good morning. massive mudslide, an incredible scene in washington state as a wall of mutt comes crashing down. >> i was coming down the hill and just saw the darkness, like somebody wants to grab you and

everything was gone. >> at least three people are dead, several others critically injured and the search continues this morning as crews say they've heard voices begging for help. we're live with the very latest on that desperate search. another clue? this morning new satellite images showing once again what could be debris from the missing malaysia airlines plane as the tedious search by air stretches into the fourth day. a daring rescue all caught on camera. two brothers stuck on the ice with nowhere to go as bystanders call 911. we'll talk with one of the brave rescuers today, sunday, march 23rd, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on this

sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. nice to be back. i bailed on you guys. >> we were going to say you were working, but if you really bailed on us, it's good to know what really happened. >> it was a "dateline" road trip. >> it is nice to have you back. >> thank you. we want to get right to today's stop story as we focus on the frantic search for possible survivors of the mudslide in washington state. rescuers say they could be trapped after a huge chunk of a hill went roaring over people's homes. crews have reported hearing screams for help throughout the night. miguel almaguer is about 55 miles north of seattle. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at this hour, the rescue operation is under way, a desperate search for survivors. this mudslide was triggered when the mountain side couldn't take

anymore water. first responders did hear voices overnight. they know victims are trapped. they are risking their lives to try and save theirs. it came without warning, a wave of crashing mud, trees and rocks 20 feet high. the fast-moving deadly debris field the size of three football fields. at least three were killed. overnight first responders could hear cries for help. >> we have people that are yelling for our help and we are going to make -- we're going to take extreme risks to try to get them out of there. >> reporter: the wall of mud crashed half a dozen homes. six people are listed in critical or serious condition. there was no time to run. >> i was coming down the hill and i just saw the darkness, like somebody wants to grab you and everything was gone, like three seconds. >> reporter: the mudslide washed overstate route 530. rescue teams from across the region are deployed to find the missing.

>> we're hearing cries, possibly a child from this side. >> reporter: a 6-month-old baby was among those pulled from the mud. it's unclear just how many are still missing. this morning mud is no longer sliding, but the water is rising. >> it's dammed up so bad, there's no water coming down the river in front of our house. >> reporter: the stillaguamish river is jammed with debris. if the mud gives way, the flooding downstream could be catastrophic. >> it's going to break loose. the question is how and where. for goodness sakes, think about your families, your community, your neighbor. >> reporter: one disaster triggering two emergencies. those who survived the mud are now bracing for a flood. with the sun rising first responders hope to cover more ground at first light. yesterday rescue teams were wading through knee-deep mud. they needed themselves to be rescued. erica.

>> tough situation. miguel, thank you. the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane, night is falling in australia. that means the planes scouring the waters of the south indian ocean will head back for the day. new information is coming out of france. officials there say they have satellite images that show what could be debris from the plane. our coverage from around the globe starts with kerry sanders. kerry, good morning. >> lester, that new image taken bay french satellite is in thands of the malaysian and australian authorities. we're told its coordinates are in the same region of the southern indian ocean where this satellite image released by state-run china tv and these two images released by australia were also taken. all are clues that might be lining up to show that the flight went down somewhere in the southern indian ocean. >> reporter: as the mystery enters the third week, the flow of information to find the possible wreckage of flight 370

at times has appeared less than coordinated. >> this is coming to me as quick as you are seeing it on tv right now. >> certainly as countries like malaysia and china have been slow to share information, there's a dense of growing distrust. >> reporter: the satellite imaged released on saturday came two days after australia's prime minister released two other images from another satellite. those also suggested there was debris in the same area. >> there is increasing hope, no more than hope, no more than hope, that we might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft. >> reporter: experts say it takes up to four days to analyze satellite images. they start with extreme wide shots, as if taking a picture of the entire united states. the close-ups of debris, like zooming in on the u.s. to find the roof of a back yard garden

shed. now the multinational effort has gone decidedly low tech. flight crews are literally looking out windows for debris. the search zone, a 22,000 square mile area in the southern indian ocean, twice the size of massachusetts. more than a dozen flight crews from the united states, australia, new zealand, canada, china and japan, and on the water's surface, at least eight military and commercial cargo ships. >> there's a few places in the world you find very challenging to do this sort of work a long way from land. this is one of them. >> reporter: the goal is ultimately to find the flight's flight recorders. the pinger will send out a signal for 15 days or so. today spiegel reports germany is sending a small submarine to the search area. it may be able to pick up on the automatic clicks from the pinger so the boxes can be located and

