good morning. dead on arrival. >> i'm disappointed because we could have had it. >> this morning president trump and congressional republicans picking up the pieces after their seven-year-long bid to repeal and replace obamacare imploded in the halls of congress. >> i will not sugar coat this. this is a disappointing day for us. >> the president now saying he thinks obamacare will explode and the democrats will be to blame. this morning the political fallout, what it means for the president's agenda, and your health care. spring storm warning. a massive system stretching from the gulf coast to the midwest threatening 16 million people today with severe weather. everything from flash

we've got it all covered for you. tragedy in georgia. a small plane crashes into a suburban atlanta neighborhood killing the pilot and setting a house on fire. amazingly everyone on the ground escaping with their lives. and fantastic finish. >> ciozza. >> the gators knocking off the wisconsin badgers in overtime of the sweet 16. gator nation celebrating as the elite eight get underway today, saturday, march 25th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm sheinelle jones. what a game last night at madison square garden. just about 15 blocks from

biter last night. wisconsin down by three points to florida. but they sent the game into overtime with that clutch three pointer. then in overtime with 35 seconds left, the gators go up for a dunk, it gets blocked. that would have put the badgers up by four sealing the game. and finally that buzz eer beate. racing the court. >> boom. >> buzzer beater at the end for the win. proof there's no drama like sports. we'll get to more march madness in a bit. let's start with our top story. washington still reeling a day after the defeel of the american health care bill. president trump unable to seal the deal this time. in a moment, what it means for you and your health care. but let's start with nbc's kelly o'donnell who was in the thick of the action all day friday. >> reporter: good morning. a new challenge today for the

instead of repeal and replace, rebound. can the trump administration recover from failing to succeed on the president's first big attempt at legislation? repealing obamacare defined the republican mission for years. and now everyone is asking what now? this morning the president's eye is already on his next target. >> we'll probably start going very, very strongly for the big tax cuts and tax reform. that'll be next. >> reporter: president trump may be eager to shake off a stunning defeat. >> vote no! we can do better! >> reporter: while house speaker paul ryan seemed to absorb the body blow. >> i will not sugar coat this. this is a disappointing day for us. >> reporter: after all the campaigning, negotiating, all the touted deal making skills. failing to get the republican party to pass a core republican promise repealing obamacare notably left the president at least briefly humbled.

we learned a lot about loyalty. we learned a lot about the vote getting process. >> reporter: some of that learning was dealt by the conservative part of the house known as the conservative caucus. >> they're friends of mine. i'm disappointed because we could have had it. i'm a little surprised, to be honest with you. >> reporter: and speaker ryan who argued for weeks this the only chance to succeed on a repeal kept his cool. >> i don't want to cast blame. there is a block of no votes that we had that is why this didn't pass. >> reporter: and kept it real. >> yeah, we're going to be living with obamacare for the foreseeable future. i don't know how long it's going to take us to replace this law. >> reporter: president trump who met with 120 lawmakers to win their support distanced himself from any blame. despite his own immediate repeal promises. >> i never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days. i have a long

i think what will happen is obamacare unfortunately will explode. it's going to have a very bad year. >> reporter: and said the fall lines with democrats. >> i think the losers are nancy pelosi and chuck schumer because now they own obamacare. they own it. 100% own it. >> reporter: those party leaders celebrating a victory. perhaps the happiest they've looked since november 7th. >> today a victory for the affordable care act, more importantly for the american people. >> reporter: and willing, they say, to work with president trump who hinted his deal making may look toward democrats next time. >> if they got together with us and got a real health care bill, i'd be totally open to it. i think that's going to happen. >> reporter: and in the rubble of this repeal effort, the relationship between president trump and speaker paul ryan appears to be in good shape. both said positive things about each other. both will need each other for whatever comes next like tax reform. one of the things the president also said e

