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good morning. hokkaido. news. at least eight people arrested in overnight raids, tied to that deadly terror attack in london. and this morning, the chilling new video showing the suspect's car speeding into pedestrians on a bridge. a terrified woman plunging into the river below. miraculously she survives. the head of the house intelligence committee says there's evidence that trump and his associates were caught up in surveillanc surveillance. the president says he feels vindicated. >> i appreciated the fact they found what they found. >> as for the president's original wiretapping claim, republicans and democrats agree it did not happen. this morning, senator
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interview. will he get the votes? republican leaders working overnight to drum up support for her health care bill, just hours before the crucial house vote. will they get it across the finish line? the suspense on capitol hill. and thou shall not. a 3-year-old gets a rare chance to meet the pope and seizes the opportunity. and that little one is headed straight to confession today, thursday, march 23rd, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. . . "tod welcome to "today" on thursday morning. three years old are just like us. >> if you look at the video carefully, she got his wallet, too. the hat was more of a distraction. more on
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>> let's get to our top story. so much happening overnight raids and arrest in connection with the disturbing terror attack near the british parliament. four people, including the suspects, were killed. forty others were injured, including an american. nbc local correspondent bill neely in london this morning. hi, bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, from a city on high alert. behind me westminster bridge and parliament where the attacker killed with a car and a knife, injuring, among others, one american tourist. raids in two cities, eight people arrested. a dramatic day here at the very heart of british democracy. terror outside parliament. this car a weapon used to kill and injury dozens on westminster bridge. the brutal attack caught on tv. the driver accelerating, a woman diving into the river
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the attacker was known but his name has not been released. overnight police in birmingham north of london made an arrest. homes in london raided, too. >> we continue with our investigation, the attacker acted alone, inspired by international terrorism. >> reporter: the murderous rampage struck at the heart of democracy. he crashed the gates of parliament before running in and stabbing a police officer. british junior foreign minister trying desperately to revive the policeman. he didn't make it. he was a 15 year veteran, a husband and a father. among the 40 injured and hundreds running for their lives, many tourists shocked at the speed of the driver. >> certainly very nervous. we are all from new york city. we're used though a lot of different activities and events. >> he had driven his suv across the bridge toward
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mounting the sidewalk to hit pedestrians, many students and tourists. he reached one heavily protected buildings in europe, parliament and crashed before stabbing an unarmed police officer. armed police then opened fire. shots rung out. a knife on the ground beside him. fearing another attack, the parliament was in lockdown for hours. >> suspended but please wait here. >> this morning parliament got back to work. >> we know the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. >> reporter: 29 people are still injured in the hospital, many more were shot. among them dozens of tourists stuck on the london eye 100 feet above the attack, eventually rescued and rushed away. in london today, more police on the street but defiant,
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say among the injured are people up to a dozen countries. like all these terror attacks, it has global echos. a few minutes ago london's mayor, himself a muslim, told nbc news we will not bow to terrorism. savannah. >> we saw in your piece there, the photo of suspect. where does the investigation go on that now? >> reporter: even though theresa may was saying there was just one attacker, intelligence officials will tell you there is no such thing as a lone wolf attack. so they will be looking and, indeed, questioning his family, his friends, his associates. they will be looking closely at other cc tv footage of where his car went, at his phone records, at his computer records. theresa may also said just in the last few minutes that he was british born but he was known to the internal intelligence service mi 5 and
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for links to extremism. but this was an historic investigation and he was a peripheral figure, and he was not on the radar at the moment and there was no advance warning of this attack. savannah, matt. >> the investigation really just getting started this morning. bill neely, thank you. >> also this morning there is new drama surrounding the investigations into possible collusion between members of president trump's team and russian operatives during the election. this as lawmakers get set to vote on gop bill to repeal and replace obamacare. complete coverage from capitol hill and we'll talk about all of this with one of the leading republicans on the hill senator john mccain. let's start with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning. to you. new this morning, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is making his strongest statement yet. telling nbc news, there's more than circumstantial evidence of collusion between trump associates and the russians. this also comes as lawmakers are
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a highly unusual back-to-back news conferences by the intelligence committee's republican chairman. this morning, a new partisan firestorm, after the public airing of traditionally secret information. the president saying he feels vindicated. >> i do. i very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found. >> reporter: the spark, this bombshell from the chair of the house intelligence committee, who advised mr. trump's transition team. >> i have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president-elect and his team were, i guess at least, monitored and disseminated out. >> reporter: devin nunes says it does nothing to say that the wiretapping was false. >> there never was. >> reporter: the intelligence was scooped up legally after the election, not collected
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spying directed at mr. trump and his aides. and not related to the fbi's investigation into possible ties between trump associates and russia. what he says is alarming that the names of some trump team members they have been improperly revealed or unmasked. nunes taking that information to the president, before consulting with his committee's top democrat, who fired back. >> the chairman will need to decide if he is the chairman of an inspect investigation into conduct or he's going to act as surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. >> reporter: nunes defending his decision. >> why is it appropriate for you to brief president trump, given it's his own administration or campaign associates that are part of this investigation? >> the president needs to know these intelligence reports are out there. and i have a duty to tell him that. >> reporter: the top democrat, amping up the stakes, days after saying this about the russian connection to trump associates. >> t's
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evidence of collusion. there's direct evidence, i think, of deception. >> reporter: the former prosecutor, going even further. >> there's evidence that is not circumstantial. and is very much worthy of investigation. >> reporter: the high stakes back and forth, prompting john mccain to criticize the intelligence committee's behavior as bizarre, and renew his call for a separate investigation. >> no longer does the committee have the capability to handle this alone. >> reporter: the white house is pushing back, that his former chairman, paul manafort, secretly worked for a russian billionaire, to help advance vladimir putin's interests in the u.s. and beyond a decade ago. >> to suggest that the president knew who his clients were from a decade ago is a bit insane. >> reporter: manafort telling nbc news, he never worked for the russian government. dismissing the report as spear and innuendo. both parties are stunned by the head of the h
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statements about an ongoing investigation. they say i'd doesn't serve public interest and undermines the house intelligence committee and in the process of congressional oversight. matt and savannah? >> peter, thanks. the other big story playing out in washington, the showdown of the republican health care bill. the house is scheduled to vote on it today. and despite pushes from the president and house speaker, one question remains, do they have the votes? kristen welker on capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning to you. president trump worked late in the night to try to close this deal. white house officials tell me he reached out to lawmakers directly. and today, he will meet with key holdouts. but he still doesn't have enough votes to pass this legislation. but there is measured optimism this morning, with the white house offering a sweetener to conservatives. this morning a possible breakthrough reviving the
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>> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> mark meadows, the chairman of the conservative house freedom caucus, one of the main holdouts now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. >> i think what we're trying to do now is to make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. >> reporter: later today the president will pitch the rest of the freedom caucus at the white house. gop leaders and there were working the phones overnight, lobbying skeptical lawmakers in a last ditch effort to push the health care bill through. the new health care plan, like the current one, is weighed down by too many regulations. to flip those no votes to yes, they are considering a change that would allow scaled back plans that wouldn't cover maternity leave and mental health services giving consumers more choice. critics argue that could lead pe
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moderate republicans. still house speaker paul ryan remains determined. >> the president has been a fantastic closer. he's getting votes. to me it's really encouraging. >> the vote today steeped in symbolism, falling on the seventh anniversary of president obama signing his signature health care plan into law. former vice president joe biden and other democrats wednesday still fighting to keep it intact. >> thank you, mr. vice president for helping to pass the bill and for being with us today and continuing the fight to protect our care. >> i ain't going anywhere. this is not going to pass. >> reporter: and even if speculation swirled, it could get delayed or scrapped all together. one white house official insists that won't happen. the question for president trump, can he close his biggest deal yet. >> there's plan a and plan a. we're going to get this done. >> reporter: now by our
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count, 29 republicans are leaving or planning to vote no. president trump can only afford to lose 21 republicans. in addition to that, there's concern that this latest fix could create a procedural hurdle in the senate the drama is building with the vote expected in just hours. matt, savannah. >> thank you very much. >> we're joined by republican senator john mccain. senator, nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning. you. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know washington. you know the role of oversight that congress has. can you explain any reason why chairman nunes would have done what he did yesterday. i've seen reports from the intelligence committee on this subject. and instead of discussing the reports with members of his own intelligence committee and the ranking democratic member, go right to the press and right to the white house? >> i have not seen anything like that. and i'm happy to say in the senate intelligence committee, there's a good working relationship between senator rr
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and i've not seen anything like it. and it's very disturbing. >> reporter: you heard what adam schiff said. he said the chairman will need to decide if he's the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct or he's going to be a surrogate to the white house because he cannot do both. has chairman nunes so damaged the credibility of the intelligence committee they should just shut down that investigation? >> matt, i can't make that decision. that's up to the leadership of the house. it's up to the house of representatives. i can say that there's so many moving parts here, including the latest news this morning, that supposedly, there was coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, for which i've seen no substantiati substantiation. but it continues on and on. that's why we need a select committee to clear this whole issue up.
