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monday,arch 25th, 2019. >> announcer: fromnews, this is a special edition of "today" wh savannah guthrie live from washington, d.c. and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to a special split edition of "today" on this monday morning. i'm savannah guthrie in washington, d.c. hoda isn studio 1a. lots to talk about here. absolutely let's get right to what we know about the findings from that mueller areport. >> torney general william barr delivered his reviat to congresssunday, and here are the main takeaways. the special counsel's investigation found no evidence that the tru campaign conspired or coordinated with russiao influence the 2016 election. mueller's team drew no conclusions one way or the other issue of whether the president obstructed justice. but the attorney general and deputy attorney general said

they have decided not to prosecute, and the presidentas quick to weigh in claiming complete and total exoneration. there's a lot to digest here. we've got it all covered including a live interview with white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders just heard. we will begin with nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is aal definitive polit victory for president trump and his allies. they are feelingan trium today. the cloud of collusion that has loomed large over h presidency for nearly two years has been lifted by the answer about whether the president obstructed justice isn't as ear, and now democrats and republicans are drawing new battle lines. >> president trump claiming victory a vindication. >> so it's complete exoneration, no collusion, no obstruction. this was an illegal takedown that failed. >> reporter: those fiery words gming after attorney general william barre congress a summary of the report by special

counsel robertun muellery evening. on the main question of whether the trump campaign colluded with russia, the report was crystal tiear, quote, the special counsel's infor did not find that the trump campaign or anyone associated with i conspired or coordinated with russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 u.s. presidential election. but on the other key estion, whether the president tried to obstruct justice, the special counsel didn't give a definitive answer leaving it to the attorney general to decide whether to charge the president with a crime. barr telling laakers, while mueller's report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. but barr and his duty rod rosenstein concluded mr. trump's conduct did not reach the threshold of arime initially fueling those concerns about obstruction, a number of actions by the president including firing former fbi director james

temey and when mr. trump said this to l holt. >> when i decided to do it, i said to myself i said you know this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. and the president's constant criticism of mueller himself. >> and now i have sgebody writ report that never got a vote. it's called the mueller >>repor eporter: in a joint statement, top congressional democrats nancy pelosi and chuck schumer slamming barr's conclusion about obstruction, accusing him of bias and insisting he is not a neutral observer. the leaders voting barr questioned mueller's authority to investigate the president, the chairman of the house ngdiciary committee demano see the full report and threatening to use subpoena power. >> as much information as can be made public should be made public without delay. we will askra the attorney ge to testify before the house judiciary committee. >> reporter: and while manypu icans including the president have expressed support for releasing the findings, they also say it's time to turn the

page. sena lrdsey graham writing in a statement overnight, now it is timeve to n and govern the country. in all mueller's team issued an astonishing 2,800 subpoenas, nearly 500 search warrants, and interviewed approximately 500 separate witnesses. the investigation has ensnared the president, the white house and his innercl cir for nearly two years. for mr. trump returning to the white house late sunday, a simple sentiment for monumental moment. >> i just want to tell you that america is the greatest place on earth, the greatest place on earth. ank you very much. thank you. >> reporter: and a senior doj official tells nbc news barr did not consult with mueller before releasing his mmary. while there are bipartisan calls to releasehe the part,ig question now is how much will congress and the public actually get to see? expect that to be the big fight going forward with democrats demanding to review the entire report, savannah.

>> all right, kristen, thank you so much. we're joined by white house ress secretary sarah huckabee sanders. good morning, good to be with you. >> good morning. >> the president seems elated maybe even relieved. he said america is a great country at the white house yesterday. he's in aosition now to publicly support maybe even authorize trelease of this underlying mueller report. will he do i? >>hink that the president is doing exactly what he should, and that's leaving that decision into the hands of the attorney general, and we'll see what decision he makes on that front. >> well, last week he said let it come out, and of course there was a bipartisan vote house to release the -- publicly thse mueller report , so he's already on the record, so does he or does he not support the public release of this? >> look, i don't think the president has any pro it.with he has been the most transparent accessible president we've seen in modernhistory. this is a person who loves to engage with the questions day in, day out. he's more than happy for any of

this stuff toome outecause he knows exactly what did and didn't happen. now f rnkly thet of america knows. they know there was no collusion. they know there was no obstruction, and it's a complete and total exoneration of the president. >> if that's the case is he will be to wave any claim of le executive pri so, again, this could be made public? >> i'm not going to get into the weeds oxetive privilege. that's a determination, again, that the attorney general and white house counsel's office would have to make. they do t want protect individual americans, and they also want to protect the office of the pridency. this is something, frankly, that should never have happened. this is a two-year waste of taxpayer time and dollars. they spent over $25 million on this just to find out that there was nothing there.ev this should happen to another president, and we want to make sure that the institution of theresident is protected. >> let's be clear about what this report -- what this letter is and what it isn't. it is an exoneration, a legal exoneration with regard to

conspiracy or collusion. as to this issue of whether the president obsd justice in this investigation, the special counsel doesn't say, a in fact, makes ay point to is report does not conclude the president committed a crime. it also does not exonerate him. would you acknowledge it is incorrect for the president to call this a total exoneration. >> not at all. it is a complete and total exoneration. here's why. becouse the special sel, they said they couldn't make a decision one way or the other. the wayss the pro works is then they leave that up to the attorney general. the attorney general deputy attorney general went lerough and based their decision on mus investigation. this wasn't based on just their own ideaand their own thinking. it was based on mueller's investigation. >> in point of fact you have a bspecial counselause the person is supposed to be independent and supposed to make this legal judgment.hi incase for whatever reason, mueller didn't. attorney general barr took it upon himse to issue a legal

conclusion, and some critics are saying, wait a minute,e did it in 48 hours, and he wrote a memo six months ago, eight monthsgo in june last year stating the a wasn obstruction of justice case so the criticism is here's a guy making a snap judgment who had already made up his mind about the case and it'sn the record. >> it's not a snap judgment. this is a -- anybody that knows attorney general barr including a number of democts who have known him for decadese and h talked about what a great individual he is and how highly respected he is in the legal community, he takes his job seriously. let's be clear, i t wasn'tt he took this upon himself. that's the process of the law.wh the special counsel couldn't make a decision, couldn't make a final determination, they refer that to the attorney general to make thateecision. he mt in conjunction with the deputy attorney general who's been intimately involved insshis prorom the very beginning. it's not like you have somebody that just showed up onto the scene making this in asilo. >> what about the idea he

