal time easy

every recipee main ingreed yent ingredients. >> reporter: we partnered with dreams. for your chance, share your story and video at ing. looking forward to that. let's get a check of the weather. >> for the week ahead, we do expect to see wetugh the southeast. early part of the week. windy and snowy around the rockies. sunshine in the northeast. midweek, real mess. severe, snowy and western two thirds looking good. latter part of the week, quiets down. leftover snow through the rockies.n a good portion of the country for the early part of the week. much to above normal. in the east and western two thirds of the county. ohio, mississippi river valley.

the western two your latest weather. mr. daly? >> mr. roker, ch. it is a leap year and we get an extra day on february 29th. we want to give you a spontaneous trip out togeles. you have to come to the plaza here this friday with these things. your backpacked, ready to go, a friend who is along for the rideportantly, a poster showing us how you guys would spend the extra 24 hours.

to los angeles, leaving here from the plaza that very day. you'll have a great weekend athotel. you can enjoy a beach tour. look at them on the bikes. you have a dinner, the original,, more courtesy of our friends at discover los angeles. if you're over 18, come to the rsvp by heading to today.com. bring your poster, packed bags and the friend willing to do it with ya for a chance to win. good luck.er to you guys. we're going to sell some of your stuff. what do we do with the clothes we no longer wear? for the men of "today," it wasor a closet cleanout. we asked organizing wizard jill martin for help. k like you guys for a good cause. we teamed up for clothing i'm helping the guys clean out their closets and cash them out for charity.

some memorable ou >> come on in. >> hello. >> welcome to matt's closet. i've been preparing for you. a wile ago, i adopt ed the rule, if i buy something new, something else leaves the closet. navy is the staple of my there is a lot of navy jackets and suits in there. you know what gets more on the air than anything else? >> the plaid suit. >> when i wear something plaid, i get crazy twitter traffic. while. >> i have one more item that i'd like to ask what you think it'll >> very that's priceless. i'm not taking that out. it's not for sale. it goes to the >> nice suit. >> probably from tour three of the "voice." there's a lot of the casual this is new. >> i have a ton of it.

>> i love the navy and black. i think viewers will be excited to be wearing your clothes. >> it's all clean. i've washed it all. >> i have a few things for you show our viewers how they can be like willie geist for a good cause. >> you can at least wear the cause. this is from the london olympics. this is what we call a game-worn got the logo on the front, the usa on the back. it's a great shirt you can wear with a suit and tie or wear them these are nice suits i love. i've worn them a couple of years but they're still in really good condition. >> what type of person would your your clothing? >> somebody who is bald, i think. prone to bad jokes and lovable. >> that's debatable. >> lovable. >> this is more of a casual jacket. >> look at the y. >> i don't think i've seen this suit.

these are all my orange ties. it's like your daily dosemin c around your neck. >> all the money from this sale goes to charity. >> good. >> let's make money. >> let's do ou bet. >> we are going to launch the sale in a moment. first, i'll talk about this. this is for such a good cause. >> it is. as matt said, we are going to benefit city harvest, an organization that delivers nutritious food to those fighting hunger. if you go onli these things, which we'll show you how to do, it's going to a great cause. this is the tip of the iceberg. we've offered a lot ofwe'll start with matt at the end. brown. his, as savannah said, hise tapered. there's a lot of variety here. there are some suits going. the red bathing not, not for >> important. matt likes a snug in seam, too. >> little too snug. >> this is me here.

you start to accumulate some and wanted to offer and share with you. went with a couple casual th a giants fan. you can find sports stuff. >> and the fishing. >> mr. is one of them. brown. i like brown and blue. kind of like matt.re's matching pants, it's a suit. relatively conservative, but i think timeless. >> and we have, i think, mave man at the end? >> this is my modern dab look. this may appear to be cool to that's my secret. i have a few things here, too. my recommendation is get a job at tv. they send you free i got this. outside of television, i wear the same cargo shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops. this isn't i'm luck doi have things. >> we'll get to the sale in a second.

