good morning. good morning, forced out, kirstjen neilsen resigns as homeland security secretary during a white house face-to-face with president trump, two days aft they visit the border together.st ahead, the tension that led to her resignation. what it means to national security, imgriegs and the wall. freedom, overnight, the first images of that california woman safely released after being released on safari. the ransom reportedly paid to help set herfree. we are live in africa with the tevery la. searching for answers, the fbi joins the investigation after a string of suspicious fires erupts at histori black

churches in indiana, t in ten days. >> we are doing everything weca to solve this problem. >> church goers amid the devastation. >> the building is gone, but the church is still alive. s dangerouspring storms, tens of millionss in the path of heavy winds,ail and possible tornado. hoops hysteria, baylor wins the women's national championsh in dramatic fashion with the men set for the spotlight tonight. and country king and qu.n. ♪ >> keith urban takhe home acm's toprize for the very first time. casey muraves winning big as well. >> it means everything to me. >> while the song is all about that that tequila. >> we love youguys, thank you. >> we g all the winners, today, monday, april 8th, 2019.

>> from nbc news, this is "today" is savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> y,y, everyb welcome to "today." thank you for joining us. savannah has t day off. mr. melvin ijoining us. by the way, talkbout keith urban, it could not have happened to a nicer guy. >> what a show. miranda had a great night. blake had a great night. >> there is lots to talk about in this department, too. we'll get to. our top story, a major shakeup inside the trump admistration. >> kirstjen neilsen is out as the secretary of the homeland security. it's comes amid the frustration at the border. halle jacksonas all the overnight developments. >> reporter: hey, hoda, craig,

good morning to the both of you. secretary nielsen we have heard will stay on the job until wednesday to help with the transition as her tumultuous tenure comes to an end after months of tension andco roversy. a new era this morning inside one of the admitstration's m high profile agency with embattd secretary kirstjen neilsen out at the department oe nd security. multiple source say president trump had grown frustrated wit her tenure, giving her the opportunity to resign after a meeting at the white house sunday night. the president tweeting a perfunctory n thankslsen writing, she hopes the next secretary will have the suprt of congress and the courts in fixing the laws, which have impeded our ability to fully secure america's borders. her departure coming tor two days after she accompanied president trump to the southern border friday nielsen had become the face of the most controversial

immigration decision, publicly defending, for example, the separation of families along the border last summer. >> we never had a policy for family separation. what we did do was we applied the law equally to anybody that broke r:. >> reportehe and the president have had a rocky relationship with nrly a year with nielsen dogd by incessant rumors she was on the way out. >> does the president have confidence if secretary nielsen? >> as we is ed before, if the president no longer has confidence in a member, he'll let you know. >> reporer: she is last person to leave after a week after his pick to leave ike. >> we're going in different direction. ron is a good man. we're going inug a r direction. >> reporter: the overall number of immigrants down from its pead two d ago. raorec ndbeum trying to enter the u.s., allies of the president has been urging more hardline approach

publicly and privately. house speaker nancy pelosigh overginisayt i sdministration official who put children in cas reportedly resigning because she is not extreme enough for the white house' liking. >> so, halle, this is really a critical department. >> reporter: yeah. >> the que,ion who will tain take the reigns once nielsen. leav >> reporter: for now, that will be kevin mcaleenan. he will step into the roam as acting secretary, northing inside this as you point out really important department, there are now at looeft four top officials serving in -- at least four top officials serving in ac acting cy and as the president refocuses his attention at the border and what he calls a national emergency. >> halle, thanki. br overnight, we are learning more about the rescue of an american and her driver kidnapped and held ranso for nearly a week in you began california you are looking at

theirst pictures of the woman sincef the endr roardeal. matt. >> reporter: so ugandan police say that woman and her guide ari bo good health and the police deny having anything to do with any ransom payments. they say the search for her kidnappers is still ongoing. >> reporter: this morning the look of freedom. tour company wild fonteers releasing photos that show kimberly sue endicott and her our when they were found. they were inne of the most popular safari destinations. the pair were rescued in the democratic republic of the congo, which borders queen elizabeth national park where they were cap cured the suspects are still at large after demanding a half million ransom. the new york sometimes times reporting that ransom money was paid by wild frontiersnd u

the company that led the excursion. pcretary of state mikepeo says the u.s. doesn't pay a payment. >> even a small payment can facilitate the killing of tens of thousands, including foreign nationals in that region. a reporter: endicott was in uganda as bucket trip, postingot of her dream adventure on social media, a dream that quickly turned into a nightmare when she and her guideere ambushed. an elderly couple with them was robbed but leftehind. as for endicott. r safe recovery is being celebrated here at home. president trump tweeting, g bless them and their families. ugandan officials are pushing back on suggestions this isn't safe forur ts. they're calling this an isolated incident. after all, there hasn'teen a tourist kid matched in uganda in 20 years. >> matt, thank you.