retrieved. >> kerry sanders this morning. thank you. we have more on the exhaustive search happening by air and a look for you at exactly what those trained spotters are doing altz they search for any sign of the plane. bill neely is on the ground in perth, australia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. a fourth day of searching has ended here. a fleet of planes from the u.s., australia and new zealand have been out all day. the focus of their search, big debris from the satellite images, but also something very small, a wooden cargo pallet. nbc news was on board one of the planes. the search crews are multinational. their work, relent ms. teams from five countries now scouring the indian ocean. a new zealand crew is asked to look for a single wooden pallet spotted by a civilian plane earlier. their method, look out the window. visibility is good but finding a

pallet in an ocean is tough. >> 200 miles an hour, the world is whistling past you. you're looking for an object amongst the wide caps of the waves. >> reporter: they open the door to throw out buoys to track the current and to look for straps and belts of various colors spotted by another crew. >> obviously it's disappointing that we didn't find anything. >> reporter: hope, not expectation, for this crew. just two hours at the search zone, a ship scouring below them and then back. another mission done. no debris seen. so the crew is looking for large images now from three satellite images, but also looking for that small debris. the problem is that wooden pallets and straps or belts could just as easily have come from a passing ship as from a crashing plane. but morale is high, their job is anything but easy. >> bill neely, thank you.

mark gordon is president of odyssey marine exploration, a group that specializes in underwater recovery and has helped find missing aircraft in the past. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, lester. >> right now these are just sightings of potential debris. even if you confirm the debris is from an aircraft, how do you begin to work backwards two weeks now to find out where the actual crash site is? >> this is certainly a daunting task and the time is a problem. essentially from debris you'd create a fan-shaped search area. the longer the time expires, the bigger than fan is. that just gives you a starting point for your search. >> i know they're working on the drift, putting buoys in the water to find out how things drift. even that doesn't tell you what's happened over the last two weeks, correct? >> correct. there will be anomalies. that's why you create a fan-shaped areas as you go back because of the an no, ma'am me

leighs in wind and current that have transpired. >> the technology is underwater searching. can that be brought to bear yet or do you need to confirm the debris field first? >> you would at least need a piece of debris to set up the reference area. then you can start by toeing a pinger they can hear it about two miles out. given the indian ocean is 13, 14,000 feet deep, you'll have to tow the system deep. to get within two miles, you have to have a good starting point. >> talking the pingers for the flight recorders and the data recorder. we heard at least one military submarine is in the area. would that be the best chance of at least targeting the general area? >> look, we found wrecks that have been missing for hundreds of years, so this is doable. the challenge is you need a good starting point and a good target.

in the case of aircraft wreckage, the pingers will be the best initial target to get you in the general area. then you can do a side scan search. certainly if the submarine can get within two miles of those pingers and do it quickly, these pingers have a 45 to 60-day life. so the clock is running here. >> fascinating the technology being brought to bear in all this. mark gordon, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. turning to the crisis overseas in crimea. russian troops are en masse along the border. yet another sign russian president vladimir putin is not taking u.s. sanctions seriously. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press" and joins us this morning. >> good morning, erica. >> what more can the white house do? >> the economic sanctions become a big piece to ratchet up pressure on putin to change his

calculation. they have to look beyond crimea and even beyond ukraine to get nato engaged and say to vladimir put tin and say this is going to be a larger regional western response where nato would draw oopsz a line and say you're not going to potentially move into those baltic countries that are nato allies. the difficulty is ukraine is not part of nato, the united states doesn't want to provide military aid which divides some here in the u.s. but could be a really difficult proposition. >> difficult proposition, but definitely one that will continue to dominate the headlines as we move forward. today is the fourth anniversary of the signing of the affordable care act, known by many as obamacare. the president released a statement saying the share of americans with insurance is up, the growth of health care costs is down. he has a rosie outlook on things. for democrats in many ways this has become an albatross

especially as we lead i represented the elections. is that going to change at all? >> it's hard to see how it changes. republicans are so united about making obamacare a concern, scares them about government intervention into health care. we won't know everything about implementation. that's a difficulty for the white house and the president. are people listening? they know the roll-out was botched, certain things are not being implemented because they're too difficult. there's a question of whether they'll get enough young people to make it work. the big questions hangover this which makes it a much bigger political club that republicans are using against democrats right now. >> we'll continue to follow it with you, david. thanks. we'll check back with you for a closer look on what's coming up on "meet the press." right now we'll head over to jenna. >> good morning to you. we begin today in texas where crews are working to contain a oil spill in galveston bay. the u.s. coast guard says a

