fits on a biscuit. . good morning. mounting pressure. growing calls on the faa to ground all boeing 737s in u.s. as more nations around the rld ban the aircraft in the wake of the deadly crash in ethiopia. why are the planes still flying here in the united states? we're live with the latest. dangerous weather. severe storms targeting tens of millns in midwest and esuthwest, blinding snow, heavy rains and tornall possible. 's forecast just ahead. he's just not worth house speaker nancy pelosi explains why she's against impeaching president trump.

plus breaking overnight, the state department withdraws its 'embassy staff in venezuela. the woman mauled by a jaguar at the arizona zoo tells her story in her own >words. >>ook out below, a paraglider coming in for a lding gets an surprise. his wild encounter with a feisty kangaroo. today tuesday, march 12, 2019.nn >>ncer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefellerplaza. hey, everybody, welcome to "today," thank you forusoining n this tuesday morning. a lot of pressure on the faa this morning.

>> anxiously awaiting the readout from the black boxes on the ethiopian plane that crashed on sunday. >> while at least five countries have now grounded their fleets,. airlines that fly the macks are standing by it. tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning to you. america and southwest flies the mack's 8. severalad cn airlines also fly the plane, all standing by the planes in that they've had no iv use whatsoever. that said, the faa is under serious pressure to groundhe plane if there's the slightest hint of a fatal flaw. this morni boeing is on notice, the faa says it expects to order mandatory change to the 737 max 8. overnight australia became the latest country to ground the max

8 until there's a read out from the ethiopian black boxes. ethi air max 8 crash in indonesia in a letter to boeing employees, the ceo writese are confident in the safety of the 737 max and in the work of the men and women who design a build it. but a former ntsb chaian says the worldwide fleet should be grounded, including those flown in the u.s. >> an aircraft ought to voluntarily itself >> boeing ought to voluntarily ground these. aircra >> reporter: the faa says investigators are at the crash scene with the ntsb amend if we identify an issue that affects safety, the faa will take immediate and appropriate action. the flight attendants union wants concrete action to keep the public safe. >> calling for transparency so

crews and the public can have full confidence in flying these plan a. >> reporteng those who died, 19 united nations workers, 32 kenyans, 18 canadians, ne etopians and t. >> these guys are -- were jt wonderful. they're going to be missed deeply by thisun commy. >> reporter: a third american identified overnight, antoine louis. also among the victims, a doctor at east tenunssee state iversity flying to kenya to tee her sisr who had just ven birth t sletrtsip in. nairobi, the plane'sd inten destination. >> reporter: this is the terminal where passengers should

haverrived on sunday. instead their griff-stricken families are receiving counseling at a hotel nearby. t>> reporter: this morni pres investigators to find out why twosu brerandns ne planes suddenly fell out of the skynd whether both crew struggledo keep the plane in a trim or level flying iconditio it's a trim problem, it's going to be a major issue theye going to solve in a hurry. >> first things first, they've gotin to the black boxes. when they do, what are investigators looking for? >> reporter: well, trim is critical. that's how level the plane was flying. they've got to look at that. they'l lookt pitch and wall. ll the data on board the recorder, engine performance, airspeed, heading, pilot input, lall that w give a better sense of what is happening, and then the conversations inside the cockpit. i need tooint out, boeing is making a point, they were already prepang a software

upgrade to the computer program that's been questionable and at ese heart of some of issues. that's part of the mandatory design change by thend of april. boeing says it's already worki on it. >> we will take a closer look at the 737 max 8. tens ofillions of us in the path of severe weather. hallsno what we need to k mr. roker, good morning. >> good morning. thank you forgetting your first weather from us. this system has a stormy side and a snow see side. you c r see then starting to push in. here is the wet side. it's got flash flood watches and river flooding warnings stretching from minneapolis all the way down into the gulf. a we'vo got an enhanced risk from texas for isolated storms, potential for tornadoes. that makes its way into the mississippi river valy by morrow with the potential for tornadoes. here is the warm side of this storm, heavy rain into the southwes strong toevere

storms in texas. tornadoes possible tonight irro to. of course, we have the flooding threat from the mississippi ver valley all the way to the gulf. rainfall amounts anywhere from one to three incs of rai over a widespread area. we've got a couple of areas from oklahoma intore arkansas whe we could be looking at three to five inches of rain. the snow see sidef this situation stem, as it pushes to the east, it brings in the colder air. heavy snow developing from the rockies all the way into the plains. we could be looking at blizzar conditions. as the system moves out, it's going to drag inon very s winds, so we expect to see blizzard conditions, blizzard warnings. snowfall from did you ever rang go into the dakotas. we turnmeo a c from house speaker nancy pelosi that's taking a lot of people by the top democrat on capitol hill breaking from some in her own party saying she's against

impeaching prbz. white house correspondent peter der has more on the stor good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. house speaker nancy pelosi making headlines while making her message clear that she will stee democrats awarom impeaching president trump. those comments appear designed to rein in members of her party andce sil republicans claiming house investigations into the trump administration are simply innded to lay the foundation for his removal. house speaker nancy pelosi delivering a democratic reali check explaining why she opposes impeaching pre>>dent trump. t divides the country unless there's conclusive evidence that takes us to that place. >> reporter: explaining unless there's something so compelling d overwhelming and bipartisan, i don't think we should go down that path b it divides the country and he's just not worth it. could special counsel robert mueller's repor change that?

