. good morning, battle lines. president trump's new threat to close the mexican border one esting overnight he's playing nice, while democrats step up the fight to see the entireueller report by tomorrow. we are live in washington with the very latesty never mintention, former viceresident joe biden defends his treatment of women while addressing for the first tim allegations of inappropriate touching. >> i just kept thinking the vice president of the united states is smelling me, the vice president of the united states is touching me. he's kissing me, and i just don't -- i juston't know what to do. >> this morning what it could mean for biden's possible 2020 run. tragic mistake. a young college studeur mdered after police say she mistook her

alleged killer's car for an uber,he shock case putting ride sharing safety in the spotlight as we hea from the victim's grief stric nfamily. >> she was by herself. she had absolutely no chance. >> those stories, plus breaking overnight the search for spakts after popular grammy nominated rapper is gunned down in l.a. dire emergency, the emergency that grounded the boeing 737 max 8 planes world wide. upset, auburn makes history, michigan takes down off seeded duke to jan virgini and texas tech in the final four. so how busted is your bracket? today is monday, april 1st, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah

guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, thank you for joining us o this monday crmorning. aig is here. savannah is on assignment. she's not the only one on assignment, al roker hithe road. you and me. >> mr. roker is in alaska. he isro live the northern-most cities in the united states, but who else but al roker could attract a crowd far above the arctic rcle. >> whaime is it there, roker? >> reporter: well, it's 3:00 a.m. and everybody is happy. this is the whale bone arch here. out there is the arctic. it's a frozen sea, but not as much frozen as they would like and we are here. we wentyesterday, we landed here actually early saturday morning, saturday afternoon. we ended up going out on thece

doing important research work with scientists who are studying climate change. this is ground zero for climate change. temperaturesre warming twice as fast here as they are around the rest of the world and so we are going to examine climate change and what's being done about it and what it means for the rest of not only the country, but the world. they're finding answers here, guys that will impact us all in the years to come. we will have that coming up u up a little nklater. >> tou so much. we will start with the top story, the fightsor over bder security, the mueller report and things that could impact the 2020 race. we will start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morng to yo president trump is taking the strongest actions yet to deal with immigration, slashing aid to three central american countries, he is reviving his threat to shut down the border

as early as this week.oc top demts are calling both moves miuided. and this morning they're pushing onickng t d owprn teshe border with mexico this week if that country doesn't control the flow of migrants, overnight tweeting, homeland security is being so very nice, but not for long. >> so mexico's tough, they can stop them. they chose not to, now they will stop them. they don't we'll close it a k we'lleep it closed for a long time, i'm not playing games. mexico hasp to s it. >> reporter: and in an abrupt move, announcing he is slashing $500 million in foreign aid to three central american countries which make up the northern triangle. >> i ended payments to guatemala, honduras and el salvador. we were paying them tremendouso itself of money. we're not paying them anymore. they haven't done a thing for us. >> reporter: the stern word comes among asylum seekers,

mostly from el self, honduras and guatemala. according to border protection, more than 100,000 were on to cross into the u.s. last month, the highest number in more than a decade kellyanne conway insisting the president mean what is he says g about clohe border. >> it certainly isn't a bluff. you can take the predent seriously. >> reporter: a white house official tells nbc news the president has tight to reprogram foreign aid without congress' approval. some democratic members say congress has to sign off first and will push back saying aconsulting off could make matters worse. >> what we need to do is focus on what's happening in central america, where thr countries are disassembling befe e our eyes, rst is president is cutting off aid will not solve that problem. >> so, kristen, what could be the consequence of cutting off aid in el salvador, guatemala

andhonduras. >> reporter: craig, are you right, those less the countries you listedonff aredered among the most impoverished and crime ridden in thed. wo critics say withdrawing aid will increase crfactors, e, drugs and poverty. helpirgued that aid was to combat those issues, with ten chief of staff was pressed about that over the weekend, hergued if the aid was working, the migration rates wouldn't be so high, it is expected to be a heated battle in the coming ys. >> kristen, thank you. also this morning, former vice president joe biden is addressing for the first time allegations that he inappropriately touched a candidate that he was campaigning for back in 2014. the issue front and center with bidenaid to belose to making a decision about a presidential run. andrea mitchell has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. joe biden is perhaps weeks from announcing his run for president. he is now facing a few

allegation that he made woman he was campaign for in nevada five years ago feel uncomfohaable with wt she felt was inpropriate, although, not sexual touching. whether on a rope line or at a fundraiser, former vice president jodi biden, a veteran of countless campaign is an acknowledged hugger, but she says before she introduce at a rally, he got too familiar, telling nbc news' casey hunt. >> he leans down smells my hair and plants this big long kiss on the top of my head. in my brain, it just k thinking the vice president of the united states is smelling me. the vice president of ate united st is touching me. he's kissing me and i just don't -- i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: flores does not believe it was sexual. she calls it inappropriate. the incident apparently corroborated by correspondents reviewed by nbc news,lores ys she went public now she

feels it was for the 2020 election, but denies it was to help bernisanders who s endorsed in 2016. biden issued a statement saying, in my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, i have offered countless hand sakes, hugs, axpressions ofrage, and comfort, not once did i ever think i was acting inappropriately. if it is suggested i d so i will listen. it was never my intention. he isetting from information from ash carter. she writes this shoulder hug some critics jumped on was simply a show of support between close friends, not inappropriate touching. biden still undeclares, out polling the rest of the field. other 2020 hopefuls were quick to voice the field for flores, signal figure biden does get in as expected as the meet front runner, he will expect a lotf