already had judged the case. i mean, he wrote a 19 page memo stating there's no obstruction case against the president before he saw one piece of evidence. >> look, i think that i it very clear -- look at bob mueller's report he could not make a determinalion. in the l community when you can't convict somebody on something, you're exonerating them, legally exonerating them. >> you're not. as a legal matter to say that you can't prosecute someone because they don't meet the elements of the statute it's not an exoneration. >> they couldn't make a decision. thwa big take here is that there was nothing to show conclusively that the ent obstructed justice. they couldn't make a final decision. they followed the legal process. they referred it to the attorney general who consulted with the deputy attorney general who had not been -- had no memo and had been intimately involved from the beginning, and together they made that decision. >> it is a legal clean bill of health. this letter says there's not going to be charges against the

president on both of these. >> let's also not forgethen ere is no crime and there is no collusion, it's very hard to obstruct something. >> that's a technical legal element that mayr may not have guided the decision-making. let me ask you this, for the last two years the president hay absolu eviscerated bob mueller, a lifelong public servant, a former marine, a registered republican. he's called him a natnal disgrace, a prosecutor gone rogue who oversaw a gang of thugs. in the end this individual conductevestigation, came to a conclusion that ultimately cleared as weust discussed the president. did robert mueller deserve better from the president than this kind of language and behavior? >> frankly, i thinkn the ameri people better. they didn't deserve for the election of this president to trying to be taken down -- >> the president's rhetoric about a public servant doing job. >> the president's rhetoric, the

media and democrats have called the president an agent of a oreign governm t benisteha.ut t yo au ha ve kids and you know that f you say didouo brother did that. soet's talk about the president's behavior. he called robert mueller - he trashed him for two years, and in the end mueller just did an investigation that ultimately the president considers a total exoneration h him. do owe robert mueller an apology for that kind of rhetoric? >> i think democrats and the liberal media owe the president and they owe the american e disruptionp and distraction fromha things people -- that impact everyone's day-to-day life. i mean, let's not forget this took place under the obama administration. you had people like clapper and brennan lyingpeo congress to etuate this idea of russia collusion against the president

of the united states -- >> i think they're talking about the fact that russia did, in ct, meddle in our elections, which is borneut b oy this latest report and the sbem intelligence ancs of the u.s. >> and they tried to tie the president of the united states to it. >> i think that was the subject of the investigation, which we w have the results of, and they are very clear. it says no collusion. sarah, thank you.s >> i think i shame for the american people, but we're all very glad i think it's over and we can move over and focus on things that matter. >> on that collusion issue it's as clear as it can be. sarah, thank you very much for being here. many see this report as having lot of unanswered questions. at the same time it does appear to be a victory for the president as he heads into the 2020 campaign. joining us now to talk more about that is nbc justice correspondent pete williwas and nicollace. good morning to both of you. the biggest question i have, robert mueller, here he's the special counsel, he's here to investigate two tthings,s collision issue and obstruction of justice. on one hees c to a legal

conclusion and then the other one he sidesteps. why why? is that a cop out? isn't this his job? >> i think it's a surprise that he would pass this h potato to the political appointees at the e'justice department when supposed to be the outside special counsel or the somewhat al counsel. spe why, i don't know, but yes, i'd say it's a surprise. >> where do we go frome here? democrats are talking about the underlying report needs to be released. do they need to sor of move on from this and focus on the o re-electio do you think there's still something here that they need to investigate? >> they need to walk and chew gum. i think if -- look, the only reason you have a special counsel rk icunsel, particularly oned by rod rosenstein who was a witness in the special counsel investigation is to take it away om rod rosenstein and the brand new attorney general who's got a point of view on obstruction of justice. youyook it a from those two men so the public could trust the outcome.

there was no outcome, and there's political precedent around high profile investigations. jim comey was blasted for coming hillary e end of the clinton e-mail and splitting the baby saying she didn't commit a crime, but condemning her conduct. mueller didn't even meet the nonnot so celebrated comey standard. >> can i ask you pete, if you ow the answer to what sarah huckabee sanders was just saying, she suggests that william barr, the attorney general had to issue the legal conclusion that muehose not to issue. is that true? could attorney general bar have just let it stand, well, mueller says he doesn't know which way to go and we just leave it there, and it's just basically a non -- a non-decision and that's what we have, or did the attorney general have to by law reach in and render a legal judgment? >> i'm not sure he had to by law, but he's the only one who could have. i suppose he could he recused himself. >> or just said nothing at all. >> i don't know what that would let me say this about the

decision on the obstruction case. if mueller says it's close, and i can't -- you know, how can i a surprise, it' understandable what the justice department said. number one, there's no underlying crime that they say he w trying to cover up if there were obstruction. as you know as a lawyer youn' have to have that. you can ustrial havstill have o if someone's trying to throw sand in someone's face. a potential tie breaker would be if you'r going to charg the president of the united states with a crime, you've really got to have it, and even mueller says we really don't have it. >> but then clear him. so then clear him. he didn'tei do er. clear him. he is an unindicted co-conspirator in the southern district of new york where he's beed in federal prosecutor sentencing documents a as individual one. if they didn't have it, cle him. they did neither. so if the public was expecting some clarity, they did not get it from robert mueller. >> pete and nicolereat to be with you. thank you so much. we're going to have a lot more from here including a closer

look as just mentioned at some of these other investigations surrounding the president just ahead. we'll send it back to you in new york, hoda. >> craig joins the table for the first time. we got mr. roker over there checking out our weath you for getting your first weather from us. we're looking in the east. severe weather in the southeast andgu . in fact, we've got a risk of severe weather today for about 5 million people including atlanta. the storm has its larger than normal hail by latee day. a few wind gusts of over miles an hour. not expecting tornadoes but can't rule them out. ohio to d.c. south of new york city, heavier showers and thunderstorms, raleigh all the way down to atlanta, in the panhandle of florida, then moves offshoth. cooler w behind it. rainfall amounts, nothing too terrible to talk abou anywhere er of an inch to an inch of rain. that's what's going on. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. we continue to watch a few sprinkles out there rroling our area. again, we're going to expect a few t sprinkles throu first part of the day, maybe an golated shower, occasional showers, notng to be raining the whole time later this afternoon and into this evening. starting on a mild note, mperatures in the 40s t low 50s. we're topping out right around 60 degrees today. rainnds late tonight.

