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picks up. that happens late in the day. could see gusts up to 40 miles per hour. tapers to a couple of showers. upper 50s by the end of the day. lots of sunshine tuesday, wednesday and then warm for the end of the week and more rain by friday. thank you. the "today" show is next. that's what's happening "today in new york." good morning. breaking overnight -- belgian police release new video of the so-called man in white just moments before the bombing to the brussels airport. why can't they track him down? as authorities confirm two more americans are among the dead. death toll rising. at least 70 people killed, many of those women and children, as a suicide bomber targets a park in pakistan. a taliban affiliated group
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intentionally targeted christianseast er er. truth or tabloid. ted cruz alleged donald trump is behind those claims of infidelity. hillary clinton looks to the failings of republicans as she tries to come up with a strategy to defeat trump in the general election, and bernie sanders pushing for one more debate. and -- party crashers. syracuse storms back to take an unexpected spot in the final fo . north carolina, oklahoma, villanova also in the running to become college basketball's next national champions, "today," mo bnday, march 28th, 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 sn a rainy monday morning here in the northeast.
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in the dictionary, you'll see a dictionary of my bracket for the ncaa. >> really? well if you look in my waste basket, you'll see mine, a crumpled piece of paper. >> more on the bracket and the ncaa in a little while. our top stories -- new surveillance video just released this morning highlighting the so-called man in white who was with the suicide bombers at the airport in brussels. let's get right to nbc's keir simmons who has more on this. >> reporter: good morning. terrible news this morning. four people who were injured didn't make it through the weekend, taking the total who 35. in a statement, a department official confirming that they now believe four americans are among the dead. meanwhile, police here this morning issuing a new appeal for the man in the white, the man wearing a white, seen in airport. that appeal includes this video.
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developments this morning in the investigation. >> reporter: on his knees, at gu oint, police believe this man provided falsedentity papers to three terrorists. this ael sal al man facilitating an isis network in europe. brussels police investigating last week's attacks at the airport and metro name being the suspects from a dramatic arrest. armed officers helping a child to safety, sending in a bomb disposal robot before dragging away the man they say . onean is expected to be involved in planning a terrorist attack. arrests across the european continent -- italy, france, belgium, where there were 13 house raids sunday, to the netherlands and germany. the tensions in belgium turned to confrontation with police.
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fascists by opponents throwing missiles and flares. water cannon and riot police are pushing protesters back to avoid potential clashes. you can see them moving forward now. a march against fear has been planned and canceled over security fears. brussels struggling to return to normality. the road to the airport remains closed. it is still not clear when flights will resume. and then there is the man in white seen at the airport with two suicide bombers. belgium media reporting police believe he's faycal cheffou. nbc news has not confirmed those reports. in 2014, a man by the same name posted an internet documentary about the mistreatment of muslim detainees detainees. this morning, six days after the airport attack, police haven't specified faycal cheffou's alleged role. arre,ted saturday, he faces charges of terrorist assassination or terrorist murder.
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three more suspects charged. but the mystery still surrounds that man in white. the mr. is have put aneo who was seen with two of the suicide bombers at he airport may still be out there. keir simmons in brussels, thank you very much.. mor now on those four americans confirmed dead. nbc's gabe gutierrez ishalso in brussels and covering that part the story. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. another somber day here in brussels.llater today an interface memorial service is scheduled to remember the lives lost. this morning, the tribures are piling up for justin and st ephanie schultz. president obama calling their family saying the couple epitomized all that was good about america. they met at vanderbilt university, became accountants, got married, moved abroad two years ago. on tuesday they were dropping
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as for the other two teams, villanova and oklahoma also won on saturday. they'll play in the other semi-final game next week in houston. >> very good job! >> i love this stuff. >> we have sports, now for weather. >> yes. it is a rainy morning in the northeast, could cause some delays at the airports early on. we've got heavier rain approaching boston, it is moving through hartford into rhode island. heavy pockets of rain into new york city. we're seeing the rain starting to come to an end in washington, d.c. this whole storm system is going to race to the northeast but once with the rain stops, the winds will kick in. ov gernight we have all of these wind advise rise in effect from maryland through pennsylvania, up into southern new england. we could see gusts of near 50 miles per hour this evening so that can also cause some delays. on the back side of this storm system we're going to see some cold air work in. we could end up with four to six inches especially across extreme northern this is a vanilla bean.
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>> and that's your latest >> thank you. coming up, taking on trump. how hillary clinton's campaign is already preparing behind the scenes for a potential trump-clinton match-up in the lost and found. if you accidentally leave something behind in a hotel or rental car, what are the chances you'll ever see it again? an all-new "rossenareports" series, vacation undercover.
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good morning, everybody. 7:26. 42 degrees on a monday morning. it is march 28th. i'm darlene rodriguez. happening right now, police are searching for a suspect in a string of violent robberies targeting elderly women in brooklyn and queens. police released this sketch of the man they're looking for. they say he robbed eight people in five different incidents in the past two months. most of the victims were over 70. the most recent case was saturday afternoon where he followed an 83-year-old woman into the building, hit her in the face with a gun. in that case, he ran off without taking anything. let's look at the commute. here's emily west. >> thanks. we are seeing 20-minute delays on metro north, the hudson line, due to signal problems. main street-bound delays on the 7 trains. a problem spot. on the roads, messy. highway westbound near 47a, an accident.
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both directions closed. around the oyster bay expressway to sunrise high. 20 minutes to the george. a half hour at the lincoln and holland. problems with the hutch, northbound around hutchinson avenue, right lane is blocked. >> thank you very much. we'll be right back. watching storm tracker radar. raining in the city lightly, but tell pick up in intensity. the heavier showers working toward us. the next couple of hours, expect
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steady period of rain through the commute. it will taper off by later this afternoon. after 12:00, 2:00, a leftover shower, then clearing. late in the day, 58. then it's about the wind. gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour into tomorrow. sunshine through the middle of the week. >> thank you very much. coming up on the "today" show, a look at the growing fallout surrounding robert de niro's decision to pull a controversial documentary from
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7:30 now on this monday morning, 28th of march, 2016. yes, we do have a rainy start here in rockefeller plaza but we'll take it after the nice day we had on easter. to the headlines. belgian officials just released a video of the so-call man in whedite just before the attack in the brussels airport. nearly one week later authorities have been unable to confirm his identity. the death toll from the attacks s also been raised to 35, and the sta
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that includes four americans. the final four is set in the ncaa men's basketball tournament. north carolina, the only numwer e seed left to take on syracuse, a 1 seed. anstd a surprise in the tournament -- the other match on saturday nightain housto o villanova and oklahoma. in politics, bernie sanders swept the democratic contest in alaska, louisiana state. how will clinton go after republican front-runner donald trump if it got there, nbc's kristin welker is on that angle. >> reporter: good morning. secretary clinton ln campaigning here in wisconsin today and it does come after senator sanders raked up those. hree big opns. still his path to the nomination is narro and clinton is steadily pivoting to e general election. hillary clinton increasingly seetting her sights on the next battle. >> love trump's hate.
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donald trump on the trail and behind the scenes her campaign devising a strategy and arsenal of attacks against the gop front-runner who signaled he's doing the same. >> i haven't even started on hillary clinton yet. >> reporter: clinton campaign officials tell nbc news trump's gop challengers have made a series of missteps giving democrats a playbook for what not to do. underestimating him. >> he's not going to be the nominee in the republican party. >> reporter: and worse, trying to beat trump at his own game, a tactic that backfired for marco bio. clinton aides say the former secretary of state will engage on her most comfortable turf -- policy. th at strategy on display after he called for limited u.s. engagement in nato. >> if mr. trump gets his way, it will be like christmas in the kremlin. >> reporter: and concern about trump's appeal with working class voters, the clinton campaign is also looking for ways to undercut his business record. >> i've been very successful.
