good morning. boiling over. more violence at donald trump rallies as clashes between supporters and protesters get out of hand. pepper spray and harsh words. >> go back to africa. >> this after a scare at an earlier rally, the secret service tackling a man who tried to rush the age. how will the escalating chaos affect the critical vote on tuesday? meantime, on the democratic side, a battle over healthcare. hillary clinton saying bernie sanders is nowhere to be found when she was making a major push for coverage two decades ago. the sanders team firing back with this video. >> i'm grateful to congressman sanders to join us today. >> we're live with it all.

from bad to worse. as if they haven't had enough, residents in the water logged south now looking at the possibility of more severe weather today. a chance of tornadoes, even more rain and rivers continue to rise. dylan is tracking it all. iditarod attack. a snowmobiler facing charges this morning after police say he intentionally rammed his snowmobile into two dog racers during the iditarod. >> he freaking tried to kill me. >> one dog killed. several others injured. the man behind that attack now carefully admitting he was drunk, but that he never meant to hurt anyone. and madonna's meltdown. the bizarre moments on stage during this weekend's concert, from her costume to her apparent drinking during a performance. how the custody battle for her son could be playing a part today, sunday march 13th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news this is

>> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> glad to have you with us. i'm craig melvin with sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer is also here. to our top story, the race for the white house. first, the results of two races last night. marco rubio winning the primary in the district of columbia and after caucuses in wyoming, ted cruz picking up the most delegates in that state. >> more clashes at donald trump rallies on saturday. at one point, candidate having to be protected by the secret service detail when a man tried to rush the stage. >> lots of reaction to all of it. we have it covered on both sides. we start with hallie jackson covering the republicans this morning. good morning. >> hey, craig, good morning from bloomington, illinois, where folk are bracing for another day on the campaign trail with donald trump. he's now talk ing tough against the protesters who interrupted his rallies, promising to push for their arrest to, in his words, stop the

new clashes in more cities at donald trump rallies, protesters pepper sprayed during duelling demonstrations for and against trump at kansas city and in cleveland, verbal arguments turning ugly. >> go back to africa. >> reporter: in dayton, this dramatic moment. secret service jumping on stage to surround trump, blocking him from a man trying to rush him. this new video showing a different angle. the candidate clearly startled. the protester, quickly arrested. >> i was ready for him but it is much easier if the cops do it. >> reporter: online, and later on stage, trump making an inflammatory claim about the man. >> one of my people said, wow, they found his name. and it was probably isis or isis-related. >> reporter: the law enforcement officials from two different federal agencies tell nbc news they know of no isis connection, adding there is nothing to indicate

the rising tension at rallies so unnerving to natalie hill, she and her husband considered not attending at all. >> we already discussed when we got here, if anything broke out, go towards the wall and edge out. >> reporter: you had an exit plan? >> yes, we did. >> reporter: with charged protests now par for the course at trump rallies, his rivals are having second thoughts about supporting him if he wins. >> i festill continue to suppor the republican nominee, but getting harder every day. >> let's everybody take a deep breath and we'll see where it goes. >> reporter: still, ted cruz running on the premise he keeps his promises is against pledging to support the front-runner. >> donald trump would be a disaster but hillary colon would be a bigger disaster. >> reporter: now telling the washington post there is no doubt the president has contributed to the divisiveness. the question now,

might this affect voters as we head to the key super tuesday primaries less than 48 hours away? >> hallie jackson, thank you. the democrats are also setting their sights on donald trump. hillary clinton and bernie sanders talent xhe s commenting violence at the rallies. nbc's kristen welker is in cleveland this morning with more on all of that. good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning to you. secretary clinton and senator sanders will be campaigning here in critical ohio today. but on saturday, those violent protests loomed large. the rivalry between hillary clinton and bernie sanders is escalating, but both were temporarily unified saturday, blaming donald trump's rhetoric for stoking violent protests at his rally in chicago on friday. >> that is not leadership. it is political arson. >> violence at rallies is not

