passengers attempt to rescue fellow riders. >> we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. >> at least nine people injured. image problem. donald trump facing mounting inging criticism for doing this at rallies. >> raise your hand right, everybody. do you swear that you're going to vote for donald trump tomorrow? raise that hand. >> some say he'sagery of a dark time in history. we'll talk to donald trump live as voters go to the polls in four more states today. jury awards erin andrews $55 million in the trial involving a secretly recorded video of her and her hotel room. will a higher court find that excessive and will she see a much smaller amount? just dropping in. a plane makes an unusual landing at an office park on long island, and a lucky father and daughter have a parachute to thank for saving their lives

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i look at that landing, i guess you'd call it. >> run it again. >> did you know a plane could come with a parachute? >> if you have the option of getting in a plane with a parachute, you take that option. >> absolutely. we'll have more on that in a bit. we want to get to the breaking news out of california overnight. a commuter train derailed. the lead car filled with passengers ending up on its side in a creek. let's go to steve patterson with the story. what can you tell us? >> good morning. passengers say the rain was coming down hard right before the trail derailed. 214 people boarded. thankfully, only nine were injured and just four seriously. everyone is expected to live,

>> reporter: the commuter train sits partially submerged in the muddy waters of a creek. >> do you know if this is a passenger train or a freight train. >> a passenger train. >> reporter: authorities say the ace train was traveling from san jose to stockton when the first of five cars hit a tree, plunging it into the water. >> i was in the first car that went into the river. >> reporter: passengers describing a harrowing scene. >> it feels unreal. shifted the gravity and we were all panicking. >> reporter: with one woman lying in the mud just under another derailed car hanging off the tracks. >> it was under the mudslide, so we were trying to dig her out while the train was hanging. >> crews had to fight the creek's fast-moving currents and smash windows to pull riders from the partially submerged rail car. >> this is an area that is difficult to get to, to get across the creeks, to get everybody off and into a safe area. >> reporter: passengers who

in the dark, in cold, waiting for busses to get them home. >> we knew we were in a remote area, so we knew we had some hiking to do. along the train track. i am grateful it wasn't worse. >> this morning, the train car is still partially submerged in the water and no service today, as crews work to make sure the track is safe. matt and savannah? >> steve, thanks very much. now to the presidential race. four states all up for grabs today, including the battlegrounds of michigan and mississippi, on both the republican and democratic sides. donald trump finds himself facing yet another controversy. we'll talk to him live in a moment. first, nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in detroit for us. >> michigan, mississippi, idaho and hawaii get their turn today. no prize bigger than here in michigan. it's the start of an eight-day stretch that could decide the

>> reporter: marching into mississippi, donald trump again calling on his supporters to pledge their allegiance to trump. >> raise your right hand, everybody. do you swear that you're going to vote for donald trump tomorrow? raise that hand. >> reporter: a request he's made twice before. >> should we do the pledge? should we do the pledge? >> reporter: one prominent jewish leader comparing the loyalty gesture from the trump audience to a nazi salute. the a holocaust survivor blasting it as offensive, obnoxious and disgusting. meanwhile, former new york mayor blook bloomberg is saying no to a 2016 run, saying he couldn't win. i believe i could write a number of diverse states, he writes, but not enough to win the electoral college votes necessary to win the presidency. adding, there is a good chance my candidacy could lead to the election of donald trump or ted

that is not a risk i can take in good conscious. still, his deliberations were so serious, the "new york times" reports this ad was already in production. >> no non-idealogical, finally, a new choice. mike bloomberg, president. >> reporter: trump and his opponents trying to get the others to clear the field. >> marco rubio or john kasich is a vote for donald trump. >> vote for kasich or cruz in florida is a vote for donald trump. i'm the only one that has any chance of beating trump in >> reporter: also new, this recorded phone message from mitt romney on behalf of rubio. >> if we were to choose donald trump as our nominee, i believe the prospects for a safe and diminished. >> reporter: rubio is narrowing the gap with trump in his home state of florida according to a poll.