here at home, tense of millions across the south are facing an intense storm. >> that means we need mr. roker to tell us what this is all about. >> hey, guys, good moing. take a look, this is arkansas, they got heavy rain. there is more coming. austin seeing 4.7 inches of rain yesterday. huge lamounts,s of light nng going on, there ie mn store today. we are seeing firing storms up from kentucky all the way into tennessee, down into the gulf. we have more sever weather to talk about today. one area stretching back from mississippi into alabama and a wider area fromrgia all the way to the carolinas and virginia border, 26 million people at rick.nd damaging hail, isolated tornadoesysossible. thism will be pushing to the east today. storms will intensify, local flooding from virginia all the way down into louisiana. tomorrow showers and stormshe slide into east. the greatest threat tom frow

will be florida as this system pushes t the east. rainfall amounts through tuesday, heavy rain anywhere from an inch to three inches stretching from mississippi all the way into the carolinas. that's the latest. you, greg. >> we will come back in a few moments. meanwhile,te the ustates is pulling force out of libya erid security co in that country. the move comes as the libyan national army clashes with rival millibars on the outskirts of t tipoli. libya has been gripped which unrest through long time dictator a more gadhafi. we have a lot more to get to this morning,ncluding the 2020 presidential race. it was a busy weekend for several democtichopefuls. while joe biden is facing if you criticism for how he's handled recent allegations against him. nbc news' kristen welker has

details on this one. good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you. the democratic primary race is heating up. over the weekend, a focus on faces new and old, veterans like former vice president joe biden who is dealing with that ongoing controsrsy as well relative m newcomer,or pete buttigieg who has been making big waves. this morning, gaining traction, put buttigieg the 37-year-old openly gay mayor ofndiana opening up about his psonality in deeply personal terms. >> when i w younger, i would have done anything to not be gay. >> reporter: getting handid abou struggle as a young man. >> if you had offered me a pill to mak me straight, i would have swallowed it before you had time to gip giv me a sip of water. thank god there was no pill. >> reporter: he offers this message to vice president mike pence whoopposes same sex message. >> the thing i wish to mike pence is for the world to

understand. if you have a problem who i am, your qurel, sir, is with my creator. >> reporter: buttigieg hasn't officially announced his candidacy pulled in a $7 million fundraising haul this year. heni trails bsanders and former congressmano' beto rourke. both campaigning in critical iowa this weekend. it comes with all eyes on former vice president joe biden in damage control after numerous women accused him of unwelcome physical contact. notsexual. he ad libbed a joke about the controversy. >> i just want you to know i have permission to hug lonnie. >> reporter: and again seeming to make light of it by bringing children to the stage. >> reporter: by the way, he gave me permission toouch him. >> my intent, i realize my responsibility is to notnve the space of anyone who is

uncomfortable with me in that regard. >> so, kristen, a lot of folks are still wondering, is biden toill plannin run despite all of this controversy? >> reporter: well, itooks like is, craig. we have been talking to sources slose to the mr. president who say he still on track to make that announcement at the end of aprilnd behind the scenes, his aides and adviseave been reaching out to donors, he has another event at the university of pennsylvania. he will be joined by the formero florida gov jeb bush. the focus of that event will be on the opioid crisis. d whk, craig. >> all right, kristen welker at the white use, thank you. now to a growing emergency in louisiana. federal authorities are investigating three fires at historically black churchs in less than two weeks. gabe gutierrez has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this i all that's left of the

grace baptist church. the fire ripped through here destroying the building but strengthening the congregation. this morning, a south louisiana community is on edge after three histically black churches burned in ten days. >> all stations, we have a church on fire. >> reporter: the fbi andatf now joining the administration. >> i think it has something to do with race. >> reporr: the churches a few miles apart. the first april 6. the second april 2. the 30 aprilth. >> we believe crimes have occurred. we believe the three fires obviously are not coincident am, they are related. >> reporter: so far the fire marshall horse not disclosed a motive and stopped short of kale calling it arson o a hate crime. >> we are doing everything we can to collectively solve this problem. > reporter: burning churches trigger a long dark history of

racial intimidation sflits just sad. it's sad that our society has stooped this low to do something like that. >> reporter: the latest church to burn, it stood here for 145 years. < musical notes> ♪ i wasn't going to make it >> reporter: this weekend he preached at another place of worship, vowing to rebuild. >> this process caused us to talk to each other more than we ever talkedtogether. so now we can build together. the building i gone, the church is still alive,re w alive report. thankfully no one was inside within they c,ght fi no one was injured. authorities are looking to a fourth incident about three hours from here a small fire there intentionally set at a

church there. so far no connection. just all a part of a growing mystery that has this community on high alert. >> gabe, thank you. we want the authorities to quickly solve this one. you may have destroyed the building, ah, not the church. >> the chur search a structure. also this morning, congrats to the baylor bears, the baylor bears have won the women's basketball national championship. chloe jackst hitting t game winning layup with about 4 seconds left to play, notre dame had a chance to play in overtime, millsed a free throw when under 2 seconds, the bears hold on to win it 82-81. it's hibaylor'srd women's basketball championship. >> congrats to them. the's men national championship game is tonight. it will be virginia taking on texas tech. the cavaliers punch their ticket. it was a dramatic win over auburn that happened on saturday night. virginia's kyle buy the wasy fouled attempting a 3-pointer

in the closing seconds. guy thought he had ice in his veins. he hit every free throw. he sealed the win. if you thought testifies jed e steady eddie listen to what he had to say. >> i can lie to you and say i was going to hit them. i was terrified. i had confidence in mooift tself, buts is for me to dream of. for me to do this for my team, i couldn't be happier. >> who would have known he was terrified. >> i would be. one more basketballnote. you remember that guy, mike young. he was the head basketball coach a wofford college in south carolina for the past 17 seasons, hodatb they snagged him. >> where is he>> going? hokies, young led them to five nycaa tournaments. >> now we a both have something to >> you guy versus a good one. > later on in the show, we will reveal ourbrackets. we will figure out who won the brackets. >> look at that trophy.

