good rning. backing down on the border? the president gives mexico more ti after those high profilere thats to close the border. but still talks tough. p >> i dony games. i'll do it. >> we're live as the president heads south today. cruel hoax? why did ack ken man pose as a missing boy? dna results this morning showing he was not who he claimed to be. the family's boy devasated. >> i kind of back to ground zero for us. >> should the man behind the false claim faceharges? damage control. under fire faced with investigations and lawsuits over those deadly 737 max crashes. boeing's ceo faces the cameras. >> these tragedies continue to

weigh hea our hearts and minds. >> so what is the companydo prepared to to restore public faith? all that plus race againstt me. the search for a california woman kidnapped while on safari. miracle survivor. >> i'm doi better than i did on sunday. >> our exclusive interview with the 9-year-old injured in that terrifying hit and run. and mick on t mend. the rolling stones front man resting comfortably after undergoing successful heart surgery. and fans around the world are overy g him a speedy r today. april 5th, 2019. ybhi, evy. good morning. welcome to "today." it's friday morning. nice to have you with us. i thought mick jagger was indestructible. apparently he isn't. but thank goodness after heart

surgery, he's resting comfortably. >> they put their tour on hold and people were wondering when is he going to be back on stage. it'll be ut feeli really, really soon. >> we'll have more on that in a moment. our top story is the presidenta making hiso the border today after back tracking on his threat to close the border. 've got complete coverage. we'll begin with peter alexander. od morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump is heading to a border cnmunity california today to tout a border replacement there. to combat illegal immigration right away. president trump heading back to the border but not before backing away from the threat to close it immediately. now saying he'll give mexico a year to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking. >> if in from a year fromow drugs continue to pour in, we're going to put tariffs on.ng we're g to put tariffs on

mexico and products and cars.cular the whole ball game is cars. if that doesn't stop the drugs, we close the border. andly do it. just like -- you know i will do it. n't play games. >> reporter: but critics say he's beeyi p this game for months. >> i'm not playing games. mexico has to stop it. >> reporter: the president's threatened to sl the border before but hasn't followed through. among those warning president trump not to clo theborder, members of his own party who say shutting it down woulde catastrophic. >> it would cause as much damage to the u.s. economy as it would to the mexican economy. >> this is all happening, of course, and i'm sure it's no accident the president is heading to the border today. >> reporter: the white house is highlighting this trip as a tour of what it calls new border wall. there's actually even a plaque there with the president's name onit. e fact is the fencing -- fencing has existed at this very spca for s.

and the project to upgrade theh barrier had been planned since president obama was in stfice. but funding and cction came under the t. >> peter alexander starting us off, thank you. forr vice president joe biden makes his first appearance today sinceomen came forward saying he left them feeling uncomfortable. now a twitter accusation has lupted betweenid and president trump. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. this is the first and only appearance over biden's behavior erup d. annow, yes, indeed, engaged in a twitter war with the president.de it was the pre whosh until today, biden's onlyha response was video shot at home and gaining traction on twitter. >> and i get it. i get it. i hear what they're saying. i understand it. >> repter: but within hours, a

parody of his video was posted by a far right youtuber. then tweeted late that night by the white house social media director on his psonal account. hours later posted by the president the unite. to his nearly 60 million followers. biden then tweeting back at mr. trump, i see that you're on the job and presidential as always. earlier in the week, the president who has denied accusations o sexual misconduct by multiple women mocked biden's troubles at a republican fund . >> welcome to the rld, joe. yotihaving a good , joe? >> i think it says a lot about the president of the united states that he's bcked into the mentality of a child. it's like he's in krindergarten. mocking others. >> reporter: now 2020 democratic candidat weighing in on the twitter feud with biden. >> the president seems to keep this country divided to his advantage. if we play into that we play into his re-election.

>> reporter: but biden is still facing criticism from some accusely. ka caruso now 22 first talked to "the new york times" about meeting the then-vice president at unlv four years ag when she w19. >> during that interaction, he was a little comfortably physically affectionate and had his hand on my thigh, hugged me a little bit too long. >> reporter: she told nbc news she did not tell anyone at the time. jud of brushed it off as normal behavior that women experience. now, biden was seen thursday in his hometown of scranton,an pennsy. he's believed to have been taping a video as part of an expected campaign rollout later this month. now biden's advisers are weighing whether today's speech can get the campaign in waiting back on track.yo back to >> all right. andrea mitchell in d.c., thank you. we have craig here now. this n mystery surrounding the story we were talking about yesterday. >> this has taken a turn. good morngo you. the young man who identified

himself as a boy missing since 2011 now faces possible charges after a dna test hadisproved stunning claim. ron mott has been following this story. ron, g. >> reporter: hey, craig. good morning. this iis obviouslypointing news for this family. i feel like i can relate to how they're eling. i've got an aunt missing since 1993. but rher than being angry or bitter, the family sees an upside to this. sta stunning t in the case of a missing illinois boy. one day after police thought they found him,ossibly solving a mystery nearly eight years in the making. the fbi saying a dna test proving the person whod showe up in a kentucky neighborhood wednesday is not timothy pitzen. police identifying him as 23-year-old brian rini. an exconvict for ohio who served time for burglary and vandalism. >> it's kind of back to ground zero forps >> reporter: the pitzen family

disappointed but refusing to. give up ho >> we know you're out there somewhere, tim. and we will never stop looking r you, praying for you, and loving you. >> reporter: as police remain determined to bring timmothy home. >> it created a renewed awareness in the case so i think that's probably good. it's gd it's got people thinking about the case again. >> reporter: timmothy was just 6 years oldhen his mother checked him out of school early taking him on a road trip. three days later amy frye pitzen was found dead of an apparent suicide at an illinois hotel leaving behind a note saying her son was safe but would never be found. throughout the years, police s they've received thousands of tips in his case, but perhaps the most promising came this week. more than 300 miles away from his hometown. >> we have this child who said he ran away. he said he was kidnapped. >> reporter: police say rini told him two men h been holding him captive for years before running from a red roof inn motel across the bridge into

