breaking news. grounded. overnight several airlihes around tlobe. boeing 737 planesn the wake of a deadly crash in ethiopia. 157 people killed including eight americans. it's the second tragic crash involving the very same type of aircraft. so could the entire fleet have a potentially deadly flaw? we're live with the very latest praef new border battle. unveil budget proposal with a demand for an additional $8 billion for his wall. oris t dehemongcrats and possible challengers in 2020 taking center stage. >> you pick your battles with him, right? you don't go after every single tweet he does.

foolish decision, the woman who was attacked and injured by a jaguar at an arizona zoo aftep juing a barriero take a selfie speaks out overnight, what she's saying to zoo officials about that dangerous i think so. new trouble for r. the just discovered tape handed over toes authori that could lead to yet another investigation. game change ? the u.s.women's soccer team suing for equal pay and treatment. this morning we'll talk to the stars about their ultimate goal. and simply marvelous, captain marvel dominates theox weekend b office with the biggest opening ever for a movie with a female in the lead creating a bright new star in the superhero galaxy, today, monday march 11th, .2019 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah

guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rkefeller plaza. hi everybody, good morning, happy monday. nice to have you with us. >> anyone who's flying today may be a little nervous this morning i bet. absolutely. people are looking very closely at this particular kind offt airc this is our top story, the growing fear surrounding boeing 737 max 8 plane. f 85 of them in the u.s. an canada. there was this deadly ethiopian airline crasha wordthe black box has just been found. we've got complete coverage.ta we'll with nbc's sarah harman. sarah, we'll start with you. >> reporter: hoda, savannah, good morning. inveigators are combinghe crash site for clues this morning, trying to determine why this plane crashed just moments after as you've said. we just got word from the

airline, they have now found both black boxes. this is the second time in less than six months tha this model of aircraft, a boeing 737 max 8 was involved in a fat crash. some countries are now temporarily grounding these planes. a smoking crater and a field of debris are all that remains of ethiopian airlines flight 302.th fragments o plane and passengers' belongings strewn over an area the size of a football field.el officialsve the main body of the plane hit the ground wite suchndous force it became embedded underground. rescuers are now digging for human remains as grief stricket families w for answers. >> i'm still probably in shock from just finding out what's happened, not just to him but to all the people there. >> reporter: it's unclear why the plane went down. the boeing 737 lost contact with

radar just six minutes after taking off from the ethiopian capital on sunday en route toir obi, kenya. it crashed in a field 30 miles from the airport. al 149 passengers and eight crew members werell . the diverse group of passengers hailing from 35 different countries, including eight americans sparking a global ou oung of grief. h ardth by the air disaster. the united nations says at least 19 of its staff members were on board. kenya had ther largest num victims including cedric asiavogua, a law student at jor georgetown university in washington, d.c., friends there mourning his death. >> today at mass we dedouated mass to him. >> reporter: ethiopian tirline sa captain and first officer were experienced pilots,

the airline announcing it will ground its max 8 flight as a safety precaution while they investigate the cause of the crash. and investigators from the national transportionafety board will be making their way to the crash site. plane maker boeing also assisting with that investigation. savannah, hoda. >> sarah harman in nairobi, thank you. >> this comes five months after that deadly crash inon iia involving another boeing 737 max 8. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. are there any similarities between those two disasters? >> that's exactly right. this is a high priority for investigators and airlines around the world. this isne of thest selling planes in the world. we don't know if the entire fleet has a potentially deadly flaw. we don't know ionesia, ethiop

ethiopia, china, and cayman airlines are all grounding the plane. >> reporter: the urgent question facing investigators and airline safety teams, are there similarities between the ethiopian airlines crash and tho cras a lion air flight last year. both planes a brand new state of 8. art boeing 737 max both planes went down just after takeoff. the crews of both planes struggled to maintain control. the ethiopian pla transmitting erratic vertical speed readings. last october lion air flight 610 flnt down in the java see just 12 minutes into ht. a preliminary investigation found the onboard sensors may have fed bad data to the plane's computers indicating the plane was going t stall. the computers then mistakenly pushed the nose of the plane down to pickspp d. the pilot struggled to pull the nose up not realizing they we fighting a new teautomad mcas all system called that boeing never told pilots about.

bu boeing says the lion air pilots should havenown how to disengage the system. >> what i do is immediately turn over the switches and cut the motor out. as you can see itstopped. >> now investigators in africa will exane theplane's black boxes for any sign the ethiopian crew faced the same issues a the lion air pilots. if so, more countries including the u.s.ould ground the plane. today 354 737 maxes are flying around the world with more on the way. in north americaamerican, south air canada. while thereave been no repor of any problems in the u.s., pilots lines and their say they didn't know about the anti-stall system until the indonesian crash. >> the faassd an emergency order last fall for the airline to ensure their pilots are trained properly in how to disengage that anti-stall system

if it kicks in. weon't know what caused this crash. it could have been an engine problem, an electrical, a hydraulic failure, an explosion, a fire. k we simply don'w but to lose two of these jets in five months concerning >> one of the first questions people ask is what do we know about the two fie pilotsarn that flight. >> the captain was very thperienced, 8,000 hours i cockpit. the first officer really brand new, just 200 hours, but ethiopian airlines has a pretty gota reon, a good safety record. flies a very modern fleet.ne the phat crashed had just flown round trip to souto africa witheported issues. >> these are new planes and of course there's people who will get on them today in this country and around the world.re whatxperts saying to them about the safety of this particular type ofaircraft? t boeing stands by the plane. the airlines i'vked to say they have no issues. it's a great plane. unusual t it is so

have two plane crashes like this in such a short period of timei invo a brand new state of the art plane. that's why we're teeing chinese, indonesians, ethiopians and cayman airwa grounding them. international regulator are now under pressure to figure out what's going on here. >> thank you, tom. this morning it appears the president is ready t up the border wall battle once again. he's got a new demand for billions in additional funding. democrats already voicing their opposition. we've got two reports. we'll start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. od morning. >> good morning to you. president trump is start thg week by setting up a new showdown with democrats. he's unveiling his budgetos pr for the next fiscal year asking congress forn border wall funding. it includes more money for the military. dmrk democrats are already digging in and calling it a nonstarter. >> reporter: the president's new

