owe price. invest with confidence. good morning. front did h . front and center. president trump set to deliver his first speech to the joint sessions of congress tonight with a speech heavy on border security, the budget battle and campaign promises made and kept. we have made our way to capitol hill for the historic moment. this morning an exclusive live interview with house speaker paul ryan and a never before seen look at one of our nation's iconic buildings. a small plane crashes into a neighborhood in southern california. the plane, returning from a cheerleading competition at disneyland, erupting into a massive fireball.

injured, two homes destroyed. an investigation under way. bad time to tweet? new information on the big flub at the academy awards. >> there is a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. the twitter post that may have led to one of the most embarrassing mix-ups in oscar history. today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of "today" on the hill with matt lauer live from capitol hill and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to this special edition of "today" on a tuesday morning. i am matt lauer standing smack-dab in the middle of the u.s. capitol in washington. savannah guthrie is back smack-dab in the middle of

studio 1-a in new york city. how about this for a view? >> nice spot. i have been looking at your beautiful shots of washington, d.c. i thought, aren't they peaceful when they sleep? >> it's going to be a busy night in washington. i am standing above where the inauguration took place, about a month ago. let me set the scene for you. i am standing on the speaker's balcony. he doesn't know we're here. that's not true. he knows we are here. down the hall from where i am right now president trump tonight delivers his address to a joint session of congress. seated behind him, of course, will be the speaker of the house, paul ryan. we will step into his office in a moment for an interview. let us begin with nbc's peter alexander. on the east front of the capitol. good morning. >> good morning. we have another gorgeous backdrop. white house officials telling me president trump will put the final touches on tonight's speech over the course of today. already they're giving us

preview. senior white house officials saying that the theme of tonight's speech will be re newe renewal of the american spirit. president trump will focus on what he has already accomplished in his first month in office and also focus on the economy and security going forward. as he prepares for his first formal pitch before congress. president trump ready for his close-up on capitol hill, offering a preview on fox news. >> all i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. we have a really terrific, i believe, health care plan coming out. i will be talking about the military. i will be talking about the border. >> mr. trump rolling out a budget blueprint of priorities. promising a massive military buildup pumping an additional $54 billion into the pentagon. intelligence agencies. >> we h

>> he vows to slash spending from other agencies including the state department and epa that could have a significant impact on domestic programs and foreign aid. surprising pushback from more than 120 retired generals and admirals including david petraeus. in a letter they warn now is not the time to retreat from diplomacy and development. untouched according to senior advisers. entitlements like medicare and social security. mr. trump's plan, unacceptable to democrats. >> once again, middle class people, working families, will be hurt. >> repeating his call to repeal and replace obamacare, the president expressed surprise at the complexity of health care reform. >> it's an unbelievably complex subject. >> still looming over the white house lingering questions about the trump campaign's possible ties to russia. >> mr. president -- >> president trump rnd

were escorted away. this is what the president said three years ago. >> i own the miss universe. i was in russia, in moscow recently. and i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin who could not have been nicer. >> republican darrell issa standing by his call for a special prosecutor. a move the white house quickly dismissed. >> russia's involvement and activity has been investigated up and down. the question becomes at some point, if there is nothing to investigate what are you asking to investigate. >> the republican chairman siding with mr. trump. >> that's what i am concerned about here that we don't go on a witch hunt because american citizens just because they appear in a press story. >> the top democrat arguing their investigation is just getting under way. >> it is, i think, way premature to draw any conclusions about whether there was collusion. >> meanwhile the white house deflecting crism

the navy s.e.a.l. killed in a special operations raid in yemen last month. the senior owens raised questions about the mission. >> i can tell him on behalf of the president his son died a hero, and the information that he was able to help obtain through that raid, as i said before, is going to save american lives. >> multiple u.s. officials tell nbc news the raid has not yielded any intelligence of value, at least not yet. as of this morning we are getting an update on the evening speech and who the president invited as his guests. the list includes maureen scalia, the widow of antonin scalia and three individuals whose loved ones were killed by undocumented immigrants. the white house tells me tomorrow the president will announce his revised travel ban executive order that's been on hold in a court for

three weeks. thank you very much. i'm joined by the house speaker paul ryan, giving us an exclusive interview. thank you very much. good time to have you. you spent time with the president at the white house going over the agenda. one of the things we learned yesterday was more about the outline for his budget. he is planning massive spending increases in the areas of the military, intelligence, national security and to offset that, massive cuts in other domestic programs. and he says he will not touch social security and medicare. does this work? >> we haven't seen the full budget yet. you just saw a piece of the budget which is what a new administration always does. but this is a promise that he made that we also ran on which is our military has been hallowed out. we have gutted the military in many ways. and we have had huge increases in domestic spending. he is trying to get that balanced right. we've long believed that we put our spending out of balance on what we call discretionary spending, we've hurt the military and given lift in other areas. we're trying to get the balance ri

made in discretionary spending and if you don't touch entitlements like social security and medicare -- i don't have to remind you, you have been talking about this for a very long time. it's not popular, but you have said we've got to make tough choices on those entitlements. can he balance the budget without touching them? >> we have never proposed -- this is what the president is talking about, we have never proposed a change in benefits for current seniors and people about a retire. within the ten-year budget window. we're not saying we're going to change benefits for anybody in or near retirement. no one has ever proposed that. what people like me have been saying is for those of us in the younger generations. x-gen on down the programs will be bankrupt by the time we get them. we have to reform them for the next generation. >> the president doesn't agree with that. >> i believe he does. on social security. that problem is not as acute as our health care problem. doing obamacare reform, replacing obamacare, is entitleme

care. i think the point he is trying to make with the first piece of his budget is our military has been hallowed out. i met with the admiral running the pacific command talking about how they're running out of munitions. they have a problem and he is trying to address it. >> you mentioned health care. let's go there. last time we sat down in your office january 12th, 2016. i said -- you cleaned the place up a little bit. i said to you then, why is it the republicans have been trashing obamacare for six years at that point seven years now and not presented a viable replacement. you masaid, by the end of the yr we'll have the plan. that deadline came and went. >> we ran on a plan last year. >> you didn't give us a plan that can be voted on now. you know republicans within their own party have deep disagreements over how to replace obamacare. so do the american people have a right to say, we have heard the criticism for year after year, and yet we still don't have something that can be put on

president's desk? >> that's exactly what we are doing right now. see, we're not writing some bill in the back room in harry reid's office like obamacare was written. we are going through the committee process, going step by step, going hearings. this is how the legislative progress is supposed to be designed. >> your predecessor made your job a little tougher last week, john boehner came out and said, all this talk about repeal and replace, it's not going to happen. he says, it's happy talk. what they're going to do is they're going to fix some bad parts of obamacare and wrap it in a conservative box. that is not repeal and replace. >> that is not what we are doing. let me say it this way. obamacare is collapsing. obamacare had -- i think the democrats got too far ahead on their ideology and gave us a system where the government runs health care. they gave us a system where costs went up, not down. they gave us a system where choices wen

they gave us a system where people lost the health care plans that they liked that they chose, that violated all the promises that were made that were given when obamacare was sold to the american people. those promises were violated. now we have a collapsing marketplace. we really believe we are in a rescue mission to prevent the collapse from occurring further. >> i want to say a lot of people disagree with the terminology that obamacare is collapsing under its own weight. >> let me read you something the president said yesterday. this is a guy who ran -- one of the things he ran on was i'm going to repeal and replace obamacare. yesterday speaking to governors about health care he said this, i am quoting. i have to tell you it's an unbelievably complex subject. nobody knew health care could be so complicated. nobody knew health care could be so complicated. as a details guy. >> i have been working on health care for a couple of decades. as a policy wonk doesn't it take your breath away when the president of the united states says nobody knew it could be so

to office not as a policy wonk working in congress on health care. >> how do you run on repealing and replacing obamacare if you don't know it's a complicated procedure. >> the bill that we're working on is the bill that we ran on last year. the bill we are working on is the bill we're working with the senate and the white house. it's much like the bill that tom price, who was sort of the gold standard reformer of health care, introduced last year. he is now the health and human services secretary. here is the point -- let's take a step back. people want peace of mind in the health care system. people want to be able to have choices in a health care system. we want to get costs down. we want to give people more choices. we believe in a patient-centered system where all the providers of health care services, hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, compete against each other for our business as patients, consumers. we should make decisions on how health care works, not some

