good morning. getting closer. presidential front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton hoping to tighten their grip on their party's nominations today, as voters in five states head to the polls. trump's opponents vowing they will stop him, while on the democratic side, hillary clinton holds her lead over bernie sanders, despite the e-mail scanda that continues to plague her campaign. >> i'm happy that everybody now has been cooperating and giving ysion. >> we're live on the campaign trail. news that a knife was found on the grounds of o.j. simpson's headlines.

our lab. they are going to study it. >> could it be the murder weapon in the deaths of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman or just another sideshow more than 20 years later? zika warning. a new study shows the zika virus may be even more dangerous than originally thought. researchers now saying the virus is linked to a host of birth defects al t all stages of pregnancy. and unmasked? the artist known as banksy has spent his career anonymously spray-painting his work around the world. now a popular crime-fighting tool may have figured out who he is. so, has the artist been revealed? today, saturday, march 5th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> glad to have you with us. i'm craig melvin alongside chanel jones, dylan dreyer is

>> it's nice to have you back in the studio. you've been on the road a lot. >> good to be back. >> and really talking to voters. >> nashville, tennessee to start the week, finished in hamilton county, southern ohio, cincinnati. let me tell you, wherever you are on the political spectrum, lots of interest in this race. lots of interest in this race on both sides. >> that's good for us, because it's our top story this morning. voters in five states will have their say today. here's a look at who's voting on this saturday. kansas residents will caucus on both sides. republicans will caucus in maine and kentucky, while democrats will caucus in nebraska. and there is also one primary being held today. >> that one in louisiana, where both republicans and democrats will head to the polls. so much at stake, as both donald trump and hillary clinton try to maintain those leads. >> we have you covered on both sides. we begin this morning with nbc's jacob rascon, who's following the republicans, where the field has now dropped down to four with dr. ben carson suspending his campaign. jacob, good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. despite desperate and

to stop trump's momentum, he is the favorite to win in every state out with a poll as some look at his shifting positions and ask and wonder, who is the real donald trump? donald trump is playing by his own rules again. skipping the conservative cpac conference for a last-minerally in kansas, where the latest poll shows ted cruz catching up. this after a stunning week in american politics of virtual civil war within the republican party. its former nominee, mitt romney, joining a chorus of establishment leaders condemning the front-runner and refusing to vote for him. >> i'm going to do everything within the normal political bounds to make sure that we don't nominate donald trump. >> reporter: the latest complaint, trump's repeated flip-flops on immigration, suddenly arguing that highly skilled, foreign workers should be able to stay. >> i'm changing. i'm changing. we need highly skilled people in

>> reporter: then releasing a statement, switching back. and on torture -- >> if i say do it, they're going to do it. >> reporter: trump now telling the "wall street journal" he will not order a military officer to disobey the law. now ten days and 13 states before the billionaire business mogul could be unbeatable or a contested convention could be all but inevitable. once again, it's up to voters still flocking to trump rallies in record numbers, followed closely by scores of protesters. and all republicans are campaign campaigning in the decision-day states today. trump is leading in those states by double digits, except for kansas, and he is moving on past today to florida, a must-win state for marco rubio, where he and ted cruz are now spending big. erica? >> jacob rascon for us this morning. jacob, thanks. >> to the democrats now, where hillary clinton is looking to hold her considerable lead over bernie sanders in today's races.

detroit, michigan. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. senator sanders is hoping to gain some momentum today. his aides tell me the states that vote today and in the coming weeks are actually more favorable to him. meanwhile, the clinton campaign downplaying expectations. team sanders says they think they have a good shot at winning kansas. they think that nebraska could be a close race. both states have more of the white, working-class voters that tend to favor sanders. clinton is looking strong in louisiana and that could be part of her southern firewall with a large african-american population. meanwhile, clinton pressed again on her e-mails after her former staffer, bryan pagliano, struck an immunity deal with the fbi and told investigators her server was never hacked. here's clinton in an exclusive cnbc's john harwood. >> this is the same security review that has been going on since last spring.

information, because i think that will finally end this and appropriate steps were taken. >> reporter: clinton and sanders will face off in a debate in flint, michigan, tomorrow night.ides tell me he is going to go on the attack over trade issues. that resonates here in the nation's heartland. secretary clinton previewing her possible line of y she called on sanders and gop front-runner donald trump to release credible economicrica, back to you. >> kristen welker for us this thank you. >> harold ford jr. is a former tennessee congressman and nbc news political analyst. senior editor at "business insider" as well as an nbc news contributor. always good to have you both with us this morning. >> good morning. >> good mornin at what's happening today, we ran through at the top of the show the five states where voters will be making their voices heard today. trump won 7 of the 11 contests on super tuesday butnally has not done as well when it comes to a caucus versus a primary.

a marco rubio, a ted cruz, a john kasich >> i think so. kansas is a state that should be demographically favorable for either marco rubio or for ted cruz. and as you note, auc difficult to vote in, donald trump is more reliant on weekly attached voters, it's easier to get them out in primary. that rump ahead in kansas. what i'll be watching is, is trump able to win in kansas in a way he couldn't win in iowa, oklahoma? and looking at louisiana, the one primary state, the polls have trump ahead anywhere from 12 to 20 points. if he puts margin like that, it will continue the margins he had on super tuesday and if he continues them across the map, nomination with the majority of delegates. if it's narrow, it will be a sign of trouble for trump. >> i'm wondering if the otherake advantage of a tough week for trump, the optics around him. i thought that romney gave a speech that a democratic