gaining ground over the weekend after last thursday's demolition derby debate. >> i'm going to be the republican nominee, not donald trump. >> mitt romney's aides say he'd be glad to help rubio, cruz or kasich to beat trump. donald trump is still dominating, up 19 points over ted cruz, 20 over rubio. john kasich in fourth right now. up from 50% in december, now 75% of republicans and republican-leaning voters, tell us they believe that trump will be the republican nominee. >> all right. peter alexander, thank you. >> donald trump joins us on the phone right now. >> good morning. i love that number. >> i had a feeling. believe me. >> i had a feeling you'd like that introduction. negativity is something people hate in a political campaign, but it works. when we look at polling in

does seem to be tightening, do you think it's a direct result of that scathing takedown by mitt romney and speeches by mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and the attacks you're facing from cruz, rubio and superpacs out there? >> i'm the one that can beat hillary clinton and i'll bring jobs back to the country. mitt romney is a failed candidate. he ran one of the worst presidential campaigns in the history of our country and now he wants to be relevant again. it's disgraceful. >> because of the short time you faced the full wrath of all these entities, do you worry that it will stop your momentum at the most crucial time of this campaign? >> i don't know, matt. i mean, i saw some polls yesterday in michigan where i'm 19 and 20 points up. i saw some very, very good polls. i'm still leading in florida against a failed senator. you know, rubio is a failed senator. he doesn't vote.

record, one of the worst in the history of the united states senate. he does a terrible job and has problems, to put it mildly. and he can't win anywhere. i agree with ted cruz on that. he says this guy just doesn't win anywhere. at what point do you go with somebody else? but he's doing poorly in florida and if he ran for office in florida right now, he couldn't get elected dogcatcher. he's done such a poor job. >> i'd le t ask you about something you've been doing recently at your rallies, which is having your supporters raise their right hand and say, i pledge to vote for donald trump. as you know, a still image of that at your rallies have gone around the internet and people have been disturbed by the image. in fact, a holocaust survivor says it reminds him of the nazi salute. i wonder how you feel about that comparison and whether it would make you want to perhaps not do it anymore, if people feel that way. >> i think it's ridiculous. we're having such a great time. yesterday, i had 20,000 people in mississippi.

sometimes, we'll do it for fun. they'll scream at me, do the swear in. do the swear in. they're having such a great time. massive crowds. i get by far the biggest crowds and we're having a good time. until this phone call, i didn't know it was a problem. we were all -- you know. >> in light of that, does it make you -- >> almost everybody in the room raises their hand. we're having a good time. i never knew it was a problem. >> i think it's in combination, mr. trump, with the rhetoric you've used on the campaign trail over the last several months, targeting groups like muslims and mexicans, that that evokes images of nazi germany and the scapegoating of jews there back in the 1930s and '40s. >> well, i think that's a big, big stretch. i mean, honestly, matt, we've been having such an amazing -- we've been having rallies that are massive. yesterday in mississippi, two days ago in orlando, we had 25,000 people fill up the stadium.

we're having these incredible rallies. considering the subject matter is not so good, because our country is in trouble, big trouble, we are having a great time. part of this is that. you know, this would be brought up this morning, i'm surprised to hear it. >> does it bother you? >> if it's offensive, i wouldn't do anything wrong with it. but they're screaming at me to do it, we want to do it. we're all having fun. i never thought it was offensive. >> so because you now know that it is offensive to some people, will you say, okay, let's not do this in the future? >> certainly, i'll look into it. i'd like to find out if that's true. i don't want to offend anybody, but i can tell you that it's been amazingly received. well received. i will look into that, matt. >> i think that's a fair answer. mr. trump, thank you for your time this morning. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. let's bring in chuck todd, nbc's political director, moderator of "meet the press." tell us what we're expecting

first, let's set the scene with the delegates. >> here's the count now, and it's gotten narrow. the weekend victories by ted cruz, he narrowed the gap. puerto rico on sunday gave rubio a good chunk of delegates. michigan today and also mississippi. what's interesting about both of them, donald trump should win both by double digits. michigan presidential primary in the past, his anti-trade message, it should play well there. the reagan democrats working. mississippi, alabama and tennessee he won, bordering states. if these are single digit contests, cruz up, maybe kasich, maybe it's a sign what we saw over the weekend that it wasn't a speed bump and anti-trump forces are coalescing. >> these states set the table for a week from today. >> they do. this is what happens if trump wins florida and ohio a week from today. he builds a huge delegate lead, 300 delegates, not enough time

