ross. yes for less. good morning. eaking overnight. trump?g north korea testing out a new missile just hours before a u.s. team arrives in the region. the second test just this week. we're live wh the very latest. hitting hard. congress demands donald trump jr. testifi before lawmakers. republicans joining in on the first subpoena issued to a member of the spresident' own family as docrats in the house take a dramatic step. holding the attorney general in contempt. >> we did not relish doing this, but we have no choice. >> what's the president's next move? we're live at the honoring a hero. a community comes together to remember the brave student who

died saving his classmates. and arents heartbrok proud. >> show the world who my s was and what we lost. that's all i care about. >> the chaotic moments inside the classroom and the students behind the deadly shooting. those story, plus the insider. the stunnin o comments from of facebook's original founder andzuckerberg's college roommate. >> i think facebook has become too tbig, powerful. >> ansibc news excluve just ahead. unfiltered. howard stern getting personaln about a alarming health scare and his future. and back to work. prince harry leaves windsor after the adorable debut of baby chie. how t world i reacting "today" this thursday may 9th. >> announcer: this is "today" withav snah guthrie and hoda rotb live f studio 1a in

rockefeller plaza. >> morning, everybody. welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. if you had archie in the upool, yo get the price. >> not short for archibald, by the way. just archie. i would bet probably a a early next year, most popular boy's name in the united states as well. >> it could be. let's get to our breaking news and for the second time in less than a week, north korea conducted new missile launches. the hreaking newsappening just overnight. "today's" keir simmons with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. south korea'sefense ministry this morning now believes two rounds of suspected short range ssiles were fired. one at around 3:29 a.m. eastern. 20 minutes later, each traveling respectively.les this morning working on more details and analyzing what it means. in just one ek,ears of two north korean msile unches.

the first this saturday. the second an unidentified projectile overnight. deepening fears that kim jong-un is turning away from diplomacy. launched near pyongyang toward the east s according toth korea. five days ago north korea's leader supervised what his country called a regulare defensiv drill. a newscaster claiming the launch yas nothing more than part of regular militar training. but neighboring south korea says it's very concerned. a summit earlier this year between president trump and kim jong-un failing to reach agreement over the north's nuclear arsenal. >> sometimes you have to walk. >> reporter: even as recently as sunday, u.s. secretary of mike pompeo was up beat. >> we still have every intentiog to them to denuclearize. we knew it would be a long path. we knew it wouldn't be straightforward. >> reporter: this morning north korea testing their optimism

vowing not to u bucklender sanctions even if its people has to survive only on water and air. mit e all know how the s talks broke down between north korea and the u.s. and what kind of pressure, if any, does this put on the american negotiators? >> reporter: well, it's absolutely north korea trying to put pressure on washington andn on presidetrump. but this is not even close to the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. it's really a provocation, one that will worry america's allies in the region like japan and south korea.er and it'sps time to coincide with a visit to the region by america's special representative for north korea. but some analysts this morning suggesting perhaps the use of short range missiles indicate kimong-un hasn't given up on negotiations at least for now. >> all right. the breg news overseas this morning, thank you. meanwhile back here, we are following several major

owvelopments in the wn over the mueller report. after voting to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of coss, a key house democrat is now saying the country is in a constitutional crisis. ne subpoenas are being issued including one for the president's own son. as for the president himself, he weighed in at a late night rally in florida. we start with kristen welker ats the white ho kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. this is a remarkable development. congressional subpoena that we know of for one of president trump's children. ae move is pitting a republican committee chairinst the president's eldest son donald trump jr. and it comes as the tensions between the presidentng and ss are heating up. this morning donald trump jr. is under fire. after the republican-led senate intelligence committee issued a subpoena to the president'

oldest son. during the 2016 campaign, then-candidate trump insisted he had no business dealings in ru ia. and trump jr. testified in 2017 he was only peripherally aware of the moscow proposal. t michael cohen told the intelligence committee he briefed trump jr. on the project about ten times. the president not mentioning his son last night while rallying supporters in battleground florida. instead blasting congressional democrats. >> so it's going to bee like w want the mueller report. now they say, mueller report? no. we want to start all over again. it is a disgrace. >> reporter: this as the white house and democrats are locked in an escalatingst doff with the mueller report. with thehairman delivering this blunt assessment. >> we talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional nisis. we are in it. we are now in a constitutional crisis. >> reporter: the judiciary committee t votingo hold

attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over the full mueller report inclung the redacted material and all underlying evidence. >> we aren danger. we need to r:respond. >> rome democrats even invoking impeachment. >> how can we impeach without getting the documents? >> reporter: but the white house is bcking the release of the full mueller report by asserting executive privilege with republicans arguing democrats are playing politics. >> let's stop this political theater. week after week after week after week we'reust having this theater. >> reporter: as for donald trump tells source close to him nbc news he continues to cooperate by producing documents and is willing to answer questions but no lawyer would allow their client to particate in a pr stunt from a, quote, so-called republican senator. if the house holds him in pt contem it would be symbolic. it all underscores the standoff

here in washington. >> all right. kristen welker, thank you. >> let's bring in nbc's justice pete williams. so the next step for house democrats would be to have a full house vote on this contempt motion against the attorney general. but then what? >> reporter: he'll go on being attorney general. congress and the public already havey all the mueller report, some of what's redacted deals with open investigations and for nearly a century the justice department has refused to hand that kind of material over. of it was blacked out because it's grand jury material. the justice department says it's against the law to reatal th that the government couldn't reveal it even if it wanted to. so the committee will probably end up with some o whatt wants though not everything. this is going to take months possibly years. the house found eric holder in contempt in 2012. and just last night the house total a federal judge it finally

settledhat with the justice department. >> so pete, the house judiciary committee, they make the vote yesterday. the full house does finally hold sm in contempt. as kristenaid there a few moments ago,ly larymbolic? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. because he'll still be attorney general. don jr. is iif arent category. if he refuses to a testify can't make the subpoena go away, he could be held in criminal contempt, but that may not be it would take a vote of the full republican-controlled senate. and by the way, the administration can't asser executive privilege over anything that happened in the campaign. that's a protection that applies to presidents, not candidates for president. now to the deadly school shooting in denver, colorado. ne details emerging abouthe remarkable acts of heroism that saved lives. we've got two repor for u. we start with ron mott.

ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig. good morning to you. investigators are still on the hunt for a motive in this case trying to see what would drive the suspects to open fire on students at this school. the juvenile is identified as a female but public defender says the client identifies as male. in the end, one student was killed, eight others injured. devon erickson spoke just one word when asked if he had any questions about a protective order against him. >> no. >> reporter: as he faces a slew of criminal charges including murder. >> devon was definitely one of the main people there causing problems. >> reporter: 16-year-old kevin cole is a former stem student and a good friend of 18-year-old kendrick castillo, hailed a hero for saving lives after sacrificing a his owner charging the shooter. >> when i was with friends, we found out what was happening and

who it was, we weren't surprised who it was.ld because you cind of see that coming from a mile away. >> reporter: law enforcement response to the shooting? swift and massive. authorities arriving in under two minutes. the scol's privateecurity guard catching one suspect in a hallway, officials said. police finding the second alone in anmpty classroom after students had had led. no shots were fired between suspects and police. >> attention, please. lockdown. >> everyone knew what to do and they went into action within five minutesherehey were able to find the second suspect and arrest that person. >> reporter: authorities offered few clues about the relationship between erickson and the fderage suspect. indicated as aale by the court but who identifies as male according to his attorney. >> i don't know how long they have known each other. but they were friends enough to carpool. >> reporter: last night at an emotional vigil for a wounded

community, some grieving udents expressing anger, frustration, and sadness. but also honoring the bravery of kendrick castillo. >> we love you, kendrick. we will remember you ever and always. >> reporter: according to kusa in denver, investigators are looking into the possibility that one of the injured students was actually shot by the school's private security guard. they'll have to conduct some ballistics testing on that. >> ron mott for us there in highlands ranch. thank you. >> we want to be talking about the young hero who is rushed one of the shooters and prevented an even larger tragedy. this morning we're hearing fro the parents of the 18-year-old who sacrificed his life to save his classmates. gadi schwartz talked with them. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. four heroes acting so quickly md saving soany lives. we spoke with the father of kendrick castillo whose son paid the ultimate sacrifice for his

heroism. he said his son is a natural protector.ri kendrick's fends say he was the best of us. john castillo says he's not surprised his only son 18-year-old kendrick gave up his life to protect others. >> i was approached by a girl last night. she told me, mr. castillo, your son saved my life. and aid, he jumped and ran did what he had to do. >> reporter: kendrick didn't act alone. his friendil brendan r says he and joshua jones followed kendrick's lead giving others the chance t escape. >> in my brain, it was absolute fear. but kendrick went up, i went up. went to it. >> reporter: he knew that time was a factor. knew if he didn't do something right then that there wouldn't be an opportunity. >> nui was in that classroom. >> i think he just went for ith thinking ts what he had to do. >> reporter: over the last decade of school shootings and o

lockwns, we taught a generation how to run, hide, barricade. no one asking teens to put themselves in harm's way. but more and morehere are those who have had enough. >> why in the world would i let this coward get what he wants? i refuse to be a. victim kendrick refused to be a victim. >> reporter: last week riley howell was killed while taking down a gunman who shot five other students. one of whom also died. >> it didn't matter what happened to him as long as others, you know, got out of there in one piece. >> reporter: for the parents of both survivors and heroes,ov whelming emotions. >> thank god for the heroes in the classroom. >> what i want from you guys is to do your best work and show the world who my s a was what we lost. that's all i care about. >> gadi, those parents are brave

for just talking about this in the midst of their terrible grief. i know you've been in the community a lot this last few hours. are people saying? >> reporter: one of the ways that a lot of k thes are dealing with their grieving process is by sharing stories about kendrick. even the small ones. his love of robotics. they say he was always so quick to help anybody out if it was jump starting somebody's car in the parking lot to helping them with their homework. they say he was the best of they and the also say they want his name to be the one remembered ftre. they want to shihe focus away from the shooters and towards the memory of the person that saved their lives. and they setp a memorial fund in his honor. >> gadi schwartz, thank you very much. police have removed more than a thousand guns from a home in an upscale los angeles neighborhood. officers there said they found several rooms cluttered with rifles, pistols, and ammunition. they stacked those up in the

driveway so they could be hauled away and cataloged. the lapd says local and federal investigators discovered the arsenal while investi ting illegal gun sales. at least one suspect was arrested. official say there is no further threat to the neighborhood. much more to get to this morning including as mentioned the royal baby. the world's enjoying the first images of little archie harrison. prince harry already t getting ba work with a quick trip to the netherlands. kel kelly cobiella is there in position. >> reporter: good morning. we're expecting prince harry to ride a bike down this path behind us any moment now. you might be wondering why he would leave his 3-day-old baby son and hisife for a ride through the park. actually, he's here for the launch of the invictus games. those will be held here next year. the event for wounded veterans that he created.

prince harry getting back to work this morning. but only forneday. just 24 hours after he and meghan introduced the world to their son. >> i have the two best guys in the world. so i'm really happy. >> reporter: the newborn's name a complete surprise. archie harrison mountbatten windsor. >> he has the sweetest temperament. he's really calm. >> reporter: archie's name announced onhe couple's instagram along with a picture of the royal meeting a smiling queen. with meghan's mother and harry's grandfatr looking on. archie means bold and bray. and harrison, son of harry. mountbatten from prince phillip's famil and windsor from the queen. the last name for a royal with no title. archie is seventh in line to thh throne, buts not a prince, earl, or lord. the strongest sign yet meghan and harry want to raise their son their own way.

>> we're just thrilled to have our own little bundlef joy and spending precious time with him. >> reporter: unlike diana with prince charles and kate with prince william. this time the proud father was the one cradling his son for the cameras. harper's bazaar saying she gave birth in london. and the photoshoot was a special moment. one they won't forget. they're so proud but probably quite relieved to get the photos out of the way. they're rather tired. the source also saying meghan'ss mother h been with the couple at windsor since mid-april and will stay through the weekend to celebrate meghan and harry's first mother's day as parents. prince harry was greet this morning with lots of shouts of congratulations and we suspect a baby gift or two. he'll spend a couple of hours here this afternoon before heading back to his family in windsor.

and guys, for those of you who are wonderiha about t name, archie harrison, we understand there is nopecial meaning. the parents just like the name. >> okay. all right. they are like us. kelly cobiella. mountbatten, that's my favorite. >> sounds royal. and windsor. speaking of ro rl, mr.er is standing by. how are you, sir? >> prince albert says hello to all his people. look at this. we've actually got snow up in the rockies. denver may pick up 1 to 2 inches. 17 million people at risk. this is the most severe situation we've got from san antonio all the way into parts of arkansas and 20 million people at risk fromouisville down to houston, new orleans, for damaging winds, isolated hail and can't rule out a tornado or two. it's eventually going to become stationary back through texas where they're going to be looking at a lot of 'lin. we look at that in detail in the next half hour. as we look into friday, this front will stall.

more rain in those flood problem areas and conts into saturday. fallen rainfall into saturday. me areas in los angeles could see 12 inches of rain. that's going to cause major flood problems. as far as the airports, snow for denver for delay there is. houston, new orleans, memphis, chicago, and cleveland for rain and storms. and if you're going to be driving, from i-40 little rock to nashville, on i-90 st. louis to columbus on i-70 and i-10. they'll all have some problems. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.nd fees. they seem to be the very foundation of ur typical bank. capital one is anything but typical. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings anth checking accounts wi that's why we designed cano fees or minimums. and one of america's best savings rates. to top it off, you can open one from anywhere in 5 minutes. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet?