barge collided with a ship in the houston ship channel near texas city on saturday. the coast guard did not say how much fuel has spilled. officials believe a tank carrying about 170,000 gallons of oil was damaged. pope francis is revealing the members of his special commission made up to help the catholic church respond to the allegations of sexual abuse. a mix of clergy and lay people, among them an irish woman who was a victim of sexual abuse as a child and cardinal o'malley of boston which is where the scandal erupted back in 2002. first lady michelle obama hosted an educational roundtable and visited the great wall with her mother and two daughters. cnbc's eunice yoon joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

jenna. today michelle obama visited a landmark meant to keep the wall out, the great wall. her week-long tour this time has been meaning to break down the barriers between the u. schltd and china. with her daughters and mother in tow, she's trying her hand at traditional calligraphy and creating the most buzz, her first meeting with china's first lady. she's seen hereimp s here as mrs. obama is in america. she's a hip fashion icon married to a very powerful man running a country. even th ip is not a political mission, mrs. obama addressed the importance of freedom of speech for the internet as well as religion. she's going to be heading south after beijing to see other sites at a center for pandas rounding out her three-city tour. >> she's got a busy schedule ahead. thank you very much. filed under a bull in a china shop, i present to you elephants in a parking lot. in missouri, three elephants

escaped from the shrine circus in st. louis. you're at such a disadvantage escaping when you're gigantic. the animals apparently got spooked by the crowd and lester as well as also erica, the animals walked away without any bumps or scrapes. i wish i could say the same for some of the vehicles. >> they just weren't into it. >> they weren't. toss out your strategy, your educational guesses, your anal sansd basketball knowledge, you would have been better filling out your ncaa pool like this. >> that's how i did mine. >> check out brad bender from illinois, he had the last perfect ncaa bracket we know of. it was busted when dayton upset syracuse 55-53. the win sends dayton to the sweet 16 for the first time in 30 years. another major upset? villa nova, connecticut knocked

them out. that is the news and no joke, it is getting harder and harder to pick these. i say use no brain cells whatsoever, just blindly pick and you have just as good a shop. >> it's crazy this year. >> a lot of fun to watch. >> it is, right? dylan is here with a check of the forecast. >> and maybe snow next it's hard to believe it's even going to get cold enough to support snow. it was 72 degrees in washington, d.c., excellent for the cherry blossoms. 63 in new york city, 57 in boston, but watch what happens today. we are going to notice temperatures drop down into the 40s across the northeast and then even colder as we go into tuesday, when temperatures will drop down into the 30s. so, we have this dip in the jet stream for tuesday and wednesday. so, the cold air will be in place. then we're going to see these areas of low pressure merge, one from the midwest, one bringing in moisture from the south, and

where these line up will determine our snowstorm. it looks like for right now, glancing blow for new york city and the mid-atlantic, but it looks like parts of massachusetts, especially cape cod, could get most of the snow and the wind with this one. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal in for chuck this morning. 43 degrees is the temperature in washington. cloudy skies across the area and the clouds do win out today. and we are back 20 degrees cooler than we were yesterday. a high temperature today only around 50. for monday, mostly sunny, cold, a high of 43. snow is likely on tuesday, but like dylan said, we are looking at minor accumulation amounts, i think. maybe a dusting to around 2 inches. >> that's your latest forecast. erica? dylan, thanks. it seems like the simple question of "will you go to the prom with me" is a thing of the past. coming up, prom proposals or ♪ make a change for a better day ♪

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we're back on a sunday morning with unique ways high schoolers are asking their dates to the prom. >> they're called promposals. dylan is over in the orange room with some creative ones. they're very involved. >> very involved. back when i was going to the prom, it was i got to get my hair and nails done. didn't think if i was going to get asked. that has all changed now. yesterday on the plaza we had one girl asking a guy to the prom, and i really hope benjamin said yes. you put yourself out there on tv. that's one creative way. we have been seeing these popping up all over instagram. will you go with prom with me or is this too cheesy, written on top of a pizza book.

i'm so glad you walked into my life, prom? with a new pair of sneakers. i might strike out asking but will you go to prom with me, written on the side of a baseball. just straight on your shirt, sarah, can i be your prom date. check yes or no. it's almost like it's more about the creativity asking to go to the prom. do you have any cool promissory reese? >> i didn't get to go. >> i do it every year and i'm going to do it. mike broke up with me right before prom. i never got a chance to go. he always watches and he sends me e-mail. i'm sorry, that's what you did and i'm scorn by it still. >> i went to my senior prom with my friend pete, we went as friends. >> i was so shy, i didn't date in high school. i didn't go. >> lester! >> look at our sweet lester. >> i'm going to go to therapy. we'll take a break.

