will stop him, while on the democratic side, hillary clinton holds her lead over bernie sanders, despite the e-mail scandal thatontinues to plague her campaign. >> i'm happy that everyrody now has been cooperating and giving ysion. >> we're live on the campaign trail. news that a knife was fnd on the grounds of o.j. simpson's former estate explodes into the headlines. >> what has been submitted to our lab. they are going to study it. >> could it be the murder weapon in the deaths of nicole brown simpson and ronald goldman or just another sideshow more than 20 years later? zika warning. a new study shows the zika virus may be even more dangerous than originally thought. researchers now saying the virus is linked to a host of birth defects alt all stages of pregnancy. and unmasked? the artist known as banksy has spent his career anonymously

now a popular crime-fighting tool may have figured out who he is. so, has the artist been revealed? today, saturday, march 5th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" live from studio 1a in roroefeller plaza. and welcome to "totoy" on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> glad to have you with us. i'mraig melvin alongside chanel jones, dylan dreyer is here as well. >> it's nice to have you back in the studio. you've been on t`e road a lot. >> good to be back. >> and really talking to voters. >> naville, tennessee to start the week, finished in hamilton county, southern ohio, cincinnati. let me tell you, wherever you are on the political spectrum, lots of interest in this race. lots of interest in this race on both sides. >> that's good for us, because it's our top story this morning. voters in five states will have their say today. re's a look at who's voting on this saturday. kansas residents will caucus on both sides.s. republicans will caucus in maine and kentucky, while democrats

and there is also one primary being held today. >> that onene in louisiana, where both republicans and democrats will head to the polls. so much at stake, as both donald maintain those leads. sides. we begin this morning with nbc's jacob rascon, who's following the republicans, where the field has now dropped down to four with dr. ben carson suspending his campaign. jacob, good morning. morning. despite desperate and extraordinary efforts by so many to stop trump's momentum, he is the favorite to win in every state out with a poll as some look at his shifting positions and ask and wonder, who is the real donald trump? donald trump is playing by his own rules again. skipping the conservative cpac conference for a last-minerally in kansas, where the latest poll shows ted cruz catching up. this after a stunning week in american politics of virtual civil war within the republican

its former nominee, mitt romney, joining a chorus of establishment leaders condemning the front-runner and refusing to vote for him. >> i'm going to d everything within the normal political bounds to make sure that we don't nominate donald trump. >> reporter: the latest complaint, trump's repeated flip-flops on immigration, suddenlylyrguing that highly skilled, foreign workers should be able to stay. >> i'm changing. i'm changing. we need h hhly skilled people in this country. >> reporter: then releasing a statement, switching back. and on torture -- >> if i say do it, they're going to do it. >> reporter: trump now telling the "wall street journal" he will not order a military officer to disobey the law. now ten days and 13 states before t billionaire business mogul could be unbeatable or a contested convention could be all but inevitable. once agn, it's up to voters still flocking to trump rallies

closely by scores of protesters. and all republicans are camign campaigning in the decision-day states today. trump is leading in those states by double digits, except for kansas, and he is moving on past today to florida, a must-win state for marco rubio, where he and ted cruz are now spending g. erica? >> jacob rascon for us this morning. jacob, thanks. >> to the democrats now, where hillary clinton is looking to hold her considerable lead over bernie sanders in today's races. nbc's kristen welker is in detroit, michigan. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. senator sanders is hoping to gain some momentum today. his aides tell me the states that vote today and in the coming weeks are actually more favorable toohim. meanwhile, the clinton campaign downplaying expectations. team sanders says they think they have a good shot at winning kansas. they think that nebraska could be a close race. both states have more of the white, working-class voters tha tend to favor sanders. clinton is looking strong in

of her southern firewall with a large african-american population. meanwhile, clinton pressed again on her e-mails after her former staffer, bryan pagliano, struck an immunity deal with the fbi and told investigators her server was never hacked. here's clinton in an exclusive interview with cnbc's john harwood. >> this is the same security review that has been going on since last spring. i'm happy that everybody now has been cooperating and giving information, because i think that will finally end this and show that only appropriate steps were taken. >> reporter: clinton and sanders will face off in a debate in flint, michigan, tomorrow night. sanders' aides tell me he is going to go on the attack over trade issues. that resonates here in the nation's heartland. secretary clinton previewing her possible line of attack. on friday she called on sanders and gop front-runner donald trump to release credible economic plans. craig, erica, back to you. >> kristen welker for us this

>> harold ford jr. is a former tennessee congressman and nbc news political analyst. josh barro is a senior editor at "business insider" as well as an nbc c ws contributor. always good to have you both with us this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> as we look at what's happening today, we ran through at the top of the show the five states where voters will be making their voices heard today. trump won 7 of thth 11 contests on super tuesday but traditionally has not done as we when it comes to a caucus versus a primary. there's only one primary today. there a window here today for a marco rubio, a ted cruz, a john kasich somewhere? >> i think so. kansas is a state that should be demographically favorable for either marco rubio or for ted cruz. and as you note, auctions are more difficult to vote in, donald trump is more reliant on weekly attached voters, it's easier to get them out in primary. that said, polling shows trump ahead in kansas. what i'll be w wching is, is trump able to win in kansas in a way he couldn't win in iowa, minnesota or oklahoma? and looking at louisiana, the

have trump ahead anywhere from 12 to 20 points. if he puts up a really solid margin like that, it will continue the margins he had on super tuesday and if he continues them across the map, he will win the nomination with the majority of delegate if it's narrow, it will be a sign of trouble for trump. >> i'm wondering if the other republicans take advantage of a tough week for trump, the optics around him. i thought that romney gave a speech that a democratic opponent would give. it was scathing and compelling. >> we'll see that in ads in november, make no mistake about it. >> and counter from trump was not nearly as tough as it's been in the past when people come after him. i think josh is right, the caucuses favor him, he should do well in louisiana, but for the first time in this race, this last week i got the feeling that there was a wound with trump. whetherrt manifests itself today is unclear, but clearly, as we get to florida and ohio, if rubio and kasich can win those respective states, their home states, i think this idea that trump could fin some trouble may be gaining some

but the data's gotto be shown to date to josh's point. >> i spent a lot of time talking to trump voters in your home state, tennessee, this week, and ohio as well. and i pick up the "times" this morning, and there's a person in louisiana that seemed to echo the sentiment that i heard. i'll read a snippet of it. louisiana. she said there's "nothing short of trump shooting my daughter in the street and my grandchildren -- there is nothing and nobody that's going to dissuade me froro voting for trump." butler here. have you ever seen a candidate with this kind of hold over his supporters? >> no. this is the weirdest campaign, i think not just of my lifetime but going back a ways before i was born. you know, this was the 11th sebate. i've given up on saying donald trump damaged himself in this debate, donald trump went too far this time. i think we've learned that lesson. obviously, there is theoretically something donald trump can do that would shake his voters away from him, but i'm not convinced that any of the things that happened this week -- i mean, sort of people