scrutiny, especially as tornadoes for what used to be understandable interaction with women especially in this me too era. >> thank you. now to the fight to the mueller report, democrats are puttin more pressure on william bar torre lease the report immediately. so far he's only promising a redacted version in the coming week lle jackson has been following this one. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, all of this comes down to two central points related to that mueller report. when congress will l get aook at it and how much of it they'll get to see. deadline drama this morning over the full report from robert mueller as attorney general william barr works to black o certain information in it before sharing widely. o congress why he is keeping some parts of mueller's report secret,ecause of grand jury material, classified information and he says information that would unduly infringe on the personal

privacy of third parties.an >> i under the attorney general has some specific issues and areas he has to be concerned. >> reporter: but some democrats, like congreman adam schiff say he da redactions are unacceptable. demanding the full report by tomorr. does a subpoena look likely? you got to remember we are talking ten days or so my guess ishis can be something negotiated away. >> reporter: part of the reason behind the demand for the full report. to find out more why the special counsel did not decide either o way whether president trump obstructed justice. instead, barr and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein are the ones in the summary made the determination the president did not obstruct. the white house claims that was mueller's intention all along. >> mueller says said i will let barr call this one.

>> reporter: the rest of the country isn't so sure. a "wall street journal" poll finds 29% of americans believed the pre has now been exonerated of wrong doing, think he has not. a third say they just don't know yet. so bottomine from those findings there, it seems a lot of folks are still in a wait-and-see mode until that full mueller report is revealed worth noting, too, by the way, our newest report shows none of this affected the president's approval rating much. it's veng around 43%. hoda, craig. >> thank you. also this morning, a problem with a computer program is leading to flight delays for a number of and that comes as we are expecting the preliminary report on the cause of last month's ethiopian airlines crash, any time now. nbc news' tomte co is covering both of those stories for us, good morning. >> reporter: good mo let's start with ethiopia, we are expecting a preliminary report on what caused that crash any

day or any minute now. 346 people died between the ethiopian crash and indonesian s this morning, new details about don't knowian jet line --e ethiopian jetliner faced. it suggesting the pilots were dealing with stall warnings soon after takeoff. they say the column stick shaker activated violently 450 feet off theground. sourcesond, crm pedushing the nn as the pilots struggled toit pu ack up. the same scenario forced lion air 61 into the java sea last october. the critical question this morning, was the ethpian level of attack center damaged or torn off, possibly by a birdtrike and therefore not able to feed accurate information too the mcas system.

in indonesia investigators say that sensor had failed on a earlier trip but had never been repaired. >> they're going to look to undersnd what could have caused the mcas system to activate. what were the values that were being brought in by the angle of attack sensor? those aree critical items w need to understand. >> reporter: inside the cockpit, the ethiopian pilots struggled to understand the alarms and warnings as phene suddenly pitched nose down. the cockpit voice recorder catchtured one pilot saying to the other, pitch up, pitch up. flight 302 crashed six minutes into flight nbc news news learned veteran pilots also crashed the plane in simulator. with the flights chance emed, american a southwest are chance eming millions of flight every day. the more likelamerican's summer plans could be affected. >> the airlines are m around the flights due to this

ripple effect of having to ground so manylanes due to the 737 max, which means that there might not be as many seats available on the flights that you would typically want to takc totain destinations. >> all right, tom, now back to that unrelat issue causing flight delays for a number of airlines around the country. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: so this is a computer called aerodata. it is a weight and balance computer systempl multi airlines use, this morning, many airlines are having trouble with it. we are hearing southwest, jet blue, united. dell that alaska, all this morningay experiencing some d because of a computer problem with this weight and balance system. take a look right now at the misery map from flight aware, iu gives a sense of the delays we see mounting specifically along the east thcoast. e are as you would expect heavy cities where they rely or have heavy influence from those car years. delta, jet blue, as well asit

, swevths alaska, some of the airlines affected by this weight and balance issu let's make it very clear, this is completely unrelated to the7 ax issue we have been reporting on. , all right, toms to kcostel thank you. the hip-hop world is mourning the loss of rapper nipsey hustle shot and killed in front of his clothing store he founded. >> reporter: good morning, who dark, as news of nipsey husle's death exploded want, fans expre their grief. thet rapper sho multiple times over the l.a. store he opened with his brother later dying at a nearby hospital. it happened in broad daylight while the gun nan is still out there. 33-year-old hussle grew up in

south l.a. he has spoken publicly about his long association with the crips, one of the city's largest street gangs. he says having friends is a blessing. friends, artists and athletes took to socialed. john legend writing, rest in e. peac e was so gifted, so stunned is gone so soon. steph curry reacting to the wews. >> i got to kno him who he was as a person, what he stood for what his message was. ♪ they follow me home t rapper earned hisirst grammy for his debut album "victoryab lap" with some of the big namesnoop.org and

christian le mar. >> to make music that speaks to others, itpeaks to inspiring. >> reporter: in recent years, he backed a number of empowermect proj to help the crenshaw district. he dedicated increased diversity in engineing, science a mathematics, telling the l.a. times in our culture there's a narrative that saysollow the entertainers, that's cool. but there should be something saying follow elon musk, follow mark zuckerberg, someing from the iner city, it should be people like me waving that flag. this man's music aou gen spirit inspired others. >> guys, he is survived by his o young children and long time girlfriend actress lauren london. as forol thee investigation, authorities are not saying much. they are saying they are treating this as a homicide case. back t you. >> i know he spoke to a lot of