things on what are tips you have? >> when you go online, sites give rules. follow the rules because they know what makes the most money. keep it ever season we're in, that's what people are buying right now. make it picture perfect. think what a buyer will think ke pictures like it will represent it. no stains, no rips. >> this looks good. shall we start the sale? >> let's>> ready? today.com. >> three, two, one! >> we're live. >> buyuy those clothes. >> pick them up. >> the sale is live. jill said, you can head to today.com to check out this this is just a small sample of what's up there. we have tons of stuff we think you'll love. going to help city harvest. jill, thanks. up next, one woman's art-up is shaking up the flower delivery business.

we are back at 8:40 with one woman's simple idea that is a game changer when it comes to send >> nbc has the story. >> reporter: when a bouquet of flowers shows up at your door, ho they're from. christina wonders where they're from. >> i was eating at the farm to table restaurants where it wasbasically in portlandia fashion. they'd tell me the name of the chicken i was eating. they had imported carnations on the tables. how her now multi-million dollar company, farm girl flowers, got its start. >> i was the dork that, every at home writing business plans. >> reporter: she has no formal training in floral design, and >> i started researching. i found an industry that was huge but had littlein it in recent years. >> reporter: most flower companies, she found, use imported stems.

>> the same way that we shouldn't expect to eat a nice, ripe peach in december,ouldn't expect to get peonys in december either, right? >> we're celebrating the flower while it's in season. our model is, instead of havingds of options, we have one daily arrangements. 100% american-grown flowers. >> reporter: growing up in a farm in indiana, she knows importance of seasons and supporting local farmers. >> there used to be 150 rose growers and now there areercial sized ones in the united states. i didn't want it to get to the point where you can't buy a domestic grown flower. ed to get investors to back her farm to vase idea, but ended up with a string of a couple female investors said i should take my husband in with me to pitch, being a solo female founder is reporter: she bootstrapped the startup herself. >> i would get up at 3:30 in the

mart, load my car with flowers. to take several trips back and forth. >> reporter: it was a labor of love and blossomed into a business that now ships across the u.s.he has close to 50 employees. >> the farm girl team starts their day here at the flower often while it's still dark outside. the flowers are sorted and snipped, carefully arranged and the end result, more than 300 bouquets sent daily. >> reporter: they're known for the signature farm girl finish.rr lap sacks, charming and eco-friendly lowers are shipped. if they're local, many >> hi. i've got a flower delivery for you. >> honestly, i can't evene. they're so beautiful. >> reporter: hard to believe the brain behind the bouquets was once ore flowers in my hair a lot and got made fun of in high

it's full circle now.ing now? >> exactly? >> reporter: "today," san francisco. >> love she's keeping it on the very cool. >> like to see that entrepreneurial spirit. coming up next, dinner without the fuss. a simple meal with five they are already in your pran antry. first, this is "today" on

>> announcer: today's food is brought to you by cheerio's. we're back at 8:46. all week, we're cooking up five-ingredient dishes. that doesn't include thelike oil, salt, pepper and butter. here with us is elizabeth chambers from san antonio, >> good morning. >> i love everything about this recipe. >> super simple. >> let's look at the ingredients.

i'm from texas and we like things hot. we have the canned tomato pepper, oil. it's like a five-minute meal. >> crowd you can use any protein. my mom uses shrimp and i sometimes use chicken.n the pantry -- or the fridge, not the pantry. you want to refrigerate your >> little bit of oil. >> you can get over here and stir. >> yup. >> basically, we want to make sure it's not pink.ge starts to cook, we'll add the crushed tomatoes. you can buy tomatoes with oregano and garlic if you want. you can let it simmer 5 to 10 minutes. then we'll add the tapers. salt, hint of lemon, a lot of flavor for a little thing. >> your sauce is the crushed tomatoes.

with crushed tomatoes in a do anything. it's a base for almost anything. always taste as you go. it's the one thing that people don't do. tastet and pepper. >> speaking of tasting, we have our tasting crew downstairs. >> phenomenal. really he simple things you forget that taste so good. >> i'm glad you like it. salt and pepper.epper is nice for extra fire. if you want to go crazy with ingredients, we'll stick with five. don't go crazy with the crushed red pepper. salt and pepper. then your finished sauce. >>t's delicious and super easy. i like to add the pasta to the sauce. i'll let you do that. add the pastaht in there? >> use the tongs so it doesn't get -- >> of course, use the tongs. obviously. i was going to pour >> go for it.