>> it's soiv concle that there's a message to the president, so be it. >> reporter: pelosi's comments well with some democrats who are calling for democrats to begin proceedings. >> because we're going to go in there a impeach the mother [ bleep ]. >> reporter: newly empowered house democrats speared multiple investations, focusing on possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power. many democrats insist impeach is premature. >> no one is above the law. if we find from the mueller report our our own investigations that the president has broken the law, we won't have ahoice but we're not there yet. >> reporter: asked if she thinks trump is fit. i doett think he is. cally unfit, intellectually unfit, curiositiwise infit.

the same argument her boss has beenor making months. >> let's impeach the president and then we'll impea the vice president. these people are sick. >> reporter: in that sam interview nancy pelosi lircastically complimented president trump c him a great organizer, great fund-raiser at the grassroots level. >>r, what does this mean? we've seen there are members of the democratic party who thinks there should be impeachment proceedings. pelosi has the gavel and saye we not going there. >> reporter: house members leading the invtigations into the president, adam schiff, jerry nadler, they tell nbc news that the evidence is not there t for impeachment.

pelosi doesn't want imp to define democrats. what was striking is she is using stronger language she did when you spoke to her in janua january. ryou asked are youing impeachment out. she said we'll have to see what happens with t mueller report. unlessorhat rept has something in her wor that's ver compelling, she's pushing her party in a different direction. >> she knew exactly what she was doing in the post, i'm going to make news right now, i'm not for impeachment. she knows what she's doing. aeepening crisis in venezuela where a massive power outage eg its sixth day. overnight the state department announced it's pulling the remaining staff frou. the embassy there. nbc's gabe gutierrez with the overnigh developments. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. th the latest escalation in an ongoing diplomatistandoff after a u.s. decision in january

to withdraw ally non-emerge personnel. now a massive power outage isly parang much of the y.coun overnight secretary of state mike pompeo announcing plans to withdraw all diplomatic rsonnel from venezuela, saying the decision reflects the situation in the country. it comes as parts of venezuela are without power for aixth straight day. we're desperate this mother says. there's no water or electricity for my children dozens arrested for looting. public transportation t grinded a halt. nicolas maduro is blaming the lackout on cyberattacks by the u.s. government but provided no evidence of that. secretary pompeo denies any responsibility for the outages. >> those are a direct result of years and years of neglect to the e rgysystem.

>> reporter: pompeotl p blames cuba and russia for venezuela's problem. the infrastructure hasrumbled as it's spiraled into an economic melt douchb, fueling chaos in the streets. desperate venezuelans spilling into neighboring colbia last month. this soup kitchen hands out to those waiting for hours for bread and milk. the u.s. has recognized opposition leader juan goeido easthis supports allege at 21 people have died since the power outages began. in what many are calling a humanitarian crisis with no end in sight. madu is now calling the blackout a, quote, dee mommic ploto force him from power.

savannah and hoda. >> gabegutierrez, thank you very much. we have more to get to include ag massive cocaine bust at the port of nework and new jersey. officials say it's a sign of a worrisome comeback for the drug. justice correspondent pete williams has more on the story. good morning.or >> rr: the biggest seizure at the port in 25 years. the second largest ever there. the drug enforcement administration says this ishe sign's a growing market for cocaine especially among user i who take it combination with opioids like fentanyl. federal drug and customs agent say they notice this container which came america showed signs of tampering. this cell phone videows s them unloading 3200 pounds of cocaine, street value of $77 million.

they were hidden in 60 packages packed ippo a shig container of dried fruit. the dea says it's a sign of change in the demand for cocaine in the u.s. now drug cartels are pushing to make a comeback looking to exploit the opioid epidemic. >> cocaine was the nemesis in the '90s. this is traffickers today trying to merge cocaine and fentanyl to create new markets. >> reporr: most -tan is smuggled into the u.s. across the southern border through checkpoints. more than 90% comes through colombia. the dangerous trend of mixing it with fentanyl, they expect to find more big shipments like this one. the dea says tes a and conviction of el chapo, the notorious drug lord, is not changing the business model for other mexican drug cartels.

investigators are tracing how this shipment got there andho was involved. in theugly confrontation nba between the utah jazz and the oklahoma city thunder in salt lake city. when russell westbrook got in a shoung match with utah fans. take a listen. >> you and your wife. i'll [ bleep ] you up. westbrook said afthe game the fan was making comments he considered racist and highly disrespectful. the fan claims he was only engaging in a, quote, playful back and forth with westbrook and didn't say anything offensive. according to a reporter who covers the jazz, five fans were given warning cards. >> i didn't know fans got those warning cards. something as going on ther >> i didn't know there was a fan code of conduct. o parently there needs tbe.

mr. roker, what you got? >> we'll take a look at what's the on across the rest of country. the severe storms firing up through texas, also rainy and snowy conditions through the another storm system making its way into the pacific northwest. snow as you get inland. here in the east, it will be gorgeous, especially down in florida. looking at sunshine and plenty of warmur temper. warm to middling temperatures in the mid atlantic states and lake-effect snow as you make your way into upstate new york. we'll geto your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning everybody. outside.eautiful day hardly a cloud to be found in our skies this morning. temperature now 4na at nat airport. the windchills are down close to the freezing markhis morning. wind chill 29 in manassas, virginia, 39 in fredricksburg. you need your warm coat this morning. the wind will be with us for most of the afternoon temperatures with 100% shine getting to 50 to 51 degrees. a little less wind. plenty of sunshine for tomorrow. >> that's your latestweather. a little motorcycle chic. i like it. >> diggingit, too. >> oh, stop it. the story behind the jaguar attack at the arizona zoo from the woman who was mauled. inside the boeing 737 max 8 plane at the centerf the major safety concerns. first on a tuesday morning. this is "today" on nbc.