boy do you have a glow. i like it. >> it'm fitting in. [ laughter ] >> thank you, al. good to have you back from paris. coming up, the latest on that near disaster at sea for stranded and crowdedis c ship rocked by massive waves and high winds this morning. there's daring rescues and passengers sharing their harrowing ordeals. the first wave of defendants inhat massi college admissions scandal getting ready to face the judge, and we hear from lorloughlin's co-stars a thistime. but fi

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welcome back, everybody. 7:30 on this mon morning, the 25th day of march 2019. savannah is in washington,s.c. she he very latest on the mueller report and what's next for the president and the democrats. we'll have that just ahead. first, though, let's give you another check of day's other headlines. a second survivor of the ri parkland f school shooting has died in what police are calling an apparent suicide. the student's name has not been released justyet, but police said the deceased student was a current student at marjory stoneman douglas high school the death cameyd aftery ayolla died. she had been diagnosed with

post-traumatic stress disorder. now to the latest on t se boeing 737 max planes that were grounded earlier this morning following two deadly crashes. american airlines announced sunday its fleet of 737 max planes will remain grounded of l at least the 24th apri american said it's still waiting on information from the faa, tht department onsportation and the boeing before the planes can be put back into rotation. the grounding will result in about 90 cancellations each day, and the airline said it would contact affectedto crs directly. let's talk march madness now, the matchups for the sweet 16 are set after some wild finishes over the weekend. but the gameeveryone's talking about this morning, top ranked duke taking on central florida. let's pick up the action with about 20 seconds left to play, duke down by three, zion williamson will get the ball there, drive, spins, gets the shot to fall. even better for duke, he's fouled on the play. he goes to the line with a chance to t up the game. zion's free throw will hit the

front of the rim, but duke's r.j. barrett gets the rebound, sets it back, duke up by one. ncvee toec s win it. >> inbound out toyl ta, jones is on him, drives it in, banks it up, and duke survives! >> and duke does what duke does, n they hold win it 77-76. >> wow. >> t they're headed tohe sweet 16, but what an effort by central florida and by the way, ifa picked t of your favorites on your bracket, you're probably doing okay, every one, two, and three seed still alive. they're all heading int 1the swee >> who else is still alive? >> the hokies. the hokies are still alive. >> hewait, isre video too? you all are nice. you didn't have to do that for me. we beat liberty last night. it got tight and opened up. here we vego, we duke.

who are we picking? >> i'm picking tech. a nightmare cruise making worldwide headlines. it a started when the viking sky with 1,300 people on board suffered an engine faure, and then it was hit by a lot of rough weather. hundreds of passengers needed to be rescued. today senior correspondent keir simmons is in norway where the ship has finally docked. hey, keir, good morning. >> repter: good morning, those passengers you mentioned we're learning included more than 600 u.s. citizen on board this luxury cruise ship as it headed into one of the most dangerous stretches of sea in the world in a storm.en pars talked about it being like being on board the titanic. the numbers this morning, 28 people hospitalized, nine this morning still in the hospital, one in critical condition. >> a daring rescue operation, helicopters in high winds pulling people from a ship

stricken by huge waves. >> next thing you know you're jerked off the deck, and we're out here and the helicopter oes over there because the wind is blowing like crazy. i'm screaming the whole way up and closed myeyes. >> barry anderson's wife filmed as he was pulled into the helicopter. >> i was never so thankful. >> reporter: below deck, furniture, plants and people were thrown around. here a woman narrowly avoids a chair only toit be by falling ceiling. the andersons from washington state say water was coming in. >> it blew through, and it just came flooding in. >> the wave >> the wave, yeah. >> the wave just crashed over you. >> just crashed right through. >> we saw a wave that covered the entireship, and it broke through the glass door. . >> reporter: ann deckerrom new hampshire thought she would drown. >> we got ocean in our mouth. we thought it was it.

the shi was tilted. things were just moving all the way down. tables were falling on top of people. - there wa they're still cleaning up blood on the floor up there. >> victor and gina from california phoned home from the cruise ship >> you called your family from the boat to say -- this is not looking good. >> how did they respond? they're panicking, crying and stuff. i said when wee' hit land call you. >> what was the phone call like when you got to land? >> bawling. >> reporter:ha tfully this morning the viking sky is back in harbor. everyone's safe with stories to tellry an flynn filmed his 73-year-old dad lifted to safety. father and son clearly elated. >> good way to see norway. >> hopefully get back to land. >> reporter: and this morning norway launched an investigation into why this cruise ship headed into that storm knowing that storm was coming. the partly because norway had to

ody for the entire rescue operation, but and craig, i've got to tell you, i was just struck meeting those f oks who we board by how positive they were after such a terrifying experience. >> i was going to say and some keeping their sense of humor too. >> exactly. >> all right, keir, tha you so much. let's get another check of the weather, mr. roker standing by o >> n guys, you know that flood threat in thef midsection othe country, it's a slow motion disaster. not goi anywhere any time soon. right now widespread flooding, riverlood warnings for 3500 square miles. that's larger than the state of india all the way from dakotas and minnesota, duln to the gf at 243 spots are above flood stage. that's just going to continue. in fact, that flood threat righu now, can see we are looking at the spring flood outlook, 190 llion people at risk for major flooding through june 1st, escially up through the upper mississippi and missouri river basins. moderate to major flood threat

continues. why? two main reasons. first of all we're looking at ring rainfall outlook. it looks like a rainy spring expected for much of the country, above normal rainfall through july 1st and snow melt. look at this. we'realking about 1 to 2 feet of snowpack across the midwest. the upper midwest for missouri. near record snowpack melting into the rivers and continue that flooding. that's what going on around the country, here >> well, we've got a cloudy start early this morning. temperatures, though, notoo bad o there. anywhere from upper 30s to lower 50s.52 hagerstown. we're warming up right around 6i degrees by afternoon. a few sprinkles, maybe an tisolated shower throughhe morning hours. better chances of occasional showers later on throughout the afternoon and evening. this will all be moving our way. temperatures around up, only in thr 40s for tomorrow.