it was scathing and we'll see that in ads in november, make no mistake about it. >> and counter from trump was not nearly as tough as it's beenn people come after him. i think josh is right, the caucuses favor him, he should do well in louisiana, but for the first time in this race, this hat there was a wound with trump. whether it manifests itself today is unclear, but clearly, as we get to florida and ohio, if rubio and kasich can winive states, their home states, i think this idea that trump could find some trouble may be gaining some steam. but the data's got to be shown to >> i spent a lot of time talking to trump voters in your home state, tennessee, this week, and ohio as well. and i pick up the "times" this mon louisiana that seemed to echo the sentiment that i heard. i'll read a snippet of it. this is from a woman down in louisiana. she said there's of trump shooting my daughter in the street and my grandchildren -- there is nothing and nobody that's going

this is a woman named louise butler here. have you ever seen a candidate with this kind of hold over his supporters? >> no. this is the weirdest think not just of my lifetime but going back a ways before i was born. you know, this was the 11th debate. i've given up on saying donald himself in this debate, donald trump went too far this time. i think we've learned that lesson. obviously, there is something donald trump can do that would shake his voters away from him, but i'm not convinced that any of the things that happened this week -- i mean, sort of peoplelined to listen to mitt romney when he says you have to be grown up and not vote for this guy, they were already not going to vote for trump. >> and this woman who voted forime around said she found his speech -- she was disgusted and found it disgraceful, the way he was coming out. >> the key not -- if you look at the vote outside of what trump has gotten, the 60, 70%, wherever it might have been, whatever the state -- will that vote?

didn't feel right for him this week. and you're right, i've felt he performed poorly debate after debate, but he's come back numbers have gone up, but today we'll get more data and we'll see. but i have to say, mrs. clinton has to be feeling that some of the stuff said about trump in thatey can be used with some independents and independent republicans, if you know the difference between the two and what i'm saying. >> nice to have you with us. harold ford jr. and josh barro,r insight this morning. meantime, police in los angeles are scouring a new piece of potential evidence today possibly connected to o.j. on friday, l.a. police revealed that a knife had been found buried on simpson's former property and was not turned over until recently. possibly be the murder weapon? nbc's steve patterson is outside o.j.'s former home with more on what police are saying about that knife. steve, good morning.y, craig, good morning to you. so, the officer who originally received that knife decided to

leading a lot of people to ask, why? well, i spoke to his attorney, who said his client tried toing. >> o.j. simpson is inside the car. >> reporter: it's back, all the drama from the o.j. simpson >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> reporter: the case already back in pop culture. the new ten-part fx miniseriestting big ratings. >> we need to bring in johnnie cochran and we need to do it now. >> no. >> reporter: now once again, the story in real-life headlines. the latest chapter, the a knife found years ago on the land where simpson once lived. >> so, it has been submitted to our lab.o study it. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell nbc news it is described as a small utility-style knife, commonly used in landscaping. the knife, they say, is not consistent with the weapon used in the 1994 murders of nicole brown and ron goldman, looking into it.

that is still open and ongoing. >> reporter: los angeles police say one of their officers got the knife from a construction worker on simpson's former property while working off-duty at a movie shoot across the street. attorney, trent copeland, says his client did the right thing. >> he did what i think every person would have done under the circumstances, is that you call them make the call, and they made the call. and the call was, look, this doesn't have any value to us, it's not ter: retired detective tom lang, who worked on the original murder case, doesn't by it. >> why would someone sit on a knife, especially a cop who should know>> reporter: carter douglas was part of simpson's defense team. >> that's pure fantasy. i'd rather be talking about the easter bunny instead. >> reporter: and in at from the family of ron goldman goldman, saying in part, "the validity of the knife as it relates to ron and nicole's murder is purely so, several experts have chimed

a link proven between this knife and the 1994 murders, still say that it would be impossible, nearly impossible, for o.j. to be retried because of the country's double jeopardys under the fifth amendment. yet, it's work that is still being done, investigators looking into this. it's work that could take some time, though. craig? >> steve patterson for ugeles this morning. steve, thank you. >> ari melber is msnbc's chief legal correspondent and joins us this morning with more. as steve just pointed out, double jeopardy, o.j. simpson could not be charged again with murder. are there any other charges, though, that could stem from this discovery, potentially? >> this is a fascinating and weird development in the o.j. simpson case. it is unlikely that anything would happen to him, as you say. that if this knife was used in the underlying double homicide in any way, that it could lead to charges for someone else or some sort of case, beyond what

>> george maycot, this is the officer who says that he called the lapd that knight, the watch commander. watch commander essentially says, there's nothing we can do, we can't prosecute him again, and sends him on his merry way. is this officer in any sort legal trouble? >> well, this officer definitely made a mistake at minimum, because you don't want any around. so, that's why this is another example where this case had so much in it, it's captivated people, but it also has openedstions about how policing works and how the mistakes are made, and if this is what happens in a case with high scrutiny, what's happening the rest of the time? yes, if there was any malice or malfeasance, a deliberate idea of obstructing justice, that could potentially come down the line, but i doubt it. i'll also say, look, in any murder investigation, the things you want to look at are physical evidence at the scene of the crime and a murder weapon. it was always an issue that no murder weapon was found in this case. based on what we know, it's hat this is the actual

>> ari melber, we enjoy having you around so much, we'll bring you back next hour and talk about that high-profile casek hogan that's heading to court over a sex tape. >> thank you, craig. best-selling author pat conroy has died. conroy turned his troublednto emotional novels like "the prince of tides," "the great san teenie" and "the lords of discipline." all three of those were turned into major e story, like his books, centered around surviving a brutal father who beat him, his mother and six siblings. when the 70-year-oldad pancreatic cancer just three weeks ago, he wrote "i've spent my whole writing life trying to find out who i am, and i don't believee close." in tennessee, it is now up to a jury to decide if popular sportscaster erin andrews should get videotaped her naked in her hotel room and then posted it on the internet. nbc's morgan the areaford has ing.