probably get this thing. if, of course, trump doesn't win, only wins florida or, in this case, as you can see, it's a 200 delegate gap if he wins florida and loses ohio. but if he loses them both. this is why, by the way, all this talk about rubio dropping out, it's insane because of the early vote. if rubio dropped out today, it hands it to donald trump because there's all this vote that's already taken place that's gone to rubio. no way ted cruz could win it. >> bottom line, if trump wants to get the magic 1,237 delegates before the convention, he has to win florida and ohio? >> both. if he wins both, he needs 50% of all remaining delegates. that's easy because rubio and kasich get out. if he loses, 67%. not going to happen. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, chuck. let's turn to other news. funeral plans have been announced for former first lady nancy reagan. she'll be laid to rest on friday at her husband's presidential

morning. good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. while friday's funeral will be invite only, members of the public who want to pay their respects to nancy reagan will have that opportunity tomorrow and thursday, as she will lie here in repose. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama will be one of around 1,000 vip guests in attendance. staff members at the reagan library said mrs. reagan personally approved all the details. >> the events that are going to unfold in the course of the next three or four days were all approved by mrs. reagan, including who was invited to where she would be laid to rest. >> reporter: long-time employees and friends say while they mourn mrs. reagan's passing, they're comforted by the thought of her being reunited with her ronnie. >> they had such great respect for one another and were fun with each other, laughed and giggled and held hands. they each had a look that they

>> break a leg. >> no, good luck. >> reporter: flags at many government buildings around the morning. president obama praised nancy reagan's personal charm and significance to the nation. >> i had the opportunity to meet ms. reagan once. obviously, she was already advanced in age, but could not have been more gracious and more charming to myself and michelle when we first came into office. >> the white house has not yet said whether president obama will be here in attendance joining the first lady at friday's funeral. in terms of security, this is a government facility so it is already staffed 24/7 with guards. but the reagan library is also working with local law enforcement, along with, of course, the secret service. >> natalie, thank you very much. new report is prompting concern about pedestrian safety after a big strike in deaths last year. pedestrian deaths surged by an

this is according to a report by the governors highway safety association. researchers say several factors may be to blame, including more drivers on the roadways and the use of cell phones while driving. warmer weather and short erwintererwin ter -- winters may encourage people to walk more. a plane with an unusual landing. surveillance cameras captured the moment a single engine plane fell from the sky over the weekend on long island here in new york. a father and daughter were on board the plane was the engine lost power. they deployed the plane's parachute and managed to land it safety next to an industrial building. the pair walked away with only scratches. >> wow. emotional good-bye for peyton manning on lyly announced his retirement from the nfl. he fought back tears in a room full of family, friends and teammates.

right time to call it a career. >> when i look back at my nfl career, i'll know without a doubt i gave everything i had to help my teams walk away with a win. there were other players who were more talented, but there was no one who could outprepare me. because of that, i have no regrets. >> manning won the league mvp five times. all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns. also the winningest starting quarterback in nfl history. matt, i'll hand you a history. >> buckets. i watched yesterday. i was crying. all those moments get me. they do. >> i know. >> ripken running around the stadium at the end of his -- wow, it's just unbelievable. and congratulations to him. >> so well deserved. we've got a lot of severe weather to talk about. some amazing video. this fort collins, the hail coming down. there is a near miss between a couple of tractor trailers coming up. watch this. loses control and boom, that

the good news is, the hail is done there. then we move to texas. here's where we'll be seeing the activity today. heavy lightning. tornadic activity developing. a lot of hail, wind and rain and more going on this morning. hitch wichita falls, st. anglo, we afternoon. we have an enhanced risk of severe weather today from houston, corpus christi, san antonio. even if we don't get the tornadoes, we may see a straight line of thunderstorms developing. look at this. by 11:00 tonight, little rock to corpus christi could be very, very dangerous. heavy rain, damaging winds and hail, which continues on into tomorrow. look at the rainfall amounts. we're talking upwards of 7 to 10 inches of rain. rain could be falling at the rates of 3 inches or more per hour. three-day totals of 15 inches possible. of course, that will cause massive flooding. we're going to be watching this

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with sunshine, feels nice out there, too. not as cold as it was yesterday. 51 s. hill, 45 in fayetteville, 50 degrees in goldsboro. our warm temperatures continue for the next several days, so does the dry weather. enjoy it while we have it. it 70s for this afternoon, morning lows remain in the 50s through the end of the weekend afternoon highs near 80 wednesday and thursday. 7:27. as we take a look at the live commute map, a couple of accidents north of downtown raleigh. one reported wake forest road and wake town drive. another near high winds boulevard, a bit of a delay heading toward 440. also want to point out delays building on 440 westbound between new bern avenue. over in zebulun lookout for a crush on 64 eastbound at highway 96. at this point not causing any big delays.