request is almosio $3 bi more than his original demand for $5.7 billion inun wall fding that led to 35-day government shutdown earlier this year. >> the shutdown in itsecond month and still neither side is waiving. >> if stretched into another week, the shutdown will cost the u.s. $7.1 billion. >> nancy pelosi and chuck schumer insist mr. trump's second attempt is destined toil congress refused to fund his wall, and he was forced to admit defeat and reopen government. the same thing will repeat agaif if he tries thi we hope he learned his leeon. president's latest move comeseeks after he declared a national emergency to free up money for a wall. lawmakers accuse the president of overstepping his constitutional authority with the house passing rolution to revoke the president's emergency declaration and thete senate exp to follow suit this week, but mr. trump insists

he'll veto the measure. mr. trump vowed he would build a wall that mexico would pay for. >> who is going to paywa for th ? >> reporter: also looming large over the president this week, the report by special counsel robert mueller expected to be turned overtt to theney general soon. the chairman of the house liintelligence committee t chuck todd it's a mistake for mueller not to interview the president under oath. >> i think it is a mistake. i don't think bob mueller should rely on written answers. wers you get written a from a witness it's really the lawyer's answers as much as the client's an ter. >> back wall for a minute, a lot of people probably waking up thinking didn't we just do this? the government just shut down over this. how is this coming up again? >> reporter: the bottom line for the president is that the border wall was a key campaign promise for him, s he sees it as critical to his re-election cam p pain. so he's defiant.

a budget is a list of priorities, it rarely gets enacted as is. this move allows the president to signal to his base that he's to that signature issue. his original promise was that mexico would pay for the wall. he's now asking american taxpayers to foot the bill. that's a point democrats continue to hammer as they give him the money he wants. >> kristen welker, thank you so much. craig joins the table, sticking with politics this morning. >> we are. good morning. we're talking about the 2020 presidential race and there's a telling new poll on potential democratic candidates in iowa, but it was a festival in texas that drew some of the biggest names over the weekend.hi nbc's white house correspondent hallie jacryon has that sor us. >> good morning to you. polls this early typically reflect name recognion, and th seems to be the case with those new numbers out of iowa, but thi year's biggest 2020 battleground so far was not in n iowa, not e in new hampshire.

instead you had to look further south. >> it is great to be in austin. >> 13 contenders in or considering getting in theace for the white house descending austin for the south by southwest festival originally meant to highlight musicians. now packed with politicians. that includes home state heavy weight democrat beto o'rourke t debuting a documentary. o'rourke hinting he'll run in 2020 but still won't say f sure unlike senator amy klobuchar whonnounced her bid suggesting one strategy for how to beatresident trump. >> you pick your battles with him, right? you don't go after every sgle tweet he does. >> one of the lone star's brightest stars over the weekend. n >> moderate a stance. it's just an attitude towards life of like. >> reporter: freshman fire brand

alexania ocasio-cortez too young to run even if she wanted to, drawing big crowds. senator elizabeth warren also in the spotlight pushing her new plan to try to break up big tech companies like facebook and google if she wins. >> the mow notary public p-- >> warren staying silett about a meg with one opponent. >> so bernie and i had a private dinner. my view ishat dinner stayed private. >> senator bernie sanders had plenty to say about his own campaign rallying supporters in new hampshire. >> we have signed up over 1 million people. >> reporter: more than a million tlunteers he says, andt's not the only big number for sanders. he's at double digits i a new iowa poll ahead of everyone except former vice president joe biden, who leads the pack, even though he's technically not part of it yet. sources close to biden tell nbc news that he may decide possibly aset early as this week r he

will officially get in the race. his advisers are preparing for a potential aprilaunch if they get the green light. biden is set to hold his first overtly political event since the midterms laterhiweek. even if he's not ready to say whether he's running, he is getting ready to make his case to the country about why he would be the best choice if does. >> and a reminder, we are about 600 days away from the 2020 presidential election. hallie jackson, thank you. now to a terrifying incident at a zoo in phoenix.an a w attacked and seriously hurt by a jaguar while trying to take aex selfie to the animal's cage. to warn you some of these images are disturbing. here's nbc's morgan ches kky. he lady had her hands an the paws of the jaguar all clawed up. >> reporter: this was not how their trip to the zoo on saturday was suppose go.

adam capturing the terrifying moments after a woman wasck at by this jaguar. witnesses say the woman jped a barrier to get closer to the cat's cage to take a selfie. michelle tried to stop the animal with a water bottle. >> until she got the water bottle and distracted it and it unclasped, except for her sweater, then we were able to pull her off. >> reporter: the woman who is in her 30s and not been identified sustained serious cuts on her arm.ia zoo off temporarily removed the 5-year-old jaar from public display. >> the jaguar will not be euthized. we do not hold the jaguar responsible for what happened, and it has bn concludedhat the injuries were caused due to human error. >> reporter: this isn't the first incident involving the cat. last year she clawed another visitor who got too close. >> all the barriers that we have in place do meet the usda standards and regulations for animals such as the jaguars which are predators and need that double barrier system.

>> reporter: attacks on zoo patrons are relatively rare. since 1990, 260 people have been injured by animals or falls into enclosures, and 3 others have been killed, mostly zoo workers. earlier this year at a florida zoo, a 2-year-old girl was hospitalized after stumbling in the rhino exhibit, and 2016 at an ohio zoo, a toddler fell into an enclosure holding a 450 pound gorilla who cradled the childts mom before officials shot and killed the ape. after being treated at the hospital, zoo officials say the victim at t jaguar attack went to apologize to them for what he called a foolish decision. >> these are wild animals and there are boundaries put in place for the safety of everyonn lved. >> reporter: a reminder that no selfie is worth sacrificing safety, for "today" morgan chesky nbc news. >> wow. >> well, she went back to apologize. there's that.

>> she did. >> i do feel like every week we're doing a story now about some person who nearly dies like while taking a selfie. >> think how much worse it could have been and happily the jaguar isulkay. not his someone jumped into his habitat. and we're glad she's okay. >> yeah. now let's get a check of the roker.r from mr. i bet you had commentary on that one. you're not going to say it, no, talk about >> hey, thank you. right now things kind of quiet. we've got snow in the wet weather in the lower mississippi river valley. our big next weathermaker is coming from the west. low pressure off the california coast. thisrt thing s to move to the east. for tonight it brings rain intos texas,w back through the rockies. there's ast deep moiure area being pulled from the gulf. that's going to cause big problems. sorry, iorgot one thing. we do have a risk of severe weather tomorrow, late tomorrow, 3 moplion pe, tornadoes possible, large hail, damaging winds. now, wove over here, the

system continues to move to the east, heavy snow back through the rockiss. ould be blizzard conditions, strong heavy rains and thunderstorms moving east as we moveurnto thay. a wintry mix in the upper midwest. it continues to the east on friday. here are the impacts. heavy rain, flooding possible from the northern plains all the way as far west as texas and as far east as nashville. we're looking at blizzard conditions from pierre, south dakota, all the way down to durango, santa fe, strong winds, blizzard conditions and those winds, 55 to 60 miles an hour all the way to chicago as we move into wednesday night. we'll get to your local coming up in the next 30 conds.