that's .impressi >> i'm definitely not getting it. all right. let's get back to al. he's checking the forecast. >> is there a lot of buzzer beaters? >> there was. >> a great tournament. i don't know anything else. i do know the forecast. but first we're going to show you down through theoutheast to the gulf, severe storms. flood watches moving into the pacific northwest. we will look at that storm in detail coming up in the next half hour. a look for wind watches in the southwest a southern california. your local forecast coming right next in the next 30 seconds. ingo say is wow ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop drop ♪ ♪ make u say oh my god my drop drop ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop make u say oh my god ♪ ♪ and you eever felt this type tion ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop drop say oh my drop drop drop ♪ ♪ make you're jaw drop make up say oh my god ♪

good morning, everybody, sunshine on a monday morning for now. butake your umbrella with you today. there is a 50% chance of showers and a rumblef or two thunder later on in the day. plenty warm as well. we are in the upper 60s, low 50s, the temperatures will be in the mid- to upper-70s, the chance for rain in the evening hours. keep that in mind. staying nic and warm before mid-week.lness returns >> coming up, did theyhe bribe college basketball's biggest star? allegations being looked b into a future university this morning. plus,rince williams spy games, under cover with top ritish security a intelligence agencies. but first, this is "today" on

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crash blocking the center lanes and now blocking all lanes what i am just hearing. so we will keep you updated on thisone. inner loop at route 1 crash on the right the rest of the beltway is okay. n> later today on news 4, weeks after thes 4 i-team reveals a sex crime invtigation inside a local assistive center a woman for a woman with dementia has a suit. >> that's coming up today at 5:00. a check of your forecast with chuck coming up ne.

good morning, everybody. it is mild emoutside,ratures in the upper 50s and low 60s now. we will be way up into t 70 for highs today. but take your umbrella with you. there is a pretty high chance you will need it later in the day. back to dry weather and real warm tomorrow, near 80.

mid-week cool down. another chance for some showers on your friday. >> we like the weher, chuck, another local news update in 25 minutes. >> we are now back to the "today" show. have a great day

back now. 7:30 on this monday 7:30 on this monday morning. we know hoda and jenna have chemistry. we will see that this morning. jenna bush hager being the th co-host o fourth hour? she's pumped, baby, we're ready. it's going to be a lot offun. she will come join us on the set in a little bit, talk aboutow is pre-game is feeling before the big day. but we will get started with ouc of the headlines. secretary of the homeland securityirstjen neilsen resigned. the president has grown frustrated. giving her a time to resi. he announced in a tweet the u.s.

customs and border commissioner kevin mcaleenan will be taking over as the acting head of that department three people in faengs were killed in a crash with a fire truck. officials say the fire engine was on its way to an emergency call with lights and sirens on when it collided with a pickup truck. three firefighters were hurt. they say the pick-up truck turned leftn front of the fire truck. >> the texas rangers weren't giving the bullpens problems. both bullpens were taken over by a huge swarm of bees. it happened in the 5th inning. some of the players seemed tfazed. others usedir towels trying to swat them away. it led to a delay in the action. eventually the swarm decided to leave, dissipated and the game resumed. >> wow. less thanhis mornin two weeks after he was hit with

nerious fraud charges, att michael avenatti is firing back, taking aim at nike and one o the biggest young names in basketball. nbc news' stephanie gosk is following this story.od morning. >> reporter: you know, as the country waits for the big game, michael avenatti is leveling egexplosive aions against the ncaa, nike and the best coege player in the country zion williamson. michael avenatti refusing to go down without a fight, dumping dozens of pages of documents over the weekend and accusing nike, duke university and the collegefame in basketball zion williamson of beg involved in a widespread payment scandal. avenatti alleging that the mother of the de star received illegal paymts from nike during her son's recruitment before williamson exited to for the nike-sponsored school.

avenatti tweeting at duke men's basketball, can you please a zion williamson's mother sharonda sampson, whether she was paid by nike for consulting services in 2016 already '17 as a part of a bribe to get him to go to duke. avenatti released 41 pages of documents to twitter, material he claims sh nike dished out big moneyo families of top recruits to try to lure them to play at nike portfolio sponsored schools. the files consisted of what appeared to be text exchanges, redacted bank exchanges and invoices, thoug nothing linking williamson and his mother was included. in a statement, duke's athletic director says the school is looking into the allegation involving williamson's mother adding every student athlete at duke is reviewed to ensure their eligible. with regard to men's basketball, all recruits and their families are thoroughly vetted.