lessons about loyalty. that'll be interesting to watch to see if his relationship with some of those conservatives who weren't with him this time if that's about to change. craig? >> kelly o from the white house, thank you. as soon as the bill was pulled, the president called several reporters including at the post. phillip, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> donald trump runs as the ultimate deal maker, ultimate closer. as someone who's not tied to ideology. despite those things and despite the fact that republicans has been promising for seven years to repeal and replace obamacare, they couldn't do it. why? >> he couldn't close the deal. his aides kept telling us all week donald trump is the closer. he brought members to air force and into the bowling alley in the white house to make the deal work and could not bring them to the finish line. >> was this a

governing for trump? what lessons what did he learn? >> i think he learned governing is harder than splashing your name over a sky crescraperkyscr. he had to balance out the moderate republicans in the house with the conservative republicans who wanted very different things and whose constituents would have been impacted in different ways by this bill. and he wasn't able to find that common ground. you know, he only tried for about three weeks. remember in 2010 the democrats spent nine months negotiating to create the affordable care act. health care is hard and it's going to take a lot more work than this to get something together. >> and he also never really -- there was never a big public speech as well, phillip. he never spoke to america extolling the virtues of the gop health care plan. phillip, this week started with the fbi director testifying there is, in fact, an investigation into the donald trump administration, the campaign rb rather, and ties to

humiliating defeat. where does the president's -- where does it all stand? his presidency after 65 days in office? >> not in a good place. his credibility is damaged not only by that comey testimony but by the failure to repeal and replace obamacare. he has not had any significant legislative achievement yet in his presidency. i interviewed the presidential historian who's written biographies of presidents, he said donald trump has the most failed 100 first days of any president in american history. that's a big statement coming from the historian. >> all right, phillip. real quickly can you talk about the dynamic between the president and paul ryan? at this point he wasn't able to deliver the votes for the president. but we look at the future we have. tax reform, immigration, infrastructure legislation yet to come. does the president still have the confidence in him to get these things accomplished? >> he says he does and we have to take him at his word right

obviously president trump and paul ryan had their disagreements during the campaign. they're not friends necessarily but they're trying to work together. paul ryan is the speaker of the e house. donald trump as president is not going to get anything done without the support and the help and the leadership of paul ryan. and so they rely on each other. they're co-dependent right now in washington. and i think the next thing they're going to try to do is move forward on tax reform which as you guys know is a very complicated issue. it's not going to be an easy fix, but they're going to try to tackle it next. >> good to have you this morning. never mind the politics of it all, what does this mean for you and your health care plan? ali velshi, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's talk about how this bill not passing impacts health care plans for people watching this morning. >> okay so the biggest thing we talk about, it's not always the most important but it's insurance premiums. right? that's the issue. everybody's been talking about how high they go. under the cbo estimates and this is sort of what we're seeing, average sle

policy in the individual market are seeing their increases at 6.5% a year. averages are hard to talk about here. the only thing that matters to you is your increase. until 2021 if obamacare stays in place, you'll see 6.5% a year increases. after that, it'll go down to 5.5% increases. while these premiums are increasing at a slower rate, they always go. we've never had a year where premiums go down. that's the number one thing right now. premiums are going to go up by 6.5% on average now. 5.5% on average after 2021. >> president trump said yesterday that unfortunately obamacare will implode and the democrats will be to blame for it. we've heard that obamacare is in a death spiral. it will implode, explode. what's really going on with the affordable care act? >> well, it's -- those words are exaggerated. there's a lot of people for whom obamacare has been very helpful including those who couldn't get insurance because of pre-existing conditions. but there are some problems with the state exchanges.

premiums are up by 70%. 7-0. that's what you've been hearing on tv with a lot of republican congressmen. there are fewer options. there are a lot of places in america where you have one option, only one. you can imagine you don't get choice in that case. and enrollment amongst healthy people is much lower than was expected. they've decided to pay the penalty rather than be insured. i think i have a map here that i can show you. it depends where you live. those green states are actually doing really well. they've got robust exchanges, better than the average. new york is in there, california is in there. the states in orange are the ones that are suffering. arizona has been one of the state where is you've seen dramatic increases. depending where you live, things are different. >> can it be fixed and is there the political will to do so? >> well, it should be fixed. that's what they should have started with. there's a lot of constituents who want different things fixed. the main problem with obamacare is the degree to whicom