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committees and armed services committees always work in a bipartisan fashion. and i'm sorry to see what's happened over there. >> the president said, as you saw, he felt somewhat vindicated from the information he received yesterday. but let's back up. the claim that trump made was then-president obama surveilled him some way before the election at trump tower. what we appear to have learned yesterday is that trump or his associates were somehow incidentally caught up in surveillance after the election. surveillance that was of other legal foreign targets. i ask you, should he feel vindicated? is that accusation of wiretapping by president obama vindicated? >> i think the president, obviously, can express his views and emotions. but nothing has changed since the director of the fbi said that there was no evidence that trump towers had been wiretapped. >> this changing nothing? >> that has not been refuted. that had not been
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anyone. this new story, as you mentioned, apparently has to do with postelection things that happened. but i don't see where the director of the fbi's testimony has changed the facts in the slightest way. >> this story of russian possible connections to trump associates during the campaign, you just alluded to this a second ago. a week ago you said this, there's a lot of aspects that requires further scrutiny. you went on to say, i think there's a lot of shoes to drop from this centipede. do you think that when all of those shoes drop, that they may mortally wound this young administration? >> i have no idea because i don't know what those shoes are. but i've been around this town long enough to know that when there's something this consequences and this enormity, there's always additional information that comes out before it's concluded. and we're already seeing that, by the way. this
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allegations there was coordination between the trump campaign and the russians. i have seen them before, matt. and so, there's more to come. >> congressman adam schiff was the democrat on the house intelligence committee has said to nbc, there's more than circumstantial evidence of some kind of collusion between trump campaign associates and russia. have you seen that evidence? are you aware of it? do you doubt it? >> i'm not aware of it. i do know, for example, in the republican convention, there was to be included a provision that called for the provision of defensive lethal weapons to ukraine. somehow that disappeared. i'm curious how that happened. there's lots of things going on. >> let me ask you before you go about health care, senator. i know it's happening down the hall from you. it's going to be a tight vote
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a, what's your prediction, will it pass? if it doesn't pass, how badly does that damage the president's ability to pass other aspects of his agenda? >> i don't know if it's going to pass, matt. your information is as good as mine. do i know there's questions from members of states like mine that expanded medicaid, the bill as i've seen it, and they say there are changes taking place all the time, would have have significant impact on my state of arizona. so i don't know it's going to turn out, but i do know this, that obamacare as it is is imploding. it's not working in arizona where premiums are going up over 100%. so we've got to do something. >> yeah, but is this the bill to replace it? >> i don't know. all of us should wait until it gets over here, if it gets over here. we have an amending process. we have a
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where we will north dakoenact c think are necessary. >> senator john mccain. senator, i know how much you love these early hours so i appreciate you getting up and joining us this morning. >> good to be with you. >> turn to dylann once again and threat of severe storms facing people in the midsection of the country. >> yes. severe weather will spread east as we go into the weekend. it's the cold front moving eastward now. today we're going to see our biggest threat fire up not until later on tonight. here you see 11:00 from dodge city stretching into the panhandle of texas. large hail, damaging wind gust and isolated tornadoes. although the threat of severe weather will continue tomorrow and expand a bit. this orange area including most of nebraska down through kansas and into parts of texas, too, where we are going to see that threat today, watch what happens tomorrow. the cold front moves eastward, evening time on friday, little
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stretching into houston, that's where we could see hit and miss tornadoes. nothing too strong but still looking at a severe weather outbreak possible as we go into tomorrow. >> that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast coming up in 30 seconds. good morning, everybody. i'm form team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. a little breeze and temperatures have windchills back in the low- to mid-20s. it is a cold start this morning. temperatures should be above freezing by 9:00 or 10:00 this morning at the
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right around 50 in downtown, 51 for a high today in fredericksburg. if you're wondering about the weekend, i think you're going to like it. saturday nice and warm. 76 on saturday and late shower on sunday. >> all right, dylan, thank you. coming up, the story we've been following, nationwide manhunt intensifying for tennessee teenager and the teacher accused of kidnapping her. this morning the student's best friend speaks out. >> how about this. scientists about to bring wooly mammoth back to light. traveling around the world for revealing look at the state of clone wars, but first this is "today" on nbc. first, this is nbc.
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>> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. >> 7:26 is your time now on this thursday march 23rd, 2017. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. developing this morning we're working to find out what led to this crash on the beltway. prince george's county police officer lost control of his cruiser on the inner loop of the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. it happened before 3:00 a.m. that car hit a guardrail. no one is hurt. the crash is now clear. when we learn more we'll let you know. an increase in how much you pay on metro about to become official. metro voting on fare increases
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parking will also go up. changes taking affect later this week. now check the commute with melissa mollet, good morning, melissa. >> inner loop hampshire avenue on the shoulder and braddock road crash on the shoulder. upper marlboro 301 shut down, pedestrian struck medevac way southbound one lane buy. 270 before lane divide crash moved to the right shoulder. eun. >> thank you, melissa. we'll take a break and check your forecast next. stay with us.
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bp engineered a fleet of 32 brand new ships with advanced technology, so we can make sure oil and gas get where they need to go safely. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. good morning, everybody. it's bright and sunny but oh so chilly star to the day. 30 at the airport. a little breeze have windchills back in the low 20s. plan on a cold start, afternoon highs in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. tomorrow much warmer. a little breezy tomorow
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♪ 7:30 on a thursday morning, the 23rd of march, 2017. we had a couple of days, we felt we were in spring. we technically are. it feels like mid-january again. 25 degrees on the plaza. it's a brisk one. >> so over it. we're ready for spring. here's a look at what's making for med liheadlines. eight people arrested for wednesday's attack outside of parliament in london. he was shot and killed by officers, after he drove into people on westminster bridge and fatally attacked a police officer. four people, including a police officeer
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wisconsin. officials say it began with a domestic dispute at a bank, followed by two other shootings at a nearby law firm. and apartment complex. the suspect was eventually arrested after an hours-long standoff. and the united states is celebrating its first world baseball classic title. usa routed puerto rico in los angeles. it was the first time the united states reached the final since the tournament started 11 years ago. we have new information on the desperate search for a missing teenager. investigators believe 15-year-old elizabeth thomas was abducted ten days ago by her former teacher. tammy leitner has the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. we're learning more about elizabeth thomas' home life. she was home schooled until recently when she started attending public school for the first time. that's when she met
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cummins. new signs that 15-year-old elizabeth thomas had a troubled home life long before she went missing. her mother, kimberly thomas was arrested last year. charged with child abuse and neglect of her children in 2014 and 2015. according to court records, elizabeth and three sisters were allegedly beaten by their mother. in some cases, until they bled. elizabeth told investigators her mother threw her down the basement stairs and locked her down there. did you know that elizabeth had a hard life at home? >> yeah. she definitely did have a hard life. she would break down sometimes. sometimes, she just couldn't stop herself from crying. >> reporter: ashley said she knew her best friend, elizabeth, was in a secret relationship with a guy she said was amazing and perfect. ashley now believes that relationship was with 50-year-old tad cummins, a teacher at her school. >> i never thought that a girl i had known for 12 years
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and fall in love with someone like that. >> the truth is, tad is a manipulative person that is narcissistic. >> reporter: he worked with cummins at two different hospitals, where cummins was a respiratory therapist before becoming a teacher. >> i thought it was a dangerous situation because here's someone who craves authority. and they're going to be in authoritative role, around people who can't say no to him. >> reporter: the worry heightened by elizabeth's chilling last words before she disappeared to her sister, sarah. >> she looked at me and said, i'm going to be back by 6:00. if i'm not back by 6:00, call the police. >> reporter: meanwhile, the case against elizabeth's mother has not yet gone to trial. her public defender says she does not have a statement at this time. matt and savannah? >> tammy lit >> let us check back in with dylan for al. what's shaking? >> it's cold. very chilly across the
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yesterday those windchills were down in the teens through most of the day. take a look at where we're at now, buffalo. it feels like 10 degrees. new york 14, cermse the lake, p feels like 3. temperatures warmer than yesterday and a lot less windy. we're not looking at it to be as brutal as yesterday but still 30s and 40s so a little below average for this time of year. but a warm-up on the way for the weekend. look at cleveland friday 71, mid-60s for saturday and sunday. washington, d.c., makes it up to 75 by saturday. roanoke 69 by saturday. even new york city mid-60s saturday but mid-40s on sunday. that's a look at the weather across the country, now here is a peek out your window. >> it feels like the 20s right now at least but we will be warming up mostly starting tomorrow and through the weekend. temperature in the district feels like 23. 21 gaithersburg. feels like
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warm through the afternoon. 50 for a high temperature, not as windy but nice and sunny across your afternoon. 53 tomorrow, slight chance of shower in the morning. saturday 76, near 70 on sunday. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan. >> thank you very much. coming up, the story behind this tennis loving iguana. can i say it? it caused quite a racket, guys. get it? >> i did. want to say it again. >> one is enough. >> clone wars. you'll be surprised where things stand two decades after dolly the sheep right after this.
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♪ 7:40 and we're back now with a special series around the world. this morning we're talking about the cutting edge of cloning. >> can't believe this but it's been two decades since dolly the sheep became a household name and things have come a long way since then. keir simmons looking into this. good morning. >> good morning. the story took us from south korea to scotland, one of the world's largest creatures. we traveled thousands of miles around the world to investigate the world of cloning. meet millie, officially the world's smallest dog. her folks from puerto rico can't live without her. now they hope they won't have to. >> we love her. >> so
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girl. >> reporter: so special they are paying $100,000 to clone her. we've felony to south korea where nbc news has been granted exclusive access to what amounts to a cloning factory. the doctor behind the operation rarely gives interviews but he's cloned nearly 1,000 dogs. >> 884. >> today the doctor is implanting a labrador with embryos from millie. in 2005, dr. wong was at the center of a scandal for falsifying human research. since then he's built his business, evening spanning into cosmetics. >> do you think people deserve a second chance? >> hopefully. >> reporter: he's begun cloning cows to produce high-quality steaks at a lower cost.