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photographer. i saw her beautiful eyes and the cheekbones. melania's first photoshoot in this studio. his favorite photo of her. she said what happened next. >> i moved to milan and paris to live there. i had successful modeling career. >> reporter: she moved to new york, meeting donald trump at a party. she liked his sparkle, marrying trump more than 20 years her senior. later appearing on "celebrity apprentice." to the winning team. >> reporter: now a candidate's wife. >> she said from the beginning. you know if you run, you know you're going to win. she said that from day one. melania, thank you, honey. thank you. >> now on the world stage, journey. friends from back home, admiring her progress from a world away.

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receive a uterus transplant. >> i prayed that god would allow me the opportunity to experience pregnancy. >> could the revolutionary procedure give hope to thousands of women who were told they could never have children? oh, yeah, yeah then dishing with padma. top chef padma lakshmi opens up about fame, family and food. wedding bells will be ringing. >> hello, lovebirds. >> we're getting ready to throw a big, fat "today" wedding. the only question, who is getting married? help us select the lucky couple today, tuesday, march 8th, 2016. good to be alive right about now gooo alive right about now >> good morning, ann arbor. we're playing at carnegie hall tonight.

>> good morning from south carolina. >> al roker, we came to see you. >> all the way from minnesota to see matt and savannah. uh-huh, good to be alive good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today". it's tuesday, march 8th, 2016. election day in many states across the country. is this a rolling spring break crowd? feels like it to me. >> can we spin around, being very afraid, there are lots of signs calling for al for president. [ applause ] >> run. >> that's what's called a sure sign of the apocalypse. >> guys, we are enjoying our last few days with our buddy wrangler before he heads off for formal guide dog training. we're planning a big party this

there is a way you can help. we'll tell you how in a little bit. first, let's go inside to tamron for the top stories this morning. >> good morning. terrified train passengers found themselves in the water after a commuter train derailed overnight in northern california. at least nine people were hurt, four of them seriously, when a train hit a downed tree 45 miles east of san francisco. the lead car plunged into a creek, while another car stopped at the water's edge. officials believe heavy rain caused a landslide, pushing the tree on to the tracks. in the race for the white house, both parties have important primaries today in michigan and mississippi. republicans also have contests in hawaii and idaho. our new nbc news/surveymonkey poll shows donald trump maintaining his lead nationally, with ted cruz moving into second place ahead of marco rubio. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg decided not to

saying he couldn't get enough electoral college votes to win. donald trump is defending his practice of having supporters at rallies raise their right hand and pledge to vote for him. critics including a former head of the antidefamation league say the loyalty gesture resembles a nazi salute. earlier today, trump said he didn't realize it was offending anyone. >> we'll do it for fun. they'll scream at me, do the swear in. do the swear in. i mean, they're having such a great time. massive crowds. i get the biggest crowds and we're having a good time. until this phone call, i didn't know it was a problem. >> trump told matt he'll into possibly ending the practice now that he knows some people are offended. police in south carolina are defending their decision to pursue a shoplifting suspect who led them on a wild chase on monday. the hood of the stolen suv was up and blocking his view.

merchandise from a videogame store, then assaulted a customer who confronted him. the man had to be stopped because he was driving with no regard for safety. add insult to injury for a soccer player in israel. after he was hurt, look at this, trainers loaded the midfielder on to the stretcher. opinion seconds, the grip -- oh -- of the rear handle, spilling him to the ground. a teammate carried his buddy off in his arms. >> oh, man. >> that's awesome. at least his friends were there. >> what? >> i got it. i got it. >> like the three stooges. >> thanks, tamron. now to a revolutionary procedure that's offering a lot of hope to thousands of women who can't have children. >> this morning, we're meeting the nation's first uterus

janet sham leeanneeshamlian is at the cleveland clinic where the procedure took place. >> this was performed for the first time in united states. it's an organ transplant of the womb. for women who had trouble getting pregnant because of a uterine-related issue, doctors say this is a game changer. >> reporter: the nation's first uterus transplant to a 26-year-old texas woman who was told she'd never bear children. >> from that moment on, i prayed that god would allow me the opportunity to experience pregnancy. >> reporter: now, for the women diefd identified only as lindsey, a real chance following ground-breaking surgery at the cleveland clinic. a womb of a deceased donor implanted into lindsey, who was born without one. doctors will implant her embryos into the donor organ.