practical. good morning. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell.ng your morff to a pretty start. these clouds moving out. we'll be left with increasing amounts of sunshine. northwest winds about 15 miles br hour already. it will a rather blustery day with northwest winds between 15 d 25 miles per hour later on into the morning and afternoon hours. temperatures will go from the mid-40s and mid-50s now up only into the 60s for today. cooler weatheromorrow. xt rain is friday. >> that's your latest weather. savannah. and that's your latestr. weat the stars of u.s. women's soccer behind a new push for equal pay and fair traeatment. and the diver whoas nearly swallowed alive by a massive swallowed alive by a massive whale tel

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a beautiful sky over washington this morning as we are just now getting the sun back over the horizonhanks t daylight saving time having begun. temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s for most. a few spots down in the upper 30s this morning. it will be areezy and sunny afternoon today with afternoon highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. noticeably colder weather for

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atutif mon>:3y morning 7 0 picture, march 11th, 19. gorgeous shot. that's a potomac river in d.c.mp spring-like atures, 52 degrees, daylight savings time roed around this weekend. can you feel it coming? summer's on the way. >> it's there. >> a little sshine, it feels od. >> it feels great. breaking overnight, several airlines around the world have dtemporarily groun their boeing 737 max 8 airplanes in the wake of that deadly crash in ethiopia. 157 people were killed including eight w americansn the plane went down moments after takeoff from ethiopia on sunday morning. it was on its way to nairobi, kenya. this was the second tragic crash

involving the same type of new rcraft. both black boxes have now been located from this aircraft. several members of the ntsb will be assisting with investigation, and boeing is also sending a team to the site. the u.s.-backe syrian es rcinstfoheau lncdhe last isis stronghold in eastern syria. once the village is taken the u.s. and its allays are expeiesd to declare the end of the ka la fate. despite the lost of territory, is still considered a security threatble to launch >>errilla attacks throughout the world. > that happened yesterday in a game between birmingham and aston villa, birmingham fan runs out onto the field and punches player ithe head. the player was okay.

in wfact, het on to score the game winning goal. >> good the u.s. women's soccer team is getting ready to face tough competition at this summer's world cup. off the field they say they are battling a familiarfoe, the u.s. soccer federation. some of the game's top players have filed ast lawsuit aga the sport's governing body calling for equal pay and bter eatment. we're going to talk to some of the players in just a second. fit here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> an elite team ofbers of the women's national soccer team filing a gender discrimination lawsuit against the u.s. soccer federation. the suit argues the federation has a policy and practice of discriminating against on the women's squad. it goes on to allege unequal pay andti working cons compared to the men's team even though their performance has been superior to that of male players. while the u.s. men have never won a world cup, the women's team has notched three cups and

four olympic gold medals. that sustained success in populari led to more matches, ts,ining ca travel and media sessions for the women's team. the filing brought on international women's day comes three months before the u.s. women try toheefend world cup crown. back in 16 a wage discrimination complaint was filed by five u.s. players with the equal empyment opportunity commission, catapulting stars like hope solo alex morgan and megan rapinoe into the spotlight. in a statement u.s. soccer writing in part they have faithfully and consistently worked with the team helping them perrm at the highest levels possible, adding our efforts support and toward enriching the women's games every bit as certain today as it will be in the future. even after a collective bargaining agreement was reached a year later, little progress was made, and the players received permission to take legal action. so, the am's former goalkeeper who is not a plaintiff in the new lawsuit,

led her own gender discrimination uit last year and says their cause will be stronger if the players stick together. >> i mean, everybody says power in numbers, and now i think that we have the power to change the world. >> reporter: championsthe field, the women now have another goa in mind. getting their fair share. >> we are joined now by two stars from the u.s. women's national team, alex morgan and megan rapinoe. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> imagine it's you standin up in court and telling the judge why it is that women's soccer should be paid equally to men's soccer? what would you say? >> well, why not would be the first question that i would ask is why on earth wouldn't we pay people equally and treat peoe equally, and you know, invest in people equally in general? that would be my first question. but the -- i think the thing i would say is just, you know, trng to, i guess, think of how

the federation is thinking or think of thejudge, i feel there's so much left on the table with this team. i think that we've had incredible success. we've bn able to push the spt forward in so many ways both on and off the field, you know, just fromr a soc perspective, commercially as well, and so why not take next step, invest in the team equally from top to bottom, whether that's programs, branding, the th youm promotion of the team, all of it and then let's talk about it then because i really feel that the potential of this team is massively untaed, ahere's just so much left out there for us. >> let's break it down to dollar and cents. according to our numbers, what we have, the guys get paid around $262,000 a year, and the women get paid $99,000 a year. argument is, well, yo know what, guys fill the stands. guys bring in more money, so therefore guys get more.th what's the argument there? >> i think you have to look at the investment of -- that u.s.

soccer has on the sport, and we really are like heartened by the gains that we have made throughout our collective bargaining agreement two years tago and through.s. soccer really investing in women's soccer, but i feel like it coull get better. when we look at the investment u.s. soccer should make, we lhek fromround up, from the academies and the youth levels. we look at the promotions of games, and how i feel like are less promoted than the men's side, and so we feel like we should be equal on all fronts there, and when it goes to , compensatiyeah, we aren't paid a dollar to a dollar, and that's what we're fighting for. two years ago we -- you know, that was our ultimate goal within that collective bargaining agreement.el unfortun we weren't able to meet that, and we felt like we got the best deal that we could have in that moment without taking a moment off of the soccer field or striking, and that is also a very important thing to us is to stay on the soccer field, conti what we love to do, and what our passion has always been, and represent our country in the

wo yd cup. >> i talk to the folks from u.s. soccer they would point out that in that collective bargaining agreement, as i understand it from them, the women's soccer team have a guaranteed contract. in other words, whether you play or not, whether you're i yured or no get that money that is in your contract wreas the men, if they don't play, they don't get the money. if you were to get equal pay, would you be willing to give up that guaranteed contract and really be onqual footing with the men? >> i think it's okay that the compensation structures are a little bit different. i think our realities are a little bit different. their mls season goes the majority of the our nwsl season only goes in the summer. so we're n t sayingt every single structure has to be the same, but i think from a broad sense the equity in the contracts have to be the same in what we're able to earn. >> so you'deilling to make some concessions on dollar figures for things such hat we talked about about, that

