. good morning. breaking news. the president's $8 billion gamble. this morning president trump set to sign a border deal that stops the shutdown but ups the ante, ready to get the money from tax players. >> the precedent the president is setting here should be met with great unease and dismay. just ahead, the ones in a generation legal battle between congress and the white house that could land in the supreme court. we are live with the latest. split decision. reaction pours in aftern a cancels its plans to build a massive new headquarters in new york city. some are elated. >> the people united can and did beat back the most powerful

he world. n in >> others areutraged over the loss of thousands of new jobs and billions of potential n revenue. >> i don't understand it. >> will amazon take its business elsewhere. bizarre new twist. ernight two persons of interest questioned in the pure porlted attack on jussie smollett. the actor himself interviewed by police. are they any closer to answers. all at, plus breaking ght, aught on erovnicamera. a man car jacks a ups truck and holds the driverag hoste. >> he's running, he's running! fighting for his life. >> it started clawing along my ce and then my >> the jogger who killed a mountain lion with his bare hands shares his incredibleor of survival. >> i feel like i made all the decisions that i needed .

did katie perry and orlando bloom get o engagedn valentine's day?to day friday, february 15, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie andod kotb live from studio 1a in rockefelleraz good morning. nice to have you with us on a friday morning. >> our top story, one crisis averted, another one started? >> we'll see. this morning the president will sign the deal passed by congress thats avo a government shutdown, but he plans to declare a national emergency to pay for his border wall. some critics are already calling that an abuse of power. weave got complete coverage on the move and the fallout. we'll start with nbc white house welker.ndent kristen good morning to you. ter: good morning. in uft j hours president trump is expected to declare a

national emergency and will aim to secure $8 billion for hisll border it's a highly controversial move republicans.y while the government will stay open, mr. trump is trading one political crisis for another. with the rose garden as his backdrop this morning, president trump is poised to announced 8 billion for his border wall by declarinem a national gency. he'll effectively bypass congress to h fund key priority, allowing him to redirect seval funds from several pre-existing sources including the department of defense. it comes aft s congressned a bipartisan deal overnight to keep the government open. >> the ayes are 300 t nays are 28. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi calling the president's emergencyti decla an abuse of power. >> we will not have an end run around the congress of the united states.

>> reporter: earlier in the day, majority lear mitch mcconnell making it clear he backs the president. >> i'll support the national emergency declaration. >> reporter: a rapid reversal for the republican leader who warned last week. >> the national emergencies in the past have not been contentious. i'm pretty sure this onebe woul >> reporter: the president is facing growi opposition o within hiwn ranks. senator susan collins saying it's a mistak marco rubio echoing that. >> i think it w ld be a terrible idea. i hope he doesn't do >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico. >> who? >> mexico. >> reporter: some in the president's b conservative aren't satisfied. ann coulter tweeting national emergency won't help. it's overf he sighis bill. the white house is digging in amit is it the backlash.

it's a move mr. trump dangled for days, pointing to his predecesso predecessors president trump, p clinton, president bush, they've declared -- this is not unique. they've declared many national emergencies, many, many. >> reporter: both president trump and vice president pence have spoken out against executive orders in the past, railingre against thendent obama for using it on immigration. >> the whole concept of executive order, it's not the way the cou is supposed to be run. you're supposed to make a deal. >> signing an executiveorder, giving a speech, barnstorming around the country, that executive order, is not leadership. >> kristen, a couple of questions. let's go to this whole notion of an emergency. if i u,erstand this law is set up where in the case of an emergency the president can act quickly, get money going to defend this country. how does the white house justify this particular instance a as

emergency, especially considering they've been in office f two years and for the first two years they had an all-republican congress? how do they say now we have this that's the big question, savannah. they have to prove there's a crisis at t border. why is the president doing this now, for example and not the day he took office. past presidents have issued emergency declarations forra a e of reasons. as you point out, those measures have typically been used to respond to unforeseen crises, like a natural disaster or an attack. a couple of examples you pointed to. former president obama declared one over swine flu, former george w. bush issued one after the september 11th attacks. one thing is certain, this is an issueehat will tied up in the courts, savannah and hoda. it's not car when thi funding will come through. you already have states all across the cntry threatening to sue as well as democrats on capitol hill. >> so if this thing gets tangled

up in the courts,kristen, will money be coming any time soon or is that so far downd the r we may not see it for a long time? >> reporter:road hod hoda, they not see moneyor this until after the next election. look at the president's travel n. he declared that in the early days of his administration, that was ensnartd in c challenges for over a year. recently, last june, the supreme court signed offn his travel ban. it's a clear example of ow executive actions can get ensnared in court chrelenges. s what we know. thiste will undoy go to the high court. >> nbc news will have special live coverage of the president's remarks scheduled for 10:00 eastern this morning.

now an uproar over the explosive new claim tied to the rusch yeah investigation. andrew mccalaing the agency discussed a plan to remove president trump from office. hallie jackson has more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. president trump is again slamng that claim in a new tweet overnight as andrew mccabe's critics question his credibility. mccabe paints a grim portraitef val office in his new memoir. now members of congress on both sides of the aisle want to see him on citol hill. new fallout from that explosive interview this morning with some lawmakersdi dem to hear from the former deputy fbi director themselves. >>e're definitely going to spee to andrewccabe and the whole crowd about what happened during the 2016 election. >> reporter: that reaction a response to the revelation that on the day after president trump fired james mccabe,ccabe

ordered donald trump to be investigated to see whether the president obstructed justice among other things. mccabe's w stated goal to protect the team looking into russianer election irence as he told "60 minutes." >> i wanted to make sure our case was on solid ground and if somebody came in to try to close it and walked away, they wouldn't be able to do thatth t creating a record of why they made that decision. >> reporter: in his new memoir, quote, i he were on the box at quantico, he would break the lie detector machine. he describes inv5ing theth amendment to remove the esident from office. and rod rosenstein talked seriously aboutearing a wire in the presence of the president. the justice department calls mccabe's description inaccurate and facally incorrect and says rosenstein was being sarcastic when he offered to wear a recordingdevice.