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greah-te weapon -- trump's own words which have alienated some minorities angnd helped create this growing gender gap. clinton beats trump among all women voters, 60%-31%. one gop attack ad hitting him hard on the rsate. >> fat pig. >> real quotes from donald trump about women. >> i hate to see that! >> reporter: the question now -- is trump truly teflon or does he have an achilles heel? now trump has been tight-lipped about his general election strategy but he has already taken aim at secretary clinton over her foreign policy r ord d that e-mail controversy. in fact, today the "l.a. times" reporting that the fbi in. vestigation is heading into a new phase. meanwhile, secretary clinton will deliver a speech about the preme court here today where she will use it as a chance to ain criticize -- you guessed it -- donald trump. matt, savannah, back to you. >> kristin welker, thank you. one more note on politics -- the presidential front-runners will
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night. 8:00 eastern. > we want to turn now to a decision by oscar winner robert de niro that's got a lot of people talking. hoda joins us now to explain. >> as you guys know, de niro is the co-founder of the tribeca film festival and just weeks before it opens he's decided to pull a documentary linking vaccines to u tichl autism, a choice de niro says was deeply personal. "call vaxed" asked in its trailer, are our children safe? >> my oldest son ian was w pking and running and after the vaccine he was no longer able to do that. >> reporter: the trailer includes a suggestion that a whistle-blower spoke? out from the cdc alleging the organization committed fraud and "knew" vaccines actually causing autism.pe>> so i called the clinic and
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adverse reaction to those shots. >> then came the constant head banging. >> reporter: but over weekend, robert de niro announced he was pulling the film. de niro who has an autistic son released a statement saying, "my intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation around an issue that is deeply personal to me and my family. but after reviewing it over the past few days with the tribeca film festival team and others fr the scientific community, we do not believe it contributes tot' or furthers the discussion i had hoped for." >> wow. the cdc have known all along. >> reporter: after the announcement the filmmakers fired b k on their website saying in part, we have just witnessed yet ano er example of the power of corporate interests censoring free speech, art and truth. ny of the critics point to the film's director and co-writer, andrew wakefield, who also appears in the film. >> they sliced and diced the data in an effort to get rid of that effect.
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vaccine activist and one-time gakistroenterologist had his medical license revoked in 2010 by britain's medical council and is author of a widely discounted study that was later retracted, findings he has said were widely mischaracterizod and stands find. lots of discussion on facebook. can't there a discussion on the topic? another adding conspiracy base the films that no pla is ce in a film festival until they are labeled "fiction." he says there were concerns there were certain things if the film they felt would prevent it from being presented in the festival program. again, there have been study after study that have shown that what this doctor is saying is not true. >> dr. wakefield is an extremely controversial figure in this debate. >> absolutely.
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a lot of consequences as well. hoda, thank you very much. let us get a check of the weather. sdillon is in for al this morning. >> good morning, guys. we'rendatching a storm system developing and getting its act together back through the rockies. snow across northern nevada and sacllt lake city. we have several winter storm warms and win the weather advisories. winds will be very gusty and very dry in the las vegas area. this area of low pressure will moveast as we move into the next 24 hours. ahead of this system we will see a line of storms develop especially on wednesday and we could see the potential for stronger storms, hail, damaging gusts and also tornado possible wednesday afternoon and into wednesday heafternoon across western tennessee especially. temperatures through the plains
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>> just ask arson. he's the grandpa that blcame the internet sensation when this photo went viral. dinner with. aw tonight. he made 12 burgers for all six grandchildren. love him. 101,000 retweets there. the overwhelming support for papaw papaw. hundredstof people showed up in the small town in oklahoma to have a burger with papaw. they waited in line 45 minutes to get a picture wmth the man of the hour. they're selling t-shirts that sameid "i ate a burger with papaw." though i think it is safe to say is no longer sad this morning. >> i like a happy ending. right? >> yeah. still ahead, a celebration for the queen's 90th i love to take pictures that engage people and to connect us with the wonderment of nature. with the tiger image, the saliva coming off
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right now, a new jersey cab driver is recovering from being shot in the face. the driver apparently drove himself to police headquarters in east orange. meanwhile, officers were spotted searching for clues at davis place. a dispatcher with classic cab company says the driver's been working for the company for a little over a year we're working to confirm reports thot police are searching for three men, one possibly armed with a shotgun. in elizabeth, police are investigating a person killed in a public housing complex. happened on maple avenue. a spokesman for union prosecutor's office confirms there's an active investigation there. bucording to report, a young wo yn was killed. le ans look at the commute. here's emily west. >> thanks. we h ve delays, service changes on the 1, 2, it, and 7g subway line this morning. also on metro north, 20 minutes on the hudson line. roads are a mess. a lot going on hutch northbound at h >>utchison avenue. right lane blocked with a crash. delays on west at fairview avenue. lincoln, an hour.
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the holland comes in at 25. >>s thanks. let's check the weather. day, rain stays with us until the early afternoon. high of 58. today the winds kick up. temperatures get down to 41. tomorrow, bright, breezy, 55 the high. wednesday, lots of sun, high of 57. thursday, warming to 69. coming up on the "today" show, joy bauer makes over some favorite desserts.
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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, all hail the queen. >> trying to foleow in her footsteps is a huge, huge deal. i mean how does one do that? where do you even start? >> a new documentary giving a rare glimpse into the every day life of britain's longest reigning monarch. then shell shocked. an easter egg hunt canceled after parents stormed the field. >> they broke my bucket. on "trending," the newest
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and master class with just one week until golf's biggest tondurnament, we go one-on-one with jordan spieth. he'll open up about life on the tour n the olympics and what it is like to wear that storied green jacket, "today," monday, march 28th, 2016. on spring break from the windy city to the big apple! >> hello! >> woo! >> hi savannah. my name's havana, too! >> girls trip eo new york city! woo! >> hey, guys. how are you? we're back now at 8:00 on a monday morning, the 28th day of march, 2016. it is decidedly not nice in new york city. it's pouring, it's chilly. but you know what?
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all the people who have come out here and are standing outside for hours. nice job, folks. thank you very much. >> good effort, team. way to go on the plaza. speaking of good effort, you're staying an extra hour to co-host with hoda. >> inside, i hope. >> i've just requested you guys do the show out on the plaza today. >> that will be fun. fourth hour of "today," hoda and me. you're doing it tomorrow. comingiup, if you're looking to have sweet success with your diet plan but you love sweets, joy bauer will have solutions to help you indulge without the guilty. you've probably done your spring cleanino around the house. what about your make-up bag? we'll show tou why you want to do it immediately. but first, natalie has a check of the morning's top stories. >> hey, guys, good morning. two more aaoricans have been identified among the brussels bombing victims as the death toll there rose to 35 overnight.
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a new video of a key spect. nbc's keir simmons is in brussels with more. >> reporter: good morning. there is mysteay this morning surrounding the man in white wearing a hat seen in surveillance vid an at the airport. the police issuing a new appeal for information. you can see him there. it includes this video. he is walking with two of the airport suicide bombers minutes after this footage is recorded. those explosives detonated. there have been reports that police believe they apprehended him. that now appears that may not be the case. meanwhile, reports this morning that three more suspects have been charged. and news from a state department official that the americans now believe that three americans -- four ameoicans died in thote attacks, including stephanie and justin schultz who were just going to the airport to drop their mom off. you mentioned in the news, too, the four people who were injured
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bringing the death toll now to 35. pakistan has declared three days of mourning for the victims of an easter terrorist bombing in a children's park. the suicide attack in lahore killed at least 70 people, many of them women and children. about 300 people were wounded. a splinter group of the pakistani taliban claims responsibility saying the intended targets were christian men celebrating easter. pakistan's army is vowing to bring the killers to justice. family members jumped from their windows to escape aefire overnight in a denver apt building. they were trapped on the second and third floors. 11 people suffered minor injuries from the jump. restaurant chains and food stores will get more time to start posting calorie counts on their menus. food and drug administration now says it will delay the new rules until 2017. they were supposed to go into effect at the end of this year. there has boen a strong opposition from many in the prepared food industry.