folks, crenshaw spoke to empowerment. much more, including, of course, college ba metball. ore teams punching their ticket to the final four on sunday. >> up ahead, nowhere near him. he will com out with it. and michigan state has won in minneapolis. >> there you have it. michigan state pulli off the upset with a 68-67 win over duke. michigan state, great magic johnson there in the crowd, giving aig hug to the wife of head coach tom izzo. next up spartans face texas tech, who earn their trip to the final four on sunday. on sunday, the auburn tigers knocked offonnecticut 77-71. the five seed reaching the final four for the first time in the school history. they wille virginia in the semis. that's on saturday, hall of famer charles barclay, a star

player in the with '80s, he's man.ng a party, that it was upset city, it was fun to watch. we will find out how busted our brackets were. i think everyone at home. >> two of theeams have never been to the final four. >> stop it. >> virginia hasn't been since '84. >> look, if duke was going to beat virginia tech barely, i'm kind of glad they got knocked out. >> i'm not touching that. >> all right. >> you are hokies, though. >> they were in there. they hungin. >> let's get a first check of the weather, al roker in alaska getting a first-hand look at important climate chang research there. hey, buddy. degrees.uys, it's four there is no wind. it's comfortable. these folks are enjoying, we saw the aurora borealas.

>> that system is going to be sfting up low pressure forms n the gulf and starts to track along the southeastern atlantic coast. the difference between european d american models, right now it looks like the european model may win out, keeping it closer to the coast. there could be one to two inches of rain in there. if it continues to hug the coast. it may start time pact the mid-atlantic and northeast a well. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. hussle.

good morning, everybody, bright sunshine, northwest win are around er15-to-20 miles hour. they will be with us all day today. current temperaturesre in th 20s and low 30s. wind chills are down into the low- to mid-20s. so you go out to wait at th bus stops this morning, kid, bundle up. temperatures will only recover und 50 degrees for a high. then for tomorrow, a few showers, especially into southern maryland and towards the bay. coming up, we will get a look at what temperatures will r be doing o the next week or so. guys, back to you. >> thank you, al, again, we n'ca dereunco irsn the how mor massive crowd out there with him. also ahead, a disturbing case putting ride sharing safety in the spotlight. we hear from a college student murdered after she got into a car she thought was an uber. also this morning why amazon

jeff bezos is now blaming saudi arabia for the leak of his private intimate messages, was he targeted over the jamal khashoggi case? first, thisn is "today" oc.

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loop, outer loop of the beltway, everything is looking pretty typical as we zoom in, we have a new problem here. the 1th street pothole in the middle of the road. >> all right, thankyou. n tonight on news 4, d.c. police have a special division that is supposed to handle complaints, several residents told them i-t they couldn't file complaints against an officer. >> seeha whaened when a news 4 iteam got answers. that at 6:00. we'll take a break. your forecast is up next.

. early morning sunshine down around the tidal basin. you can see the cherry trees all beautiful in full peak bloom. theyill probablytay that way until thursday night or friday. friday is the best chance for significant rain. temperatures, oh, is it cold, down near the freezing mark, wind chills in the low- to

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queens. >> it will be fun. we will get a check of the headlines. former vice president joe biden is r aponding toegations he inappropriately kissed a woman he was campaigning for five years ago. lucie flores, a former democratic nominee for the governor of nevada says she does ot believe the interaction was sexual. she calls it inappropriate. >> he leans down, smells my hair and then plants this big long kiss on t top of my head. in my brain, i just kept thinking, the vice prt of the united states is smelling me, the vice president of the united states is touching me. he's kissing me, and i just don't owe o'i just don't know what to do. >> flores says she went public now because she feels it is relevant to the 2020 election. den issued this statement sunday saying in many many years on the campaig trail and if public life, i have offered countless hand shakes,hugs, affection and support and comfort and not once, never did i believe i acted inappropriately.

if it is suggested i did so, i will apologize respect flichlt it was never my intention. ver a navy seal was moved the weekend from the brig to a less restrictive barracks. >> that comes after president trumpaid he would help was transf eddie gallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confi gallagher isne accused of fatal stabbing a state prisoner who prosecutors say was a premeditated act. he is also charged with shooting two iraqi civilians and opening fire on crowds. gallagher has pled not guilty. his trial isha set toe next month. another horse died at the famed santa anita racetrack. on sunday, a horse suffered a fatal injury after cliding with another horse on the rails. the incident comes two day afc the track reopened with new rules and aimed at improving

safety. they are working with the california horse racing board to see if additional improvements need to be made there. now to a chilling story out of colombia, south carolina. a man has been charged withki apping and killing a college student who police say mistakenly got intois car thinking it was her uber ride. nbc news' kerry sanders is live in colombia with the latest on this, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. uber drivers say this is a mistake that passenges make all time. in this case, a 21-year-old university of south carolina student less than a year away from going to law school camene out of of the bars, looked at her app from uber, saw what she saw was a dark car, assumed it was the car she needed to get into, police say it was a deadly error. >> though i walk in the valley of the shadow of death, i willa no eril. >> reporter: overnight, hundreds attending a vigil at the