which is restricting our choices down to the point where a third of counties in america have only one plan to choose from. >> to the bigger picture. doesn't it seem often, mr. speaker, that president trump talks about big ideas without diving into the details of how to accomplish his prom iises, le i'm going to defeat isis. i'm going to repeal and replace obamacare. i'm going to build the wall and the mexicans will pay for it. as a guy who dives into details, doesn't it frustrate you sometimes? >> i see him more as a chairman, a president. like successful presidents have been. he gets detail people around him to execute the plans. you hire james mattis as your secretary of defense to come up with a plan to defeat isis. you put tom price, an orthopedic surgeon, chairman of the budget committee, who has worked on health care for his entire adult life in charge of health care. you hire and surround good -- >> delegate the details. >> delegate the details to good people who know what they're doing and have experience in thesete

objectives are met. that the goals you ran on to improve people's lives are met. that's the kind of commander in chief i think we need in this country. >> i spoke to former president bush yesterday on the subject of possible russian ties to the trump -- to trump's associates during the campaign. he says the american people need answers. is there anything you could hear that would make i decide we need a special prosecutor to look into that? >> we -- that's the executive branch. >> i understand. >> we think we need to do an investigation here with our intelligence committees. one thing is unique about this, which is this gets into the methods of collection of intelligence data. sources and methods. it's very, very sensitive. the most sensitive tool in our national security tool box. the people here have gone through the process of understanding the tools. >> however, the intelligence committee with a majority of republicans and people want a bipartisan investigation. >> it's a bipartisan investigation. both the house and senate intelligence committees are beginning thei i

we are increasing the scope of the investigation. here is the point, matt. you have to be mindful of the sources and methods of our intelligence community so you don't compromise how we collect and gather intelligence. while we get answers to these questions. don't forget, the obama administration had an exhaustive investigation before they left office on this point. we need answers. we need to make sure that nothing happened that shouldn't have happened as we go forward. that's exactly what we do in our jobs as congress. we think the intelligence community is the right place to do it. >> i really appreciate the time. >> we fixed the place up. >> appreciate you joining us. mr. speaker, thank you so much. back to you, savannah in new york. i'll join lester holt and chuck todd for nbc's coverage of president trump's address. watch it 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific time. we'll have all the highlights and reaction tomorrow morning on "today." to breaking news overnight. a tragic plane crash

and it was caught on surveillance video. you can see the small plane returning from a cheerleading event at disneyland. it slams into a residential neighborhood. steve patterson is at the scene this morning. hi, steve. good morning. >> reporter: crews on the ground here tell us all the victims involved were people on board the flight. there were five of them. three were killed and two are clinging to life. meanwhile, we spoke to neighbors who not only saw the moment of impact but recall the harrowing moments that followed. horror on the ground in riverside, california, when a small plane slammed in a residential neighborhood. the impact killing passengers, leveling homes, and sending a fireball into the sky. the wreckage burning for hours, billowing black smoke seen for miles. two women who were ejected from the plane survived. witnesses were shocked to see the victims pulled from the rubble. >> i heard the lady that was pulled out when i was rushed to the hospital, i heard her scream

we didn't know where she was. it was scary. >> reporter: fire officials say five people were in the cessna 310. the victims flying back to san jose after attending a cheerleading competition at disneyland. >> it's horrible. especially when you couple together that they were going to a cheer competition, and this is supposedly a happy time. and then just to have a tragic incident like this. >> reporter: the plane went down about a half mile away from the riverside municipal airport. the two women who survived now remain in critical condition. meanwhile, the national transportation safety board will launch a full investigation into the cause. savannah. >> steve patterson, thank you so much. now a first check of the weather. mr. roker. >> severe stuff to talk about over the next two days, including stuff that stretches from the gulf coast all the way up into new england. right now we're looking at a line of showers and thunderstorms pushing through, but today we have

risk weather. risk averse weather right now. 36 million people for a fast-moving storms, nocturnal tornadoes. overnight tornadoes, could be a big problem. some could be strong. it's a wide risk. looking at tomorrow, 87 million people. this stretches from new york, new england, all the way down to the gulf. tornado threat a little weaker. widespread wind damage. chicago could be in the enhanced risk by tomorrow. the cold front pushes to the east. moving into tomorrow, the line of strong storms stretch from new york all the way down into atlanta. airport delays over the next 48 hours will be big problems here in the east coast. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. bright sunshine first thing this morning. a little cool but not cold. temperatures in the upper 30s to low and mid 40s for most neighborhoods. plan on a big-time warmup today. sunshine this morning will get temperatures into the mid 60s. chance for rain showers after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. grab your umbrella on the way out the door. don't be fooled by the sunshine. tomorrow even rm witwarmer. mid to upper 70s. a chance for thunderstorms. who was behind the oscars best picture flub? we'll break it down from the confusion on the stage to the accountant now in the spotlight with his back-stage tweet

and more of matt's tour of washington. who is responsible for the best picture flub, mr. speaker? >> the accounting firm, i am told. >> way to go. throw somebody else under the bus. speaker ryan will give us another tour of the capitol. through the rotunda. you know what's cool, when you are at the speaker's desk and the phone, the list of speed dials. who do you think is number one on the speed dial? >> his wife. >> i was going to say potus. >> both. wife on one side, potus on the other. which one is more important? >> wife. >> we know. we know. >> much more from washington. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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the school year will end on june 12th. we want to check in with jack for more on the roadways. hey, jack. >> good morning. we have had some tough spots. north capitol street going southbound toward new york avenue. the service roadway is closed due to police activity. authorities remain on the scene. you are redirected through the area. george avenue near norbeck road. st. mary's county, lexington park and indian bridge road. things are closed off due to an accident. authorities remain on the scene. lauren and a check on your forecast is next.

temperatures out there a little cool to start. 47-year in washington. dulles at 38. outside the beltway more in the mid to upper 30s to around 40. everybody warming up a good 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. we'll have showers after 4:00 or 5:00. the tail end of the commute

headed to near 80 tomorrow. angie. >> thank you. we'll have another local news update in 25 minutes.

♪ 7:30, it's tuesday morning, the 28th of february, 2017. all eyes will be on that building tonight as president trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. matt has made his way to the u.s. capitol this morning, the site of tonight's historic speech. matt, as i understand it, all the hours you spent on the stairmaster will pay off as you take us up the steps to the top of the dome of the capitol. >> more than 350 steps, savannah. i am in the rotunda inside the beautiful capitol dome. in a little while i'll take to a staircase that goes between the two domes. there is a dome within a dome, and i will end up at the very top, if you can

i'll end up at the very top of the capitol dome just below the statue for the best view of washington you'll ever see, savannah. >> we'll all enjoy the view, matt. first let's look at the headlines this morning. officials say three people were killed, two others injured, when the small plane they were on crashed into a neighborhood. it happened in rieverside, california. the plane slammed into several homes setting fires and destroying to of them. the fbi is investigating another wave of vandalism and threats against jewish institutions across the country. more than 100 headstones destroyed at a cemetery near philadelphia less than a week after a similar incident near st. louis. on monday at least 21 jewish centers and schools in a dozen states received bomb threats. two women arrested in the killing of the

north korea's leader charged with murder today. officials saying they used a deadly nerve agent to attack kim jong nam. if convicted the charges carry a mandatory death sentence. quick look at the headlines and we'll send it back to matt. thank you very much. i stepped inside the rotunda. one of the most stunning spaces you'll ever enter. it's also huge. you look up, it's 180 feet from the floor to the top of the dome. you can take the statue of liberty, stand it in here from base to torch, and it wouldn't hit the top. around the perimeter of this great building or great room, statues of some of the most notable americans throughout history. abraham lincoln back there. general grant here. this is a guy who has been getting a lot of attention in the last couple of years. alexander hamilton. the broadway show named for him. got a statue of george washington. standing next to the statue of

washington, the live speaker. a guy who is actually alive. speaker ryan. i said the last time we were here was about a year and a couple months ago. you had only been in the jobs two months at the time. >> that's right. >> what's the most important lesson you have learned about doing this job properly in that time? >> patience, composure, temperament. you have to be a good leader. you have to be decisive and make sure that things work, get done and listen to a lot of people. that, to me, is how being successful in this job needs to can occur. i look at this job -- look at this place. it's breath-taking. >> stepping into statuary hall. >> i walk through here all the time and think how did a kid from wisconsin. growing up waiting tables. mowing lawns, working at mcdonald's end up doing this. only in america. i just get a

i am appreciative of the opportunity and responsibility that comes with it. >> you have to be able -- you have said this to me -- to get rid of the white noise. you have to put the noise of washington and headlines aside to do your job. you went home to wisconsin a week or so ago. >> i was home this weekend. >> yeah, right. you didn't hold a town hall meeting when you were home, did you? >> no, but i do quite a few of those. i didn't this particular time. >> did you not this particular time because of what's been happening to other republican members of congress? >> no. i went to the rio grande to talk with the border patrol. i did other things i had planned long ago. >> in an interview this morning the president was asked by another network if he thought president obama was responsible for the organizing of some of the protests we have seen at town halls across the country for republican members of congress, and he said yes, i do think president obama is responsible. would you agree with that? >> i believe obamacare was responsible for it.