president trump tweeting he's a disgray to the fbi and our country. comments echoed by vice president mike pence sitting down with andrea stchell. >> tresident has been producing for the american people and iouldn't be more proud to stand with him. the words andf writings a disgriced fbi agent won't change that fact. >> you've never heard of this before? >> i've never heard any discussion of the 25th amendme by members of this government. >> reporter: mccabe was fired by the fbi last year aused of lying about his interactions with the media. another extra from his book according to the "wall street journal" talks about former attorney general jeff sessions who aording to mccabe said the fbi was better off when you only hired irish men, not like ath e new people with nose rin and tattoos.

sessions' rlacement has now been confirmed by the senate. you're looking at bill barr getting sworn in. he starts his full day as the a neorney general. hoda, savannah, back to you. programming note, andrew mccabe will be hereor a live interview tuesday morning on today. craig joins the story for another big story. >> retail giantng amazon b both cursed and celebrated this morning after a stunning reversal, killing its plan to build a massive new headquarters inisland city. their decision coming after weeks of opposition from localc poli leaders. nbc's tom costello has the latest. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. so ayou know, the polls here in new york showing broad support for amazon bringing 25,000 jobs to long island city, right acrosshe river from manhattan. billions of dollars in tax incentives turned a lot of people off who said it simply was president worth the cost. once considered a prime

location, new york city is no longer the future home of amazon's rq the retail giant canceled its plans tuild an expansive corporate campus in long island city queens, new york, blaming state and local politicians who, quote, oppose our presence and will not work with us. >> the company abruptly did an about-face. >> reporter: the decision to back outcomes months after amazon n aed the city one of twoes winning s at the end of a longighly contested search. cities acros the country entered a -thies bidding war. new york city's mayor who worked to get the deal done not hiding his disappoint in their decision to back out. >> no dialogue, no effort to work together. i don't understand it. >> reporter: the company promised to bring 25,000 jobs in a deal fueled by $3on bil in state and city tax incentives. >> if i g e you$3 billion and

youanded me back $27 billion, that's what this deal looked like. there are a let of sart deals over the years, bad deals, given stadiums and other businesses. this was a relatively well-craftplans. >> reporter: community leaders didn't see it that way. fiercely us opposing these of public systems, alexandria cortez celebrated the d sision y out of the district. >> we could invest those $3 billion in our district ourselves if we wanted to. we could hire out more teachers, fix our subways, put a lot of people to work for thatne >> reporter: some residents feared the headquarters would negatively impact traffic, housing and schools. not everybody opposed amazon's sve to the big apple. someporters expressed

outrage. >> this was a revolution for queens economy. basically sacrificed or community on the altar of politics. >>mazon destroys small businesses. you want to have a city with lifetr which means st life, not big gleaming towers everywhere. you want a sense of community. >> reporter: this morning amazon says it has no plans to find a replacent for the new york headquarters. instead it will gw itsases in virginia and nashville. >> tom, what does this me by amazon, what does it do for new york as a destination for business? >> reporter: it depends on who you talk to. the governor, governor cuomo really felt this was critical to helping new york defensive vears phiro away real estate and financial services. former melor mic bloomberg who liked the amazon deal, he also became concerned about the billions in tax incentives. at the end of the day thisw is rk city, it's where the world does business.

most experts says business will continue to ce here. the question is whether some might be turned away. >> tom costello, nong island city, thank you. iran's foreign minister is neaking out an exclusive interview with nbc news oochs and delivering a message directly to president trump. foreign ef correspondent richard engel had the interview. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. i am now in munich for an annual security conference. vice president pence isd expec here. just a short while ago i sat down wh the iranian foreign minister. iran is facing crushing sanctions after president aump pulled o iranian nuclear deal. in just two weeks president trump is expected to have second meeting with the north korean leader. i asked the iranian foreign mister if iran might be interested in doing something similar. hisanswer, he's notte sted.

>> president trump has said he's hoping to meeting one day with your president, the iranian president, potentially tohe renegotiate iran deal. >> why should we renegotiate a deal which we spent not just a couple of hours b meeting 13 years to negotiate, and we negotiat with the unite states? why should we trust president trump, that he would abide by his own signature? >> reporter: the iranian foreign minist also told me he is concerned by increasing statements from trump administration officials and sraeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to talk about aggression towards iran, e potentialln war. >> richard en yl, thankou very much. turning our attention to mr. roker with a first check of the weather. d morning. thank you forgetting your first weather from us. boy, what a ms out st,

especially southern california. you look at the flooding going on, mudslides, debrisemlow. real pro homes have been destroyed. the good news is, they're to get a break today. you have the storm system off the pacific west coast. more rain coming intoli rnia, but much less. in fact, as that system pushes in, lower flood f risk california. rain and snow into the weekend. las vegas yesterday with over an inch of rain. they actually saw -- the first time they've had an inch of rain -- the 14th timeince the early 1930s. they don't normally see that. what we ang looat, winter weather advisories for 18 millioin people from the p into the midwest as the system from the california area makes its way east. snow from wichita, kansas, into lower parts of illinois and indiana. it will spread to the midwest by the evening and by saturday it moves off quickloo the news is, it doesn't have a lot of moisture available to it. it will bringts heaviest

amounts of snow back to the plains and the six to nine inches of east. as we head to the east, the snowfall amounts lighten up. we'll get to your local forecasi up in the next 30 seconds. good morning everybody. cloudy skies, but a mild start to your february morning. winds out of the south today 15 to 20 miles per hour. certainly breezy. that wil bring temperatures into the 60s. in the low 50s across the area now. nshine during the middle parts of the day.

that will get temperatures into the low and mid 60s. still a chance for a few more showers later in the evening between 5:00 and 8:00 this evening. tomorrow, an 80% chance of light rain, maybe wet snow. any accumulations will be south of the d.c. area. >> that's your latest weather. love mr. melvin's jacket. >> you are so kind. >> you look good. >> working here, you kno al roker -- >> got to up the game. pocket square, the whole thing. it's working. thanksroject runway. coming up, family affair, what theth b of jech bezos is saying about the couple's relationship and their leak hind the text messages and photos. the jogger involved in a life-or-death struggle when he was attacked by a mouain lion shares his unbelievable story of survival. first this is "today" on nbc. everyone's got to listen to mom.