we're standing outside of the courthouse here in nashville. and after yesterday's closing arguments, the case is now with the verdict as early as monday. after two weeks of trial and emotional closing arguments -- >> she's living a >> reporter: -- for sportscaster erin andrews, it all comes down to this. >> we won't begin deliberations until monday morning atter: she's suing for $75 million, and now the jury must consider seven days of testimony, 22 witnesses and 49 pieces of evidence, all to manager and former owner of the vanderbilt marriott nashville should pay andrews for her emotional distress. >> this will always bell always be a reminder every single day. >> reporter: after she was secretly filmed eight years ago by convicted stalkerbarrett. >> they embrace barrett the same way they enabled barrett. >> counsel's trying to tie my to the criminal, but they had nothing to do with that guy.

issue, whether the hotel did enough to stop him. >> this could have been>> reporter: andrews' lawyers say the reservations confirmed andrews was staying there, even accommodating barrett's he typed in "yes, request to room next to erin andrews." >> reporter: the hotel says they did notm number and was manipulated to give him the room next door. >> criminals find ways to get around systems and exploit systems, and that's what >> reporter: now it's up to the jury of seven women and five men to decide if andrews should be paid. >> it's a difficult process for a juror to determine these of damages because there's no formula for it. >> reporter: for emotional damages. >> for emotional damages. it's just -- it's difficult, but that>> reporter: a job to come up with a verdict -- >> that should be quite significant. >> reporter: -- and possibly a number.g, when this verdict

to say, one, if erin andrews should be paid, and two, if so, how much, and three, by u. >> morgan radford for us this morning in tennessee. morgan, thank you. there is scary news this morning about the zika virus. a new study in the "new englandof medicine" reports the disease may actually be worse than scientists imagined. according to that study, zika may cause more birth defects microcephaly and it is believed it causes defects morn the beginning as first believed. we'll go through this with the director of allergy and infectious diseases next hour. dylan dreyer's here.re dealing with some wet stuff. >> yeah, they had a bit of a dry spell, but we're going to get more wet weather moving in,orms. you can see them developing over the pacific. you can see the swirls, the areas of low pressure. these will be the reasons why we'll see heavy rain, especially state through oregon and into northern and central california.

of rain moving east of seattle and stretching down into where we could see a couple of inches of rain, but it's not just rain, it's heavy mountain snow with 2 to 4 feet possible in the sierra. and look at all this brownyour wind advisories and high wind warnings. we could see gusts up near 50 to 60 miles per hour. so, as we go through the day today, we'll see thisrain move l in later on today through sunday morning and then we'll get a break before the second system sunday night and monday morn one looks weaker, so the majority of the problems we'll see will be with the first round of rain, but we could end up with 5 to 7 inches of rainfall. that could lead to some get, in the

that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. the mogul and the model tied the knot just moments ago in london. billionaire media magnetrdoch married jeri hall, the famous ex of mick jagger. family and celebrities began ing. the couple officially married friday at spencer house, home of princess diana's family. murdoch is 84.h marriage. hall is 59. her marriage to jagger was declared invalid in 1959. if you are familiar with the banksy, you know he anonymously travels the world spray-painting his sometimes controversial art evees. he's never publicly shown his face. now, though, banksy may have

to a little help from science. nbc's kelly c from london to explain. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. yeah, this is the science used to find criminals, instead used to catch an artist, behind this, banksy. and scientists say they're 90% sure they have their man. from london to new to gaza, it's been stolen, auctioned, covered up for being too controversial. last summer, banksy's artme alive. >> welcome to dismalland. >> reporter: at dismalland, his dreary take on the so-called happiest place on earth, making fun of fun. but for years, the world has been left guessing aboutn behind the street art collected by celebrities and sold at times for millions of dollars.

banks, the bbc said in 2006. no, it's robin gunningham, saidl," two years later. another theory? banksy is a whole gang of people. using a technique straight out of a hollywood crime show -- >> it's a huge geographica >> reporter: -- a group of scientists tried to crack the code with a technique called geographic profiling. >> it's used by a number of police agencies in the united states, including theles police department, the new york police department has used it. >> reporter: instead of crime scenes, they mapped banksy's art in london and bristol,ata to homes and hangouts of ten so-called banksy suspects. the result? these fancy dots and spikes or locations, in geek speak, which led them to one prominent candidate, robin gunningham. >> the spatial evidence of the s the theory that he is the suspect, that he is banksy. >> reporter: mystery solved? don't bank on it. so, if it is robin

and we don't have an answer for that yet. in fact, even the study's authors are protecting this all of those addresses they used for his geo profile have been left out of the study. erica? >> interesting. all right, kelly, s guessing still. >> i like the mystery. >> so, then that's good. see, we've kept the mystery alive a little bit. >> you raise a good point. >> i wonder how he getsbecause it's selling for millions of dollars, but if we don't know who you are, how do you get the money? money. >> it's the message. >> yes. still to come, we'll catch you up on the week's big stories, including this incredible caught-on-camera child falls out of a van. >> ooh. >> the good news, the kid is okay. also ahead, what do you get when you combine morgan freeman andpure magic, that's what you get. that's coming up in "pop start." but first, this is "today" on nbc.