a health care law that screwed up the health care system -- >> i think he meant he is now behind the scenes organizing protests. >> i have no knowledge of such a thing. there is the white noise i am talking about. what i am focused on here is doing my job, making sure congress works, making sure we solve people's problems. we have been entrusted by the people of this country to fix problems. that's what i'm focused on. not the white noise and distractions of the day but on getting things done to improve people's lives and make good on the promises we made while we campaigned. we campaigned on an agenda to fix problems and we have to deliver. >> at the end of the hallway there are the doors to the house chamber. you are the guy who actually invited the president, in your official capacity, to speak to the joint session tonight. what kind of reception do you expect him to get in that room? >> we always try to make sure everyone gets a respectful reception. we did it with obama, even if

what he's saying as president we expect respect. it's a place of decorum. i believe we'll hear from the president inspiration. let's go fix problems. we ran on solutions. we need to deliver for the american people. i think it will be a speech that speaks to all americans, inclusive. >> have you seen it? >> i have seen parts of it. what i saw i liked a lot. because we have big problems to fix in this country. if we don't tackle our problems in america soon, they'll tackle us. we have to do it together as americans. that's the tone and temperament i'm accepting from tonight's speech. >> the speaker gave up the gym this morning to do this with us. are you sure you don't want to take the 350 steps to the top of the dome with me? >> i don't have time. >> you're welcome to come. thank you so much. appreciate it. paul ryan. speaker of the house. more of the tour coming up. back to new york and al. this is the space needle in seattl

they not only got snow. thunder-snow. lightning hitting the top of -- that's crazy. top of the space needle there. that is nuts! wow! bam! to give you an idea how crazy this winter has been. dallas, for the whole month of february, you have never dropped below 32 degrees. that's unheard of. as far as chicago. no snow on the ground for january and february. when does that happen? in atlanta, it's the warmest february on record. plus, we're looking at high fire danger from kansas city all the way into new mexico, wind gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour, some up to 55 miles per hour. relative humidity at only 10%. fire danger a big problem. look at the records we are expecting today. chicago, you could break a record. it will come close at 60. memphis. paducah. tomorrow we move east. boston coming close. new york city as

d.c. out in dulles could break a record. same in raleigh. the warm weather continues. but we will see temperatures getting more back to normal as we head toward the weekend. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. al is exactly right. the warmest february d.c. has seen since we've kept records, since 1872. 67 today. the first part of the day dry, we'll have rain later today after about 4:00. some areas, especially if you're headed west, could be a little on the wet side. we'll keep rain showers in all throughout the evening. wait until tomorrow when the temperature is in the mid to upper 70s. could break some records. showers and thunderstorms the second part of the day. tomorrow is a storm team 4 weather alert day. get the weather anytime you need it with our friends on the weather channel on cable. >> i don't want to go back to normal temperatures. al, thank you very much. coming up, celebrity fitness trainer bob harper speaking out after suffering a serious heart attack. is this

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good morning. >> pricewaterhousecoopers oversees oscar voting. and says the frpresenters were given the wrong envelope. they're taking full responsibility for the series of mistakes and breaches in established protocols. this morning we're taking a step-by-step look at this hollywood whodunit. from the moment warren beatty opened the envelope is seemed something was wrong. after reading the card he looked inside again, apparently puzzled by what he saw. >> the academy award -- for best picture. >> he then handed the envelope to faye dunaway. >> "la la land." >> seconds later you could hear the duo whisper. look closely at the envelope the presenters were holding. it says actress in a leading role. nearly two minutes later the plot thickened as the team from "la la land" delivered acceptance speeches. awards show staff rushed t

stage, grabbing the envelope from the movie producer george hoa hoar horowitz. >> you could see stone's reaction when the correct envelope surfaced. on the stage brian cullinan and martha ruiz from pricewaterhousecoopers the only two who knew the winners in advance. cullinan mistakenly handed out the wrong envelope. questions this morning about an ill-timed tweet of emma stone with her oscar moments before the mix-up. cullinan has since deleted the tweet. >> most of the year we're normal accountants. >> before the show cullinan and ruiz were on the red carpet, each carrying a briefcase with a complete set of winning envelopes. they've both done this in previous years. in an interview before the oscars they said they stand on opposite ends of

memorize the results in case a wrong winner is announced. >> if something were to occur we would go directly to the stage manager and let them know there is a problem. >> they would make a correction right then on stage and do it live. >> pricewaterhousecoopers said on sunday once the error occurred protocols for correcting it were not followed through quickly enough. >> there is a mistake. >> lala land's horowitz is the one who set the record stage. >> this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture. >> they've been tabulating the results for 83 years. they says we sincerely apologize to "moonlight," "la la land," warren beatty, and faye dunaway for the mistake. jimmy kimmel addressed what happened. >> i am standing there like an idiot feeling bad for these guys but trying really hard not to laugh, to be honest. >> nbc news reached out to brian

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up today on the hill. we're live at the u.s. capitol as president trump gets ready to deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. this morning, a preview of the speech. and an exclusive look inside this iconic building. i want to show you something else. it's one floor beneath this. just down this staircase it's almost always off limits. from the underground tunnels to the top of the capitol dome. the historic sites like you have never seen them before. plus, secret battle. former teen icon david cassidy opens up about that on-stage fall. his battle with substance abuse and his recent

diagnosis. >> what was the first symptom that you noticed? >> when friends of yours or family members begin to say to you, remember i just told you this two days ago. and there is no memory of it. >> up, boom. drop. come on, jackie! >> bob harper's health scare. the celebrity fitness trainer recovering this morning after revealing he suffered a heart attack. what he is now saying about that surprising ordeal. today, tuesday, february 28th, 2017. and good morning again. welcome back to "today." 8:00 on this tuesday morning. and how about this for a view. we have been spending the entire morning at the u.s. capitol in washington, d.c. site of tonight's speech from the president. and we have made it up 365 steps from where we were in the rotunda to the top of the capitol dome. it is the best view you will

you may remember not long ago the whole dome was encased in sk scaffolding. the renovations ending in 2016. i here with the man in charge of the renovations, the 11th architect of the capitol. steven. how are you doing? >> it's great. >> let's do a 360-degree tour. pick out points of interest. >> here on capitol hill first. in 1791 pierre la enfant wrote to george washington that this capitol hill was a pedestal awaiting a monument. here we have the monument to democracy. union station. >> over there. >> senate office buildings here. >> that's the supreme court building that will be the site of so much drama in the coming months. >> it is. the supreme court met here in the capitalfr

when they moved in the new building dined by cass gilbert. roman temple inspired design. >> across the street what some call the most beautiful building in america. >> it's interesting to contrast the two. one, sort of the quiet, stately aura of the supreme court to the exuberance of this thomas jefferson building. >> the library of congress. >> it is. the torch of knowledge at the top of the library dome is magnificent. >> moving over to this side of the capitol, looking down, we have the house office buildings on this side. >> yes. the office buildings here. >> by the way, the capitol was expanded from its original structure because of the need for more space as the nation expanded westward. we had more members of congress. >> exactly right. you can see that here on the house extension of the capitol. the fourth architect thomas walter, designed the house and senate extensions and the brand-new dome that we are

standing on today. >> the botanic gardens. looking in the distance, i hope the folks at home can see that. you get the potomac river, a plane taking off from national airport in the distance. >> that's exactly right. on final approach here another one over the national mal. >> you point to this and the national mal. this is really the money shot. if you're standing in this vantage point, take a look out over that. it's extraordinary. >> this is our front yard, isn't it? you can see through the wall to the washington monument. to the right of the monument, the white house. beyond is the lincoln memorial, and beyond that arlington national cemetery. we have been up here for a few minutes today. we have heard a number of cannons going off. must be a number of services at the cemetery today. >> i have to say, there are very few times in my life where i say it's worth taking 365 steps. but you know what, this is one of those times. steven ayers. what a pleasure