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i have... ♪ 7:26 is your time now on this friday, february 15, 2019. good morning to you. i'm eun ng. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. developing this c.morning, police are looking for the person who fired shots in northeast last night critically injuring a 12-year-old boy. the boy is the third child to be shot in t district this year. a final vote on metro hours will take place in twoweeks. the metro board was supposed to it would ether continue shortened hours to make wa for repairs or go back to a normal schedule. d.c.an leadership wts to resume normal operations. metro says repairs are let's check on the commute with melissa mollet. >> inneroo of the beltway at

colesville we still have thesi ation onto the ramp. still slow inner and outer loop ofolesville is still closed due to an earlier crash. centreville eastbound before 66, delays even though the crash is gone and 270outhbound at rockville, a little slow there. tonight at 5:00, tommy mcfly wraps up our looking for love stories with dating horror stories. >> you won't believe everything he told us. it should be fun. we'll take a break. your forecast is next.

good morning. temperatures in the low 50s now. a bit of a stherly breeze makes it feel cooler than that. turns out to be a mild afternoon with temperatures in the 60s. colder over the weekend. a chance of rain and wet snow tomorrow,ia espy south of

the washington area and then chances for cold raindrops coming in the second half of your sunday. >> chuck, thau. another local news update in 25 minutes. for now back to ae "today" sher this short brea

i ended upearing some i ended up hearing pine needles rustaling and a stick break. was pretty bummed out to see a mountain lion claysing after me. >> the 31-year-old jogger was attacked by a mountain lion. it's an incredible story. he'll share the e ire thing with us. >> that lion picked the wrong runner. >> incredible story. let's get to today's headlines. we start with the president's plan to bypass lawmakers and declareio nl emergency which he will then use to redirect $8 billion ir taxpa money to fund a border wall. th announcement prompted

condemnation fromwk and some republicans. the spending bill thursday providing funding for border security, but not for the wall and not in the amount the president was seeking. william barr was sworn in od th replacing acting attorney general matt whitaker. the senate voted 5-44 to confirm the 68-year-old, mostly along party lines. barr served as attorney general under george h.w. bush in the early '90s. he'll oversee robert mueller's on going russia investigation. a dramatic standoff came to an end. a man hding a ups driver was shot and killed byrs offi the truck was hijacked with the drive inside aic led pole on a chase through downtown san jose. they say earlier in the day the gunman shot at them. eventually the female accomplice

surrd. the gunman held the driver orhostage over an hour. the driver was released. the suspect gets out of the truck and makes a run for it. ran into a parking lot, was shot and killed by police. thankfully no one else was injured. >> meantime there are new developments overnight in the jussie smollett story. police say they're questioning two men seen on surveillance cameras the night of the reported attack on the "eire" star. they've talked to him again as well. nbc's ron mott is in chicago with more on this story. ron, good morning. >> it's important to say that police are not calling thesewo men suspects. more than two weeks after the photos were released. they know they're two brothers from nigeria and have a connection to smollett. police say these two men are

being held in custody for questioning. police are calling the two nigerianpl brothers pe of interest but not suspects. authorities have searched multiple search warra regarding the alleged attack. in a dramatic new twist, they say both men are ailiated with "empire" and at least one of the show.ad a role on the the potential break in the case comes a day after smollett described the incident to nbc news. >> i see the attacker masked and he said this maga country [ bleep ] ande punched right in the face. i punched his ass back. we started tussling. >> smollett sd the men poured liquid on him. >> i don't have any doubt in my mind that that's them. never did it. >> police say the men were met

wednesday by investigators after landing at o'hare airport. smollett also spoke to police ursday as representatives said it was to answer routine followup questions. police say they've seen no evidence of an assault a hundreds of hours of security video they've screened. >> i want that video found so badly because for probably four reasons. number one, i want them to fi the people that did it. number two, i want them to stop being able to saylleged attack. number three, i want them to see thatou it back, and i want a little gay boy who mightatch this to see that i fought [ bleep ] back. >> reporter: smollett said he was on p thehone with his manager during the attack. but police say he only handed over a heavily redacted call log. >> they wanted meo give my phone to the tech for three to four hours. i'm sorry, but i not going to do that. i have private pictus and videos and numbers.

>> there's a lot of chatter out there that there are arrests coming. what are police saying about that? >> a lot of speculation about that, hoda. police are repeatedly knocking that .do they say they continue to talk to these two people of interest as well as jussie smollett and the iestigation is on going. >> all right, ron mott. thank you. a new twist at the center of the bitter fight betweenam on's jeff bezos and the nation"national enquir. >> one of the big questions in this on goingda sk has been who leaked the racy photos and text messages shared by jeff bezos and his girlfriend lauren sanchez to the "national enquirer." sanchez's brother michael named as the leaker in multiple reports is speaking out. >> reporter: this morning, michael sanchez, the reported leaker in the jeff bezos /"national enquirer" leakage