u have her? >> she won't get on the phone. >> then get her detail on the phone. >> i did. we can't force her to talk to you, sir.d to think about what to say when i show up at this event and she's not with me. and i don't want to make it worse by mispronouncing this. how do you say this back this saturday morning, march 5th, 2016, with a look at season four of "house of cards." the new season dropped yesterday on p in "trending," we'll tell you why binge-watching it this weekend could actually be >> uh-oh. >> quite bad. 1a, we've got some folks, got a nice, little

so happy to have them start their day with us. outside in just a bit. it's a chilly one out there, too. >> it is a little chilly, but it's not going to last, which is just wild. >> 70s next week. . >> that's crazy. let's get you caught up on what's making headlines this saturday morning. voters heading to the polls today in kansas, maine, ska and louisiana. donald trump is poised to pick up more key states today. hillary clinton is expected to maintain her lead in today's bernie sanders. the sports world is mourning the loss today of one of the industry's most colorful bud collins died at his home friday. collins, who helped popularize tennis, started broadcasting the sport in 1968. he is best known for hising wimbledon called "breakfast at wimbledon," also known for being quite fashion forward as well. bud collins was ed "breakfast at wimbledon." and check out death valley like you've likely never seen it before, covered in gold.

yellow wild flowers covering one of the hottest, driest places in the world. it only happens about once every ten years. >> a let's start with "the download." sheinelle has the week's biggest headlines. >> from the drama insan party to scott kelly's long-awaited return home after a week in space, here are the stories that caught our attention. donald trump feeling super on super>> it looks like we could win six or seven or eight or nine. >> reporter: from the northeast to the deep south, dominance from donald trump, racking seven wins. hillary clinton riding high as well. >> what a super tuesday!h clinton the likely democratic nominee this fall, infighting is tearing the republican party apart.lican presidential nominee waging war on trump. >> in under 20 minutes, romney branded his party's front-runner

>> here's what i know -- donald trump is a phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump eporter: while at the republican debate, trump went below the belt. >> look at those hands. are they small hands? he referred to my hands, ifl, something else must be small. i guarantee you, there's no problem. i guarantee. >> reporter: the discovery ofs from malaysia airlines flight 370 stirred up new questions. >> the piece was found onnk off the coast of mozambique by tourist blaine allen gibson. >> this could possibly be from malaysia 370. we don't know another ill-fated voyage for one of the world's largest cruise ships. "anthem of the seas" cut short its week-long trip, royalys, because of a severe forecast storm. >> very disappointed. i wanted to cry. >> reporter: but is that the reports indicate dozens of

with symptoms of norovirus. home sweet home fortronaut scott kelly after nearly a year in orbit. >> it was just before 10:30 a.m. local time when the soyuz spaceing two cosmonauts and american scott kelly touched down in kazakhstan. >> scott kelly back on mother ea >> reporter: a scary moment for a child and his family in china. >> this is unbelievable. a toddler -- look at this tumbles from the back of his grandfather's van on a busy highway in china. a good smarltan rescued that little boy, reunited his family. and it was a fun week in the world of sports. first, gary woodland stripping down during the hondawoodland's tee shot landed on the water's edge near the edge of the fairway. he didn't want to get his outfithe took off his socks and shoes and some white pants. and some infectious laughter from the milwaukee brewers.

that's him on the left laughing. he plays for the milwaukee brewers. the team released this video showing how held it together when he heard some corny jokes. >> what did the duck say to the bartender? >> quack. >> put it on my bill. i like that one. >> he's taking in too much air! >> oh, my god. >> makes me so happy just to watch. you know, sometimes laughter's >> it is. yes, it is. >> especially when you're not supposed to laugh. that's when it's better. >> yeah. >> difficult to control. >> woodland's pants must have been really right? you actually -- is that the first time that's ever happened? >> didn't he take his shoes off, too? >> shoes, socks and his white >> let's be thankful he stopped there. >> and with that! >> expensive pants. >> why not pick another pair? >> that's a great o ask the deep questions. >> it's great because it's the things everybody wants to know. and why are you wearing ith his

>> yeah, sure. all right, dylan dreyer's back. another check of the forecast here. what are we looking at? >> that warm-up that's moving we've just got to get through a cooler weekend in the northeast, but then we've got a big ridge in the jet stream. that's going to allow temperatures to be about 20 ge through the northern plains. today kansas city about 63 degrees, chicago 42, cleveland 39. then watch what happens as we go into sunday. temperatures in omaha about 69 that's 23 degrees above average. close to 60 in minneapolis. in the northeast, we'll be in the upper 40s. raleigh about 60 degrees, which is right around average. but monday, all of that warm to move eastward. indianapolis 65 degrees, pittsburgh 64, raleigh 66, new york close to 60. then we keep the warm-up going.rtheast, by the time we get to wednesday, it should be close to 70 degrees. today, though, that area of high pressure keeping things high and dry, lots of sunshine. that its way into the pacific northwest. heavy rain, mountain snow, wind gusts up near 50 miles per hour, and we'll also see a few scattered

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we are back on a saturday morning. time for a little "trending." first up, something you don't see every day. linkedin ceo jeff wei his annual $14 million stock bonus to all of the company's employees. >> wow. >> nice. >> the heels of linkedin's falling stock prices. they're reported to have 9,200 full-time employees, so it works out to a little over $1,500 inhares for each employee. >> that's really cool. >> that's nice, huh? >> can i call out my

he was talked about this or a long time, no one knew what he was talking about. >> linkadin. >> it's a great place to work, apparently. in honor of national grammar yesterday -- ironic, i suppose -- which was yesterday, by the way, a little online dating help for you on a saturday morning. according to the datingus, bad grammar could be getting in the way of your dating life. zeus says nearly 50% of the singles they posed said grammar was a wever -- this is important -- it varies between gender. 60% of men say they would not let grammar get in the way with pursuing a date -- >> well, f women would. however, 72% of singles agreed that blatant spelling errors were a turn-off. >> i believe that. >> i can see that. >> 60% ois a little annoying, though. you just have to take the time to go back and look. because even with autocorrect. autocorrect wants everything yoube possessive, which annoys the crap out of me. >> i'll forgive you for autocorrect, but if we're