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congress instead of just submitting a four-page memon what happened. >> reporter: jerry nadlereads e judiciary committee. >> is would you be willing to useubpoena powers if necessary? >> sure. uld not hope that it be necessary to use subpoena power to get the attorney general to appear before the commantee. we also to see the full report and if necessary, we'll use subpoena power to get that too. >> reporter: testimony from the a.g., william bar is not the only thing democrats want. in the interest of transparency, they're also lenking for the re report written by special counsel robert mueller, which barr only summarized. >>t's time to make the entire report public. that's ice, worthy of this building. >> those documents are absolutely necessary. the public has a right to them, and so does congress. >> reporter: now while the mueller investigation may be over, plenty of others are not. the prident's facing multiple

state and federal investigations, including by the southern district of new york. federal prosecutors in d.c.,or d the new attorney general's office examining the trump inaugural committee, the trump organization, and possible campaign finance violations involving former trump attorney michael cohen and hush money payments. on capitol hill there are at least four congrsional investigations including into potential abuse os of powery the president and that number is likely to grow. former fbi director james comey tweeting this image with the captionan so questions. senator lindsey graham responding, hinting at a look at what went into the mueller investigation writing could not agree see you soon. so here we go. these legal issues to a certain extent are now at the wayside, and now there's this political question, and there are many democrats who have been asking r impeachment. by the way, the speaker of the house nancy pelosi i not one of them. >> exactly.

remember what she rid, the muelindings may take the air out of the balloon in a lot of ways for that. she said there needs to be something so compelling and so overwhelming that both parties come togetherpp to t that. at least in the case of what we know from the barr letter, the mueller investigation does not em to meet that bar when it comes to bipartisan support. that doesn't mean you won't hear these progressive democrats keep you will these calls for impeachment particularly given these other invtigations we're talking about that are still ongoing. >> busy times for you at the white house for sure. coming up, we're going to have the lawsuitetest o ♪ ♪

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six ces and a senior associate athletic director will also pear, one of them georgetown's former head tennis coach gordon ernst wholy reportnce trained first lady michelle obama and her daughter malia resigning over e weekend from the university of rhode island where he had been coaching. prosecutors say while at georgetown, ernst tcepted bribaling $2.7 million to designate at least 12 applicants as recruits for the tennis team. it comes as lori loughlin appeared to get support from her "fuller house" co-stars on saturday while they accepted a kid's choice award foravorite funny tv show. >> a loving family sticks together no matter what. they stick together through the hard times. they support each other. >> plealohlin known for her rol as aunt becky and her fashion avsigner husbandbeen accused of paying half aillion dollars bribes to get their

daughters into usc. loughlin's future with the netflix reboot remains uncertain. her two daughters are sti enrolled in the school according to usc. rapper dr. dre appearing to take a jab at parents involved in the scandal withta an iam post bragging that his daughter got her ted into usc all on own, no jail time. that post later deleted after it came out d that d and a record producer dated $70 million to the school in 2013. dr. dre has not responded to a request for comment. for "today,"iguel almaguer, nbcne . >> oops. >> yeah. >> that record producer by the way, jimmy his partner also a part of that $70 million. >> coming up, we've got an emotional new tribute to the life of luke perry from th ar daughter. daughter. also, inside wow,

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it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, the findings and the fallout, the president claiming victory this morning as the mueller investigation comes to a close. >> no collusion, no obstruction. this was an illal takedown that failed. >> democrats pushing back. >> we will ask the attorney general to testify before the house judiciary committee. >> where does it go from here? we're live in d.c. plus, new concerns as the fda holds a major hearing today over breast implant safety. we hear from a group of women who say theirs made them sick. >> are there a lot of women out there who have this and don't know rig>> now? absolutely. >> without a doubt. >> thismorning, what women need to know. a

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>> hi, everybody, good morning. welcome back. it's monday morning, great crowd out on our plaza, a special split edition of "today" because hoda and craig, lots of news here in washington. >> we do miss youew here in n york, but it is a big day for you down in washington. >> yeah, let's get right to the news at 8:00. a clock some democrats demanding this morning to see the full report on robert mueller's russia investigation after attorney general william barr f said ind no evidence of campaign collusion. president trump meanti c is claimiplete and total exoneration. nbc's kristen welker is at the white house for us.mo gooding. >> reporter: good morning to you. after the president claimed no llusion for nearly two years, the special counsel's investigation is now backing that up,hand while cloud has been lifted, the answer about whether the president obstructed justice isn't as clear, and nowtl the bate heads to capitol hill.>> eporter: president trump claiming victory and vindication. >> so it's complete exoneration, no collusion, no obstructio

this w an illegal takedown that failed. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders echoing that sentiment earlier. >> would you acknoedge its incorrect for the president to call this a total exoneration? >> not at all. it is. it is a complete and total exoneration, and here' because the special counsel, they said they couldn't make a decision one way or the other. the way the process works is then they leave that up to the attorney general. the attorney general and the deputyorney general went through and based their decision on mueller's investigation. this wasn't based on just their own ideas and their own it wed on mueller's binking. investigation. >> reporter: those fiery words colng after attorney gene william barr gave congress a summary of the report bypecial counsel robert mueller sunday evening. on the main question of whether the trump campaign colluded with russia, the repor was crystal clear, quote, the special counsel's investigation did not find that the trump campaign or anyone associated with it

conspired or coordinated with russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 u.s. presidential election, but on the oth key question whether the president tried to obstruct justice tel special cou didn't give a definitive answer leaving it to the attorney general to decide whether to charge the president with a crime. barr telling lawmakers while mueller's report doe not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonera him, but barr and his deputy rod rosenstein concluded mr. trump's conduct did not reach the threshold of a crime, initially fueling those concerns about obstruction, a number of actions by the president including firing form fbi director james comey and when s mr. trud this to lester holt. >> when i decided to do it, i myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> reporter: the aichan of the house judiciary committee