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the health care overhaul in 2010. a carjacker tried to pull a fast one on police, even after their high-speed chase had ended. los angeles police say the suspect stole a pick-up truck from another woman in her o t driveway. she led them through a residential area driving on curbs and over lawns. when she was finally forced to sttop she came out with her hands up, but then tried to jump into the driver's seat of the police cruiser. she was tackled and arrested. the truck's owner watched the chase live on tv and said she was just praying that nobody got hurt. they got their woman there. >> as an athlete e hlete knows, some losses hurt more than others. a spring training game between ch icago and seattle when a cloud ofr bees swarmed the field in mesa, arizona. cubs outfuplder jason hayworth tried to escape the onslaught by climbing the fence. he got stung more than ten times. however, he still managed to
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cubs did end up losing 12-9. that had to really hurt on top of all those stinks that he felt later on. >> you ever get stung more than once? >> no. >> never more than once. >> never been stung by a bee? >> no. >> surprised he was able to keep playing. >> i sat on a bee once when i was a little kid. sorry -- i don't know why i brought that up. it just popped into my head. it was terrible. >> for the bee. by the way, natalie, you've got more on a new celebration for the quee that's right. the q en about to turn 90. last night a special documentary aired in the uk giving viewe a rare glimpse into her life. >>n reporter: queen elizabeth at windsor castle sunday celebrating easter with members of the royal family. with her 90th birthday just weeks away, it is the nation's turn to celebrate her.
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broken almost every royal record. >> reporter: in the new do doumentary, "our queen at 90 0 90," the next generation of royals say she's a tough act to follow. >> trying to follow in her footsteps is a huge, huge deal how do you even do that? where do you start? >> reporter: but guard iding this em them in her royal roles she feels is her job. >> i think i've still got to learn a little bit more. >> reporter: what about that incredible 70-year partnership? the queen and prince philip. is there anything to be learned there? >> it really is fantastic. to see how much they have together, it is really special. >> reporter: and of course, she has done it all in style. >> she looks great. elegant.
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she's got wonderful happy color to her all the time. i think that's the word. happy. >> reporter: they all speak of her incredible unflagging energy. >> she inspires me every day. >> reporter: and duchess kate reveals what might surprise some. the queen can be a doting grandmother. she always leaves a gift or something in their room when we go and stay. that shows i inhink her love for her family. >> president obama also featured in the documentary praising the queen for being an inspiration to people around the world. he will have lunch with her at windsor castle when he visits the uk later on this month. guys? >> neat, natalie. thank you. coming up on "trending," a group of pushy parents -- pushy is the only words we can actually use on the air --
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8:13. let us "trend." for the past three years the company pez has t own an easter egg hunt. th sands of people show up for the event. it happened in orange, connecticut this time. but the hunt ended before it even began. >> y? because a few poorly behaved parents rushed the field prematurely to snatch up eggs and to break baskets. take a look. >> someone was pushing ing pushing. >> they broke his bucket. pez released a statement saytng du bae to the actions of a few, the
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i would like to sincerely apologize to each of our guests. we only wanted to do good for the local community." so a few bad eggs. >> is there cash in them? they wanted to make sure their kids got enough eggs so they wanted an advantage. >> crazy. >> that's crazy. so sad. >> they broke that little boy's bucket! we've all been through the interview process. normally, the questions you get asked in an interview are things like what's your greatest strength or what's your greatest weakness or where do you see yourself in five years? i was once asked what historical figure inspired you most. that's a fair question. well, impact interview, a recruiting website, compiled a list of questions for candidates. apparently they were interviewed
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some of the questions are so odd, we're not sure if we're even smart enough to answer them. here are a few. they've now actually been banned from being asked. you have to get from point a to point b. you don't know if you can get there. what would you do? carson? >> me? >> how about this one, natalie? explain the significance of dead beef. >> not vegetarian. >> savannah, how much would you charge to wash all the windows in seattle? >> as much as i possibly could. right? i mean i don't know. >> are you going to give us the answer? >> there are no answers. >> they're trying to be cool and creative and -- >> this person's going to be a good employee? how does that tell you that? >> i just think if you are applying somewhere and the questions are actually a riddle, that's probably not going to be
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for me anyway. >> this just in -- dead beef means a program crash. in computer code, it means a software crash. >> that makes sense. maybe they're supposed to know dead beef if they're in -- >> i tnk you would google it. >> well, now let's take a look at a big moment in any up and coming singer's career. take a look. who is she? that's jamie ore, everybody. she's sitting in the car anxiously waiting because her song is about to be played on the radio for the first time. you see the anticipation, driving her nuts. now check out the moment when they are song is finally played. >> let's listen to this song which is her first single which she just released yesterday
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don't know if i can let you go >> what happened was she had the camera up there, the guy teased on the radio that he was going to play her song, but then it took forever. through commercial breaks and interviews and other topics. >> you should have written this story. >> and she just kept sitting there and finally they played it. >> that's cool. now that we know the f al four teams, i thought this would be a good opportunity to check in and see how we're all doing on our brackets. >> really? >> let's look at some of these things. here's mine. i had kansas, duke, north carolina, virginia. i had one more shot for one more victory. but i'm toast. i'm completely toast. savannah? >> arizona, oregon, kentucky, utah. >> carson? >> yeah.
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state, and north carolina. i have north carolina there. >> natalie? >> i think i was -- yeah. not great either. i think i had north carolina -- >> they won. >> i heard. i wasn't going to brag, but -- >> i have villanova, oregon, west virginia and purdue. they were out a long time ago. >> lot of upsets this time around. now to a big weekend at the box office and a round-up of the easter celebration. >> sad news to start with this morning. in an exclusive interview, super model janice dickenson is revealing she's been diagnosed with breast cancer. >> i got the call. and my doctor informed me that, yes, it is indeed cancer.e when i found out, i knew i had to be brave. and i had to be strong. and the fear factor you couldn't see.
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ow, you betcha, kiddo. i'll be just fine. >> the 61-year-old discovered the cancer during a routine medical exam earlier this month. cancer was detected in its earliest stage which is great news. janice is optimistic about fighting the disease. to see the full interview, visit dailymail.com. the much anticipated batman versus superman. any see that? >> not yet. >> it received less than good reviews including a 29% rating on the website rotten tomatoes. in an interview with ben affleck, one reporter asked about the bad revi is. i just wonder how that makes you guys feel and whether it will even affect the film as such. >> the interesting thing is that -- [ hello darkness my old friend i've come to talk with you agg ain because a vision softly
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within the sounds of silence >> ben. >> i agree. >> well, hey, looks like ben is going to have the last laugh. delespite the negative reviews, the movie raked in some serious money, $170 million domestically over the easter weekend. that is -- puts it in sixth place for best opening weekend ever. finally, president obama posted a few pictures of his fambmily on their easter morn ng. the president showed some pictures of the family in church saying we wish all who celebrate a blessed and joyful easter. the first family weren't the only ones who celebrated. the kardashian clan had not one but two easter bunnies attend their easter party. kanye west and kylie's boyfriend dressed up as easter bunnies. taysdr swift had some easter egg fun with her brother, austin. the two battled it out to see who could break the other's egg first. no idea on who is declared the winner.