>> what i take from those if you're a guy, if you're hot enough, doesn't matter what you sound like. >> pretty much. >> no question. >> pretty much. >> and we're naturally more judging.not me. >> now that we've figured all that out. if your weekend plans include "house of cards" binge a new study says maybe you should just watch an episode or two at a time instead of all of them at once. why? researchers at the northern california institute for research and to 30-year-olds who watch more than three hours of tv a day and did less than 2 1/2 hours of physical activity a week had the worst cognitive before they hit middle age. and this is much younger than >> too much. >> i can see that. anyway, though. >> yeah, but it's not just "house of cards," it's all >> no, binge-watching anything. >> i thought it was middle of the night and you're still up,

>> but if you binge-watch the, it's good for you. >> confirmed by reputable physicians, yeah. four ladies afraid of ghosts? and how could anybody harry for someone else? sheinelle has that in "pop start." >> we have good ones. first up, the ghosts, outfits, the goo. it's been 32 years since the"ghostbusters" battled their way through the streets of new york city. and now we're getting a look at the highly anticipated all-star, all-female reboot, thanks to this newly released>> let's go. >> let's go. >> oh, did you want to -- >> sorry, i'll let you. >> next time.reating a device that amplifies paranormal activity, and we might be the only ones who can stop it. >> holtzm the hat is too much, right? is it the wig or the hat? >> starring kristen wiig, katen, leslie jones and melissa mccarthy. it comes out this july. if the trailer is any indication, we know the movie should do well at the box

11 million views. >> wow. >> people are ready for it. next up, what do ed sheeran and prince harry have anything in common? if you're margo robbie, lot. the actress has been making the rounds promoting her film "whiskey tango foxtrot." and in case you missed it this week,o jimmy fallon fall fallon that she mistook prince harry posing for a photo. the most embarrassing thing is it was the royal highness himself who corrected her, whispered to her and was kind of >> not harry. a prince. kind of a big deal. >> i don't think they look >> they don't. who plays the guy in the harry potter movies? he and ed sheeran get mistaken for one another. >> what kind of party where you're just kind of brushing up with prince harry? >> good point. >> never been there. finally, it's not hard to

pretty much everything sounds better when the actor narrates it, documentaries, movies, tv. but you may never have heard him like this. the folks at "vanity fair" had a dramatic reading of justin bieber's "love yourself." let's just say the biebs' lyrics have never sounded so good. >> times that you rain on my the clubs you get in using my name. you think you broke my heart? oh, girl, for goodness sake, you think i'm crying well, i ain't. [ laughter ] >> i love that. they should do a little say. >> so good. >> i was watching an interview of his a couple years ago and he says the most annoying thing hee walk up to him on the streets and hand him their cell phone. they want him to do their voice mail. >> i had to stop myself from doing that one time. nice and i thought he might be up to it, but i had to be like, fan girl, pull back.

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morning. getting closer. donald trump and hillary clinton hoping to maintain their leads as voters in five states head to the polls today. cano anything to slow him down? and will hillary clinton stay on top, despite that e-mail scandal? we're live. o.j. frenzy.ound on o.j. simpson's property bringing a case that's more than two decades old back into the headlines. could this be new evidenceill unsolved murder?

>> in my own way. >> do you have any design experience at all? >> no. >> you wouldn't probably -- >> probably wouldn't make it, >> erica spending the day with the design team at j. crew. from beading to color swatches to getting ready for the holiday sweater season. we'll see if she's up for today, saturday, march 5th, 2016. oh, no >> i'm celebrating my 60th birthday with "today." >> yay! >> from tennessee to the "today" show, whoo! up, maryland, we're on the "today" show! whoo! >> it's my birthday weekend and i'm celebrating in new york city! a good saturday morning to you. welcome back to "today." a nice crowd outside studio 1a this morning. we are going to get outside in eeze with them. [ laughter ]

>> you looked like you were enjoying yourself there at j. >> i was enjoying it. >> yeah. >> i took it very seriously. >> of course you did. you take everything very seriously. >> this is all j. crew now? everything i wear every day is j. crew, so there's that. but yes, just in honor of our piece, maybe, down to the shoes. >> all right. we have a lot to get to this we want to jump right into the political battles brewing today. one primary, caucuses across five states. are of course trying to slow down donald trump. and we have full coverage of the democrat candidates as well. we begin with nbc's jacob rascon inering the republicans for us this morning. jacob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is decision day yet again. the so-called never trumpd up momentum this week, turning into a virtual civil war, but then it hit sort of a brick wall when all of the candidates pledged tonominee, even if it was trump. trump, for his part, is loving the everybody against him

to his voter, this validates his position as the ultimate outsider. on the stage this week, we watched the republican field pummel each other in a contest insults in taunts and shouting that reminded some of junior high. governor kasich seeming to be the only adult in the room, refusing to bite. one who may have the potential to slow trump's momentum because he is closer with him in the polls in his home state of ohio. but trump is the favorite to winvery state out with a poll, most by double digits, including here in florida. of course, ben carson has already dropped out. trump counting on the fact that he's ahead by marco rubio's home state, that he can force rubio to drop out as well. erica? >> jacob rascon for us this morning.u. meanwhile, bernie sanders will try to gain momentum today as democrats vote in three states. nbc's kristen welker's in detroit, with more. kristen, good morning to you.