meanwhile, nike issuing a response of its inn, sin part they will not respond to the allegations of an individual facing federal charges of fraud around extortion and aid in his disgraceful attempts to distract from thethletes on the court. avenatti was arrested last month. after prosecutor say he tried to extort $25 million from nike, allegedly threatening the shoe giant sayinghe if ty didn't pay up he would release damaging information. avenatti who vehemently denies hhecharges, says he is representing a hig school coach who knew the details of nike's alleged payments to recruits and their families. aven photopromised he would release more evidence today, related to what he calls nike's quote corruption, adding he is whiteing on nike to refute a single document he provided so far. they reached out to zion williamson's mother for competent. we have not heack ba. we are joined by legal

analyst ari melber. let's pretend all twaytar evide all the evidence that avenatti has, that dump. >> let's sayt's the isolated six or he has peeled backes something wead that looks like a national conspiracy. i think that's the question. the charges you a looking at are more likely related to false statements, 18 financialri irregues that someone was hiding it from the college which itself may not be a crime. let's say avenatti's claim that 59 williamson's mother was paidoff, the paid consulting piece. ift' thas the case, beyond the data of the masve ncaa violations, what st of laws are there? >> the law there is whether the payor or the ripient were knowingly fraudulently creating

statements. i think you follow these stories, you see the money trail gets people in trouble. so you shouldn't be taking money for services you didn't render and you shouldn be paying invoice.a bogus >> what do you think we will see ahead on this one, ari, what will hapn now? >> what is fascinating on the one hand it looks like a lawyer may have overstepped. on the other hand, the feds went big after alleging impropriety saying that waextortion. the question on the flipside, well, does it still look like an exportion if these underlying everyday, as we have been reporting has not been formally denied yet b nike? if all of that turns out to be true, there is more of that doeg that c the look of the original extortion case, like there is more th one crime going on allegedly? >> thank you, ar let'sead over to mr. roker. >> let's show you what's going, ut in the pacific northwest. we got this atmosphere fearic r.

some places could beooking at se-to-three inches on top of alreadyurated soil. this system will be a coast to coaster. tomorrow it's bringing heavy storms and intensification across the rockies with snow developing there. then as we move onay into tue into wednesday, a band of heavy snow across the rockies and the upper emid-west, could be looking at blizzard-like conditions, winds at 40-to-50 miles per hour. then as we move on into thursday. this cold canadian air sets up, minneapolis, sioux falls, onlyl haugh ce looking at significant snow. this will continue east. we will ng tal about this really for a good portion of this week. that's what's going on the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> that verye s storm will deliver us clhillier than averae weather.

for now, thel week w start outifies and wart -- nice and warm. it will zoom into the aid upper 70s. keep in mind, a likelihood of a rumb thunder later today. dry weather for the middle parts of the week.ot r shower chance on friday. >> and that' your latest weather. >> all right. al, thank you. coming up, we'll hear from the middle school volleyball players n the right place at the rig time. how they helped save a complete stranger's life. >> hollywood icon, michelle pfeiffer will be here. we will talk aut her in th movies and the new labor of love she is launching. >> plus the winners and showng stop performances from the academ of country music a way ready. >> next, prince william under covering spy, what is he doing with british spy agencies? that's right after this. cted te.

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we are back now. 7:30 with in-depth today. the surprising story about prince william. >> it is the royal channel hisr in james bond recently. he spent several weeks under cove with british s agencies. today senior international correspondent keir simmons is going toboell us all this one. wow, keir. >> under cover, exactly. everybody loves a good james bond, sea connery, daniel craig. prince william? it's got peoplelk g, a serious side as well, putting focus on people that devo their lives with very little ai accl ♪ >> reporter: the name, william, willia the duke secret service just revealed spending three weeks under cover with britain's world famousie james bond's mi6. the uk version of the cia hosting the future king for one of those weeks. though he did not as far as we

know see actionike this, the father of three spent another week with mi5, the domestic intelligence agency made famous in shows like "killing e." and the equivalent of thecia, like ghq where we are told he held his own. >> there is a sense he is approaching his 40s, that prince william needs to take a more high profile role arc prominent role. he will be future king. >> reporter: the prince train as a helicopter pilot, serving in the royal air for calli it a humble experience, praising yhe every day people of the intelligence age who do extraordinary work to keep us safe. insecret, often not even able to tell their family and friends about the work the do or the stresses they face. a love of all things james bond appears to be running in the royal family. the queen famously takingt par

in a spook screenith danie craig for the opening of th 2012 london olympics. her majeecy'st service, home to james bond. now her majesty's grandson, william. >> that was really funny what daniel craigdid. this really has a kind of a real purpose behind it, him going through this training? >> there really s. because he's going to be king, the british head of state. so he is going to be the head of all of these agencies. and he needs to know how they work. what's interesting n those pictures, of course, is that because he's with secret uagent, an't show any of their frafls. so you just see williamevith ybody else kind of hidden. the serious message here, too, thesuys as i mentioned who work for the intelligence agencies, they don't praised. they have successes nobody knows about it. it's great to see prince william making sure they do get some

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it's going to be a nice start to your work and school week. plenty of nshine, a 50% likelihood of rumble and thunder, nice and warm, 78 today, 79 tomorrow, cooler weather for the middle of the week. >> another local newsupdate in 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today show after this short break. have a great day.