good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologistb chuc. cloudy skies overhead this morning. temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. relatively md start to the day. there is a risk of a couple of rain drops between now and abou. lunchtim turning milder with breaks of sunshine later on in the day today. right now most of the rain is just to our south a st. but it is trending in our general direction. may want to have the umbrella handy. a lot more rain late saturday and throughout sunday.r >> that's you latest weather. craig? >> al, thank you. this morning, me mark zuckerberg's college roommate sounding the alarm about the company he helped build. lu an excsive new interview with kate snow.ow then hard stern opening up about his own cancer scare. hisge b career regret and

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now with melissa mollet in your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. mclean gw parkway between 123 and spoutru each direction is closed because of a serious crash. this just happened. very, very slow. so southbound gw pushed onto chain bridge. that's the way you're going to kind of around this. and beltway looking pretty normal. guys? >> all right. thank you. we'll take a break now. ne'll check your forecast xt. the big carriers are talking about their cu but their efforts are limited to a few pockets in select cities outs, or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g. they're neglecting small towns and rural communities,

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for tomorrow, warmer. temperatures near 80 before some afternoon storms. and sat sday willrt dry but end with rain. >> chuck, thank you. another local news update in 25 minus. >> for now back to the "today" show after this short break. [music playing] (vo) this is matt and rachel. and this is the few minutes they have until naptime is over. this is rachel depositing a check without leaving the house. (rachel) [whispers] have you seen my debit card? (matt) [whispers] no. o) this is rachel turning off her debit card. (matt) [whispers] babe. (vo) and back on again.

this is your right here, right. we're back . we're back at 7:30. it's thursday morning, the ninth of may, 2019. there's the happy crowd on our plaza. we are waving bac toyou. we'll get outside in a few to say hello. >> we will. by the way, if you're in the area, we encourage you to grab your mom and join us tomorrow. we're going to throw an early mother's day celebration here at "today." bring mom. >> your mom is coming into to. is she going to get here? >> maybe not in time. but we'll cebrate later. i think you just m invited mother. >> i did. we'll start this half hour with a check of the headlines. north korea has apparently conducted a weapons launch that could jeopardize nuclear talks with the united states.

south korea'silitary says the north test fired a pair of short range missiles overnight. the move ce hours after north korea claimed saturday's firing of a short range missile were routine defensive drills. talks on ending the nuclear program have stalled since the failed february summit between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong-un. pope francis today issued a decree that cnges church law in responding to sex abuse. it requires priests and nuns to report clergy and coverups to their superiors. that papal sets time limits for local church investigations as well as the vatican's response to them. although those grew out of sexual abuse with children, it also goes to adults. the price of fresh tomatoes is expected to soar at least 40%

in the nex few months. the costs will go on from salads pizza.ndwiches and there's a 17% tariff on mexican tomatoes. more than half the tomatoes sold in the united states come fro mexico. now to one ofce ok's original founders taking direct aim at his college roommate, mark zuckerberg. >> this is extraordinary. in an interview with nbcews and "new york times," he is calling on the u.s. government to break up facebook and put a check on its domination in the marketplace. kate, good morning. >> good morning, there are a lot of critics of facebook, but this time it's one of the founders of the company. chris hughes sat down with me for an interview aing tonight on "nbc nightly news." hughes was mark zuckerberg'sha roommate at ard when they

invented facebook. now he says it's staggering and the government must holdce faok and zuckerberg accountable. >> reporter: do you think facebook is dangerous? >> i do. >> reporter: founder chris hughes slamming the company he helped build. >> the reason i'm speaking out is i think facebook has become too big, too powerful. >> reporter: as depicted in the movie "the social network," hughes was a roommate of zuckerberg. zuckerberg was user number four on facebook. hughes wasumber five. he helped develop the news feed on facebook, made half a billion dollars, left facebook i 2007, and sold his shares five years later. this morning in a scathing op-ed inug "the new york times," hs says facebook worth half a trillion i dollarsa monopoly that must be stopped. facebook should be separated

into other companies. and ban facebook from buying other companies for several years. hugheslso wants a new government agency empowered bco ngress to regulate facebook and other techpa comes and protect user privacy. some of the stronges tlanguage in op-ed he saved for zuckerberg. mark's power is unprecedented and un-american questioning his unilateral control over speech. there is n precedent for him ability to monitor, organize, and even censor the speak. >> he has no boss because there's no regulation. >> reporter: he fears zuckerberg has surrounded himself with a team that reinforces his beliefs. last month he wrote about building a privacy focused messaging on social networking

platform. >> it will take soe time t work through all the changes we need to make across the company, but i'm committed to getting this right. this includes the basic responsibility of protecting people's information. >> reporter: but hughes says it's like deja vu. every time facebook messing up, we repeat an exhaustingpattern. first outrage, disappointment, and finally resignation. the federa trade commission is investigating facebook right now. hughes says an expected fine from the ftc of $5 billion on fabook is not enough. we did reach out to a spokesperson for facebook and haven't heard back yet. >> this is so shocking because here's somebody that was literally in the room when facebook was invented. they were college roommates. he worked there foryears. ey were friends, i imagine. does he think they're still going to be friends after this? >> i asked him that. he said they've been friendly for years. he told us the last they saw each other was two years ago in 2017. but when i said, are you still going tbe friends nowe said,

i don't know. i'm not sure we can weather this. >> it's really a stunner. you'll have the rest on "nightly news" tonight. >> kate, thank you. let's move over to mr. roker for a check of today's weather. >> a ultimate unfriend me. anyway, this is the area we're going to be watching today. persistent tropical moisture feed from the gulf. we'll see rounds and rounds ofr rain f san antonio, houston, into new orleans, and central louisiana. it just will keep coming. and so by sunday we're talking abou some areas up to a foot of rain. that is going to mean flooding. meanwhile, we're talking about snow in the rockies. denver may actually pick up an inch or two today. and somepots at higher elevations up to a foot. and if that's not enough, the pacific northwest today, record highs for medford, eugene, portland, and seattle. unseasonably warm. >> good morning, everybody. storm tea 4 tracking a couple

of light showers here. they're trending northward. our cloudy skies could show some showers through lunchtime today. rain the first a of they have day is a possibility. umer 50s and l 60s now. afternoon with a little bit of sunshine coming be back. we should jump up to 77 degrees. >> and that's your latest weather. coming up, much more on royal baby archie's debut. inside his first meeting with the queen and how doesn't he have a royal title? royal sounding name, but not a title. also this morning, a kennedy family feud. the ctroversy over vaccine that has one of america's most ing sides.ilies t and we have a peek at a song from ed sheeran and justin bieber. first up, howard stern getting personal about himself. what the radio icon is now revealing about a frightening

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>> howard stern speaks his mind for a living. always has. his life has alwpes been an o book. now he's getting more personal with new revelations ahead of the release of his new book. >> good morning. h >> reporter:ere's known as the king of all media. able to get guests on his popular rad showo open up like no one else. emotional.e really it was genuine. >> yeah. i was very -- i think i had so much emotion and so many different kinds of emotion. >> reporter: but now howard stern is the one getting candid. in a set of new interviews with the hollywood reporter and "the new york times" ahead of the release of his highly anticipated new book. stern talks about a day in may of 2017 when he uncharacteristicly missed icrk. ans not forcing stern to respond. >> i took a sick day and i'ml stilsick. you can hear it in my voice. af fever and a flu.