the market. and so in order to satisfy the insurance companies and i know some people don't want to hear that because why do we want to satisfy the fat cats already? but you need them in the game. we need to authorize the subsidies under obamacare. it's not twabl part of the bill. it's a separate part of the bill. right now it hasn't been authorized. that needs to be authorized by congress. we hope they do it. the insurance companies also want no exceptions for enrollme enrollment. they wteo enroll in the fall, not other times. and there are some exceptions. so those are some of the changes they want. there are changes that can be made. >> ali velshi, good to have you. >> pleasure. another hot topic this morning, questions are swirling about trump campaign ties to russia and the bombshell claim from the republican chair of the house committee that associates of the campaign were being monitored by u.s. intelligence. now he's back tracking. peter alexander has that report. >> repr:

nunes says he's not sure if aides were monitored or just mentioned by foreigners under surveillance. >> we won't know that until we receive all of the documentation. >> reporter: it's a dramatic reversal from the certainty nunes showed dropping this bombshell. >> i have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president-elect and his team were, i guess, at least monitored. >> reporter: president trump at the time saying he felt vindicated. >> i somewhat do. i must tell you, i somewhat do. >> given the fact that devin nunes doesn't know if the president was monitored or whether he was mentioned, what is he vindicated by? >> i think there's been an acknowledgment that there are documents out there showing that people were surveilled or monitored to some degree. >> reporter: this morning new signs the investigation into the possible russia connection that's supposed to be bipartisan is instead breaking down. >> he is now interfering in this

investigation. >> reporter: the intelligence committee's top democrat already upset nunes took his revelations to the president before consulting his colleagues. now accusing nunes of trying to choke off information by canceling an open hearing with three former top officials. >> there must have been a strong pushback from the white house. it's hard for me to come to any other conclusion. >> reporter: instead, nunes announcing the committee will ask the director os of the fbi to come back. and that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort whose ties to russia are under scrutiny is volunteering to be interviewed. >> we have people that continue to come forward and provide information. >> reporter: an investigation becoming as controversial as the topic it's focused on. for "today," peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. this morning 18 million people from the south to the midwest could be dealing with severe weather. there's a big storm system that keeps moving across the country. indra peterson has the latest. good morning. >> good morning. that

especially hard in the south with severe storms starting to move east. check out this video of downed trees in arkansas. some mobile homes there flipped over. no one hurt. we continue to right now to watch this line of storms. it's easy to see that squall line pushing off. and this is just the last three hours. this is going to be the new setup. just getting ramped up. here's the pattern. we're seeing the jet stream. it looks squiggly to you. that means we have many areas that could be talking about the threat for severe weather. ohio valley down to new orleans. even alabama looking at risk. there's 16 million people at risk today. as we go through sunday, we actually have an enhanced risk. this is the second one. oklahoma city, paris, even dallas. you're kind of on the borderline looking for a threat for the severe weather. mostly looking for strong winds out there. also some downpours looking at wichit wichita, waco. some rain is going

possible. in through sunday evening in through monday, we're going to be looking for that threat for severe weather. >> all right. we'll come back to you for the national forecast in just a moment. now let's turn to london where the city is still dealing with that devastating terror attack but remaining defiant in the face of terror. this morning we're learning more about the man responsible for the attack. matt bradley is live in the british capital with new details. matt, good morning. >> reporter: thanks, sheinelle. the latest revelations from this sprawling investigation of masood visited saudi arabia three times. most recently in 2015. today soul searching in britain. a nation pondering how a popular boy became a terrorist killer. >> he was always very friendly to everybody. i think he, you know, he wanted to be liked. en. >> reporter: one uk paper this morning calling him the middle class jihadi. khalid masood was killed after running over three people on a

an american man celebrating his wedding anniversary. masood then stabbed to death a parliament police guard. born adrian elms, he did time in multiple prisons. that's where he's thought to have converted to islam. investigators now pouring over 3,000 pieces of evidence interviewing 3500 witnesses and searching 11 properties. but that sweeping dragnet now narrowing. of the 11 arrested, only 2 remain in custody. as police ponder the crime, they're raising new questions about tactics. >> my team will work with parliamentary authorities to suggest if a different tone is necessary. >> reporter: more than 90% of british police remain unarmed, but they've doubled their armed presence in the capital. american tourists in london say they still feel safe. >> it wouldn't have made any different if more had been armed considering the man wasn't holding a gun either.