guaranteed contract. saying?what i hear you >> kind of. i feel like it's a little bit more complicatd a issue given the realities of both, you know, the men's season a oureason basically. >> and before we let you go real, real quick, how a you eling about the world cup, ladies? are you ready? >> we are ready. >> very much. e>> as much as are enjoying talk to you guys about this lawsuit, the world cup is very e've been for us, and preparing for that for three years now, so we're excited to get on that stage again. >> we dactually prefer the field over the courtroom. [ laughter ] >> well, you certainly shine. thank you so much, go usa. >> we got you, guys. >> thanks, alex, thank you, megan. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good luck to them in the world cup. mr. roker, it looks we don't have a lot of bitter cold out there. we're starting to se that transition of seasons out there and that's not a bad thing. we are looking at warmer conditions in the southeast. it's i coldthe plains where

you would expect. we're seeing warming. raigh 70, tampa 84, omaha 10 degreecolder, dallas 57, 11 degrees colder. then we start to seerooler weatn the northeast, warmer from austin all the way to orlando. by the time we get to wednesday, look at this swath of warmth. 44 nneapolis, chicago, jackson 77, asheville 59. even watch take see temburatures ing up in the 60s. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good rning,everybody. it's a gorgeous early morning here in the washington area. c the sun ising up. these clouds are moving on out. we'll be left with mostly sunny skies forr afternoon and early evening plans. first full work and school week of daylight saving time. temperatures are mostly in the fours to around 50 degrees here this morning. the real knock on today, it will breezy, winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. highs today in the upper 50s and low 60s. dry weather all the way up until

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it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, grounded. overnight several airlines announcing they've suspended all 737 boeing from taking off after e second crash involving that type of aircraft in less than six months. >> i'm still probably in shock just from finding out what happenin. >> this mowhat we're learning about the victims including eight americans. plus,e, tale of the tap r. kelly out of jail and facing new trouble after a man claims he found another tape allegedly showing the singer abusing young women. >> i noticed a sports tape, but it also had r. kelly's o namn it. >> how i kellyresponding ahead of his next court date.

and goop there it is, gwyneth paltrow opens up about the success of her lifestyle and wellness brand goop. >> we're ready. hey, hold my hand. >> what the actress and entrepreneur is now revealing about her wildly successful company and the future of her film career today, monday, march 11th, 2019. ♪ >> first time in new york from mississippi! >> howdy dallas, texas. >> from leewood, kansas. >> for lauren's 18th birthday! ♪ >> hi momth in n p.a. >> savannah fromarkansas. >> today's number one fan, we love you! ready to go.

>> jeez. >> spring is in the air. a little sunshine on our plaza. it's a happy monday. we're so happy to have you with us>> we are so happy you guys a here. we're happy that the plaza is so packed, but if you happe to be at home in your jammys we'll take your ouut, too. record a quick message, use the #mytodayplaza, and you could wind up in that 8:00 open. >> we're going to get outside in just a bit. busy morning lots to get to. let's start with your news at 8:00. some airlines around the world are grounding their fleets of boeing 737 max 8 jet linersr af second catastrophic crash in just months. suay's accident killed 157 people including eights. americ tom, i know a lot of people are worried. what's the latest on the investigion? >> both black boxes have now been recovered but with two state of the art planes going down withi five months, several countries are grounding the plane. they include china, indonesi

ethiopia, also cayman airways. investigators want to know whether there are anymi rities to the ethiopian crash and the indonesianh. cr both went down just after takeoff. both crews reporte trouble maintaining control, erratic air speed readings in the case o ethiop ethiopia. lion air flight 610 went down in the jav sea last october 12 minutes into flight. a preliminary investigati report indicates that the onboard sensors may have fed bad data. pushedputers mistakenly the nose down to pick up air speed, but the pilots were struggling to keep thep nose not realizing they were fighting a new automated stallystem call mcas boeing never told pilots about. boeing insists the pilots should have known h to disengage that system. now the aviation authorities are very ccerned about a potentially deadly flaw with the aircraft. 350 are inervice worldwide.

here in north america flown by american, southwest, united and air canada. none of them has reported any problems thus far. among the eightmericans who died in ethiopia, a georgetown university l student from here in d.c. was flying to meet his fiancee in ken h because fiancee's mother just. passed aw guys, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. presint trump is on the brink of a fresh confrontation with congress. budget thatng a new adds billions of dollars to his border wall request. nbc whitentouse correspon kristen welker has the very latest. good morning. oo reporter: hey, hoda, morning to you. president trump is setting up yet another battle overeis promo build a border wall. he's unveiling his budget proposal for the next fiscal year asking congress for $8.6 billion in wall funding. now that's about $3 billion more than his original demand for .7 billion infunding. that led to a 35-day government shutdown earlier this year as you may recall. house speaker nancy pelosi and

senate minority leader chuck schumer insist mr. trump's second attemptessned to fail, blasting him over the shutdown and vowing to block him ain. it comes weeks after the president declared a national emergency to free up mor a wall. the house passed a measure aimed at stopping him, and the senate is poilod to f suit this week, but the president has vowed to veto that leslation. hoda. >> kristen welker at the white house, thanks. now to new trouble for embattle singer r. kelly. kelly left a chicago jail over the weekend following the payoff of more than $160,000 in back child support, but now a pennsylvania man has come forward claiming to have a newle discovered that allegedly shows r. kelly abusing young women.c' ron mott has more on this. ron, good morning. >> hey, craig, good morning to you. r. kelly heads back to court this week as he prepares to defend himself against ten counts of aggvated criminal sexual abuse, and now prosecutors in new york are set

review a third sex tape purportedly connected to the singer. this morning o r. kelly o jail but far from out of trouble. >> i noticed a sports tape, but it also had r. kelly's name on it. >> reporter: this man, gary nnis, saying he found an old vhs tape in his collection showing a man hsithinks is the er, whom he's never met, sexually abusing multiple minors. >> he was telng them whato do and what to say, and it appeared that he was inontrol of t camera. >> reporter: attorney gloria allred sayshe isn't certain the man on the tape is kelly but turned the video over t federal prosecutors because she says the underage. ar to be >> no child should ever be subjected to the kind of abuse and degrading sexuall predatory misconduct depted on the tape. >> reporter: kelly has long denied ever sexually assaulting nors.