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brand new crash. s stilling delays inner loop from theen earlier accnear river road. beltsville southbound 95, crash with the left lane blocked there. lks northbound at 395 at the 95 express lane near dukest et, disabled vehicle. middle of the road is blocked. >> melissa, thank you. extended car warrantees come in all spes and sizes. consumer reporter susan hogan will explain tonight. we'll take a break. your forecast is up next. stay with us.

good morning. asn coming up and a crystal clear sky overngton this morning. there is a noticeable northwest wind. you'll with contending with that all day long. meraging 10 to 20es per hour. there's a bit of a windchill for this morning.ch wils down around the freezing mark. you'll definitely want to put your wm coatn today, at least for this morning.

sunshine and a high around 50 today. less wind, a little warmer tomorrow, nice and mild on thursday, clouds increasing. that leads us to an 80% chance of rain on your frthay. ano local news update in 25 minutes. >> back to the "today" show.

we're back, we're bac at 7:30 on tuesday, march 12, 2019. we begin with the latest on sunday's deadly ethiopian airlines crane. this morning there are growing calls on the faa to ground all boeing 737 max 8s in the united states. overnight australia became the latest country to ground the max 8 until investigators get a readout from the black boxes. china and indonesia have already made t gt decision tound the planes along with aut two dozen airlines. meantime in a letter to boeing employees, the company's ceo writes this, we're confident in

the safety of the 737 max and the work of the men and w who design and build it. an important recall to tell you about. pillsbury's paren company, hometown food company is voluntarily recalling 2,000 cases of unbleached flour products. they could be at risk for salmonella contamination. theroducts contain best if used by dates of april 19, 2020 and april 20th, 2020. consumers who may have purchased that flour are being urged not to consumeit. a man spent two hourscr paraglidingoss the aws 't israeli i donnow country side, but the real danger came when he wonded, when kangaroos approached him a a national park. >> what's up? back off. get away kangaroos. >> bishop was pun twice by the kangarohe before ty both

bounced away. did walk away with a scratch on his arm. a reminder to nev call a kangaroo by the nickname >ip. speaking of animal encounters, this woman was mauled by a jaguar at an arizona zoo. now she's telling her side of the story and apologizing once again. nbc's morgan chatzky joins us with this one. >> this woman who was attacked in theshe was the one wrong here. she climbed over a barrier that surrounded the jaguar exhibit when the animal latched onto her arm. some of the images you're about to see are disturbing. >> this morning a woman attacked by a jaguar at an arisna zoo speaking out, telling cbs news she leaned over concrete barrier to get closer all for an photo op. >> the jaguar was up against the

fence and we said, hey, get good pictures. >> it quickly turned out to be a bad idea. witnesses say the woman lee ann, as nng her laste not be used, jumped over a low concrete barrier to get closer to the cat's cage. this cell phone video capturing the terrifying moments after she was attacked. lee ann apologizing to zoo ng officials tel cbs that she is to bla but that zoo staff should take se m t etencsuoreps w i was in therong for leaning over the barrier, but i do think the zoo should look into moving the fence back. >>ao for m the officials are removing the jaguar while the zoo investigates the incident saying the animal wou note killed because it was provoked. >> anybody can reach out. if theythe first, and doovt mhee t to be the last. >> reporter: a painful lesson that snapping a selfie is not

worth sacrificing safety. >> we're allhuman. make mistakes and i learned my lesson. >> officials telling us they've ired an outside consultant re-examining the barrier the woman was able to climb over. >> morgan, thank you very much. it's time tourn to mr. roker for a check of the weather. >> things getting warmer in thea , cooler out west, thanks to a dip in the jet stream in the west. warming highs in the eastern half of the u.s. look at this. nashville 62, savannah 71. 77 in san antonio but cooler in salt lake and phoenix today. look at tomorrow. rapid city only 32. st. louis, you're going to be flirting with 70 degrees. same in charleston, jackson, 82 degrees. as we move into thursday and t i heat movo the east, binghamton is going to be almost 55 ees. nashville, 14 degrees warmer than usual at 75. denver will be 23 degrees colder

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questions surrounding the max 8 airplanes in the wake of the crash in ethiopia. joe fryer has a closer look. >> the cra is not only a terrible tragedy for the families, but a red flag from the aviation industry who this morning are debating whether more should be done to ensure the safety of the aircraft. more than 350 of which have been in operation around the rld. an aircraft that had been flying high is facing new pressure to stay on the some 20 airlines around the world including every carrier in china and indonesia have taken the boeing 737 max 8 out of service in response to the ethiopian crash. passengers inside, it's not that difference in appearance. it quickly took off thanks engines that are 40% quieter and 14% more fuel efficient tha the previous model according to the manufacturer. thesedets lis at around $121

million apiece are completing more than 8,500 flights a week worldwide according to online flight tracking sites.in wihe u.s., southwest flies 34 of the jets. american has 24, one of which landed in miami monday afternoon. >> when i saw it was the same plane, you got a ltle concerned, but there was nothing i could do. all i could d was pra that the pilots knew what they were doing. >> after the crash in indonesia, the faa made an emergency order requiring pilots who fly the max 8 know how to bng itut of a sudden nosedive caused by a software issue. in a letter to employees monday, american airlines said it will never opera an unsafe aircft. >> i fel complete confidence within american airles. it was not an issue at all. >> reporter: u.s. aviation of

fivls says some passengers are concerned. >> moving forward, i will probably check to see what aircrafts are available and then go with something i think is a beer aircraft. >> reporter: boeing's ceo says the company is working with crash investigators a it's confident in the safety of the 737 maxiraft writing, since its certification in entering the service, the max family has completed hundreds of thousands of flights safely. >> joe, a lot of people might be afraid to even get on one of those planes. ute question is how do you know if you're a to get on one. >> passengers can look up their tickli , often on the choose your seat screen, you'll find the type of aircraft youl be on. so far, no u.s.-based carriers have said they'll be grounding the aircraft or issuing refunds. if you are looking for a refund simply because you don't want to be on one of thoseplanes, experts say you might be out of luck. >> all right, joe. thllk you. s ahead the morning, the