mitt romney when he says you have to be grown up and not vote for this guy,hey were already not going to vote for trump. >> and this woman who voted for romney last time around said she found his speech -- she was disgusted and found it disgraceful, the way he was ming out. >> the key will be whether or not -- if you look at the vote outside of what trump has gotten, the 60, 70%, wherever it might have been, whatever the state -- will that vote coalesce? i'm not sure it will, but it didn't feel right for him this week. and you're right, i've felt he performed poorly debate after debate, but he's come back and the numbers have gone up, but we'll see. but iave to say, mrs. clinton has to be feeling that some of the stuff said about trump in that speech by mitt romney can be used with some independents and independent republicans, if you know the difference between the two and what i'm saying. >> nice to have you with us. harold ford jr. and josh barro, appreciate your insight this meantime, policee in los angeles are scouring a new piece of potential evidence today

on friday, l.a. police revealed that a knife had been found buried on simpson's former property and was not turned over until recently. could it possibly be the murder weapon? nbc's steve patterson is outside o.j.'s former home with more on what police are saying about that knife. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning to you. so, the officer who originally received that knife decided to keep it for several years before turning it over to the lapd, leading a lot of people to ask, why? well, i spoke to his attorney, who said his client tried to do the right thing. >> o.j. simpson is inside the car. >> reporter: it's back, all the drama from the o.j. simpson saga. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> reporter: the case already back in pop culture. the new tepart fx miniseries getting big ratings. >> we need to bring in johnnie cochran and we need to do it w. >> no. >> reporter: now once again, the story in real-life headlines. the latest chapter, the tale of

land where simps once lived. >> so, it has been submitted to our lab. they are going to study it. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell nbc news it is described as a small utility-style knife, commonly used in construction or landscaping. the knife, they say, is not consistent with the weapon used in the 1994 murders of nicole brown and ron goldman, but police are looking into it. >> this is double homicide that is still open and ongoing. >> reporter:os angeles police say one of their now-retired officers got the kni from a construction worker on simpson's former property while working off-duty at a movie shoot across the stre. the officer's attorney, trent copeland, says his client did the right thing. >> he did what i think every person would have done under the circumstances, is that you call lapd and you let them make the call, and they made the call. and the call was, look, this doesn't have any value to us, it's not useful. >> reporter: retired detective tom lang, who worked on the

>> why would someone sit on a knife, especially a cop who should know better? >> reporter: carter douglas was part of simpson's defense team. >> that's pure fantasy. i'd rather be talking about the easter bunny instead. >> reporter: and in a statement, doubt from the family of ron goldman goldman, saying in part, "the validity of the knife as it relates to ron and nicole's murder is purely speculative." so, several experts have chimed % in on this, and even if there is a link proven between this knife and the 1994 murders, they would still say that it would be impossible, nearly impossib, for o.j. to be retried because of the country's double jeopardy protections under the fifth amendment. yet, it's work that is still being done, investigators looking into this. 's work that could take some time, though. craig? >> steve patterson for us in l l angeles this morning. steve, thank you. >> ari melber is msnbc's chief legal correspondent and joins us this morning with more. steve just pointed out,

simpson could not be charged again with murder. are there any other charges, though, that could stem from this discovery, potentially? >> this is a fascinating and downright weird development in the o.j. simpson case. it is unlikely that anything would happen to him, as you say. it is possible that if this knife was used in the underlying double homicide in any way, that it could lead to charges for someone else or some sort of break in the case, beyond what is already known. >> george maycot, this is the officer who says that he called the lapd that knight, talked to the watch commander. watch c cmander essentially says, there's nothing we can do, we can't prosecute him again, d sends him on his merry way. is this officer in any sort of potential legeg trouble? >> well, this officer definitely made a mistake at minimum, because you don't want any evidence, let alone a potential murder weapon, just sitting around. so, that's why this is another example where this case had so much in it, it's captivated ople, but it also has opened up all the questions about how policing works and how the

is what happens in a case with high scruny, what's happening the rest of the time? yes, if there was any malice or malfeasance, a deliberate idea of obstructing justice, that could potentially come down the line, but i doubt it. i'll also say, look, in any murder investigation, the things you want to look at are motive, physical evidence at the scene of the crime and a murder weapap. it was always an issue that no murder weapon was found in this case. based on what we know, it's unlikely that this is the actual murdrd weapon. >> ari melber, we enjoy having you around so much, we'll bring you back next hour and talk about that high-profile case invoing hulk hogan that's heading to court over a sex tape. >> thank you, craig. best-selling author pat conroy has died. conroy turned his troubled childhood into emotional novels like "the prince of tides," "the great san teenie" and "the lords of discipline." all three of those were turned into major movies. his ife story, like his books, centered around surviving a brutal father who beat him, his mother and six siblings.

he had pancreatic cancer just three weeks ago, he wrote "i've spent myhole writing life trying to find out who i am, and i don't believe i've even come close." in tennessee, it is now up to a jury to decide if popular sportscaster erin andrews shoul get $75 million after a stalker videotaped her naked in her hotel room and then posted it on the internet. nbc's mgan the areaford has been covering the trial for us. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. we're standing outside of the courthouse here in nashville. and after yesterday's closing arguments, the case is now with the jury, who could have a verdict as early as monday. after two weeks of trial and emotional closing arguments -- >> she's living a nightmare. >> reporter: -- for sportscaster erin andrews, it all comes down to this. >> we won't begin deliberations until monday morning at 9:00. >> reporter: she's suing for $75 million, and now the j j j must consider seven days of testimony, 22 witnesses and 49 piecec of evidence, all to

owner of the vanderbilt marriott nashville should pay andrews for her emotional distress. >> this will always be there. there will always be a reminder every single day. >> reporter: after she was secretly filmed eight years ago by convicted stalker michael barrett. >> they embrace barrett the same way they enabled barrett. >> counsel's trying to tie my clients to the criminal, but they had nothing to do with that guy. >> reporter: at the heart of the issue, whether the hotel did enough to stop him. >> this cocod have been stopped. >> reporter: andrews' lawyers say the reservations confirmed andrews was staying there, even accommodating barrett's request. >> and she typed in "yes, request to room next to erin andrews." >> reporter: the hotel says they did not give barrett her room number and was manipulated to give him t t room next door. >> criminals find ways to get around systems and exploit systems, and that's what happened here. >> reporter: now it's up to the jury of seven women and five men