>> reporter: trump then accused sanders supporters of starting the demonstration. >> they were taunted. they were harassed by these other people, these other people, by the way, some represented bernie, our communist friend. >> reporter: sanders fired back in an interview with reverend al sharpton today. >> we have never, ever once called anybody to do anything like that. the truth is, this guy really is a pathological liar. >> reporter: this comes as the democratic race is heating up. sanders increasingly competitive in states like ohio, illinois, missouri, after his surprise win in michigan. his call to reform job costing trade deals resonating in the rust belt. >> instead of wages are going up, they're going down. >> reporter: on saturday, clinton also called for stiffer trade laws, but created a small dust up when she accused sanders of being absent during the 1990s health care fight. >> i don't know where he was when i was trying to get health care in '93 and

video from 1993, sanders standing behind the then first lady during one of her health care speeches. >> i'm grateful to congressman sanders would join us today. >> reporter: the clinton campaign pushing back, arguing she was the one leading the battle for healthcare reform. the tense back and forth underscoring the very high stakes on tuesday. >> i promise you this, i will work my heart out for you. >> reporter: the clinton campaign says even if secretary clinton loses some of the midwestern states, if she wins florida and north carolina, she could expand her delegate lead on tuesday. still, senator sanders has a strong showing, this race could go all the way to the convention. >> kristen welker, thank you. chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, craig. >> i watched the rally from beginning to end last night in kansas city. it feels like there is this certain darkness that has

the chaos spilling into streets, the protesters, pepper spray. is there a chance the images that these scenes we're seeing play out over the past few days, that they're actually helping to rally his supporters? >> short-term gain, long-term pain, i think for the party. i think it is possible it helps him. we have seen it before when controversy befalls trump, it stiffens the spine of its supporters, they dig in, the more trump gets attacked, and, look, i think that's why trump has hesitated to sit here and somehow take responsibility and blame his own supporters. he doesn't want to do that. and i think he doesn't believe they deserve the blame. so, but, it does feel like we entered a new phase, again, i don't know if it has an impact on tuesday, but it is having an impact on whether donald trump can unite the republican party. and i think he took a couple of steps way back in

do that after on thursday night, at that debate, looking like he was on his way to doing it. >> you mentioned stepping back from that, from uniting of the party. we heard clearly from marco rubio yesterday. he's wavering on his support, if trump is the nominee, same thing from john kasich. how does all of that play out? can they not in the end support donald trump if he's the nominee? >> i think they're in a catch 22, the two of them in particular. they have been so critical. they have said things, marco rubio said he's a con artist. how do you somehow -- how do you somehow be able to say, oh, i can support a con artist for president? so i wonder, the language, both kasich and rubio use to criticize trump, it puts them in a position where by supporting him, it looks more double talkish than if they don't support him at this point. >> as you know, chuck, john kasich's folks said if he does not win ohio tuesday, he gets out, it is hard to see how marco rubio -- if he doesn't win

florida. what does a three-person race look like? how does a three-man race change the dynamic? >> a three-person race if it is kasich and cruz here, i think it depends on -- you could see a couple of things happen. number one, it means that trump, if he wins florida, but loses ohio, it means trump will be the guy with the most delegates going into the convention. but he's probably going to be short of the majority he needs. and i think what you'll see over the next three months is cruz and kasich will sort of divide and conquer. if they think kasich is strong, stronger anti-trump candidate, than cruz, the cruz people focus somewhere else. i don't think they're quite coordinating yet, but i wouldn't be surprised if you see that coordination as soon as, say, ten days from now, if kasich wins ohio, where you'll see cruz target arizona, kasich target utah and the two of them not get in each other's way. that's how a three-person race couldk