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7:56 is your time right now n this tuesday, march 12, 2019. good morningeveryone. i'm let's get right to your commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning, eun. silver spring outer loop new hampshire still have a crash, should be clearing soon. good delays in multiple spots. northbound 295 at laboratory ked., left lane bl alexandria inbound 395 at the area nearuke street, disabled vehicle and the road is blocked. melissa, thank you, we'll take a break and check your forecast. stay with us.

goodorning voi. bright sunshine. temperatures around 40 degrees here in the city, but windchills are down closer to the freezing mark here this morning. the good news i i will be bright and sunny all day long. afternoon temperatures will graduallyoet up near 50 degrees this afternoon. it will stay breezy pretty much al day until the sun goes down. for tomorrow, more sunshine, less wind, itill feel nicer tomorrow. 56, 67 thursday rain onfriday. >> all right, chuck. bacank you. nowk to the "today" show after this short break.

. da it's 8:00 on "toy," coming up, under pressure, new calls for th e coming , under pressure, new calls for the faa to ground the max 8 after the deadly crash in ethiopia. more countries are announcing they're banning the aircraft. why are they still flying here in the u.s.? we're taking a closer look into how and why you dream. >> everyone dreams every night, whether you're young or old. >> as we reveal our dres and ta a look at what they actually mean. goodnd scoop. we'll have more from savannah's interview with gwyneth parow. what the actress isinng out

inout finding love again and how she's m conscious uncoupling work. >> we made the commitment to maintainin the family even though we weren't going to be couple. >> today tuesday, march 12, 2019. >> peyton is turning 21. >> to day. >> we're the flowers family. >> hi, pappa and tito. >> from tennessee to nyc. >> best friends for 14years. >> turning double digits. >> from the woodlands, texas. >> watching the "today" show from the beautiful island paradise of guam. >> celebrating our 13th rt biay! >> teen scenes. >> it is a teen scene. welcome back to ay"t on tuesday morning. we should mention craig is on assignment this morning.

he'll be back tomorrow. >> if he her here, he would be saying, use #mytodayplaza and put your video on the internet. we'll find it and putting it on tv. i like seeing the one all the way from guam. we have a lot to get to. we'll begin with a list of countries grounding boeing 737 max 8 jet liners grew overnight. the united states is not in a hurry to jn them despite a second deadly crash. tom costello joinsit us the latest. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning. aws israeli gentleman joining china and indonesia among the countries grounding the plane. two dozen airlines doing the same thing. everybody focused on what will the black boxes from the ethiopian plane crash tell us? investigators have those black xes. we'll be looking very closely to see if there are any similarities between that crash in eth that killed everybody on board and the crash in indonesia back in october that also claimed everybody on

board. two brand new 737 max 8s falling out of the s in five months. the concern is there might be some commonality there that is potentially exposing a flaw.l at this point the faa says it airlineidence in the and the aircraft. also, eveli air that flies this plane in the united states, southwest and american, unid with the max 9 and a bunch of canadian airlines all are standing behind the max 8 says they have no reservations about their crews or passengers getting on board,ut the nation's biggest flight attendant's union is calling on the faa to be very assertive and transparent into looking into s whether thereome sort of a serious flaw with the max 8. at the moment, it is flyin a normal day today across the country and across canada, for that matter across much of europe as w wait for the black box data out of ethiopia. back to you. >> tom, keep us updated. thank you. evere storms are bringing a harsh blast of winter to the midwest and e south,rything

from heavy snow to possible tornadoes. has a closer look this morning. >> we're looking at rain and snow back through the southwest. we also are going to be looking at flash flood watches stretching all the way from minnesota back down into kansas. we've also got the possibility of minor flooding to major flooding along the rivers there. also looking out for today into tonight enhanced risk of severe, weat potential tornadoes throughout much of texas. tomorrow that area shifts to the east, and as it does vlgs look for cape gerardo down to ban.n rouge and housto potential for tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. here is what we've got. is low pressure system coming out of the southwest. severe storms into texas, back side of it. heavy snow,albuquerque, denver, all the way up into the plains. as it pushes further to theast on thursday, heavy thunderstorms makingea their way from the gr lakes all the way down into new orles and back behind it we've

got more snow. here is what we're looking at rainfall-wise, a wide swath of heavy rain stretching from the plains into the mississippi river valley. some areas mayee three to five inches of rain. the back side of this system, we've got blizzardco itions, blizzard warnings for the western plains. snowfall rates one to two inches per hour from durango ll the way into the dakotas.. ho >> al, thank you. meantime more rain is expected in brazil where flooding has killed at least 11 people since the weekend. entire neighborhds were cut f by the rising water.fi refighters used boats to ferry stranded people to safety and a helicoas called in to rescue a woman and a child from a rooftop. north korea is reportedly using sophisticated methods tod international economic sanctions. the u.s.-led sanctions are designed to hamper north korea's nuclear program. according to. u experts,

they've stolen millions of dollars by hacking into cryptocurrency accounts and foreign banks toal ill import oil. experts say the country raises cash by selling weapons to rebel groups overseas. north korean leader kim jong-un tried to have the sanctions lifted during last month's failed summit with president trump. a close call for a pedestrian in london. a couple of seconds after he walks down thesidewalk, a huge sec collapses to the ground. it was caused by gail force winds and heavy rain that pounded parts of britain overnight that may have been a factor. can you imagine? that was close. let's get a boost. >> a cute one here. moms are well known for multi

tasking. this guy figured out a way to entertain his little girl. he took a smart phone, a little video and a sippy cup. creativity. there she sits enjoying herself. dad is edge joying herself. mom is probably watching going what's going on there. >> i thought thi was apo bondin unity. >> that's awesome. still ahead, the bizarre singing competition that had njimmy fal and ricky gervais struggling to keep it together. gwyneth getting personal. >> if you had asked me a couple years ag i probably would have leaned towards not getting married again, but then sometimes life just sprises you. we have more of our exclusive sit-down with gwynethe she up about finding love again. her famous conscious coupuncoup from chris martin. more after this. uh... what's up with your... partner?