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good morning. it is 8:26 on this sunday, march 23rd, 2014. i'm richard jordan. here's a look at today's top stories. first, this just in. one person has died from their injuries following a crash on southbound i-95 in lorton. earlier this morning, a shuttle bus swerved off the road and flipped over the guardrail. two people had to be medevaced by helicopter to area hospitals. 16 people altogether were hurt. we're still working to find out the severity of all of those injuries. no word on what caused that crash. the search for missing 8-year-old relisha rudd enters day five now. police are desperately trying to find the little girl who is believed to be with a murder

suspect. kahlil tatum was last seen with relisha at the d.c. shelter where she stayed with her family in southeast. tatum is charged with the murder of his wife. her body was found thursday inside an oxon hill hotel. we're going to check your forecast next. stay with us.

this morning you will notice a dip in degrees when you head out. let's get the forecast details now from amelia segal. hey, amelia. >> good morning, richard. a temperature in washington of 43 degrees, cloudy skies across the area, and the clouds will

win out today. in addition to that, there could be some scattered showers this afternoon, mainly in southern maryland and the northern neck. again, the timing this afternoon on into the early evening hours. only about a 20% chance that those of you inside the beltway get an afternoon shower. a high temperature of 49, over 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. mostly sunny and cold tomorrow, high of 43. >> all right, amelia, thank you. we have 90 minutes of news and weather coming up in 30 minutes. we'll see you at 9:00. now let's go back to the "today" show. have a great day. ♪ >> girls weekend away in new york at the "today" show! >> kayla, will you go to prom with me? >> when i grow up, i want to

work at the "today" show. >> i'm 60 and at the "today" show. >> hey, cincinnati, i'm 10 today! we're back on this sunday morning, march 23rd, 2014. an energetic crowd on the plaza despite the dropping temperature. they're doing their promposals and birthdays. everybody staying warm and taking plenty of pictures. we'll go say hello outside in a few minutes. we have a lot coming up in this half hour. we want to get you caught up on the morning's top headlines at this hour. the search continues in washington for anyone who may be trapped under debris in a massive mudslide. at least three people were killed, several others injured rnlths malaysian authorities say they've worst word from france about another satellite image that picked up what could be potential objects in the south indian ocean. air crews searching for a fourth day have not found anything. first lady michelle obama continues her tour through

china, getting in sightseeing with daughters malia and sasha. a spectacle in the sky over los angeles as the blue angels delight fans for the first time in more than a year. we'll take you there. have you heard the term vine liberties? >> clearly lester hasn't heard the term. >> many of the stars of the six-second vine, would you believe some have millions of followers, we'll introduce you to one of the biggest winners. i posted mine on twitter. >> it's pretty cute. dylan is good. she's a big viner. >> that's more my husband. he's like, i got this great idea. >> so you cheated on yours? >> no, i got assistance. it's a team effort. >> a director. it's all good. >> good for you. shocking, i'm eve going to talk about the gym here for a second. if you're scared to go to the

gym for fear of not doing something perfectly, who cares? i'm eve going to show you how you can use your phone to get started and a few things you have around the house. easy stuff i promise you. >> i'm doing it already with my phone. >> you are burning massive amounts of calories right now. what's going on over there? >> nothing is happening on that plate at all. we begin with a dramatic rescue of two boys who got trapped on an ice flow in the middle of the des moines river. kristen dahlgren is here with their story. >> good morning to you, erica. their mother tells us that they are fine this morning, though the boys were too shaken up to talk with us about it. they weren't just trapped on a piece of ice floating down the river, it was headed to a hydroelectric dam. rescuers arrived on the scene and pulled them to safety just in time. it was a typical day along the

ice-covered des moines river. the two brothers were throwing rocks along the river. >> they went out to retrieve and shoe and next thing they knew they were floating down the river. >> reporter: the ice had broken away. the two were left clinging to each other, unable to get to shore. >> people witnessed it. saw it that were out at some of the local parks, called 911. >> reporter: there wasn't much time. the ice was close to being sucked into a dan curnt near a hydroelectric dam. firefighters threw a rope, then got life jackets to the frightened boys. rescue crews fighting their way across the thin ice to save them. >> one of the boys as he was standing a few feet away from me, the ice gave way and broke through and was able to scurry away enough that he didn't fall all the way through. i guess that kind of explains the integrity of the ichlts it was very poor strength ice. the boys are very lucky.