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>> yes. >> better steaks. all of these. >> yeah. >> are all clones? >> yeah. >> these mammals to larger extinct ones. in this lab they are trying to extract dna from remains of prehistoric mammoth. whether successfully, he wouldn't tell us. but around the world in russia, i meet this scientist. >> all mammoth bones. >> he searches for mammoths frozen in ice and time. the professor is collaborating with the korean trying to bring the long extinct species back to life. mammoths lived during the last "ice age," only existing today in movies. >> a whole baby you could clone from an animal. >> real hair and hair, by the way, is one of the best sources of dna. >> reporter: the plan
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asian elephants as surrogate mothers. it wouldn't be easy, may never happen, but -- >> you'd like to see thousands of these roaming russia again? >> yes, of course. >> you must be mad. >> no, no. >> so could cloning one day be applied to humans? we traveled to scotland, the birth place of cloning. >> it was here 20 years ago that scientists first cloned a mammo mammoth. dolly the sheep. >> dolly's creator said since then human cell cloning has helped the study of diseases like parkinson's. but cloning humans would simply be unfair. >> clone major baseball fan, you'd expect him to be that. he might not want to. he might want to play soccer. >> the scientist who has made cloning his business. >> do you hope one day to be
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>> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: human cloning, scientists say, would be extremely difficult. it is also illegal in many countries. as for man's best friend, the technology devoted to reuniting companions changing their world right now. the thing you need to know, they say they have 40% success rate at cloning those puppies. even if you do get your pet cloned, it may not be successful. the results you get may not be exactly the same as your original pet. it may have different colors on his fur. >> can we go back to the wooly mammoth for a second? what are the potential consequences of something like that? >> it's really difficult to do. even if they manage to do it, how many of those can you clone and what affect would it have on the planet? there's so many
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>> why would you do that? >> yes. >> i guess for some people it's just a question of being able to do it. what kinds of things can they discover as a result of that. many people are opposed to it. >> as brian gumbel would say, why? >> why? >> up next. >> what you do when you meet the pope. carson introduces us to the little girl who made her chance unforgettable right after this.
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carson is in the orange room with a little girl's unforgettable encounter with the pope. >> this is cute. meeting the pope, a big deal for anybody of any age. here's 3-year-old estella westrick. wanted to make sure her moment was memorable. the little girl came face-to-face with pope francis. she reached in and grabbed the hat from his head. let's se let's see that from another angle. everybody had a good laugh. thankfully she handed the cap right back. still smiling, the pope placed it on his own head and went back to greeting other visitors. her grandfather shared that clip online. it's been retweeted 50,000 times. this is the best tweet of all-time. child's actions, care-free and love that smiles all over. donald writes, that will cost her a couple of hail ry
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estella's mom said this. i thought it was a cute, personal family moment. then, all of a sudden, it kind of went crazy and everybody saw it. i loved it. it's been amazing. this happened on estella's first day in rome. no telling what she will be up to today. i'm a little disappointed. about a year and a half ago, up the street, matt and savannah, you had that opportunity to grab the hat. >> if i could turn back time, carson. >> would have gone viral. >> i just spilt tic tacs down the aisle of the church. >> cardinal dolan would have loved that. all right, carson, thank you. just ahead, brace yourself. we're showing what happens when you don't use a toilet seat cover. >> really? and jill is back with a grea
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>> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. >> 7:56 is your time now on this thursday march 23rd, 2017. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. we'll get right to melissa mollet for a look at the roads in first4traffic. >> beltway okay, a couple of problems, slowdowns in normal spots. inbound 295 is slow this morning. northbound 301 at village drive, pedestrian struck. northbound lanes shut down, southbound one lane is open. franconia road, vehicle fire there. live look at the 270 split, as you're headed southbound crash on the right side of the roadway. eun. >> thanks, melissa. we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.
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good thursday morning. it is cold outside. 30 degrees is the actual temperature in the district. feels like 23. it's not even that windy out but any breeze is going to make it feel colder. sunny skies for today, that's going to stay the forecast. high temperature 50 degrees but not as windy. this afternoon not going to feel as cold as yesterday. 70s as we go into the weekend, eun. >> thank you, sheena. another news update in 25 minutes.
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it's 8:00 on "today," coming up down to the wire. president trump using the final hours before today's big vote to convince holdouts to back his obamacare replacement. >> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> will he get the votes he needs? we're live at the white house. plus how sweet it is. >> girl scout cookies. >> we're celebrating 100 years of girl scout cookies and learn how they plan to tackle the next century as we meet the young scout who broke the record for the most cookies ever sold. feeling the love. first official trailer for "love
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the cast back together. some of them actually look better today, march 23rd, 2017. . ♪ >> tennessee loves the "today" show. >> good morning, dallas. it's my birthday. >> good morning, vegas. >> from north carolina. ♪ >> sweet 16, here we come. go, k.u. >> baylor. >> we're in new york for the sweet 16. go, badgers. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. it's 8:00 on today. thursday, march 23rd. a pretty day on our plaza. it's pretty. pretty cold. dylan dreyer, it must be said. >>
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someday. >> eventually. just not today. coming up, we'll help you live the sweet life, with recipes for the perfect spring desserts. >> what? ♪ >> beautiful voice. >> that's great. it is the official song of rokerthon. >> "sleep no more my lady"? >> that's right. he set a record for delivering the weather for 34-straight hours. for number two, that doesn't sound right, he delivered weather from all 50 states in just a week. >> al is doing something special for rokerthon iii. in honor of march madness, he's going to do five college s campuses in five days. and each day, they will attempt to break a guinness world record. >> it's hard to keep tng
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to the morning's top stories. here's your news at 8:00. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. i'm bill neely in london. a city on high alert. and shaken by a terror attack. but defiant. in the last few minutes, britain's queen elizabeth has sent her sympathies after an attack that she called awful, shocking events. it all happened on westminster bridge and at parliament behind me. four dead, dozens injured, eight, now, arrested in raids across two cities. all of this, at the very heart of british democracy. this morning, in birmingham, north of london, the hunt of accomplices of the man who carried out the deadly attack. police arresting eight suspects so far. >> it continues to be borne out by our investigation, this attack eer acted alone and was inspired by international
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>> reporter: this car, a weapon. used to kill and injure dozens on westminster bridge. the brutal attack caught on cctv. the driver accelerating in a cycle lane. a woman diving into the river thames. the car swerving on to the sidewalk. the driver, crashing at the gates of parliament before running in and stabbing an unarmed police officer. a british junior foreign minister, tried desperately to revive the policeman. he didn't make it. the attacker had driven his car across the bridge, towards big ben, mounting the sidewalk to hit pedestrians, many students and tourists. he reached one of the most heavily protected buildings in europe, parliament. and crashed before stabbing the police officer. armed police opened fire. crowds running, as shots rang out. >> i looked arnold, heard four shots. maybe three or four. bam, bam, bam. sounded like. >> reporter: anti-terror police say t
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them. but his name has not been released. today, parliament got back to work. >> we know that the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. >> reporter: in london today, more police on the streets. but defiance, too. well, here at parliament in the last hour, britain's prime minister, theresa may, says the attacker was british. born. years ago, he was investigated by the internal security service mi5, over what she called concerns about violent extremism. but she said he was a peripheral figure and he wasn't part of the current intelligence picture. she said he acted alone. but police are now questioning eight people about this brutal and deadly attack. savannah? >> bill neely, in london, thank you. in white house, the health care bill and president trump's ability to close the deal are on the line. hallie jackson is at thehi
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hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and right now, drama is building ahead of this critical vote on health care, with the president working the phones overnight to close this deal. now, a possible breakthrough. with just hours left until the high-stakes vote, one last high-pressure pitch from president trump, looking to convince conservatives a no vote today could cost the gop their shot to kill obamacare. >> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> reporter: mark meadows, the chairman of the house freedom caucasus, one of the main holdouts, now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. >> what we're trying to do now is to make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. >> reporter: now, a possible breakthrough, with compromise maybe on changing insurance regulations for so-called essential health benefits. cutting back o
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emergency room visits, maternity leave and mental health services. that modification may be enough to get the plan over the finish line in the house, where our nbc news analysis shows six republicans would need to flip their positions or the health care bill will flatline. the white house, confident. >> there's plan "a" and plan "a." we're going to get this done. >> what does it say to you if the president can't get this done this week? >> this is at the feet of paul ryan. and paul ryan will have to come to conservatives and ask what we want. >> reporter: the health care battle comes after another bombshell, as the head of the house intelligence committee says he sees reports showing intelligence, scooped up from people involved in the trump transition. something called incidental collection. >> what i have read bothers me. and i think it should bother the president himself and his team because i thi
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to be inappropriate. >> reporter: the president, feeling vindicated, he says. >> i must tell you, i somewhat do. i very much appreciated the fact they found what they found. >> reporter: but chairman devin nunes, who worked on the transition, briefed the president before telling members of his own committee. >> i'm mystified by chairman nunes' actions. this is not the way you operate an independent investigation. >> i've been around this town long enough to know when there's something of this consequences and this enormity, there's always additional information that comes out before it's concluded. >> reporter: now, another twist. stronger accusations from the top democrat on the house intelligence committee that members of the president's campaign coordinated with russians to help him win. something the white house has denied, repeatedly. >> there's more than circumstantial evidence now. again, i think -- >> you have
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>> i don't want to go into specifics. but i will say there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation. >> reporter: new this morning, in an interview, just out with "time" magazine, the president talked about his wire capping claims against president obama. reiterating he meant surveillance. he didn't back away from another unproven claim that 3 million people voted illegally. something of which there's zero evidence. and in answer of questions of his credibility, he responded to the reporter, i guess i can't be doing so badly because i'm president and you're not. matt? savannah? >> hallie jackson at the white house. thank you. a suspect who is under arrest this morning in a story we've been following, last week's kidnapping, of an alabama nursing student who made a dramatic escape from the trunk of a moving car. manuel towns was captured last night. he's charged with kidnapping, robbery and
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towns approached brittany diggs, forced her into the trunk and tried to get money out of atms using her card. she used the light on her insulin pump to find and pull the trunk latch. let's check in with carson over in the orange room. >> jill has been giving us incredible bargains all week long in our spring steals series. the response online. just crushing it. monday, she had deals under $100, it was the most-viewed story on today.com. tuesday, the deals were back. deals under $50. a huge clicker. and again on wednesday, our top story, for jill's finds under $25. that's totalling close to 243,000 page views from all of you eager to get in on the bargains. give the people what they want, jill. what's your deal right now? >> my biggest challenge today was $10 and under. going with spring essentials for men and women. this one is from
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the retail is $19.99. we're offering it for $9.99. this is a great sweatshirt with pockets. >> comfortable. soft inside. it has pockets. >> they offer it 10%. the hero discount for first responders and military service members. a really great deal. they have great deals in-store. and thursday is a great day to shop. if you like my outfit, that's available, too. >> we'll get to that in a second. just getting started with jill. back in a moment with more deals, for $10 and under. we'll keep the deals going this week. guys, back to you. >> all right, carson. need a reason to make your bed? we have a untmillion of them. and on "pop start," a look at the the moment you realize the only part of your lawn growing like weeds is the weeds. at lowe's, our personalized lawn care plans help you create the yard you want.