>> the patient can have one to two babies by c-section and then the uterus will be removed. >> as many as 50,000 u.s. women of childbearing age could benefit from the procedure. the clinical trial offering new hope and an alternative to adopting or using a surrogate. >> what motivates women with uterine infertility to pursue other options is the experience of carrying the pregnancy. feeling the baby grow and develop and of getting to be there for the baby's birth. >> reporter: the procedure was pieoneered in sweden. this baby among five born there from uterine transplant. lindsey is the first of ten in the u.s. who will get the transplant. there's a long road ahead. >> what would make it a picture perfect ending? >> reporter: the mother is dreaming of being pregnant, expanding her family. possibility.

that i will never be able to repay. >> lindsey is part of a clinical trial and cleveland clinic is looking for more women to be part of it. savannah, what's interesting about this, is unlike most organ transplants, it's just temporary. after the woman has one or two babies, then the uterus is removed because the woman has to take very strong drugs while she has it in her body. back to you. >> janet, thank you. this is amazing. for more on what it could mean for women facing infertileity issues, let's bring in dr. natalie azar. good morning. >> good morning. >> you have to marvel at the science that allows doctors to do this. but it clearly is not for everybody. this is just for those who -- i mean, if you had had, for example, a hysterectomy because of a cancer diagnosis or something like that? >> right. >> potentially for them? >> only women who have uterine factor infertility. they're either born without a uterus, they have a damaged uterus, secondary to

infections or add heengshesionadhesions, or they've had their uterus removed. it can affect 3% to 5% of women worldwide. >> this is a long road. >> yes. >> as we saw in janet's piece. >> honestly, from start to finish, could be upwards of five years. initial procedure starts with doing ibf. you have to have six toembryos, have a suitable donor, have the trantsplant. it has to heal for one year before the embryos are implanted. hopefully, the baby nine months later. it's important to point out that the researchers are stopping short of calling this a grand success. they say the success is not measured by necessarily having performed the transplant. it will be a success once the woman goes through the process, healthy without complications and, of course, a healthy baby is born at the end of it all. then we can say that it was a success. >> by the way, to janet's point, they then remove the transplanted uterus.

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short. the thing just doesn't work. >> they didn't want it to close on anybody. tech insider checked with elevator companies. yeah, they say, the buttons are functional and do work. by the way, not pushing the button, what is the fastest way to get the door to close? >> close? >> if you forget the button, how else can you get the door to close? >> i don't know. >> wave your hand in front of it and it'll close. if you go into an empty elevator, get inside and then do this, it tends to close faster. >> do it when it's not about to close. >> do it when carson is not walking? >> okay. we've heard of the bromance. jimmy and justin. ben and matt. cute.

>> there we are. >> they're good and they also are good for your health. male friendships -- proven by science -- specifically, researchers at uc berkeley found close male bonding makes men more resilient to stress, increases levels of oxytocin in the brain. that hormone helps people bond during stressful times. >> completely agree. >> remember when we went fishing, you, me and willie and the guys went fishing, what a bromance. >> stress free. >> that was actually dangerous. >> we only caught beer. raise your hand if you like to post photos of food online. really? you all do it. some people find it annoying, but according to a new study, it provides at least one benefit. it seems to make your food taste better. study in the journal of consumer marketing. some participants were given red velvet cake. those who photographed the treat

than those who did not. the thinking is, by photographing your food, you're interacting with it. >> building a relationship. >> yeah. that's right. building up anticipation for what you're about to eat. >> smart. >> do you think it's true? >> i don't know. >> i'll do it when i'm proud. >> i posted a steak yesterday. i wasn't sure how to tell the doneness and my meat thermometer broke. that's popcorn. i post constantly. >> steak to get feedback? >> yeah because i was -- >> you were looking for information on how to tell if it was done? >> eat it. >> it's a cooking community, you know? >> now you're losing me, okay? >> community. it's like the bromance. >> like a food bromance. now to the new celebrity feud waged on twitter and the late star whose personal items are about to hit the auction block.