>> reporter: after 45 minutes, they were finally able to get a boat to the boys, pulling them off the ice to safety and their waiting mother. >> our thanks to the fort dodge press who was there on the scene. they were ashl to keep the boys calm. you can imagine the moments from their mother, she says they're all physically okay, but still recovering emotionally. >> that's an understatement. kristen, thanks. a final check of the weather now from dylan. where are you, dylan? there >> the cold front continues to move to the south and east.

also, an area of low pressure will bring down the cold into parts of southern montana and northern wyoming, where we will see some lighter snow showers. then as we go into tomorrow, it gets really, really cold. in parts of the northeast once again, it's good-bye to the springlike temperatures we had yesterday. we'll also see some lighter snow showers out towards iowa. we are going to keep an eye out, though, for tuesday into wednesday, how the moisture from the south and the cold from the north combine. could turn into a pretty decent snowstorm, especially for areas like cape cod up in massachusetts. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> good sunday morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal in for chuck. 34 degrees is our temperature right now, cloudy skies across the area. it will be a cloudy day and much cooler than it was yesterday. our high yesterday 73. our high today, there you see it, 49 degrees. temperatures continue to tumble into the workweek. monday a high of only 43. some snow on tuesday, likely beginning during the morning hours, continuing throughout the day. but we're not

today's top spot, we're heading to new orleans, it's the 28th annual tennessee williams literary festival. the big easy plays tribute to the playwright. the four-day event wraps up with readings, a book fare and a shouting contest where contestants will yell "stella!" >> that didn't sound very heartfelt. i love the crowd, but it was at. dylan, thanks very much. the blue angels are back. their stunts are as impressive as ñrever. the elite navy flyers were grounded last year due to budget cuts. the people who turned out to see them couldn't be happier they're back. joe fryer has the report. >> reporter: it's no surprise what's drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the los angeles

county air show. >> the blue angels are flying again. something i didn't want to miss. >> reporter: the blue angels have already been missed plenty over the last year. now they're back. >> the adrenaline rush. when you see what these gentlemen and ladies can do with an aircraft, it's a spectacular feeling. >> reporter: this demonstration marks their return to the skies after federal budget cuts kept these military jets from flying at air shows. >> the flying isn't the best part about being a blue angel. it's the crowd interaction. that's what i miss the most. >> reporter: especially the interaction with kids. >> dad, dad, i want to be them when i grow up. i want to be them when i grow up. >> reporter: the blue angels were created nearly 70 years ago, their mission to showcase the pride and professionalism of the u.s. navy and marine corps. >> something about aviation always fascinated me. >> reporter: lead solo mile pi lot lieutenant commander dave tickle says while they were grounded last season, they

continued reaching out, visiting libraries and schools. but nothing beats the connection they can make by performing breathtaking stunts in mid air. >> bringing us to america's back yard and showing them what we do, the pride we take in our job, an amazing opportunity. >> reporter: once on the ground, the pilots are down to earth. >> you look up to them. they are role models that won't later disappoint you. >> reporter: now they're back, reminding us all the sky really is the limit. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news, lancaster, california. >> nice to have them back. now over to jenna in the orange room with today's plaza fan of the day. >> right here with me is ruth ann hall from chicago. real quick, you and your husband and two boys are here to see your baby cousin daniel for the first time. how old? >> five days old. >> now that we know something interesting about you, take it

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a six-second video. let's start with dylan and see what she came up with. >> oh, there you are. i found spring. i found spring. oh, there you are. i found spring. i found spring. >> very cute idea. >> actually took me two days to put it together. i knew i was going to the macy's flower show, soy had to set it up the day before. my husband had to tape it and i had to pause it for little bit and wait till the next day till i went to the flower show. >> let's look at erica's vine now. >> a football theme. >> i had help from shayna. >> that's when it gets funny.