be about denying trump. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. we'll look for more on "meet the press" with john kasich, donald trump and ted cruz join him later this morning. residents in the flood ravaged south are trying to get back home to assess the damage after rains that led to record flooding in the area. at least six people have been killed due in part 20 tto two f of rain that fell in the area. sarah dallof joins us from louisiana with more on the situation there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. home owners are taking stock of what got soaked when the water levels rose. furniture, vehicles, personal mementos, all pieces of lives interrupted by floods. as record-setting floodwaters rece recede, homeowners assessing the damage. what is it like to see it today? >> all i can think is expenses, expenses,

this is my last faft one. >> reporter: he hasn't told his wife the condition of her prized antiques. you see the line there. >> i'll glad she's not with me. >> reporter: across the region, similar stories, thousands of homes damaged by days of torrential rains. families given minutes to escape. >> the water was in the ditches, everything was fine. woke up at 3:00 a.m. and the water was at the front door. >> reporter: the cleanup is back breaking. and for dwayne fuller, knowing he doesn't have flood insurance is disheartening. >> i guess we're just going to depend on neighbors and friends and our church family. >> reporter: a situation many other residents are finding themselves in, according to mayor wendy. >> we didn't need flood insurance before. we were lucky to get the rain we got. >> reporter: gulf coast communities devastated by a deluge of water. now beginning to pick up the

>> i get somebody to help me and nail a board and nail a board. and we'll make it. >> reporter: along the six deaths we mentioned, a man overnight in northwestern louisiana who was in a boat attempting to return to his home to collect some personal bloggings, dangerous conditions and a situation that continues to change moment by moment. back to you. >> sarah dallof, thank you. dylan is here. more severe weather is about to develop? >> more scattered severe storms. i want to point out, the rivers are still rising right now. they're not going to crest until tonight and tomorrow. so all of that water that is falling over the past several days, looking at over the last several days, all of this water still trickling into the rivers. monroe, louisiana, picked up 21 inches of rain. any additional rainfall is going to lead to more flooding. the setup right now, everything is all quiet. we have got clear skies down through louisiana, into arkansas, into mississippi. what will happen later on today with that

to see those scattered showers and storms develop. that's what could lead to additional flooding. most of the threat is going to be across arkansas. isolated storm pops up across northern louisiana, produces another one to two inches of rain, then we could see additional flooding. it is going to be hit and miss storms, so some of those storms will produce hail, isolated tornadoes, gusty winds and torrential downpours. >> dylan, thanks. >> what a week. >> scary moments in alaska this morning. a man on a snowmobile crushed into two mushers and sled dogs during the iditarod race. morgan has more this morning. >> state troopers charged 26-year-old arnold demoskie with assault for the snowmobile incident that left one dog dead and three badly injured. >> i hope they can forgive me. i didn't mean it. >> reporter: a tearful apology from the man accused of slamming into two iditarod dog racers with his snowmobile. >> i

possibly make it right. >> reporter: the 26-year-old said he blacked out while driving drunk. the man he allegedly hit, four time champion jeff king, making the thousand mile trek through the alaskan wilderness, said it felt like something else entirely. >> it did not seem like an accident. it seemed like an act of bravado. >> reporter: king says the snowmobile slammed him from behind, narrowly missing him. but striking and killing his 3-year-old pup nash and severely injuring crosby and banjo. >> one of my dogs was killed pretty much on the spot. and couple others i gave first aid to the best i could and loaded in my sled. >> reporter: ali racing just ahead of king feared for her life. >> he freaking tried to kill me. >> reporter: she says out of nowhere, the snowmobile rammed into the side of her sled, injured one of her dogs, sped off and

later, revving its engine and aimed directly at her. but he says he was just coming back to help. >> i turned around because i was concerned and i just had so much adrenaline. >> reporter: after meeting with law enforcement, both teams and their remaining dogs are back on the trail, hoping to put this frightening incident behind them. >> no one in their right mind would do what this person did. >> he says he woke up saturday morning, saw the news, realized what he had done and immediately turned himself in to the village police. both mushers are continuing to race as planned. ali is now second place with her remaining team of 14 dogs and jeff king in 13th place with 11 dogs and a suspect is behind bars set to be arraigned this afternoon. >> thank you. a new report was just released this morning about what led to last year's deadly crash of a