>> reporter: but now stern says it was much more serious.be doctors monitoring a slow white blood cell count. telling t "the times,"king about it would have been like admitting to the audience that i'm getting old. i've never rea iy believed was going to die. turns out g therowth was a harmless cyst, but it was enough to scare stern. it's just one of the topics he covers in is newbook. >> this is about myut evolion. and this is about my interviews. >> reporter: stern admits his stede has cha from when he first hit the airwaves more than 30 years ago. >> we're going to have more sex on this show than we've ever had before. >> reporter: when he was known for outrageous, often raunchy antics. regarding his transformati, sternays you can only interview so many strippers. >> and here is robin williams. >> reporter: he says an interview with robin williams is one of his biggest regrets.

i could have had a great conversation, but i'm playing to the audien he says. they want to hear outrageousness d that's my arrogance thinking that robin williams can't entertain my audience. how stupidm a i? today stern says he takes a less aggressive dinner party approach with his guests. >> who broke it up? >> john did. >> reporter: the result? must-stop io is now a destination for a-list stars. sometimes spending an hour or more with ster >> i was scared. you know, i was scared. >> sure. >> one thing that it does is it just stops everything in your life when you get a cancer diagnosis. >> reporter: while he's been happily married to his wife beth stern for more than ten years, howardkslso talbout his first marriage and life as a young father obsesd with radio ratings. he says, i thought i was like ward cleaver living the leave it to beaver life. i didn't realize everything was

crumbling around me. adding, i didn't even know whae it m to be a grown man with a family. i didn't know anything. i was a child. >> i rhilly think t is the cap tore my career. >> reporter: serious rntio coct set to expire nyet , stern is also thinking about his. future careful not to say anything definitively. he tells the magazine, i don't 100% know that i have it right yet. and maybe there's more to hiplore. >> there's somet else appare that he's talking about. his relationship with president trump as well. what's he saying about that? >> howard and trump did the, he's done this interesting dance. trump has been on howard's show more than 40 times but he said any interaction at all after stern declined a request to speak at the republican national convention back in 2016. i think for people like us, guys who grew up on howard but also people who interview people for a y,living, bo do you envy what howard stern gets to do. when you cross that threshold studio, walk into his

you know everything is on the table. >> and he's got the time. it's an hour and they're willing to spend the time. >> always the best ver view in the business. >> to your point, when the guests go in there, they know. >> it's an unspoken agreement everything is on the table and he will ask you anything. >> the thing you really didn't talk about. very good for that. >> he hones in on that. >> he does. >> and don'to away, willie. we have a cool story you're going to tell. an interview with willie's father bill geist who we adore a special place that shaped who he is. but first these messages. shaped who he is inis whole reer, but first, these messages.

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7:56 is your time now on this thursday, may 9th, 2019. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. heads up for you. this road closure thatld cou affect your drive time. closures on rock creek parkway by the kennedy center starts at 8:00 tonight. it will last through tuesday morning. workers are 12345installing a pedestrian bridge. let's check your commute this morning with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. big problem right now. l take ak at this. mclean between 123 and spout run. we are shudown both directions. all traffic stopped because of a serious crash. here is a picture tweeted out by one of our viewers. thank you for that. southbound lanes have been pushed onto chain bridge road a ju mess there. don't go that way if you're not signed up for nbc washingtonts

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good morning, everybody. rain drops will be more of a miss than a hit today. still a few sprinkles near sc r charlot charlotte. no heavy rain expected today, but a lot of clouds this morning with temperatures in the upper 50s andow 60s. we will actually get some breaks of sunshine here later on i the day. so afternoon temperatures should climb into the mid-70s at the very least. closer to 80 degrees tomorrow sth some afternoonwers and thunderstorms rdssible. sa will start dry and end wet. sunday will be wet start to finish. >> all right. thank you. now back to the "today" show after this short break it's a new buick envision. and i got it with wi-fi for all of your wi-fi stuff, wireless charging for your phone. cool! wait til you check out the back! that's a lot of groceries.g look at my stronman!pa don't tronize me... the new buick envisi. is full of surprises get up to 16 percent below msrp

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>> celebrating 70. >> here for toni's birthday. >> celebrating our clege graduation from michigan. ♪ >> all the way from texas to say we love "today". >> we love their t-shirts. >> we do. so nice to have you along with us on a thursday morning. >> going to get outside in just a bit. al have a busy hour ahead. we've got big news to tell you about. a special show we're goingo have for you in just a few weeks. >> i'm really excited to tell everybody about this. i may have mentioned i've been fortunate to become an ambassador heroes.

it gives credit to caregiversn this country. we have shined a light on them and these families alongside hidden heroes and our campaign chair tom hanks has helped us do that. we're going toake this show on the road. tom is going to join me. tom hanks. thursday, may 23rd. he's goi to be my co-host for a special hour of "today" live from the iconic indianapolis motor speedway. we're going to be surrounded by incredible veterans, their remarkable caregivers and loved ones. we're going to tell you their stories. al's going to come with me. and get this, craig. we have an added treat. live concert from grammy winner sheryl crow. yep. it's goiea to be gr to find out more how you can attend, how you can support hidden heroes, go to today.com. it's going to be great. >> there's not much that tom hanks hasn't done yet. this is probably one of the few things. >> co-host the "today" show? yeah. i hope he's practicing. we're goingo get to your news

at 8:00. rth korea tops the news. apparently the country conducted yet another round of missile testing overnight. this could have anmpact on the nuclear talks with the u.s. keir simmons is on the story this morning. good morning.r: >> reporood morning. two suspected short range missiles, south korea's military believes fired overnight within 20 minutes of each other. miles.no further than 260 it's clearly kim jong-un sending a message to president trump. the second time in less than a week that north korea has tested missiles like this. the first test saturday watched by kimhi elf. north korea insisting this test was a regular defensive drill. and this is not the kind of intercontinental ballistic missile that worried the world in 2017 but south korea says it is very coerned. ter that summit between president trump and kim jong-un failed to reach agreement. secretary of state pompeo said the u.s is still ready to negotiate. and the envoy for north korea is