kentucky investigators now trying to determine why he would impersonate timmothy pulling off a hoax bringing more heart break to a family still desperate for answers. >> there's a place in our hearts that is never going to heal. >> it's so hard to get your head around what's going to happen to this man now that his story has proven to be a hoax? >> reporter: well, craig, we understand this morning he's being detained. we don't know where. lastight his alleged conduct does not rise to the felony level. he's not been charged, but perhaps he will in the coming >> all right. ron mott for us in kentucky,th k you. >> i wonder why he knew that name after all these years. >> his motivation, that's the big question. >> i'mti sure invtors are looking into it. we move now to developments on therounded 737 max planes. boeing says it is determined to address all safety issues that have emerged from last month'se hiopian airlines crash after

system failures were in that ane. tom costello has been on this story since it broke. and tom, is this starting to look like bigger issue with this plane, the max 737 than we first believed? >> reporter: well, that's what accident investigators are looking at. i can tl you boeing has already identified another software fix it needs to make in addition to anti and now the ceo ofhe company is coming out issuing a very blic statement. aimed at the world's airlines and regulators. for you and me for theasnger who is fly every day and the people who hopes will one day fly on that plane again. >> we at boeingor are for the lives lost in the recent max tragic accident. >> reporter: dennis muilenburg responding to one of theiggest crises in boeinghistory. two fatal crashes involving the

newest best selling 737 max. lion air flight 610 in indonesia and ethiopian airlines flight 302. all, 346 people dead. in bothrs cases investigaay a damaged sensor that monitors the plane's pitch sent bad data to mcas. mcas then pushed the noses of both planes down to pick up speed. as the pilots struggledo pull aviation experts question why the ethiopian pilots were flying much faster than they should uthave. neverng their speed. that would have made it difficult to fly manually. the crew followed boeing acocedures and cut mcas off but turned it on again before crashing. >> most accidents are caused by a chain o. even this, again, is the case here. and we know we can break one of those chain links in these two accidents. >> reporter: boeing promises to submit a software fix to the faa within weeks. ceo muinburg even joining a

test flight with the upgrade. the faa has promised a thorough review before approving. t thatlone may not get the max in the air. with multiple inokstigations g into how the plane was certified and whether other computer systems on the max now need a closer second look.is morning, this plane that had been a crucial part of the southwest and american airlines fleets is likely to o remain the ground for week ifs not months. possibly into . >> so just keeping up with everything, tom, yesterday the ethiopians suggested that their .ilots did everything right in and now there's this question of whether or not that plane was flying to fast or too fast. what do we know epout this? >>ter: so they did turn off that anti-stall system then turned i ck on again inexplicably. pilots are ccerned about how fast this crew was flying. they were at full throttle, maximum speed. they were scaming.

r faster than they should have been. at that speed, when you turn off the automatic trim system, you're trying to control this plane. can be very, very challenging. when they're flying that fast, almost impossible. so they turned the automaticm trim sysack on. that reactivated mcas. d pilots are saying if they just reduced their speed, they could have manually trimmed out e plane and they probabl would landed safely. >> that assumes they were able to slow down and we don't know all ts deta that. tom, thank you so much. >> reporter: that's true. absolutely right. we don't know if there's an automatic speed issue also. tosounds like there's a lot investigate there for sure. tom, thank you. we have a lot more to get to this morning including an update on a health scare for mick jagger. the rolling snes legendary front man reportedly undergoing heart valve replacement surgery. natalie morales has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, certainly reports of the heart problems had many fans concerned that this morning some good news with news that mick is recovering after a successful proc

he's the iconic front man of one of the most legenda bands in history. but when mick jagger and t rolling stones announced they would have to postpone their latest tour, speculation mounted. a rep for the band posting, mick has advised by doctors that he cannot go on tour at this time as he needs medical treatmen ♪bu this morning jagger could be hitt billboard magazine reporting the singer is recovering in new york afte doctors worked to replace a valve in his heart. while representatives for the musical icon have declined to specify eatment, sources say he is recovering and in great health. the procedure known as a transcatheter aortic valve replacement is for older patients diagnosed with aortic valve stesis.

according to the american heart association, doctors are able to pair the heart valve using a catheter to enter without opening the cht. at 75, jagger is a father of eight, grafather of five, and known for his healthy living and fitness regimen. only lastdaenjoying a day at the beaith his family. just a day after tweeting out to his fans, i really hate letting you down like this. i'm devastated for neving to posthe t his fans responding no need for apologies, we wish you a very speedy recovery. another saying, we love youll a e here when you return to again, jagger's expected to make a full recovery. according to billboard, doctors are monit him for any complications that could arise. as for getting back to twork, band's tour originally slated to begin this month is nowor scheduled july with new dates to be announced in the

coming weeks. i guarantee you're going to be seeing his moves oncegain very shortly. guys? >> i was going to say, who doubts that? >> rock on, natalie. >> my in-laws, huge, huge rolling stones fans. they bought tickets to his show. so they were bummed they weren't going to >> tell them to hold on. >> worth the wait too for sure. let's get a check of the weather. al's over at his post.mo gooding. >> good morning, guys. a lot of heavy rain. lake charles, louisiana, yesterday picking up 6.4 inches oflarain. time they got that was hurricane harvey in 2017. we see here some mixed precipitation, a little light snow, and f someezing rain back through parts of pittsburgh into pennsylvania, western new york. that's going to be out of here the dauj area, starting tonight. texas. we've got a chance of so strong storms. a few tornadoes. isolated wind gustser 60 miles hour or more. then on saturday into saturday night, we've g 27 million people from corpus christi, lake