paid. >> it's a difficult@ process for a juror to determine these kind of damages because there's no formula for it. >eporter: for emotional damages. >> for emotional damages. it's just -- it's difficult, but that's their job. >> reporter: a job to come up wiwi a verdict -- >> that should be quite significant. >> repororr: -- and possibly a number. now, craig, when this verdict comes down, the jury will have to say, one, if erin andrews should be paid, and two, if so, how much, and three, by whom. back to you. >> morgan radford for us this morning in tennessee. morgan, thank you. there is scary news this morning about the zika virus. a new study in the "new england journal of medicine" reports the disease may actually be worse than scientists imagined. according to that study, zika may cause more birth defects than microcephaly and it is believed it causes defects more

we'll go through this with the director of allergy and infectious diseases next hour. > dylan dreyer's here. out west they're dealing with some wet stuff. >> yeah, they had a bit of a dry spell, but we're going to get more wet weather moving in, a series of storms. you can see them developingver the pacific. you can see the swirls, the areas of low pressure. these will be the reasons why we'll see heavy rain, especially from washington state through oregon and into northern and central california. we do have some heavier pockets of rain moving east of seattle and stretching down into san francisco where we could see a couple of inches of rain, but it's not just rain, it's heavy mountain snow with 2 to 4 feet possible in the sierra. and look at all this brown here. those are your wind advisories and high wind warnings. we could see gusts up near 50 to 60 miles per hour. so, as we go through the day today, we'll see this round of rain move lin later on today through sunday morning and then we'll get a break before the second system sunday night and monday morning. the second one looks weaker, so the majity of the problems

round of rain, but we could end up with 5 to 7 inches of rainfall. that could lead to some mudslides, and get, in the sierra, we co south florida, winds will be shifting out of the st-northeast later today. if you have plans to go out on the water, seas will occasionally be up to five feet. no advisories anywhere in site over t t atlantic waters. good news on this saturday. first alert forecast calling for temperatures reaching into the lower 80s today. spotot showers throughout the morning hours turning into scattered showers later this afternoon. other than that, it should be a nice day. if you'reeading out to >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. the mogul and the model td the knot just moments ago in london. billionaire media magnet rupert murdoch married jeri hall, the famous ex of mick jagger. family and celebrities began arriving for that private ceremony this morning.

friday at spencer house, home of princess diana's family. murdoch is 84. it is his fourth marriage. hall is 59. her marriage to jagger was declared invalid in 1959. if you are familiar with the artist known as banksy, you know he anonymously travels the world spray-painting his sometimes controversial art everywher he goes. he's never publicly shown his face. now, though, banksy may have actually been unmasked, thanks to a little help fromscience. nbc's kelly cobiella joins us from londono explain. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. yeah, this is the science used to find criminals, instead used to catch an artist, the person behind this, banksy. and scientists say they're 90% sure they have their man. from london to new york, l.a. to gaza, it's been stolen, auctioned, covered up for being

last summer, banksy's art even came alive. >> welcome to dismalland. enjoy. >> reporter: at dismalland, his dreary take on the so-called happiest place on earth, making fun of fun. but for years, the world has been left guessing about t real person behind the street art collected by celebrities and sold at times for millions of dollars. >> sold! >> reporter: a guy named robert banks, the bbc said in 2006. no, it's robin gunningham, said the "daily mail," two years ter. another theory? banksy is a whole gang of people. using a technique straight out of a hollywood crime show -- >> it's a huge geographical area. >> reporter: -- a group of scientists tried to crack the code with a technhnue called geographic profiling. >> it's used by a number of police agencies in the united states, including the los new york police department has used it. >> reporter: instead of crime scenes, they mapped banksy's art

the data to homes and hangouts of ten so-called banksy suspects. the result? these fancy dots and spikes or spatial locations, in geek speak, which led them to one prominent candidate, robin gunningham. >> the spatial evidence of the artwork supports the theory that he is the suspect, that he is banksy. >> reporter: mystery solved? don't bank on it. so, if it is robin gunningham, well, who's ? and we don't have an answer for that yet. in fact, even the study's authors are prorecting this person. all of those addresses they used for his geo profile have been left out of the study. erica? >> interesting. all right, kelly, thanks. keeps us guessing still. >> i like the mystery. >> so, then that's good. see, we've kept the mystery alive a little bit. >> you raise a good point. >> i wonder how he gets paid, because it's selling for millions of dollars, but if we don't know who you are, how do you get the money? or maybe it's not about the money. >> it's about the art.

still to come, we'll catch you up on the week's big stories, including this incredle caught-on-camera moment when a child falls out of a van. >> ooh. >> the good news, the kid is okay. also ahead, what do you get when you combine morgan freeman and justin bieber? pure magic, that's what you get. that's coming up in "pop start." but first, this is "today" on

>> sold-out concert. hello everyonn i'm sharon lawson. in the news this morning, a 13-y-yr-old girl was nearly abducted while walking home from school in pompano beach. broward sheriff's detectives release add sketch of the suspect and are asking for the public's help identifying him. you can head to the nbc 6 news and weather app to see his sketch. hialeah police are looking for a church vandal. surveillance video captured the man outside the church yesterday. cops say he tried to make his

if you know anything, contact miami-dade crimestoppers. for a check on the weather, here is meteorologist erika delgado. >> dealing with a few spotty showers, the system remains to the south of us and towards the west over the gulf of mexico. oviding cloud cover so far this morning. the moisture will be present together with an east wind. we could see spotty to scattered showews as the day goes on. calling for highs in the lower@ 80s. if you're heading to carnaval on the mile, head to the nbc 6 booth. we'll be there all day today and tomorrow. low risk of rip currents over the atlantic beaches. the threat of showers in the

after do you have her? >> she won't get on thphone. >> then get her detail on the phone. >> i did. we can't force her to talk to you, sir.