demanding to see the full report and uthreatening to subpoena power if necessary to get it. >> as much information as can be made public should be made public without delay. >> reporter: and while many republican including the president have pressed sport for -- support for releasing the findings they also say it's time to turn the page. senator lindsey graham writing now it is time to move on and govern the country. for mr. trump returning to the white house late sunday, a simple sentiment for a monumental moment. >> i just want to tell you that america is the greatest place on earth, the greatest place on earth. thank you very much. thank you. >> reporter: now a senior doj official tells nbc news barr did not consult with mueller before releasing his whsummary. e there are bipartisan calls to release the report, the big question is how much will congress and the public get to see. expect that to be tht going forward, savannah. >> kristen welker at the white

house, thank you, kristen: guys, i'll sendt back to you in new york. >> savannah, i know you're headed back this way. safe travels. we'll see you back here tomorrow. we do have an important recall to tell you about this morning. a ca recalling whole avocados because of possible listeria contamination. recall ocados says the covers conventional and organic avocados grown and packed in california they were sold in six states. avocados that are henry imports from mexico ar listeria can cause fever, digestive problems and dangerous complications in pregnant women. there's been no reports ofin illnessesd to the recall. one of the nfl's biggest stars is calling it a career. on sunday new e patriot's tight end rob gronkowskice anno his retirement in a heartfelt instagram post. the 29-year-old writing in part, my life experiences over the last nine years have be amazing both on and off the field. addingers to all who have been part of this journey, cheers to the past for the

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♪ make u say oh my god my drop drop ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop make u say oh my god ♪ we are back with "today's" talker. for the first time in years, the food and drug administration is hearing arguments today on the safety of breast implants. >> a mainfocus, a type of cancer which the world health organization says iso linked some implants.da nbc's kristegren is here with more on this story. >> good morning, guys, we're talking about breast implant associated alca, it's a lymphoma linked to textured breast implants. we met with a group of survivors who say it's a cancer a lot of doctors don't know about and more and more women are being agnosed. they plan to tell the fda today it's time to ban these specific implants. >> we all know that we would not be sitting here today if we didn't have a man made cancer.

why is the fda allowing a product that has a direct link to this cancer. >> for the first time, eight survivors of breast implant associated alcl in the same room, a cancer once thought of as rare now victims say they are partf a growing sister hood. >> we're the smoking gun. >> are there a lot of women out there who have this and don't know right now? >> oh, absolutely. >> absolutely. >> without a doubt. >> according tohe fda, the lymphoma is believed to be caused by an implant with a textured coatingoun the ide, 12% of women with implants for cosmetic and reconstructives surgerse textured implants. it's not breast cancer, but it's a cancer of the i which grows in the scar tissue surrounding the implant. so far457 women in the u.s. have been diagnosed with the cancer.ed text implants made by allergan have been recalled in europe. a panel will hear testimony.

terry mcgregor was diagnosed after one of her implants ruptured. >> my tumors were so large the physician couldn't miss it. >> it was almost too late. >> i was told i had three to six months. >> an experimental drug and stem cell treatment was able to savee r, but she knows she's lucky to be alive. so far 17 women have diedid worldwe from the disease. >> there's more that we probably don't know about. >> reporter: the women say part ofhe problem i that doctors just don't know about the potential danger, so when women come in with symptoms, they faren't teste lymphoma. >> i had an oncologist who me to urgent care for pain because it was so painful. what oncologist does that. >> rayline got implants as parts of reconstruction after breast cancer. >> i roved my chest to get rid of cancer and i reconstructed ir and put canc back in. >> reporter: now it's her mission to spread awareness and today she will tell herry s to the fda. >> i've lost my chest, but i

haven't lost mice. >> is anything short of a complete ban of these implants enough? >> no. >> no. >> theisk of developing alcl is still ulear but the fda sa it may be as frequent as 1 in 3,000. >> do you ever use textured implants in your surgeries anymore? >> not anymore. >> california plastic surgeon dr. brian perrett says 35io miworldwide have textured implants. >> would you let your wife or daughtet hypothetically a textured implant? >> no. >> they're dangerous? >> at this poi, yes, they ca cause cancer. >> we reached out to the manufacturers, we heard back from two of them, the makers of allergan say patient safety is their highest priority. and a-alcl has occurred in only a small number of. many factors contribute to thlo deent of the disease, including bacterial

contamination, genetic predisposition and the surface texture. the fda is expected toake a recommendation about textured implants. they'll also be looking into reports of other illnesses connected to implants. >> thank you so much. we want to get some more on w thisre going to bring in nbc news medical contaibutor dr. e azar. i can imagine people are watching this on tfrgs goielevi going oh, m might have that. what symptoms, what are people feeling if cancer may have come in? some of the most commo symptoms of this would be ,smetasme asymmetric swellit's been described as painful, skin changes like a rash or itching, anderinly if you feel a lump either in the breast or under the armpit, that is something t you nee bring to your doctor's attention. >> if you have one of these implants and apparently 12% of women in this cntry who have implants have this textured

implant, what should y m do? >> at tent there is no formal recommendation to remove them proplaktically if you have no symptoms. utat's why it's so important we're talking a this so women who know they have the textured implants are very much awar of the symptoms and can bring it to their doctor's attentn if they develop it. >> just like that one patient said, she said the oncologis sent her to urgent care. is it on us, on the women to s h to the docto, look, could you look for that? >> this is an evolving story. this is something we're wl just realing up to, and one thing that the fda has mentioned, you know, plastic surgeons have be aware of this, obviously, for a number of years, but it's primary care doctors, other health care providers, er doctors, opob/gyn at the front lines as well as women know your body. we say that a lot. if it's detected early, it's really -- the prognosis is considered excellent if there is a full resection of the implant.