>> let's go to ground level and check in with kristen welker. senior administration official tells me president trump worked on his speech late into the night and he continues to put on the final touches this morning. expect the tone to be optimistic and unifying. looming over all of it mounting questions about russia as the president prepares to deliver the most important pitch yet of his administration. in just hours, president trump will deliver his first joint address to congress, the theme according to senior administration officials, renewal of the american spirit. the president expected to highlight what he sees as key accomplishments on jobs, trade and the economy, and he'll map out the road ahead. >> you will a i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. we have a really terrific, i believe, health care plan coming out. >> on the heels of announcing a budget blueprint that will call for an increase in defense spengd o

spending of $54 billion. >> i'll talk about the military, about the border. >> a heated backdrop to the speech as democrats brace for a major battle over the president call to pay for the increase by slashing agencies like the epa, the state department and foreign aid. >> i don't even know if the president really understands the ramifications of the cuts being proposed. >> this morning house speaker paul ryan telling matt. >> this is a promise he made that we also ran on. our military has been hollowed out. he is trying to get the balance right. >> today mounting questions about russia and whether anyone on the trump campaign had contact with russian intelligence officials. the firestorm growing after republican congressman darrell issa called for a special prosecutor. >> do you support a special prosecutor on russia? >> the president at first ignoring the question. then making this comment as reporters left

>> the white house tried to tamp down the controversy. >> a special prosecutor for what? we've heard story after story come out about unnamed sources saying the same things over and over again. nothing has come of it. >> this morning the president and first lady released their list of special guests for tonight. they include maureen scalia, the widow of the late justice antonin scalia as well as a number of people who have lost loved ones at the hands of undocumented immigrants. in a new interview this morning, the president said he gives himself a c or c plus when it comes to messaging and is aiming to do a better job tonight. savannah. >> thank you, kristen. you can watch president trump's address tonight at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific here on nbc. a full wrap-up tomorrow morning on "today." now to the deadly plane crash in southern california. three people died and two injured when a small plane crashed into some homes in

now. you'll see a surveillance video. the plane dropped out of the sky. then you see a ball of flames and smoke. incredibly, no one on the ground was hurt. the plane had just taken off. it was carrying five people back to san jose after they attended a cheerleading competition at disneyland. two women were ejected as the plane crashed. they are in critical condition. two homes were destroyed in the accident. also this morning, spacex says training could begin soon for two private citizens who want to fly around the moon next year. ceo elon musk revealed monday that two people approached the company about making the trip. he refused to identify them but said they have already paid a significant deposit. the week-long mission would use the company's falcon heavy rocket system due for its first test flight this summer. musk said the passengers are going into this with eyes open and know there is some risk. coming up next, eye-opening research on what having

does to the sleep habits of both women and men. and then, the photo revealing hollywood's biggest stars were just as confused as the rest of us during the oscar mix-up. matt. savannah, we'll continue our breath-taking tour of the u.s. capitol from a vantage point like this and we'll reveal some of the secrets of this iconic building right after this. ♪ only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes.

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because i think he knows i'm going to get up. >> dads are great. we know this is a very active dad. on my maternity leave when i was getting up, doing feedings every couple of hours matt would be -- excuse me. breaking news! >> guilty. >> anything you want to talk about? >> where is my freud textbook. >> mike would say -- >> dr. howard, dr. freud. >> that's not the first time that happened. happened at my baby shower. mike would be like, oh, i'm so tired. i would say, please stop saying that. [ laughter ] >> i know! i know! [ laughter ] i know. i mean -- i know. i know. >> you just let it slip, savannah. >> this is what happens when you leave. we all fall apart. >> oh my god. >> i know. >> losing sleep? next o

a pro tennis match came to an abrupt stop after he tries to get a moth off the court. he is struggling until the ball girl comes to the rescue. >> problems here. a moth. they like to come out at night. >> could be here all night trying to chase that off the court. >> oh, no. didn't really go as well as it might. >> let's see the instant replay. she is like, bye-bye. >> apparently not a good-luck charm. >> he was still alive. ever met someone and thought -- a new study claims people actually do look like their names. over time they grow into the facial features that society associates with particular names. part of the study had people look at photos of men and women and try g

we'll do our own version of this. none of us know the names of the people we're about to show. they're some of our new pages and interns. we don't know their names. here we go. does this person look like an alison, rebecca, caitlin or susan. >> rebecca. >> i'm going to say alison. >> caitlin. >> rebecca! >> next one. does this look like a shaun, benjamin, harry or a will. >> i see him every morning, for give me. >> i'm going to say harry. >> sean. >> i know sean. >> we're doing terribly. >> is this lucy, amy, sara or morgan. >> sara. >> morgan. >> amy. 100% amy. >> morgan. okay. i got at least one. >> what did i say? fake studies. that's your trending. cute guy the other day. he was like 12. i said what's your name? it was chandler. i was like, of course, chandler from "friends." cute

first the oscar flub heard around the world. a flurry of confused producers trading envelopes. look at this. this photo capturing the exact moment the mistake was revealed. matt damon completely shocked. michelle williams. dwayne johnson, meryl streep. and the academy president cheryl boon isaac. they look like they're about to jump on the stage and wrestle the trophies away. team "moonlight" slowly realized what happened. that actor, can you see him? how about ryan gosling. >> the guy on the left is like celebrating. >> he's like, what's going on? willie geist had a priceless reaction. when his sister libby won an oscar sunday night. >> the oscar goes to -- [ screams ]

>> libby won the academy award for o.j. made in america. finally bill paxton being given a tribute by an unlikely group. storm chasers. the actor who passed away this weekend, of course became a hero for the storm chasing community after the release of his film "twister." more than 20 storm chasers used gps coordinates to create his initials in oklahoma's tornado alley. one meteorologist saying paxton's role in "twister" was the first time mass media made the weather guy look really cool. >> thousands of weather people and storm chasers put "twister" on their dvr and watched it at 8:00. >> that's nice. al. >> he was the good meteorologist. was the first time we had an evil meteorologist too, the guy who died. it was a great movie.

watching heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing through. today we have an enhanced risk from indianapolis to little rock. over 36 million people under the risk. the fast-moving storms with wind gusts over 50 miles per hour. overnight, tornadoes possible, some of them could be very strong. then tomorrow, it all moves east from new york all wait down to mississippi. 87 million people at the risk of strong squall lines. the tornado threat weaker, but let me tell you, straight-line winds can do as much damage so we have to watch that. rainfall amounts right here. the bull's eye from pittsburgh to evansville to nashville. from one to locally three to four inches of rain. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. temperatures today will actually make it into the mid to upper 60s. most of the day will be dry, but after 4:00 or 5:00 we'll start to see showers rolling in. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. i'll take the cha

midnight. weather alert day tomorrow. making it into the mid to upper 70s. may be near 80. could break records tomorrow. afternoon, showers and thunderstorms, could have the damaging winds al was talking about. maybe a little bit of hail. breezy and cooler towards the end of the work week. don't forget, check us out throughout the day on today show radio, the home of fridays. tom mazarelli show. let's head back to washington and more with mike. >> seriously. matt at work. mike at home. because i am -- i am not paying for college for vail and charlie. >> we all know who the daddy is. >> i know. anyway, guys. when i landed in washington yesterday, i hopped over here to the capitol and started

tour of some of the places people don't ordinarily get to see. this building is steeped in not only history but sometimes mystery as well. from inaugurations -- >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> -- to funerals. the capitol has been at the center of american history. shortly before he delivers his speech to a joint session of congress tonight, president trump will be brought into this office. this is the speaker's or speaker of the house's ceremonial office. all presidents come here before they deliver a state of the union address. everything is traditional washington, except for one thing. in this corner there is a very modern television monitor. this is so that the president can watch what's happening in the house chamber before he enters the room. this building not only the heart of our democracy, but of

dividing our nation's capitol into its four quadrants. that is the center of washington. this is a room called the crypt here at the capitol. one floor below the rotunda. i want to show you something else. it's one floor beneath this. down this staircase, it's almost always off limits. ♪ this it called washington's tomb. it's one level below the crypt here at the capitol. now, this is where george washington was supposed to be buried along with his wife martha. he made it clear he didn't want to be buried here. he wanted to be at the family home at mount vernon. that was where he was buried. even though there is no body here, this place is still under lock and key. and the tomb is not the only secret the capitol keeps underground. most people are probably familiar with the more ornate spaces of the capitol on the upper floors by the rotunda. but down below there is an

get lost. for example, the speaker of the house travels around here in a hallway like this all the time. originally this was built or these were built so the people who worked at the congress could avoid the sometimes nasty weather in washington. no frills down here. sometimes just on a wall. to house committee on appropriations this way. while a lot of people take the subway or train to work, this one might be the most exclusive of them all. right now i am getting to do something very few people ever get to do. i am taking a ride on the subway car that travels beneath the capitol and goes from independence avenue, one office building over there, into the capitol itself. this is how members of congress travel during the day. certain cars are reserved for members only. this is really important when a member of congress has to rush back to this building to take part in an important vote. by the way, in days gone by, it