to say when i show up at this event and she's not with me. and i don't want to make it worse by mispronouncing this. how do you say thiss word? >> we are back this saturday morning, march 5th, 2016, withh a look at season four of "house of cards." the new s sson dropped yesterday on netflix. coming up in "trending," we'll tell you why binge-watching it this weekend could actually be quite bad for your health. >> uh-oh. >> quite bad. outside studio 1a, we've got some folks, got a nice, little crowd out there. so happy to have them start their day with us. we're going to get outside in just a bit. it's a chilly one out there, too. >> it is a little chilly, but it's not going to last, which is just wild. >> 70s next week. >> can't beat that. >> t tt's crazy. let's get you caught up on what's making headlines this saturday morning. voters heading to the polls today in kansas, maine, kentucky, nebraska and louisiana. donald trump is poised to pick up more key states today. hillary clinton is expected to maintain her lead in today's contests over bernie sanders. the sports world is mourning the loss today of one of the

commentators. bud collins died at his home friday. collins, who helped popularize tennis, started broadcasting the sport in 1968. he i i best known for his commentary during wimbledon called "breakfastt wimbledon," also known for being quite favhion forward as well. bud collins was 86. >> loved "breakfast at wimbledon." and check out death valley like you've likely never seen it before, covered in gold this is what's known as a rare superbloom. yellow wild flowers covering one of the hottest, driest places in the world. it only happens about once every ten years. >> a superbloom. let's start with "the download." sheinelle has the week's biggest headlines. >> from the drama inside the republican party to scott kelly's long-await return home after a week in space, here are the stories that caught our attention. donald trump feeling super on super tuesday. >> it looks like we could win six or seven oright or nine.

to the deep south, dominance from donald trump, racking up seven wins. hillary clinton riding high as well. >> what a super tuesday! >> reporter: with clinton the likely democratic nominee this fall, infighting is tearing the republican party apart. the last republican presidential nominee waging war on trump. >> in under 20 minutes, romney branded his party's front-runner as dishonest, dangerous and dumb. >> here's what i know -- donald trump is a phony, a fraud, his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: while at the republican debate, trump went below t t belt. >> look at those hands. are they small hands? he referre to my hands, if they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you, there's no problem. i guarantee.@ >> reporter: the discovery of possible debris from malaysia airlines flight 370 stirred up new questions.

bank off the coast of mozambique by tourist blaine allen gibson. >> this could possibly be from malaysia 370. we don't know yet. >> reporter: another ill-fated voyage for one of the world's largest cruise ships. "anthem of the seas" cut short its week-long trip, royal caribbean says, because of a severe forecast storm. >> very disappointed. i wanted t cry. >> reporter: but is that the reason? reports indicate dozens of passengers and crew are sick with symptoms of norovirus. home sweet homeor nasa astronaut scott kelly after nearly a year in orbit. >> it was jusus before 10:30 a.m. local time when the soyuz space capsule carrying two cosmonauts and american scott kelly touched down in kazakhstan. >> scott kelly back on mqther earth after 340 days in space. >> reporter: a scary moment for a child and his family in china. >> this is unbelievable. a toddler -- look at this video -- tumbles from the back of his grandfather's van on a

a good smarltan rescued that little boy, reunited him with his family. and it was a fun week in t t world of sports. first, gary woodld stripping down during the honda classic. >> woodland's tee shot landed on the water's edge near the edge of the fairway. he didn't want toet his outfit dirty, so he took off his socks and shoes and some white pants. and some infectious laughter from the milwaukee brewers. >> his name is brett phillips. that's him on the left laughing. he plays for the milwaukee brewers. the team released this video showininhow he just couldn't hold it together when he heard some corny jokes. >> what did the duck say to the bartender? >> quack. >> put it on my bill. very good. i like that one. >> he's taking in too much air! >> oh, my god. >> makes me so happy just to watch. you know, sometimes laughter's infectious. >> it is. yes, it is. >> especially when you're not supposed to laugh. that's when it's better. >> yeah. >> difficult to control. >> woodland's pants musushave

>> right? you actually -- is that the first time that's ever happened? >> didn't he takeis shoes off, too? >> shoes, socks and his white pants. >> let's be thankful he stopped there. >> and with that! >> expensive pants. >> why not pick another pair? >> that's a great question. >> i do ask the deep questions. >> it's great because it's the things everybody wants to know. and why are you wearing them? >> helps with his follow-through, perhaps. >> yeah, sure. all right, dylan dreyer's back another check of the forecast here. what are we looking at? >> that warm-up that's moving in. we've just got to get through a cooler weekend in the northeast, but then we've got a big ridge in the jet stream. that's going to allow temperatures to be about 20 degrees above average through the northern plains. today kansas city about 63 degrees, chicago 42, cleveland 39. then watch what happens as we go into sunday. temperatures in omaha about 69 degrees. that's 23 degrees above average. close to 60 in minneapolis. in the northeast, we'll be in the upper 40s. raleigh about 60 degrees, which is right around average.

starts to move eastward. indianapolis 65 degrees,s, pittsburgh 64, raleigh 66, new york close to 60. then we keep the warm-up going. and in the northeast,y the time we get to wednesday, it should be close to 70 degrees. today, though, that area of high pressure keeping things high and dry, lots of sunshine. that first storm system makes its way into the pacific nonohwest. heavy rain, mountain snow, wind gusts up near 50 miles per hour, and we'll also see a few scattered lake-effect snow showers up in and around t all right, south florida. winds will be shifting out of@ the east-northeast later today. if you have plans to go out on the water, seas will occasionally be up to five feet. no advisories anywhere in sight over the atlantic waters. so good news on thihi saturday. first alert forecast calling for temperatures reaching into the lower 80s today.. we'll see spotty showers in the morning hours, turning into scattered showers later this afternoon. otherwise it should be a nice day. if you're heading to carnaval on

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first up, something you don't see every day. linkedin ceo jeff weiner gave his annual $14 million stock bonus to all of the company's employees. >> wow. >> nice. >> the decisioiocomes on the heels of linkedin's falling stock prices. they're reported to have 9,200 full-time employees, so it works out to a little over $1,500 in stock shares for each employee. >> that's really cool. >> that's nice, huh? >> can i call out my father-in-law? he was talked about this linkadin for a long time, no one knew what he was talalng about. >> linkadin. >> it's a great place to work, apparently. in honor of national grammar day, which was yesterd -- ironic, i suppose -- which was yesterday, by the way, a little online dating help for you on a saturday morning. accordin to the dating site zeus, bad grammar could be getting in the way of your dating life. zeus says nearly 50% of the singles they posed said grammar was a deal-breaker. however -- this is important --