>> you got it!! >> all right, peanut gallery. >> sticks the landing. >> wow. [ applause ] >> oh, my gosh. that was elegant. >> we're going to add the just cooking. don't mind her, just getting crazy up here. >> you're using angel hair but any pasta? >> you can use quinoa, over rice. it's a really beautiful base that you can put over any -- >> i'm trying not to mak there's the finished product. >> delicious. you all are trying it. let us know. >> i'll try it after the break. >> let's get to ave to concentrate. dessert, also five ingredients. >> this is my favorite recipe in the not oonl nly easy but cup for cup. cup of butter, add a cup of sugar, i'll give you the whisk.

going for it. >> you trust me. >> cup of self-rising if you're multiplying the recipe, three cups, three cups, three cups. all in one dish so you're not messing up last thing, one teaspoon of almond extract. >> i make such a mess. >> it's>> baking is my specialty. but okay, yes. >> yikes. >> wow. >> you need your own once it was all put together. >> how long do you cook it? >> 375, brown. if you want to add another ingredient, you can do cinnamon. top with sugar and cinnamon. the peaches aren't in rhubarb, blueberries, >> how does it taste? >> really great. both of them. >> winners. >> super easy. even i can thank you so much. >> thanks for having me.

five-ingredient recipes head to up next, the most entertaining man in golf, david feherty is here.

back now at 8:52 with one of the funniest, best and snaziest in golf, david feherty.

"feherty," he's joining the nbcst team. good morning and welcome to nbc. >> i was watching your fashion section a little earlier.e of the stuff. my wife says i look like a homeless person who just robbed nordstrom. >> you look great all the time. so i was watching 45-year-old choi, who doesn't hit a ton on the leaderboard, with d.j. and who won. what do you think of the state of golf now? >> i've been a professional for 41 years and this is the most fun, i think, to watch, that iremember. we've got a great bunch of kids out there, with jordan fowler, jason day. the thing about these guys is they like each other. >> right. >> they're fond of each other and root for each hen i played, the best players in the world, they didn't even know each other. tiger and phil didn't know each you mentioned tiger woods. a lot of people still curious about him. can he come back from the

will he ever get to another the way you look at it, where is he and can he get the four majors to get the jacket? >> i think it's i don't know how he is. i don't think anybody knows his physical situation at the the only mistake i've ever made about tiger woods would be underestimating him. >> yeah. >> i still -- i'm a hink he can win again. i don't know if he can win four, but i think he can win again. >> let's talk "fair " "feherty." you have golfers on, but president george w. bush, great what's the idea behind the show? >> it's just people interested in golf, people who play golf. not just professional the way it's affected their lives.

e perceptions of you and me, what they see on tv and you have to change that. >> rio? >> 1904 was the last time.here covering it. >> yeah. >> ryder cup and the open. "feherty" is on our sister station, golf channel. from al. >> break out the candles and first up, we have a happy 100th to mr. oscar mitchell from tallahassee, florida. enjoyed deacon and spends time on his boat. taylor is from colorado. 100 years old. one athletic gal. water aerobics three times a week until last year. fantastic. happy 100th birthday to new york. he has been an you shall e usher at his church over 70 years. thy from california, also 100.

she says the secret to longevity is to know when enough isgh. i like dorothy. tony marion, 101, one tech savvy guy. stays connected usingm going to friend you later. if you want to honor someone or their milestone birthday or anniversary s, head to today.com/celebrate and send a photo, as well. >> love that. anything exciting next hour?

this morning on "today's take," anthony mackie is back, getting us pumped up for his film "triple the tale of the take. a john cena smackdown like none other. donald and kiefer sutherland on the big screen for the first time. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller welcome to "today". it's monday morning, february the 22nd, 2016. nice crowd. pretty balmy day inside studio 1a, i'm willie

assignment. >> what am i doing here? >> hoda. >> dylan was goingand went down sick. >> does everyone have to be on their deathbed before i get to >> that's right. minute. >> what did matt have? >> i don't know what he had. >> dylan has a stomach thing. our producer, tammy, is >> get better. >> like my song? >> "take by the cake by the ocean." >> what does it mean? >> do you kn. >> it's your favorite song. google it. >> i don't like that. i don't like to know. >> told me. is this the hour where you have to read the newspaper? >> no, no. >> that's decorative, >> trump by the ocean. trump away from the ocean. trump everywhere. unbelievably busy weekend in ns for donald trump in south carolina, and hillary clinton in nevada.