in theegion right now trying to break the deadlock over the nuclear weapons. the question, how will the t respond the latest test this morning. >> thank you. investigators have yet to reveal any possible motive for this week's deadly school shooting near dver as more details emerge about one of the suspects. the suspect was in court wednesday. one former classmate said he was not surprised to hear about the arrest. kevin cole says he and his brotherua actlly left school because of that 18-year-old suspect. meanwhile, the community held a vigil last night to honor castillo. he was killed after lunging at one suspect. eight other people were hurt in the attack. >> all righak we te a turn now and back to the royal baby. prince harry is actually at work this morning just three days after the arrival of little archie. kelly cobiella's in the netherlands where the first-time zad representing a cause he's

passionate about. kelly,morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's prince harry hard at work on his bike taking a ride through the park. you might be wondering why he's here just three days after the birth of hisso it's for what you might say is his other child, the invictus games. the event for wounded veterans which is held here next year.ce prin harry getting back to workhis morning kicking off the countdown to the invictus games. a beaming new father. it was prince harry cradling his meghan when he and introduced him to the world. >> he has the sweetest mp ament. he's really calm. >> i don't know who he gets that from h >> reporter:is name, archie . harris announced on the couple's instagram along with a picture of the little royal meeting a smiling queen with meghan's mother doria ahi prince pllip looking on. archie means bold and brave. and harrison, son of harry.

mountbatten from phillip's family and windsor for the theen. archie is seven in line to the throne. but he's not a prince, earl, or lord. >> we're just thrilled to have our oin little bundle of joy to spend precious times with him as he's growing up. >> reporter: harper's bazaar said the photoshoot, quote, was a special moment. they're so proud but probably quite relieved to get the photos out of the way. they're rather tired. the sourc also telling bazaar meghan gave birth in london. doria has been with the couple since mid-april and will stay through the weekend to celebrate meghan and harry'sirst mother's day as parents. prince harry is only here for a couple of hours thiafternoon. he'll be heading back home to his young family shortly. but he did get a couple of baby

giftsng inclu a little t-shirt for archie harrison with invictus on it. guys, back to you. >> all right. kelly, thank you. we've got some sad news to report about someone who spent a lot of time on the "today" show. jim fowler. he was best known as the emmy award winning co-host of wild kidom on the air for more than two decades. fowler brought the w nature right here to our set as well as to the "tonight show" which led to a few hilarious moments. jim fowler was 87 years old. let's get a morning boost, shall we? sometimes coming in n last isot all that bad if you've got and frieo help you through the home stretch. that's what happened at sunday's pittsburgh lomarathon. ok at these ladies. about halfway through the race, they realized theyere the last runners on the course. they didn'totnow each r, but they vowed right then and the to help each other finish. when the going got tough there

at the end, they held hands for the last mile of the race. took them more than seven hours or about seven hours to finish, but theyame ay with not just sore legs but a new friend. >> a metaphor for >>fe. still to come this morning, the rumors are true. the new song that has two of music's bgest names joining forces. >> i'm excited about this. but first the the wake of the measles outbreas that h caused tension inside the kennedy family and is spilling into the headlines. more on that after this.

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now it's over a hot button issue. >> good rning, guys. that issue is vaccine safety which is getting a lot of attention these days in light of the recent measles outbreak. now three of robert kennedy'sre children an a war of words over the health and safety of americans. >> reporter: this morning a kennedy family feud. robert f. kennedy jr.'s campaign against certain vaccinations injecting conflict into one of the country's most high-profile families. >> we're right now in the midst of an ohestrated his tear ya of the measles coming back. >> reporter: now in an op-ed, several of the environmentalist's own family members speaking out against his controversial stance. he has helped to sprea dangerous misinformation and is complicit in sowing distrust of the va ines, thiswrite. adding we love bobby, however on vaccines, he is wrong. the family members behind the op-ed, his sister kathleen

kennedy townsend, his broer joseph p. kennedy ii, and his niece maeve kennedy mccai the executive director of georgetown university's global health initiatives. in the column they also say antivaccine campaigns like kennedy's have created a challengeor publicofficials. because now many people are more afraid of the vaccines than the diseases. their opposion coming as the united states experiences the worst measles outbreak since the disease wasec dred eliminated in 2000. earlier this week, the cdc reporting 764 cases across 23 states. most of those involng unvaccinated patients. kennedy has led the charge against certain vaccinations for years. >> don't you want to be a country that forces children or pas to engage in risky medical interventions without inrmed consent? >> reporter: kennedy saying to nbc news, i am not -vanticine.

i want safe vaccines with robust safety testing. i don't think we should be forcing pharmaceutical products on unwilling aricans without understanding the downside risks. his views often define the family's history of promoting public health starting with j presidentn f. kennedy who signed the vaccination assistance act in62 19 a difference of opinion breaking tradition and prompting relatives to now call him an outlier in the kennedy family. >> so this measles outbreak here 2000.orst since where are we? where are health officials in the fight? >> right. it's a good question. taking new york as an example, there were more than 40 new cases last week. t health officials say that actually indicates slowing so they're mehopeful. new xico authorities are investating the first case there. nobody resting easy. things mayounds like be getting a little better. >> they're hopeful. let's turn to al and get a

check of the weather. >> unfortunately we've got some wet weather to talk about. absome snow to talk t in the rockies where some upper elevations could see a foot or more of heavyst thunderms for today stretching from houston to louisville. 20 million people at risk. could see an isolated tornado. al some damaging hail. and a flood risk especially moderate from corpus christi through central louisiana through tonight. that's going to last right into the weekend, unfortunately, because of this system that is just sitting there. d as we move into friday, you can see it expands out. way day it extends all the up into the mid-atlantic and northeast. so a lot of wet weather over the next several da. that's what's going on around the country. woods. >> yes, indeed. a chance for rain each and every day from now into early parts of next week. not every day is going to be a rainout. tracking a couple of sprinkles down here in central virginia. they're trending northward here. i couldn't route a quick little

sprinkle of rain. it's going to be cloudy skies around here this morning. temperatures in theer upp 50s and low 60s now. and we'll break out into a little sunshine later on in the day today. temperatures will re ver into the mid-70s today and near 80 tomorrow. >> and that's your latest weather. all right. we've got a full house now. we've got jenna, willie, and carson. >> hey! >> let's do it. >> pop estart. >> w hatesharing. >> we got a big f pop startor you today. i'm sure you heard by now the royal baby. the duke and b ducheng introduced to the world the other day. there are tributes to the baby m including ji fallon last night. ♪ hello archie royal baby ♪ ♪ hello archie you're the royal baby ♪ ♪ your dad's named harry but you

got no hair and you don't want to be a big highchair ♪ ♪ and your momma is meghan markle ♪ ♪ hello archie you're the royal baby ♪ ♪ hello archie you're the royal baby ♪ ♪ hello archie you're the royal baby ♪ >> gng for it. nice job and congratulations on prince harry and meghan markle. up next, emma thompson hosting "snl" for the first time thisweekend. kate mckinnon gave her a warm welcome to the show. >> this is it. your dressing room. >> goodness me. is it always like this? >> yes. i didn't do anything to it with my own money, certainly. not because you my hero and i want you to feel comfortable. >> what's that?