. it's 8:00 on "today." forced out, homeland secretary n kirstjen niels announcing her resignation after meeting with the president. this as the president calls for a tougher crackdown on immigratiohi what could ts mean for the ongoing border battle the latest. plus, what were you thinking? a group of middle school volleyball players sprung into action. >> she was hanging, her feet was dangling off. it was hard for her to pull herself up. >> how the hero kidsta managed her down from the edge. and a little bit of countryl we'lake you inside country

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wos are being credited with saving that woman's wife. good morning, gadi schwartz. >> reporter: good morning, that woman admitted she was trying to take her life. the right boys in the right place at the right time managed to talk her down from the edge. for a team of young volleyball players inno fres, california, it was a break from their regular routine. >> we don't run that bridge ever, in my six years here, never did that. and none of the sports that we've done report. volleyball coach murray elliot had his team g for a run over the bridge near theirschool. nothing prepared the boys within they got there. >> we thought it was a girl from our school, it tesn't. >> rep it was a woman hanging from the bridge with her arms more than 100 feet in the air. >> i realized what was going on when her foot started dgling. after that, we all run down as a team to go tell our coach. >> reporter: the youth say the 47-year-old woman was trying to

jump to take her life. the coach said call 911. >> i said immediately, go up, get her attention, tell her, her life matters, so for a whole ten minutes or so, they did not stop yelling, screaming, telling her, your life matters. >> she was hanging, her feet were dangling off, it was hard to pull herself up. reporter: they did what they could to tell her to pull herself up. she eventually did. >> what was best about it. i know we saved a woman's life. i'm p aud i wase to do wit my brothers. >> reporter: the fresno police called the boys a true hero, adding their words caused the woman to realize she had value. thank god they were in the right place at the right time. >> no matter what are you going throug life texas you pray and fight through it, you will make it throh. >> i'm like a father to me. so, to see them do the things that i instilled in them is so

gratifying. you know as a coach, as a figure to them. i'm very proud of them. >> it's a remarkable story. according experts, the boys did everything right. you don't leave the person alone. you call 911 and you get help from a trained professional as soon as possible. we shoul also point out for anyone who is struggling, there is aci s prevention lifeline, 1-800-273-8255. >> an amazing story. >> oh my gosh, i can't believe middle school kids would have that kind of heart. >> cool. >> awesome. > all right, mr. ke check of the weather. >> we'll start off with our nationaladar and satellite map, the precipitation coming, a coast o coast tomorrow we'll be tellingou about, strong storms firing up. we got a risk of bad weather on the mid-atlantic states. temperatures, look at these temperatures, chicago today, 75

degrees, that's almost 20 degrees above normal. we'll be in the low 70, ram, 80, dallas, 82, dueson, 93 degrees, continues tomorrow, washington flirting with 80. samentn at oklahoma city 83, san antonio 89, phoenix 97. we got colder air, a wintry plast coming in, so minneapolis are 41 by friday, st. louis 75 on wednesday, a 20 degree drop on friday, cooling off in , dall albuquerque and denver. >> that cold air will be causing way roblems as we make o to the east. severe storms in the southeast, snowy in norther new gland. wind watches in southern california into the southwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happeng in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, everybody, i'm storm team 4, meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures a on the mild side for sure. already in the low 60s for most of the metro area. we do have a 50% chance of rain latethe day. take your embrel -- umbrella wi

you. umbrella ready for today. dry, near 80 degreestomorrow. much cooler weather wednesday and thursday, a little rain chance on friday. >> look who's at the table, you all. >> yes. >> the new anchor of the 10:00 -- jenna, we will talk to you in a bit. >> yes. >> first we have a pop star. have to. >>erbundle up, kids, it was a bg night at the acnm awards. >> it was a night of stars in los vegas sunday. the biggest winners, dan andsh . >> and the acm song of the year goes to -- tequila junction. >> the grammy award winners,

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>> reporter: but musgraves still had a golden night. >> casey musgraves. >> reporter: taking home the award for album of the year for her record "goldp hour" and female artist of the year, breaking miranda lambert's long-te streak. aking herambert, first appearance with her new husband. while her ex, blake shelton and gwenhe stefani made t big show a fun date night. carrie underwood performing for the first time since welcoming her second child. from established stars to new voices, "this is us" star chris se mets, wing the audience, making her singing debut performing i'm standing with you from her upcoming film kwot break through." ♪ i'm w standingh you >> how about that? great. >> christy mets. >> how about we ord a little of whatever keith urban and nicole kidman. they have a lot of chemistry going on there. congrats to the big winners. here is your newest update,

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>> with cocktails. >> it's called lizzie borden script. >> i want to show this woman that says welcome jenna from texas. we havot af people who will welcome jenna bush hager in studio 1a. today is the day jenna is going to be joining the 10:00 to ht the fourth hour. did you sleep at all? >> i waseally calm. and then i saw the new instagr. pa did you see that? >> it's cool. >> i woke up henry, i screamed. he's like, geeze. and then i hado cetime my sister. >> why c, was that the first time you found out? >> i found out. >> thin told you. >> i got to see thensgram page. i don't knowity hit me. >> there is something about seeing the whole thing. what is everybody saying? are you walking in the man cure ple? are peopl going oh my god? >> i walked past this woman yesterday. she's like,d luck tomorrow, jen nevada mila was like good luck at what?