>> who came up with the idea? >> i don't know. i think it was a group effort. it might have been sal. might have been shayna. >> jenna has a special guest star. >> this is the beach harper. this is the beach harper. >> okay. you win. >> you really shouldn't let her wade in the hudson river, by the way. i don't think it's healthy. >> her first time at the beach. we have all these apps where we can document it. that was in puerto rico. >> i can watch that over and over. >> mine involved -- well, a snowball fight with myself. take a look. >> you're not going to get me. got him! >> not going to get me. got him. someone sent me a message that i have too much time on my hands. >> again, lester was working

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this morning on "30 days to a better you," bringing the gym to you. >> turns out you don't have to leave the house to get in a great workout. >> this is great news for beginners. if you have a smart phone, anything around the house, you, too, can work out. >> good. keep those heels on the ground. >> if the key to a healthy lifestyle is to stay active and keep moving, even if you never have time to get to the gym, even if you never have the guts to go sign up for a new class. not too worry, there's an app for you. pick your workout and download your trainer. bike? pilates, zumba, it's all right

here. apps are so popular experts say by 2016 fitness apps are expected to grow to $400 million. so when it comes to trying something new, there's no better place to start. >> we really need to push ourselves out of our comfort zone in part so we can be creative and also it increases ourself esteem. >> reporter: in boston gogi elizabeth morrow kick started yoga by numbers. >> this is like yoga meets twister almost? >> exactly. people say that when they see it. it makes me happy because they see it and get it. >> reporter: she says she created her dvd and numerical mat to break down barriers. >> people get hung up on that feeling that they're not going to be good enough at it to do it publicly. that's part of what i want to create, is putting the imagery

out there so people feel good about themselves. >> we'll bring our right foot and bring it to 20. >> however you choose to get started, the key is just that, get started. break out of that comfort zone. try something new. >> with your left hand see if you can touch number 18. no matter what, please, please have fun doing it. >> thank you very much for posing for me. i appreciate it. >> it was all in good fun. i want to quickly talk about my favorite app out there. it's an app called lose it. it is one of the best apps out there to track your food and exercise. you can scan a bar code. they've got menu items. it's soaks tensive. you can put in any kind of enter size and tell them how long you did it and it will tell you how much you would have to do to bush. we'll do an entire upper body

workout with two cans of soup real quick. so easy. you want to work your arms. bicep curls, keep them at your side. palms will face in. bring it up and in. so easy. i want you to do 50 of these, then turn around and do 50 curls. stomach tight the whole time. then put them down. let's go all the way back without bending over. >> plighting the coat. >> once you do that, i want you to clap back together. you start feeling that in the triceps. 50 of those. >> this is tough. >> hold this and bring it to the front. >> tough for you to watch. >> and then down. you do 50 reps, you will work just about all parts, biceps, triceps, shoulders. >> that's manageable. you're cooking dinner and you can do that. >> all pureries the soup. >> let's move on to lower body. i want you to sit in front of a

chair, spread your legs a little bit, shoulder width apart. sit down as quietly as possible. >> slowly, right? >> yes. your weight through your heels. come back up. >> pretty easy. >> try to knock out between 30 and 75, maybe even a hundred of those. we'll come back. >> we'll feel that. >> you guys are counting, right? was that 25 or 26? >> fun, easy ways anybody anywhere can work out any time. we'll take a break and we will be back after this. but first -- >> national puppy day. check out some of the four-legged friends that you tweeted to us. cute. we'll be back after these messages. your hepatitis c.forget it's slow moving, you tell yourself.

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what's coming up on "meet the press." >> good morning. two weeks now into the search for the missing airline, our experts will tell me if we're any closer to figuring out what happened and why. should college athletes be paid? we'll debate that with the president of the ncaa, former duke basketball player reggie love and education secretary arne duncan, all coming up this morning on "meet the press." >> looking forward to it. thanks. that will do it for us on this sunday morning. >> i will see you later on just in to the newsroom, we've learned one person died when this shuttle bus flipped over that guardrail on 95 in virginia. also, new information on the cause of the crash as dozens are treated in area hospitals. and right now in washington state, the search for survivors

continues in the thick mud left by a massive landslide. rescuers report hearing cries for help coming from beneath the rubble. a desperate situation there this morning. hi, everyone. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to "news4 today." it is sunday, march 23rd, 2014, and it's a colder sunday. saturday was sensational. today a whole other story. >> let's get the first forecast now from storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. she's in for chuck. >> good morning, richard and angie, and good morning to you. well, like yesterday, we'll have plenty of clouds around, but unlike yesterday, our temperatures much cooler today. over 20 degrees cooler. now, we are at 45 in washington right now. gaithersburg at 39. leesburg coming in at 41. but we're only going to warm to near 50 degrees for a high temperature today. cloudy skies across the area right now. the clouds hang on strong. also, notice this rain down here in portions of virginia. this will track mainly to the south of washin,