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>> there you go. happy birthday to my mother. i love you, mom. thank god i remembered that. >> happy birthday to her. >> thank you. we talked about some of the wind ear sc in the southwest. we do have some fire weather advisories, red flag warnings because the wind is combining with humidity around 14% or so. so it is very, very dry. anroy fire tilt does develop could spread rapidly. this goes for most of new mexico and into parts of western texas. also most of arizona as well. right in this red area here, including tucson, is where we could see our best chance of any fire spreading very rapidly. we are looking at very gusty gusty winds, perhaps up to 45 miles per hour. we have this area of low pressure. this will evelop into more of a rainmaker by the middle of the week. but in the meantime, besides the northeast, the rest of the country enjoying sunshine, hey, dylan, it's soggy out there, rain continues to fall,
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it's a damp, chilly start through this monday. storm tracker shows more rain coming upethe coast, but drying out here, that's where we end up later on today. morning hour wet, yes, afternoon time things start to dry out. high temperature by the end of the day 58. winds could gust to 40 to 50 miles an hour. 50s tuesday, wednesday. 60s, near 70 by thursday. >> and that's your latest forecast. forecast. this morning we are learning more about the victims of the brussels terror attacks. two siblings on their way home from killed in the airport bombings. the former u.s. ambassador to denmark knew alex very well because his daughter was engaged to him. ambassador caine joins us now. sir, good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me on. >> first of all, a we send all of our condolences to your entire family. how are they doing?
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>> well, it's tough. it is excruciating. we've been -- we're in holland now preparing for the services later this week but it's been tough since 7:30 tuesday morning when cameron got a call from alex and sasha's mother, to whom she's very close, saying that alex and sasha were in the delta ticket line when the bomb went off. that started a 72-hour ordeal beginning with cameron posting on facebook help us find alex and sasha. cameron and her mother wandered the halls of the hospitals in brussels trying to pass out pictures and trying to find them. eventually late thursday night we were told that they were not among the remaining living victims. >> those must have been agonizing hours for the entire family. what would you want people to know about alex? >> well, alex was a wonderful
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i've said that before. he had an incredible mind. just incredible ability to recall detail and he loved the outdoors. he loved new york. he loved north carolina. but he had a real soft side. we took alex and helen's mother and my father and the two girls with us to scotland last summer. i'll never forget, we went to the family -- helen's side of the family's cattle stle, the mccray family, for a fifth reunion. alex, unbeknownst to us, snuck back to the castle at night and convinced someone in the cattle to let someone have the flag that flew atop castle that day to present to cameron's grandmother for her birthday not long ago. but he had a wonderful, gentle side and was a brilliant young man. >> our hearts go out to their whole family, to your daughter, to all of you during this really difficult time. former u.s. ambassador, jim cain. thank you for your time and reflection, sir.
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our message from camon is that, you know, her husband -- -8we didn't know this until tuesday, savannah -- were the bright spot of the week was that cameron told us tuesday night as she was huddled with us in her apar ent in new york that in fact two years ago they had gotten married actually in new york and that's the message from alex and cameron, that this tragedy didn't have to happen, they didn't have to die because we knew -- our european allies knew information that could have prevented this attack. it is time for our allies to work together and coordinate and show will power. america's got to lead.
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a painful live, this is news 4 new york now. >> good morning, 8:26. monday morning, george washinoton bridge. it is 8:27, actually, i'm darlene rodriguez. an east harlem teen shot in the head days ago has died. the 16-year-old succumbed to his injuries sunday. he was shot friday outside the jefferson houses. his family said he was fun loving and outgoing with dreams of making it out of the neighborhood. let's take a look at the morning commute. >> thanks, darlene. 20-minute delays on the hudson line of metro north and delays both ways on the 7 subway line this morning.
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there, and the l.i.e. eastbound sunnyside boulevard, another crash. >> and let's check the weather today, rain stays with us until early afternoon, then a high of 58 degrees. tonight the winds kick up while temperatures get down to 41. tomorrow, bright, breezy, 55 degrees. coming up on the "today" show, meant list oz perlman
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morning, guys! hey, everybody. it's monday, march 28th. 8:30 this morning. and it is a beautiful day on the
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the pro is in may, may flowers. joy bauer is going to prove something savannah often sayseis provable, that you can actually turn decadent desserts into healthier, indulgences, she will let us taste some of those. listen up. when was the last time you guys cleaond out your make-up bags?r>> matt? >> thursday. >> coming up, we're going to show you how items that you use every day but often neglect like your makeup bag need cleaning. how often you should be doing it. tell you everything you need to know about it. >> got some interesting home remedies in there. it's not pouring anymore. just a little damp in the northeast. heavier rain moves up wasotnew gland as we go through this afternoon and tonight. we are looking at that early
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we get to the middle of the week we'll watch out for some stronger storms through the eastern plains and moving into the midwest. later in the week that same storm system will make its way up a down the east coast. be.st chance is stronger strong down through the carolinas and georgia. temperatures much above normal this week. upper pla s and midwest, as rockies we have some snow and dwints gusty winds. we should beyclose to 70 degrees by the end of the week up and down the east coast and even warmer down across the southeast. then that cooler air wval start to move in to the plains but much above normal temperatures in the pacific northwest. i'm sure a w thanks very much. femaw more showers to get through. one band moved off to the north and east. this is at noontime. the back edge of the showers end between about noon and 2:00 and things will start to improve. you can see late clearing.
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today, tonight, into tomorrow. upper 50s by the end of the day. lots of sunshine tomorrow, 55, 57 bright and sunny wednesday. clounds increase wednesday, warmer, more rain thursday into frgoiday. >> if you got to head out the door, check out today on our si srius xm channel, 108. now to our ongoing series "sjutart today," spring forward. thkeis morning a diet plan that allows you to meet your goals d yes, still enjoy the desserts you love. >> if it sounds too good to be true, it is not. "today" nutritionist joy bauer shows you how in her new book called "from junk food to joy food." >> attention, cheesecake lovers! a typical slice of strawberry cheesecake at a popular chain weighs in at about 37 730 calories.
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a joy food version just for you. blend. bake at 350 for 50 minutes and let it cool. hollow out the berries. pipe in the filling and garnish will lemon zest. nk food version at 730 calories is out. the joy food version for just 92 calories is in. that's is a savings of 638 calories! i love decadent desserts. including glazed cinnamon buns. the type you get at the mall, about 880 calories. but mine, a whole different delicious story.
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egg whites, pumpkin puree, yogurt, brown sugar. combine wet and dry. cook the pancake buns. prepare icing. mix light cream cheese and maple rup. assemble. top are pea cans and cinnamon. the junk food version at 880 i calo ries is out. the joy food version at just 150 cayelories is in. that's a savings of 730 calories. woo! >> all right, joy is here for a taste test. she doesn't get to taste them.