60% of men sayhey would not let grammar get in the way with pursuing a date -- >> well, now. >> 65% of women would. however, 72% of singles agreed that blatant spelling errors were a rn-off. >> i believe that. >> i can see that. >> 60% of guys. >> it is a little annoying, though. you just have to take the time to go back and look. because even with autocorrect. autocorrect wants everything you make p pral to be possessive, which annoys the crap out of me. >> i'll forgive you for autocorrect, but if we're sitting down at dinner -- >> what i take from those numbers is, if you're a guy, if you're hot enough, doesn't matter what you sound like. >> pretty much. >> no question. >> pretty much. >> and we'reaturally more judging. >> you said it, not me. >> now that we've figured all that out. if your weekend plans include "house of cards" binge watching, a new study says maybe you should just watch an episode or two at time instead of all of them at once. why? researchers at the northern california institute for research and education found 18 to 30-yeaolds who watch more

did less than 2 1/2 hours of physical activity a week had the worst cognitive function even before they hit middldl age. and this is much younger than researchers i itially realized. >> too much. >> i can see that. >> i can, too. >> i like to spread it out, anyway, though. >> yeah, but it's not just "house ofcards," it's all shows. >> no, binge-watching anything. >> i thought it was middle of the night and you're still up, like why am i watching? >> but if you binge-watch the "today" show, it's good for you. >> confirmed by reputable physicians, yeah. four ladies afraid of ghosts? and how could anybody confuse prince harry for someone else? sheinelle has that in "pop start." >> we have good ones. first up, the ghosts, outfits, the goo. it's been 32 years since the original "ghostbusters" battled their way through the streets of new york city. and now we're getting a look at the highly anticipated all-star, all-female reboot, thanks to this newly released trailer. >> let's go. >> let's go. >> oh, did you want to --

>> next time. >> someone is creating a device that amplifies paranormal activity, and we might be the only ones who can stop it. >> holtzman, come on! >> the hat is too much, right? is it the wig or the hat? >> starring kristen wiig, kate mckinnon, leslie jones and melissa mccarthy. it comes out this july. if the trailer iss any indication, we know the movie should do well at the box office. it's already racked up more than >> wow. >> people are ready for it. next up, what do ed sheeran in common? if you're margo robbie, apparently, a lot. the actress has been making the rounds promoting her film "whiskey tango foxtrot." and in case you missed it this ek, she revealed to jimmy fallonfall fallon that she mistook prince harry for ed sheeran, even posing for a photo. the most embarrassing thing is it was the royal highness

whispered to her and was kind of offended. >> not harry. >> i think he felt like, kind of a prince. kind of a big deal. >> i don't think they look alike. >> they don't. who plays the guy in the harry potter movies? he and ed sheeran get istaken for one another. >> what kind of house-warming party where you're just kind of brushing up with prince rry? >> good point. >> never been there. finally, it's not hard to love morgan freeman's deep voice. pretty much everything sounds better when the actor n nrates it, documentaries, movies, tv. but you may never have heard him like this. the folks at "vanity fair" had rgan do a dramatic reading of justin bieber's "love yourself." t's just say the biebs' lyrics have never sounded so good. >> times that yoy rain on my parade and all the clubs you get in using my name. you think you broke my heart? oh, girl, for goodness sake, you think i'm crying on my own. well, i ain't.

>> i love that. they should do a little collabo, as they y. >> so good. >> i was watching an interview of his a couple years ago and he says the most annoying thing he gets is people walk up to him on the streets and hand him their cell phone. they want him to do their voice mail. >> i had to stop myself from doing that one time. he was so nooit nice and i thought he might be up to it, but i had to be like, fan girl, pull back. >> i guess it's g!od that you didn't, now that we've got the intel from melvin over here. up next, quiz time. >> yay! >> thousands of high schoolers take the s.a.t. today. can we get any of the questions right? my question -- >> the expert over here. >> i like tests. >> you'd take the you can help prevent blindness in undernourished children all over the world.

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that's the difference between dinary everyday and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. because with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. right about now students across the countryre sitting down to take the redesigned s.a.t. for the firsts time. the exam now features an optional essay, no penalty for guessing and four multiple-choice options instead of five. >> that's crazy. >> i could have gone to harvard. >> right? i would have done so much better. and in honor of the students taking the test today, we thought we'd do the same. really, it was our thought. we thougug of this all on our own. >> yes. >> so, our proctor, sheinelle -- >> you can't even control -- >> ready? >> yes. >> i don't know if one person can have a calculator. >> you told us to bring a calculator. >> okay, that's fine. >> by the way, don't they use calculators on the s.a.t.? >> are you putting on your

i don't know who i am. mrs. jones >> i can't read with them. a partially filled pool contains 600 gallons of water. a he is turned on and water flows into the pool at a rate of 8 gallons per minute. how many gallons of water wil be in the pool after 70 minutes? >> okay. what are our choices? >> you just have to know. >> no, it's multiple choice. >> everything except this one. >> 568. >> okay. >> 568. is that right? >> no. >> you're almost out of time. >> i forget the question. >> right here behind you. >> oh. >> you can play along at home as well. >> 70 minutes. >> get your pencil and paper. >> 1,160? >> yes! wow! >> let me see your math. >> that was fantastic! >> i didn't use a calculator. >> all right, let's move on and then you can explain how you did . question two is multiple choice. play along at home, if you'd like to, says profeor jones. choose the answer that most effectively improves the quality okay?

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hello everyone. i'm aron lawson. in the news this morning, police arrested a man they say pickpocketed a 94-year-old veteran inside a pinecrest publix. police say 56-year-old derrick hope stole thee elderly man's wallet and then rang up a $6,000 tab on his credit cards. early voting starts today in broward county and runs through march 15th. starting at 9:00 a.m. you can cast your ballots. remember to bring a picture i.d. with signature like your passport or driver's license. now for a check on the weather here is meteorologist eriri delgado. beach forecast looking good.

low risk of rip currents along the atlantic beacs. probably more clouds than sunshine. expect scattered showers to remain in the forecast with highs reaching into the lower 80s. first alert forecast, carnaval on the mile, you want to come by and stay hello. look forth ward to meeting you all in person. the coastal showers turning a little more scattered in nature as the dayne folds. so, taking a look at what we can expect for the next few da. a beautiful weekend in store. winds will pick up throughout the workweek. light for the weekend. no advisories over the atlantic waters. good news, increasing sunshine as the weekend goes on.

pretty dry for t good morning. getting closer. donald trump and hillary clinton hoping to maintain their leads as voters in five states head to the polls today.

anything to slow him down? and will hillary clinton stay on top, despite that e-mail scandal? we're live. o.j. frenzy. a knife found on o.j. simpson's property bringing a casethat's more than two decades old back into the headlines. could this be new evidence in a still unsolved murder? and fashion intern. >> do you have any experience? >> in my own way. >> do you have any design experience at all? >> no. >> you wouldn't probably -- >> probably wouldn't make it, okay. >> erica spending the day with the design team at j. crew. from beading to color swatches to getting ready for the holiday sweater season. we'll see if she's up for the job today, saturday, march 5th, 2016. oh, no >> i'm celebrating my 60th birthday with "today." >> yay!