instead, they actually had stew studebaker automobiles and that's how people got back and forth. what would a visit to one of america's most historic buildings be without a ghost story. here is a story most won't tell you about the capitol. these are the blood stairs. a long story, but suffice to say there was a long-simmering feud between a member of congress and a reporter. the feud came to a head 127 years ago today when the reporter confronted the congressman on these stairs, took out a gun and shot him. the marks on these stairs are said to be the blood of congressman william talby. from time to time people who work here say they see his ghost. 224 years of history. and countless other secrets kept within these halls. the scene of great interest tonight when president trump delivers his fi

you can watch the speech here on nbc, 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific time. and i am going to make may way down now, savannah and al. they tell me 365 stairs are more easily nav gatigated on the wayn than the way up. >> a tribute to your crew, carrying all that equipment up and down the stairs. >> absolutely. >> what a beautiful morning and a beautiful view of our capitol. thank you so much and have a safe trip home. >> see you in new york tomorrow. coming up, a turn. "biggest loser's" bob harper speaking out after suffering a heart attack. lisa kudrow is here. we can't wait to talk to her and get a sneak peek of her new movie after your local news. neakk

good morning, everybody. it's 8:26 on this tuesday, february 28th. i am angie goff. we have breaking news right now to report. prince william county, a live look from chopper 4. a child was just air lifted to a hospital after being hit by a driver. chopper 4 is over the scene right now. we are told the child was seriously hurt. as you can see, police have blocked off part of the area. right now we do want to get a check on other roadways in the area with wtop's jack taylor. jack. >> not a great morning, angie. tough spots. maryland on 50 westbound. john hanson highway from the eastern shore toward route 2, richie highway.

also accident activity on the bw parkway going southbound. after 198 right side gets you by. 28 out of sterling trying to get toward the toll road is a mess. the accident activity long-standing. still blocking off a single lane. it's causing pretty sizable delays. back to you. >> thank you, jack. we'll get a check on the forecast when we return.

storm team 4's lauryn ricketts. shaping up to be a fairly nice day. at least the middle portion of it. right now temperatures at 50 degrees. temperatures still in the 40s outside the beltway. rain this afternoon. maybe even a thunderstorm after 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. with increasing clouds. angie. >> thanks, lauryn. get the latest news and weather anytime with our nbc washington app.

♪ good morning, everybody. it's 8:30. tuesday, the 28th of february, 2017. this is not a leap year. >> you better talk to your husband matt about that. >> i know. >> it is not a leap year. >> leap years are only even years. >> mom bryn ain is

full wrap-up of the president's speech tomorrow as our big week on "today" rolls on. >> that's right. we've got tonight show's jimmy fallon making a rare trip to studio 1-a. then thursday the one and only jennifer lopez. just the most beautiful woman on the planet just about. >> she really is. >> she'll be here as well. coming up, lisa kudrow is here to tell us all about her new movie. >> fitness guru bob harper gets candid about the frightening heart attack he suffered recently and david cassidy speaks out in a new interview about battling dementia. check of the weather at 8:30? >> yes, we do. boom. let's show you what we have starting with today. some severe storms making their way into the mississippi and ohio river valleys. high fire danger in the central and southern plains. drying out in california. snow in the mountains and rockies.

england to the gulf coast. great lakes snow as well. plenty of sunshine. texas into california. and the central plains. that's what's going on arn the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. what's going on is we are warming up today. mid to upper 60s. increasing clouds. we're getting sunshine out there right now but increasing clouds ahead of some rain. but not until after 4:00 or 5:00. could be a few showers early this afternoon in the western suburbs. this afternoon we'll see rain and maybe an isolated thunderstorm. i'll take the chance to about 11:00 midnight with more rain. more rain expected tomorrow afternoon. showers and thunderstorms, some could be strong to severe. storm team 4 weather alert day for your wednesday. got some friends in the terrence manning academy. where is that? where are you guys from? >> south carolina. >> south carolina. all right. very nice. senior trip. way to go. my senior trip was downtown. that was about it.

head inside now to savannah. >> all right, al. thank you so much. now to something i think took a lot of people by surprise. bob harper, the fitness trainer. host of nbc's "biggest loser," revealing he suffered a heart attack that left him unconscious for two days. >> reporter: bob harper is the picture of health from his sculpted arms and chiselled abs to his no-nonsense attitude about getting in shape. harper has made fitness his business. pushing contestants to their limits as a trainer turned host on nbc's the "biggest loser." >> up, boom, drop. come on jackie. push! >> reporter: now harper is facing a serious health issue. the 51-year-old confirming to nbc news he suffered a heart attack two weeks ago, calling the ordeal scary. harper detailed the incident to tmz, saying he collapsed while working out at a new york city

gym. a nearby doctor sprang into action administering cpr and using a defibrillator to keep him alive. he remained unconscious for two days. waking up in the hospital. >> let's go, craig! >> reporter: this all comes as a shock for the celebrity health nut who appeared on "today" just last month to help whip our own craig melvin into shape. >> you did a really, really good j job. >> reporter: he believes his family history is to blame. in his 2008 book "are you ready" he opened up about how his mother suddenly died from a heart attack saying, i never imagined before that my mother, of all people, could develop heart disease. >> genetic risks for heart disease and sudden death like bob harper are probably one-third of the equation. two-thirds are life-style related. >> reporter: he says one in two people who die of heart disease never show signs. >> bob's case is typical. as a heart

typically. the reality is that hard disease doesn't present with a lot of symptoms. >> reporter: he says there are ways to keep your finger on the pulse of any potential risks. >> if you notice that your heart is racing, you're light-headed or shortness of breath. those are indicators that your heart is not happy. it mandates a checkup. >> reporter: harper posted this update on instagram overnight saying he is, quote, feeling better, just taking it easy. for "today," morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >> such a wake-up call to all of us. someone like bob harper. you think, my goodness. you said yourself -- >> this motivates me to get it checked out. i lost my dad of a heart attack. he was 49. i am now 45. people show no symptoms. all of us. women especially. >> the power of genetics. >> we wis

former teen star david cassidy. he is opening up in a new interview. what he is saying about coping with dementia. and the time when he appears to fall off the stage during a recent concert. he'll explain that. first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back, 8:38 with former teen idol and partridge family star david cassidy speaking out after revealing he suffers from dementia. >> joe fryer has more on that. >> reporter: good morning. i spoke with dr. phil about why cassidy chose to reveal his illness now and how the family history of the disease impacted his life and outlook as he faces a new reality. david cassidy, once a teen heart throb and always a popular singer battling dementia. he says he was diagnosed two and a half years ago.

dementia. >> i have. >> he has a history of dementia in his family. was he worried someday he might be diagnosed? >> he has been worried about it. >> were there signs or clues that made him realize he should check it out? there were. he told me that it was friends who were pointing out to him lapses in memory. >> what was the first symptom that you noticed? >> when friends of yours or family members begin to say to you, remember i just told you this two days ago, and there is no memory of it. that's when i began to be very concerned. >> was that what caused you to say, i need to get myself checked? >> oh, my god, yes. >> he wants his fans to know that he, in his words, is okay. he said, i am in the very early stages of dementia. >> why is david c

>> first off, i think he is really becoming an activist with regard to dementia. his grandfather died of dementia. his mother died of dementia. >> video of a scary scene at a recent concert, later posted to tmz raised concerns for cassidy's fans. some questioning in his behavior was due to drinking which he denies. the beloved star has had three duis since 2010 and spent time in rehab in 2014. >> a lot of his fans, they felt like he was slurring his words. ♪ >> losing his place in the show. slipped and falling on stage. and they thought, you know, he's relapsed. he says, that's not the case, i actually have dementia. and so i think, in part, he was

says are rumors and false allegations. you did slip off the stage at one point. >> not really slipped, no. >> you slipped on the stage. >> when you have spotlights in your eyes and you have had five eye surgeries as i have. i talked a lot about it. you'll see me there. i tripped on that. but i certainly wasn't intoxicated. it has nothing to do with why i am leaving. ser certainly my dementia has contributed to the reason why i don't want to go out and i don't want to hear, well, he looked like he was drunk, or he looked like he was -- i wasn't. >> over the weekend cassidy, who is 66, announced that he will be performing two final shows on the road, ending his touring career this saturday night in his hometown of new york city. back to you guys in new york.

on her new movie and, yes, eternal hopes for a "friends" reboot. sorry, lisa. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> don't leave! don't leave!