>> did mila and poppy even know? >> i don't ahink so. ied them. they love kathie lee, she taught them how to eat peanut butter on the spoon. they were like what you are you going t do i said what do you think? they said, eat peanut butter on a spoon. >> you are on the show. now you are regularly going to be on it. how is it going to change you? go to bed early? >>ly go to bed at the same time i always do, which is early. i'm excited to create something new feels so >> we are going to have so much fun. i have to point out, we do havee a special mesor you, jenna, someone wanted to cheer you on. so let's take look. >> i am so proud of jenna. i never would have expected her life to role out this way. she was a teacher when we graduated from college. that was her path. i'm so proud t she had courage to pursue a different career path and say yes to something that was uncomfortable for her b the beginningause it was

unexpected. look how far she's come. it's so incredible to me that she has found her voice and loves using it and iwi s really who she -- she shows her real self everyingle morning, which is wonderful. >> and dangerous. >> when i cry at the drop of a hat. i mean. >> did you think ten years before today you were a school teacr? >> yeah, i taught. >> did you think this was the path you wanted to take. >> no, no i reall feel kind of bad saying that. i love teaching. by the i, what autatic teachers aren't even watching this at school. they're up early in the morning doing really the most important work. >> are you ready to drink wine before noon every day? >> i mean, somebody has to do that. >> she's been doing that before. you all, jenna, get re meet new hair and makeup at 9:00. >> okay. >> we have apecial hour planned. it will be a lot of fun. >> i can't wait. >> first, though, dr. deepak chopra is here. will three things that

help us stress less today. we're also catching up with the one and only. there she is -- >> oh, michelle pfeiffer. >> in studio 1a live after your locanews

. this is a news today news break. >> good morning, 8:26 on this monday, april 8th. let's go over to mellissa molette and your look at traffic. >> traffic is h around because of major delays on 270 o hbound. the crash is gone. we still have 8 miles worth of k . sos the quite slow here. you can sue southbound, wheaton, southbound connect avenue and adams traffic stop. there istr a pedn accident there. >> all right, mellissa, thank you. we will get a check of your forecast with chuck when we come back. stay with us. for tile, wood, and stone,

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♪ >> and we are b we are bac at 8:30 on this monday rning, the 8th of april. 2019. lo at all these smiling faces on the plaza, starting the week off with us. >> it's a beautiful day. a lot of people here to cheer on jenna as she start at 10:00. i' g got aat crowd moment. where are tejo aboomy? oh, yes. hi you guys, how are >>u? o good, how are you? >> savannah's number one d.c. fan. s off today. who eis celebrating a birthday today, how old are you today? >> 35. >> reporter: i hear it's somebody else' birthday. >> hi, mom.

>> reporter: look how fun this is, what is your mom's game? >> janet. >> hi, janet. you guys look like twins, what's the age difference? >> four years. >> you all look great, happy birthday, enjoy. >> that was nice, happy birthday janet as well. still ahead, we got hollywood royalty in the house. michelle pfeiffer is here. there is a lot to tal about. she has a new business venture and several highlynticipated movies. great to have michelle here. >> yes, indeed. >> if you want to stress less, we have brought in one of th ultimate experts, dr. deepak chopow to teach you to manage your life and get that stress level down. we has things we can all do, very easy stems. coming up on the third hour of e"today," have quite the group of powerful women, bette midler, channel sat down with all of them to talk about their voices for change. >> mr. roker, it's nice and warm

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down two shots to maria. this is where it turned around. >> that 16 for eagle. you go on to win the wholein >> that shot was absolutely unbelievable. i mean, even now i h e no idea how i pulled it off. >> that's a hard, hard shot. >> very. >> everyone has been talking about augusta. it's a first for women. it was a big gee wiz for everybody. what was it like playing on that course for the first time competitively? >> it was unreal, i think it's hard to describe. i think you would agree with me. the atmosphere outere, the people were great. we were having a lot of fun. we were putting up a show and trying to as many birdies as we could. just having a lot of fun out there. >> so it was like a sisterhood as opposed to a real competition, i'm going to go get her? >> well, it was definitely both. there was a lot of competition. >> it was equal parts competition and not only was it exciting to watch you win, have to say equally exciting to

watch maria coming up 18, the sportsmanship the two of you displayed was for a fan like you felt the ceiling really breaking asar as women ataugusta. augusta's old history of not having women members, et cetera, for them to throw this event i felt as a golf fan like i was literally watching history in the fking. did il that way? >> yes, everything, all the press, everything that we've seen about the way we acted. i mean, it's j wt howare. i mean, that's what we wanted to show. >> i know it was and first there are some people maybe not avid golf fans who think, well, why wasn't that the case a long time was it a what took so long for you guys? did it feel like that? >> for me, it was just more of like i'm glad it happened and i'm glad b we were able to a part of it. i mean it took as long as it has to ta. but was really nice to be able to be a part of history and to be able to share wh and from like here. >> the masters starts this week. i was wching the drive chi and putt yesterday.