show, whoo! >> wake up, maryland, we're on the "today" show! whwh! >> it's my birthday weekend and i'm celebrating in new york city! a good saturday morning to you. welcome back to "today." a nice crowd outside studio 1a this morning. we are going to get outside in just a bit to freeze with them. [ laughter ] >> only until tuesday, and then it will be 70. >> you looked like you were enjoying yourself there at j. crew. >> i was enjoying it. >> yeah. >> i took it very seriously. >> of course you di you take everything very seriously. >> this is all j. crew now? >> pretty much everything i weaea every day is j. crew, so there's that. but yes, just in honor of our piece, maybe, down to the shoes. >> all right. we have a lot to get to this morning. we want to jump right into the political battles brewing today. one primary, caucuses across five states. gop candidates are of course tryingo slow down donald trump. and we have full coverage of the

we begin with nbc's jacob rascon in orlando, who is covering the republicans for us this morning. jacob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is decision day yet again. the so-called never trump movement picked up momentum this week, tururng into a virtual civil war, but then it hit sort of a brickall when all of the candidates pledged to support trump. trump, for his part, is loving the everybody against him scenario, bragging about it on the trail. to his voter, this validates his outsider. on the stage this week, we watched the republican field pummel each other in a contest of insults in taunts and junior high. governor kasich seeming to be the only adult in the room, refusing to bite. he is the one who may have the potential to slow trump's momentum because he is closer with him in the polls in his home state of ohio. but trump is the favorite to win

most by double digits, including here in florida. of course, ben carson has already dropped out. trump counting on the fact that he's ahead by double digits in marco rubio's home state, that he can force rubio to drop out as well. erica? >> jacob rascon for us this morning. jacob, thank you. meanwhile, bernie sanders will try to gain momomtum today as democrats vote in three states. nbc's kristen welker's in detroit, michigan, this morning with more. krisn, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. that's right, senator sanders lookin for a comeback today. his aides tell me the states that vote today and in the coming weeks are actually more favorable to him. meanwhile, the clinton campaign downplaying expectations a bit. team sanders says he is looking strong in kansas. they also think nebraska could be a close race. thats an area, both states with a number of white, working-clas voters who tend to favor senator sanders. clinton looks stron in louisiana, though. again, that could be part of her southern firewall with a large african-american population.

pressed again on her e-mails after her former staffer, bryan pagliano, struck an immunity deal w wh the fbi and told investigators her server was never hacked. here's what clinton told our cnbc's john harwood in an exclusive interview. ta a listen. >> would you concedehat you and the people who worked for you at the state department were sloppy in the way you handled -- >> no. >> -- top-secret information? no, because let's be clear about this, there wasn't a single one of those that was marked classified, either sent or received. >> reporter: now, this mning the clinton campaign releasing two new ads here in the state of michigan, touting clinton's economic plan. she rolled out part of it on friday, which calls for scaling back tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs overseas. senator sanders, meanwhile, has been criticizing secretary clinton on trade issues. that is an issue that resonates here in the heartland.

can expect t see tomorrow night when the two face off in a debate i flint, michigan. craig, erica, back to you. >> kristen welker for us this morning. kristen, thank you. there is a lot of talk this morning about wheheer a knife found on o.j. simpson's california property nearly two decades ago could be connected to the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. angeles this morning with more. steve, good morning. erica. look, i think we'd be fooling ourselels if we didn't first talk about the fact that the reason why this story is so big is because he's already back in p culture. a lot of people are waking up to this, thanks in parar to that fx miniseries that is doing so well. so, you have a lot of people first learning about this case, and then it's like right on cue, the knife is confirmed by the lapd. i want to tellhis story because it is so bizarre. it is several years ago, but after o.j. moves out of his estate, apparently, there's some work being done on his y yd there, which, again, after he's moved out.

in the yard. one of the construction workers sees the knife, knows the story and wants to take it to the authorities, so he does. he takes it to a security guard across t street working on a movie. according to police that security guard is a former lapd officer. so,,he officer, according to his attorney, gets the knife and he does the right thing, he calls in to the lapd. according to his attorney, they tell him, look, the case is closed, and so he holds on to the knife for some 15 years, until he decides that he wants a memento. and to do that, he wants to get the case number engraved on the knife. so, he calls his buddies at the lapd. they tell him, you knowwhat, you should probably take the knife in, because it could be evidence. d so, that's where we're at now. they're looking into the knife friendsic ly ic forensically. but just in talking to people close tolthis case, they say that this knife is very small. it's maybe five inches. it's maybe used for landscaping,

that it is not consistent with the murder weapon used in 1994. yet, investigators continue to look into this. their work has started, but it could take a while before they get any results. back to you. >> steve patterson for us this morning. steve, thanks. some startling news this morning regarding the zika virus. an alarming, new study shows a growing link between the virus and multiple birth defects, worse than was originally thought, providing even more evidence on how zikik may be linking to brain defects in unborn babieses dr. anthony fauci is the director of the natiol institutes of allergy and infectious diseases. dr. fauci, good morning. >> good morning. >> doctor, one of the things we've seen, there were these strong indicators early on that zika could be causing microcephaly. but now this new study, there hadn't been a link before. this new study seems to show a link between zika and several different birth defects, and that theetus could be affected throughout virtually every stage of pregnancy. to you, what is the real

>> well, the headline is that the definitive way you show that there is a causetive relationship -- we know there's a temporal a a geographical relationship between women who are infected with zika and these congenital abnormalityiesabnormalities, particularly but not specificallymicrocephaly. you do cohort studies where you look at zika-infected women who are pregnant and zika-noninfected women who are pregnant and look at the outcome. the study that came out yesterday in the "new england journal of medicine" shows that there's an alarmingly high percentage of women who are infected with zika who actually have abnormalities in the fetus. the number in that study was 29% of those that were actuay grossly identifiable, and there may be even more subtle defects. so, this is theery first strong study. there's been a lot of

strongly links this but t esn't definitively prove it. this is one of a number of studies that now give very strong evidence of this. >> dr. fauci, where are we with regards to a possible vaccination for zika? >> yeah, vaccines usually take a considerable period of time, but we're on a very fast track, and we hope to get into human trials just for safety of vaccine candidate some tim at the end fall. it's called a phase one trial. you first have to show it's safe and that it induces the kind of response that you would predict would be protective. if it shows to be safe by the end of 2016, we'll likely go into a larger trial trying to determine if it actually works. whether or not it does and how long it will take to prove is always something that you can't definitively predict, but we're on quite a fasttrack, at least getting it into humans in an early trial by the end of the summer. >> dr. anthony fauci with the