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1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. [ cheers and applause ] 8:15. time for "what's trending." have you wondered, what's the secret to success? >> right place, right time. hard work. >> the "the wall street journals an idea. make your bed. if you want to be a millionaire, make your bed. they talked to a sociologist who discovered certain traits that successful people share. making your bed because it starts a productive mindset. they wave to their people. friendly people, more successful. they connect with others. how about this? they don't yell at other drivers. keeping the emotional intelligence in check is good. and finally, you'll like
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one, matt. they pick up trash. that helps to be successful. it shows you don't think any job is beneath you. >> i got two of four. >> stop making my bed. i try to think of when i stopped making my bed. i pick up trash. >> and wave to your neighbors? >> yeah. >> i wave to my neighbors. >> i can't make the bed. brian is still in it. >> would you make the bed if you could? >> no. >> i make it the second i get back home. but i don't make it at 4:10 in the morning. >> too early. >> that's cool. the questions keep coming. when you go to a public restroom, do you opt for one of the toilet seat protectors? >> i hover. >> this little slice of heaven right here. a marvel of engineering. with the hole down the middle. you flush the toilet, do they really work? >> it's a barrier. >> a layer of protection. >> yeah, no. public health experts tell "usa today" those
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do not stop bacteria. they say you're not likely to catch an infection from a toilet anyway. that was an excuse a lot of people used to use in years gone by. >> if you're touching the toilet, i understand that. but i don't really understand how you would watch something. it's your legs. >> from the toilet seat. >> but the handle. >> sometimes the toilet is more filthy than the toilet itself. >> what i do. i go into a stall, i wrap my hand -- i look like the mummy. i look like i have a cast on of toilet paper. and i give a wipe of the seat. >> when do you do the radioactive soot? >> the blue light. >> have you been in the one where the toilet seat rotates and it has a plastic cover on it? >> i don't like that one, either. there's holes in this thing? >> it ee's
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it was all eyes on the scoreboard of a miami tennis match because of this unexpected visitor who dropped by. take a look. an iguana, right up there on the scoreboard. brought the game to a halt. some brave people stepped in. they tried to catch him. but he was not ready to leave. he ran on to the court. >> yeah. >> newsic iset music to that. >> look at him. he is like a ball boy. >> can you grab it? do they bite? >> i don't know. he's a big guy. >> long toes. >> the tennis player, tommy haas, did not win the match. but he got a good healthy. do we have the selfie? i'm ready. we begin with "love actually." there's a lot of buzz around the charity reboot. we have an official trailer teaser. and the cards are back. have a look. ♪
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♪ >> what do you think? people are passionate about this reboot. people look amazing in that. >> they all look the same. >> look great, right? red nose day, actually. you can watch that special here on may 25th, on nbc. and we have to introduce you to this next item, with some music, if you could play it. some music, billy, please. "ghostbusters." we're a big fan of the film. came out in '84. thrilled about the reboot, as well. i wish al was here for it. al had a cameo in the movie. good news for al and "ghostbusters" fans.
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while the reboot didn't do as well as he hoped, he jumped into two projects, an animated and a live-action film could be in the works. and finally, jimmy fallon. let me introduce you the a student that went above and beyond on his internship application. he was rapping why she should get the jab. here it is. ♪ archives of steve allen around the internet ♪ ♪ studio 6b, with jimmy fallon next to me ♪ ♪ do you need an intern because i'm getting a degree ♪ ♪ this communication nbc is the station ♪ ♪ a view from the comcast corporation ♪ ♪ here's my dedication >> get that kid in "hamilton." pretty good, right? that's jake syrian. >>
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that did that? >> jake's video caught jimmy fallon's eye. >> that's amazing. jake, if you're watching, and you better be watching, the answer is yes. i can't wait to meet you, man. get ready to work. >> so, congratulations to jake. he has his internship with "the tonight show with okay. we've talked enough about cold temperatures, let's talk about a warm up. into the plains we'll see it warm up quite a bit especially if we go into friday and saturday and sunday. amarillo 83, little rock 79. that's almost 20 degrees above average. it starts to spread into the midwest on friday and eventually works its way into the mid-atlantic and northeast friday but does cool on sunday. that's a look at the weather across the country, now here is a peek out your window. >> good morning, i'm storm team buildings chuck
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temperature at the airport still only 30 degrees with windchill near 23. warm weather -- cold weather gear. afternoon high, 40 to 50. all sunshine all the time today. tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy. there could be an isolated sprinkle or shower late morning into lunchtime. most of friday dry, saturday dry and warmer, too. >> that's your latest forecast. savannah. >> all right, dylan. thank you. we've waited long enough. let's get a spring steal. she's been outdoing herself. first under $100, then $50, then $25, it's thursday so now $10 or less. how are you going to do that? >> this requires to you pack your patience on the way to the store. my mom and i went shopping for deals. we did it for you. i'm going to give you tricks and top deals. >> all on today.com. >> take you to the website. these are all about spring sinks where you don't have
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fortune. modal, $19.99, now $9.99. becaus the new merchandise. they have to put stuff on sale. h&m, 70% off many of the items in the store and on sale. the tanks, two for $10. the t-shirts, two for $10. my outfit is $10 and under. this is the sweater. the denim is $9.99. skinny jeans. and my bracelet, coming up. everything you see. the scarf, awesome. the flats. things on-trend, they're getting new stuff in. went to target. this is women's activewear. you can penalty is 40 or $50. look at everything you can get. these are from champion. $10 and under. and i got some of this stuff for $5. look at all these floral,
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these are the stahorts with the little shorts underneath. you don't have to spend a fortu fortune. you have to really pick through the clearance. >> you got to be ready to weed through it. >> old navy. i'm all about mix and match bathing suits because many of us are not the same on the top and the bottom. go in for $10, each piece, plus plus free shipliping. if you're different sizes. >> $10 per piece. >> if you want a whole suit, jill, it's $20. >> depends on where you live. for the most part, yes. >> the money saved, you can go to france. or if you have something you already have. dip into pretty nail polish sets. $18.99. our price, $9.50. you get thi
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you know when you go and you get a special spa pedicure? each one goes between each toe. and it spreads them out. >> that's cute. you put it between like this. >> they don't interfere. we have 30 seconds left. >> forever 21. when you buy costume jewelry, you don't have to spend a fortune. this is unbelievable. $10 and under. and the sunglasses are about 50% off. >> oh. >> i'm going to put one on. i didn't know which one to pick from you. >> you know i'm looking for aviators. >> again, spring essentials. >> don't look good on you. >> everyone is having sales. thursday, a great day to shop, if you have time today. >> love it. i have to put my glasses on. for these deals and special online only offer on a kitchen staple, go to today.com. jill is back tomorrow for the that sounds re
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savannah, look. coming up, celebrating 100 years of girl scout cookies with a girl that sold more than anyone ever but first your local news. is there anything better than a thin mint? >> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. >> good morning, it's 8:26 on thursday march 23rd. i'm aaron gilchrist. melissa mollet standing by with first4traffic. melissa. >> good morning. couple of problems on the beltway. let me step aside so you can see them. inner loop 95 crash three lanes getting by. inner loop local lanes 295 blocking that lane there. northbound 301 village drive northbound lane shut down because of pedestrian struck earlier. northbound indian head fort roadblocking left lane. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. we'll have a check of your forecast ene meac stay witu
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trbreast cancer are helped byof woplanned parenthood.r, jamie: one day, i found a lump on my right breast. so, i called planned parenthood and they got me in that day. within two and half weeks, i had a complete radical mastectomy. trump: one of the candidates, i won't mention names, said we're not gonna spend that kind of money on women's health issues. i am. jamie: had planned parenthood not have gotten me that appointment, i probably wouldn't be around. vo: president trump stand with survivors. protect planned parenthood. sunny and cold all the way through the remainder of your morning hours. it will get a little milder by late this afternoon, up near 50 degrees for today. tomorrow a little bit more cloud cover, slight chance for a little light rain near late
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[ cheers and applause ] back, now, at 8:30 on this thursday morning. it's a chilly day here in the northeast. 23rd of march. big crowd out on the plaza. we're a little late getting out this morning. took a little longer to bundle up. meanwhile, you know what today is? >> what is today? >> it is national puppy day.