university of south carolina to remember samantha josephson. >> she had a personality. >> reporter: police say the 21-year-old senior was leaving a college bar early friday morning when she mistakenly got into b thisck chevy impala, thinking it was her uber ride. under surveillance camera bptured her final moments. >> weieve she mistakenly gotin this particular car thinking it was an uber ride. she opened the door and got inta it departed with the suspect driving. >> reporter: according to arrt warrant, when josephson's body was found in a wooded area hours ter by two hunters, she had numerous wounds to her head and body. nathan control rowland has been arrested. they spotted his carlocks from where josephson was first picked up. inside his vehicle detectives

found what they call compelling evidence, josephson's blood,e, cell phonindow cleaner and af containerbleach. and they revealed one other detail. >> the child safety lock were activated on the door that would not allowomeone to have any means of escape. >> reporter: josephson's mother didn't want to be seen on camera spoke at the suspect's bail hearing. it sickens us to think thaty baby girl could have been in that car. >> reporter: josephson's father cautioning her friends to be hypervigilant when using ride sharing services. >> she was by hersel she had absolutely no chance. if there is somebody else in the car, there's aually a chance. >> reporter: ub were had no comment on this case, but does routinely encourage users to make sur they are getting into

the right car. >> kerry, i was in colombia over the weekend. i know how this store has rattled the community. i hung out on that street. how can riders make sure they are g into the right car, kerry? >> reporter: well, experts say first of all when you get your uber app out, it shows you the exact make and modem of the ca so you should confirm that also displayed on the applis the nse tag, which you should check. in south carolina like so many states it's only in the back it's not in the front. finally when you are getting ready to get in the car, before you get a if, the question, who are you here to pick up? >> kerry. >> reporter: when you hearhem confirm your name, then get in the car, if they known e don't know your name, it is probably not the car to pick i up. >> kerry, thank yo >> touch a sad story. >> terrifying. we will switch gears. we will get a check of the weather from mr. roker who is

way up north in alaska. >> reporter: hey, guys, was just told how to s good morning. it's - it's the people's language. they are all out here, 5,000 people in this town. i think a lot have shown up. s let'sw what you we got happening right now as far as our temperatures are concerned, freeze warnings, although it's 4 here. it's not a quite cold as you got right now. 24 million people impacted though in the mid-mississippi and high river valleys. you can see those wind chills anywhere from it feels like 20 to 31. as you get into the northeast, it's chili. sarana lake. 15 in pittsburgh. temperatures will be developing as we begin this week. we are looking at temperatures anywhere from 10 t 20 degrees below average. and for a cold april start, this

is an april fools joke. temperatures do rebound. 71 in memphis,1 degrees i jacksonville. that's what's going on around the country. say good morning again! >> good morning, everybody, it's here.s it is at least it's not 4 degrees. this morning's record low here in walk is so we could still be a lot colder than we are.th noess, it's a beautiful morning. flacks atull if you call. it's easy, it's peak blossom there. you see one of the prettier rides you could ever hope for. 52, a chance for a few showers tomorrow. a chance for everybody to g with us friday. >> and that's your latest weather. coming up in the next half hour, the reason why we are here, climate change, ground zero. back to you. >> we are looking forward to

that. thank you so much. also ahead, three nasa astronauts will join us live from the international space t station toalk about why the first all female space walk had to be scrubbed. >> plus, upsets, more on what are the ncaa's most exciting elite eight weekends ever. then your first look at nbc competition, ic ooking for the freightest songwriters in the world. ave and did saudi arabia jeff besos e-mail over the jamal khashoggi case. nowhe leaked private messages. that's right after this.

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this is a news 4 today news k. 7:56 is your time now on this monday, april 1st, 2019. good morning, everyone,'m lynn yang. right now let's check on your mmute, how is it going, melissa? >> the beltway is looking normal. ft. washington, inbound, ft. washington road and old ft. road, left lane getting by the water main repairs, before laboratory left lane blocked by the h. >> mellissa, thank you. we'll take a break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us. so with xfinity mobile

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. > i hope you didn't put those winter coats away. you will need it this morning. is beautiful outside. it's a perfect 10 to look at, with the cherry blossoms out there and the sun shine, it is, oh, who, o, so cold. we are in the low- to mid-30s for temperatures now. wind chills remain in the mid- to upper-20s, grabour heavy coat on the way out the door. walk on the sun my side soft street for sure. our next best chance of rain ll be friday. >> that will probably be the end of peak plumeing. >> thank you, chuck. another update for new 20 minutes. we are now back to the "today" show after this short break. gve dre a ayat.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, border battle, president trump threatening to shut down the border as early as this week, if he doesn't get what he wants. >> i'm notga playing s, mexico has to sto it. >> reporter: democrats pushing w ba sot happens now? we are live with the latest. plus, out of thisworld, three astronauts will join us live from the international space station just a week after that histori all female space walk was cancelled because of space suit issues. so what went wrong? we'll ask them in their first interview since a change of plans. and live from the arctic. al is on top of th world wit first-hand look at how climate change is affecting the planet.