scandal is speaking out. nchez denies leaking racy, below the belt selfies o bezos to the enquirer. >> michael sanchez says his sister lauren frequently showed the pictures to people including himself and perhaps one of her girliends leaked the picture. >> reporter: it was soon after the en firer reported baezos wa having an affair, detractors poin out michael sanchez is a supporter of president trump who has preetdly attacked bezos and his newspaper, "the washington post." in his intervi with "vanity fair," sanchez would not deny leaking explicit texts between his sister and bezos. i'm not saying i didn't do something, he said. my goal has been to protect jeff and lauren. he says he's been the couple's unofficial adviser in how to

handle media leaks about their affair. >> shockingly one of the options ey discussed is that bezos would buy american media, the parent company of the "national enquirer" to uncover the source of the leaks. >> david pecker, the ceo of american media inc. is a longtime friend of president trump. in a blog post last week, bezos wrote that representatives for ami threatened to release more intimate texts and photos between him and lauren sanchez if he didn't hublish what called a false public statement saying he didn't think ami's coverage was politicallyd motivand end his investigation into how they got previous texts. nbcews has not i understand departmentally reviewed e-mails in bezos' post. david pecker's attorneold abc news the enquirer's dealings with bezoser je wust extortion and blackmail.

>> reporter: as for sanchez and his sister lauren, he says the scandal has brought them closer together, asserting the truth will cute out abo my motivations and how much i believe in jeff and lauren's love. >>lymiguel, obvio we've been enlking this morning about amazon's announcit's with withdrawn plans to build headquarters in new yorcity. is there any indication that the timing of that announcement is related to this interview? >> we asked gabe sherman that. he said the timings curious. the amazon headquarters announcement may have taken atteion off the story about bezos and his girlfriend. reps for ami declinedo comment. we didn't hear back from reps fr jeff bezos and lauren sanchez as well. >> miguel, thank you. >> let's turn back to mr. roker. el nino? >> we are going to have a weak el nino coming from today on into the spring. ocean waters around the equator running above average.

that means the el nino pattern will probably ctinue into the spring. generally that means the pacific jet stream is very active andcr comess california and into the southeast which is what we've been seeing so far this winter. looks like it's going to continue. bringio wetter conditions the south over the next few months. temperatures today going into the weekend, nice and mild along both coasts. frigid weather into the plains. as you move int the weekend, the cold air spreading east and really bank down into the southeast. next week we look for cooler conditions. minneapolis, denver and even austin is going to be cooler by tuesday. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good friday morning to you. skies are mostly cloudy now. temperatures are well above average. mostly in the low 50s this morning. we'll get more sunshine late morning into the early afternoon. 64 degrees and breezy today. still another chance for rain

showers later this evening ase old front comes through. keep that in mind. over the weekend, tomorrow,le a er holt of clouds, colder. only about 40 degrees tomorrow. likely rain and maybe even wet snow,ns accumulatf any will be south of the city. >> that's your latest weather. still ahead on our "heart smart today" series, carson opens up about business he loved mom and losing her to heart disease. disease. julia by conditioning and smoothing fibers, so clothes look newer, longer. downy and it's done.

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this friday, february 15th, 2019. good morning t you. i'm eun yang. let's get right to melissa mollet in your first 4 traffic for a check on your comme. >> good morning, inbound clara barton parkway near cabin john, all traffic stopped inboun northbound ronco pike at cedar lane still closed from wires that came down last night. silver spring inner loop ramp to northbound colesville, delays hanging around 95 looking okay in virginia. >> we'll take a break now. your forecast is up next. stay with us.

good morning everybody. plenty of clouds around. a mild start to the day. low 50s across the area now. headed into the 60s today with midday sunshine and a risk of a few more showers between about 5:00 this evening and 9:00 this evening. may want to keep the umbrella to keep it safe. much, much colder over the ioweekend. pr little sunshine until monday. another local news update in 25 minutes. for now back to the "today" show after this short break.

it's 8:00 on "today" coming up, back to the wall, president trump set to sign off on a deal president trump set to sign deal to keep the government national declaring emergency to pay for his border wall. >> we will not have an end run around the congress of united states. >> we're live at the white house. from the heart -- >> my mom and i had a special relationship. we were very, very close. >> carsonut opens up a losing his mom to heart disease. >> my mom was t ae 1 diabetic, juvenile onset. nothing in the henot. symptoms, never saw it coming. >> we offer new insight into what you need to know. engagement fireworks? katy perry and orlando bloom sparking rumors with this photo posted on instagram. it's got people talking today, friday, february, 2019.

>> making memories from south carolina. >> happy 100th birthday to aiden cusack, also celebrating his 100th day of school. from maryland. >> hi, daddy! ♪ >> celebrating mamma's 82nd rthday. >> celebrating 18 years of marriage. >> from studio 1a, it'sry ave tenth birthday. >> hi everybody. good morning. welcome back to "today" on friday morning. great crowd outside. >> we need to live out there for a second. that is a huge, almost summertime crowd we've got. >> kind of warmish, not that cold today. >> if you don't have a chance to be on the plaza,eep the videos coming. record your message, use od #mplaza.

put it on instagram and twitter, we'll find it. >> people are doing a good job with thostoo. >> getting more clever, steppg up the game. we like it. lots to get to. news at 8:00 starting us off. president trump launching a battle using emergency powers to pay for the wall that congress refused to pay for. the latest from nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. good >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump will trade one political crisis for another in a ionathle r emergency to fund his border wall. mr. trump will seekec toe $8 billion for his long-promised barrier by declaring that national emergency. he's effectively going to by pass congress to fund that iority. the move will allow him to redirect federal funds from severalg pre-exist sources including the department of defense. it comes after congress sned a bipartisan deal overnight to keep the government open, but no funding for the wall there. house speaker nancy pelosi calling the president's emergency declaration an abuse of a power even several