♪ we're back, we are back with lisa kudrow. she stars in a new movie about a group of random people who get seated together at a wedding. >> why? >> i will give you 20 unhypothetical dollars if you stand up right now. >> all right. okay. what? >> honey. >> oh. >> there you go. >> oh, thank you. so much. >> lisa, good morning. >> goor

movie. who hasn't been seated at a table where you didn't know anyone. >> right. >> this is table 19, which we learned is the bad table at a wedding. >> right. which it turns out i've mostly sat at every wedding i go to. >> i feel like i've been table 19'd before. have you? >> absolutely. because i'm so oblivious. i was like, hey, lucky me. i'm close to the bathroom, not near the loud music. what an honor. thank you. >> craig robinson who plays your husband. kendrick is in it? she is amazing. >> it was the ensemble nature that drew you to this project? >> yes. everybody was very -- i was really excited. >> not giving anything away. in the movie your characters are married. you and craig are married for like 20 years. >> yeah. >> it's not all beautiful harmony. you have some issues. >> we ber

very much. >> somehow he managed to make it funny. marital strife is not usually that hilarious. but you manage to pull it off. >> i think it's pretty funny in real life. people's pain. >> okay. >> marriage on the brink. >> that was an unexpected response. i was going to say you have been married 20 years. >> over 20 years. >> you have all the secrets. >> over 20 years. >> did you draw on any of that for the role? >> yes. >> i presume since you're still married at 20 years you're a happy couple. >> we are. we're fine. we're doing great. it's definitely relatable because you could see how it would be easy that, you know, you are a little angry. and then you snip at each other, and you don't address it. then it's just a very slippery slope, i think, before you decide, he just doesn't love me anymore. >> it happens -- the death by a thousand cuts. >> right. >> this interview has taken a turn, hasn't it? [ laughter ] >> really intense. really intense. >>

>> your son is 18 now. >> yes. >> is he going to go into the family business at all? >> i hope so. >> really? >> i really do. he is interested. i think he's really talented. like way better than me. >> maybe an actor type or behind the camera type? >> both. >> wow. >> has all the weapons, huh? >> yeah. he really does. >> you didn't think you were getting out of here without a "friends" question, right? >> let's see. >> "will & grace" is coming back. i don't know if you've heard that. >> yes. i am really excited. >> you know how you're excited. that's how people would feel if "friends" had a reunion. do you think it would happen? could you ever get the group together? >> me personally, no. >> you're like, no, i won't be there. but you would be there -- >> we have convened, privately for dinner. it was great. well, i'm sorry. that's not working for me. it was really

>> we had such a good time. it was hilarious. we were laughing nonstop. >> now you just seem mean. >> i know. that was really mean. if we don't tell you one is coming and it doesn't happen, you have no reason to be disappointed. managing expectations. it would be fun. what it would be about? >> i was thinking. where would stevie be right now? >> i don't know. >> the thing we liked about that show was that it was like 20-somethings. they were their own family. now they have families. what would we watch? >> it's funny because we were both that age and now we're boring middle-aged people. >> i don't want to watch me. i don't want to watch you. >> thank you so much. table 19. really fun. there will be no more table 19s at weddings after this movie. coming up next. we're all living longer. we all need to

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we're back with something new we're calling age-proof today. first up the big question, how long do you expect to live? over the past three decades the average life expectancy for men in the u.s. has jumped from 70 to 79. for women, 77 to 83. and the number of americans now

100 or older is up 2200% since 1950. how do you make sure you're financially prepared to live a longer life? "today" financial editor jean chatky breaks it down in her new book "age proof." good morning. >> let's dig in. age proof. what does the word mean? >> it's essentially taking care of both your health and your wealth. i wrote this book with a doctor from the cleveland clinic. he will be here tomorrow. the deal is, you can't be just healthy or just wealthy because either one on their own doesn't work anymore. you have to have them both working in the same direction. we lay out a plan in the book to get there. >> they say your health is your wealth. here is the most important question. how much do you need to be comfortable? >> how much should you save? you want to aim for ten times your final salary in retirement savings by the time you get there. i know a lot of people are

not even close. a few things can help you to adjust. if you have a traditional pension, about 17% of americans do, you can reduce the amount that you have to put away. the ten times your final salary is supposed to cover about 45% of your spending in retirement. if your pension covers 15% of that you can take it down by a commensurate amount. if you know you're not going to make it, reduce your spending now. that enables you to put away more for later and to have to spend less later on. >> i was going to ask you, if you're looking to free up money between now and then, downshift. >> that could mean moving someplace less expensive. eating out a little bit less. whatever changes you want to make so that you can save more. >> let's say you have the money saved, but now you have to divide it so that it works long-term. >> we have a pot of money. we have to make it last 30 years. that's how long retirement will last. you can only withdraw about 4% of your

single year. and fidelity recently did a study on this. they found people think they can withdraw 7%. some people think they can withdraw 12%. that's way too much. also, think about what you mean when you talk about retirement. we ask people, what are you doing when you're retired? a lot of them said, hey, we're working. >> some people want to work. >> some people want to work. as we've talked about on the show, it keeps you younger, happier and healthier. if you're going to do that, your money has more time to grow, which is a great thing. if you know, again, that you're not going to make it, correct course. the folks at age wave did research and looked at what happens if you work part-time at age 60 for another three or four years. come up with a couple hundred,000 dollarstra. >> what about an annuity. >> i want people to look at something called a qualified life annuity contract. we write about it.

within your ira or your 401(k) which lowers your tax bill in retirement and helps to ensure for longevity. >> we have to talk about this. consider emergencies. >> people think, i am no longer working. i in retirement. i don't need an emergency cushion anymore. we tell you an emergency cushion is for when you lose your job. you need an emergency cushion in retirement because emergencies still happen. and just having a few thousand dollars put away can mean you don't have to dig into credit card debt, you don't have to panic if something happens to the roof or happens to your car or you have a medical expense. >> jean, good advice. can't put it off. >> age-proof yourself. >> age, skin, wealth. tomorrow we'll make sure your minds and bodies are ready for living a longer life. >> thank you. best time of the morning, birthdays. >> honoring friends with the help from our friends at smuckers.

sekura. loves staying active by gardening. >> eileen aikman. wadsworth, ohio. 100 years old. you'll catch her all the time at the slot machines. happy 100th to george decamillo. from palm harbor, florida, loves to go to the driving range and getting in a few swings. mary warner celebrating 100 years. she says the secret to longevity is a teaspoon of honey and a cup of tea every morning. thank you, honey. ruby lott, 102 years old. loves to play bingo with her pals. happy 100th birthday to myrtle mueller of mountain grove, missouri. she loves her

tell us outliall about your lov one. we have a huge show next hour. jennifer beals. lisa kudrow and craig robinson. >> and nick lachey. >> al roker. >> sheinelle jones. your local news and weather and then these guys coming up. hi and good morning. it's 8:56 on tuesday, february 28th. i'm angie goff. right now a check on your traffic with wtop's jack taylor. >> hey, angie. 28 in sterling, trying to move southbound toward the toll road. not attractive. crash along the right side

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we have a huge "today's" take with two hilarious stars inviting you to tab"table 19." singing sensation, nick lachey. little mix, a live performance and major announcement right now. >> from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a, in rockefeller welcome to tuesday morning. it is hard to believe that already the last day of february. that's crazy. listening to black magic by little mix, who are here. they've got a huge announcement besides a live

and added to that mr. nick lachey here with us for the second day. >> thank you, guys. >> we haven't had a guest co-host for a week long in a long time. so glad to have you. >> you drive them out after one day. i am a glutton for punishment. >> i am stunned you decided to come back. it's your first night back in the city. no kids. no wife. i bet you blew the doors off last night? >> oh, yeah. i went out and raged. no, i literally got back to the hotel. took a nap. hit the gym. ordered room service. caught up on "homeland." first time i have been away from the kids for a long time. i love my kids but having a day to catch up on the sleep was awesome. >> are you ready to conquer the world? >> tonight i'm going out big. rest of the week going big. i needed one day to get my bearings. >> tonight what time are you getting to the olive garden? >> what time is the all-you-can-eat buffet? >> there is something really