>> an aique record player. and if it breaks, the jonas brothers will sing whatever you want. ng >> not everyt >> yeah. it's impossible to know every song. but we do know all the bangers. and all of our songs. >> shut up. >> okay. thank you. that's an open fire.ee i haven't s any of those in the rockefeller center. >> there needed to be a fire place, right? >> sit connected to a chimney a? al >> no. no. >> iove it. >> that would be a sitcom right there. watch thompson host "snl" alongside musical performance by the jonas brothers. you see the line outside here. at's for jonas brothers. >> the joebros. and finay, tomorrow marks the big day. bieber and sheeran releasing a w ng. sheeran saying just two hunky men releasing a song on friday. the song is called "i don't care." here's a quick preview.

it's all we got. ♪ i don't care as long as you hold me near ♪ ♪ you can take me anywhere ♪ you're making me feelike i'm loved by somebody ♪ ♪ i can deal with the bad night ♪ >> there you go. there's the new song. hard to tell, but it's thepair. ed sheeran wrote "love in 2015." they're hoping magic will strike twice. >> that could behe song of the summer. >> i hope so. >> i also predicted archie. just kidding. i did not. >> n. so much willie, you're here. we mentioned before this is a really personal story. you've got an interview with your dad who well love. i know he's got this new book which is hilarious. >> it's called "lake of the ozarks." my dad has been talking about writing this book since i can remember. since he retired last year from cbs news he finally found the time to do it. it's a memoir of his high school and college years working at lake ofzahe os in missouri.

the book is full of hilarious stories we've been hearing in our family all my life and that go a long way to explain the curiosity and sense of humor that have watched and read my dad all theseyears. >> reporter: in the summer of 1960, my skinny 15-year-old father arrived at lake of the ozarks ready to indulge in the pleasures of a midwestern vacation paradise. what did you think of the first time seeing the lake? >> we thooiht it was gng to be speedboats and girls in bikinis, wild. d i got down there and they gave us a couple of shovels and toeoots and pointed us out the open air septic system. >> reporter: that cesspool out was knownowhead lodge as the chili pond. did you have protective -- >> no. they didn't have protengive anythi back then.

>> reporter: you put a bandannaa over your ? >> no. that was considered unmanly. >> reporter: for seven summers, my dad was an employee of his larger than life uncle ed. an army colonel in world war ii who gave the orders around the lodge. >> he was born to be a big shot. he barked more than talked. he barkeder ords at you. drank scotch when he got up from his. that and at night. he drank a l of scotch. intimidation was a big thing. whenever he fired somebody, they wouldn't leave. he wasn't effective being a bully. >> he probably forgot he fired them anyway. >> yeah. >> reporter: uncle ed and life t the lake felt like a million miles from my dad's comparatively sleepy existence back home in champaign, illinois. what was it like driving around lake of the ozarks riding shotgun in his big car with him? >> he had two cars a year. convertible in the summer.

you feel like you're in a dream. i thought it was how people must get around in heaven. >> reporter: my dad was eventually promoted to bellhop and occasionally was forced into kitchen duty. >> on some nights when the chef, chef glen, we'd walk by the pool and notice he was laid out by the pool. >> reporter: had a few too many to drink? >> yeah. some days it was too much. he couldn't make it back to the kitchen. >> rorter: did you have any experience cooking prio >> no. one of the waitresses said we made it but i don't think we got any repeat customers. >> reporter: over a nearly 50-year career on print and on tv, my dad has told the stories of america's strangest characters. >> want to race? >> reporter: an appreciation he first gained at the lake. >> we hadn't been to disney world or anyplace.

five legged deer was nothing to sneeze at. the are lot of these places that gave you a stronou sense y were not in nantucket. larry albright was souvenir king. his dream was to giveare ozark seal tours. he would get youngsters in brown suits. >>eaeporter: with the hd on. the monkeys on bicycles was a big attraction. >> they drove cars. >> reporter: oh, the monkeys drove cars. all these stories arela ous. en for me as your son, getting to the end of it, i went, oh. that's where t s all started for him. that's where he fell in love with weird guys and created your sense of humor but gave you your career. >> something that lasted my whole life. i don't know if that's good or bad. >> reporter: it's good. worked out pretty well. >> worked out pretty well. >> reporter: congrats, dad. love you.

>> love you too. >> i always say my dad sort of stepped through a portal from his life from champaign onto the lake the ozarks. i thin what's cool is we all have a lake of the ozarks where we discovered your personality.m for hum that sense of led up to myshmom. e walked up to him because we hadtten something funny. i'm not here without that personality. as many ofou w know my dad, he's had parken sons for almost 30 ityears. was special for us that he could get this down and get it out there. and it's a wonderful, beautiful story. >> he looks like he's doing well. >> he's doing great. >> it's like your family history. but really is a funny book. >> everything about your family goes back to that book. >> to lake of the ozarks. >> you can read it to your kids. >> thyes. 've already read it. >> is it appropriate for children? >> most of it is. for people interested, hear the enre conversation on the sunday sit-down podcast.

mr. roker. >> all right. by the way, we're going to love to cook with this family. a mother/daughter team running a bakery side-by-side. delicious recipes for mother's day but first your local news anweather. 8:26 is your time now on this thursday, may 9th, 2019. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. clet's start with ack on the roads with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. good morning. >> good morning. first 4 traffic alert, mclean gw parkway between 123 and spout run. take a look. it is shut down both directions. all traffic stopped because of us crash. that picture sent in by a viewer. a fiery crash. southbound pushed onto chain bridge. chevy chase connecticut avenue at bradley lane, lanes blocked each way. pedestrian crash there. and the inner loop nea 50, we do have delays there. >> all right. thank you.

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tomorrow, little highernhance for after a sunnier start. up near 80 degrees with e afternoon andning thunderstorms likely. and for the weekend, it looks like saturday will be the drier half. >> all right, chuc thank you. get the latest news and weather any time. show."

then on "late night" sethas y poehler. all new, tonight. and it and it is 8:30 on this thursday morning. ninth of may 2019. tving some camera time to the crowd here on plaza. good looking crowd. love your hat. great hat. >> we l e yourshirt. that's so cute. people are so clever. guys, we've been appreciating teachers this week. >> we have. >> but let us also appreciate another great group which is nurses. >> yes.