>> what we are seeing now is unprecedented. the changes that are happening are happening in just 30, 50 here's. >> how what is happening out on the ice could impact you at home, today, monday, april 1st, 2019. ♪ /stphoets/ >> we're he at "today. >> for my 50th birthday. >> first time in new york. >> we're an east birthday tribe from atlanta, georgia. >> my 3>>th. irl trip. >> i think my morning coffee watching the "today" show have a great day. >> turning 40. >> and 60, from missouri. >> welcome back. g oh, we a lot on the plaza. welcome today on this fine monday morning, thank you for

joining it is april fool's day. has anyone gotten you yet? >> no. >> we have a massive, it looks like a summertime crowde. outs >> that was also a public service announcement, april 1st, don't get got. >> we were unaware earlier today. >> by the way, we love to see those videos you are sirnd accepting in from the road. use the my today plaza hashtag. there it is. >> all right. we got a lot to get to. we have to start with the news at 8:00. the white house says president trump's threat to close the u.s.-mexico border should be taken seriously. kristen welker has more on that. and the latest on a n allegation made against former vice president joe biden. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to youm president is threatening to shut down the u.s. border with mexico this week if that country doesn't help control the flow of migrants and in an abrupt mo, announcing he is slashing a report of $500 million in foreign aid to three

central american countries, honduras,el el and gaut mallouisiana it comes in a surge in migrant seeki asylum. it says cutting aid would make issues like drugs, private poverty wunse in those ies. a big development, former vice president joe biden could announce he is running for president in weeks is faceing a new allegation, luciel posta workers a democrat from 2014 says before she introduced him at a rally, he got too familiar. telling casey hunt. he leans down, smells my hair and then plants this big long kiss on the top of my head. in my brain, i just kept thinking, the vice president of the united states is smelling me. the vice president of the united states is touching me. he's kissing me. i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: biden saying in a statement, quote, in many my years on the campaigtrail and public life, i have had hand ak

, hugs, as comfort. i never acted inappropriately. it is suggested i did so i will listen respectfully. but it was never my intention. the question now is how and if this will impact bi decision and possibly campaign, who do. >> it will be interesting to see. gram my nominated rappe nipsey hussle was killed outside hi clothing store in los angeles. grieftrken fans gathered in that area. he earned his first gram myna noon this year for his debut album. fans and artists reacted on social dia. jo legend writing rest in piece, nipsey. he was so gifted. so proud of his hom so invested in his community. utterly stunned he is gone so so.as nipsey hussle 33. also this morning a manhunt is under way in georgia for a hit-and-run driver accused in a

terrifying crash. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has that story. >> reporter: the heartvi stoppi o shows a couple kids playing in their front yard, suddenly a car appears out of nowhere heading straight for them at high skooed speed. the fgirl'sily released a video. we want to warn you, some viewers may find difficult to watch. a couple of children playing out front of t atlanta area home. in the blink of an eye, a speeding car captured on under surveillance camera drive right through a stop sign tcrosshe street and kept right on going, crashing into the 9-year-old, sending her flyin into h family's house. moments later, the car'sge pass side door swings opened and someone is seen taking off on foot. her mother ran outside fearing the worst. >> she wasmotionless. her eyes was wide opened. i saw blood in the back of her

he i just knew the worst, like her scum was crushed. i was just screaming, just screaming. a mother's cry. >> reporter: her 12-year-old brother performing cpr until their father rushed the little girl to the hospital. >> i have en watching on the ground. he took off. >> rilorter: her f says she suffered multiple injuries, clawing fractured pelvis a fractured scum, miraculously, she survived and is expected to full recovery. >> she is awake. she is up. e is talking. she's smiling. she's facetimeing. >> reporter: according to a police report, the owner of the vehie was at work when the car crash happened telling authorities her 28-year-old boyfriend had the car. now a tight knit family fighting for answers. thankful they are still whole. >> it's a blessing she's sti here. >> our attempts to reach the countyic pdepartment were

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gooeporter: hey, guys, morning, here things are heating up and we don't mean in a good way. when i arrived here on saturday morning, we hit a high of 33 degrees, that's a record for the day, which is 36 degrees above average. t to putt into perspective with other readings, you would see a high in miami 107 degrees on march 30th. i whil may help us to feel our fingers and toes, it isctually raising major red flags for scientists about what's possible when it comes to climate change. it's the top of the world and for scientists, alaska formerly known a borrow is ground zero for climate change. >> what we are seeing now unprecedented. the changes that are happening are happening just in 30, 15 years. >> reporter: so we made the trip 330 miles above the arctic

circle. here we are. and out onto the ice to see the research first hand. how deep do you want it to be? >> 25 meters. >> there you go. t>> we'll measure howck the ice is. >> ignacious rigor is a scientist from the university of washington. what's this going to do? >> this little bar is our fundamental weather station. it measures air pressure, air temperature. it also measures the wind and we have the fundamental parameters in the forecas weather and study climate change. >> let's go talk about your instrument. >> the data is absolutely critical. it helps mak our weather forecasting better. >> reporter: the nationalc oceani and atmoseric administration say forecasting

is the key for many aser temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented rate. is this data a part of that? willhis go ino help with modeling? here noto important up only for knowing what it will be like for how we can dress today but because we use our forecast for aviation, for marine transportation and that's critical inlaska because so es aren'the communi on roads. >> so the average person sitting at home wating right now what does this mean to them in. >> one thing everybody should know is that we e watching this change happen so rapidly and we're also measuring it. we're trying to understandoi what's on. >> reporter: we join scientist victoria hill from old dominion university as she deployed a buoy to see how ice and heat impact the ice.