that's right, senator sanders looking for a comeback today. his aides tell me that vote today and in the coming weeks are actually more favorable to him. meanwhile, the clinton campaign downplaying expectations a bit. team sanders says he is lookingn kansas. they also think nebraska could be a close race. that is an area, both states with a number of white, working-class voters who favor senator sanders. clinton looks strong in louisiana, though. again, that could be part of her southern firewall with a large african-american population. getting pressed again on her e-mails after her former staffer, bryan pagliano, struck an immunity deal with the fbi and told investigators her server was. here's what clinton told our cnbc's john harwood in an exclusive interview. take a >> would you concede that you and the people who worked for you at the state department were sloppy in the way you handled -- >> no.

>> no, because let's bethis, there wasn't a single one of those that was marked classified, either sent or received.r: now, this morning the clinton campaign releasing two new ads here in the state of michigan, touting clinton's. she rolled out part of it on friday, which calls for scaling back tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs overseas.s, meanwhile, has been criticizing secretary clinton on trade issues. that is an issue that resonates here in the heartland. preview of what we can expect to see tomorrow night when the two face off in a debate in flint, michigan. craig, er >> kristen welker for us this kristen, thank you. there is a lot of talk this morning about whether a knife found on o.j. simpson'sperty nearly two decades ago could be connected to the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. nbc's steve patterson is in los angeles this moe, good morning. erica. look, i think we'd be fooling ourselves if we didn't first

reason why this story is so bause he's already back in pop culture. a lot of people are waking up to this, thanks in part to that fx doing so well. so, you have a lot of people first learning about this case, and then it's like right on cue, the knife is confirmed by the i want to tell this story because it is so bizarre. it is several years ago, but after o.j. moves out of his estate, apparently, there's some work being done on his there, which, again, after he's moved out. and they find the knife buried in the yard. one of the construction workers sees the knife, knows thed wants to take it to the authorities, so he does. he takes it to a security guard across the street working on a movie.olice that security guard is a former lapd officer. so, the officer, according to his attorney, gets the knife and he does the right thinlls in to the lapd. according to his attorney, they

closed, and so he holds on to some 15 years, memento. and to do that, he wants to get the case number engravedknife. so, he calls his buddies at the lapd. they tell him, you know what, you should probably take the evidence. and so, that's where we're at they're looking into the knife friendsic ly ic forensically. but just in talking to people close to this case, they say that this knife is very five inches. it's maybe used for landscaping, maybe used for construction and that it is not consistent with the murder weapon used in yet, investigators continue to look into this. their work has started, but it could take a while before they get any results. >> steve patterson for us this morning. steve, thanks. some startling news this morning regarding the zika virus. an alarming, new study shows a between the virus and multiple birth defects, worse than was originally

evidence on how zika may berain defects in unborn babies. dr. anthony fauci is the director of the national institutes of allergy andus diseases. dr. fauci, good morning. >> good morning. >> doctor, one of the things we've seen, there were these strong indicators early on that zika could be causinghaly. but now this new study, there hadn't been a link before. this new study seems to show a link between zikafferent birth defects, and that the fetus could be affected throughout virtually every stage of pregnancy. to you, what is the real headline this morning? >> well, the the definitive way you show that there is a causetive relationship -- we know there's a temporal and geographicaletween women who are infected with zika and these congenital abnormality normalities, particularly but not specifically microcephaly. you do cohort studies where you

are pregnant and fected women who are pregnant and look at the outcome. the study that came out yesterday in the "new england journal of medicine" shows that there's an alarmingly highge of women who are infected with zika who actually have abnormalities in the fetus. the number in that study was 29% of those that were actually grossly identifiable, and there may be even more subtle defects. so, this is the very first strong study. there's been a lot of evidence that strongly links this but doesn't definitively prove it. this is one of a number of now give very strong evidence of this. >> dr. fauci, where are we with regards to a possible vaccination for zika? >> yeah, vaccines usuallynsiderable period of time, but we're on a very fast track, and we hope to get into human trials for safety of vaccine candidate some time at the end

it's called a phase one trial. you first have to show it's it induces the kind of response that you would predict would be protective. if it shows to be safe by the end of 2016, into a larger trial trying to determine if it actually works. whether or not it does and how long it will take to prove isng that you can't definitively predict, but we're on quite a fast track, at least getting it into humans inal by the end of the summer. >> dr. anthony fauci with the nih. dr. fauci, thanks, as always. >> good to be with you. sheinelle isher health story where doctors are trying to learn more about a deadly infection. >> yeah, a mysterious outbreak may be the cause of 18 deaths in this morning investigators are searching for answers. the elizabethkingia bacteria has infected at least 44 past four months. it causes a rare blood disease. people over the age of 65 are at greatest risk. officials with the centers for

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you're sure? well, we have someone on the plaza who's not sure how old he's turning. but changed it. it's now your 44th birthday. >> i am, yes, today. >> all right, so next year 45? >> i hope. >> you got that? >> happy birthday all around. let's take a look at the weather on the west coast, where we are watching a parade of storms making their way on shore. we are going to stoday from seattle to san francisco. very gusty winds as well. we have wind advisories and high wind warnings that could gust up to about 50 to 60 miles per we also have winter storm warnings in the sierra mountain range because of this storm system that's going to move in through the day today. heavy rain and also about 2 tosnow possible in the sierra. now, we are going to get a break sunday morning, then another storm system makes its way in sunday night. as for rain, about 5 to 7could create some