and i feel completely safe knowing that they aren't armed right now. >> we just want to dedicate this set to kurt. >> reporter: for the american tourist who was killed, all that's left for family and friends in salt lake city is a legacy to remember. and as you can see here if downtown london, it's a beautiful day. the area's filled with tourists. it's hard to believe that there was a terror attack here just three days ago. >> matt, thank you. let's take a look at other stories making headlines this morning. breaking overnight. a daring robbery right inside the famous bellagio hotel in las vegas. first reports of shots fired sent gamblers and guests into a panic there. several suspects broke the glass doors of a jewelry shop just before 1:00 a.m. local time. then ran through the parking garage. witnesses tweeted out some pictures including what's believed to be one of the suspects in a pig mask. the investigate is ongoing. but at this point, no reports of injuries. investigators are

crash outside atlanta today. horrified witnesses watched as the plane spun out of control and slammed into the front yard of a home in marietta, georgia. the pilot was killed. no one on the ground was hurt. and this why they call it march madness. last night wisconsin down. zach showalter heaved up a three pointer to send the game into overtime. now with the clock ticking down in ot, wisconsin pulls for the upset when florida's chris c chiozch chiozza gets the buzzer beater. kentucky beat ucla. and the gamecocks from south carolina also hammered baylor last night. 70-50. the first time in the school's history that they're going to the elite eight.

afternoon. and despite what florida did last night, you have to think the gamecocks have the vang. >> no bias there whatsoever. >> i'm not even watching anymore. done. done. >> let's talk about the weather. >> yeah. feeling a little bit better for us. >> a little better. >> but winter is still somewhere. that is still in the northeast. clipper making its way through. we are seeing the wintry mix towards vermont and new hampshire. still even the potential for four inches of snowfall in some of the hot spots. sorry for you guys. the rest of us are starting to transition. it's starting to feel a lot better out there. severe storms, this is going to be the next story not just today and tomorrow. another pattern as we go through next week. more severe weather wave after wave of this will continue through the springtime. want to show you this though. look at the difference between the cold fronts. boston, 42. new york city, 60 today. d.c., loving this. 77 degrees. wh

meanwhile, still beautiful in southern california but some showers are making their way in. that's a look at the big picture. now a look at your local weather. >> cherry blossoms, peak bloom today and the rest of the weekend as temperatures will be soaring into the mid-70s this afternoon. a lot of clouds around and maybe a few showers to our west around sunset. coming into the metro after that. light breeze today. ten-day outlook cooler on sunday. a little sunshine back. 50s in the morning. afternoon highs, low 60s. chance of some morning rain on monday and again tuesday, some afternoon rain chances. highs in the 70s. a bit cooler mid-week. >> beggars cannot be choosers. you guys should have heard. they were just complaining. we no longer have snow. what is this, rain? it's warmer! >> that's true. >> i'll take the rain over the cold. >> what can i do, guys? >> thank you. what would you do if you were embraced by the pope himself? this girl's response will probably surprise you. plus she's been the breakout star of

gig as sean spicer? we'll find out in pop start. first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ >> all right. all right. still ahead here on a saturday morning today, a serious safety warning about your medicines. you won't believe how easy it is for a kid to crack open one of those bottles. a rossen reports update on how to keep our kids safe. and we all love blue skies, but coming up you'll appreciate the cloudy days. indra has more on that. but first these messages. re on

good morning. the time now is 7:26 on this saturday, march 25th. i'm meagan fitzgerald. we are following several stories for you this morning. expect large crowds down by the tidal basin this weekend. cherry blossoms are expected to reach peak bloom and the weather is supposed to be awesome. metro says they're scaling back some of their maintenance work to accommodate the extra people. and you can safely get rid of all those documents you have piling up. head to the nbc 4 all state community shred today. it's free at the college campus in annandale. we'll have a look at your weekend forecaswh