charles, louisiana. damaging winds. and thenn sunday, 42 million people from st. louis, nashville, little rock, houston. ndl with large hail a daging winds. possibly tornadoes. rain amounts are going to be heavy. some areas t picking up4 inches of rain or more. and of surse with many areas in minor flood stages, we cou see more flooding as well. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next ♪ ♪ ♪

good morning and hap friday. a rainy start on this friday morning. it's going to be chilly notniust this m but throughout the entire day today. you can see showers across a good portion of the area. up around baltimore, still dry right now. but thosers are moving in. this system will be with us throughout the day today bringing us rain at times. then some patchy fog tonight with scattered showers continuing. look at the ongh. 56 today. 150 degre degrees cooler than yesterday. but 70s for the weekend. and that's y latest weather, gu. coming up, what we are learning aboutal theornia woman kidnapped on a dream afari now being held for ransom. this morning her friends are speaking out amid that search. and the brave little girl recovering being t victim of that hit and run. our exclusive interview with her. irst this is "today" on nbc.

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morning.so hbound 295 still shut down before howard ro. traffic diverted onto the 11th street bridge. all of the rain kind of adding to the pain here this morning. outbound 11th street bridge trfic pushe onto northbound 295. beltway before new hampshire avenue, little crash ere. tonight on news4, if you're thinking of upgrading your car, you may be think of a lease or just buying it. >> susan hogan is working for you t fure out which option is best for you. we'll take a break now. your forecast is up ne. so with xfinity mobile

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. >> good morning. for the victim this was the trip of a lifetime. a dream vacion she h always wanted. american officials are being t careful abo details here as she remains abducted. but for now her friendsea are ng out as her family awaits word on her safe return. >> reporter: this morning, friends saying kidnapped american is kimberly sue endicott. >> she's a really down to earth lady. >> reporter: endicott from california works in the skin care industry. a single mother and grandmother t was a id-50s said dream of hers to see the gorillas in uganda. that's where she wasuc ad with her guide while on a game drive. endicott posting these photos while in uganda. friend michelle ansel trying to ay positive describing. andomebody who has the time the heart space for not just caring for a family and clients,

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missing now three days with h life in grave danger. >> so sad on so many levels. espeally because you were saying earlier this was a dream vacation for her. >> she turns 57 later this month. she was out there celebrating. now other a america being warned not to travel there until it's safe. >> all right.ks th miguel. now for another check of the weather. for that we turn to mr. roker. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by nondrowsy 24 hour claritin. live claritin clear. >> we've beenut telling you a the super bloom. it is so intense, this is in the lake elsinore areas. if we go to the maps,lo this is so intense that it actually is showing up on satellite. see that oranto there. as we zoom in, look at this from space you can see all those super bloo y. but a can see, the pollen

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childrt's hospital said would be best if i did not directly ask her what she remembers about the car heading towards her and hitting her. but in conversations with her parents, her parents say that she really remembers very little. but what i did learn by sitting with this adorable little girl, reshe aled not only an infectious personality, but a determination to get back to her passion. cheerleading. it happened in a flash. 9-year-old ladariana holmes playing in her front yard. en suddenly she looks up to see a car barrelling straight ward her. unable to get out of the way. >> she's tru a miracle. from what happened to her, i'm surprised she's alive. >> reporter: who's that? >> spongebob. >> reporter: she suffered a fractured skull and broken pelvis. her 12-year-old brother hailed a hero for performs cpr. >> he saved my life. i'm doing better than i did on

sunday because i was in a lot, a lot of pain. >> reporter: with physical therapy, she's been able to take a few steps wit a walker. >> i was like, i want to be in the hospital for too long. >> reporter: love and support s pouredn from everywhere. >> everybody across the world sending prayers. it's justwonderful. overwhelming that they're he. and praying for me. it's just so nice. reporter: the driver o the car, 28-year-old gabriel fordham is now behindba . but his lawyer says he's also a victim. >> my client was being robbed at the te this had taken place. the actual robber was the first person that ran out of the car. he had on white pants, a black shirt. my client stayed around for the entire ordeal. >> police say they're still trying to verify that story. her parents don't buyit >> i don't believe it one bit. it's outrageous. he didn't report it that he was

carjacked, none of this. him. they came to get >> reporter: while we saw her in great spirits, the family attorney says she's not always >> she has a long road to recovery. and at night when she's by herself with me, h parents, it's not smiles. >> reporter: but she is determined to get hack to old life as a cheerleader soon. will we s you out there cheering soon? >> most defini. >> reporter:he will be here doctors say until they believe that she's strong enough to r. reco but complicating the whole issue is her parents ar her f brothers live in a house that the inspectors now say is uninhabitable. so they have to leave their rental house, find another house to rent, funds are limited. and quite frankly, they had bee spending all of their time here at the hospital with their adorable 9-year-old and really haven't been able to focus on where they're going to move to. >> my goodness. >> reporter: what a wonderful little girl. and here's the thing, kerry.

you've done a lot of these stories. i wouldn't be surprised if omeone pitched in to help the family. >> thank you. >> how about her brother? who knew enough to pump her est to give her cpr. he said he saw it on tv. he's an amazing kid too. wow. ahead, inside the massive divorce deal that just made jeff bezos' ex-wife the fourth richest woman i the world. what does this mean for the company, for amazon? ri. living with hiv? ♪ keep being you. keep loving. keep aspiring. keep striving. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for hiv in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights hiv with three different medicines