investigators say a doctor referred the pilot to a psychiatric practice two weeks before. they're calling for new rules requiring medical professionals to warn authorities when a pilot's mental health could threaten public safety. south by southwest organizers are apologizing this morning after asking an athlete to remove her hijab. she was asked to take it off for a photo. she tweeted, you can't make this stuff up. they said they dismissed the volunteer who made the, quote, insensitive request. today's selection sunday when the nation's college basketball teams ti find out if they're going to the ncaa tournament, better known as march madness. two teams punchhe

time on saturday. cal state bakersfield knocked down a three at the end to beat new mexico state, 57-54. and they won the western athletic conference tournament and pretty excited about it. stonie brook beating vermont, 84-74 to take the american east conference championship. >> i love college basketball. >> one of my favorite times of the year. yes. dylan is back with ta check of the rest of the country's weather and maybe some basketball. >> indoors con

getting a little bhit of light rain into washington and maryland and panhandle of west virginia, there a little bit holder. all tracking off to the north and east coming into prince george's county, montgomery and the district here in the next few minutes. later today afternoon highs only around 60. we're in the 50s now. and a few sprinkles in the afternoon, but likely showers and some downpours overnight tonight in to very early and that's your latest forecast. >> your alma mater rutgers not going to the dance. >> i don't follow college basketball. but thanks for filling me in. >> ready for football? "saturday night live" taking on donald trump, ben carson and the violence at his rallies. it is all right after this. ♪ i love to take pictures that engage people. and to connect us with the wonderment of nature. the detail on this surface book is amazing.

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night live," the show once again having a field day with the political antics of this republican and democratic presidential season. >> sheinelle in the orange room with more. >> this presidential race, you know it is comedy gold for our friends at "snl." larry david came back as bernie sanders and a fake political ad with hillary clinton, morphing into sanders and even poked fun at ben carson's recent endorsement of donald trump. the show tried to add a little humor to one of the most serious turns of this week's veendevente violence at donald trump's rally. >> breaking news, we're getting word of another incident of violence at a donald trump rally. aparentally the victim was this man, dr. ben carson. who was attacked moments ago by an angry mob that mistook him for a protester. we go there now. >> it's okay. i'm fine. >> guys, what did i say? not this one.

this is one of the good ones. i'm sorry, ben. >> hey, they're just lucky i don't have my knife on me. i've been known to cut a [ bleep ]. >> "saturday night live" pushing the envelope once again. a hot topic, guys. you know "snl" goes in. >> i'm not touching it. >> we'll leave it to our friends. still to come, madonna's strange on stage antics and a separate battle that is happening in her personal life off stage for her son rocco. >> lots to get to still on this sunday morning edition of "today." coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax.

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district heights. it handled on old silver hill road and kentucky avenue. we're working to learn how many people were inside of the house when the blaze broke out. in decision 2016, marco rubio head there s into tuesday win in d.c. he beat john kasich by just 50 votes. trum trump finished third. eisenhower and huntington stations will be closed for a few hour takes because more than 100 emergency responders are taking part in a drill. shuttle buses will be running for folks. the drill begins right about in three minutes and will last into the afternoon. a check on your forecast when we return.