republicans said set a dangerous precedent. o essentiallning the door to a democratic kratic president declaring emergency over issues they hold dearike gun control and climate issues. the white house digging in this morning sayingt's prepared for any legal battles ahead. >> kristen welker, thank you. programming note, nbc news w sl havecial live coverage of the president's remarks scheduled for 10:00 a.m. east esh. nbc news will host theirst presidential primary debate of the 2020 election cycle. it will take place over two consecutive nights in june. two nights because there are so many contenders. >> there is new fallout over stunning revelations by former acting fbi director andrew mccabe. in a "60 minutes" interview he says he ordered an obstruction investigation of president trump onhe day after trump fired fbi director james comey.d mccabe sai he acted to protect the russia investigation. he also confirmed there were t discussions a department of justice about using the 25th

amendment to remove tmp from office. president trump is calling mccabe a disgrace to the fbi and the country. also a programming note, andrew mccabe will be here f live an interview tuesday on "today." fficials in atlanta believe it was a bad reaction to valentine's day sweets that sent more than two dozen children to the hospital. the middle school students said they felt nauseous and disoriented after eating snacks and candy somebody bought to the school. none of them were seriously ill. as aprecaution, stuntsz and staff were told not to eat anything they had not brought from their own homes. amazon s it has no intention of reopening negotiations african plans to build a sprawling headquarters in new york city. the company picked new york after a year-long comamtition g hundreds of cities and towns across the country. amazon promised to eventually create 25,000 new jobs. critics pounced on the deal said it would have an impact on housing and transportation and

that $3 billion in tax breaksoo wasuch for amazon. amazon said thursday a number of state and local officials hav c made itar they would not work to build the type of relationships ha the company says would be requio go forward. we've got the news covered on this friday morning. sta nice b for you guys, out of kansas city. three little boys wanted tore me every girl in their school felt special on valentine's day. here is whatd.hey they brought in enough flowers to make sure they had one for each young lady. they cleared the plan with the principal. they showed up with buckets and buckets of flowers. >> when i was handing out the flowers, it felt really good to give them a flower and then see eae rions on their face, of them being like, oh, yow, thank so much. >> one girl told the principal she used to be afraid to ce to school on valentine's day, she felt left out. this day she said s lovedt because of those three sweethearts. e it.l >> smart little boys, too. >> if you want to wake more stories that make you smile

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try new nature valley fruit & nut granola. we're back with our series heart we're back with our series "heart smart toary." disease is the leading cause of death among women. carson, as we know, you were impacted so personay by this. >> yeah, definitely was. as many of you know, my sister

quinn and i unpektsdly lost our mom to a heart attack about a year and a half ago. obviously s meant so much to us. it is personal. it is painful, but if it helps just ne family, then it certainly worth it. >> my mom and i had a special relationship. we were very, very close. she lived every day like it was her last. she had a saying, go big or don't go at all. she was known to my ks and m sister's kids as kiki. you would remember if you met patty daly russo. she was diagnosed in the late '90s with breast cancer. cancer free, beat. breast cancer month. it's funny here in february talking about heart disease a it pertains to women because ultimately that would be the thing that would get my imom. never would have guessed that my mom was going to die of a

heart attack. she had some health issues. my mom was a type one diabetic, juvenile onset. nothing in the heart. symptoms. never saw it coming. when the phone rang in the middle of the night, i answered the phone going, is dad okay. m it w sister. she said it's not dad. it's mom. i said what do you mean mom? i left mom. mom is great. she had a heart attack and she's gone. oh, my god. i don't even know how to -- i don't know how to articulate my relationship with my mom. almost year and a half away from her passi in 100% denial that she's not here. the love was so strour. the was so strong. one of the last exchanges she wrote, i pray gothblesses you o much joy as i've had. you're an incredibleer fa

sweet dreams. it was almost like -- almost like she knew. the bad whing abouten and heart disease is the symptoms aren't alway there. it is a huge, huge silent killer. the most common cause of death in american women. weubsequently found out the correlation between type one diabetes and heart disease are very, very, very high. as painful as it might be to talk about this plikly, if it helps one other son who is out there with all eyes on mom a dad trying to take care of them, my advice is lookrtut for h disease. it's literally killing women in this country more than any other thing. the last text exchange we had hours before she died was the most loving mother-son text you could have. we love you, the best son on the planet earth. thanks for all you do to make us so proud of you. a great day tomorrow together, all of our love always, mom and

dad. i mean, so special to be able to read this, all of it so filled with love. i miss her so much it's ridiculo. the only solace i take is i have a great sense of faith. the love thate had was so strong and is so strong, the feeling of huggingm,y i'm 100% sure i will know that feeling again. >> carson -- >> thanks, guys. >> we got to see your mom and know her a little bit. >> quinn is here. >> brought my sister. she's the best. jre thant the pot pie chef on the show. she is my inspirational rock. we also have dr. john torres. when quinn made that tough phone call to me that night -- i want to menti little context. today is also national caregiver day which isincredible. my mom was care giving

for my dad with end stage cancerment she was so stressed out takg care of him. there's that in the background. we had been worried about her hyper glycemic crashing. how come no one ever mentioned it. >> especially type one diabetics llcause their blood sugars go up and down more radi than type 2 diabetics. it's one of the major risk factors for heart disease. hopefully along the lineith the doctors taking care of her, somebody were looking into the tests. you can imagine, p endocrinologismary care physician, obgyn, all the doctors taking care of r, the coordination is not necessarily there. we're get together the point where that coordination southbound happening. there's even specialties that combine all these so more of the word in there. that's the important thing. >> what could you do, dr. torres -- carson is out here and ecause elling the story they're somebody is at home watching and will know something

they didn't know. okay. what would you do if you're in that set of circumstances? >> first off, it's hard not to feel guilty. i went throug something similar. at the same time one of the most important things you can do with somebody who is a type one diabetic is help them control their sugars. that's everything for their help. them control p their sugars. >> mom was not going to slow down on the red wine. ha is not going to happen. >> but she did live -- that's my understanding, she did a ldg pretty complication-free life. >> she was 73.k >> she t very good of herself. she ate well. she exercised. i think if you're a parent out there and yyp have one diabetes, i would just say please take good care of yourself. because we got her for 74 years and she was with her grandki and got to see them be born. she worked really hard. >> no problem with high blood pressure, eyesight, obesity,