his attorney steve greenberg in a statement writing r. kelly denies that he is on any tyape with underage girls. the doubt here is self-evident with reporting that the man on the tape kinda sorta looks like r. kelly. that doesn't make it him. it is irresponsible ttocontinue ake the speculation of every tom, dig, and harry, and report it as if it is fact. >> i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] llfe! >> you killing me with this [ bleep ]. >>ur in a ding outburst with gayle king, the 52-year-old. >> they're lying on me, i'm ol, bro, i'm cool. i'm good. i'm not afraid because i'm telling the truth. >> reporter: the sger facing ten counts of sexual abuse involving four women, three of them minors at the time walking out of a chicagos jail t weekend after spending three nights before posting more th $161,000 owed to his ex-wife in

back child support. >> i promise you we're going to straighten all this stuff out. that's all i can sayno right i promise you. >> gary dennis says he collects old sportpes, and says he does not know where this one came from. we reached out to th u.s. attorney's office last night on this latest allegation. they have no comment. in the meantime, r. kelly's next court appearance is this wednesday in his child support case. >> ron mott for us this morning in chicago. thank you. we've got theco news red. would you like a little boost? >> boost us. a single tweet by a loyal son turned a tex man's doughnut dream around. on saturday a guy named billy tweeted pictures of his dad's tasty doughnuts along with the empty counter. he wrote this, my dad is sad because no one is coming to his new doughnut shop. by sunday that store was swamped. billy tweed the good news. we are completely sold out. he thanked everybody for coming by to support theshop. he said this means the world to my family. >> i love that.

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something of a surprising turn. >> reporter: for more than two dedes gwyneth paltrow has graced covers, g hbbedeadlines and garnered every imaginable accola accolade, one of hollywood'snn perel a-listers, but these days this is gwyneth's proudest accomplishment, goop, the lifestyle andra wellness she launched ten years ago in her kitchen has ground into a $250 million juggernaut. its customers loyal and passionate and on a saturday ndppy to s $1,000 to gobble up gwyneth's wisdom. >> did youtver think t goop would become what it's become? >> i tnk i had a secret dream i s become, but when i started ten years ago i had absolutelyo idea. i had just had a vision, but i had no idea how to get therexe like how tote on it. >> did you know there was an inner ceo in >> i was always very interested in business. i was always fascinated by it,

but i didn't think that i had kind of the license to go into business. >> sometimes it's written in the press that you stopped acting. >> right. >> are they gettinggh that have you stopped acting?u' pausing from acting? you're uncoupling from acting? >> i never said am quitting acting. what i say is goop is my full-time passion, and being the founder and cs of goop i what i do all day every day, and occasionally when something is the right thing and it works oui around my cren and my goop life, i'm able toe. particip i think i'm just not focused on full-time acting right no >> everyone says you're extremely involved. this is not a vanity project where you just slap your name on something. >> oh, no, no. i wish at this point. >> what kind of boss would you say you are? >> i think tha i am anbo

optimistic. i think i am constantly hoping for the highest good for all. over time i've had to learn the more difficult qualities of being a boss. it's been interesting as a woman to have to implement more struarure and bous and you know, giving difficult like that's been a hard part of it for me. >> what haveea youed about yourself in this journey, this particular journey of going into 'vbusiness? >> had to sort of constantly shed my egoalong the way because i've had to come to term with how much i didn't know, how i've made so many mistakes along the way. >> goop has sometimes faced criticism, even lawsuits, o accusing it promotingen unprealth claims. growing pains paltrow says she has learned from, but her vision has also beenincated.

>> hello. >> reporter: the wellness as concept she w among the first to popularizeow makes up a io $4.2 tri industry. >> we've always said like we're just asking questions, and i also reallyeove when write about something or talk about something at goop and, you know the internet goes crazy and then six months later, 12 months later, two yea later you see it kind of being widely adapted into the culture. >> that has hewpened a times. >> yes, it has. >> you coulday i told you so. >> butr. i would >> reporter: gwyneth is well are of the w some people see her as someone just a bit too perfect. and she's willing to poke fun at rself like osnl this weekend. >> i need your help because i'm really afraid that gwyneth's going to fire me. >> no, she doesn believe in firing. remember? it's called conscious

unemploying. >> right. >> first of all, for the record are you perfect? >> oh my go are you insane? i'm a mess. >> everyone is but feoe to say she's trying to say she's so perfect and the rest of us are just o bunch slobs. >> that's been actually the opposite of my intention. i always feel like i'm very open about my learnings, my shortcomings, my mistakes. i think we're all in process ask we're all starting at different places, and i think i'm actualln a perho tries to look for ways to really support people and offer solutions and ideas. >> reporter: strolling around the summit, it's easy to get drawn into the goop universe. for a b 12 shot or a different kind of needle. >> what aboutn ear pierce? >> i don't know. my ears are pretty pierced up. >> tuet's >> maybe i'll be like gwyneth and get one right here. >> let's go do it. >> i'm serious. i'll go do it right now. >> let'so do it.

>> let's go. >> all right, are you ready? >> we're read >> okay. >> hold my hand. >> you got this. >> oh, i love yours. that is super cool. >> i'm happy. >> that'sg. amaz >> the double stack, now to do that. the next one. >> next one. >> oh, my god, matching earrings. >>at happened? ltimate bonding experience, get your ears pierced. i'm goingo get siri to get something pierced. >> can we see it? >> which one is >> now i have four. who am i, i'm like in high school again.in isn't it of fun, it's that little one right there. >> how many do you havl? >> whoa. >> i'm such a goody goody. this is my little rebellion. i have four piercings, i did this one with jenna bushhager. >> just to get your ears done. >> the nose is next. >> in one line, what is goop? i stillave a hard time defining it. >> yes. you know what? you're not the target for women, a lot of women do

know -- it's wellness in general, but it's products. it's i mean, the goop summit, for example, they've got panels and people come and talk. it's just a variety. >> it's a lifestyle. >> a lifestyle, wellness, there's a news letter. that's a podcast, a show on netflix. >> it's a wide net. >> yeah, it is, and she's built this $250 million company, and it is true what a lote of peo were poo pooing way back then, they're not anymore. mayor companies like weight watchers calls itself ww and focuses on wellness. e wasn't the only one talking about it, but she was one of the firsts. tomorrow we get personal, she talks about her marriage, what her relationship with chris martin is like now, aboer new marriage and she but fit --