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that's right. >> it's a big day. celebrating with our puppy with a purpose, charlie, here. he was one of six in his litter. with his five sisters, when they were weeks old. we're doing something cool. tomorrow, charlie will reunite with his siblings and his parents inside studio 1a. >> that's so cute. charlie family reunion. just ahead, a sweetness overload. we're celebrating spring with great desserts featuring re ini raspber raspberries. who doesn't love girl scout cookies? we'll have a chance to buy som it's going to warm up. that's the good news, the 60s. on the west coast, another source moving in, cold rain san francisco even stretching down into the central valley. we could see some stronger storms especially as we go into friday as well.
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look at all that rain. 1 to 2 inches of rain, especially northwestern california. we also have a second cold front moving through the plains states today. we'll see storms mainly overnight, some could be severe with isolated tornado or two. windy conditions. that could lead to red flag warnings as well because it is so dry. winds could spread fire quickly. frigid, temperatures 30s and 40s, southeast temps in the lower 60s. again, we are looking for a warm-up this weekend. that's a look at the weather across the country, now a peek out your window. >> good morning, we're feeling like 20s, 23 in the district, 23 leesburg, 23 frederick. so it is a very cold start to the day. clintonville like 20 degrees. this afternoon not as windy as yesterday. sunny, 50 for high temperature. the warm-up starts tomorrow really. 63 for friday, isolated showers first half of the day. 76 on saturday, nice and dry. sunday will be mostly "drive"
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rain. >> and that's your latest forecast, matt. >> that's your l. matt? >> dylan, thank you very much. more of our series, "taking care of mom & dad today." the caost of health care is twie as much after the age of 85, than before 85. financial health can be every bit as important as physical health. jean chatzky is here with strategies for affording your parents' care. we talked about downsizing. moving your parents into a different home. today, we talk about a different thing. a reverse mortgage. i see tv commercials for this all the time. what is it? who is it for? >> it's for people over age 62. essentially, you are borrowing the equity back out of your home. all of the mortgage payments you made through the years, you're pulling that money back out. the loan comes due when the homeowner dies or moves out after a year. and the amount you can get in
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reverse mortgage varies based on your age, the amount of equity that you have in your home and interest rates. >> let's say i take one of these out. how do i get paid? do i get paid over time? do i get a lump sum? how does that work? >> you can take an annuity, a paycheck that comes to you every month. you can take it in a lump sum. or you can take it as a line of credit. i like the last option because as your portfolio goes up and down with the market, this is a back pocket emergency cushion. >> what should people look out for? >> continue to play the insurance and the taxes on the property. take your spouse into consideration if they're not on the reverse mortgage. and watch out for that lump sum, it can let you spend through the money too quickly. >> let's say borrowing on your own home makes you queasy. you can get financial aid for care
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>> you can get financial aid. maybe you can look at the veterans administration. if you're a veteran that's done 90 days of active duty, one day in wartime, honorable discharge, you're eligible for two programs. one is called the aid and attendants benefit. this pays a care giver if you're not able to perform the functions of daily living, like getting dressed or feeting yourself. it's worth up to $25,000 a year if you have a dependent. and it comes into play if you're at home, in a nursing home or in an assisted living facility. the housebound benefit is worth $20,000 a year. >> are spouses of the caregivers eligible for this, as well. >> absolutely. that's something to keep in mind. >> what do care givers, adult children need to know about medicaid? >> medicaid may be able to pay you for caring for your parents.
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this is something called a cash and counseling program. not every state has it. but if you're the one who is taking time off work to care for your parents, you may be able to get cash for that. contact your state medicaid office to see if it's available. and if your parents have purchased long-term care insurance, you may be eligible to be paid out of that policy, as well. >> should adult children looking at the possibility of taking care of their parents in the future go ahead and buy that long-term care insurance? >> if they're parents can't afford it and you can, absolutely. it's something to look into. it can put off a hassle and expense down the road that you may not be able to come up with the money for later. you may want to look at something called longevity insurance, which is a deferred annuity. it doesn't kick in until your parents are 85 years old. buy them a benefit that will pay them essentially an income by the time
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this portion of "today food" is created with our sponsor, citi. citi is sponsoring with no kid hungry to end childhood hunger in america. visit citiprivatepass.com/kids to learn more. this morning on "today food" we are celebrating the spring season with raspberry sweet treats. joanne chang is co-owner of flour bakery in boston. we have two here already to taste. raspberries are in season. we have a couple of recipes
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i'm here with the no kid hungry campaign. we do an event across the year, where we gather chefs together. and you get to eat great food and help raise funds for child hunger. one in five kids is food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from. >> these are sweets for a really good cause. >> yes. i have two great recipes here. >> starting with raspberry cheesecake. >> we have graham crackers and cream cheese. and raspberries and saour cream. how is everything? >> really good. >> you we have melted butter and sugar into the food processor. and it's super simple. >> you've ground up your graham cracker crumbs. >> okay. >> and give that a pulse. >> uh-huh. >> and then, we take the graham cracker and pour it into here. >> you are using
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>> we use a smaller pan to make a cute, little cheesecake. you press it in. or use a bottom of a cup. and then, we have the filling. we have some sugar. and again, this recipe is so straightforward. some egg. a little vanilla. lemon juice. and what makes it really creamy is the sour cream. we use creme fresh, as well. >> there's not sour cream in every cheesecake recipe. >> it makes it so light. >> we have fans over here. >> we're in a timeout. >> i know. let's see. we make the filling. it will look like this. how do we incorporate the raspberries. >> we're going to put this into the baked crust. the crust bakes about 15 minutes at 350 degrees. and then, i'm going to have you help me make the swirl. you just squirt some of
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raspberry coulis, and take a toothpick. >> like that? should i get it looking swirly, like mess it? up? >> beautiful. >> it bakes for a really long time. and in a low oven. you turn off the oven and let it sit in the oven and cool down. that keeps it from cracking. and you have a beautiful cheesecake. >> carson cooks his in a water bath. >> what? i do? >> you read the book. you cook them in a water bath, it takes it really creamy. >> what does that mean? a water bath? from a water bath, if you take this and put it in a roasting pan and you put the whole thing in the oven. >> matt is showing off. >> how low is the heat of the oven? >> 90 minutes for 350 degrees. not super low. >> like your recipe. >> really good. >> w
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>> the next recipe is just graham crackers. egg whites and sugar and raspberries. we beat the egg whites until they reach soft peak stage. it takes about two or three minutes. >> okay. >> you see, it's not very voluminous. but after two or three minutes, it looks like this. and we add the sugar. we add sugar in about three inscrii increme increments. and once it's added, you get this. >> i wondered. i do occasionally bake. excuse me. >> your nose is growing. >> the looks i'm getting. >> i do. sometimes i do. >> easy bake oven thing. >> pretty much. >> why do you have to do it in installments like that? why can't you just dump the whole thing in? >> you can dump it in. it makes the meringue not as soft. it allows the sugar to incorporate. everything in baking
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being patient. >> that's probably why i'm not good at it. now, we take the meringue and we make these little clouds. this is the best part. i'm going to make some divots. and you just pour some of the raspberry into the divots. >> is this the same raspberry mixture we made over there? >> yeah. just raspberries and sugar. >> do i want it to overflow? >> just fill the little hole. perfect. we figured out a trick to make chopsticks. >> while we have a few seconds left to show. >> you're going to dip in and sweep out and go around until you get a swirl. just like that. >> looks like vale helped her out. >> yours doesn't like great, either. >> okay.