some of the things you read about. >> shead the diabetes which increase the risk factor of cardiovascular disease. thes best thing two simple questions. go to the doctor and say what is my risk of heart disease and the second question is what do i need to do about that. >> afterhe died -- i don't know if you did . i did a gnarly echo scan with contrast. they have one in new york. it was a very itextensive. gives you a number of plaque in your if i had known this, i probably would have demanded she do it. would that hav been preventive. >> potentially could have if it ago.ened years the particular message here is for young diabetics to take a look at that ear b onause it takes its toll over if years. it's one of the things that builds up. if you canet it when you're young. your mother had essentially no other risk factors, lived a verf healthy otherwise. that's an important thing, keep the risk factors under control and keep an eye on heart disease. >> quickly before we go, because told me that

she was 7 when she was diagnosed. she's been givg herself insulin every day for like 67 years. does that much insulin every day make your blood thicker, make your heart work harder? >> not necessarily. it's not the insulin but what she does to her blood sugars. she gives herse a shot, blood sugars go down. we have technology, artificial pancreas technology looking at sugarsing you insulin. that's coming down the pipeline. that's going to be something that's really beneficial and keep the blood sugars under contro which is essential. >> cars and tha ouquinn, you reall stted a nversation. i have to say the two of you and your relationship is like one of mauer mom's best legacies. >> she would -- had she known at quinn and her family were going to move and we'd be neighbors, she would have jumped off the cliff. owshe's smiling because of the events that have happened

after her passing. p forple at home, we're kids who really took great stock in thinking we were on top of our parents' health tnd helpingm out. like you said, there's a lot of guilt when d sd suddenly. i thought i was really on it. it's a heads up for everybody to ke a look at t heart. this is the month to think about it. >> that's the important message. ask tse two questions. what is my risk for heart disease and what can i do about it? >> thanks guys. >> al, a check of the weather? >> you betcha. take a look. you can see we've got one big area of precipitation. luckily it is starting to slow down in california into the pacific northwest. secondary system bringing snow from montana through the dakotas, kansas and parts of missouri. as it pushes through, that will exit into t east onsaturday. look for temperatures in the 80s

down in texas. teengs and 20s, sine digits. heavy snow in the rockies and the sierra in the pacific northwest, all the way down into california. snow developing in the midsection of the country. mild in e thet with temperatures approaching 60 degrees in new york city. that's what's going on. off to a cloudy start. it's not cold at all. temperatures in the 50s right now. another chance for a round of showers as the cold front comes through between 5:00 and 9:00 this evening. between aow and then, peek or two of sunshine thatll will temperatures to go from the low 50s now up into the low and mid 60s for a brief time this afternoon. behind the front, colder weather returns. not much ohe anything inay of sunshine. wet snow possible south of d.c. tomorrow. >> that's your latest weather. hoda. >> willie joins the table. we love when that happens.

you'll get your conversation with liam hemsworth in just a second. we'll start with "pop start." >> lighten up the load a little rst. it appne couple celebrated valentine's day in a big way. it looks like katy perry and orlando bloom areengaged. perry seemed to confirm the news showing off some bling on instagram though she never came out officially a said it. her mother, marry hudson shared photos with the caption "look who got engaged." the pair looked quite happy. perry wearingit, yes, that finger. if the reports are true, our congratulaons go out to the happy couple. gary sinise, many of you know him as lieutenant dan from "forest gump." he'sed dedicatis career to helping veterans. pse gary sinise foundation h those who served our country. very notable names took the time to thank him for his work.

>> your dedication,our effort, you are awesome. >> you are greatly appreciated coast to coast in the u.s. and base to base across the globe. >> you motivate other people. >> you are making such a difference. i call you an architect of change. >> you've t millions, millions. >> we loe you. >> youy hero. >> you change people's lives in ways that --'v >> obviously got to do a lot more to catch up with you. you the >> thanks lieutenant dan! >> a lot of big stars in that video. e foundation showed the tribute to sinise, they made sure to record his emotial reaction. here it is. >> your dedication, your effort, you are awesome. >> you're greatly appreciated coast to coast in the u.s. and base to base across theglobe. >> we love you. >> you're my hero. >>e you changed peoples lives

in ways -- >> obviously i've got to do a lot more to catch up to you. you the man. >> thanks lieutenant dan. holy crap! that makes me feel really good. thank you. >> a nice moment right there. lot of amazing work he h done for people -- >> he was on the third hour last week. he said his involvement started with his portrayal of lieutenant dan. that led to all of this. >> guys, finally yesterday we announced cardi b and bruno mars willelease new song together. that they did overnight. dropped the new single sounds like the old school classic. not sure how muche can play on morning tv.

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fully commits to it. >> he holds the mic -- the expression. how many times do you actuall say the word tequila? three times. >> want to wait for the ne one. >> willie, you have your cool interview with liam hemsworthng comiup. we'll talk to him in a little bit. >> natalie introduces us to youtube sensati squirm many and grubbs and shares their inspiring love story. >> julials mich so much to do on this friday morning. first a check of your local news and weather.

good morning everybody. it's 8:26 on this iday, february 15th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with a look at the roads with melissa mollet. >> northbound rockvipike, still shut down on the northbound side because of a crash from overnight. eaton randolph road at middleville lane, an accident there. rockville, darnstown road at glenn mill, left laneke bl 270 looking good through a rockvillebout 40 miles per hour. >> we'll have a look at ine forecast cup. stay with us.

good morning everybody. still clouds aroundmo this ing. temperatures in the 50s now. there will be another chance for 5:00 tohowers during the 9:00 time frame. ake the want to umbrella to play it safe. in thean me, between now and then, a mild day. in the low 50s now. highs todayht around 64 degrees. cold rain and wet snow possible tomorrow. >> chuck,hank you. get if latest news and weather in the nbc washington app.