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. . we're back at 7:49 with what is now far and away the most expensive divorce in history. >> yeah, no kidding. jeff bezos, the world' richest man and his now-ex-wife mackenzie have wrapped up the process of dissolving their marriage. rgan radford joins us. we've got jaw dropping numbers happening. >> really big numbers. in fact, with her -year rriage to jeff bezos now over, mackenzie bezos says she's looking forwa to the next phase of her life. the woman credited with much of amazon's early success is getting a fortune that works out to $1.5 billion for every single year they were married. this morning, jeff bezos still

theworld's richest man after the most expsive divorce in his ex-wife mackenzie walking away with amazon stock worth $36 billion. mackenzie bezos who is retaining 25% of the couple's tal amazon stock taking to twitter to announce the terms of their now-final divorce. tweeting, happyiv to beg him all of my interests in "the washington post" and blue. orig and 75% of our amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies. she is now t trd biggest shareholder of the internet giant behind her ex-husband at number one and investment adviser vanguard at number two. >> customer obsession is deep principle -- >> reporter: bezos who is still the world's richest man with net worth of 10 billion retweeting mackenzie's message with a note of his own writing of his ex, i'm grateful for her

support and kindness in this process a am very much looking forward to our new relationship as friends and coparents. according to fortune magazine, mackenzie is now the fourth ri est woman in theworld. >> that is half of what she could have gotten. she was eligible by law to get between $75 billion and $80 billion. she's only settling for $37 billion. >> reporter: a seemingly amicable arrangement after a rough few months. we couple announced their divorce in januah a media frenzy following as intimate text messages between bezos and his girlfriend were pubshed in a tabloid. all right. so just to put things in perspective, the bezos' divorce settlement dwarves other high profile splits. for example rupert murdoch's ex. while steve wynn's ex got $1 billion. >> she helped thecompany. so she deserves it. >> are divorce settlements like

this reach sod quickly though? i turn to you -- >> i know. er800-lawy i don't know. everyone is at home is like she must b b divorced ach of times. i don't know. i don't know a lot about family law. but it doe feel like this was somewhat amicable because she was entitled otentially to a lot more. she seems happy. he seems happy. >> and they both release ed statements. everyone's winning. >> free amazon prime. >>hank you. ahead, a look t thelife, legacy of kurt cobain on the 25-year anniversary of his death. >> first your local news. we switched.

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i 7:56 your time now on this friday, april 5th, 2019. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang.ic d.c. p have confirmed that a second person has died following that crash on southbound i-295. let's get right to melissa a moll your first 4 traffic for the latest on the impact of that crash. >> it's southbound 295 near howard road. the road s wast down for 6 1/2 hours. we still have delays hanging around though. you can see the rain across the area, beltway volume isolume for this time of day. we do have a problem in laurel. right lane is blocked northbound a little slow as wenk. >> tyou. we'll take a break now and check your forecast next. stay w.

good morning. happy friday. a damp rainy start on this friday morning with temperatures only in the 40s across the area and we'll have slowly warming temperatures throughout the day. a highut of a 56 degrees as periods of rain continue into the evening hours. be sure to have the umbrellas, the jackets. here's a look at storm team 4 radar. mainly dry for the weeke.

it's 8:00 on "today." ming up, change ofar t? president trump backs off on his threat to shut the border. giving mexico one year.w >> you kno'll do it. i don't play games. >> we're live. plus sharing her story. hilaria baldwin reveals in ahe t breaking instagram post she may be suffering a ri miscage. a look inside her decision to go public and the conversation she wants to start about women and pregnancy loss. and remembering kurt cobain. ♪ 25 years after the nirvana 's frontman death.

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a morning boost. a young golfer who is battling sancer got quite a lift this week thanko pro golfer jordan spieth and his friends. >> been tove a tour ent before? >> no. this is my first one. i haven't swung in awhile. it just feels good to hit again, you know? when i'm back to full strength, we have to play nine some time. >>15hat young m-year-o, 15-year alex trivino. alex also by way got another wish granted. he's signing a one-day ctract with the titleist golf company. he got some clubs as a souvenir. at a day. >> nice boost. just ahead, everybody. fortnite is the most populga video on the planet. so why is prince harry now calling for it to be banned? plus the reaction this morning to hilaria baldwin.

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>> reporter: in the past, women often kept silent about miscarriage. now the mom of four is starting an ohn discussion w an honest post. she is known of her unabashed posted. she was glowing on the red e carplier this week with her famous husband alecba win. now she's sharing a new chapter. i want to share with you that i am most likely experiencing a miscarriage, she wrote on instagram. i always promised myself if i were to get pregnant again, i would share the news with you guys prey early even if that means sharing a public loss. the heart beat isn't stron the baby isn't growing much. i have no shame or embarrassment withhis experience. i want to be a part of the effort to normalize miscarriage and remove the stigma from it. dr. jessica zucker is a psychologist who treats wom

coping with the loss of a pregnancy. she herself suffered a miscarriage at 16 weeks. >> there is this swirling trifecta when it comes to pregnancy loss. you know, the silence, the shame, the stigma. >> reporter: zucker says hilaria wil help women fess alone. >> it really illuminates the vulnerability and the humanness around this kind of experience. d 15% of pregnancies end before the 20th week.ld that ce up to 1 million a year in the baldwin has been on about wanting more children. last summer laughing about the idea here on "today." >> i think it's possible. >> does alec think it's possible? >> alec thinks it's very possible. >> reporter: it's easy to share

dreams. harder to share tough alreies. while there were some who requested if she was oversharing, many of the comments on her w postse positive. thank you for your stories and support w shete late therz. may we continue to stick together and lift oacher up. she also promised to post updates along the way. of hen you hear that 15 women have gone through this, you imagine there's probably people you know. >> right. i'm one ofthem. i'll share that. two times i had miscarriages when trying to have a third child after our two beautiful kids abby and zach who we love. it was really hard. i posted sething on today.com kind of a personal essay about that. but just because why not talk about it, right? >> i think that's what she's hoping to open a conversation to say there's no shame and that you can mourn that and that's oka we want to bring in dr. natalie