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wasn't sur f she'dd love again. but she did, marrying producer brad fou chuck. >> congratulations. you got married. >> did. thank you. >> did you always think you might get married aga or think i'll never get married again? >> i neverhought one way o the other. i guess if you had asked me a couple years ago, i probay uld have leaned towards not getting married again. but then sometimes life just surprises you. it's been really fun. i'm so happy that i was given this other opportunity. >> your eyes light up. that's good gn. >> do they? >> yes, they do. >> they now have a blended family. his two teenagers and her children with ex-husband chris martin, apple and moses. paltrow and martin famously they in 2014 announcin were consciously uncoupling, an

unorthodox phrase that immediately went ral. >> the world went insane, but you are actually doing it. you are actuall showing what that means. how have youeen able to continue keeping what appears to be a very friendly, loving family. ferent now.ks d >> we really made the commitment to maintaining the family, even though we weren't going to be a couple. so we started -- we thought through that. how would that work and how would that be? both chris ande i h made a commitment to continue to love the things about e other that we've always loved and to really continue to develop our friendship and to find ways to atcontinue to commun there's been a long process. at some point maybe i'll write a book. it's been like -- you really have to focus on forgiveness and

spite that comes up, you have to let it got' >> not effortless. > it's definitely not effortless. but at this point, five years later, it's pretty good. the first couple of years it was very effortful, and for the sake of the children we were really committed to maintaining the family structure, even though it looked a bit different. it's also really nice to see the culture embrace the idea. people stop mell the time and say, you know, i know you took a lot of crap for that in the beginning, but thank you so much for doing that, because i never would have thought to pursue that line of thinking. for me that's really impactful. >> much has changed in the decades since paltrow burst onto the scene as a teenage actress, including hollywood itself. >> do you ever think whatook long for anything to be done about -- not just harvey weinstein, but the whole thing? >> yes and no.

i think we grewhap where system was so solidified, it felt like there was nothing you could ever do. >> it was the way it was. >> it was the way it was and it was about how do i navigat around this to not get fired, not get in trouble. i actually think it needed to happen in this chris cal mass kind of way, culturally everything that happened neehad to en. our examples for when a woman had spoken out aut this in the past were really not a good outcome for the woman for most part. so for whatever reason, it was time. it was time. >> these days paltrow's time is spent growing her booming business and keeping up wh two teenagers. >> do you have another mountain you're looking to climb? >> no, i think i'v got my hands full right now. we have a lot going on at goop. i'm not looking for a new

mountain to climb. i might fall over and die. >> you've alrea summited. you're good. >> yeah, we're good. >> i'mtruck by how open she is about her life. >> she was. it was really interesting. it's funny. they said that conscious uncoupling. i think i remember when that broke we were like, what does that mean? it sounded goofy and hollywoody. you see how she seems to be making it work. she posted a picture of chris -husband'sr birthday with a loving friendly message, the father of her children. she's got new love and they seem to all make it work and be friendly. so good for her. >> good for her. >> cool interview. mr. g roker, youot a check of the weather? >> that's right. and she'sot pepper in ironman. who is going to argue with that. severe storms making their way from texas into the mid plainswe e also looking at rainy

conditions in the southwest, plenty of sunshine mid atllltic states the way down into florida and some lake-effect snow in northern that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck o the wood off to a sunny but chilly start this morning. wind chills down near the freezing mark. warm coats not a bad idea. temperatures graally in t upper 40s to around 50 degrees. the northwest breeze wilwi be us all day today. tomorrow, just as much sunshine but less of a breeze to worry about. a lite warmer aswell. mid to upper 60s on thursday in. clouds moving rain start to finish on your friday. drying out for tou weekend th. >> that's your latest weather. favorite part of the day. we go to carsopdaly. >> sit. stop it some more. thank you. last night on th"the tonight s " show," jimmy fallon and ricky gervai had a fun time.

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happens to be snow patrol. ♪ ♪ if i just stay here would you lie with me and just forget the world ♪ >> notbad. savannah would turn her chair for that. >> she looks like a pro up there. >> great lead singer of snow patr. cox is dating johnny who plays piano in t band. other music news, quick congratulations. after a little over a week, the jonas brothers new single "sucker" reached the top of the billboard singles chart.ev usly the highest they ever made it on the chart was number

five. that ias back 2008 with their song "burning up." ongratulations to the jonas brothers. james cordon pulled an epic branning on david beckham. it started with the l.a. galaxy created a statue to be placed in front of the stadium. james cordon thought it would be happy to build a fake statue and present it to beckham for the first reveal. here is the moment beckham sawh statue while cordon watched behind the >>scenes. david beckham, we want you to meet david beckham. >> this is aetter angle. >> it really looks nothing like me, though.