dr. fauci, thanks, as always. >> good to be with you. sheinelle is following anothehe health story where doctors are trying to learn more about a deadly infection. >> yeah, a mysterious outbreak may be the cause of 18 deaths in wisconsin. this morning investigators are searching for answers. the elizabethkingia bacteria has infected at least 44 people in the past four months. it causes a rare blood disease. greatest risk. officials with the centers for disesee control do not know the source of the infefeions. a new approach is turning conventional wisdom on its head and coulde the answer to peanut allergies. children at risk for peanut allergies who are intentionally fed peanuts from the age of 4 months until age 5 often became allergy-free. for years parents have been told to keep high-risk kids away from peanuts. allergic reactions could be severe, even deadly. researchers also find this technique may work on other foods like eggs, yogurt, sesame and white fish. country singer joey feek has died. her husband and musical partner,

saying "her pain has ceased and all her tears are dry." fans followed his emotional posts throughout her battle with cervical cancer. joey feek was 40 years old and leaves a daughter and two stepdaughters. turning now to an amazing, quadruple oveime high school basketball game. take a look. this is in minnesota. marshall senior high trailing in a state tournament game, knocks down a three-pointer to go to overtime. still tied after two overtimes, waseca hurls the buzzer-beater, but that only tied it again. finally, in the fourth o.t., waseca needed another last-second shot to put the game away after an incredible four overtimes. that is a game they will never forget. finally, when is a wardrobe malfunction a full-blown 911 emergency? here's what happened. a dispatcher in greenville, south carolina, got a desperate call from this 2-year-old. apparently, the little girl couldn't finish getting dressss

a police officer raced to the rescue, helping the toddler with her pants and shoes. i can tell you the two are fast friends now and the officer isn't even that mad about the not-so-urgent 911 call. i'm sure they had to tell her, from now on, 911 is for something that is a bigger deal, but it was cute. all is well. >> sheinelle, thank you. dylan is out on t t plaza. she's got a check of your weather. hey, dylan. >> hey, good mornrng, guys. we've got a lot of birthdays on the plaza. how old are you turning toda >> 10. >> 10 years old. you're sure? well, we have someone on the plaza who's not sure how old he's turning. originally 43, but changed it. it's now your 44th birthday. >> i am, yes, today. >> all right, so next year 45? >> i hope. >> you got at? >> yes. >> happy birthday all around. let's take a look at the weather on t t west coast, where we are watching a parade of storms making their way onn shore. we are going to see heavy rain today from seattle to san francisco. very gusty winds as well. we have wind advisories and high wind warnings that could gus up to about 50 to 60 miles per hour. we also have winter stwrm

range because of this storm system that's going to move in through the day today. heavy rain and also about 2 to 4 feet of snow possible in the sierra. now, we areeoing to get a break sunday morning, then another storm system makes its w in sunday night. as for rain, about 5 to 7 inches, could create some mudslides winds shifting out of the east-northeast today. if you have plans on the water, seas occasionally at five feet. waters. first alert forecast calling for temperatures reaching into the lowewe 80s today. spotty showers through the morni hours turning into afternoon. pretty nice day. if you're heading out to carnaval on the mile, remember >> and that's your latest guys? >> all right, dylan, thank you. still to come, when it comes

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>> no. >> but you've gotome good advice here. how do we decide whether we should hire a tax professional? >> first of all, craig and erica, there is no shame in not doing it yourself. >> good. >> the tax code is hideously complex. it takes the average american 13 hours. >> wow. >> to do theirtaxes. so, no shame, no judgments, if you want to usesen accountant. that said, a couple circumstances in which you should definitely consider hiring a pro. if you've had a big life change. what's that? well, have you had a baby? did you adopt? did youet married? did you get divorced? did you inherit? did you lose a spouse? did you finally let your mother-in-law move in? all of these things are big life changes and mean you could qualify for a different deduction. >> if you do hire an accountant, what's the average cost? how much should that run you? >> it's going to cost a couple hundred bucks. $273 is the official average. if you don't want to spring for that, there are plenty of cheaperoftware options -- so tax turbo, h&r block, tax deluxe. those will run you anywhere from $15 to $100. >> what if you don't want to

accountant, but you also don't want to run the risk of going to prison, so you want to do it yourself? >> you're a r rlly brave soul. another reason to consider hiring a pro -- if you're self- self-employed, own your own business.. if you freelance and get 1099 income, havyou bought or sold a house? do you have any investment properties? all of these things are pretty good reasons to consult a tax professional because they can help you figure out some strategies to actually save you some money. >> when should i consider using some software? >> you should consider using some software if you don't want to splurge for the accountant or if you think you can sort of handle it for yourself. do you or your spouse only have one job together or both have w-2s? do you have no dependents? do you not plan on itemizing your deductions? all of those things make your taxes a whole lot easier and you're a candidate. how can you protect yourself from fraud, whether it's, you know, one of f e software packages, whether it's doing yourself? at are some things you can do to make sure you're not getting fleeced?

earlier you file your taxes, the safer you're going to be. that is the number one thing you can do. next up, please use strong passwords. you uld be shocked how many people still use "pizza" -- >> or 1234. >> or abc123. anddhis is the point i really want to stress, scams are really spiking. the irs, craig, is never going to call you on the phone and ask you for your credit card. that just doesn't happen. if you get a phone call from the irs, you should be extremely wary. if the irs wants to contact you, if there is a problem, they're going to do it by snail mail first. so, please, don't send them any money. and never, ever give out your social security number over the phone. >> tax time almost upon us. that was useful information. thank you very much, olivia sterns. still ahead he, the $100 million lawsuit over a sex tape that's putting hulk hogan against the website gawker.

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hello everyone. i'm sharon lawson. in the news this morning, a 13-year-old girl was nearly abducted whihi walking home from school in pompano beach. broward sheriff's office detectives release add sketch of the suspect. you can head to the nbc 6 news and weather app to see his sketch. hialeah police are looking for a church vandal. surveillance video captured the barefoot man outside the church. cops say he tried to mash in the front doors without any luck. if you know anything, contact miami-dade crimestoppers. for a check on the weather, here is meteorologist erika delgado.

spotty showers thanks to the system that remains to the south of us and to the west in the gulf of mexico. the moisture will be present together withn east wind. we could see spotty to scattered showers as the day goes on. for your first alert forecast, we're calling for highs reaching into the lower 80s. if you're heading to carnaval on the mile, look for the nbc 6 booth. we'll be there all day today and all day tomorrow. llht east wind means a low risk of rip currents. after that, things brrghten out. mostly sun nye skies for the