>> feed it in. ro t ro. >> reporter: the last to go in >> yes. he buoy? >> reporter: this is the brains and control. >> this controls switching them on and off. this is number nine. e can naik n it after you if you want the al roker buoy. >> reporter: al a in the arctic bu buoy, go, be fruitful, bring much data. it's not like scientists brian thomas are interested in. >> i want to show you our portable sampling. >> reporter: noaa's baseline observatory is one of four sites in the world taking critical measurements.s why is it important to sample those gases? >> what's happening with the eenhouse gases as you may know is they're causing more heat to absorbed in the atmosphere. the more there are, the more heat there is available for things like storms. >> reporter: those gases

targed the earth's ozone layer. >> what our job is to monitor the ozone and make sure it's nod decreasingo that's what we use this instrument to do. so we're going t open the dome. >> reporter: has it remained >> ozone hole happens only steady? in the southern hemisphere now. what we are trying to do now is understand how it does vary over the earth and if it's going to happen, we want to watch it happen and to be able to give people warning. >> reporter: as a an, we make the commitment to change something that you can reverse damage that has been done? >> we all hope so. >> reporter: scientists making it clear, what happens in the d arctsn't stay in the arctic, as temperatures rise all around t world. and, guys, this is such beautiful environment and we got this morning something that is rare to see, the aurora . boreal folks here get to seat it all the time from the lower climbs,

it is amazing stuff to see. it is unbelievable. there is a superstition here i you howl a it, it will get brighter and we were all howlins and it out there. it was gorgeous. >> when you think about how beautiful thats in photographs. you can only imagine what it's like inon pe you have been talking about climate change a lot, al. at is it like being there on the front lines and seeing what is going on? >> reporter: well, you know, it's fascinating. forus, this is something that's theoretical at least in point. although, we are seeing more severe storms. we are seeing arctic change. we areing more heavy rain events. but for the folks who live here, for the first time, last year, they actually had storm surge, because the ice opened up. the ocean was available and they had water coming into their town. if this is not a theory. this is reality here, anguys. it does have an effect, now, on what we see down in the lower

48 and all around the world, because we have open water back there, open oceans, and tha provides more moisture, more energy, for stronger storms.he >> al, obviously, the people there would be impacted if thishange keeps happening. sit at all possible for anything to be reversed? how would they ever go about doing that? >> reporter: well, the interesting thing as we mention it in the story, the ozone layer, t hole in the ozone down in the southern poll has actually started to close up. there is no deterioration of the ozone layer here. so if we do make commitments, we can reverse things. the question becomes, with the greenhouse gases continuing to increase, we are seeing the increase here in the carbon dioxide with more methane, with more greenhousegases, can we, if we start to stop that and putting those into the atmosphere, can we reverse it? the jury o is still o that. >> they go out quickly. tell us more about the people

behind, the town, they might be working with climate change, what is the community like? >> reporter: the community here you got a group of people. you got folks out here, native folks here, the inupiak people, it's a way of life. tomorrow we will show you the way of life from folks that go out on seal skin boats, m whoe these magnificent parkas you see. thadifferent ways of life are really being affected. the folks here could be first refugees due to climate change because of beach erosioan, because of erosion and because of storm surge. a lot of theove fromia their villages. >> important information, thankful they've got occupy this morning. >> you have onejo mor how about a check of the weather? >> reporter: okay. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's going on y inr neck of the woods. >> good morning, everybody, i'm ckorm team 4e metteorolost gi cbeautiful computes in the cit

right here by the tidal full bloom on the clearry blossoms today and most of the week aheas the cold one, unaffected in the cherry blossoms temperatures will affect you on your way out the door. we are barely into the low and mid-30. a high of 52. a couple showers from i-95 towards the bay. the next best chance for rain everywhere is. frid >> you know, guys, when you talk about our national map, with eshow h aaii andska and bottom.boxes at the consider this alaska has a thousand miles of coastline, just the state of alaska alone. so this is an important place and as we said, a lot of folks have said, this is the canary in e coal mine when it comes to climate change. so we will watch this very closely. >> thank you, al. al moved from the 89:00 hour. right now, pop stars. >> you got your pop stars guys s monday morning. we want to congratulate michael phelps, the olympic swimmer, anoungs on instagram he and his

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this is a news 4 today news oobreak. morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this monday april 1st. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> a couple problems here, lanham parkwa left lane blocked by a crash afters annapo road right lane with a crash there. inbound 210 old ft. road left side is the only thing getting by because of a watermain break. >> all right. thank you. we'll have a look at our forecast when we come back. stay with us.

sunny,breezy, plenty cold outside this morning. you can see the flags around the basee of monument at full if you recall this morning. west to northwest winds 1 to almost 30 miles per hour expected the rest of the day. temperatures in the low- to m - mid-30 wind chills in the mid-20s, feeling a lot more like february

than thest f day of april. afternoon temperatures, we reach the 4s, it will say breezy and cold all day. >> thank you, chuck. you can get thet lat news and weather any time. kelly clarkson.

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us go back to the top of the world, mr. roke. in alas what's up, buddy? >> reporter: well, we will take a look at the week ahead, show you what's going on. we start off a little on theil side and the east coast. you can see below average temperatures for the eastern third of the country. rain and mountain snows out west. uras we make way to the mid-week period, a coastal storm moves up. we will watch that closely, mountain snows to the rockies. warm g up through thesouth. thin as we move on towards the end of the week, more wet weather for the east coast and along the southeast, we could be seeing som severeweather, some heavy thomas, rain and mountain snows out west into central rn cali. the sunshine continues, alaska tarts to warm up after a chilly start of theweek. we will see warmer conditions. hawaii looking good, too. that's what's going on around the country. here's wt's happening in your neck of the woods. a beautiful view around the tidal basin this morning. it is best appreciated through a