look at my eyes. my parents areve coming or from london, my wife -- look how long my arms are. i look like stretch armstrong. where are you going to move it to? back to the studio. >> you've probably done me a favor. >> oh, mygod, what's happened? >> beckham saw the humor saying on instagram, still laughing. just in case you're wondering, hehe is what real statue looks like. i guess that's it right ther a little more accurate. >> i would think so. >> that's your "pop start"to y. >> thank you, carson. th the spring break season is here. morning we're going to help you save some money on a trip. is it better to rent a car or

use ride sharinges serv nbc's kerry sanders took a trip to a popular spot to find out. >> reporter: good morning, guys. with so many of us freezing ross the country and this being march, it might be time to ke a little mini vacation to a warmer client. here is a questio o dollars and cents, does it make sense to rent a car on vacation or should you just go everywhere with a ride share app? you made it. ou're on vacation, booked your hotel, planned out your trip. when it comes to getting around, it's going to cost you. between the rental car, parking and gas, is it really the cheapest option or should youha take ride instead? we'veoade it here t orlando, florida, for a little mini vacation. with me is nbc producer lindsay. >> hey, gary. >> how are you doing? >> good >> we're goi to check this out. ride share and rent >> i'm getting a rental car from the airport, taking it

everywhere we go. >>'ll use uber and we'll compare how much it costs and see which is cheaper. two-day mini >> i ordered my uber rightrom the curb at arrivals. >> according to the app thell c minutes. e in seven >> lindsay heads to theceental carer. >> i have to walk out of the aiheort, across street. >> i get to the hotel seven mites before she does. >> for >> that's going to cost $29 per night and we're just getting started. we're now going to head to a fabulous orlando attraction. i'll go in the uber, you'll take -- >> the rental car. >> lindsay hands over her valley ticket. i get picked up within minutes. first, the icon orlando, a giant observation wheel. >> we're let out right at the base. but i'm stuck waiting for sad

>> pngars iki myself. >> when she finally gets here. >> made it. >> we missed the sunset. it.ctually you missed i didn't. >> the view is stillorth it. >> we hit the road again, off to dinner. >> see you there. >> this time i'mai stuckng for my uber and lindsay gs there 15 minutes before me. >> and i got a parking spot rightonp frt. we're not done just yet. next destination,d. disney wo >> see you there, kerry. >> lindsay gets a head start. i'm not too far behind. i get to cruise right past the parking lot. that is front door service while lindsay ends up in a sea of cars waiting to park. it's $25? >> another parkingee for lindsay and then she has to take a tram to the entrance where i' waitin >> took me long enough. >> i've been waiting 21 minutes for you. >> could have come on that.

drive. to >> and park. >> and you had to wa >> she keeps me waing again en we go to nbc's universal orlando resort. >> why am i always waiting for you. >> you win again, kerry. >> selfie. >> we made it. >> it's not just all that time in the back seat of my uber. there's definitely something to be lipid say has to drive and navigate at the same time. >> back to the airport. vacation over. >> lindsay has to pay for tolls along the way and fill up her rental. but it's smooth sailing for me. >> i'm going to bet forure that i beat lindsay here to the airport. time to tally up our htrip. >> ie the convenience of a car when i wanted one, picking up andig dropping off at the

spot. let's see who won on the financial front. your total is. >> my rental car receipt and parking fees, my total was $416.59. >> i won. my total is $165.31. >> ouch. that hurts. >> lindsay's total, more than double mine. that's an extra $251.22 still in my pocket. >> good luck expensing this >> there are added pieces of the puzzle like tipping to the uber driver or the valet if you have a rental car. we leftlha dectis tion on how much you give. and if you havedr ch, you can get car seats in ubers for an extra cost. so that is ailable. guys, back to you. >> i'm kind of on the u train. >> al was just saying -- >> if you've got three ords fou - >> you're right. you need the car, the minivan. >> i think we should all go on

vacation and find out. >> with kerry.> he story behind this sleepy time photo. >> that' not ontv right now, is it? >> yes, it is. good morning everybody. 8:26 on this tuesday, march 12th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get right to melissa mollet with a look at first 4 traffic. ron.ood morning, the beltway slow in a couple of different spots but everything is cleared. j you'ret dealing with delays from earlier problems. springfield southbound 95 at fairfax county parkway, a crash with one lane getting by, days southbound. insouthbound 295 at laboratory road, still have theeft lane blocked. >> we'll get a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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afternoon highs today up arod 51 degrees. and then milder weather the next couple days. watch out. therhis a little in the air early this morning. >> chuck, thank you. you can get the latest news and her in the nbc washington app.

it is 8:30 now. it is tuesday, march 1h, it is 8:30n tuesday, march 12, 2019. lots of birthdays, celebrations, babies, anniversaries, and then nice warm temperatures out here on the plaza. nice to haveou with us. >> by the way, if you're planning your vacation, universal orlando resort is

unveiling a new attraction at the wildly popular wizarding world of harry potter. here to tell us about it, we ow him as mr. tom felton. >> good morning, goo morning, good morning. >> how are you, sir? >> good to be here. >> give me -- this is the ride that probably holds the world's record for >>longest. magical creature motorike adventure. a high octane fast ride through the forbidden forest. >> they've actually imported like a thousand trees -- >> 1,200. most of them planted by myself, singlehanded. actually alan gilmore and his team, they've got it looking amazing. >> you have all these things going on, different creatures in there. you actually visited universal when you were a young lad?

>> absolutely. i went there three times as a kid. this is a truly strange and surreal expernce that now get to be part of the theme p k park. >> where is madison riay from texas. are you big har potter fans? >> yes. >> big tom felton fans. >> give us a cuddle. >> that's about as good as it gets, right? >> yes. >> guess what? would you like to check out the new ride at universal? >> yes, yes? >> you're headed to orlando to expeence the new coaster and all three parks. trip includes round trip airfare, and stay at orlando universal resort. are you excited?