from her defeat into beat bernie sanders in nevada. she had to have this one and got it. 53% to 47% for republicans, donald trump getting his second straight victory following new hampshire now with a win again by double digits in south carolina on he finished with 33% of the vote there. marco rubio and ted cruz, very close, with rubio edging cruz trump is now looking ahead as he inches closer to the republican >> i can tell you, he's mean and vicious.tiful. it's beautiful. we're going to start -- we are going to start winning for oury. [ applause ] because our country doesn't win >> that was trump's victory speech on saturday night in south carolina. >> wow.

i thought the numbers, huh? like she was about to have the baby on stage. kind of felt like that. >> he doesn't tell them ahead of time, he said, when he'll call them up and o better when they're not prepared. he said, ivanka, come talk. his wife, come back. >> just wanted to say an amazing state, south carolina. congratulations to my husband. very hard and he loves you. we love you. now we head to nevada and we'll see [ applause ] >> the momentum since the beginning of this campaign has been unbelievable. that's because my father'sonates so deeply with so many people. [ cheers and applause we're grateful to each of you. >> ivanka gets up and speaks a good bit at his events becauspoken and impressive.

"morning joe," does this mean you think he'll get the nomination? what does it mean? >> you'd have to make a casehat he's not going to win the nomination. hard to see the way it doesn't happen. republicans argue, we have to get him one on one. once cruz or rubio gets out, would either of them get out? they're neck and neck with each other. >> i watched "meet the press," and chuck had him on yesterday.t his face, it looked like he lost. he's got that kind of look. then he gets a little more animated. but i don't think there is any >> he was on stage in georgia and talked about how much we're going to win when he's president. he said, you people are going to say, president stop all the winning. we're winning too much. >> oh, my gosh. >> feel bad for jeb bush. >> a year ago, it was be jeb against hillary. that was before donald trump got in the race.

he got understandably emotional. >> the people of iowa, new ha have spoken, and i respect their decision. >> no. >> yup, yup. thank [ applause ] >> these guys put so muchcampaigns. they put their families out invested. to see it end is obviously a for him, it's the end of his he was governor of florida. those days are behind him. he's stepping off the say never. >> think he'll run again? >> never know. >> republican caucus is in >> why do they do caucuses? it's one of those things that i can't imagine being in a room convince other people. it seems like the better way to

a primary. >> yeah. >> you can watch them, it is amazing. we watched them in iowa, and it's groups of people. you support tand there. you support bernie, stand over there. undecided, stand over there. hillary and bernie people, make your case to those people. they stand with the other. it's amazing. >> all right. >> democratic primary is in south carolina on saturday. they're flipping where they are >> that's right. we're talking apple, you guys. there's been a lot of pressure on apple to release -- to try to get the code to get that code for the first time, fbi director james comey is personally weighing in on his agency's fight with apple unlocke used by the san bernardino shooter. comey says the investigation of what happened in san bernardino cannot be complete without the phone. saying, and this is in part his statement, we simply want the chance with a search warrant to try to guess the terrorist's de without the phone

and without it taking a decadess correctly. we don't want a master key loose on the land. we can't look at the the eye or ourselves in the mirror if we don't follow the league. apple's chief executive tim cook said, basically, the caseore than a single phone or investigation. he says what's at stake is the data security of millions of people. they're also saying -- i are all kinds of questions. i was reading the "new york times." don't think i just drink wine and do nothing. it did say in have been lots of requests over the years from the government to apple. they said, i think it was something like, where is it,t read without my glasses. >> 11,000. >> 11,000. they said that they gave out information, 7,100 times. it's not the first time they'ved it. >> is it technically possible for them to do what the government is asking them to do? >> that's the question. they're saying they'd have to make a -- they'd have to write ao get the info out. the government is saying they need it.