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well, have you had a baby? did you adopt? did you get get divorced? did you inherit? did you lose a spouse? did you finally let your mother-in-law move in? all of these things are big life changes and mean you could different deduction. >> if you do hire an accountant, what's the average cost? how much should that run you? >> it's going to cost a couple hundred bucks. l average. if you don't want to spring for that, there are plenty of cheaper software options -- so tax turbo, h&r block, tax those will run you anywhere from $15 to $100. >> what if you don't want to shell out the cash for an accountant, but you also don't want to runo prison, so you want to do it yourself? >> you're a really brave soul. another reason to consider hiring a pro -- if you're self-employed, own your own business. if you freelance and get 1099 income, have you bought or sold a house? properties? all of these things are pretty good reasons to consult a tax professional because they can help you figure out some strategies to actually save you

>> when should i consider using some software?uld consider using some software if you don't want to splurge for the accountant or if you think you can sort of handle it for or your spouse only have one job together or both have w-2s? do you have no dependents? do you not plan on itemizing your deductions? all of those things make your lot easier and you're a candidate. >> how can you protect yourself from fraud, whether it's, you know, one of the software er it's doing yourself? what are some things you can do to make sure you're not getting fleeced? >> first and foremost, the earlier you file your taxes, the safer you're going to be.ber one thing you can do. next up, please use strong passwords. you would be shocked how many people still use "pizza" -- >> or >> or abc123. and this is the point i really want to stress, scams are really e irs, craig, is never going to call you on the phone and ask you for your credit card.

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in that corner, the blog gawker, king of the snarky headline. hogan says "i am going to slam another giant! hogan versus gawker." the wrestler is suing the publishing a video of him having sex with heather klemm, who was married to his former best friend, radio shock jock bubba the love sponge.s they had the right to run the story. >> this story is obviously not pen to papers. most stories on msnbc, most on gawker don't meet that standard. but this was a good story about a major public figure. >> reporter: hogan wants $100 for emotional distress, privacy violations and publishing private facts. he talked about how the video impacted him in the worst thing that's ever happened to me. it's really turned my world upside down. >> hulk were invaded. it's wrong for a media company

secretly filmed in a private bedroom, showing at their clothes on and engaged in adult activity and to let the world watch that. >> this is a controversial -- founder nick denton argues the case is really about whether celebrities can use the courts to intimidate reporters. >>ities' desire to control their image to manage their business, the business of their image, comes into conflict with our business, which is to put out the real >> reporter: denton argues hogan made his sex life part of his public persona. gawker says that's fair game for the press to cover. >> the first clear on this matter. we have rights not just as members of the press andree press, but we're also people expressing ourselves on a story that's in the news. >> reporter: hogan's attorney disagrees. >> gawker would likehink that the first amendment destroys all other rights, but that's not how it works.

say gawker's blog isn't news,ays it all depends on your definition. >> i believe that gossip is the first draft of news, is the first draft of >> opening arguments begin monday. a jury will decide if gawker crossed that line from free speech into violating privacy or whether the first amendmenthese kind of reports about public figures. and also, hogan's troubles have suit. the "national enquirer"ret transcript from the case showing him making racially incendiary remarks and that wwe fired him after that. hogan apologized, saying excuse for using that offensive language. guys? >> ari melber. ari, thank you. >> all right, dylan has a final forecast. >> it just got coal lder in the last 30 seconds. >> it did. >> substantially cold. >> the wind has picked up here, and let's take a look at the going to see, though, especially into the next several days. this area of high pressure will pump in some southwest winds. look at wednesday in new york

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so, i interned at j. crew, and it was pretty much everything i i showed up eager and ready to learn with absolutely no experience whatsoever, and they put me right to work. j. crew is known for its brs, unexpected pairings, and layers of bling. a modern look made famous by the company's president and creative lyons, who on this day is also my boss. >> do you sketch? >> in my own way.have any design experience at all? >> no. >> yeah, you probably wouldn't -- >> wouldn't make it, okay. we got that out of the way. >> this is your lucky day. >> it's my lucky day, and i feel like i've got some potential. helping me find that the head of women's design, somsack. even interns have a spot. it's 'm really an intern at j. crew. >> this is amy. i want to introduce you to amy. >> hi, erica.

>> she's in >> i have lots of tiny sequins to fold. so, what i'll usually do is put my tweezers right in the middle to hold the line and then i'llequin up around it. >> would you be doing this for an entire dress? >> yes. we need a couple more supplies, so i'm going to send yougarment district. >> and flowers. last one. back at the office, there more seasons to tackle. >> for spring '17, these are some of the images that we pulled together that we were inspired by. this vintage bag and just oranges with the olives. then we sort of make a smaller color palette. >> colors, but no job. for inspiration, i explored j. crew's color library, home to more than 6,300 swatches, . >> okay, so, how did you do? >> so, neon creamsicle for this one.