azar. you know, some people are wondering because there's someb ity here. she thinks that's probably where th. medically, what are we to make thoof? >> i mean, it's not unusual to go forhat first ultrasound and say they i don't see a heartbeat at all and come back wn ak and that's always difficult. the signs of a miscarriage or the symptoms could be bleeding and some cramping and back pain or passi tissue,obviously. but some of those symptoms could be a sign of a normal healthy so if you have any of those, obviously, you'd want to see your doctor. >> some people want to know if they would be risk. is there a certain group? >> certainly women over the age of 35. you've had a previous miscarriage. those are the biggest ones. certainly some drugs illicit and precipitation drug. if you're very derweight or overweight. but i think the message here is imaurtant. just b we say that the frequency is actually, you know, high and especially gets higher as you get older, that doesn't invalidate the reaction for

women they had and the emoti consequence that could have. >> a lot of times people don't tell, don't say something o public even to their friends, their family until the pregnancy is far enough along. and it's almost like an acctrted ition when you're pregnant. keep it secret for awhile. because our society eects us not to tell about our miscarriage. and also, i think it's tour protect lf. so you don't have to go tell a hundred people, it didn't workou but there's nothing wrong with -- if you want to share re okay with sharing that you had a miscarriage, i think you should. >> i also don't think people know how to react to that. sometimes they don't know what to say. so i think sharing it sometimes is difficult. yo a say it someone goes, oh, okay. >> you raise a good point. people know ifs there's a l of a spouse or a sickness, you send a card. but there's no protocol, necessarily for this. >> womenight feel they're the only ones. for men and women, couples, 50% of them take on guilt once they

miscarry. you can't underestimate the psychological effect. >> that raises a great point. they actually surveyed women. but i will share also i had two losses befe my two healthy kids. and one of the most heartwarming things to me was numberone, speaking to friends who suddenly came out of the woodwork and said so did i. thd also knowing that i wasn't alone. the percentage at the age that it happened was quite significant. >> if your mother has a miscarriage, does that mak -- >> that's actually not considered one of the risk factors though. >> okay.l >> but i w say one of the most common causes, we talk about the guilt associated. about 50% of miscarriages are from chromosome that you have no control over. you know? and certainly some other maternal healthonditions could also be causative. but family history, i'm not aware that is. >> we send ourove to hilaria. and it's a family loss too.

>> thank you for sharing your stories. >> thank you. we're going to turn t mr. roker now. get a check of the weather. >> hey, guys. how are you doing? let's show you what we've got happenin a little w weather. some snow through the great lakes. interior sectis of pennsylvania. starting tonight into the overnight, we got the risk of severe storms forentral and western texas. by the time we move into .aturday afternoon and evening, the area expands o lake charlesho also intton and parts of dallas. we are looking at possibility of damaging winds, a hail, tornadoes likely. and then on sunday, look at this. 42 milli people from houston t to st. louis, nashville, tuscaloosa, dow new orleans. we're going to be watching this very closely as we move into the weekend. country.hat's going on a here's what's happening in your neck of t woods. >> light rain showers moving through this friday monging. i'm go continue to track

rain at times throughout the day today on into the evening. i'm going to track some patchy fog. maybe an ilated shower out there tomorrow morning with some peeks of sunshine developing later in the da a high around 70. partly to mostly cloudy on sunday morning, nice and mil with a high of 71 degrees.t' >> and tyour latest weather. >>r. roque roker, thank you. 25 years since the world lost kurt cobain. >> he was iconic and influential. one of those rare artists whose ersic transends time. his old manags finally ready to share his story through his . ♪ >> reporter: kurt cobain was ge voice of aen a grunge music icon.

the raspy ffrontman nirvana. >> cobain is as an important a gure today as, say, john lennon would have been to cobain. he's a foundational figure. >> reporter: this morning on the 25th anniversary of cobain's suicide at 27 yearsold, a new book by nirvana's manager danny goldberg sheds new light on the rock star. >> i believed he wass. i loved him. and i understood his point of view. be of he best i could t help to him. >> reporter: goldberg managed nirvana forhrhe final and a half years of bain's fe. love, e married courtney had baby francis bean, and achieved stardom. theirlbum never mind hails as one of the best rock albums ever. but along with massive fame came internal struggle. >> he was a master of the craft of rock and roll, but he also was comingrom a place that was very deep havinadto do with olescent pain and loneliness

in a way that seems to speak to people. >>eporter: especially his young fans at the time. generation x. who idolized cobain. ♪ thr anthem was their biggest hit. "smells like teen spirit". >> it's a song that says everyone out there who feels the a way iry do, eone out there who feels like an outcast, here's one for you. >> reporter: cobain's fans were crushed by news of his suicide in 1994. >> i pulled overt and i j -- i was there for like 20 t minuteso a half an hour crying right ere. >> reporter: but there were warning signs he struggled with substance abuse. a month earlier in italy, the fell into a coma after a tidangerous combion of drugs and alcohol. the world on edge while he to be dberg wants cobain remembered for his life and artistry. >> the guy that i remember was s genius a sweet person who did have demons that ultimately kill him.