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upper 50s and low 60s. not toobad. 62 here in town today. breezy and noticeable cooler weather fortomorrow. quiet on wednesday. a little chance for showerssd th evening and rain likely on friday. >> that's your latest weather. guys. est weather, guys. >> all right, al, sheinelle is here. mr. daly starting us off. >> this story so large, we've got to bring in the heavy hitters. first up, we'veg got excit news, j.lo and a-rod are tieing the not. sheinelle jonewith the details that surprising engagement. >> the internet exploded, it's official, jennifer lopez and alex rodriez are getting married. the couple first met in 2005 at a yankees metsut game didn't start dating until a decade later. the pair took to instagram to announce the news, and aicfar as romantroposals go, it looks like a-rod hit this one out of the park. >> she said yes, three words sending social media into a frenzy after alexodriguez and jennifer lopez announced their engagement on instagram. a-d poppi the question t duringir bahamas vacation

with an emerald cut diamond ring fitor aqueen. well wishes poured in from adoring fans and celebrity friends alike. the mlb tweeting to yankees legend, a-rod delivers another ringo the bronx, and j.lo's world of dance co-star derek hough writing this is huge. ellen degeneres recently tease the pop star's soon to be fiancee. >> this is a clock a it's basically to remind him that time is ticking, and he should hurry up and propose. >> time's almost up. the big news is a long anticipated moment in their high profile love affair which began two yrs ago. the power couple stepping out together for theirst time at the 2017 met gala. they each have children from previous marriages, a-rod d of two ughters, and j.lo mom of twins with ex-husband mark anthony. j.lo opening up to hoda on

"today" about what makes their relationship. >> i found a partner who could really hang with me, and he wants to -- he also wants to grow and evolve. so we're kind of pushi each her into our own second acts. >> a lasting love well worth the wait. >> i think this iat such a g match. i got to say. >> seem genuinely happy. >> to be honest, if this happened when we were in our 20s, it would have never happened. >> how come? >> it was just too much craziness. i wasn't mature enough, and i through ae both bee lot and can really appreciate each her, both the good and the challenges. >> happy for them. this ody's talking abo jaw dropping ring. >> let's see it. >> of course. >> here it is. >> we certainly wish them the best. i come from a blended family so i can relate to it.ee it like to me a match made in heaven. you know her. >> they've always been so supportive of each other. when alex was on the show with us,ennifer was o camera and vice versa. it seems like a perfect match. happy for them. >> they're mature.

the girls get along. >> no date set though rightet >> no date s as your pop start correspondent. >> you'll be there, though? >> that's apght. cin marvel made history over the weekend. the superhero firm shattered records in its opening weekend. the movie brought in the biggest worldwide launch for a female head film with a total o $455 million in ticket sales. that makes "captain marvel" the sixth best staf worldwide o all time. before the numbers were released larson got a head start on their supportfor by surprising movie goers at a theater this past weend. e served customers popcorn before heading into the theaters. you can hear the audience in total shock here as she thanked e crowd. overall, a great start for the superhero film. very cool. >> a terrific trib croute ute t lee at the beginning of it. >> cool. > straight ahead, oprah's sleep doctor, she's here with products t help you sleep better. >> plus more of natalie's conversation with olivia

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thunder on friday. far thekay because so weekend looks like it will stay dry. >> thank you. you can get the latest news and weather any time, just open the nbc washington app.

on this monday morning. it is march the 11th, 2019. i see sunshine. i see a great crowd. savannah, can you believe this crowd? it's insane. >> it's spring break. >> it feels like spring break crowd. >> that's right. >> hi,guys. >>o you ready for a crowd ? moment >> we're ready. >> this crowd moment t haso do with somebody who brought big giant craig head. you're heather right? >> yes. >> well, heathe you love craig, right? >> i do. i love craig melvin. >> craig, comer on o here. >> he's a country boy. c how are you? >> thanks foring out.

>> you brought craig something else besides a head that's normally a littl bit bigger than his usual big head. >> yes, we brought him palmetto cheese. >> yes! nice! how about sthat. >> froth carolina. >> all the way from south carolina. from?ere are you >> columbia. and can i do a shoutout to my husband? it's his 50th birthday. happy birthday, wade. >> you came bringing all sorts of audio-visuals. nice. >> thank you so much heather. >> i love pimento cheese. >> i just spenthe weekend in charleston, south carolina. > you threw keto out the window. >> maybe at least a little bit through the mail slot. >> guys, t coming up allhis week, we're helping you sleep better today with oprah's sleep doctor, michael breus is here to walk us through some products that can help improve your rest. >> i think he slept late, he just got in. >> what you can do when you wake up that can help you sle better at night. >> he's got a really good snoring device, which is exciting in my household. also ahead, more of natalie's exclusive interview with olivia

newton-john she's shares secrets from her azing career, including why at first she turned down that role of sandy in grease. >> we're also going to get a jump start on st. patrick's day with cloda mckenna. >> rimes with hoda. she's got some recipes here for a tradition irish feast. >> yummy. coming on the third hour of "today," we're going to meet a husband and wife and who had to rebuild their lives from the marriage, and their now they're healthy, happy, and we can all learn let's show you as we look at the week ahead, here is what we've got.ng we're loot snow showers in the northeast, rain down through the gulf, sunny and dry through the storm system makes its way across the country tuesday into wednesday bringing heavy snow, blizzard conditionshrough the plains back into the rockies. heavy rain in the mississippi river valley. sunshine healong east coast. by friday wet weather along the

west, east coast, but it will be milder. more chilly temperatures in the mid plains. sunshinehe along west coast. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. and here at home, it is going to be a pleasant day to spend some quality time outside. temperatures are in the 40s to around 50 degrees now. so seasonably cool. certainly not cold by march standards, especially when you figure how cold it was last week. mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. it will be breezy.hw not winds today around 15 to 25 miles per hour. in d.c. around 62 degrees. ytomorrow sunny and bre but a lot colder. we'll start off tomorrow morning in the 30s. latest hat is your weather. now let's head over to craig. y weather. let's head over to craig. mr. roker, thank you, sir. ther00are just days now until the next olympic games in tokyo, and now the.s olympic committee is giving us more ways to celebrate the best athletes in the world reviving u the. olympic hall of fame.