>> what would a youise a woman considering a breast implant? >> the counselingoi at this absolutely has to include this potential risk that is associated with these textured implants. there are other options available for women who are having this procedure either for cosmetic reasons or after a mastecto mastectomy. >> dr. azar, thank you both. let us head over >> hey, craie weooking out west. right now we have a storm system pushing ouray st. that will bring heavier showers and thunderstorms into the mid-atlantic states.t out w a big one-two punch of systems in the west coast, pacific thnorthwest, nn california today. rain, heavy mountain snow. as we get into tomorrow and wednesday, the next storm sfftem moves the coast. additional snow for the sierra nevada. we talking rainfall amounts anywhere from 1 to 4" especiall upper elevations. local flooding in the burn scar area snowfall anywhere from 6 to 18"

of snow winter storm warnings above 6,000 feet. that's what going on around the country, here is w well, we're getting some sunshine out there this morning, but the rains returns into the afternoon. an ielated cha at least through the early part of the afternoon. dry and cooler as we go thrgh esday, then we warm up for wednesday and thursday. this is the storm system that's going t coming our way dropping raindrops on us through the afternoon. could see an isolated shower before then. most for s theond half of the day. shob out of here by the morning commute. tuesday upper 40s but today near 60. all right, start of the morning right now. >> what is it? >> pop start. >> first up, three weeks since actor luke perry's passing. trutes pouring in including one from his daughter. photo sher before see shared this image of her and her dad along with this caption, miss him a lite extra today. her daughter has been open with

he's ollowers about how grieving. our thoughts continue to go out to her and her family. up next, we were totally bugging about this next topic. if you're not sure what i mean, here's ace quick refer >> so, okay, like right now for exampl the haitians need to come to america, but some peoplk are all what about the strain on our resources. but it's garden party for my father's birthday, right, i said rsvp because it was a sit-down dinnee but peopl came that did not like rsvp so i was like totally bugging. >> that was every girl in my high school. we're still quoting lines from the movie clueless. the film launching the careers of a few actors like donald faison, paul rudd. the cast reunited, and just brought up the idea of what would have happened to josh and cher if there had been a follow-up film. here's what they said. >> i think you s guys woull be together if we were to ever

do a sequel. they would say, you guys are still together, wow, and you're still kind of related? >> in all seriousness, the cast did agreehat the sequel, if it were to happen, they'd have to have their director amy heckerling she'd have to be involved forheto be on board. bu aeyonce's mother loves t share corny jok on her instagram. yesterday she posted one with the help of someone special. >> it's corny joke itime, and here with a very special guest, my beautiful granddaughter. she actually gave me the joke, so here it goes. >> y. so how many pebbles ls how many lips does a flower have? >> how many? >> tulips. >> you get it? there's a kind of flower that's called a tup. >> i gotit. i got it.

[ laughter ] >> explanation of the that's an al roker special right there. >> that's dad humor right there. >> that was theoice of blue ivy carter, beyonce and jay-z's eldest. >> do we have time for a daly click? >> yes, we do. this was during the lpga's founders cup golf tournament in phoenix, arizona. mel reed getting ready to hit approach shot here. take a look behind the golfer right there. just noticed lining up her chip there. we'll roll it back. >> what was a at? >> that'bcat. that is a bobcat. >> that's a hazard. >> that was strolling befand her in theway. she never even noticed it as you can see in the background. she continues to hit her shot. >> i think that's what that is. >> bobcats i believe are nocturnal if i'm not mistaken. that's a pretty intesting sighting in the middle of the day on the golf course. it's amazing what you can find when you're playing golf in arizona in the desert. >> just went aboutts business. >> she went ahead and made her shot. never knew until thi was tweeted out later, she saw that

tideo. had no clue t bobcat was behind her. not sure if she made par, she missed the green. u know about a birdie and an eagle, don't know a lot about a bobcat. how about we turn our attention to march madness. a busy weekend of basketball. after all those games the r question i'm sure on all of your minds, how did our brackets hold op? >> we're going take a look at the taemgs eams we predicted. craig and savannah's chances taking a hit with wofford falling to kentucky. it was a close game, but the rest of our champs still in. rson, what about you? >> i think i'm there, leader board. look at the a.r.cs grap augmented reality, that's expensive stuff. craig's in the lead. tight athe top, hoda, i'm still right in it with duke, la s right there, uncle al fell off a little bit. it ain't over. >> yeah, it's over. >> savannah cveniently in d.c. this morning in last.

>> that's so cool. >> here's the thing, though t duke game should determine who wins this thing. you've got virginia tech. >> who do you have? >> i've got wofford. it's busted. e> we'll find out. >> that duke gast night was ridiculous. >> that was crazy. >> that would have busted a lot of brackets. >> look who's in our studio. >> who dat. >> fresh from tour, rita ora. first your local news. >> go rita. >> hey. ou

>> aer: this is a "news4 today"newsbreak. good morning 8:26 on march 25th. >> starting off 28 nortound, police blocking right travel lanes, rough day on northbound 28. we'll turn to -- where are we going next, 66 -- that's right. 395 northbound. the delays lead to washington boulevard. there was a crash on washingto boulevard west of the interstate. that is clear. that's the very latest. back to >> all right, dave. thank you. we'll have a check of your forecast when we come usck. stay wit

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♪ 8:30 now on t monday morning, march 25th. thishis a friday crowd,s isn't a monday crowd. >> oh, it's a rolling spring break crowd, baby. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> feel it. >> great crowd outside, inside music super star rita ora. she's inside 1a. she's going to treetd at us to

live perchformance coming up. >> i've got my crowd moment. where is madison? first of a i see thel gir scouts. i see you-all. ere's madison? where's madison? >> all right. madison, where are you from? >> harigan, tennousee. >> andove everybody, but you love one person in particular, one person more than who is that one person? >> al roker! >> wow, wow, thafas ntastic. >> senior trip, you traveled 711 mile to meet your idol al roker. at are we going to do wi wonderful madison? >> i think maybe in a moment you're going to introduce weather. how about that? >> what?