>> bloody excited. >> tom, thank you so much. great to see you again. hag rid's magical motor bike adventure. have another cuddle. that's fantastic. >> tom, thank you. >> that's so cool. guys, we have a huge half hour ahead. we're doing our sleep series. jenna is here. >> dr. bruce is back hanging over her bedside. we'll hear about dream interpretation. >> plus we'll catch up with oscar isaac who stars alongside ben affleck in "triple frontier," see if we can get him to a spillew secrets from the next star wars movie. gss who is coming up on the third hour of "today," ago buddy of ours, mr. jay leno. that's right. he'll be stopping by. we'll find out what he's been up

to. >> first, let me take a second to explain our buddy sonny's outfit. islandersthe new york game last night. so he's got the jersey on. he went to the game, had a lot of fun. islanders won 2-0. spent time with radar. the islanders also have puppy with the purpose. want to say congrats to the islanders. sonny had a great time last night. >> mr. roker, check o the weather? >> announcer: today's weather iu t to you by edward jones because understanding what's importan to you matters. >> a lot of heavy weather making its way through the plains. snow in the pacific northwest.

nice along the east coast. then for tomorrow, the sunshine continues in the east, butnd hey rain severe storms along the river valley. blizzard conditions back through the plains.ow sunshinethrough southern and central california. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it is a sunny and chilly morning outside. 41 now in washington. the windchills are down closer to the freezing mosk for of the suburbs. you'll notice the chill early wtoday. but il turn into a nice enough afternoon. sunshine today.ra high temres around 50 degrees. tomorrow another cold start, but a little milde of an afternoon. in the mid 50s for tomorrow. watching for a high chance for ra on friday. both saturday and sunday will be dry. saturday a little breezy. sunday mostly sunny and cooler. coming up, what's in a dream? jenna is going to explain the

how andhe why. the sleep doctor is back. we'll interpret some of our dream's means. butirst this i "today" on nbc. >> i need your retainer. >> you can have my retainer. (music throughout)

you're hogging all the covers. >> anyway, we're back with day we're back with day two of our special series "sleepetter today." a deep dive into our dreams. >> the stories that play in o mind a fascinating. we'll be decoding our dreams in a moment. first, a closer look at what's indream. >> it wasn't a dream. it was a place, and you and you and you and you were there. >> our dreams are ever changing, intriguing. sometimes realisti bizarre. some are vivid with cinematic

narratives, others are vague with emotion. one thing is certain, all dreams are captivating and complex. the act of dreaming is universal. >> every one dreams every night whether you're young or old. unfortunately we don'tlways remember our dreams, but they're definitely will there. >> we typically dream three to six times per night, each episode five to 20 minutes long. most dreaming occurs during our rem sleep where we experience high levels of brain activity. so why do we dream? the answer remains a mystery, we , theories shared for centuries. some believing they are messages from the gods. sigmund freud says it's unconscious desires. >> dreemgs are a sequence of me motions, images that cee cee kwens ton ther, sometimesa vang way. it has to do with whatever we were thinking about right before

sleep. >> far-fetchedtories based on real emotions, leading us to analyze our dreams long after we wakeup. okay. that is what we are about to do. we're going to analyze o dreams. sleep specialist dr. michael breus. >> anybody have a dream they want to talk about? don't remember your dreams? >> it's very common. you will remember your dreams if sleep.ke up during rem if you're not in that stage of sleep, it's much more difficult. >>et's talk about anxiety dreams? mine is that i didn't go to one math class and i have to take the final and i don't know one thing on . >> that's very, very common. my stress dream is i'm in high school and the bell rgs and i run to my lockerpe to it and i can't remember. >> i have some version of that school dream literally once or twice a week. >> if you have a repetitive dream, don't look at the context, look at what's going on in your life. when i have that dream, there's something going on with me i need totart to explore because

i'm having stress in my dream. >> savannah watches "grease" times a week. >> what about hoda's dream? a dreame haley, i had all the time. it was the set, this set was far away and i'm in the woods and i'm literally running through the woods and there are random ople. i'mlike, where is it, it's a mite. i'm running so hard -- >> let me ask you a question about that. when you're running, are you slower? >> yes. >> this is very common for people to almost be in slow motion or in quicksandu ng rem sleep your body is completely paralyzed so you don' act out your dreams. that part of the dream is what's coming through. that's how your brain interprets it. somebody coming after you but you're paralyzed. >> stuck. >> exactly. what aboyou, carson? >> i have the plane dream that

is not fu >> where it crashes. >> it actually crashes? >> i get the fling- the most vivid thing about the dream is i can feel the weig, like you can imagine it, that feeling ofa ing. that part seems so real. >> that's important to recognize that that could be one of yourm stress dr the fact that is plane is going up or going down doesn't actually matter. if you're having it on a repetitive nature, what behind it might it mean? you travel qui a bit. that could have to do with your like or dislike. >> the bloody marys on the plane. >> what about nightmares, though? that's obviously a nightmare. have you guys ever hrd you can never die in your dream and if you did, then you'll actually die. >> if you die in your dream, you don't that is a myth. >> i was going to say i've died. >> unless this is a dream. >> which could be a good point. when we look at nightmares, there's usual an emotional component and it's usually

negative. usually like something happens and you wake up from it. it feels very vivid and there's a negative emotion assocted with it. regular stress dreams, they're not fun, but not necessarily negative. >> my wife s vepslently at times and is loud. i wake her up because she feels lin she's distress. >> i would want to look at her. >> why? what would that mean? >> when somebody is moving arou that much in their sleep, we'd want to look at rem behavior disorder, sleepwalking, slee talking. it could be plain old sleep deprivation. if it's moving around a on a violent side, i would want to know what's going on from a safety perspective. >> sometimes i feel like i know i'm in a dream. >> that's a lucid dream. this is a skill anybody can attain. when you're inside your dream, you wide up i your dream and you realize you're dreaming. >> i'm telling myself, i know