>> it's nurse appreciation wee and we have a bunch of nurses from all different areas here. and we just want to say thank you to you. what's your favorite thing about being a nurse? >> i love ioran be there f anybody's worst day, their best day. but the facthe i'm for them makes the world to me. >> it's incredible what nurse dos. if you've spent time and need a nurse, you know how special they be. why do you loveng a nurse? >> i'm a retired nurse now. helping people, making them feel better. >> well, you make us feel better. nurses, we love you across the country. we want to say thank you for everything you do. hug a nurse if you see one today, right? >> yes. >> i'm going to go back and hug one. thank you so much. >> i love that. okay. coming up, mika brzezinski and one of her producers have made the trip to 1a a they have information about knowing your worth especially for women just starting out in their careers. >> also another dynamic

the mother and daughter behind a popular bakery in detroit. they're going to shareheir recipes for lemon velvet cake. just in time for mother's day. also just a few minut on the third hour of "today," so we all remember what happened when mr. roker debuted the now-famous blue glasses. america went while. broke the internet. well, now we're going to do it again. we're going to go behind the brand toind out the pain staking process that goes into making those glasses. >> i othered . i haven't gotten them yet. >> new color. you have to tune in. >> is it purpose snl i'm thinking it could be purple. >> still waiting for my blues. i'm sure they're on the way.d >> you shoul do your own lie, roker line. >> or they should name these the roker. >> i like that. >> that's right. make some cash out of this. >> you got a check of the weather? >> let's show you what we have happening. we're looking at your weekend outlook. heavy rain through the south.

it's going to be reward-setting th in the northwest. more rain in new england. in saturday, sunny and dry. a flood threat continues through the mississippi river sunshine and heat continues in the pacific northwest. mommy's day, we are looking at more warmth through the rockies. a dreary day in the northeast and into the southeast. mid-atlantic states as well down into the gulf. wet weatherr' on motheday. that's what's going on around th here's wt's happening in your next of the woods. >> we're off to a gloomy day for the stt. a stray shower or two. but not a big impact from rain. .cmperatures in the low 60s across much of the metro area. 65 in fredricksburg. 63 hin frederick, maryland. showers and storms likely later fomorrow. the first half o saturday is dry and every bit of your mother's day will be rained on.

>> and that is your latest weather. back to you. >> all right. thank you. i'm here this morningith kwp morning joe's" mika brzezinski. they have a story about women knowing your worth. i can't wait for this segment. but first this is "today" on nbc. first, this is "today" on n. first, this is "today" on n. you're hired! first, this is "today" on n. you're hired! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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what to do. why did you want to focus on o twenty-somethings? >> women start off with their salariesower than their male counterparts and they never catch up. i think especially younger women are getting conflicting women on how they're supposed to be. scrappy, working really hard, working around the clock, eager, ambitious. but you're also supposed to get the right pay. it's hard to nail it. >> it' a tricky one especially starting out. what's your leverage? you can't pound the table and say i demand this, i that.nd >> no. and it takes a lot to get there. and daniella's story which is why i partnered up with her is so inspiring. she told me her story because she'd been wnking o "morning joe" for t years. we talked for two years. she's a dreamer. she grew up in ohio with four siblings. not a lot of money at all. and not a lot of security about what her stas would lead her. she had goals and wanted to be here in america and make it. she started applying for jobs n

all over york city. she was working full-time. and lied on all the resumes and said sheed in new york city because she was so worried that where she lived would deter them from hiring her. >> i love this story. you did tell your employers, i'm here. i'm local. you weren't. you got a call back for an interview then what did you do? >> it was p. diddy's bad boy ente sainment. theyaid can you come in tomorrow? i said yes. i couldn't get on a plane or drive. so i went to the greyhound bus website and got an an 18-hour bus through the night. nine stops. cleaned up in port authority. >> that right there, that's enough right there. >> really shows you have to have all those qualities you need. you showed them right then andt ere the moxie and determination and rewhurcefulness. 's your advice to women who are starting out as you are? i mean, you've written a book now with mika thzezinski. 's good for your resume.

what advice do you have? >> say yes to opportunities. don't think about having the perft job or figuring out how it's goingo end right bay way. if you're struggling getting your foot in the door, take s i onp at a time. find a way to find a yes. s >> said yes to that job. it had no pay. she got four other jobs. she finally got to nbc. started all over again and that's how we ended up together. >> i was going t say, i know you have a goody for talent. you gave all the book money to daniella who is just starting out and makes sense and is completely you. we're in the setting -- >> yes. >> i'm supposed to be the interviewer. but i actually -- you guys both have great tips. but for nailing a job interview, what are some of the tips you have? >> you want to do your research. is the y job're applying to more creative or more corporate. do your research and then keep it simple. don't ovdo it. >> project confidence. that's a tricky one.

you don't want to project arrogance but confidence is good. >> it's all about prepveation. for e two minutes i spend preparing i get one minute of confidence. premare, prepare, prepare. >> understand your audience ise thext tip. what do you mean? >> when dealing with the r, think how they want you to answer the question. and think about the energy in the cues they're giving you in that room. ore they trying to make conversation or they look like they're in a rush? and tweak your style to fit that. >> connect. check your body language. connect and resonate. >> that's really important. >> really important. for body language, the three things you have to remember, a great firm hand shake, eye contact throughout, and posture the entire time. >> all right. we have some questioners that our viewers sent in. >> love that. >> hi. i'm emma from orlando and i want to know how soon after an interview should you follow up

a? >> make sure you write a handwritten note because it's easier to send an email. so using that professional sort of sense of writing a a notend sending it will really make -- >> you want to be prompt. but i su west maybet a day. people are so busy. you write them back right away, you miss that opportunity to remind them. >>t'sol like the d dating rule. we have one more viewer who called in. t's listen. >> hi. i want to know when the aboutriate time is to ask benefits and vacation time. >> that's a tricky wicket. what do you stay? say.ow what you're going to >> yes. >> i would say if you're starting out, certainly don't ask aboutur vacation timeg the interview. when it comes to benefits, have that conversation as you get further along. but don't sign any contracts without going over it. >> also, you're going to build your career and your value. and there is going to be a point omere you're in a situation

they'reg to hire you. that's when you can ask those ncestions with confide maybe even in the first conversation because they're loong to get you. but in the beginning, you're pitching yourself. >> before i let you go, this issue of confidence but not entitlement. youeet young people on your show every day of the week. you obviously have an eye for alent and you found a gem here in daniella. how do you view that issue? what advice would you give to young people? >> it's all about timing. if you read the book, you'll really get a sense of all the different things you need to be trying to do at the same time. and you can. and you will thenind your way. the book really walks you through that. because that confidence is important. that sense of when you're given an assignment, that eye contact, i got it. you want to be able to saye all thwords. i got it. unless you don't. then ask. but you got to develop that innfidence by devel your voice in the workplace and also knowing your moment to pounce. which daniella did. her timing was perfect.