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>> you bake them. ? a low oven. >> don't laugh. it's hard to do this. >> it's fun watching you cook. watching you bake is on a whole other level. >> but she bakes a lot. >> big baker. you can get these recipes at today.com/food. if you go to the "today" facebook page, you can watch her bake one more treat. coming up next, another way to temp your sweet tooth. 100 years of girl scout cookies. first this, is "today"n nbc. o
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>> reporter: iconic cookies, an american institution. their numbers, hefty. every cookie season, about 50 million households snap up roughly 200 million boxes generating some $800 million in sales. the scouts say girls represents go-getter, innovator, risk taker and leader. >> what i discovered was girl scout cookies taught me how to create your own opportunities. >> reporter: opportunities that propelled scout ceo sylvia acevedo since she was a young member. >> taught me you could study science, one day launch a rocket. >> is it true as a child you said girl scouts taught me i'm going to the moon? >> absolutely. i decided to make a rocket for my science badge. at that moment, i had that aha moment. at a time when a lot of girls like me weren't taking math, weren't taking science, i li
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had done it in girl scouts. >> like her rocket, she soared, as a scientist working on voyager mission to jupiter. as commissioner of white house commissioner for excellence for hispanics. >> so many organizations have popcorn and bake sales and car washes. how has cookie sales sustained 100 years? >> because it's not just about selling cookies, it's about teaching life skills. the girls set goals, make business decisions. >> thank you very much. >> they decide who they are going to sell to, how they are going to sell. it's about customer service. >> what started with a few girls in georgia has grown to 3 million today in 92 different countries. 11-year-old julia is a top cookie seller from connecticut. >> i want to open a business when i'm older. learning all these marketing sales is really going to help me.
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>> she mixes door to door with continuing tal using social media to showcase her skills. ♪ i was wondering if you would like to buy some girl scout cookies ♪ >> does this help your young women how to start managing money, what saving is? >> absolutely. it's all-encompassing teaching financial literacy to the girls. >> not cheap, some wonder where the proceeds go and if the girls are getting shortchanged. >> what does the money go to, $5 and $6 a box. that's kind of expensive. does it really get to these girls. >> absolutely. it doesn't come to corporate. all the cookie sales, money stays local so it can power the girls to take action projects. i talked to a girl doing sustainable food bank in her community because she knew there were people who were hungry. >> i'll take a couple of thin mints. >> how about the fact girl scout cookie selling changed. the digital cookie online. >> there's
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business models, we want to be relevant to today's girls. we know have you to do that to be online. >> an original twist to girl scout recipe, courage and confidence. >> jealous? >> they haven't. >> katie francis just broke the record for selling the most girl scout cookies ever. she's here along with fellow girl scouts, getting in last-minute sales. >> they're here with the official cookie taster, susan lucci, here in the center. >> we have kathie lee here. >> good job. >> when you say girl scout cookies, the whole gang comes down to get into it on. how did you do this? how did you reach this milestone? >> it took lots of time. what i did, was i went out and had fun, selling my cookies every day. >> rain or shine, i guess is your motto. >> can i say, she's an excellent saleswoman. he doesn't like cookies and she just sold the peanut butter
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cooki cookies. >> did you go door-to-door? >> i went everywhere. all around my area. and one of my favorite ways of selling cookies was setting up in front of a booth sale, like in front of grocery stores. and i sang and danced. >> that's fantastic. >> the old-fashioned way. >> your favorites? >> the thin mints. >> i'll take two. >> and for my people, what the proceeds go to. where does the money from this go? >> a little bit from each box sold goes to our troupe. we choose to spend the money how we like. my troupe is going to give back to the community that helped us so well on our cookie sale. we're going to be volunteering. and we're -- one of my favorite things is we're going to be mentoring a troupe that has mostly low-income families. we're going to be providing opportunities for them. and then, we're going to be going to volunteer in barbados. >> i
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brownies. true story. >> can i share your joke. when you started eating girl scout cookies, they only had one kind. >> yeah. who is taking the money? susan and i are here. >> two boxes, okay? >> can i take one box from you and one box from you? >> yes. >> and you save the extra. >> okay. >> all of her cookies. >> thin mints. >> i would like lemon and the thin mints. or graham crammers, please. >> what are the new ones? >> s'mores is up there. >> katie, congratulations. >> thank you. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >> i'll take the peanut butter ones. >> okay. >>eah. >> i'l yl . .
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it's been bedlam here, everybody trying to grab cookies. keir, you're here for the 9:00. >> here for another morning. >> susan lucci. >> going to be with me for the 10:00. we're going to put on a show, baby. >> can't >> the girls have been sampling the merchandise shall we say, research for the product. what's the best cookie? >> tagalong. >> i agree. >> back with much more on thursday morning but first your local news and weather.
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this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. hi, good morning, everybody. we are just a few minutes shy of the 9:00 hour on this thursday march 23rd of 2017. i'm erika gonzalez. melissa mollet is tracking your commute in traffic. >> inner loop local lanes at 295 still have that crash blocking the right lane, inner loop arlington boulevard crash blocking express la
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good morning. it is still cold out there. still feeling like the 20s. mostly mid to upper 20s across the area. today sunny, high temperature right around 50 degrees. tomorrow we're in the 60s. 63 degrees, chance of an isolated shower much warmer as we go into the weekend. erika. >> thanks. you can get news any time with nbc washington app.
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good morning on today's take, one-on-one with woody harrelson. find out what the actor is saying about his new movie and a cheers reunion. then serve up some "chips." emma roberts is here. all that and more coming up now. . >> from nbc news, this is "today's take." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this march 23rd, 2017. i'm dylan, with keir and al is off with sheinelle. >> they let me come back. >> you are back. >> i appreciate you coming back. er
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coffee after the show and get to know each other. we go down for coffee. and i forget my wallet. keir, can you buy me a coffee? >> that was a good trick. and you told me, i never had to carry a show on my own before. and of course, every knows i've never done this before. so, our producers walking the halls of nbc with terror in their eyes. >> we have no idea how this is going to go. >> keep watching this broadcast. we don't know what's going to happen. >> anything can happen. >> yes. we dragged you back on for throwback thursday. i love throwback thursday. my mom sends me shoe boxes of old pictures. i have a treasure trove to choose from. today, i chose this picture. >> is that true? >> that's me. my first hand at makeup. >> you have some work to do there. >> the light blue eye shadow. i don't know where my cheeks were. but they were by my jaw. and the outfit. >> i have no idea how to put on makeup. i can't laugh because
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>> i've never seen a throwback picture of keir before. >> you had blonde hair? >> the guy on the right is me. the other guy is my dad. and so, i send a message to my dad, honestly, about 40 minutes ago. can you send an embarrassing picture of me? and this is the picture he sent. >> the embarrassing picture of him for the short shorts? >> and the hair? this was 1970s. it was very cool. >> when did your hair go from blonde to brown? >> i don't know. i can't remember. i seem to be thinking quite seriously there. >> were you fishing? do you remember that picture? >> i don't think it was fishing. >> sitting there thinking. >> i don't remember doing fishing. that's embarrassing. >> nice. i like that. >> thursday is fun. you never know what we're coming up with. >> talking about embarrassing people. >> we embarrassed gavin, our
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he took a picture that he posted up on instagram. can we have you come on over? >> did you take the hat off at all? >> i haven't taken it off in 24 hours. >> good. >> it's hard to sleep dylan dr would never take it off. >> whatted when you posted this picture on instagram? i posted it. and to my shock, i had 99 likes. >> really? what's normal for you? >> up in the 40 to 50 range. >> okay. 99 was huge. >> i'm at 99. i'm thinking, this is my shot. triple digits. >> this is awesome. >> i realize i'm probably out of friends. i can still like it. i double tap it. and, boom, triple digits. >> you did it. congratulations. we want to keep this going. >> let's do somng
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>> i need you to know, that gavin's instagram account is geelastic. >> yes. >> let's up the likes on gavin's birthday picture. we'll check back in. >> a lot of pictures of my daughter, quinn. and a couple of my dad, jay. you know? the whole family. >> breaking news, you have 107 likes already. >> whoa. >> this is crazy. >> that's good, though. >> people. >> people. >> we're going to keep checking back throughout the show. i want to keep refreshing and see. geelastic. >> it will mean a lot to the whole family. >> you will rock gavin's world here. we want to get 1,000 likes. >> is that up to 264. 609. >> wow. you guys should be watching more intently and not just on your phones the whole time you're watching the show. he's so excited.
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we're over 1,000. gavin is actually losing his mind over there. >> look at that. that's incredible. >> the candles on top of gavin's hat are going to explode in a second. >> wow. 1,900. 1,990. >> it's like the eagle cams, you want to keep watching it and keep refreshing. >> we're going to leave this picture up for the rest of the show. >> yes. >> thank you, everybody, for -- this is amazing. >> now, talking about things getting buzz online, did you see the video of the little girl with the pope? >> oh, my gosh. cutest thing. this is 3-year-old estella westrick, she made her most of the meeting with the pope. she goes in. he goes in for the kiss and she swipes the hat. >> i spent a month covering the pope when he was first selected. i never thought to grab his hat. >> i don't think you could have go
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did. look at him laughing? estella's godfather shared the clip online. it has been liked and retweeted, 50,000 times. i'm sure it's going to keep going. do we have an update? >> 4,800. that's amazing. >> almost 5,000 likes. >> gavin is so happy. >> we're doing it, people. >> it's happening. >> we have gavin cam. >> this is horrifying. truly horrifying. >> so, you travel all over the country. you do live shots for the "today" show, all around the world. >> all different time zones. have you pulled an all-nighter and gone 24 hours? >> i've done it. i traveled and had to get off the plane and do a story and keep going. and not sleep. and i am usually all over the place place. i think this goes a long way to explaining me, really. >> that's why you are the way you are. >> it's mostly because i haven't slept. >> yeah. st
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>> yes? you were going to say? we're learning here. >> we're figurie ining out how banter works here. >> it turns out, scientifically, if you don't sleep, you are a mess. >> you are a mess. s it's similar to being drunk. i can see that. according to the national sleep foundation, going 24 hours without sleep, is like having a 0.1 blood alcohol content, which makes you too drunk to drive. i don't see you as getting irritable, do you? >> i try not to. i try not to. i can say anything. i'm never irritable. >> can we ask your wife? >> you had your little gorgeous baby. you know about not sleeping. >> i know about not sleeping. but calvin is great. he gives me four or five hours at night.