this is dream. >> that's called lucid odreams. es a skill set. you can order up whatever you want. >> i could be like, hey, and roger federer walksin. >> if you wake up from a dream, can you go back and resume it? >> yes. if you wake somebody up in the beginning of the night, whatever the theme is, if you wake them later, that theme is still running. >> how can you remember your ieams? >> always warn people, it's not that hard to remember your dreams. you can take a journal andth in mornings right when you wake up, write down every single thing that you can after about five or seven days, you'll start to remember your dreams. be careful. there's a reason why we don't remember every single ing. >>why? >> i don't think we know the reason exactly. but our brains only hold on to those dreams for 30 to 60 minutes or so and then they're kind of gone. you might not wanto remember every dream. >> real quick. what does oprou dream >> i don't know what oprah

dreams about? i've been on oprah's show. i am not her sleep doctor. >> what are you hiding? >> i'm hiding nothing. >> what about when you fall and you wake up - >> that i called a sleep start. that happens at the beginning of the sleep cycle. what it yis,r brain is transitions from wake into sleep and your body is getting into the posion where you'r becoming more and more relaxed and it feels like you're faulk. >>hat about the whole idea that there are symbols in dream. i saw a t, that means whatever? >> if you're swimming in water, it doesne mean your h your mother or something like that. what it means is there are certain things that mean something to you. you know what those symbols are. when you walk into a kitchen and your dog i eating spaghetti with your third grade teacher, u it might be b something happened in third grade or your jumped onto your bed or you had too many bloody marys. >> want to put a picture up and ask you as a sleexpert. >> that is me last night.

>> drinking guava leaf tea with honey. >> woke up at 1:47. great.four hours were it's choppy after that. >> wait. what are the glasses about? >> the anti blue device. >> maybe you should take those off when tou go sleep. >> maybe it's the retainers. >> the retainers, there's a built-in bite plate. v so you don't grind your teeth. y cool. >> you're just as cute as you can be in that picture. i love it. >> no more neck gear. >> maybe hat's whysiri is so violent in her sleep. >> that's exactly right. >>aybe you'r scaring her in the middle of the night. >> this is fun. we could talk about t all day long. you're coming back later in the week, right? >> yes, anoth piece later on. >> don't forget, we have a quiz to find out what kind of sleeper you are. find it at today.com. we'll sit down with oscar isaac o to talk about his new

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homegoods. go finding. oscar isaac is part of the all star cast in the newetix film "triple frontier." he plays a u.s. forces operative who recruits a group of comrades to steal millions from a notorious drug lord. take a look. >> there's our man larea. look what's there behind him. >> looks like money to me. >> what about the >>bert? ith 3 million bucks i'll be there. >> so they got a bird, we got a van. we got laa confirm in the house with the money. >> oscar, good morn >> oscar, good morning. i like the concept of this one. you guys have worked your wholee lives in special forces and suddenly you find you don't have the money to put your kids basics. school or get you say i'm going to take what's

owed to me. when you heard the concept of this movie, wasmb it a two t up for you? >> i thinkat the fact j.c.shandor, this was abi much er scale film. the concept of it was fascinating because, yes, it is msout these guys, these people that sacrifice tves physically and mentally for their country and oftenome ck and have a hard time getting employed and have a hard time getting back into civilian life. there's that andti at the same there's this parable about greed and how much you're willing to justify and move that line for what you feel you're owed. >> was this the thing where you had to get in great physical shape. did they say you've got to really b this part. >> there's a little bit of that. what's amazing is as soon a met these guys, the actual special forces advisers that we had, particularly these guy,

kevin vance, nick john, r.j. casey. >> the real deal. >> the real die. this guyk n john is like eight feet tall, so humble and soft spoken, kept encouraging us and filling us with confidence. he wasin car cases and helping thecrew. >> another film coming out, star wars. that's the one. aknow those things are kept under lock key. is there anything that you are putting out that fans have to f lookward to with this new one? >> just iis the end of the entire skywalker saga, nine stories. thiss the culmination of the thing. i think what j.j. has done and the wholes lucas team going to be incredibly fulfilling. also special for us. you'll learn a lot more about these characters. >> how much have you thought about carrie fisher in this last shoot. >> we've thought about her so much. her spirit is ther

billie lourd, her daughter came and played a part thatayhe ed in the last film as well. the last couple films. so her spirit was definitely there with missing her a lot. >> i'm going to sou like a teenage boy. you just turned how does that feel for you? >> it feels kind of like how you sound there, a little caught in my front. 40. >> how are you taking it in stride? >> it's grt. it's exciting. i get a fresh start at a new decade. >> looking at yndr life, i think what a cool life you have. you've got great movies, a great life. the most adorable little 2-year-old. tell me what he means in the course of your life? sleep.means not a lot of woke up at 4:00 this morning.

took me a while to get here. it's a completely different thing. you realize how valuable the time is. how quickly that goes me out. >> one of the great things about him, not only is he a great influence on your life, his name comes from a beautiful place, doesn't it? >> yes, his name is eugene. my . >> hi name is eugene. mom's name is kenya. passed away two months before he was born. named him >>eugene. our mom lives on in that little boy. thank you for sring with us. can't wait to see both movi. "triple frontier ." first this is "today" nbc.

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beautiful sunshine on a tuesday morning, temperatures are in the 30s to around 40 degrees. with a little breez out ere, windchills are down in the low 30s across most of the area. so keephat inmind. it will be sunny, breezy and chilly today. high 51. 56 tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. then into the 60s on thursday and friday. thursday it will be 67 and cloudy. friday will be 69 with rain likely both in the morning andi the evening. >> all right, chuck, thank you. get the latest ns and weather y time in the nbc washington app. have a great day.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "toda live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, and welcome to the third hour of "today" on da this tu i'm sheinelle along with -- do i know my name? >> are you okay? >> are you she-inelle. >> i'm alll, she's dylannn. >> when you ginto slow-mo mode it eats up so much time. >> do you remember when craig did that the other day? there are so many things we have to talk about over the next 60 my head was moving -- >> that's what you let slide. >> yes. >> i let it go faster than