window opassing cars, a little cold to be spending time outside today, temperatures in the mid-s now. wind chills remain in the mid- to upper-20s, doesn feel like april just yet. it will feel more april like later on in the week. a couple showers from i-95 east bound. not much of a rain chance, sunny, breezy, milder for wednesday and thursday, rain to finish the week. >> reporter: and that's our latest weather. ys, we got more coming up in #third hour today. we will launch weather balloons, this is one of the most unique places for weather balloon launches. we will show you how it's done. >> dylan just got really excited. now to a lot of hhtag with jenna news. >> yes. >> i have had af lotun reading with all of you all. thanks, for reading with me. it april 1st, hopefully, everybody wrapped up ourst f

book club pick. the last romantics, i will be on instagram live at 12:15. will you all join in? be sure to follow 250d's account, send in kweps, how are you all ready for it? we have the book somewhere. here it is, i already read it. i won't unwrap it. will you do the honors? >> i want to see. >> this is a beautiful book lled "the unwinding of the miracle." >> i read that. >> really. >> it's a story about julie's she was a partially mind child in vietnam. her journey to this country and then ultimately an american dream. she went to harvard law school. she married the love ofif her and then it was cut short by a devastating illness, so that -- >> it's an amazing story. i don't want to spoil it. >> did you read it? >> it's an azing story, it's an illness clear and dear to my it's an amazing sorry. >> you rememberamiar with my

pick. i'm so happy. >> i am so thrilled. i have actually read most of it. > wow. his was julie's last work. she wrote this while she was passing away. we will speak to her husband at the end of the month. isn't it a beautiful book? no, please read with me, follow "today's" account on stagram, use that hashtag raise with >> i was actually looking for one when you brought in the last ntro s, i cannot believe how is. that book >> savannah told me she is reading it. she hasn't read book since 1984. >> she reads everything else. >> you are looking for a book, to give you hope, here it is. >> thank you, jenna, sound perfect. just ahead, the starsf an unusual and emotional new movie we have alecwi ba emilio este vez and michael kenneth williams all right here to talk about the public. first this is "today" on nbc.

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we are w backh we are back with emilio estevez, michael williams. they star in "the public" which emilio directed, wrote, oduced. a group? yincinnati are overtaken homeless people looking to make a statement. >> tell themhis is a peaceful demonstration. >> this is a peaceful demonstration. >> so no one is being held against their will? >> no everyone is here because they want to be here. >> everyone is here because they want to be here. >> would it be stave to assume that some are not of sound mind? you don't need to be mentally ill to know it's freezing outside, detective. >> guys, good morning, good morning. emilio, this is a significant day. i did not know this, but today

in particular is significant. this was the day the idea was kind of hatched in your mind? >> that's right. ril 1st, 2007. the l.a. times arrived at the house. i i opened up and wrote this book and the essay was about hor lis have become defacto homeless shelters and how librarn versus become defacto first responders and so this 12-year journey has sorof watched, i've watched the elements of the story unlding in rea time. so to finally be able make this lm. werapped up two years ago. and the editing process was a long one, but here we are. >> people are wondering like what could the plots of t thing be? there are homeless people that need a place to hang out. alex leg baldwin you play police officer who is trying to figure out what's going on. >> a crisis negotiator. >> crisis negotiator. give us a sense of what the plot line is from yourct perse.

>> i don't want to give away too much. surprise, surprise, emilio is a do-gooder. he does the positive social progressive things in the film. >> and you? >> and ilay the hostage negotiator that comes when this group of men, it's all men? >> it's all men for a very special reason. >> that's right. >> but they take over the library. >> reporter: so when emilio estevez gives you call says i have a project. do you right and then say yes? >> it is more like the former, i think you know i say this and i embarrass him publicly and privately this way that everywhere you go, there a few people who are doing what he is doing, doing his own thing, making his own films, writing yem, shepherding them over years andrs and years so when he calls you, you definitely say, i'm in >> michael, i watched an interview that you did on this project and you said that the role you played changed your

life in a way. how did it? you play homeless man in this. >>w you k this role changed my life because it changed the way i looked at the library. i didn't realize how critical the library is to some people because i had the luxury of buying a computer. i don't have to go to thebr y anymore. like emilio said the library field throughying all classes. at one point everyone needed a library. some people still do. and you know, i remember gng to work one day and i got there a little early. i always work from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. in the morning, when the library was and i witnessed some people coming out of the library. i wasli , who are these new background people? by this time we knew everybody. oh, those are not actors, those are people i'm portraying in

thisilm and it had a very profound effect on me. >> you used some of those as extras, too? >> we invited a number to join us. i think fgain theyt empowered. i said, look, come, be a part of this. the there lab paycheck. we will feed you and so their dignity was restored. >> yeah on another note, alec, i was flipping through the ,channe saturday night, "snl" was on. do you just block out your saturday nights? do you say, i'm not going to have any plans? i know they're going to call me, need me? >> i think there is always a chance something will happen, ey will say, could you come in? the news is breaking every 12 hours it seems. id i leave most of my saturdays -- >> opened. >> sadly. >> there are a lot of tweets that have been out there. d this o strike me. it was from the president basically saying this, nothing fuy about tired saturday fight live on fake news nbc, the question is, how do the networks get away with these total

republican hit jobs without retribution, likewise for other shows, very unfair and should be looked into, this is the real occlusio >> the response is "the public" opens friday april 5th around the united states. come to the opening serve. we have a ticket for you and your wooive. >> do you read these, do you care? >> listen, lauren i michaels a dear friend of mine. we did 30 rock. he said you want to come and do this? nobody thought he would win. ly do three shows and i'm thout. rest is dark history if we will. we go there to have some fun. wh knows houpgow much longer lit last. >> for me, i grew up watching alec do some great dramatic performances. and so that's how i know him. that's how i remember him always and fondly. and so when i reached out to ask him to participate in this. it was tre-set thet s of the