it feels augusta had a really successful week out there. >> we are so glad to be here. >> i have my own hardware back there. i won the bracket challenge. pretty cool. not trying to show off. ngratulations. congrats, guys. >> craig, over to you. >> hoda, thank you. up next, look who's here, a hollywood legend, michelle pfeiffer ready to tell us about the pro she has been working on. apparently for decades. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [vacuum]

♪ introducing fresh step clean paws, with low tracking litter. your vacuum becomes a cat toy. let's make litter less of a mess. let's start fresh. ♪ it's a big day here . it's big day in studio 1a. we are with oscar nominated michelle fire. you know her for her work on the big screen. today she is launching new fragrance line called henry rose, she is keeping busy with a newing role, a presence on social media. so much to talk about.

first, my i sniff that wrist of yours, this is where the fragrance lives. oh my gosh. distribute that scent. it beautiful. well, this is actually one we fare working on the >>. ordafa it's kinlld of. i would say it's warm, it's a little spicy. it's a little ambery. how would you describe it? >> i don't know, it makes you feel good the minut you inhale. i think what's cool about -- >> it's comforting. >> yes, it is comforting. >> the cool thing is youill walking around here talking to jen, i'm so excited. it's my first day, too. >> and i didn't sleep either. >> it's a real first for >> it is, it is. it's been a long time in the making, too. about 20 years ago, when i became a new mom, like a new parents, i started paying more attention to e products at i was exposing my kids to and began to f look safer options for the family and 20

years ago, that was a bigger challenge than it is today. the climate is very different now. but at some point i came across the environmental working group's skin deep i'database. not sure you are familiar with it. it's an incredible too many for consumers to use and i wwntern the rabbit hole and hel whole fragrance thing spawned out of that was i wld find ingredients that looked good, not perfume either, j you in products, looked good and fragrance would pop up. it would get a really, really high hazard ilevel. took that to mean, well, all fragrance must be really really toxic. well, of course, that turns out not to be exactly true. it said, it was the lack of trannarency. >> wou launched this line, i'm so excited for people to smell it. it's called henry rose, the middle names of both your children. which is such a cool way to name it.

and i was on sites, i don't remember seeing your kids, oh, look oninstagram. i saw you, first of all you just joined. >> i di >> how is that role? how do you you feel on there? >> i, it depends, some days i feel really i'm having a lot of fun withit. some days i'm overwhelmed and pressured that i'm not supposed to. well, your very first post is, you as catwoman. that was post number one. >> number one. hello. >> i love that. >> post-number 2 was you holding a whip. right. this one. >> it wouldn't have been post number 2. >> but in there. >> in there. >> okay. the third oneas i seen the cracking of the whip. that was another one. >> i practiced. >> so do you ever see yourself getting back into that catwoman suit? >> oh, gosh. >> that would be incredible. i was sad when that ended. j

i wt getting comfortable with everything that i had to deal with and beginning to have some fun wit and it was over. but, yeah. >> i was watching an interview that you did a reading one and i was thinking about all the cool roles you have done, michelle is in all the greatest roles. someone i think you said your agent one time called you, referred to you as dr. ouno, because turned down a lot of roles. i want to make surem i right on this. >> that's correct. >> pretty woman? >> i don't kno if i want to go through the list of the things i turned down. >> really? there are so many. how much time do we have? the list i saw tlma and louise, basic instinct. >> okay. those are all correct. but the thing is, and a lot of time there are so many reasons that go into turning something down, it's not necesrily because you don't want to do it. the is a conflict. >> the timing. >> you are committed to something else. you have sometng typically it

was something like that. you know. >> well, it seems like you had so much focus on like balancing your work and your family. i think aug lot of people se with that. was that a struggle for you or diioyou make clear dec when you had your children, like? >> i just -- i just got pickier andickier because it felt like it was, it was hard toea them. and especially when they got to be school age and before that i could take them with me anywhere iwent. then there was also breaking up the family unit. my husband has job he can't just up and go. >> sure. right. >>t was always a juggling act an and. >> but, so, oddly enough, empty nester i h now workingt. >> you are. have you new at avengers" movie co out >>soon?