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sprinkles or drizzle during the day monday. finally getting sun back tuesday afternoon ♪ we are back on a sunday morning, march 13th. a little coldplay to start the morning off. fantastic video. >> i love that video. i love that song. >> can't help but dance to it. tomorrow on "today," the band will be here, rocking rockefeller plaza with a live concert. >> you can dance to it live here on the plaza. >> some of these folks will probably stick around. just 24 hours. >> who is going to stay? >> if you stay here, you automatically get a ticket. >> if anybody gives you a hard time, say, craig melvin said

the headlines at half past the hour. sheinelle has more. >> good morning. tensions rising at donald trump rallies on saturday as clashes between his supporters and demonstrators reach an all time low. one man even trying to rush the stage and all of this is playing out just two days before the next critical vote in five states on tuesday. one person is dead and two others missing after a tug boat crashed into a barge in new york's hudson river. the tug boat sank within minutes of the crash on saturday morning. thousands of gallons of fuel were dumped into the river. a second escape inmate in new mexico is back behind bars this morning, police caught 29-year-old lionell claw on saturday, three days after he escaped from a prison van with 32-year-old joseph cruz. cruz was captured on friday. claw, who was wearing shackles and restraints, told reporters they just fell off and that's how he and cruz were able to escape. >> fell off. quite a story. thank you.

madonna's meltdown on stage at her concert in australia over the weekend. some say she's been putting on some bizarre performances for a while. and there is speculation it could be due to her ongoing custody battle over her son rocco. kelly cobiella has more. >> i want to dedicate this next song to my son. >> reporter: madonna called him a rebel heart. and son rocco is living up to it. the 15-year-old now with dad guy ritchie in london and fighting in court to stay there. madonna has pleaded with him at concerts. >> there is no love stronger than a mother for her son. >> reporter: posted pictures saying i miss this boy. and this strange free gig in australia last week, she lit up the stage with his baby picture s. >> and alsf

would see him again. >> reporter: rocco is madonna and guy ritchie's only child together. they divorced in 2008. madonna, the rebel on stage, is a strict mom at home. and rocco reportedly pushed back in a fight over a cell phone. >> this is what we would call a teenage argument that escalated into a worldwide madonna crisis. and you have to feel sorry for her. she was only being a disciplinarian, a good mom. >> reporter: on friday, madonna ditched the clown suit for nuns in hot pants in australia while her lawyers told a family court judge in london she wants to heal the wounds, and work with rocco and guy to resolve matters for her family. reportedly hoping oldest daughter lourdes can make peace. >> what she's trying to do as any good sister would is try to get her brother to understand that, you know, her mother needs him. and he should make contact. >> reporter: it is now out of madonna's hands. a judge will decide whether to force rocco back into therm

of his megastar mom on tour or let the family work it out themselves. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. it is, of course, daylight saving time officially. lost an hour. how to set our clocks back. we have been hearing from a lot of you on social media that the clocks you're seeing on your screen as you're watching the "today" show may not reflect that time change. we don't actually set that clock because it airs separate times around the country. if you noticed it, let your local stations know, maybe their clocks didn't get -- >> we're pointing the finger. >> trying to do it in a nice way. >> you were nice about it. >> dylan dreyer is back with a final check of the -- >> if the

very light rain just making the pavement damp this morning. this line advancing off to the north and east. will be with us for another hour or so and then later today maybe a sprinkle during the st. pa

and then showers likely tonight. ending away dawn monday. highs in the 50s. finally sun back after rain on tuesday morning. afternoon highs on tuesday upper 60s. the 70s on wednesday. cooler by the end of th and that's your latest forecast. craig? >> dylan, thank you. sad news this morning about the health of a famous whale from seaworld. tiliku tilikum, the killer whale, is apparently near death. nbc's steve patterson has more. >> good boy! there you go! >> reporter: this is tilikum, the killer whale. >> good morning, handsome. >> reporter: believed to be 35 years old, he's lived here at seaworld for more than 20. but in a video put out by seaworld this week, caregivers say he has a respiratory infection they can't cure. >> i wish i could say i was tremendously