>> ooh. >> i like that one. >> that's nice. >> gorgeous gouveia. >> i love gorgeous rant kelly. >> that's a good one, too. you're actually -- >> not terrible? >> -- pretty good at this. >> back at somsack's office it holiday 2016. sweaters. s do a layout. >> okay. with some quick cutting and pasting, the mock-up was ready. >> so, now that you know we have a sweater, usually we'll do ar a matching scarf to go with it. i like that you're thinking out of the box. >> but would jenna agree? >> how did it go? wait, did you draw that? >> i did. >> okay, you would have gotten the internship on your >> yes. if you want to come back, let us know. we're taking interns for the >> be careful what you offer,

and with that, jenna snapped this selfie, proof my dream really did come true. >> it wast looked like it was! >> in all honesty, everybody was so warm and welcoming and so gracious with their time. i had a million ust the most creative environment, and everybody's really encouraged to contribute. jenna's office is really open and people stop by, and you know, the for things. >> i feel like for design it has to be open so that people's ideas are welcome. >> yeah, and they have these giant boards all over andfound myself, like stop touching things! and i kept apologizing, like somsack, i'm sorry! and he's like, no, that's what we touch to see texture and how things work together. then i found myself being very bold, like that bracelet works -- >> and that's when they sent you" >> that's when they said you have a job as a journalist. but it was very fun. and if there is gouveia or poppy in the spring style guide,

>> you could have a job at crayola coming up with me. >> i would. and you have an in there. didn't you do a crayola story aago? maybe we talked about it. >> i don't remember. >> i think you did. i think you did. >> up next -- >> thank you. thank you, thank you, to jenna and somsack and katie andand everybody at j. crew. spring break trips that won't break the bank. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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wintertime destinations. >> let's start with some tips. >> that's the first one. to visit offseason locations, shoulder season, again, springe to travel. the second is to search for emerging destinations, sothat are on the rise. you'll often be able to find truly local, authentic stops. use a tool like trip tips, which is a foursquare tool where you can get recommendations from it will save on a map and then change based on your location. and last, consider shorter trips. 36 hours is sometimes short enough that if you pick aby, pick a great lunch, dinner or breakfast and you'll have a quick spring break. >> you found some awesome trips for under 200 bucks, too, >> yes, i did. >> where are we first? >> so, the first is miami, of course. >> i love miami. >> springtime is perfect in miami. it always heats up.aldorf towers has a great deal, $189 a night. you'll be very close to ocean drive.

museum is a great choice. a great quoursquare tip is kids are always free, adults free saturdays of the month. if you're looking for the most distinctive taste in miami, mojito, find it at >> got engaged in miami. all right, mexico. >> this is not the mexico. your college spring break. guadalajara, mexico mexico, is a destination on the rise. casa fayatte is a beautiful hotel, $195 ae incredible rooftop terrace, 37 impeccable rooms. you'll be right in the la fayatte neighborhood. this is a state offor mariachi, for tequila, so amazing cultural attractions there as well as a rising food scene and a film festival thatn early march. >> what about a weekend for the whole family, a weekend a family can enjoy? >> especially if you're interested in the outdoors,

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wait to try, and it's a lotnk than you may think. shauna sever is the author of "real sweet," and we're going to bake while everybody enjoys the they're already digging in down there at the end, happily. >> during commercial. >> just make sure you save some. it's important to test what we're making here.rning. >> good morning. >> first, let's go through the ingredients, because you're actually combining two recipes here. >> yes. this is a black-and-white pancake cake, okay? a workhorse recipe. it's a one-bowl chocolate cake that's really versatile, and today we're doing something special with it. that's interesting is using pure maple surp for syrup for the great. >> the rest is stuff we have around the house, cocoa, sweetener. dump in these ingredients. baking soda, baking powder, asalt. >> there we go. >> this is a dump-and-stir operation. now the wets. this is maple syrup. >> so, instead of refined white sugar, okay. >> we're

>> love this. >> into greek yogurt, two large eggs. vanilla extract makes everything >> oil. >> a little light, colorless oil, like canola is really nice. >> okay. >> then half a cup of water in there as well. okay, so, all we're going toe the batter is the wet into the dry, whisk until smooth and nice and thick, and then you get this stuff here. you don't even need a mixer for all by hand. >> fantastic. now, you're using an ice cream scoop. >> yes, that's a great trick for consistency. if you're doing cupcakes, in this case, we're taking our batter and baking it like pancakes. >> so, you've got it on a griddle. what are you putting in terms of >> nonstick spray. >> so, just the spray. >> yes. be generous with your nonstick spray and smooth this into about a seven-inch circle. one side, two on the other. you want to be the flipper? >> i want to be the flipper. >> go for it. >> and you say always use the fish fish spatula is -- >> easy to say. >> yes. just loosen the edges and go for the flip there. it's a great tool for baking for

>> i don't think it's ready. i'm waiting for the bubbles, right? >> you've got to let it happen. all right, so, then you're going to do your >> is that on? >> yes, it is. give it a flip, girl. yeah! >> i have earned my cake. >> she stuck the landing! okay, so, now we're going to assemble.st filling here, which is mascarpone cheese. a little maple syrup, a little vanilla extract. >> i syrup at all, for all that's in there. >> now, this is interesting, the darker you use, the more you're going to taste it. but that's the thing,hese sweeteners just like you would use white sugar, and sometimes they're more flavorful than others. >> why is it?or your body, as opposed to using the refined white sugar to use a maple syrup or maybe agave nectar to sweeten things? >> yes.ll moving towards a less processed way of eating. and i have two little kids at home, as i know you do, too, and it's nice to have an alternative sometimes, you know what ies.

health food desserts as much as it is about using great alternative sweeteners.here. use your fillings and stack it up and then you have this lovely thing. i love the way it looks. doesn't it? >> it looks beautiful, but i would imagine that it tastes even for breakfast. you can't beat this. >> yeah, see? >> it's great -- >> because technically, it's a pancake, right? >> it's breakfast. >> it tastesou can use the batter -- >> it is so good. >> use the same batter for sheet cakes, cupcakes. in this case, it's a little different but still easy. >> here's to breakfast. great to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. >> for this -- mm, i'm tongue-tied, it's so good! for this recipe and more, logon to morning.

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