>> you hold on just there, okay? >> oh, my god, you're going to be doing the weather. >> you hthe side? let's see the other side. >> al, will you be my pal at prom? >> you want me to go to the prom with you? >> yes! >> i'll ditch my boyfriend for you. >> maybe we uld all go together. there you go. we're going to come right back, okay? >> don't move. >> don't go away. >> that was awesome. >> there's some man in tennessee not happy about itgo >> there you. >> also coming up, stillhead an inspiring middle cooler who started a wonderful movement. coming up on our third hour of "toda" #thirdhourtoday, we're going to get great make ahead monday recipes from your a spouse, carson. siri daly is going to be here.

we've got ben platt, jamessp er and layla ali. all coming up #thirdhourtoday. >> #awesomeglasses al ker. we want to send well wishes to norah o'donnell the, you guys. she's recovering from surgery. she had t get her appendix removed. she thought she was going to be enjoying a spring break, wound up in the hospital. but it's all good. >> goo well sour friend. >> mr. >> i've got to come back over here to this young lady. madison. do you want to help me do weather? >> yes. k at the monitor. we'll put it up. it's a week ahead. you see sunny and dry sound south. southeast, wet weather? week ahea sunny and dry weather through the midsection of the country. do you know what i say before we go to the local break. >> i don't know. you say it. >> you can say it for me. that's what's going on around the country. >> that's what's going on around the country. >> here's what's happening

purchase here's w happening. >> in your neck of the woods. >> in your neck of the woods. >>hat's how t pros do it. >> we're looking at sunshine with clouds moving in quickl listen, we could have an isolated shower here or there until the middle of the afternoon. then more rain for the afternoon and evening. an isolated swerpossible, more rain for the second half f it will scoot of here by the commute. temperatures right aroun , 49, upper 50s today. only in the upper 40s tomorrow. >> what's yourboyfriend's name. >> riley cosby. >> don't worry. it's all good. i'm n >> al, thank you.. moving in on pal? . back inside. >> for months rumors have been swirling abo apple's next big move. it's into the world of gadi schwartz is in cupertino, california where the tech giant is making a big announcement. >> reporter: in just a few

hours, axple isted to announce a brand new streaming service. it's going to be competi with hulu, amazon, with netflix. the big question is just like d th with cell phones, just like they did with computers, will this revolutwenize the way stream? this morning all eyes on apple. >> the most advanced iphone we have ever d.create >> reporter: but this time it won't be slickr phones iphones taking center ecstage, the t giant now looking to become a major force in the streaming wars. the space already filled by esblished companies like amazon, hulu, and the top dog netflix. home to titles like "stranger things," orange is the new black and oscar winner "roma." netflix already has the biggest market share. >> when you have as much money to blow and as much name lecognition as a does, maybe they can get in there a heard and seen in a way that not.er competitor might >> reporter: apple is bringing a vast user base with a game

changing distribution networs built on itud the app store. "the wall street journal" reporting the company will spend a billion dollars to beef up original programming and vie for hollywood' biggest srs. apple announces last year oprah winfrey will be part of a pananership to create ori programming. others on the roster a-listers reeseennifer aniston, witherspoon and stephen spielberg who has criticized streaming services in e past saying their movies aren't oscar wort t. >> you're movie. you certainly if a good show deserve an emmy, but not an osca >> reporter: the move comes after shrinking iphone sales and highlights the company's push to get you to subscribe and buy. >> this is obviously a way to get us hooked on apple not just as a maker of phones but of entertainment. >> reporter: the company looking at a whole new way to put apple on your screens. and apple is alsoxpected to announce a new tier for their etws service, which some are calling theix of news. we're also hearing that they may

be rollind out a b new credit card to help pay for it all. guys. >> speaking of paying for it all, gadi, any indication at this point how much all of this omers?ng to cost cu do we know? >> yeah, craig, that is a question worth a lot of money, potentially billions of dollars. whether they go with a sub skri -- subscription based model or something else. right now we'ring rumors that some of this content may be given to existing as.le us if you have a cell phone or a computer, you might be getting some of this content for free. we'll know a lot more in a few hours. >> some of it for free, likely not all of it for free. gadi schwartz. coming up, next, the girl scout inspiring her fut le federaleaders to be just as outspokens the ys, but first

hey, everybod welcome back. studies show that a girl's self-esteem peakst the age of

9. that's how old alice tapper was when shet realized te girls in her classroom seldom raised their hands while the boys t seemhave no trouble speaking up. alice wanted to do something about it and her raise your hand campaign started a movement. now she's 11. she's written a book that chronicles her >> how st are you, sweetie? >> good, how are you? >> first of all, is this a whirlwi whirlwind? you were just on ellprah wrote you a letter. >> yes. >> you have a book, you're 11. what has this whole thingli fel for you? >> it's felt really exciting. it's all been reallfun and exciting, and i'm just glad i canelp girls be more confident in class. >> so far out of ellen, oprah and all the other fun stuff, what's been the funnest moment at this point so far? >> that's hard. all.e them probably ellen because she's my favoriteve i watch her day, so. >> she is awesome. >> yes, let's talk about this raise your hand campai. did this start one day when you

were just like a kid in school and were kind of reluctant to raise your hand? >> yeah, >>actually. ell me about that. i noticed that the boys one day were raising their hands more than the girls were, and the girls were just kind of being quiet, and you know, and i was also being shy myself, so then i brought this up to my mom i ause i wanted to know if wasn't the only one, and she said that it was very interesting, and i shod go ask my girl scout troop. they said they also felt shy en raising their hands too. >> why did you feel shy the first time? do you r,ember? >> ye i think i -- i really didn't want to get the answer wrong. i thought people might lasoh at me, antimes i still feel this way, but i just know now if i get it wrong, it's not a big deal. it's not the end of the world. that's how you learn. co >> you are so. you go to your girl scouts troop d you know a lot of girls feel like i do. what did they say? t y also feel the way i felt and they felt shy when raising

their hands, andhey felt scared that they were going to get the answer wrong and people were going to laugh at them, and people might think. hey're stup >> yeah. >> but i'm -- i mean, we worked together, and we told each other that it's not going to be the end of the world. >> this went from an idea, which is an awesome idea, to kind of this nationwide phenomenon. how did it go from you talking to your girl scout leader to it becoming a big deal lik this? >> my mom asked for a meeting with the girl scouts nation's capitals council so i talked about it with them. we decided we could create a patch for girl scouts to earn, and they have to pledge to raise their hands and get three other girls to do so asll those other girls do not have to be girl scouts. >> so anyone can do it? >> s. and then you wound up in the "new york times," and we should point out d that you is a real hot shot over at cnn, jake tapper has his o show, and he encouraged you. he ended up tweeting this and the "new york times" found you? >> yeah, he was proud of me so he tweeted it out, and the