tilik tilikum, and his future, but he has a disease which is chronic and progressive. >> reporter: tilikum's life has been a symbol of the orca's majesty as well as their danger. in 1991, he killed a 20-year-old trainer. in 1999, a seaworld trespasser. then in 2010, tragedy once again after killing popular trainer dawn brancheau, that led to the scathing documentary black fish. since the movie' release, seaworld's profits have slumped. soon after, seaworld announced it was ending the controversial killer whale show in san diego. and animal rights groups say orcas shouldn't be forced to live this way. >> they're very social animals. they will swim up to 100 miles a day in the ocean and in captivity they're relegated to what would be the equivalent of us living in

in orlando say he's receiving the best care. >> if tilikum would have showed up with this disease in the world, no doubt in my mind he would have been gone a long time ago. >> reporter: the hope for now at least that somehow at 12,000 pound killer whale can find peace. for "today," steve patterson, nbc news. still to come on this sunday, the second act for college football player who became an opera singer. >> love that. also on our sunday story, a group of american moms making a difference in an international crisis. first, these messages. totally fo give us vegetables. i know. it's awesome. >>boo-yah. blow it up. bush's baked beans. slow cooked according to our secret family recipe with a hint of sweetness. they're the vegetable kids love. they're totally eating their vegetables. boo-yah. >>blow it up. whaaat? bush's baked beans. the veggie kids love.

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♪ >> if you like movies, if you like war and violence, sex and all those things, you go see that in the theater. well, it is all in opera too. ♪ >> reporter: morris robinson is one of the preeminent voices in opera today. >> 10 to 20 singers in each vocal category around the world that can continue to have a successful career year after year. ♪ >> reporter: robinson's success follows an unusual path, playing college football as a lineman at the citadel, then spending a decade working in corporate sales for exxonmobil and 3m before taking on the stage. >> i was always singing at weddings and singing the lord's prayer and there is always invariably some little old lady walking up to me sang

for a living. >> reporter: and at 30 years old, he took a leap of faith when he got a full scholarship to boston university's opera institute. ♪ there are not a lot of guys that look like you that sing opera. >> not a lot of guys that look like me that work for 3m. i think that the opera world is a microcosm of the real world. the real world doesn't all look like us. you have to find a way to overcome that. >> reporter: after years of establishing himself in italian and german operas, robinson is tackling rolls he arovoided for the majority of his career. >> i'm a big black guy, i'm a bass, everyone who sees me and hears me speak thinks two things, sing old man river and i bet you can sing corgi. >> reporter: he started with showboat. and now looks to milan as he prepares to pla

♪ >> i've seen both sides having gone to school there. this story is written about blacks from the other side of the track who weren't afforded the opportunities i was afforded in that very town. ♪ >> reporter: robinson hopes to reach a new audience, willing to take a chance on an old classic. >> everyone can't sing like michael jackson or beyonce or rap like jay-z, but that doesn't mean you can't express yourself musically. two chains and jay-z should know about morris robinson. >> one of the coolest guys i've met in a while. one of his missions now is to introduce young people to opera.

he is he said you'd be surprised how many people he talks to. >> what a great story. >> love that. >> thank you very much. still to come, a group of american moms and their journey to reach syrian refugees to help them on their road to a better life. that's after these messages. ♪ hey, you're going to do great. ♪ hi. ♪ the whole day to sell to the their old cart aside and buy a new one...

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some years ago this week the syrian civil war broke out setting off a tidal wave of refugees. millions fled with many risking their lives in boats not sea worthy, all in a desperate bid to reach europe. last fall we followed a group of american moms who wanted to help these families, many with small children, by delivering baby carriers, inspired by efforts like that, another group of american moms had set out to provide comfort to the youngest victims. >> two of our producers who made that first trip traveled back to greece a few weeks ago to see the moms in action. their story begins in the sea of orange, piles of discarded life jackets, each representing a harrowing trip across an unforgiving sea, all in search of a better future. >> we went to one of several