it already includes muhammad ali, peggy fleming, jesse owens and the miracle on ice hockey, tend we've got four more gold medal hall of famers with ushis morning, shannon miller, theresa edwards, sarah will ae of cou scott hamilton. first of all, congrats. than for being us with. >> thank you. >> this is a big deal. >> it is a big deal. >> this is a huge deal, scott. >> to be ducted into the u.s. olympic hall of fame, what in the world? really? and then for all of use to be thor whatever, it's just to celebrate the olympic movement, to celebrate everythg that the ympics does for all of us. it seems like whenever an olympics comes around we say, boy, do we need an olympics right now. and again, to have a hndl of fameee all these athletes in it is really spectacular. >> sarah you have a 12 time olympic gold medal winner, alpine skiing. one of the changes is going to

fbe increasing the number pair olymp paralympic athletes. there's so many respect between the olympians and the paralympia paralympians, and it also helps us increase our sports and really further anything that we want to do it's positive thing for all the athletes. >> and shannon, i understand that folks will be able to vote online coming up here in the acxt few months, and then the actual physicality is going to open, when, next year? >> 2020. >> 2020. >> that's going to be great. it's gng to be there in colorado springs, the physical facility. yes, fans canvote, which is so fantastic. team usa.org is the website. you can go and look at all 139 athletes in the hall of fame right now. voting will open soon. they will choose in september, and then the induction will come in november. theresa five-time olyman, how does this feel? >> it feels good, it feels real osod. >> what are you mt looking forward to? >> i think i'mor likingrd to the stories being told for

generations to come. for the athletes stories, for two weeks the olympics captivates the world and we do amazing timngs t and time again. and i thi it lifts the load of our hearts to see greatness come through often, and i think this is what we were excited out, the generations to come will actually experience these legacies. yes, the olympics one of those things that unites all of us every two years. >> solutely. >> so good to see you guys, congratulations by the way. >> thank tyou. nk you, thank you, thank you. >> carsonly . >> if you guys could keep it down out there, i'd appreciate it. craig, thank y very much. i'm just here getting a head start on our next segment. we're going to give you tips and tricks to help you sleep like a log every night. dr. breus will you read me a story please. >> ts is a weighted blanket, we're going toor be talkinge about it today. >> l

it is national sleep awareness week, ae are kicking off our special series sleep better today. according to the cdc one in getting ricans are not enough rest, so we brought in dr. michael breus dubbed openle are's doctor. he's a sleep specialist and founder of thesleepdoctor.com. he's here to get our sleep track back on track. dr. breus, thanks for being here. we all have our own sleep ises, certainly america do. >> ab slatesa. >> the circadian rhythm is your internal biological clock. it tel you what time to eat, what time to sleep. >> it's a real thing. >> it's actua py a specifit of your brain. it works pretty well. >> we're going to go down the line here in ia minute. have a tea here that you're recommending. >> when you and i were talking at the break, you told me you wake up multiple times at night and your last meal is around 7:00. >> i sleep good for four or fiver hours, i then up 2:30, 3:30, 4:30.

>> you're running out of fuel.'t most people dealize it, but you don't put the car in park. you actually put it into drive. it just in a different gear. >> i should eat more later? >> what i'm saying is this specific kind of tea will help blkeep your blood sugar s longer. i think your blood sugar is dumping in the middle of the night. >> wow. >> this is actually guava leaf tea, not guava fruit, guava leaf tea. >> ithere glucose in this? >> absolutely. you're running out of glucose. this keeps the glucose in your body stable and this adds glucose by adding the raw honey. >> with hoda we're going to give her a new pillow. >> which is great. ll >> which is r interesting. >> what's wrong with hod s >> you should be changing your pillow every 18 months to two years. >> like for cleanliness or for habits. >> for two things, cleanliness and the structural integrity of the pillow is going to fail over

time. s >> and stuff gn there, living things, organisms. >> that's what we're going to avoid. this is a very unique shaped pillow. it's a curve. >> where do you put your head? >> if you're a side sleeper it sits likethis. you get the full neck support. otherwise what happens is when the pillow comes to the center, you don get as much neck support. my favorite part about this one. >> it's a boom x? >> it's got a zipper. you can take the filling in or out and raise or lower it as you need it. it becomes incredibly personalized just for you. >> cool. all right. thank you. n getting upe middle of the night, you're 65, things change. >> forsure. >> here's what's interesting for you, al. this is actually light ther uy. this when i travel, and i use this for jet lag. i use it for a o whole host things. you wake up, and you wake up earl in the morning, but you do it in a good way. 15 minutes of this just by the bedside. >> what do you do? >> put it while you're getting ready in the morning, it turns off the melatonin faucet in your

brain. >> savannah's been talking about this light for t last two weeks. this light. >> this is awesome. i love it. >> what is tonsaption? >> this is an internal nasal dielator.d you admit to me there could be an instance where you might snore on occasion. >> occasion. >> occasionally, noright? i'a snorer. >> you use this right? >> i personally use this. >> not that one. >> yeah, not that one. >> [ laughter ] >> for example, if i have alcohol at night, it wi make me snore. my wife says put this thing in so you don't snore. it's very simple. >> how many of those did y >> straight in like that. >> and does it work? >> it actually helps with breathing automatically. >> do you hath 365 of . >> is that proper? >> you've got it. >> does it tickle? >> you've got i in a little crooked if you don't minme doing this . >> is that opening the nasal passages? t's kind of like a breathe right strip for the inside. >> do you reuse >> yes, you can reuse it up to a

we i. you put on the sink in the morning and p it back in at night. after 30 seconds you won't even feel it. ou why does alcohol make snore it >> it constricts that whole area. >> that's actually pretty>> wil one of my favorite item ss a weighted blanket. this weighted blanket is 12 pounds. >> what are you f ing with that? why do i need? >> this helps with anxiety. >> oh, yeah, bring it on. >> we need a few of those. >> what you'll noticeys i o used half of the blanket for you to get used to it. 12 pounds is actuaind of heavy to get used to at start. we start with the first half ich coversou nicely. >> what about my feet? >> then you'll rotate. >> you actually want your feet out becse you want them to cooler because you lose heat. >> my feet are very cold. i would have gotten a pedicure. >>ai it's actually a st

jacket made by goop. >> [ laughter ] >> what is it doing? >> what it does is puts a little pressure across your skin. it allows your skin to know a there's suppo then relax. >> okay. >> it really helps people chill out. th has been used in the autism community and the anxiety community for years. >> want to get in carson? we both have anxiety. >> we appreciate it. these products, you want to give them a try. ou can find more them and take a quiz to find out what kind of sleeper you are. just ahea olivia newton-john on her most famous roles. roles. natalie's here with this is you shopping. and this is you maximizing at t.j.maxx. you shopping, you maximizing. you shopping, you maximizing. find the brands you love and get more you for your money, every time.