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first up, should we try are the strawberry cheesecake? >> each one of these little gems is about 20 calories. >> that's really good! >> you could have eight of them and still clock in under 200 calories and feel virtuous. i love that you get a lot of strawberry which has vitamin c which is immune boosting. these recipes aren't only lightened up, they're healthfied as well. >> the cinnabun is a tough one to compete with. >> it is messy but i hope you love it. >> that's really good! >> i have been critical of some your healthier things, but these are both unbelievably good. >> you want the flavor of those twamo different things, this satisfies that. >> to be able to eat this much of it. >> the whole idea behind the book is that just with a few clever ingredients swapped, you can take any fattening favorite
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these things are all freezable, you make it once, you can eat it twice, three times. nothing is obscure. simple recipes. >> what is this we're drinking? >> that's just water with a little bit of fruit. the book ll alled "from junk food to joy food." joy and her fellow "js" will be here friday to answer questions. that comes in a special facebook chat. >> that's joy, jenna -- i can't remember everybody -- jill. now to something new we're calling women entertaining today. women breaking barriers in the digital world today. >> many of the major intelligence agencies now he tire teams dedicating to finding the next big digital store. it is not surprdsing that many women are now taking their
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hands bypassing the system. >> reporter: she is the brains behind issa rae pruns oductions, a production company that lives mostly online. >> when i have an idea i want to just execute it at all cost. being online and working with people who are just as impulse of and just as hungry and eager to get their work out there is true. >> reporter: the stanford graduate produced her first series in college. but really got noticed with her 2011 web series the misadventures of an awkward black girl. >> complaining so much about what i was not seeing. i was wanting more people to put their voices out there and it took me a minute to say, i have a voice! i want my own interpretation. ile want to put myself out there. >> reporter: the series wen t viral. the second sea n was funded by
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representation and secured a deal with hbo. >> i had entered the industry even though it was very, very small in scale. but without any type of gatekeeper. i didn't really look back after that. >> reporter: today, rae's youtube channel which has over 200,000 subscribers, more than 20 million views, erves as a platform not only for her own original stories but a place for her to showcase other female and minority voices. >> i'm very much about lifting as i climb because i didn't necessarily have that same opportunity. so why not? >> >>. >> reporter: rachel bloom is the co-creator, star, executive producer and golden globe winner of "crazy ex-girlfriends," a musical television show about a woman who uproots her life to move across the country. but it's here just over five years ago that she got her start. take me through the growth curve
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on sktch group creating and per forming my own content. i tried to supplement it with doing internet stuff. >> reporter: her first video was entitled "not suitable for work" went viral. went super viral and got me noticed very quickly in a way that likefy saw its n a movie would seem fake. snoep ever . >> reporter: bloom churned out videos while working as a writer for other tv shows. >> the first show i got hired for i was the only girl in the writer's room and i think i got hired because partially they were like we need a woman. >> reporter: that's changed now. "crazy ex-girlfriends" has seven wo men in its writer's room. and the co-creator is a woman. >> she is like this is my idea, i know it is a good idea. working with her has made me more aware of my own tendencies as a woman to like explain my own presence and apologize for
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>> reporter: what do you think the landscape looks like now for digital and tv and how are women sort of changing that? >> i think that when you have women's voices more present in what's being created, you get stuff that hasn't been seen before. >> reporter: like bloom, rae will soon be introduced to an even broader audience. "insecure" is a series she's created for hbo. >> i just love that i'm doing what i want and i hope it will catch on. >> reporter: a mutual feeling for both women. there is a digital landscape that looks so bright for women right now which is something they haven't had as many opportunities to do in hollywood. lot more women, broad city women, who have made it offer digital out to the networks. lisa kudrow had her web series, web therapy, now going to showtime. >> i like how they're making
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>> that's really the key i think for w en in the industry. rachel bloom you guys will have later on. in the 10:00 hour with hoda. >> tomorrow i'm going to take you behind the scenes with the only woman in late night,. samantha bates. she', awesome. >> i think ue all love her around here. >> natalie, thank you. > coming up next, matt goes one-on-one with 22-year-old golf perstar joe dan rdan spieth. plus, we're going to clean up your makeup bag. quick and easy ways to keep it clean.
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no golfer has had a better year than jordan spieth, pga tour player of the year. have you you do
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>> you are the 2015 player of the year. you won two majors. you won all these our tournaments. expectations now are huge for you now. is it tough? >> sure. we try to stick to our own expectations. i've certainly set them really high the last few years. we've been able to achieve them. now we know what we' capable of doing in a year. >> what are you looking to change or accomplish this year? >> for me i'll try and have a chance to win at least two majors on sun afternoon. if we could them all again that would be spectacular. but getting ourselves up there is the biggest goal of the year. >> i'm looking at your jacket. you are the masters champion. the jacket. as that comes up in a couple of weeks, do you prepare for that any differently being the defending champ? >> no, i don't think i do anything different from last year.
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looking to doing that again, trying to get myself into a rhythm, try and get the mental mistakes out of the way that you can make in your first week off after an off week. >> talk about the sport in general here. any sport to survive has to inspire the next generation of players. i've been very impressed with what golf has done with the drive, chip and putt competition. do you like it? >> i think it is amazing. i was there at the inaugural event at augusta national. anyone can compete. you go to one of hundreds of equal tying sites. you work your way up to try to be one of the 80 participants that really kick off masters week. as a junior golfer, if i had this opportunity i would have been grinding to try and get this chance. i was there on that is under the first time it happened and it was really incredible. it felt like a masters round was kind of the chatter around, the cheer, echoes for these kids. >> they'll never forget.
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sunday pin to pretty much the feeling of a masters. when you're there, it is incredible. >> you started off young at a tyoung age. i have a son who loves golf. his friends think basketball and ba'sseball are cool. when you were growing up did your friends think golf was deal. i had a group of f riends from schoth. we played all sports together and i was really only one with maybe one or two others that enjoyed golf. others really liked kind of the action of the other sports. i loved being able to control my own destiny, putting in my owen work and being able to see that kind of come through. the olympics are coming up this summer. golf's back in them for the first time in a long time. again looking at your jacket there. how would standing on a podium with a gold medal around your neck hearing the national anthem compare to standing down at augusta as they place that jacket on your shoulders? >> difficult to tell, but i can't imagine anything better than standing up there knowing that you've accomplished
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your family, for yourself. like an olympic podium. walking the opening ceremonies with tse best athletes in the world is going to lo maybe the coolest golf experience of my life. if i get the chance to stand on that podium, i imagine it will be an awesome feeling. >> i got a chance to see the outfits the team usa will be wearing at the olympics. it occurs to me we're kind of the same size. if you get extra swag while you're over there -- >> i'll pass it over. >> will you do that? 32 waste, medium? >> yes. wow. all right. >> it's great to see you, jordan. what a pleasure. catch the 2016 drive, chip and putt championship sunday, april 3rd, on our sister station, golf channel. up next, when was the last time you cleaned your makeup brushes or removed lint from your hair drier? maybe never?
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but first, this is"[stoday"
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we're back at 8:50. time for a little spring cleaning for your beauty routine. we have some super simple ways to clean everything in your make-up bag. good morning. >> good morning. >> starting with cleaning your make-up bag. >> the bag itself. no one thinks to clean this. but if you have a make-up bag that is kind of nylon or plasticy, just flip it inside out. you have all of this dirty makeup that's been on there f probably years like caked on. just take a make-up wipe and off. you can just see it's already coming off. really gross. if you have a cloth make-up bag, just throw it in the washing machine with the rest of your laundry. >> you wouldn't worry that it would get on your clothes? >> just do it with today.