but the main impact he had to me was this great art and the sweetness. >> reporter: a rock star but also a musical genius who created timeless lyrics and melodies. art the usic tore world and reshaped it i its own image. and very, very few artists do that. >> hard to believe 25 years. and that gen x. i know where i was in '91 when i first heard "smells like teen spirit." on manchester boulevard in englewood. >> could you be more specific? >> it changed me. that could be the point you'd go back to. >> that's cool. aw >> huge impact. >> how about pop start now? >> we're goingo start with wendy williams who recently revealed she's living in a

house as she recovers from addiction. she launched a hotline to help others struggling as well. in a new psa, she shares words of encouragement. >> if you're an addict or substance abuser, don't be ashamed. oulp is he. for or a family member or a loved one. call. don'shamed. ther i'm living proof. >> according to the hunter foundation, more than 10,000 people have callech in w is almost. almost 400 people have been able to receive help and get into treatment centers. again, the number for the hotline is 1-888-5-hunter. if you need more information on the hot line, head to today.com. up next, prince harry. yesterday the duke o sussex visited ymca in london. me with the staffthere. he was speaking to mental health experts at the event. he came down hard on gaming but tin particular popular game fortnite. to which i dabble. he amsaid, that shouldn't be

allowed. it's created to addict, an diction to kee you from front of your computer as long as possible. it's so irresponsible. it's like waiting for the damage toe done andids turning up on your doorsteps and families being broken those are some harsh words. i don't know that we'd blame one game.al gaming in genefinitely got to be careful. screen time in general. >> you suld recuse yourself from this. t> speciy on fortnite, i don't know what tis. >> could be said for other games too. >> but othe other hand >> he has a point. >> he has a great point. macro sense. why go aidy bryant stopped by and could not stop talking about th >> i'm really scared of birds. >> have you bad ad fly into your house. we're from arizona. this used to happen all the time. >> o a lizard. >> on arizona, i'm going off script here. were you the kind to suntan

yourself? >> no. because i couldn't getta i'd only bern. >> i'd have red stripes. >> how would you describe the heat of arizona? >> in the summer i remember, like, eating a peanut butter sandwich and just sweati. >> to watch aidy's episode on today.com. tomorrow night a new episode of "sat finally the latest song that hoda cannot get out of her head. >> let's go. >> it all started when raber released a song yourie h right now under my voice called road."own the song gained a lot of popularity, imbed the charts. here's wt happened. billboard yanked the song from the country charts. they told rolling stone, quote, upon further review, it waste ined that the "old town road" does not merit inclusion on the country char ts.

while it incorporates refer aces to count cowboy aimagery, it's not enough in the chart -- >> what are the elements? >> the news reads billy raisi rus tweeted out his support writing, been watching everything going on with otr. when i ghe thrown off chartsway lon jennings said to me, take this as a compliment. it mea you're doing something great. outlaws are outlawed. now, that tweet prompted lil nasx to write billy ray cyrus to come in the studio and country-fy this. they got together billy ray throws a couple of verses down. gives it tha countryedge. now we all wait. but let's listen to a bit of it. ♪ i'm going to take my horse to the old town road ♪ ♪ i'm going to ride until i can't no more ♪ ♪ going to take m hor to the old town road ♪

♪ i'm going to ride until i can't no more ♪ >> is that country enough for billboard? >> fyes. >> we'd out. that was the remix released overnight. time will tell. we'll see if i makes i way back to the country charts. country or not, the song hasl. gone vi >> we burned down billboard. >> it was that song -- it's hot. >> she's been playing it nonstop. >> it just came out. >> billy ray cyrus was trending gd i was like billy ray is trending, what'ng on? and all of a sudden i saw, like, this song. and i played it ad tuseam. savannah's in now. >> i am. >> what are the elements of country though? >> i don't know how billboard defis it. isn't today -- all music -- you listen to pop music it's country artists, rap artists. >> it's hard. like dan & shea were here yesterday. >> shouldn't that be left up to the person listening to country. may be country tooe and not you. >> back off, billboard!

>> remember tim mcgraw and nel did one together? that was a good one. >> yeah. >> follow the country >> they should come on and perform that song for us. >> now, that is a great idea. >> billy ray, little nod. >> how about a daly click? >> let's get to it. look at this guy h there's a guy cutting down a ee, right? doing his job. this is a forest. there goes the tree -- oh! >>oh, my. >> the thing goes that way and -- >> it took a rn. >> timber! >> it hits another tree on the ground. this goes on for five more lay. >> is he okay? >> he's okay. this is like when i'm out cutting down trees. >> i did not see that coming. >> oh! right in the roots. >> that tree looks like it's too big for tha guy to be cut down. >> he's lucky it wasn't the

rockefeller tr. >> wow. oh, my. coming up, the fashion trend that can save you min and space. our residentpe fashion explores the trendy world of clothing rentals. >> and mike tirico from augusta national. good morning, everybody. 8:26 now on this friday, april 5. i'm aaron gilchrist. just in, d.c. police confirming a second person has died after a big crash on i-295 this morning. melissa mollet has a lookt first 4 traffic. >> we have just cleared things out of the way there.ec still delays bse of the accident at howard road. something else happening, canal road near m street have a brand new accident reported there. southbound bw parkway between 98 and 197, accident in the right lane you can see the rain all over the place. new hampshire, still slow from an earlier accident there.

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8:30 on this friday morning. it is the fifthay of april. maybe a little cloudy andra som in may be on the way in new kyork. but ynow what? we've got an awesome crowd. >> a great crowd. hey, guys. all righ we have a really special mrnent this g. >> okay. >> this is normally where we do our crowd moment. but i'm hoping we can get our crd involved here. we want to say congratulations because someone we love dearly is celebrating a milestone did you know that this week it has been 2 years since natalie morales joined nbc news. >> surprise! >> and our crowd isheering for

you, natalie. and we are cheering for you from afar. there is noas one who done it with more intelligence, more grace, more goodness, more kindness, more class than we love you. >> don't make me cry, savannah. >> we love you. >> guys, i love you so much. and i'm so blessed to have t support of an incredible family there in new york, l here in. and all over the world. so the "today" show truly is family. and of course my family at home who support me every time i'm out on the road. >> happy an>>versary. can't believe it's been 20 years. >> i know. i started when i was 10, what can i say? >> you've got that baby picture up right now. >> we'rewi s all of our hair years.over the >> oh, yes. big hair. >> we love you, natalie. >> thank you kwb g, guys jus ahead, things are brighter when rita wilson shows up. she's got a new album. she's got a star on the w hollywook of fame.