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breast caycer on fr now you're talking about really fun stuff, her career. >> fun moments in her caer, vie roles she almost didn't take. olivia has lived most of her 70 years in a very bright spotlight, but these days she's happiest at her ranch outside of s angeles with her adorable husband john. 's far away from the glitz and the glamour of hollywood, but it's justow olivia likes it. >> after nearly 50 years in the spotlight. ♪ >> olivia newton-john is stepping out of it spending most of her time here on hern south california ranch. >> lots of little hens. hello, look at those two love birds. >> they're laying eggs, and there's ano an egg.there laying here's our rooster. >> okay. >> he's the stud. >> and he's the stud. >> it's the glamorous persona that most people might associate with a star as big as she is, and it's whe feels most at home. >> people, i think, are so surprised to see howu grounded e. how did you keep that about yourself and keep control of yourlife? >> i see people getting totally

carried away with their fame, and it's fleeting, and i rememberst being oe, the fans were going crazy, and i remember thinking to myself tomorrow night it will be someone else. and i always had that in the back of my mind, so you didn't allow it to make you too carriet away yourself, you know >> reporter: over the course of her decades long career, newton-john has managed to keep her private life just that. now for the first time she's sharing never before heard stories in her memoir elieng". >>'t i"danopt go st your "grease" days. >> you were 28 years old and you thought i can't play a high school student. howulm i going to this off. you almost turned it down, in fact you did turn it down. >> cldn't do an american accent, and i was too old, and i had all these reasons why i couldn't do it. we did a screen test. the chemistry w there. it worked, and when john came to see me at my house how could you

say no t john travolta. >> hevi cnced you? >> right, exactly. >> that was my movie, xanadu. >> andh working wne kelly i had to imagine was magical. >> it was scary because he was gene kelly, and for goodness sake, i never tapped in my life. i went to tap classes for three monthsnd manag it learn a routine, but to dance with him, can you ine? >> wow. >> it was incredible. ♪ let's get physical, physical >> let's talk physical, okay, and the transformation you underwent. i know at first after you did the video and after you wrote the song, you were very concerned, like, what have i done? >> yes. >> do i want this out there? >> yes. nd it actually up being one of the best things that happened to you. you learned through tha fear, right? >> isn't that interesting, two of the thing i was most afraid of, sandy and physical were two of my biggest successes.

i had an anxiety attac about, i thit think i should put out. i think i've gone too far this time. it already had been released and it was zooming up the charts, so i had toeaust e. >> they banned me on the radio, and now i'm like, yeot i ban instead my career. i'm so excited. at the time i was mortified somebody didn't like me. >> think about where we are in ou hear o and what the radio. >> it is so tame. that's what i say on stage, can you believe i was banned for this lyric, you know. >> carson said why was she banned. remember theyrics back then they were sort of scandalous. >> let me hear your body talk. know. >> anyways, there's so many good stories in thisook "don't stop believing." check it out, it's outside tomorrow. >> thehing that's the scariest. >> so porpt important to embrac, we all are so afraid of the thing that could be the best thing in your helife.

>> s's lovely. >> thank you. up next, a special menu for st. patrick's day, and yes, carson t dalyre's guinness involved. involved. ♪

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♪ ♪ walgreens... battle beautifully irish eyes aremiling on "today" food this morning as we cook a delicious st. patrick's day fst bringing the em raerald isle, clodagh mckenna, h new cook book, always good to have you. this recipe straight from the cook book. >> straight from the cook book. it the irish st. patrick's day menu. the book is full of all different menus throughout the season. but we're celebrating st. patrick's this i'sunday. picked the menu from there. today we're going to make the soda breaded pork chops with kol can canon, a delicious dip. >> you don't know what kol canon is? >> i know. i'm sorry.

it's mashed potato with cabbage wrapped >> i didn't know what that was. >> i like it. >> we're g pork chops first, we've got lovely pork chops. >>khat kind of p chops? >> these are french trimmed. >> french trimmed. >> lovely and juicy. so first off, we're going to get the breaded kind of mix for the top of it. >> okay this is soda bread. >> exactly. which is shallots thyme and garlic. >> sha la la la la la la la la. >> okay. and then this is whole meal sourdough bread in case you can't get soda bread, and dijan meniscus tustard too. >> the next i'm going to bread up the pork chops. >> what's the order for the actual dredging? >> fordredging, okay, that's important. you want to do it, i'll watch you. thisto will be they" school. >> flour first. >> flour first! that's seasoned with salt and pepper. at locks in the juiciness.

>> locks it in. >> and then get rid of any extra into the egg, into the breahe into lovely bread crumbs, mustard and thyme and all that gorgeousflavor. >> flour, eggs and then the bread. >> exactly. >>en it comes out looking like this. nd then into the cast iron. into the cast iron that's got gorgeous irish butter. about two and into the hot oven for 20 minutes, and then that's done. >> all right. two minutes there. >> exactly. and then we make up the kol canon. >> this is the kol canon hoda. >> we've got warmed wemilk. ave cabbage, butter, nutmeg all goes in there, comes out lookingisike >> okay. we pop that in here, mash it all together, and then we've got cull can. >> we've got about 30 seconds left here. this is what the the pork chops look like. you pour the beautiful whisky sauce ove here. and then we've got this amazing

caramel tiramisu. >> what's the verdict, guys? what's the verdict? >> ridiculous. >> and then my lovely baked potatoes with the caviar. >> is this in the book? >> it's all in the book old today. >> clodagh mckenna. thank you so much. >> the recipes today.com/food. you can get a copy of clodagh's co book at today.com/shop. >> >> announcer: this is a "ws4 today" newsbreak. 8:56 is your time now on this monday march 11th, 2019. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. let's get tool melissat with first4traffic. >> express lanes after gallows road, left lane blocked. we are seeing delays, main and express lanes as well. northbound 07 before montrose disabled vehicle, right side is

locked. manassas, lee highway west of suddenly road traffic alternating there. >> melissa, y tha. we'll take a break and when we come back we'll have your forecast. stay with us.

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still a vy pretty sky over washington this morning. temperatures mostly in the 40s to near 50 degrees. 52 now here in washington, 46 in montgomery county, 49 at dulles maryland.d 49 in temperatures hour by hour today will climb back into the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. plenty of sunshine this we'll be breezy both today and tomorrow. today will be the windier of the tw days. quiet weather for wednesday. showers late thursday night and or two maybe a rumble of thunder or friday. dry weather for the weekend. >> all right, chuck. thank you.he get latest news and weather any time on the nbc washington app. have a great day.

>> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. happy monday. welcome h the thirdr of "today," al along with sheinelle, craig, and dyla we are all back together. >> i'm back. it's been a while. >> you look all fresh. >>vethough you were gone we were all in different places. >> i was in florida, and it was beautiful. >> yes? yes. the weather was so nice. >> while we're talking about it, let me just tell you. >> but you h a little less of itausef ightav ti spl time. >> go figure, i plan a vacation one hour less. >> daylight saving time. >> take out the s or people will ruin you. >> they go nuts, that's right. >> there's actually a movement