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good morning. meteorologist tom kierein is standing by for a look at our weekend weather. tom, it's looking beautiful out there, huh? >> yeah. we're in the 50s right now. a lot of clouds around, but we'll stay dry. and temperatures as we get into the afternoon will be jumping into the 70s. ought to hit the mid-70s by mid-afternoon. a lot of cloudiness. maybe a little sunshine breaking out from time to time. then this evening there is a possibility of a passing rain shower. that's going to be between generally around 6:30, 7:00 p.m. to around 9:00 p.m. after that we dry out and some sunshine back on sunday. but cooler tomorrow. highs reaching the low 60s. mild again on monday after some morning rain. afternoon temperatures in the low 70s. then on tuesday, the mid-70s. and maybe some afternoon and rain on tuesday. then wednesday, thursday we dry out and it's a bit cooler. then another

perhaps next friday. into next weekend, dry that following saturday. >> all right. those temperatures look great. thank you, tom. back in about 25 minutes with more headlines. for now back to the "today" show. i want to begin today by apologizing on behalf of you to me! for how you have treated me these last two weeks. and that apology is not accepted! >> that's melissa mccarthy there as sean spicer on "saturday night live." how did she get that job in the first place? we've got that coming up in pop start. we are back on this saturday morning, march 25th, 2017. the crowd joining us outside on a lovely spring day so far. temperatures here in new york better than the week before. may get a few showers this afternoon around these parts. >> look at that sign. how cute is that? >> it is adorable. we're going to get outside in a bit.

look at headlines today. president trump and the republican party moving on to tax reform today. a day after their health care bill crashed and burned. the president saying obamacare is going to explode and it will be the fault of the democrats. former penn state president graham spanier is facing up to five years in prison this morning a day after being convicted of one misdemeanor count of child endangerment. he was found guilty of not passing along child sexual abuse charges against jerry sandusky. and a memorial willing held today for debbie reynolds and carrie fisher. the final resting place for the mother/daughter duo. music by "star wars" composer is expected to be featured. let's start with the download. our recap of some of the biggest headlines this week. >> a hilarious encounter with the pope. that's one of the stories that caught our attention this week.

>> breaking news coming out of london. >> a city on high alert. >> we are following reports of possible gunfire outside the uk parliament. >> scotland yard is treating this as a terrorist incident. >> an attacker has been shot. >> terror in the heart of london. >> this car a weapon used to kill and injure dozens on westminster bridge. >> this attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism. >> the driver axccelerating in cycle lane. a woman diving into the river thames. american kurt cochran from utah was one of four killed. he and his wife melissa were on the last day of a european tour. posting photographs to celebrate 25 years of marriage. >> but britain remains defiant. >> we are not afraid. the most action-packed week yet for president trump. a fight over health care. >> today the house is

>> we believe that we need to postpone the vote and get it right. >> marathon confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch who criticized the attacks against federal judges by the president. >> i find that demoralizing because i know the truth. >> jaim comey appeared at a public hearing rejecting the president's explosive wiretapping claims. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> and announcing an investigation that won't please the white house. >> the fbi is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. an alabama woman who was kidnapped and locked in the trunk of her car revealed how she made her daring escape. >> i got my idea to use my insulin pump light. i found it and stepped out. >> frantic she ran into the gas station and hid while the owner called police. >> the suspect who was after her money now in

>> mystery solved. tom brady's super bowl jersey in safe hands. the thief captured after the heist was shown in action. >> the suspected thief follows bill belichick right into the locker room. >> then just 14 minutes later he walks out with what appears to be the jersey under his left arm. the prize possession found in mexico along with another brady jersey from his super bowl xlix victory. the suspect? a member of the international media. dramatic video out of peru where a man escaped with his life after his car was swept away in a flash flood. >> it flips onto a rock, cleanly breaking out the wind cheeshiel the driver is able to walk away. a 3-year-old girl from atlanta made international headlines for this encounter with pope francis. >> when he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, she went for it, grabbing the hat off his

too much for this young kid. >> when llamas attack. >> the parents are more concerned about getting it on camera than the kid pinned under the llama. >> get the shot! >> that is a good point. the child is traumatized. >> that could be said for a lot of video shown on tv these days. people are more about taking the video. >> cry a little bit longer. >> let's see pope girl again here. >> oh, where she takes -- >> can't get enough of this. >> you know when you're 3 or 4 years old, i want to see it, i want to touch it. why not? >> and the pope of course handling the way that pope francis would. >> absolutely. when you think about all the hands he shakes and talking to people, it's probably refreshing to get a child who just, you know -- >> he laughed when it happened. cutest moment. >> good to have you. what's it looking like out there? >> it's getting better. >> we'll t