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>> there he is. i love seeing pictures. i got less sleep doing storm coverage, bouncing from one snowy place to another snowy place. like you. getting the live shots. >> that's harder. >> i think sometimes it is, yes. >> okay. >> tell us about the weather now. >> weather is later. coming up next, remember this kid we showed you yesterday, who tried to land his dream job at "the tonight show"? we got an update. yeah, at first i thought it was just the stress of moving. [ sighs ] hey, i was using that. what, you think we own stock in the electric company? i will turn this car around right now! there's nobody back there. i was becoming my father. [ clears throat ] it's...been an adjustment, but we're making it work. you know, progressive.com makes it easy for us to get the right home insurance. [ snoring ] progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents,
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...ad, and my sweethearts handsome,gone sayonara.rance... this scarf, all that's left to remember. what! she washed this like a month ago! how's a guy supposed to move on! the long lasting scent of gain flings. we're back with . >> we're back with more of today's take and my co-host keir simmons. >> how is gavin doing? >> 7,500. >> let's try to get to 10,000 before the end of the show. >> 1700
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>> look forward to the baby pics all you people. >> wake up tomorrow and go, wait. all right. yesterday we told you about jake, the student at washington state university who made the creative video to try to get an internship at the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon. it turns out, his plan worked. >> it worked. >> last night's show, fallon took notice of jake's application. >> that's amazing. jake, if you're watching, and you better be watching, the answer is yes. pack your bags, buddy. i can't wait to meet you, man. get ready to work. >> like a proposal. and jimmy fallon said yes. good for him. >> yeah. >> do you think -- that will probably be the pinnacle of his career on the fallon show for a while. now, making the coffee.
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get an internship that you wanted? are you creative like that that you could have put something together? >> no. let's be honest. not really, no. >> i wouldn't be able to compete with all of the other people coming up with the crazy stuff. >> i'm impressed with the way people do things now, right? when i got into this business, when i got into this business, it wasn't like that. you didn't have all these things. you kind of came and did things with tv cameras. and that was it. >> if anybody saw the tape that got me my first in tv. i have a feeling it will get dug up by the end of the week. >> anytime now. >> there's an awesome building that's signed by an architect. who is trying to rival st. louis st. louis' arch. we may have an arch of our own in new york city. look at this
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in manhattan. a giant "u." it's a glass building. it would feature an elevator that can travel in curves, horizontally and in a loop. >> that would be something like "charlie and the chocolate factory." are you going to have an office on the curved part? with the windows on the floor or something? >> maybe an apartment would have a curved roof. >> i don't know if i like that. >> i wouldn't want to be on the top one with nothing below. knowing there was nothing below. >> exactly. >> that would freak me out. it looks pretty. >> you know the buildings when you have a piece of glass and you know it's glass. but i'm frightened. >> you don't trust that it's going to support your weight. we'll see if it gets built. we have the voting open for our ultimate family give away. one of these families is
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castle. >> brought by homeaway. >> we'll start with the gilaski family from washington. they are taking on "jack and the bean stalk." i like that. >> photo shopped by dad, david, who looks like he put himself in the picture, too. >> i love it. next up, the hughes family from knewtown, connecticut, taking on "the wizard of oz." their great grandmother lives in the u.k., where i am from. she hasn't met 3-year-old violet yet. they get to get together if they win. >> yes. our next finalist, sisters from south carolina, with their take on rapunzel, making good use of the playhouse there. >> and our last finalist is a greek
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and sinld relacinderella and th wicked stepsisters. >> they e playing along. >> they are tugly stepsisters. head over to today.com and vote for your favorite picture there. >> when are we going to announce the winner? tomorrow. tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> by the way, we have girl scout cookies here, celebrating 100 years. >> 100 years of girl scouts. >> do you have girl scouts in the u.k.? >> yesterday, she asked me, do you have money in the u.k.? >> i meant it more like, do you use money in the u.k.? which still sounds weird. i do everything with a credit card. you know about the weather. >> i'm going to stick to >> we are looking at a pretty decent day this morning across the plains. storms will increase into the afternoon and mainly overnight. 11:00 there you see the line of storms moving through the central plains, they could produce large hail, damaging
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winds. can't rule out isolated tornado. tomorrow we're going to see that threat expand a bit and move into the midwest and parts of the south. we could again see more widespread tornadoes but they don't look like they will be that strong. still, we have 17 million people at risk for storms tomorrow. that's a look at the weather acro across the country, now a peek out your window. >> good morning, everybody. no chance for rain, sunshine out there now, temperatures 32 at the airport, windchills down in the 20s, so a cold start. we will be off to rising temperatures here very shortly. should be near 40 by lunchtime. afternoon highs upper 40s to near 50 degrees. that is a pleasant enough day especially when you figure it won't be all that windy. couldn't rule out isolated shower late morning hours. friday afternoon and evening will be dry. much warmer weather in time for the weekend, dry on your saturday. >> that's your latest forecast. coming up next, who better to star in a new horror film than the ultimate scream queen emma roberts. she is going to tell us about her new thriller right after this.
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astrazeneca may be able to help. welcome back. emma roberts has been in the mood to scare people lately. playing sorority sister turn hospital worker in the comedy/horror series, "scream queen." >> now, emma is bringing suspense to the big screen, in "the black coat's daughter." she is a married woman that seems to be hiding a troubling past. >> can you please pull over? >> what was that? >> i think i'm going to be sick. >> are you all right back there? >> please, pull over. >> hold on. hold on. >> please, just go past it. we're not stopping. >> hold on. hold on. >> emma, good morning. it's so nice to have you here. >> nice to be
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>> in pink and not scary. >> i thought i would lighten the mood. >> this is different from "scream queens." >> this movie is actually terrifying. "scream queens" is fun scary. this is a psychological thriller. i read the script. i knew i had to do the movie because it kept me up that night and i started to get scared. more so after i read it, it stuck with me. that's how you know it's going to be scary. >> do you like scary stuff like that? do you like being kept awake at night? >> not particularly. i get so scared so easily. it's funny i'm involved with scary stuff. me and my little sister is scared, too. she was at the premiere and she had to leave the movie because she got so scared. she had to leave. that's how scary it is, in a good way. >> i hate being scared in movies. we just met. you don't know me. i go to one of the scariest places in the world for my real movie. if i watch a
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to be frightened. i haven't watched a scary movie since "jaws." >> the psychological thrillers freak me out more than anything else. >> you have to see this one. >> will you come with me and hold my hand? >> sure. >> i guess it's better if you are scared of scary movies, you know you're okay. >> it's never scary when you're making anything scary. i was never scared on "scream queens" or "american horror story" or "black coat's daughter." my friends are making fun of me. why are you covering your eyes when you're watching yourself? >> you do each piece of the movie. i have respect for you guys. you folks don't know, when you make a movie, you do the scene again and again and again. and they get every shot right. >> over and over and over. >> right. you don't really get to see the whole thing put together until it's actually put together. >> no. i think we're the most in the
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it's a nice surprise to see everything put together. it worked. that's a relief. >> do you feel like you come from an acting family. do you feel like that helps? do you go to, you know, julia roberts, for example, she's your aunt, is that right? >> yeah. >> do you ask her for tips and things? >> i feel like i spend a lot of time with her on set. i learn from that. but every movie or tv show is so different, you learn from being around it and experience. and to expect the unexpected, because things go wrong all the time. and you can never really anticipate what a day at work is going to be like. you have to go with the flow. >> are you on instagram? >> yes. >> do you know our friend, gavin? >> your what? >> our friend, gavin, our producer, he is building followers. >> come on, emma. >> where is he? >> i need that like, emma. >> he's in the orange room. and he is building followers on his instagram account. would you mind
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giving him some likes? >> sure. >> thanks, em. >> he's so excited. >> poor gavin, his head is going to pop off. >> 9,000 likes. >> thank you so much. "the black coat's daughter" hits theaters on march 31st. coming backis it possible ty hair damage even before it happens? dove proves it is with these two delicate roses. one rose is treated with dove. when exposed to the same level of damaging heat, the difference is clear. the rose not treated with dove is dry and brittle. dove fortifies by nourishing deeply and stops 90% of daily hair damage before it happens. dove intensive repair. neutrogena® hydro boost hydrating tint. wake up skin. the first water gel foundation with hyaluronic acid it plumps, quenches...