>> i can't do that with the family because everybody is looking at you. when like you're traveling and you're on your own, it's like, bread sticks, keep them coming. i don't want to see the bottom of that basket. you understand me? >> there is no bottom. >> yesterday i'll tell you this, full disclosure. off camera. nick has three kids. i have three kids. you have 12 kids. >> i have three kids! >> we are all in this party of five. nick was saying do you live in the city? i was like, yes. he was like, three kids in the city? you're crazy. people say that. it's hard to have three little ones in the city. i grew up in kansas. i am struggling with it. i would love to hear what you guys have to say. we're on the train the other day, and my kids are playing "ring around the rosy" my twins. 4-year-olds. i was having a moment. when i played ring around the rosy. we were looking at

no one is paying them any mind. you didn't see them all fall down. this is my life. you're a city kid. >> i grew up in new york city. my oldest daughter grew up in west chester. my two kids grew up in new york city. i don't think it's what you're used to. >> it's just not. >> it's a different way to grow up. let's face it. very different than kansas or ohio where i grew up. not better or worse. >> not better or worse. i did have a moment on the train yesterday, and the day before, pretty much every day where i'm like, wow, is this their life? there are so many positives to it. i think they'll be salvivvier a0 than i am now. >> you used to have billboards on the train that says there are 4 million you're touching right now holding that rail. do you think about that aspect? >> there are just as many germs on that school play yard in kansas or oklahoma or anywhere

else. look, it is what it is. and i have to tell you, some kids grew up taking a school bus to school. >> yeah. >> i grew up taking the bus and subway. but i am telling you, it -- i think kids are kids wherever you go. >> to that point, last week we get the notice from my son's preschool, so you are aware we have had two cases of pink eye and a documented case of hand foot and mouth disease. i look at this like, do we send him to school today? he seems fine. with a newborn at home you worry about that stuff. the older kids come home with someone and next thing you know it's running through the whole family. >> i think you have to. it toughens them up. >> builds up the immunity. >> look. when we used to eat dirt. >> turned out just fine. >> that wasn't that long ago. it was the old nbc commisary. >> it was a johnny carson show. he goes it's the only place in new york where you can eat dirt cheap. >>

>> we have not yet forced nick to play a game. one of our producers, gavin, loves to create games. we're going to play a game called lachey-what? >> everybody say it together. chey-what? we'll share fun facts we learned about you from the internet and you'll tell them whether they're true or not. >> okay. >> your nickname is slider. >> oh, man. all right. >> is that true? >> it's true with an asterisk. >> i want to hear why. >> in the early days of boy bands you would do teen beat. tiger beat. all these interviews. everyone had to have a nickname. "top gun" was one of my favorite movies so i panicked and said slider. now i have t-shirts and hockey

it was never really my nickname. >> it's like small hamburgers. >> i am a big fan. especially with cheese. i just panicked and came up with it at the time and it stuck with me. >> i love the next one. if it's true we share something in common. your guilty pleasure. barry m barry manilow. >> true. i heard his velvet voice coming from your dressing room yesterday morning. >> it's a miracle. >> it was because my mom growing up was a huge barry manilow fan. first time i met barry, i said, i have to tell you you were a huge inspiration to me as a kid. >> ♪ oh mandy, will you kiss me and stop me from shaking ♪ ♪ and i need you today, oh, mandy ♪ >> wow! >> i mean, the man, he can sing. >> the man was a talent. is a talent. still doing it. >> we did --

he is really afraid of being on a boat. we did a show from a cruise ship. >> sounds awful already. >> we had to get him from the harbor to the boat, and he had to take a small boat. he was like freaking out. >> what did you do? >> we did like mr. t on the a-team. we knocked him out. >> sounds like he has bad management if his manager knows he doesn't like being on boats and books him on a show on a boat. >> i don't think he told him. he wouldn't have shown up. >> i love this one. true or false. you and your brother own a sports bar in cincinnati. >> true. >> che y-what? >> it's called la chey's bar. it's been open for a little over two years. we're big sports fan. it was always our dream. >> what's it called? lachey's. went ou a

go back to your hometown and open up a bar. >> it's like the ultimate man cave. you don't put it in your house. you open up a bar and you go watch games in your bars. >> like cheers. >> except you have to pay the bills at the end of the day and hire waitresses. it's an eye-opening business to be a part of. i had no idea. >> one other thing we share in common if this is true. one of your favorite foods. tater tots. >> very true. >> chey-what? >> yes! >> look at that. >> jerry here. >> many meals in the school cafeteria. >> do you serve these in your bar? >> we do. we serve many bowls with toppings. my favorite is bacon and cheddar bar. >> you can pick your own menu for your bar. >> tots whenever you want them. >> how can you not like a tater to the? >> i feel like iee

chocolate milk box with this. since the best picture blunder hearn and seen around the world. starting to get a little more clarity. the firm, pricewaterhousecoopers. taking full responsibility -- like they had a choice -- saying the presenters for the best picture were given the wrong envelope, leading to a series of mistakes and breaches of established protocols. now, new questions this morning about whether an ill-timed tweet first reported by the "wall street journal" could have been partially responsible for the debacle. accountant brian cullinan, in charge of handing over the envelope, tweeted this picture of emma stone with her oscar back stage just moments before the mix-up. cullinan has since deleted the tweet. >> i bet so. >> cullinan and fellow accountant interviewed about their role in the oscar ceremony before the show and what would happen if something went wrong. >> if something were to occur, we would go directly to the stage manager and let themow

>> and they would make a correction probably right then on stage and do it live. >> that worked out pretty well! >> that's essentially what happened. as quickly as they could. >> however, our executive producer jeremy feller believes that this is -- was done on purpose. >> what? >> he said, it is -- it is a conspiracy that they did this just to get more attention. >> i don't think this is good attention. >> i love a good conspiracy theory but if your firm's reputation is on the line -- this is the one thing you do and take pride in -- >> yes. >> -- i just don't see them sacrificing that for this conspiracy. >> i am with you, nick. >> and to have people talking about it. what makes me mad is when people delete their tweet and think they retrace history. >> we'll hear more from our executive producer tammy from

>> i'm sure there is somebody in the universe who agrees with you, tammy. >> yes, there is. >> i am sure. >> chey-what? just ahead, tammy and her celebratory black outfit. just ahead, blame it on inflation. can you guess how much the tooth fairy is shelling out these days for one tooth? we'll tell you. plus, we have lisa kudrow making new friends in her new movie "table 19." the movie looks very much like "friends." we'll catch up with the emmy winner and her co-star the hilarious craig robinson after these messages.

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♪ ♪ we are back, we are back with today's take. our today's co-host, nick lachey. we just found out you play an instrument. >> i used to play in high school. a tenor saxophone in high school. i brought out my sax on tour and we had a breakout. >> i play the clarinet. first chair. >> fellow woodwind. >> most of the time simone got it. but sometimes it was me. >> you remember the reeds? you would get up and there should be the -- the spits all over. >> you drain thet

>> sorry. nick remembers it too. >> you had to wet the reed. messy stuff. >> if you didn't wet your reed, you had trouble. >> no one likes a dry reed. >> where is simone today? >> simone chisolm. south carolina, maybe? >> simone, would you tweet us, please? >> simone probably would, actually. >> are you still second chair, simone? >> ever once in a while i would mess up a note so you could be first chair ever once in a while. just kidding. we were like best friends. it's all good! >> talking smack! the clarinet. >> anyway, can we talk about the tooth fairy? >> i guess we can. >> totally kidding. not kidding. >> you're not. i know you're not. okay. so the tooth fairy, wonderful, wonderful person. leaves money for the kids. >> very busy person. >> very busy person. and she must have a big bank account according to the delta dental tooth fairy survey cash payouts have soared n

all-time cash average of $4.62 per tooth. a 75 cent increase from 2015. >> when i started working in a pizzeria at age 16 the minimum wage was $4.60. >> how much did you get as a kid? >> i vividly remember because i was so excited to have the tooth fairy visit me. i remember getting a quarter. i think that was only for the first tooth. >> i remember getting a quarter. or sometimes 50 cents if it was, you know -- >> let's go back to the control room camera. >> yes. >> tammy filler's child got a 20. >> my goodness! >> a 20! >> money day. >> because the tooth fairy didn't have change. >> $20? >> yes. >> and the tooth fairy also left a red envelope with the best picture under her children's

with $20, you set the bar so high. >> you can't come down from that. >> now you're leaving t-bills. >> what are you going to do? >> let's show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned. severe weather to talk about. the first round moving through the up of michigan. through ohio. we have severe weather today. so far, the way it looks right now, 39 million people under the risk of severe weather. fast-moving storms. could have wind gusts of 50 miles per hour. overnight tornadoes, most dangerous kind. this lasts into tomorrow, stretching from new york all the way down into mississippi. 87 million people under the threat of some squall lines, tornado threat less. let me tell you. straight-line winds can cause as much damage as an ef-0 or 1. rainfall amounts 1 to 3, maybe 4 inches of rain in a bull's eye in the mid mississippi river

severe weather here tomorrow, not today. we will have some rain today. not before temperatures make it into the mid to upper 60s. we're in the 40s and 50s right now. through your day tomorrow we'll be in the mid to upper 70s. tomorrow ten degrees warmer than today. chance of a severe thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. a storm team 4 weather alert day. gusty winds and maybe a little bit of hail. temperatures then drops into the 50s and 40s with breezy conditions. update from the control room from tammy. on twitter, most people agree with tammy that it's a conspiracy. >> what? no way. >> really? >> yeah. >> i guess. >> all three of those twitters. up next. still ahead. invite the neighbors this weekend. we'll show you clever and entertaining hacks that will make you say, say what? why didn't i think of that. after these messages.