>> whatever we can take, right? here's what we want to see. high pressure. that means we're talking about the warm air out of the gulf and up the atlantic. it's starting to feel like spring in spring. remember we had a nor'easter a couple of weeks ago. huge change here. notice the map how many 70s we're seeing? i am loving this. philadelphia, 75 here. then 24 degrees above the average. roanoke 71. columbia 78 degrees. as we make our way in through sunday, it's going to get a little bit cooler in the northeast. notice what happens down to the south. almost near 80, columbia. 79 degrees. now as we go towards next week, this is how we know it's actually spring. it's starting to stay this way. notice even albany will get a 60. that's a look at the big picture. let's look at your local weather. >> a lot of cloud around on this saturday morning. might get a little sunshine in and out here especially by mid-afternoon. that's when our temperatures will likely hit the mid-70s.

looking likely maybe after 6:00 p.m. ending before midnight. after that we dry out sunday. cooler tomorrow with highs in the low 60s. back into the low 70s, though, by monday afternoon after some morning rain showers. might get some rain showers on tuesday afternoon. highs mid-70s. >> so temperatures today in the 60s but maybe a little rain. still happy? >> we'll still take it. >> it's a change. >> better than a snowstorm. >> there you go. just ahead we'll look at the latest twitter trend. the new craze that has some people jumping for joy. others scratching their heads. we'll see which one of us becomes the next champion of the c cup blowing challenge. and we'll have an update on the rossen reports on where you store your medicines. but first, these messages. come on...you can do it! dogs just won't quit. neither does frontline. that's why there's frontline gold. with its easy applicator

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all have in our homes right now. many of us assume those caps on top of the prescription bottles to keep our kids out, after all we have a hard time with them as adults. you have to push down then twist it. as you're about to see, even for preschoolers, this can be child's play. >> look. >> reporter: this 4-year-old just opened a bottle of cough syrup. >> i did it. >> reporter: potentially lethal. this boy just got into powerful painkillers. >> got it! >> reporter: how'd they do that? all the bottles are sealed with child safety caps. that's scary for a lot of parents. >> it should be scary. because whatever is here could kill your child. >> reporter: kate carr is with the wash group safe kids. and says theess caps may be a bigger problem. >> i'm looking at the bottles. pink liquid, gummy candies. >> they think it's great. it's candy. they're going to swallow it and go after more. >> reporter: and the numbers are staggering. a new report from safe kids says

emergency rooms every year due to accidental medicine poisonings. and in a nationwide survey, they found seven out of ten parents don't store medicine properly. leaving their kids at risk. we invited this group of 4-year-olds to a play date. then we bought several medications.ibuprofen. if swallowed by a child, all these proukts can be poisonous. even deadly. that's why they come with the child resistant safety caps. before our test, we dumped everything out. we even cleaned and sanitized the bottles. so nothing was left behind. back at the play date with their parents looking on, we get started. we want to see thousand

one, two, three, go. within three seconds, watch. you got it that fast? francesca pops the safety cap on ibuprofen. according to safe kids, the number one drug kids get into. about a minute later, she opens another bottle. of acetaminophseet me acetamino. you opened that too? >> yes. >> reporter: was that easy to open? >> yes. >> reporter: the boys are doing it too. mark got the painkillers. remember this could be poison for a child. yet there's braden opening bottles no problem at all. >> easy. >> reporter: in fact, every single child in our group opened at least one bottle. olivia opened two within minutes. how'd you open that? >> i did it all by myself. >> reporter: really fast. >> i am really fast. because i'm a big girl.