and she is going to sveg for us li in the studio. >> looking forward to that. coming up in a few minutes on the third hour of "today, our new series. it's called buddy up. we're going to show you what happed when we tested our teamwork and our smarts. we attempted to bea the bomb. spoiler alert, it did not go off. it's aiant paint bomb. if you don't diffuse it, it explodes. >> wow. don't forget.'t you c miss this fourth hour of "today" becauset is kathie lee's last show. we are flying peopl in. she has no idea. >> neither do yo but mr. roker, first a check of the weather. >> dry and milder in the .ea we've got severe weather down through the golf. looking for a flood threat in the pacific northwest. then sunday sunday severe storms throh the gouf. milder in the east. heavy rain moves into northern california a the pacific

northwest. sunshine through the southwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> light rain continues to move thro. you can see it here. part of this storm system that will continue to bring waves of rain throughout the day today into tonight. it's also bringing with it ur cooler temper. we're in the mid up toer 40s right now. 49 degrees in washington. highs today only in the low to as periods of rain continue into the overnight hours. make sure you have the umbrella and the jacket today. patchy fog will also develop overnight tonight. let's go back inside. >> thank you, uncle al. i'll take it from here. the eyes of the golfing world t are on augusta women's amateur. it's the first won's tournament hold at the home of the masters. mike tirico is there.

it's always good when you're driving down famed magnolia lane. looks like a gre day for the ladies. >> it truly is, carson. tths "today" show history. we're live from augusta. we're expecting the weathero get better for tomorrow. you said the inaural augus women's amateur. we've never had a women's tournament heret augusta national. and the top amateurs from around the wngld is g to be con tepiding for the first title. >> practice rounds are today, mike. what are you hearing from the ladies? what are they saying not just about augusta but its play and the significan of the ev >> they're just getting started .ith their practice rounds in they're getting their first chance to play iconic augusta . nation there's a rapid heartbeat.

out of the 72 invited who made the cut, they're going the find out as much as they can about augusta national today. because one of those 3 will li a freedom. they'll have a chance to play a tournament h tomorrow on nbc. for them, it's the excitement of being here. many of them for t first me. but it's also a work day as well to get ready for rrto. >> wow. some beautiful imagery there. one of the goals of the tournament is t a get greater awareness to the women in the country. get them more involved in the game of golf. do you think this tournament is going to help the fu >> there's no doubt, carson. i know you play so much. so do i have a daughter who plays high school golf. golf inen its e needs to grow at its grassroots. augusta national i the most visible golf club in the world. they have made great efforts in the last eight or nine years to grow the game whether it's oversea, in the u.s. with the drive chip & putt event on sunday or to this event here giving the women this year the

chance tohe dream that too, can win a title here. >> mike,e quickly give a couple of names to look out for this weekend. >> jennifer cuppcho she's in the . and those to unveil the trophy last week, they're in the top five. familiar a lot of faces coming up. >> thanks as always. we appreciate it. we'll see you for the of tomorrow's final round here at noon on nbc. dylan is going to be live from augusta tomorrow morning on "today." let's kick it over to savannah. coming up next, our rident fashion expert is here. she's going to help us all jump on board theobe rental craze. it's veryexciting. save money, save space in your closet. but first this is "today" clos. first, this is "toda on nbc.

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style. renting is the new buying. over the past ten years, the average number of wears people get out of their own clothes has plummeted. and in the meantime, fashion rental services are rapidly includesing. ey're expected to become a $5 million industry over the next decade. so who better to help us take vantage of the trend than contributor.le good morning. >> good morning. >> i like this whole idea. you have to explain how this >> if you think about the rental and sharing economy, it's thrivi ross all industries. airbnb, netflix, uber. fashion is ripe for the taking because you can dip into you wouldn't normally try. you can have an ever-rotating closet filled with designer clothes at a fraction of the cost. >> becau basically all the services will say pick a couple of designs and send them back. they make it easy. >> wear it for a week and then rotate asany times as you want during the month. >> well, let's have a fashion show. >> so many good

>> the first category, wear to work. a lot of us would like to beef our work wardrobes. >> i'm a firm believer in dressing for the job you want, not the j you have. so this is the perfect thing if you've got a big meeting. you have an interview. >> this is fabulous. >> this is new york & compan you can get a whole month filled with as many n outfits as you want. it's incredible. this is perfect with this crisp white shirt. it's a perfect look for a big interview occasion. >> you kind ofubscribe to the service. then you've got new work clothes for a month and then send them back. >> all right. thank you so much. our next one, vacation.wa yo to splurge on vacation. but you don't wear them thatof n. this makes sense to me. >> you probably snt money on the vacation anyway. you've got a great beechiesta situation. so tulerie is a great new app. ey have the best designers on

the planet. chanel, zimmerman. this is a joanna dress. it retailst $1,850. you can have this for $80 for days. perfect for the vacation. >> as long as you're not going on a long vacation. you look great. thank you so much. all right. our next rental service has been praised because ias size inclusivity which is important. >> is so important.ni gw bee. you can rent one piece for as long as you want. and then you can also buy at a discounted price. >> i like that too. because you might fall in love with somethin and who wants to send it back? >> you know you're going to fall in love. you should buydihis one. it ler, ha a date. you look fab. >> perfect for your silhouette. >> thank you so much.