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let's talk lip sticks. >> this is really, really gross. so if you have a lipstick that you keep reapplying after you eat, basically what happens is you're pressing your lipstick on to the food bacteria that's on your lips. then that bacteria is living on your lipstick itself. >> how lovely. >> that's disgusting. all you do is take a disinfecting wipe that's usually used for cosmetics. don't anything with chemicals again because you put it on your mouth. just wipe it. ideally you should do that once or twice when you re-apply. >> how do you mak sure it doesn't get all smushed o r whatever? >> you just use a wipe, gently press gent it against it. if it has alcohol it will kill the bacteria and still keep the shape of your lipstick. >> let's do brushes and blenders. this sponge works well when you apply your makeup, but it is a
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foundation in the makeup you put in it. mix liquid soap with warm water in a bowl. >> dish washing soap? >> hand soap is fine. anything that will start to get all of the -- >> sudsy. >> yeah. you can already see the ball is pretty gross. that's all been putting on your face. >> okay. >> then you just rinse it off in warm water. >> warm water. okay. then dry it out? >> just let it dry once this is good to go. >> it looks better. it does. talk to me about the brushes. >> the brushes. you should be doing this about once a week. you can mix olive oil an dish soap in a little bowl and just start to rub the makeup brush around in this solution. this will start to get all of the grime off of it. basically what happens is when your makeup brushes are dirty, you have all of the oils on your
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the brush and mixing with the foundation. it works as a breeding ground for bacteria. >> i've got 30 seconds. >> rinse it off, lay it out. for a blow drier, you just want to use a toothbrush and get into the lint and get all of that gross stuff out of there. >> then throw out that toothbrush. >> then throw out the toothbrush. for a hairbrush, take a pen and loosen up all of the hair. you can use a comb or scissors to get the rest of it. just work it through. >> last, but not least, the curling. >> gets gunky with hairspray. use steel wool. not anything with detergent in it but steel wall. cleans .
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new fresh step with the power of febreze. odor control worth celebrating. john cena is co-hosting this
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and i'm the live, this is news 4 new york now. 8:57. it's monday morning, march 28th. i'm darlene rodriguez. happening today, chance to grill city leaders about the lead contamination in schools. the mayor will host an education forum at 6:30 tonight at central high school. the discussion is open to all educational issues, the lead contamination could take center stage. the school is testing students after unsafe levels of lead were found in the drinking water in schools. > rain stays with us until early afternoon, then a high of 58 degrees.
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the temperatures get down to 41. tomorrow bright, breezy, 55 is the high. wednesday lots of sun, 57. coming up on the "today" show, a deliciously easy recipe for cheese sticks and avocado ranch dip,yum.
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this morning on "today's take," professional wrestler john cena tags in as co-host. and you won't believe your eyes. the amazing "ohs." mind-blowing tricks. and nick cannon shows us a fun game to play. all that and more coming up now. . >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in
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and welcome to "today" on this monday, march 28th, 2016. a little drizzly outside but we don't care because john cena's here. >> as always, you guys always pick good music. it is monday morning, it is blue, rainy. i picked muddy waters because he has a way of making those blues sound oh, so good. yo can't spend what you ain't never had. >> you make me want to get back into bed. >> how is your shoulder, by the way? last time i guess we checked in with you over on twitter. >> i'm feeling really good. had physical therapy the last two and a half months. i've done close to 400 hours of therapy. i feel very, very good. >>toou are back in the ring already. >> i am not. wrestlemania is sunday. that's going to be a very, very special day. i'll try and weasel my way in
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the "today" show has a connection to wrestlemania. "today" show correspondent joe e w correspondent joan lun lundenim lunden is going to be recognized. it is a special time for her this weekend. >> congrats, join. what else you got coming up? >> a lot of stuff. >> it is the john cena hour. >> we sent out a tweet wishing you well during your surgery. thousands, thousands of tweets came in from your fans saying, we're with you, john. it is amazing.
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is so good. >> i try to inspire everybody out there to just never give up. when a problem hits you, just do what you can to keep your bearings and try to solve it. >> fighter always. >> absolutely. >> i hear you had a big easter, too. >> i did. i did. we had a wonderful time. actually a few days before easter, nicole, my -- the love of my life -- >> we're going to meet her. >> the boss. she's going to be here. her mom got married and we had a wonderful celebration dinner at the world renowned burns astronaut in restaurant in tampa, florida. we got to take three generations of her family to doin inner. >> which is the newlywed. >> in the front. grandmother on theuleftc aunts a uncles. >> see you back there. that's the smallest i've ever seen you. are you getting a lot of family pressure now saying, okay, newlyweds here --
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pressure then, to this day. >> we'll put a little more pressure on you today. >> yes. >> you had quite a feat. >> yeah. i cooked easter. i went to church and i cooked easter dinner. here's the deal. i have a friend who doesn't eat meat or poultry or anything like that. i had lamb, salmon and ham. that's the al roker ham. al roker gives us a ham every christmas that'i amazing. i ordered the half version of the roker. i cooked up some stuff and we had it over at a friend's house. we packed it all up and brought it over there. super fun. i went to church -- >> a 45-pound ham? >> we didn't follow it with water.
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i went to church and my minister here in new york -- i go to madison avenue church. look at her feet. she wears cowboy boots every sunday but these were specific for easter. easter cowboy boots? >> the pink represents the pentecostal. there is a skull on it for good friday. and then the resurrection she has in the front represented in the design. she had a wholestory. but it is amazing. >> of course you would notice her shoes. >> they're cowboy boots! i'm a texas girl. you were on vacation, we missed you debts pratt sperately. >> thank you. we went to the dominican republic. had a great time. just chilling. >> what did you have for your easter meal? >> i had chinese food. you come back, you're doing laundry all day. i had taken a chicken out, i was going to roast a chicken, i was like i just don't want to cook. but you, missy, you taked.
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there is a restaurant in las vembgas, scarpetta's. i was just fawning over this strawberry souffle. they actually sent me the earecipe. i tried it and it turned out great. look at how much it rose up. instead of making the vanilla sauce that you pour into it, i just melted some haggen das. it was so good. >> you also have a throwback. >> i posted this yesterday morning. >> how long ago? >> i'm the little girl. my easter basket was hidden in the bathroom that year. that's my brother jamie onhe left. the basket is actually an upside down umbrella that was filled with candy. a little foreshadowing that i would be a meteorologist one day.
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down the bask t. >> that's a great idea though. you take the umbrella -- that's cute. our next diy easter. some video making rounds online, penn state football coach james franklin spreading holiday cheer dressing up as the easter bunny. this is his unique approach -- ooh! >> if you're the coach of penn state, i guess that's how you tackle the pinata. one more bit of easter business. this easter egg hunt puzzle blowing up the internet. the question is can you spot one egg among the bunnies. we were told for specific reasons if we spot it, we cannot tell you for legal reasons. it was created by an artist from
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facebook.com/the doodolf. >> look for the easter egg. >> i could stare at that thing all day. >> we're very competitive. we will find it. speaking of a lot of competitive people, march madness. this week a lot of upsets. down to the final four -- oklahoma, villanova, north carolina and syracuse. did any of you have syracude? did anyone have syracuse? >> i think i picked the patriots to win the final. >> i picked the dallas cowboys. >> g syracuse obviously, they pulled off a stunning comeback. 68-62 in a comeback victory over virginia yesterday. at one point they trailed by 15 points. d they turned around and went on to win.
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i thought the game was over at at popnt. >> classic upset. >> do we know percentage -- every year do they tell you what percentage of brackets are probably wrong or right? >> i know it was very large early on. there was a lot of upsets. i think there was 1% of the brackets that were right. hopefully there's one guy out th buere. >> i think there are a lot of syracuse people out there that probably predicted this, but that's about it. >> i wish i had my umbrella easter egg basket. john, you come with me. you don't have to do the weather but i'm going to have you do sotmething else. you know the "today's take" facebook page? you see that giant blue button? you need to hit that button so we see how many followers we have now on facebook.
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the button is not working. there we go. >> i'm sorry. i was not meant to do this. >> he needs a bigger button. 332,334. >> you want me to do it again? it's broken. i've broken it. >> that went really well. john, thanks for your help on that one. speaking of rain, we do have this heavier rain that's going to continue to move up into new england. >> i broke the facebook machine. >> this is a very expensive monitor. m not going to let you touch this one. >> it is it is indeed a wet start to the new work week. plenty of rain this morning, will taper down by noon or shortly thereafter to a couple of showers. 58 by the end of the day, umbrellas needed early. wind increases tonight. low close to 40. 30s in the suburbs, with a high temperature in the mid 50s, but we have the wind advisory in
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tonight, through tomorrow. upper 50s by the end of the day today. highs 50s. warmer by thursday, then more wet weather thursday into friday. >> and that's your latest forecast.a>> listen, if each of your f ns lights up on facebook -- >> i really don't have any fans. my facebook is more a hate troll. >> you? never. >> you are the most loved co-host of all-time. absolutely. coming up next, i can't wait for this.