>> okay. welcome back to od"tay" on this friday morning. it's the 15th of february. can i just comment on this nster crowd that is out here? it's clearlyfhe start o a holiday weekend. >> it's the smer concert crowd. >> itin certaly is. >> prere spring crowd. there's somebody to choose from. i am looking for young 9-year-old chsme. hi, how are you? this is yo birthday. >> her sign says i skipped my birthday to see you.

she crawls into bed and wants one thing for her birthday, ms. guthrie, she wants to take selfie with you. >> you came to see ? can i have a hug. >> what grade are you in >> third grade. >> here is your picture.et you can g in it, too. >> thank you for coming. >> when was your birthday? >> sunday. >> i'm so happy to meet you. >>appy toeet you, too. >> happyir bday lakshmi. >> happy birthday lakshmi. >> we've been sharing the love all week. one more great love story to tell. natalie will introduce us to youtube stars, squirm many andu , a couple you'll never forget, using tenderness and humor to break the stigma around disability. also ahead, pop star julia

michaels is here n a brand ep that debuted number one on the unes pop start. it includes a powerful track with selena gomez that julia will perform for us today. on the third hour of "today," the legendary patty labelle will be here to tell us about her tv -- we' seeing mostly queen latifa there -- there she is, to tell us about her tour, her tv show and she's bringing pi >> is she really? >> i love it. >> who doesn't like pie? patty throws down. here.his young man came his grand dad drove a bus with my dad, al roker sr. they were in the bronx. together >> say hi to your grand dad for me, okay? let' check your weekend weather, see what we've got going on.

you'll eee cee snow for tomorrow. mountain snows and plain snows the west. wet weather in the plid atlantic. sunshine in the great lakes and the northeast. as we look a sunday, sunday! looking at midwest snows, more big mountain snows in the southwest and rain in the sogheast. lookin beautiful in florida. is there-eally - there's a question. is there really a ding dong texas? >> there really is ang ding texas and i'm from it. >> say hi to everybody in ding dong. >> ring a ding-ding. that's wt's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. still cloudy, a chance for tossing showers between 5:00 and 9:00 y. keep in mind, if you're leaving now and won't be backr until af5:00, may want to pack the umbrella. a mild friday. low 50s danow. ime highs today near 64 degrees. that 30% chance of rain latery. to for tomorrow, there's a chance for cold rain and night snow during the middle parts of theda

i think any accumulations willo be well sth of the city, kind of ond the col and cloudy side sunday, too. >> that is your latt weather. savannah. >> all right, al. now to mr. geist. we love friday becausee get a sneak peek at your sunday sit-down. a good one this weekd. >>hank you for calling mr. geist. i've been asking you nor years to address m that way. >> after i heard from your it.yer, i decided to do >> ms. guthrie. >> i'm not there yet with her. my guest is liam hemsworth, best known for starring with jennifer lawrence and his marriage to miley cyrus. now liam is trying his hand at comedy in the n movie "isn't it romantic." >> i am so sorry. my driver was probably distracted by your -- m eit the darling, aren't you. >> we know you fhe hunger

games," "independence day." did that feel like a leap? >> felt like the time to do something different. in my real life i'm not very serious. i wasn't nervous about doing comedy. i wanted to hold my own with ople like adam and rebel who are comedians a extremely funny. >> liam lems worth grew up the youngest of thr actor brothers. chris and luke were making names for their sems in hollywood. while liam was cutting his teeth on australian television. >> i sent tapes for "thor." we know how it ends. >> liam lost the roll to his big brother chris. a twist of fate that pushed him towards a different life changing movie. >> what is the first moment where you go, okay, i've got work. here we go. >> it was "the last ng." that was the first job i got. it was at the end of my three-month visa. >> you can really sing. is there anything else i don't know about you. >> literally they cast another kid and it didn't work out.

>> the 2010n disney t drama paired liam with aed co-star n miley cyrus. >> my agent called me and said right got to go to disney now. it's not working out with the other guy. you've got to go read with miley. >> that's a crazyory. so many pieces that could have gone different ways. >> weird how it all comes together. ten years later i'm here married. >> liam and miley were married nis past december in tennessee afterrly a decade together. >> we just try to keep as much of it prite as we can. i feel really happy and really fortunate to be with such a great person. >> they met on the set of that movie on a job he wasn't have.sed to he was hoping he was going to get the thor job. his brother chris gets that. all these twists of fate. >> there are no accidents in life man. >> that's right. they just got married in december. it's amazing when you think, three brothers grew up on fill

line island in australia, all going on to be big stars. >> we're going to club island if that's what's happening over there. >> it's magic. much more with liam hemsworth on "danda nsto y.with guests like bradley coop, jerry seinfeld and jennifer lope y >> are just bragging now? >> trying to get people to listen to t podcast. >> willie, mr. geist, thank you. >> thank you.ou a couple using the power of youtube to spread their love and to also break down stereotypes. natalie will joio us share their remarkable story. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪

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their heartwarming story. this is a good one. >> it is. they are special couple. shane and hannah are like any other young couple navigating life with love and humor except shane has a form of muscular dystrophy and use a wheelchair. they discover people find their elationship to be pretty peculiar. so seven months ago they started to vlog about their daily life. now millions are tuning in to watch. >> i hannah. >> i'm shane. this is a vlog about our lives. i have a disease, as you can -- eook at that. >> shane does hav a disease called spinal muscular atrophy which causes his muscles to deteriorate. >> are you a scientist? >> i just kno that. >> he and his girlfriend hannah also have a popular youtube channel called squir man and ubbs seen by millions. >> when you're dealing with a body-tap disparate like ours. >> body type disparity?