person from the "new york times" asked me to write an op-ed in their newspaper. >> wow. >> so with the help of my dad, i wrote a op-ed and it was really fun, and i got to share my story, and then from there someone from penguin books askee me to w a children's book. >> this is so crazy. and we should point out all the proceeds from thiso book go the girl scouts right? >> yes. >> so then oprah writes you a >> ye .tter. >> and she says you're awesome basically. and what else, did s end up giving you money, too? >> yes, she gave me $25,000 to go to the girl scouts. >> and then you went on ellen and she said you were awesome, and she made a donation. 25001 because she had to top oprah. >> what do you think this has all meant? i know it'seen a whirlwind, as you watch this, let me tell you something, not onlyreou helping young girls, you're also help lg grown-ups. ked on twitter, this is what a woman wrote, oh, my

goodness, i'm 61 years old and i'm just now finding my hand raising all on my owu, thank alice, you've been a foundation of support for me. thisther woman wrote alice tapper is amazing. i learned not to raise my hand in junior high school as the only girl in math cls. the male teacher never called on me and i gave up. you're a hero, alice. what do you think when you realize it's hitting not just dids but grown-ups, too? >> it's k of -- i mean, it's exciting, obviously, but in a way, this patch was towards rls younger and -- but once adults started doing it, i noticed that it can help all wome and all girls because everyone needs to raise their hands and be confint in ass. >> i'm so glad you're on the planet earth. i'm just so glad you're here. i feel like future.ng at the and lastly, your name, your name means a lot to you. describe why that is? >> my name is alice paul tapper and there was a woman suffrage leader named alice paul and she

was one of the leaders to help get women the right to vote, and i'm very proudo have that name. >> your mom and dad picked that name for you. your parents have to be so proud of you. they did good. thank you so much for hanging th us, and congratulations on boyour . it's out tomorrow. you can find more about it at today.com/shop. coming up next, some live music. you want to stick around,ic rita ora is here. fi.t this is "today" on nbc why are all these business owners so excited? we're going to comcast. it's ahead of the game, ahead of the curve. it's going to add to the productivity of our business. it's switch and save days at comcast business. right now, get fast, reliable internet for $49.95 a month and save $600 a year. just one more way we take your business beyond. but hurry, switch and save days ends april 7th.

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>> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> we are back with singer, song writer rita a. >> yep,ou've had a very busy few months following the release of her album phoenix. you're bag from your tour in asia and australia good to have you on the show. thank you all for waking up so earliv >> we're we're kicking, ready to go. >> carson said he heard you

doing vocal warmups earlier. i do this thing called the lion pose. you putour hands out like this, and i have to take my mic away. >> i'll hold it. >> you kind of just tongue out and open your eyes like. [ laughter ] hat's what i walked into my dressing room and saw. >> and he was like this is the one performing? weirdo. that's just one of the weird stuff. >> how was the tou >> really good. it's crazy, especially all the traveling. you just have to keep pushing. every time sou perform onge it's the best feeling in the world, and i just love performing 'serseas. o fantastic. >> is there one particular country that you hit and you gol woe i didn't expect this? >> well, it's my first international world tour, so we hit and markets that i've never been to outside the main cities likeokyo and stuff. >> what was the reaction? >> i can't explain it. they just -- first of all,qu they'rt when you sing, and they're after you finish, they like scream. it's amazing te. se it's one of my favorite places now. >> your album came out in

november. > my birthday month. >> what's with thtitle? n> phoenix was about great mythology has b new thing of mine recently. the phoenix resonated with me and the constant chances you can get to really come back to lif d resurrect yourself in ways that you surprise yourself with. that's really what this album is about. >> what are you going to sing for us today? yo>> only want >> all right, rita ora take it away.'t ♪ i dant another night of trying to find another you, anotr roc bottom ♪ ♪ i don't want to wear another mini dress to impress ♪ ♪ i don't want to spend the ght at meone's place, fill the space that you used to walk in.

♪ ♪ i don't want another number in my phone, want to call at 3 in the morning ♪ ♪ i don't want somebody like you, i only want you, i only wantyo yeah ♪ ♪ i don't want somebody brand ne i only want you, only want you ♪ ♪ guess i had to leave, had to leave, just in need, just in need ♪ ♪ i d't want somebody like you, i only want you, i only want you ♪ ♪ i know i'm the one who made y all your fault ♪ ♪ when it i hurts isn't that simple ♪ ♪ but i know if you look me in the, ey can't deny there was something different ♪ ♪ and someone's lips to know that i miss ya ♪ ♪ i don't want somebody like yo i only want you, i only want you ♪

♪y i don't want somebodrand new, i only want you, i only wa you ♪ guess i hado leave, had to leave, just to need, need ya ♪ ♪ i don't want somebody like you, i only want you, i only want you ♪ ♪ sf ♪ i don't want another night of trying to find another you, another rock bottom ♪ ♪ i don't want to wear another mini dress to impress ♪ ♪ i don't want somebody like you, i only want you, i only want you ♪

♪ i only want you, i only want you ♪ guess i had to leave, had to leave, just to need, just toed ou ♪ ♪ i don't want somebody like you, i only want iyou, only want you, yeah ♪ ♪ oh, yeah [ applause ] yes, yes, yes,! y >> rita ora, nice work. >> thank you, guys very, very much. rita ora thank you. pick uhoenix if you haven't already. check her out on the road. we're going to be back in a moment, but first this is "today" on nbc. "today" on nbc. ♪

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>> announcer: live from studio 1a rockefeller plaza, this is he third hour of "today." >> good mondaymorning, everyone. welcome, craig melvin here alongside al and dylan.e sheine off this morning. she's off all week. >> all week. >>ca on on. >> a little family vacation. deserved. she works hard. >> the other big story, roker's glasses. have you noticed these? i'm sorry, i can't see them. wait, oh, those glasses. >> beautiful. >> they're very nice. fu>> beau >> not many people can pull off bright blue glasses. >> i would arg no one else in america can pull off bright blue glasses. >> well thank you. they would work for you. with your outfit. >> can i pull it off ther >> oh nice.