horror. >> i was frightened. you buy these items expecting them to be child proof and my little 4-year-old sat there and opened it. >> reporter: one after the other after the other. >> easily. >> reporter: these caps don't have to be child proof by law. just child resistant. are the regulations tight in you have? >> i think they are. we don't want to make it impossible to open something. what we want to make sure is that kids can't get to medicine. >> reporter: she says it comes down to us as adults. we leave medication in our bags, on counters as a reminder to take the em. that can also make them easily accessible to small kids. for francesca's dad, our play date was a wakeup call. >> got it! >> i got to go home and check the house of all the medicines and make sure they're put away. >> it was easy. >> reporter: those kids are cute but it's so frightening to watch. how do you protect your chin

unrealistic to lock up your medication entirely. so the easiest thing to do is take it off your night stand, off your kitchen counter, and put it what they call up and away where you can reach it but your kids can't. at the end of our play date, we told all of the kids this is just an experiment. made it very clear to them these products are very dangerous and they should never try to open them again. it's a great conversation we should all have with our kids. >> thank you for that. a lot of useful information. i'll need to go home and do assessing as well. >> i've never had the conversation now that i think about it. coming up next, time to get your head out of clouds but keep your eye on the sky. we'll have exciting news that will have you and your friends geeking out a bit. right after these messages. he oh the mont

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>> big day for me. forget being on cloud nine. we are on cloud 12. because that's how many types of new clouds have been added to this historic update coming from meteorologists. exciting stuff, guys. the new types include the blottus roll cloud. it gets its nay from this long horizontal tubelike shape. next up, we have the cavum or hole punch cloud. very easy to see. makes sense there. we also have asperetus. it looks like waves under water. check these out. and then finally we have the surfer waves of the fluctus clouds. these are caused by wind above moving faster. there's just a sample of the new additions we have. meteorologists, sky watchers, daydreamers, we're geeking out. what do you think? >> i love that. >> who

things? >> that's a great question. >> she's like let me look that up. i remember as a kid i used to sit on the front porch, right? for so long and stare at the clouds and try to make shapes out of them. did you ever do that? >> no. i had toys and friends. >> craig. >> wow. sheinelle, he just got us both in one dig. you have no friends, craig, anymore. coming up, new season, new style from your home to your wardrobe to your wallet. we'll look at the best ways to spring into spring. but first -- i love you, you know i love you. but first this is "today" on nbc. xt sound bite yourself.

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7:56 on this saturday, march 25th. good morning to you. i'm david culver. let's get a look at your headlines this saturday morning. we start with the national cathedral and other landmarks around the world going dark. they're taking part in earth hour. it's calling for action on climate change. the cathedral, egypt's pyramids, many more all going to turn off power starting at 8:30 local time and evening. and in our area the city of rockville also going to hit the light switch. your chance to head out to the news4 all state community shred. this starts minutes from now. take anything that may have

you can take it to the campus in ai n a annandale. you wa tma su there by 11:00 in the morning. the line gets long. a check of that forecast right after this with tom kierein.

tom kierein, a lot of folks going to head out to check out the cherry blossoms. going to be greeted by warm temperatures too. >> we have a bit of sunshine breaking out now. live from the storm team 4 tower camera. a lot of clouds around on this saturday morning. temperatures later today soaring into the mid-70s. by mid afternoon. a little sunshine in and out. then maybe some rain this evening. if you're going out this saturday night, have an umbrella handy. then sun back tomorrow but cooler. low 60s in the afternoon. maybe some morning and midday showers on monday. afternoon showers tuesday,

dries out mid-week. maybe more rain next friday. david? >> all right, tom. thanks. we'll have another local news update in about 25 minutes. for now back to the "today" show. good morning. dead on arrival. >> we could have had it. >> this morning president trump and congressional republicans picking up the pieces after their seven-year-long bid to repeal and replace obamacare imploded in the halls of congress. >> this is a disappointing day for us. >> this morning the political fallout, what it means for the president's agenda. spring storm warning. a massive system stretching from the gulf coast to the midwest threatening 16 million people today with severe weather. flash flooding to damaging winds and large hail. and fitness, faith, and fellowship. from c