because you'r a giant. >> it features their daily life asoyfriend and girl friend in what they call aninterdlooeft abled relationship. >> it also features their incredible sense of humor with video titles like man with disability lifts cup for the first time ins. ye >> whoa. >> and girlfriend helps disabled boyfriend takes shower. will he survive. >> pretty view. who is in the tub? >> it affects my muscle, not my mind, not my heart. i can laugh and learn and think just like anyone else does. >> and love. >> and love. i should have said that. that would have been better. >> and l thee they share between them, a disabled man and an able-bied womans something they hope to normal e

normalize. >> they assume hannah is your nurse or your caregiver or sometimes even your mother. >> the mistae people m is really indicative of the stigmas that exist because they see us out in public and there's no way -- she must be a family member or a nurse or something like that. >> that's because they assume you don't have the mental tapacity to be my boyfriend. >> people do t all the time. hann hannah, they give her kids menus when we're out to eat. i'll order a beer oopd look at hannah like, uh-oh, a we allowed to do this. they're asked personal questions like how they cuddle when theyo to bed. >> i'm the small spoon. hannah is the big spoon.ed we t the other way.

>> sometimes they even have guest stars. >> welcome back to another episode of squirmy and grubbs. we're here with natalie morales for the "today" show interviewing her about what it was like to interview us. >> reporter: spending shane and hannah, it's easy to see what a great team they make. especially making their guests nomfortable. >> natalie got i the van and refused to leave us alone. we're having a date now in a coffee shop. >> i'm a little bit of a third wheel. i don't have a problem with it. what's the future? whatoure guys thinking long-term? >> eight to nine kids. no. hannah and i have talked about getting married and havin a family some day. don't know when. another special when that happens.

>> guy, shane has a new book coming out this spring called girlfriendassume my is my nurse." they say their goal with their vlog and all they're doing is not to be inspirations to others, but rather for people to see them as a normal couple and to n tmalize whaty call interabled relationships. >> shen has aen remarkable of humor. >> how did they meet? >> they met because shane was featured in a documentary and hannah reached out to him online. she kind of cyber stalked him. what he loved about her was the fact that she wasn't focused a l on his disabilities, rather was just in love with his humor and sen of personality. it was love at first e-mail. >> a great story, grnat. t. have a good weekend. >> thank you, you, too. just ahead, let me makewa m we've got a special live performance in studio 1. grammy nominated r

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>> you talked about being at the billboard awards and having ani attack. you said it matters what the hat much is, you care >> there's nothing that feels more amazing than when someone is single. >> such afi pro songwriter. >> every day it's a bit of a struggle. i love it. i love i get to do what i do and over theith people a world. >> one of the things you do is you do connect. sitting her and looking at you you can understand why people tell you their secrets. >> such an honestface. >> you're going on tour with pink. >> i am. >> stopit. it starts march 1st. we're routing our first headline shows in between, too. doing our own intermon

tour as well. >> what are you going to sing 'mr us this morning? >> going to sing "anxiety. ♪ my tiends they wannae me to the movies ♪ ♪ i tellem i'm holding hands with my depre♪ion oh, i try my best just to be social ♪ snoelt i make all these plans with friends and hope theyanall cancel ♪ ♪ then i overthink about the things i'm missing ♪ ♪ now i'm wishing i was with them ♪ ♪ feel like i'm always apologizing for feeling like i'm out of my mind when i'm doing just fine ♪ ♪ my exes say i'm hard to deal with and i admit it, i admit it ♪ ♪ but all my friends they don't

know what it's like ♪ ♪ they don't understand why in' sleep through the night ♪ ♪ i've been told i could take something to fix it, dam, iit wh as as simple ♪ all my friends they don't know what it's like ♪ ♪ always wanted to be one of those people in the room that says something and everyone putr th hand up ♪ ♪ like if you're sad, put your hand up. if you hate someone put your hand up ♪ if you're scared put your hands up ♪ ♪ feel like i'm always apologizing for feeling like i'm out of my mind when i'm doing just fine ♪ ♪ all my exes say i'm hard w to deh and i admit it's true ♪ ♪ ally friends they don't know what it's like, what it's like ♪ ♪ they don't understand why i

can't sleep through the night ♪ ♪ i've been told i can take something to fix it ♪ ♪ wish it was that simple ♪ but all my friends they don't know what it's like ♪ ♪ ♪ i think i'm doing fine most of the time ♪ ♪ i think that i'm all right but i can't seem to shut it off ♪ ♪ i got all truse thoughts ing through my mind all the damn time ♪ ♪ i can't seem tothut off ♪ i think i'm doing fine most of the time ♪ ♪ think i'm doing all right but i can't seem to shut it off ♪ ♪ it, shut it, yeah ♪ b all my friends they don't know what it's like, what it's

like ♪ ♪ they don't understand why i can't sleep through the night♪ ♪ i've been told i can take something to fix it ♪ ♪ damn i wish it was that simple ♪ wall my friends they don't know what it's liket it's like ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ what it's like, what it's like ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ what it's like, what is like ♪ >> whoo! >> that is awesome. julia michaels, ladies and gentlemen. you're doing more than just. fi you're doing incredible. inneronologue part one. ou>> show themr hands. >> julia, you rock. moment.ack in a first this is "today" on nbc.

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8:56 is your time now on ,this frid february 15th, 2019. good morning everyone. i'm eun etyang. let's right to your commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. how is it looking? >> northbound bw parkway before 197, a crash with the left side blocked. southbound also slow. inner loop and outer loop, nice and light ohis friday morning. rockville mike northbound at cedar lane, finally getting through northbound. some of the earlier road work oe the right s of the road. melissa, thank you. we'll take a break and check your forecast when we come back.

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good morning everybody. dry weather for now, kind of cloudy still outside. another chance for a few showerw n 5:00 and 9:00 today.

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