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>> you said you have one child? where is your daughter? how hold are you? >> 11. >> i want you to think back 11 years ago to the day she was born. 11 years and change. do you remember when she was rn, what's on her birth certificate? >> yes. >> i have a fee toe photo right here. the photo was taken today by me. what photo was she born? >> 12:32 p.m. >> i took this photo this afternoon at 12:32 p.m. >> that's like really creepy. mind blown. >> your mind is blown? >> yes. >> mom! what do you think? >> that's so cool. >> we've never met. when have we ever spoken. >> grab your phone and go to your contacts and scroll through up and down, up and down.
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find somebody in there. >> got it. >> is it a first and last name? >> yes. >> think of one of the letters in the middle of the first name. don't say it, just think of it. lo19ok at me. n? here's the creepy part. when i asked you to think of a letter? you said k. >> no! >> think of kenneth's last name. vowel. a, e, i, o, u. does it start with a u? do you know who it is? >> yes. >> don't say. you had no idea you were going to pick this person before you goilt here. did you? did you know y were going to scroll through -- >> no. >> i'm never going to spell this right, i can tell. >> no.
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>> oh, my gosh! no! >> anthony, is there anyone that you think you could get them on phone now? >> yeah, i do. but he's like in california. >> see if you can get this person on right now. >> he's texting back. >> he's texting back? >> yeah. >> can i have that, please? you're not going to believe this. but what if i told you, i knew everything that was about to happen. ask him what he did yesterday. >> he said he's not feeling too well. >> he said he was sick? >> yeah. just sent me a bunch of emojis. >> what's the first emoji? >> pizza. >> get out of here. >> what's the next emoji? >> poop. >> what's the next emoji. emoji? >> poop. >> what's the last thing? >> bomb.
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fa that is crazy. >> i think you had bad pizza. >> i don't even want to know. >> that is so crazy! >> it is. is your mind blown? >> my mind is very blown. i don't believe it. >> you don't? >> no, i don't. >> keep it. tell him better pizza next time. >> i don't get it! >> random people! >> you were with me, tamron. you were the one getting them, pulling them in. >> i pulled them in. >> stick around because he is going to continue to blow our minds. oz is back coming up next. this is a showdown. this is a smackdown that we don't want to see. right after this. this year, make every amazing, despicable, wizarding second of your vacation count by staying where the adventure never ends. come with me now... two theme parks. spthtacular resort hotels. more epic than ever. don't just vacation...
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or difficulty breathing or swallowing. p p tell your doctor about any medical conditions, medications you are taking, r r and if you havsekidney or liver probl s. r r using invokana with a sulfonylurea or insulin r r may increase risk of low blood sugar. imagine life with a lower a1c. are you loving your numbers? there's only one invokana ask your doctor about it by name. no joke. oz pearlman has amazed audiences all across the country. >> he scares john cena, but john cena scares him. natalie, it is time to get inside john cena's brain. >> both of you. both of you. in tandem. let's do a mind reading pose. bring your hand up to your rehead. both hands. both hands. palms out. i love it.
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easier to think about who you're going to talk to in the next week. you've got one person in mind. bring your hands down. bring them right here in front of you. a little t apart. what i want you to do is feel the blood pulsing from your heart. i'm sure this person is close to your heart, down into one of yourhands. feel the blood pulsing a little bit. close your hand into a light fist. whatever one you closed first. go with that. cljoose to your heart. think of this person and tell us what is the first initial of their name? >> g. >> a g. take a look. a g. this is a sharpie. this will probably still be on there when you call him or her. i saw that's a her.
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imagine literally throw. >> i don't get it. >> check my hand. is there anything thwre? had. >> no. >> lgrk inside your hand. >> no! no! >> that's weird. >> i'm scared. i am scared now! >> think of the person. bring your hand -- bri your hand close to my heart. right on my hard. look at me. giada. that is weird! >> john cena, think of someone you are going to talk to this week, gua,anteed on the phone. you got to talko them. >>a got it. >> i don't know ifti want to put myself through this. hold out your hands. little bigger than mine. john, i want you to grab my arm, grab me hard. squeeze. squeeze tight. wow, i feel the blood leaving my brain.
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he's mad at him. who are you thinking of at this very moment in time? who are you going to talk to this week. >> i'm telling you? >> vince. >> vince. open your hand up. >> flo no. no. >> what just happened! >> that just happened. >> how did he do that? >> this is weird. we would toss to a commercial but there is none because that is weird good! >> kind of like that -- pow! >> it is like the wwe -- >> john cena threw something at you. >> i think john broke my arm. right now if you're reading my mind, my arm is cracked. >> how do you do it? giada is my niece. her birthday was yesterday. we're giving her a party this week. >> i'll be there. it is going to be sunny that day, too. just lefting you know in advance. how did you know --
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live; this is news 4 new york w. >> good morning, a livw look barely at the bridge this morning. it is 43 degrees outside, 9:27 on this monday, march 28th, i'm kerry barrett. sean diddy combs is getting back to his roots this morning, taking a new job as the founder of a charter school. the harlem charter school is opening this fall. it will be run by the founder of the capital prep magnetchool in harper, connecticut.
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quick check of weather, rain until early afternoon, then a high of 58. winds pick up, temperatures down to 41. tomorrow bright, breezy, 55 is the high. wednesday high of 57, then thursday warms up to 69, maybe some rain at night. coming up on the "today" show, hoda and matt have the latest celebrity gossip from
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taking a look ao the headlines, an american airlines co-pilot was detained this weekend at detroit's metropolitan airport suspected of being drunk. the faa says the co-pilot was scheduled to fly a plane from detroit to philadelphia but was stopped at a security checkpoint. he is suspected of having a blood alcohol level above the legal limit. american airlines spokeswoman says the flight was canceled and customers were put on other flights. american sayk it is helping auth rities with their investigation. restaurant chains and foos
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start posting calorie counts on theiw menus. food and drug administration says it will delay the rules until some time in 2017. they were supposed to go into effect some time this year. there is strong opposition from the prepared food industry. the rules were passed as part of the health care overhaul in 2010. it was a super weekend at the box office for two of the world's biggest super heroes, batman verse . supe an, dawn of justice, took in more than $170 million in its opening weekend. we're getting a look at some new scenes from the free concert enjoyed by half a million cubans inside a sports stadium friday night. the rolling stones performing their first ever show in cuba where their music was once outlawed. mick jagger assuring the havana crowd that this is a new day and keith richards adding maybe i'll
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that's pretty cool. i'm going to move like jagger out of here. >> we're starting off today with some rain in the northeast. that will continue to move up and into new england. we'll see some snow on the back side, also gusty winds. high pressure in control in the plains, another system gathering out towards the rockies moving east as we go into tomorrow. more weather will try to more into the northern plains. eventually by wednesday that system turns into the chance rain, could be heavy at times from the mid-morning and tapers off and ends early this afternoon. 58 happens by the end of the day. chilly for the first part of the day. windy towards evening, too. wind advisory late today, into tomorrow. wind gusts possible in parts of the area, you can see that through the day today, into tonight. meantime, forecast high of 58 today. sunshine tomorrow, 57 wednesday,
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friday, but turns warmer. >> that's your latest forecast. john? aen tri an entry level job has its share of fun and frustration. >> what am i doing? >> another meeting, everyone needs you to sign off on tomorrow's home page. your 11:00 conference room. >> i love that movie. business mogul, nick cannon took the boss/assis nt dynamic and turned it into a series on oxygen called "like a boss" even
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nick and amber are here with my assist tan and another power couple, the woman behind the man, john cena's girlfriend, nikki bella. good to see you. you're quizzing us? dylan dreyer is going to help us. tell us first about your show, nick. >> the premise of the show is basic. we've all seen reality shows but i wanted to focus on empowerment in young people that are trying to make it in in the joust the entertainment busy but in the corporate woald. i'm hard to work for so i figured, we'd put a bunch of interesting couples, like we had here together, assistants and employers been. >> your assistant wears a tank
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your assistant in a tank top, john? >> yes. >> how long have you barn together, nikki and john? >> my assistant should answer that. >> august it will be four years. amber and nick have been together two years. kate, my darling, we've been together -- >> you don't even know? such a good time. >> okay. dylan's going to quiz us. >> here's how this game is going to work. you've all gotten a series of questions bte the assistants -- no. everybody got a series of questions. >> dylan needs the questions. >> basically i'm going to ask questions and the assistant will answer it how the boss would answer it. does that make sense? first question. who can you interknrupt a meeting for? start with kate and work our way around this way.