>> it wa well, it paid off in a big way. it's a pleasure to meet you. i look forward to you being my boss one day. mika, always good to see you. the book is called "earn itth i k it would make a good graduation gift. >> by the way, there's a proud hubby in the studio as well. joe skcarborough. >> he's got my purse. up next, we'll whip u a special trooep treat that's perfect for mother's day with the mom and daughter behind one of deoit's most popular bakeries. but first this is "today" on nbc. david: "life is complicated.

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center piece, it's also strengthened their bond. >> reporter: before this sun rises, this mother/daughter duo have been working for hours. >> i getere before 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. i get to listen to my good music before my mother comes here. she comes in at 7:30. she ices the cup cakes and cakes. slices everything. then we open the door ands everything i cheery. >> i try to keep you on your toes. >> that you do. >> reporter: april anderson never imagined she'd be working side-by-side with her mother shirley madison. >> i love it. i really love it. >> i love it, but i was a little nervous at first. growing up my mother was strict and bossy. so i needed to make sure that she understood that the dynamics wasng chag and. >> and she don't call me mother. she calls me shirley. she says when i walk through dothose ors, i'm shirley. i'm her employee.

exactly.er: exa i love that part. >> i'm not shirley. i'm her mother still. >> she's aee employ i'm the boss. >> reporter: their family love for baking runs deep. >> i've been baking since i was 113 or 14. >> my love of baking came from watching my mother and grandmother ba rng. >>orter: anderson was a young mother at 17 after graduating from college and 17 years in accounting she wanted a change. >> it was good. i enjoyed it, but i realized that i wanted to be able to engage with people more. >> reporter: soen anderson to culinary school and found her calling when her pop-up stores were a hit. >> we sold out of everything. people was buying it. they were like, you neepe to on up over here. >> reporter: six years ago, she took that advice to art. after winning a grant, anderson quit her job and opened good cakes and bakes. >> she came to me and opened a bakery. i knew she was going to get it opened because she's that kind of a person.

>> reporter: thaed business could not sweeter. >> we got to bake for oprah winfrey in 2014. then in 2015 we got to bake for bill clinton. it was almost like a stamp of approval from detroiters to come and visit us. >> april, shirley great to have you here. >> thank you. >> how many kids? >> ten. >> t kids? >> yes. >> how many grand kids? >> 23. >> great grand kids? >> seven. >> my good ass. wh we going to make this morning? >> our lemon velvet cake. >> it's like a take on aed velvet cake. >> it is. what makes it lemon is the baking sod r chemicalction gives a tangy taste to it. >> let's show folks what we're putting in this here. i see another litte -- wha r these candies? >> yeah. lemon candy. the topr athe end. >> we'll get started. >> first here we have our all purpose flour and cake flour. then we're going to add in our g salt, bak powder and baking

soda. we're going to mix it up a little bit. have it all combined there. and we put cake flour in there so the cake will be soft and tender. you sift your flour. why? >> to get the lumps out. so we have a smooth batter and smooth cake. >> what's the next step? >> we already have going ournd butterur sugar. we're going to add in our extracts as well as our anoil. we're going to let this mix and it's going to get nice and fluffy. >> what kind of oil? >> this is canola oil. then we're going to add in our eggs which at home you would let this mix a little bit longer and get nice and fluffy. you add the egg one at a time. let them get completely incorporated. >> mom, how i shedoing? >> she's doing okay so far. >> all right. that's got to be hard working next to mom. >> it is, it is. oh, it is. >> i can only imagine. >> i'm still the boss though.

>> i gathered as much from that tape piece there. in and out of the kitchen. so we got our mix going. >> now we're going to add in the buttermilk and the flour mixture. and we added in flour first. and then buttermilk. we always add flour first and end with dry. >> why is that? >> all the work you just did to put their in there, you don't want to dump it it all inhe . we do it in four steps. >> this a pro tip here. >> i like to bake but i'm lazy. i like to throw everything in together. > no. >> it's thedetails. >> why is it bad? explain it. understood. >> two things. first of all, you want to make sure that the butter and the eggs and sugar creams and gets fluffy. then you add the flour slow so all the work you just did doesn't flate. you don't want a heavy cake. >> all those little things. t this is best cake ever. >> it's so fluffy. >> carson daly is anexpert,

too, when it comes to desserts. >> i'm doing a favor at home. you have a website in detroit. go on the website. i just ordered the peanut cupcakes. >> how long do you let it cook? the cake cooks for 35 nutes. depends on your oven. but it's cooked until golden brown. stick a toothpick in it, it comes out clean. that's when it's done. >> mom, walk me through this frosting. >> so the frosting -- over here. >> wrt got to sta there. >> okay. what's in the frosting? >> powdered sugar. then we're going to use buttermilk. >> yes. >> lemon zest, lemon flavor and crea cheese. >> all of ours have cream cheese in it. whipped into a smooth and consistent. >> okay. >> we let it cool a little bit. >> cool a lot bet a little bit. it has to completely cool. >> yes, ma'am.

completely cool. is there a trick to how you -- >> well you put it on like on top. >> okay. >> put it on top. just plop it on there like that. >> now, what's mom's role in the shop? what's her specialty? >> she decorates all the cupcakes. and then the customer engagement is with >> is it true, mom, you give more frosting to the customers you like the most? >> whenever april's not there. i have certain customers that like extra frosting. they'll buy a cake and want more. april's not there, they can get it. she's there, they can't get it. >> does that help t bottom line? >> no. she don't get that part. >> and here's the you can make a cupcake as well. delivering ecret to the cupcakes? >> start at the edge. >> go all the way around. go eparound. ke going around. >> oh. so you work your way in.

>> then we get this nice lemon candyhere. and this decorates it.ma s it look real cute. >> i love it. >> there you go. >> happy mother's day. >> thank you. f>> this is yourst time on tv. you crushed it. >> yes, it is. thank you. >> thank you. happy mother's day to all of you. recipe is on day.com/food. u can order apparently as carson just did. 're back in a moment. but first this is "today" on nbc. when was the last time you felt...

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good morning, everybody. temperatures are in the low to mid-60s around the city right now with a lotf clouds overhead. there'll be peek or two of sun later today. high of 77 degrees. slight chance of rain today. higher rain chances for tomorrow. arry start to you weekend on saturday morning but rain likely saturday night. and mother's day unfortunately comes with a 100% chance of rain. >> all right, chuck. thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. have a great day.

live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." od morning to you. i'm sheinelle here with al and craig. dylan away on assignment but we have jacob sitting in with us. a name for you. >> sobbo. soboroff. >> cld it be jobo. >> we like it. >> i just want to sa craig and i, of course, wearing purple today. for the royal baby. >> yeah. >> excuse me. i didn' get thememo. >> did i miss the memo? >> did something happen? >> in honor ofhat -- >> honor of archie,