question people are asking is, can't you just take this one open it up and tell us what's in there without compromising the other phones? >> exactly. why wouldn't you be able to -- so the chain of evidence remains couple fbi guys, walk it over, stand outside a room, wait for apple to do it, give them the n walk away. >> done. >> anyway. >> i agree. daytona 500>> unbelievable finish. that finish, what was it, 0.1? >> 0.01, something likeny hamlin earning his first daytona 500 yesterday in a photo finish. closest finish in history. watch this. look at that. >> oh! >> wow. >> incredible. there was another incredible around our good buddy john cena. >> what happened? >> the fox sports reporter jamie

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>> i don't.ke what you give me. no, it's all about the director and the script. i love when i can read a script from beginning to end withoutleep, i know it's a good movie. my thing is, literally, if i read, by the time i get to y, i'm asleep. never fails. >> you're prepping for your role as falcon in "captain civil war." this has been a heck of a character for you. >> it has been. the second coolest thing i've ever done in my life, being king in new orleans. give me some of that, all day. >> that was a big deal.'s a big deal. first time, right? >> i'm wearing tights. yeah, the sad thing is you can't do it again. i'm gonna do it whether they ask or not. >> i'll show up in my king outfit and be like, let's go. >> how is fatherhood going?

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>> that's your latest weather. accomplished actors. donald and kiefer sutherland. despite having 300 films betweenhe father and son never now. >> dylan dreyer sat them to talk about their new "forsaken." >> god is not responsible for the life you choose. >> i did not choose it. >> reporter: a talented son

stands of a powerful part of the plot of "forsaken "forsaken." it's also the reality for kieferather donald has been a star for the last half century. >> i'm going to embarrass him right now. only is my father one of the most prolific actors in the english language but one of the most omeone i wanted to work with. for my whole career. >> is it true you didn't realize your dad was an actor unt18? >> i always knew he was an actor. i d you thought i told jokes. >> i didn't know the scope of what he had done. >> "mash," "klute," people," the list is endless. >> what advice, you being who you are, and now your son is getting in the business, what advice do you offer, or did youack and let him do his thing? >> i didn't give you any advice. i said, be truthful.

and the way i took that was, get caught forcing a moment, even if it means -- even if in the script it says, the man works himself to tears. if're not getting to the tears, figure out another way to portray it. like any other son, i didn't listen that well. kiefer listened well enough to forge his own successful career, which includes highlights like fox's the series ended, kiefer grabbed the chance to hop back into a genre he loved, thewesterns. ing ring kiefer's old friend demi moore, it features the complicated relationship sons. >> the experience that i had in this film was quite extraordinary for me. in many ways, i felt like i wasng. because whether it was dynamic aggression toward each other or very

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little bit of canola oil. we're going to season it with salt and e and easy. >> we're going to roast it at 375 degrees. until tender.out 15 minutes. >> okay. >> you're going to poke it with a knife. when it's tender, it'll go rightwhen it's tender, we're going to scoop out the puree. >> let it cool off first. >> t into the food processor. we're going to pulse it until it's smooth. couple of seconds. >> you have a couple squash we're putting in? squash. the bottom of the one squash. >> okay. >> then we've got our finished 've taken the butternut squash top that we've diced and sauteed. it's ready to go.at example, where you can use one ingredient two ways.

now, this is, in a sense, theng part? >> yes. this takes about 15 to 18 minutes. what we're going to do here is we're going to actuallye rice in the olive oil for two minutes. >> you want to brown it, get it nutty? >> little bit. it helps it absorb the stock a little so you add the stock in a couple additions. that's a difference between a risotto and regular, let's say, dish. you add it in additions. when you can pull the spatula back and the rice doesn't go back too fast, that'sow you can add the next addition of the liquid. >> good trick. i was going to ask how you know. >> that'st 15 to 18 minutes, we're going to add our shrimp. >> raw shrimp? >> looks likerimp. >> this is fresh shrimp. they've been diced 1/4 inch.

that right in the rice. >>squash. >> that we've already diced. puree? normally, a risotto, you would finish it with some some cheese. you could do that here, if you'd like. the puree, besides having another way to use the sametwice, this is going to give the rice a creamy consistency without adding extra beautiful. >> that's great. >> may any. >> you may. >> al? >> finishing it with fresh>> the sage on top. looks great and smells good, too. >> that is fantastic. it's got t it. >> oh, man. >> fantastic. >> thank you very much. perfect and easy to make. head to back in a moment with "today" on nbc.

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