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we're just three weeks away from spring. it's about time to start hosting the weekend get-togethers. >> maureen is here with ideas that will make you ask, why didn't i think of that. >> good morning to you. >> good morning, morning. maureen, good morning. >> where do we start. >> i love first impressions. entertaining should be easy and fun. it's really simple. things like butcher paper. easy to cover unsightly tabletops. we have our glassware set out. it keeps you from running around when you just get there. simple step. first impressions can be made with beautiful pictures that are prebatched. whether it's alcoholic or n nonalcoholic. you can make pretty pictures with fruit or whatever. >> the presentation makes the difference. i usually i

i feel like if you do something like this -- >> sets the tone. people sometimes don't entertain because they think, i don't have new furniture or my kitchen is not redone. >> you are a big believer in serving with trays. >> i have a champagne station set up. it's easy to make a portable bar. i can bring the champagne to the guests or once we're done easily remove the dirty glasses. out of sight, out of mind. >> the recdating of the water bottles. i remember getting married you spend so much money on pre-made labels. you can do it yourself. >> these are the chalk board ones. we write the names on it. that's great for kids. there are not lots of half-empty bottles around. they're whimsical and fun. they can match your

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if you're like me, you found yourself banished to the back of a wedding reception at a table with complete strangers who have issues, even secrets. >> that's what happens in the movie "table 19." look who will be sitting there. emmy winning actress lisa kudrow and the hilarious craig robinson. good morning, guys. they play a bickering married couple who, as you can expect, are not the life of the party. >> yeah. >> welcome, guys. >> all of a sudden he changed his mind and won't say why. >> since when does a man need a reason to go to a wedding with his own wife. >> he has a pathological aversion to answering a question directly. he always answers with another question. >> why did you make facebook friends with henry

facebook. >> you answered with a question. >> why are you looking at my facebook? >> you just did the same thing. >> okay. >> all right. lisa kudrow. craig robinson, good to see you guys. >> good to see you. >> good table. >> do you like this table? >> it's great. >> it's safe to say -- you're going in. i like this. buttering the roll. >> buttering the roll immediately. >> i love you! first, buttering the roll. that's impressive. >> so. >> mission accomplished. >> were you guys -- when you have gone to weddings, have you been at this kind of table? >> yeah. you mean lovely? or table 19 near the bathroom? yeah. i am always at this table. but you know, i am so -- i mean, i am such an idiot i always think, hey, lucky me. i'm far away from the music and close to the bathroom. >> seeing your guys characters in the movie, we can tell something is not quite right. what's g

a couple as we first meet you in the movie? >> we're not getting along. >> 20-plus years married, haven't learned to resolve, i guess -- >> anything. >> -- anything. there is a lot of passive-aggressiveness, a lot of jokes that are -- a lot of anger masked as jokes. >> you know what, craig, it's relatable. you're not screaming at each other. we have all met couples where you have been together for a while and issues are lingering and they come up. >> yeah. it gets awkward trying to sit there like -- because they forget you're there and they start arguing about something and you're just like, i'm just going to be over here. >> the movie definitely captured that. >> what's great about this film is that it's relatable across the board. what are some of the other issues that other people at the table and wedding are dealing with that people can relate to? >> well, being in prison. steven merchant's character. >> tony's character is trying to get laid at the wn

>> he is late at the wedding? >> he is trying to score. trying to score. >> oh, oh. >> you laugh because at a wedding, let's face it, you putted a single people together hoping they get to know each other. the joke is table 19, the people who if they don't come you don't care. you can relate. it's funny. >> we're the reject table at the wedding receptions. we were supposed to know not to -- >> not to come. >> just send a gift. send our regrets. >> i didn't realize this, but you guys actually -- we have a clip that you were together on "friends." >> you have the clip? >> oh, good! >> i shouldn't be surprised. >> you shouldn't be. >> that's me. >> that's you. >> it's at a wedding. >> watch this afro, though. >> you can be anything you want. >> anything. >> yes. >> anything. >> oh, this could take

>> get out of my line. >> okay. >> that was so good. >> early in your career, man. >> yes, yes. and she helped me out in that. i was -- you know, we did the little rehearse. then i was like -- i threw out the joke like get out of my line. she was like, say that. say that. >> pitch it. >> it's funny. >> lisa gave me early confidence. >> now look. >> now you're together! >> yes. >> finally! >> thank you so much. "table 19" hitting theaters on friday. >> coming up next, new drama everybody is talking about. "take it" starring jennifer beals. we'll catch up with jennifer after these messages. >> thank you. by having better values? at blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. so instead of spending on costly middlemen and supermarkets, we can invest in the things that matter most:

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>> she is starring in the new thriller on nbc, "taken" where she plays a tough director of national intelligence. >> you understand on active operations any team member who is not 100% mentally and physically is a liability to others? >> yes, i am aware of that. >> brian, do you honestly expect me to believe that you are not still deeply affected by your sister's murder and by the fact that her killer is still alive? >> woo! congratulations on last night's premiere. >> thank you, thank you. >> talk about your character. you play a director of national intelligence. >> yes. >> set the stage. >> it's clapper's role. that's where i am. yeah. i am organizing different intelligence agencies, and i have a black ops team of my own. i recruit brian mills to be part of the team. she is a no-mess, intense --

>> a little bit ruthless. not going to lie. but for a good cause. for a good cause. >> i notice in these shows and in that clip -- everybody on these shows, especially when there is a lot of action, talks about a half octave lower. your voice. >> i think it's the previous shouting that had gone on in the earlier iteration. or the early smoking she did that she gave up later. >> you've really gone into this character. >> yeah. it was so much fun. i have to say, you are carrying so much kind of dark energy, even though you're balancing with it, you know, a righteous cause, goodness, you're carrying so much energy, by the end of the pilot i felt sick. i felt like i had an ulcer. i thought, how am i going to do the series for so long. i have to figure out how to handle this. i started meditating more. that helped a lot. >> there is a lot of action in the show. your co-star was here last week showing everyone how to do a stunt. al helped out with that.

we get a role for al? >> i think we could use an assistant stunt coordinator. >> there you go. you're watching. >> jennifer. you see this? >> i have seen it. it's amazing. >> natural ability there. >> look at that. >> yeah! >> now we need to get you holding some kind of weapon. >> there you go. >> while he rolls? >> while he rolls. and going through fire. >> exactly. exactly. >> that was really good. >> you're also in a new film called "before i fall." >> yes. >> you are the mother of a teen girl who dies in a very serious kind of groundhog day, you have to keep reliving the day over and over. >> yes. she keeps reliving the day over and over until she can figure out how to do the right thing. >> wow. >> so she gets the opportunity to change each time, and she has to learn that she is not her flaws and that she wan

become a better person. what i love about the script is that it talked about how at any given moment in your life, you can change the rest of your life. even just by following one good thing. follow one good thing. it's very powerful. is beautiful. >> thank you so much. deep roles. congratulations. >> it's been fun. thank you. >> watch "taken" monday nights at 10:00, 9:00 central here on nbc. and catch jennifer in the new movie in theaters this friday. al, how about the weather? >> i'm going to do that. let's show you for today, we are looking at strong storms firing up right now in the mississippi and ohio river valleys. high fire danger from the central to southern plains. drying out through california. that's good news. we have some snow in the northern plains tomorrow. the severe storms move into new england, ohio river valley, gulf coast, plains i

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so, sheinelle, you said you were sheinelle you said you were unseated as first chair clarinet by simone. simone is on the phone right now. how are you? >> good morning? i'm fine. how are you? >> we're terrific. set the record straight. this is obviously a competition for first chair clarinet. what did sheinelle do to knock you off? >> no, no. she forgot to

back to middle school playing clarinet. mr. ramsey's class. >> mr. ramsey. >> back and forth. back and forth. in high school, i think -- i think i had a leg up on her. i started playing clarinet in the third grade. so i had a leg up on her. >> my gosh, simone. hi. haven't talked to you in like forever. >> what high school did you go to. >> wichita heights high school. >> anything simone can tell us that we don't know about sheinelle? >> and we're out of time! >> over her wall, the time -- >> what did i have? >> tevin campbell. >> tevin campbell! >> very good. >> more secrets from sheinelle. and ray liotta tomorrow and mardi gras.

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