our next category, i can't wait for this. we've got kids. i can't believe there's a kids rental service. tell me aboutthis. look at these cuties. along.m coming >> maternity and mom. thiss rainey's closet. you can rent kids stuff for a fraction of the coha. you know kids are like. you wear things one day. >> i was going to say. itav going to h spaghetti sauce on it. >> you send it back and they do the dry cleaning. you don't have to do any cleaning. they also have maternity wear. your body is changing weeklna when preg. it's hard to find clothes that fi >> is this your little one? >> yes. >> then we have a star is born over here. >> and there is luke. luke is t wearinghe most adorable -- >> you look so pretty. luke, you look great. run around. do your thing. >> you can send those clothes back if youth ruin . we're all good. >> they are so cute. and mom you look fabulous. i wish people had seen during

the commercial these two stomp down the ruay. and our next is a really big service. come on out. right? i think they're goingo open up the walls here. >> so rent the runway is the og of rental services. they have everything across the board. and this is an unlimited service. for $80 per month, you can get as many lookss you want so you can cover the gown s situatioyou can go to a black tie. you can also have an office incredible look. and also your big trends for your friends at weekends. you know, social media gold. instagram. >> exactly. 80 bucks and it's unlimited rentals. >> so you take four pieces at a time. acen you're done with those, send them b and choose another four. >> the kids backstage are killing me right now. you guys lookgreat. all of this information is on our website if you want to check it out. so you c figure out the details and get the names of the services and everything. we love having you here. >> thayou. thank you, kiddos. coming up next, the

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>> announcer citi concert >> announcer: the citi concert eries on "today" is proud by presented to you by citi. rn>> we are back this g with a woman who literally does it all. actress, producer, singer, song writer. and "today" friend. >> her album is named halfway me we are so thrilled to have rita with us this morning. hi. >> hi, guysis s so nice to be here. thank you for having me. >> we are happy.ou are he we were hearing one of the big tracks on your cd, your husband kind of spired it there. >> it's the one i'm going to sing today. it's called throw me.

after i was diagnosed with breast cancer, it'sscary. you don't know what your prognosis is going to be yet. i said to tom,, ok listen. if something should happen and i vould go before you, i want you to be very sad fory long ti but i also want a party. and i think a lot of people kind of want tha they want a celebration of their life so we wrote this song "throw me a" part >> you're going to sing it for us in a minute. we have to mention you just got your star on t w hollywoodk of fame. >> i did. >> tom spoke. juliake roberts s for you. what did you think in those moments? >> it was kind of extraordinar g iw up, born and raised in hollywood, and those streets we actually my back yard. so i remember seeing those names that boulevard and it was very humbling to have the star. and also you realize that so much artistry went into -- all the names on there represent some form of entertainment.

it was a blessing to have. >> you chose tom, obviously. you and julia are c >> yes. >> and i saw michelle obama tweeted you after. it must be s fun to be you, i'm thinking. how cool is that. >> every day is a gift, honestly. u know this. it's really just a good time. >> we wa to hear the song. "throw me a pa. ♪i ♪ lived my life as kind as i could ♪ ♪ i did my best i hope w good ♪ ♪ i'll always wish i'd crossed a w more lines ♪ ♪ but i alwaysived like there wasn't enough time ♪ ♪ i'll leave some footprints for

you in the sand ♪ ♪ a couple of notes onlyou'll understand ♪ ♪ i have one wish that some day you'll see ♪ ♪ how much your love, your love has meant to me ♪ ♪ so when i'm gone throw me a party ♪ i was hould dance as if there ♪ ♪ don't be sad or be brokenhearted ♪ ♪ send your vces up in the air ♪ ♪ step outside wit my ashes ♪ and wait for aeaiful wind ♪ ♪ underneath that fire yellow aspen ♪ ♪ toss me to her leaves and let

the healing begin ♪ ♪ because when i'm gone you'l throw me a party ou♪ ♪hould dance as if i was there ♪ don't be sad or be brokenhearted ♪ ♪ send your voices up in the air♪ ♪ sin my songs and light up the sparklers ♪ ♪ tell mytories and drink all my wine ♪ ♪ and know my life is just getting started ♪ ♪ when i'm gone ♪ throw me a party ♪ the hardest part is knowing

that you'll miss me♪ won't you promise ♪ ♪ than w i'm gone you'll throw me a party ♪ ♪ you should dance as if i was there ♪ don't be sad or be brokenhearted ♪ ♪ just send your voices up in the air ♪ ♪ sing mynd songs light up the sparklers ♪ ♪ tell my stories andrink all my wine ♪ ♪ and know my life is just getting started ♪ ♪ wn i'm gone ♪ throw me a party

>> yes! rita! >> what a great song. let's put your face in light since i almostnocked you o the album is called halfway home. thank you so much. >> that was awesome. thank yoso >> i got to go to that? it? is >> april 27th. stagecoach. right it down. >> willie gives us a taste of his sunday wh danny devito. but first this is "today" on nbc. ttohi

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>>are back. we are saying good morning to mr. willie geist. willie g. i the house. >> good morning. >> we get a sunday sneakpe . >> this week we've got the great danny devit he's had a 50-year run in

hollywood. tax see, twins, batman returns. now he's starring in the live action remake of "dumbo" issn ey class wick a timeless me ♪ >> whoa! >> dumbo's born with tse big ears. he's ostracized. people make fun of hehim. teams of, like, embracing the fact that we'real individuals, you know, and that we've got to take our -- whater strengths we have, whatever we are and be proud of who we are. >> danny devito. it is a great message. he talks about how the message of dumbo applies to him. he's a shorter guy. he talks about that. all have that thing that we have to overcome like dumbo's ears. yo hear more of our interview with danny this weekend on "today." in the full conversation sunday sit-down podcast.

zbli >> i remember when he was on the view. >> oh, yeah. >> great callback. >> thanks, willie. >> guys, don't forget. we've got -- you can check that out today.com/allday. we have savannah's last 6 minute marathon. >> not last one. thelatest. >> plus tips to deep clean -- 56 is your time now on this friday, april 5th, 2019. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. right now let's take a look aty commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. d morning. southbound 295 at howard road, crash is cleared but the delays are still hanging around southbound. a brand new problem on northbound 295.

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