>> we'll start, yup, twitter war between kim kardashian and bette midler. this nude selfie kim posted, joking she had nothing to wear. bette midler said, if kim wants us to see a part of her we've never seen, she'll have to swallow the camera. no response until this tweet overnight. sorry i'm late to the party. i was busy cashing my $80 million video game check and transferring $53 million into our account. bette midler, i really didn't want to bring up how you sent me a gift a while back trying to be a fake friend then come at me. people are joking kim is letting kanye write her tweets. >> seems to be going well, that relationship. next to joan rivers and the news about her estate, personal items belonging to the star will be auctioned off in june.

more than 200 items, including jules, bob mackie costumes, artworks and more. it'll go to two of joan's favorite charities, one is guide dogs for the blind. we'll have exclusive access to the auction. >> can you imagine what she'd have to say about this presidential campaign? she would have had a field day. finally, sarah paulson playing marsha clark. on today's episode of "ellen," sarah talks about meeting marsha. >> it was like seeing someone i'd idolized or had a crush on my whole life. she walked into the restaurant and i started going, ah! she looked around like this was a terrifying experience for her. i drank a lot of tequila with >> must have been fun. >> it was like the mole kept mind. is that you?

>> sarah admitted she had a lot of tequila. that's your pop start, guys. >> move the mole, that's a lot of tequila. >> thank you. >> al? >> i'm a good surgeon. >> i didn't get that one. >> frankenstein. anyway -- sorry, for those of us of a certain age, and guys. we're looking at a risk of severe weather from corpus christi up to san antonio, austin and houston. hail likely. a squall line may develop and heavy rain. next three days, some areas could pick up to 15 inches of rain. we are going to be looking at flooding possible from little rock all the way down to the gulf. we've also got more rain in the pacific northwest. good news, california getting a break. we still see heavy rain up to northern california, upwards of

several days. >> that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. now, a time for a little love. we're going to throw a big, fat "today" wedding with our sister company universal. >> we narrowed the list down to three couples and we'll let you choose the winning pair. how are you going to decide? hoda is here to help. >> i'll help you out. it all starts with a first date, of course. in my case, it was three first dates. all the viewers get to know our

it was awkward being the third wheel. but you be the judge. >> i like everything about her. >> he's one in a billion, and he's the only one for me. >> she has an infectious energy and laugh. took my breath away. >> reporter: i invite our wedding finalists to the big apple for alone time with each other and, um, me. >> hi. >> reporter: first, a rendezvous with john and kaitlin. >> family is a big part of our lives. my mom is 1 of 8 children. my dad is 1 of 8. >> my dad is 1 of 9. >> first time to new york city? >> yeah. >> the plan? >> reporter: put each couple through a romantic new york challenge. >> we're going to try to reenact an iconic photo. here's the picture.

>> remember that? >> my arm should be here. >> your hips a little up. one more thing. if it blows off, don't sweat it. one, two, three. go! okay, are you kidding? >> perfect. >> another victory. >>hat do you love the most about kaitlin? >> her heart. she changes everybody's day for the better. >> you're a magical couple. it was so fun. good luck, all right? >> i love you more than anything in the universe. will you marry me? >> oh, my gosh. >> she's a pre-k teacher and i work wh sci nds individuals. i really like how our ability to care for other people brought us together. >> hey. >> david and lara. >> hi. >> reporter: they're foodies and

york's sweetest spots, magnolia bakery. she's the queen of decorating. >> nice to meet you. >> ever touch a pastry bag before? >> actually, no. >> reporter: after a lesson, we challenge the duo to design a cake, to see how they collaborate under pressure. >> go! >> doing a letter. >> flowers, pink, right? >> yeah. >> how do you do it again? make a heart while you do that. >> two minutes left! >> suspense. >> might have overdone it with the sprinkles. >> i like it. >> somebody is driving the bus and her name is lara. >> she always does. >> reporter: lara and david design a masterpiece. >> am i feeding you? >> one thing i love to do is share my love to her with everybody. if i can show everybody how much i love her, what better way than to do it on the "today" show? >> reporter: before it gets too steamy, hoda out.