life jacket graves, words can't describe how sad it is. we're playing a game of let's see if we can find a real one. it is just filled with styrofoam. >> i was in the military and i've been following the middle eastern conflict for years now. we'll do the same thing. i would pack up my stuff and try to get my 15-month-old baby to safety. i live in california, i have two kids. my son lace and my daughter helena. it was difficult leaving my kids behind. i felt so compelled to do something. >> i was in boulder, colorado, i have a family of three small children. i am here working with operation refugee children. >> we supply relief packs to refugee children. >> a backpack is something very

we take for granted daily. >> a lot of the needs are just things as a mother we felt they would appreciate. >> the kids go on to the bus and we could see through the window they were going through their stuff and this little boy pulled out the crayons and the gloves and looking at them and trying them on and then he looked back at us and waved. >> he couldn't take his eyes off of us. couldn't stop saying thank you. >> lesvos is something out of a postcard or

people think of it as something very soothing and very calming. it is hard to put into words how something you used to associate so much with beauty is now -- you associate it with tragedy. >> we were able to go to the people. the people are lovely. they don't refer to them as refugees, but as guests. >> they were kneeling down, the same i would kneel down and put a jacket on my son. no difference between them. they both deserve the shelter they seek. he was so happy. he was so appreciative. >> they're from syria. >> they don't k

father is. >> how does it make you feel you have to leave syria? >> she has good spirits. she's positive. she also says she's getting used to it, getting used to all the suffering. >> grandchildren and great great grandchildren will judge us by the compassion we showed during this crisis. they're just like us. they're mothers, they're fathers. they have careers. they had a home. they never asked for this. >> patrice and denice, that woman, when she said, our grandchildren and our great granld

our compassion really sums it up. >> it does. i think, you know, these are backpacks full of items that they need and they so desperately need, but i think the bigger symbol is that when these moms were giving out the backpacks of telling these kids their lives matter and that they exist because there is just this general sense of a whole generation that feels like they don't matter. so, you know, the moms put so much thought into the backpack and what should go in. >> what kind of things? >> it has been unseasonably cold in europe this year, so it has been snowing. you have all the kids arriving and they're having frostbite. so they, you know they pack little warm booties and fleet and another thing too is they included like a whistle, and a safety device for the parents, but what was really unexpect is when we were in the camps, the kids view ed it as a play toy. so all over the camps you have kids running around blowing the whist

camp and they were acting like kids. they put a lot of thought into what they -- especially from a mother perspective, what they thought they would need and what a mother would need as well. >> really incredible that a few months from this country can have so much impact and do so much over there, just with a dream. >> yes, this is only a group of five moms from the entire country. they have been able to get corporate donations, you saw in the piece. some people had patagonia jaekts, hjaekt jackets, hats, cliff bars was a sponsor. to ought all of this together was really inspirational. >> people can customize a backpack if they like to help. >> right. that's their new initiative. the moms at operation refugee child want to give you the opportunity to really deliver whatever you want to the hands of refugee children. they have a shipping -- they have a packing list and you check off whatever you have. whether it is for a

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morning, john kasich, donald trump, ted cruz will join right now on "news 4 today," metro transit officers involved in a five car wreck. what we're finding out about a crash that left a mess on 395 in northern virginia. and dangerous safety concerns at rallies for donald trump. and the gop race plays out in the district as vett voters in. it is 9:00, good morning, i'm angie goff. plane of us are getting some showers. >> and i'm adam tuss. might want to grab a rain coat. tom kierein tracking when the storms will be hitting your neighbo

storms, just some showers coming through. and you can check them with the radar on the nbc washington app. right now the radar is showing just some very light sprinkles. they're tracking off to the north and east. these patches of light green. and then east over the eastern shore. these all moving off to the north and east at with 15, 20 miles an hour. so we'll have these with us getting us perhaps a little bit of wet pavement over the next few hours. have umbrella ready. you will need long pants. it will be a cool day throughout the day. highs only reaching around 60 degrees by later this afternoon. there will be heavier rain moving in overnight tonight. the hour by hour forecast coming up. we are following a developing story this morning. three metro transit police officers were involved in a crash on 395 in arlington. this happened last night around