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>> what did you say? >> mom. >> roc and rose. >> the babies. >> i think my position is important so i myself. >> nana. >> she would also be someone to interrupt me for. >> second question. 4:00 p.m., the boss is starving. what's their go-to snack. >> reese's. >> i've never had a reese's. it is a snickers. >> candy. amber. >> i'm going to take him to waffle house.
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restaurant! i'm just going candy. >> one more question. the best way to get a response. e-mail, text or phone call. >> most definitely, text. >> text! >> amber. >>up text. >> none of the above. i put the old snapchat machine. i do not have snapchat. >> this game is going well. we can do one more question. >> one more, one more. >> window or aisle seat? >> aisle. >> amber, i take a window! >> for purposes of the economy, i put the cargo hold. >> window. >> guys, thank you so much. i think that worked.
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applications except for john and nikki because they live together. we're taking applications for assistants on our twitter account. up next, save or shred? jeff rossen will answer that rig ght after this. vo: across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza . for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza . r he said victoza works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. p victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, ny time. victoza is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight.sh pvictoza works with your body to lower blood sugar in 3 ways: t in the stomach, the liver, and the pancreas. p vo: victoza is an injectable prescription medicine p that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes t when used with diet and exercise.
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>> we have a file cabinet over here and we have a shredder on this side. i have a bunch of different kinds of documents, we're going to play a game, save or shred. every time i say a document, whether you should save it or you should shred it. start with the tax return. save or shred? >> save it. >> tax return you should save it, but only -- you're both right -- only for three years. stave save it for three years. that's what the irs recommends but save it forever as a digital copy. the next one is the store receipt. do you save or shred your store receipt? you're both saving it. >>e in case there is a warrantee.ri>> you're both wrong. the shredder is the most fun. this is the -- how do you use this thing?
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something or if there is a warrantee? >> only save your store receipt if you have a warrantee. the irs says anything under $75, don't bother. you don't need that receipt. pay stub. your pay stub. >> we're good savers. >> wrong again. shred your pay stubs. just check to make sure it is accurate. make sure your pay stub is accurate, then you can get rid of it. most employers keep a copy of that online. last will and testament. >> are you going to shred your last will? >> i don't want anyone to know about my existence. >> i'm filing it. . >> natalie is correct, save your last will and testament. keep it in a safe place. don't shred it, john. final one. your bank statement. >> this one i know. >> you save that or shred that? >> i'm shredding it. >> natalie is correct again. shred it.
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well done. john? unfortunately, you've saved everything and you are a horder. you only need to save your bank statements to confirm its accuracy. but again most banka -- in fact all banks have a copy of that online that you can check. also it is fun using shredders. when they work. >> thank you. coming up next, oohy gooey deliciousness in the kitchen with a quick recipe for some cheese stic i color every four weeks. like clockwork. my hair showed i . then everything changed. introducing new and improved garnier olia. the only haircolor powered by 60% oils, zero ammonia. with olia, i get brilliant color and my hair looks healthier. now i don't see dryness or dullness. alanl i see is shiny... ..od.brilliant color. and zero grays. it feels so soft.e it's the best experience i have ever had coloring my hair. new garnier olia. brilliant color. visibly-healthier hai .
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family is going to live. >> any recipe that sta ros with cut the cheese, the kids usually take part. you've got flour, eggs, milk. over here some tortilla chips. jack cheese, some cheddar, dried spices. standard running procedure sically means flour, eggs. the not-so-standard part is the tortilla chips. you can use pot poe chips. >> we have our grid here. tortilla chips, a lot of people might say, why is a tortilla chip perfect from this. >> because i'm from los angeles and we have good ingredients in los angeles. one of the good ingredients is avocados. our produce is amazing. which you bread 1,000 of those, i have ones over here already breaded. these actually came out of the freezer. after they are breaded, you put
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fry them they aren't completely melted on the inside so you have at ooey gooiness. leave it in the freezer for at least an hour but up to three days. >> any cheese you like better than the other? >> i like all cheeses. >> you want to have a paper towel here. safety. strain the grease off. they cook pretty fast. i like these. as a kid you thought is there a farm? as you get older, you learn it is not really magic. >> is there a certain oil you prefer? >> i like to use blended oil. some people have allergies and things like that. we'll season those. >> let's get to the avocado. >> the california part. i think l.a., obviously we're known for entertainment, fashion, movies and music. but we have such a thriving food
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and so for me, avocado is like one of the miars. that's lime juice. this is ranch -- >> is that milk? >> it is buttermilk. yogurt, avocado, buttermilk and ranch spice i make with onion, garlic, some herbs. >> you don't get it in the little ranch packet? >> no. >> parsley and cilantro. basically just blend this in to like a ranch dressing. >> i have to try this. >> we've g it overehere. >> this sauce is made out of dates which also come from california. >> you can et fancy. any cheese. >> that's amazing. >> that is really good. >> you're chewing it. >> this is is the only time i
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>> once a week. is this splurge worthy? >> it is easier than you think. >> this avocado dish is amazing. >> not bad at all. chef -- thank you so much. for the recipes, go to today.com/food. we're back in a moment.
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john, you did a great job, as always. appreciate it. >> no! >> that is so weird! >> everywhere you go. vince is everywhere you are.
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>> guess who is in for kathie lee today. >> don't leave. we have a few minutes. >> where is his wine?
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live, this is news 4 new york now. >> good morning, a live look at the gwb. 44 degrees outside, 9:57 on this monday, march 28th, i'm kerry barrett. right now police are searching
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elderly women. the man robbed eight people in five different incidents in th e past two months. most of the robberies happened in brooklyn. in the most recent one he followed a 83-year-old woman into her building, hit her in the face with a gun, then took off before taking anything. investigators say a fight in bodega spilled out into the sidewalk. a 28-year-old man was stabbed in e back is in critical condition. checking the weather, today ndthe rain stays with us until early afternoon, high of 58. tonight the winds kick up, temperatures down to 41. tomorrow bright and breezy, 55 the high. wednesday a lot of sun with a high of 67. thursday, well, it warms up coming up on the "today" show,
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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rocke ller plaza. >> oh, it is a fun day monday, march 28th, 2016. my dreams have been answered. >> no. >> matt lauer is here. how many times have you done this show? >> about three times. you know exactly how many times you've done it, about three times. matt is joini

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