woman who reminds him of his mother and i never met anyone who came close. megan weaver, will you cary me-- marry me? >> yes. >> my mom passed away but always made me a better person. megan reminded me of all of that. >> hello, lovebirds. >> reporter:othing more romantic than a new york horse and buggy ride for three. >> let's rock and roll. >> yeah. >> bye! >> this is one of the nicest uber rides. >> reporter: before we get too cozy, it's time for the final lovers' challenge. >> john, give me a song. i respond to every single love got me open on your love wanna give you so much there you go. >> oh, my gosh. that was awesome. this is not a one-way street. two-way street.

fantasy, baby give my something >> what should we sing together? love and marriage love and marriage >> when did you fall in love? >> the first day i saw her, but -- and that sounds creepy. i just knew she was the one. >> when did you fall in love? >> when i got the butterfullyly feelings and realized it was always him causing it. that was it. >> that was it. >> i fell for all three couples. the question is, who will you get to meet live on thursday? they're all sweet, right? >> yeah. >> all the couples. >> if we throw a wedding for the last couple, are you going to stand between them as they take their vows? >> my job is to be the body blocker. >> maybe you can marry them. you're ordained, aren't you? >> i officiated a wedding in minnesota. >> there you go. >> can you do it in other states? >> we can make it happen. >> we can go online and get you

>> we can't wait to throw these people a beautiful wedding at the rainbow room and we need your help planning the big day. first task, picking your favorite couple. >> this is going to be hard. let's run through it again. kaitlin and john from chicago, illinois. couple two, megan and john from los angeles. that's who you went on the horse ride with. couple three, lara and david from new york city. if you want to cast your vote, go to today.com/weddings. you have until friday at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. our couples will be here live to find out who will be getting married here on "today". >> cool. >> so sweet. >> vote more than once? >> let's go over to carson.

helen mirre 8:26. i'm bill leslie with your top stories beginning with politics. gop candidate, ted cruz, focuses on north carolina where a primary will be held in one week. cruz will be in raleigh and also making appearances in charlotte and plan to be back in the queen city area over the weekend at the charlotte motor speedway. police have yet to arrest suspects who broke into a north raleigh home and sexually assaulted a teenager. this happened on glade aster court sunday afternoon. a mother found her 17-year-old daughter bound with duct tape, naked and set up a closet. let's get a check of the forecast. looking good out there, elizabeth. >> we have started to see the big warm-up. much warmer now than this time yesterday. take a look at the durham skycam, plenty of sunshine

55 in roxboro and south hill. 55 goldsboro, we have started to see the warm-up. it will be called this morning. by lunchtime already 70, high of 76 this afternoon. morning lows remain in the 50s, afternoon highs climbed to nearly 80 wednesday and thursday. 8:27. we have a minor accident on the shoulder of 40 w. on before rock quarry road. windblown the camera around. this is below the 440 merging and rock quarry road on 40 west. we had lanes blocked, everything moved over to the shoulder but we are seeing residual delays coming out of garner. especially slow between jones sausage road and 440. 22 minutes to make the trip from 42 up to the 440 split. once you are in the fortify work zone be on the accident comest pretty smooth stripe desperately smooth drive from us-1. diabetes is a disease that

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mid-seventies later this afternoon. currently temperatures are in the 50s, 57 irwin and roxboro, 54 goldsboro, 53 rocky mount. we climb up to 68 by lunchtime and 74 by 4:00. a nice, warm afternoon and temperatures back into the mid- 60s by 8:00. no rain today. we are looking a lot better on 40 westbound raleigh. this is the camera at rock quarry road. we had an earlier accident on the right shoulder. it is clearing up now. still seeing the smallest delay through going up a clearing up nicely between 42 and 440. that trip down to 10 minutes. eight minutes would be a delay free drive. through the fortify work zone looking good, even west raleigh on 540 westbound from wade avenue looks good. the acc tournament kicks off in dc. the first games at the verizon center between wake forest and duke -- antistate. the winner will play duke. wral is your headquarters for

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confessions by tennis star maria sharapova that shocked the tennis world. and padma lakshmi dishes on next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today". it's tuesday morning, march 8th, 2016. i've got to say, it's spring like outside. beautiful. getting into the 60s today in new york city. >> 70s tomorrow. >> 73 according to my thing here. 73 the next day, yeah. this thing right here. natalie is on assignment. tamron, i like the jam. going back. >> willie told me to wakeup, which i'm not sleeping. we've been up for hours now, but this will get you going. >> any reason for it? i have no complaint. i love this song. >> it's one of the songs when i'm in the gym, the few times i go, or if i need to, you know, get a little energy, it gets you going.