dramatic wheels, i mean, for the part. >> please. please. dear god, plea. >> for his come difficult. but i again he's a waffle u wonderful dramatic actor. let's remember that. >> while we're lathering each other, this man here, the night i s him o hbo, i'm looking at the tv. i couldn't take my eyes off him. and i got to work with him. is guy is one of the greatest movie actors in this business today. >> we were in the city, so in character, he couldn't take his eyes on me the tv screen. but he walks right by me in the publ >> he was asleep in the chair. >> he calls me in africa. like, that was you? ai in cincinnati, he was asleep in his michael, michael. >> michael a, people look at you, they think "the wire that must happen all the time.

do you ever get sick of that? >> never, that's omar. >> 35 years since breakfast club. 35. >> thanks,. >> thanks, a lot. you had to bring it up. how has it resonated? by the way, set in a library, all these years later it's still one of those movies. >> it transcends generation. it's still around. young people are watching it again, it's cool. >> he could be going, i mean this, this is whats defi us, he could be going to the comic conlu breakfast c book signings. >> it's not going to happen. y's not going to happen, no. >> i know all, i want to thank you guys i again, al right "the public" does open when? >> frill 5th. >> from our sister company universe am. up next. an out of this world live interview.bo we will talk the cancellation of the all female space walk with theastronauts involved. but first this is "today" on nbc. stronauts involved.

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welcome back. in early march nas back.elcomea in early march, nasa announced plans for the fst ever all female space walk astronauts and the plain and christina cook were set to be a part of the team. >> last week days before the big event it had to be cancelled, there were issues with space suit sizing. both women needed a mediume s upper tore so only one would be ready in time. on friday who completed that space walk with nick haig instead. all three are joining us. this is cool, f livem the international space station to talk about what happened. we have astronauts nick haig,ri ina cook and aerp mcclain, guys, i want to start with you, anne we were down here on planet earth wh two pom-poms looking up, we were honing for the all female space walk. all of a sudden they said it was

scrapped because of a suit. i wonder how bull marketed out anne is, anne how bummed out were you? >> you know, so i think by now most people know that was based on my recommendation. i think as the wait for the u segue on the space station, we are always looking at ways toke our team and job execution the most efficient we possibly can. i am extremely proud of nick and christina. we are classmates from the 13 astronaut cls. we got to nasa at the same time. we shuffled the acrewsund. there were no space walks cancelled. they went out the door lt friday. i'm going out next week. we are certainly looking forward to that we have been so busy to focus on this m tsiont it's been a great time to be up on the space station. >> you are famous for a bunch of reasons. not only in pace.

"snl" had fun. amy bryant played you. we will focus a little clip on how "snl" played this. >> they can makepe aal space suit for a dog or a special space suit for a monkey, but human girl, only one get to be moon queen and so, yeah, i'm actually happy as >>hell. appy as hell? >> yeah-ha . >> all right, anne, i know we're on a little delay. but what's your taketh on ? >> hi, i'm nick. >> we've heard of you, nick. >> we s the "snl" skit. it was hilarious. it was great. >> i love they he such senses of humor in outer space. >> quite honestly, it was the

laugh we u needed here yesterday. >> hey, christina, i know you do the space o walk. -- >> it was one th launch into space and realize our dreams of beingtr an aut. >> no, i do want to hear more, obviously, none of us have en in space or will go to space, but what is it like when are you out will? i mean those suits lookbu y, how important is it to fit right so you can go outside and do your job? >> yes, it is an absolutely yncredible experience. friday was first time doing it and i blew me away, floating between the earth and nothing between you and the earth 250 miles below you except for your personal spacecraft known as your spate suit. it's an amazing thing to o complish.

we are lucky a part of a team that enables us do do that. the space suit is bulky no matter your size, it provides fo a small work envelope right in front of you. so any of you that watched the space walk may have noticed we were constantly greposition ourselves to get the job done with the tools and tetters that were right in front of us. so it's very important to have a great fit a we are lucky that we can all get out there and kind of push through those challenges. >> we want to thank you guys, christina and nick. aerp danne did go out for her space walk. we are cheering you on from dow here. thanks, you guys, we appreciate you. >> safe travels backearth. >> all right. we will be back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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latest jenna book club pick. it's called f "unwinding oe miracle" she has a good track record just ahead in the next coho, try star. >> i love that guy. >> he will be here for a live performance in the artist's lounge >> kat and i are taking a look at our craziest antics of the years. >> that might take a while. plus teachers touk u talk about standardized tests.'s that it after the latesteaews ander. have a great day. this is a news 4 today news break. 8:56 is your time now on this monday, april 1st, 2019. good morning, everyone, i'm lynn yang. let's go over to melssa molette. >> georgia avenue, left side blocked by that crash. >> that has cleared out of the way. some of e delays are hanging around on the beltway.

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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaz arcs this is e third hour of "today." good morning. happy mony. i'mylan with craig. sheinelle, welcome back from vacation. only three people because al decided to travel to just as far north as you canet in ts country. he is in what used to be barrow, alaska. it's the epitenter of cli change. utqiagvik. >> utqiagvik? >> utqiagvik. formerly known as barrow. that? call it >> it's easier. >> al, what is going on up there? >> i see you can draw a crowd up there. >>