mm-hmm. >> and the maleiveicent. anything else? >> i have something called "french exit" which iight be doing at the end of sum zpler fragrance line come out? >> today. today, hoda. >> i'm soda glad >> today on the "today" show, yes. >> we have so excited. >> henryrose.com. >> thank you for coming to see us. i feel it will be a success, almost like everying you . >> thank you, thank you. >> we will send it over to craig. just ahead, don't let stress get the best of you. this guy, dr. deepak chopra is here. will show us healthier ways to manage life's daily struggles. lots of usable tips. first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are we e back with our special

series stress less today with april being national suppress awareness month. >> that's right, nearly eight in ten americans feel stressed the most common sources, the work of our nation, work, money health and the political climate. >> here with tips to help us t combse frustrating feelings, the one and only ak chopra. he is a world renowned dleader octor of medicine with 15 million social media followers, if that's notenough, he's coming out with a new podcast called the daily breath to help us chill out in o five minut less. >> i like that. >> dr. opra, so good to have you. >> good morning. so calm,. >> youee done l 12 jobs. haugh do you say stress free? how do you are edues the stress? >> stress is the perception of a threatening thout. if you don identify with it, there is no stress. there is such thing as peace of mind. that's an oxymoron.n

peace is w there is absence of mind,gh absence of th >> so how you train your brain if there is acass around you, you want tal keep how do you do that? >> you get in touch with your core being, which is prior to thought. i can show you how to do at. >> yes, we'd like to do that. >> walk us through some tips here. these are things folks at home will beble to do as well. >> so right now. look at me, focus es and now instead of looking at me, be aware of the space in which we are right now. in this space, have a vague awareness of your own body and everything else happening. but basically soften your eyes and i be this space. your mind is right now silent. isn't it? >> yeah. >> so focus andhen soft eyes, focus, soft eyes, do that three or four times a day.

>> oh, >> there is also a tip involving a nostril and >> yeah, so when you alt nate breathin through strils, you activate both sides of the brain and synchronize both sides, you can do this simply,wet me s you how, put your hands in your armpits. and take a dee breath into the count of four, slowly, slowly.xh thene to the count of four. >> why hand here? why is that important? >> now you switch. so you take the lower hand and you put it where the upper hand was before. once you switch and repeat the same process. >> my arms are sweaty. sorry. >> you repeat the same process. now you activate different nostrils and hemispheres in the brain. >> wow.

>> but goi to count toour on the inhale and count to four on the exhale. this is alternate nostl. >> is thi bringing your heart rate down? it's taking a little stress away? it's acalming method? >> it stimulates the nerve in the body called the vagal everybody. it's so-called because it'ste re to the english nerve vagabond, it gs everywhere. everything slows down, heart ate breathing increases, breathing slowsdown, you feel relaxed. the word is sim 'thetic overdrive, which means so much stressed. the opposite is a sympathetic nervous system. >> i have an anxietyanisorder panic. when i interact with people, they ask me, what works. we are an anxious society. i have used a technique called a mus tenon relaxation. >> itself that it. >> where i tense up like this and i let go, as i'm letting go and i feelhe tingling, i'm trying to reprogram my mind to

tetting zero. >> that's w we did in a way when we focused andla d. >> what else do you say to people watch wok are so anxious every day. >> these purf our existence is to maximize the experience of make joy and happiness to maximize our capacity for love, to unleash our creative potential and to bethhe if you remember that, everything else is okay. >> i got some fake groos here in the studio, because we wanted to show folks at home another technique tha you have also talked about. >> well, when you take off your shoes, and socks and just walk oo the grass. >> what's at the of this, grounding yourself? >> grounding yourself. you could walk on the o grass the beach or the ground and what comes, happens is negative ions come from the earth into your body, neutralize the excess free radils that build up every day as a result of stress. so your inflammation goes down.

even more important by checking with it directly, you reset your biological rhythm. so this is a good thing to do. >> sonny had an accident over there. >> what about meditation? >> what is the actual definition of that? >> meditation is to sourceo of g beyond thought. these days, there are manto way o it. awareness of any experience when you are fully present in the moment, whatever experience you are thhaving, 's a form of meditation, also a self reflection, who am i,hat do iwant? what's my purpose? what makes me grateful and ultimately the ways to transcend through mantra practice. >> do youver get angry with yourself? do you find yourself in traffic inan.a.ng to scream? >> it's a waist of energy. >> you don't go there. you are this tranquil and calm every day? >> all the time. se are those real diamonds in the glas >> no, they're fake.

>> no, they're so vibrant. what about our phones, dot they n the way? >> schedule. i schedule social media time and phone time and like i schedule meditation time or exercise. healthy relationship time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, d chopra, we appreciate it. >> she going to be with hoda and jenna tomorrow to talk about building a successful team. we will also have more ways to stress less all week, thousand your stress could be impacting your kids, we'll look at that later this week. we are back in a moment. >> it's contagious.

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to help the world keep advancing. studio 1a in rockefeller plaza this is the third hour of "today." >> youus givnergy with that intro there. >> good morning, everybody. i'm sheinelle along with al, crg, and dylan. everybody have a good weekend? >> great. >> i w at augusta national. >> you win. >> i win. >> and you were on the front row of history. >> i was. i can't wait to talk more about it because it was a history-making weekend and the girls who made history are here. >> i love it. >> it's been a while since i have seen you this jazzed. >> you know, golf is fairly new for me. i picked it up like ten years ago. iy hadn't playedhole life. to be a woman who plays golf and wish i could be as good as t