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if you are a fan of the '70s tv series "c.h.i.p.s." we know what you will do this weekend. dax shepard takes it to the big screen. >> they are playing the royals of ponch and baker, two unlikely partners. here's a sneak peek. >> i can ride. >> you crashed eight minutes ago on flat pavement. >> jon and ponch, what's your 20? >> i'm northbound through e elesyan
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ponch is southbound. >> that's like the "c.h.i.p.s." i remember. >> it was big in england, no? >> you were practicing your english accent, right? >> it's an interesting accent. it doesn't sound english. that's it, man. >> pair you up. >> that's good. >> yeah. >> giving me some problems. >> i've worked with cockney film crews at different parts in the world. they have all of the sayings. everything is a little cute saying. and they all know it. and puddin' and pops, and everyone laughs. >> they know why they do that? so police couldn't figure out what they're talking about. >> you must have the world's dumbest police, because if everyone else knows. >> what we do have in britain, we had
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>> or lipps? london highway patrol? >> it was big in england and in the country, for an hour, you got to go to california. there was palm trees and a weird duo on motorcycles. it was appealing. i'm from detroit. mike's from chicago. it's equally miserable there. we have better food. >> it was like from another planet. >> i come from a miserable, miserable place. >> this is a passion project for you. you wrote, directed and star. >> i'm in it. an e go maniac's dream come through. motorcycles are my first passion. michael pena, my second. how can i combine these two things? there's one guy that could have played ponch. erik estrada was the king. >> is there p
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re-create? >> i didn't try. together, me and dax. look at their star power. >> they were 25. we're in our late 50s. >> look at the haircuts. >> i wish the buns were on the screen. they had impeccable gluts. >> speaking of, dax, you're not always wearing a lot of clothes in this film. was that an ego thing? >> an ethical decision. there's some female nudity in the movie. and i didn't feel right asking them without myself having done it. i knew what everything was going through. >> my nude scene got cut out. i don't know why. >> you've been training, duet. you look good there. if i looked as good as that, i would be naked on television. i would be here naked if i could pull that off. >> i should be naked in this part. >> was it awkward for you, mike? on your second day of shooting? >> i get in the show. yeah. it was a little awkward. and then, plus, he'sea
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>> had a six-pack. >> i have a four-pack going strong. >> we've been touring the country, showing people the movie and going q&as. what we like to do is eat until we get in a coma. we take all of the local food items. >> yeah. >> in philadelphia, i had two cheese steaks in under a minute. >> two cheesesteaks. a foot long. >> and you look like that? >> i don't look like that. that's what i'm saying. i had to take advantage of that. >> keep up, simmons. >> your brother is a cop? >> my brother is a cop. >> did he help you in this role at all? >> not at all. he -- he saw the movie. he moves it. he's a gear-head like you are. he said, you were really good at pretending to be a cop, mike. i'm the real thing. he is. he works at a correctional office. not -- he works in a jail. he's in jail. >> an older brother, that you can be the f
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critical praise for his films. "now you see me" "zombieland" and "the hunger games." >> i got a chance to meet up with woody to talk about his project, "wilson," where he plays a bachelor in search of happiness. >> how did we end up like this? >> there's a lot of seats, you know, in this train. ♪ >> reporter: in his latest role, woody harrelson is wilson. adore the character, even though he's neurotic? brutally honest? >> i think brutallally honest i the truth. we have moments in life, where we get the thought bubbles. but we don't express what's in them. and thank god. we would be in deep -- you know. >> reporter: in "wilson," harrelson stars alongside laura dern, who plays his estranged wife. >> sam
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she makes pippy wonderful. >> hey, claire. jenny craig is over here. >> reporter: do you find yourself in the wilson character at all? is there's a brutally honest aspect to you? >> i think i am like him. i'm not that extreme. i do find myself saying things. like, if only i can pull that back. >> if you're wondering about the lack of family resemblance, she used to be a real hippo. >> i got distracted from the comedy thing. it's nice to be back in. that feels like my roots. >> i think gary is playing with us. like a rat with a mouse. >> cat and mouse. >> reporter: it was his comedic role of woody boy, the young bartender on "cheers" that transformed harrelson into a bona fide star. his role ear h
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awards. do you keep in touch with your castmates? >> i saw rhea last night. she came to the screening. that was awesome. i dream of having a reunion. not a reunion where we do another show because i think, you know, that could turn out bad. >> reporter: a nice off-camera reunion would be nice. since "cheers," he's proven he's more than just the guy behind the bar. >> i'm talking here. >> reporter: from a basketball hustler in "white men can't jump." to an eccentric mentor in "the hunger games" series. there's no role that woody can't c conquer. >> if you get the first time to direct, why make it so hard? >> reporter: one camera and one take. in his directorial debut, he broadcast his film, "lost in london," live to cinema
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across america and the u.k. >> that idea has cost me endless amounts of stress and lack of sleep. i love how it turned out. 24 hours before, i was certain absolute disaster. >> reporter: how were you feeling? >> i was psyched. >> isn't he awesome? just want to listen to him talk. "wilson" opens in theaters tomorrow. are you doing weather? >> i was going to wait for you to toss to weather now. time for the weather. >> exactly. we are looking at a chance of some storms today right through the middle of the country. as we go into friday and into saturday and sunday, those storms will continue to move eastward. large hail, damaging winds. can't rule out tornadoes. severe storms again you see on saturday slowly moving to east. spotty showers and clouds to the east, temperatures warm up. sunday cooler day, eastern third of the country will be under a lot of clouds and scattered showers and some isolated storms, too. on the west coast the rain is continuing. lots of rain expected from washington through the coast of
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northwestern california, too, where a couple of inches of rain are possible. that's a look at the weather across the country, here is a peek out your window. >> good morning, everybody. late day showers on sunday but most of your sunday morning and afternoon plans will be uninterrupted by raindrops. right now sunny and cold outside. current temperatures only in the upper 20s and low 30s, headed in the upper 40s to around 50 for a high today. tomorrow a little more cloud cover but noticeably warmer. highs tomorrow up near 63 degrees and clouds around, a slight chance for shower or sprinkle there in the late morning to around noontime. the weekend is looking very nice. >> and that's >> that's your latest forecast. coming up next, "mirror mirror" on the wall displays music and can take calls. the coolest new gadget for spring after this. discover new hydra genius by l'oreal. the genius of liquid care. daily hydration that's super lightweight with aloe vera 72 hours of intense
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(singsong) budget meeting. sweet. if you compare last quarter... it's no wonder everything seems a little better with the creamy taste of philly, made with no artificial preservatives, flavours or dyes. ♪ the weather will be getting warmer, eventually. so, we're going to show you some cool new gear you want to pack on vacation or a trip to the beach. >> katie is here with some spring gadgets. i go to buy headphones and i never know which ones to buy. >> test a lot of headphones. this is really co
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headphones. they're warehouse arcs. they are a marshmallowy comfort feel. i can change the l.e. dechld. fe app. i call them great for relation trips. you can share any of the audio or music with the person next to you without having a cable. awesome for being able to share your music on the go. >> can it connect on the plane? >> a lot of money, $200. >> headphones, that's a good price point. ones that are comfortable and the will last you. >> are they noise cancelling, too? >> they have good noise cancelling features. >> moving on to bags. how exciting can bags get? >> pretty cool. these are from matador. >> go ahead and hold this. start to unravel it. this is
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these are actually packable bags you take with you. how many times you go on a trip and you have all of the stuff you have to bring back. you can pack the bags that fit in the palm of your hand. 24 liters in here. water justice e water-proof. they have tiny ones that fold out. only $14.99. >> what is that? >> that is this bag. put it on your key chain. you need an extra bag, no problem. >> bags get cool. >> move on. the crew loves this. these are -- hot heads. these are from firebox.com. and it's a little cold out. it will get a little warmer. works for any season. hot heads under $19. you upload a picture of a face or a bpet. >> what do you do with it? >> you put it in the microwave and it will be a compress. >> it has wh
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>> you put it in. it smells good. and you put it in the freezer, too. hot heads, great for anyone with an ego. >> you have a crush on someone, you can put your face on that. is that a little weird? >> i like it. >> a little weird. >> calculator. >> this is unique and interesting gadget. this is called tip and split. how many times you get a bill at the restaurant. and you're like, my gosh. basic math becomes the hardest thing ever. >> when people are look over your shoulder. >> painful. especially when you split it with 15 people. it has a magnifier on it. you enter the bill amount, and the tip amount and how many people you want to split it with. it will tell you how much. a cool gadget that has a light on it, great for a restaurant and a dim light. >> that can be the most embarrassing part of the meal, when you're trying to split the bill and someone is going through, i only had the coffee. >> the person who wants to
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itemize their bill. >> painful. >> people need to do that. money is tight. >> exactly. >> we saw you using this in the tease. >> this is a vio mirror. this is super high-tech. not only is it durable, but it has bluetooth. you can make calls from it and play your music from it. i'm playing my music from my phone. and it has l.e.d. controls and anti-fog controls. high-tech mirror, welcome to the future. >> that's so fun. i love when you're here and seeing all of the latest stuff. we're going to be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.
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>> yes? >> from me and sheinelle and you on the show yesterday. >> yes. >> only 250 likes. >> huge. >> i don't know. i mean, gavin could be the new star here. >> can i ask you to please help keir out. come on. >> i need all of the help i can get. in so many ways. >> i'm a little nervous when you turn on the comments. >> yeah. so am i. >> so close. we're going to get there. keir, thank you so much. >> thank you for looking after me. >> great to have you he
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no, excuse me, chuck, the very handsome kmuk bell with how things are looking. >> i stepped in for sheena, she was out doing a prom okay, national puppy day. go pet your puppy. temperatures still struggling to get above freezing mark, upper 40s to 50 degrees. much milder weather comes in. after that freeze, no other freezes in sight except downtown, some suburbs could be freezing tomorrow, though. >> thank you, chuck. coming up news 4 midday we'll have more on a big vote happening. see you then. ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free.
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