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out here with a lovely crowd. it is chillier thann i thought. >> it is brisk. >> it is cold! >> the wind picked up. >> it is brisk. >> i am thinking about 70 on tuesday. >> do you know what i'm doing in chicago, speaking of brisk? the polar plunge. >> that's crazy! >> 28-degree windchills. imagine this being in -- no, water. >> it's for a good cause, though. >> dis. special olympics. and al roker's doing it, so how can i say no to that? >> it is for a good cause, and there is hot chocolate in your future. >> i hope so. still to comeen "today," is erica up for the job? we'll see what happened when she interned for the day at j. crew. clearly, it did not go well because you came back. >> well, that's one way to look at it, craig. >> she came back dressed to the nines in j. crew. then, whether it's a weekend trip or a week away with the family, we have great spring break options tha won't drain your bank account. and later, be the star at beautiful cake that is surprisingly easy to make. >> and we're all ready for it because it's also, in our world, it's also called breakfast.

though, with a major trial now under way thaha tests just how far the press can go into a celebrity's bedroom. msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melb is back this hour with more on that this morning. good morning. >> good morning. hulk hogan is suing wker, pitting privacy against freedom of the press. it's a battle worthy of pro wrtling. in this corner, wrestler and reality tv star hulk hogan. in that corner, the blog gawker, the king of the snarky headline. hogaga says "i am going to slam another giant! hogan versus gawker." the wrestler is suing the website for publishing a video of him having sex with heather klemm, who was mried to his former best friend, radio shock jock bubba the love sponge. gawker says they had the right to run the story. >> this story is obviously not pen to papers. most stories on msnbc, most storors on gawker don't meet

but this was a good story about a major public figure. >> reporter: hogan wants $100 million for emotional distress, privacy violations and publishing private facts. he talked about how the video impacted him in 2012. >> this is the worst thing that's ever happened to me. it's really turned my world upside down. >> hulk hogan's privacy rights were invaded. it's wrong for a media company to take footage that was secretly filmed in a private bedroom, showing a person without their clothes on and engaged in adult activity and to let the world watch that. >> this is a controversial -- >> reporter: gawker founder nick denton argues the case is really about whether celebrities can use the courts to intimidate reporters. >> this is where celebrities' desire toontrol their image to manage their business, the business of their image, comes into conflict with our business, which is to put out the real story. >> reporter: denton argues hogan made his sex life part of his public persona.

the press to cover. >> the first amendment is very clear on this matter. we have rights not just as members of the press and members of the free press, but we're also people expressing ourselves onn a story that's in the news. >> reporter: hogan's attorney disaees. >> gawker would like the world to think that the first amendment destroys all other rights, but that's not how it works. >> reporter: and for critics who say gawker's blog isn't news, denton says it all depends on your definition. >> i believe thaha gossip is the first draft of news,, is the rst draft of journalism. >> oning arguments begin monday. a jury will decide if gawker crossed that lin from free speech into violating privacy or whether the first amendment does protect these kind of reports about public figures. and also, hogan's troubles have continued since he filed this suit. the "national enquirer" reported a secret transcript from the case showing him making racially incendiary remarks and that wwe

hogan apologized, saying there was no excuse for using that offensive language. guys? >> ari melber. ari, thank you. >> all right, dylan has a final check of the forecast. >> it just got coallder in the la 30 seconds. >> it did. >> substantially cold. >> the wind has picked up here, anddlet's take a look at the warm-up we're going to see, though, especially into the next several ys. this area of high pressure will pump in some southwest winds. look at wednesday in new york city, 71 degrees. raleigh should hit 76 by wednesday. back through nashville, 67 on monday, thehe mid-70s tuesday and wednesday, even up into ohio the mid-60s. today, though, in ohio, we are seeing some lake-effect snow showers. west coast. then tomorrow we'll get a break in the morning out on the west lovin'. all right south florida. winds shifting out of the east-northeast today. if you have plans on the water, feet. no advisories anywhere in sight

good news on this saturday. first alert forecast calling for temperatures into the lower 80s today. spotty showers in the morning hours turning the scattered shoors later this afternoon. nice day. if you'' heading to carnaval on the mile, we >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thank you. let's head over to sheinelle now in the orange room with today's "plaza fans of the day." >> we have kit and cindy from maryland. good morning to you guys! >> good morning. >> and happy birthday to you. >> thank you so much. >> i love the fact that you took out the time to put 60 candles, actually put 60 on there. you don't have to count them. soso you just decided to come by for your birthday? >> yes, yes. it's on my buckett list. >> it's on your bucket list, and now you're inside. >> i'm so excited! >> in the warmth. happy birthday. >> thank you! still to come on "today," we'll see if erica's up juror the job when she interns at j. crew, but first --

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this morning it's the final day in our series "up for the job today." and this time, it's erica's turn to intern. >> yep. that's right. i was very excxced about it. so, i interned at j. crew, and it was pretty muc everything i had hoped for. i showed up eager and ready to learn with absolutely no experience whatsoever, and they put me right to work. j. crew is known for its bright colors, unexpected pairings, and layers of bling. a modern look made famous by the company's president and creative director, jenna lyons, who on this day is also my boss. >> do you sketch? >> in my own way. >> do you have any d dign

>> no. >> yeah,, you probably wouldn't -- >> wouldn't make it, okay. well, now that we got that out of the way. >> this is your lucky day. >> it's my lucky day, and i feel like i'v got some potential. helping me find that potential, the head of women's design, somsack. even interns have a spot. it's official. now i'm really an intern at j. crew. >> this is amy. i want to introduce you to amy. >> hi, erica. >> nice to meet you. >> she's in charge. >> i have lots of tiny s suins to fold. so, what i'll usually do is put tweezers right in the middle to hold the line and then i'll sh the sequin up around it. >> would you be doing this for an entire dress? >> yes. we need a couple more supplies, so i'm going to send you to the garment district. >> and flowers. last one. back at the office, there were two more seasons to tackle.

some of thth images that we pulled together that we were inspired by. this vintage bag and just like the hot oranges with the olives. then we sort of make a smallerer color palette. >> colors, but no names. that's my job. for inspiration, i explored j. crew's color library, home to more than 6,300 swatches, organized by season. >> ok, so, how did you do? >> so, nn creamsicle for this one. >> i love that one. >> neon creamsicle, okay. >> what about rich clay? >> ooh. >> i like that one. >> that's nice. >> gorgeous gouveia. >> i love gorgeous gouveia. >> vibrant kelly. >> that's a good one, too. you're actually -- >> not terrible? >> -- pretty good at this. >> back at somsack's office it was time for h hiday 2016. >> so, we always do these sweaters. we need you to help us do a layout. >> okay. with some quick cutting and pasting, the mock-up was ready.

matching hat or a matching scarf to go with it. i like that you're thinking out of the box. >> but would jenna agree? >> how did it go? oh! wait, did you draw that? >> i did. >> okay, you would have gotten the internship on your own. >> i did? >> yes. if you want to come back, let us know. we're taking interns for the summer. >> be careful what you offer, because we've got this all on tape. and with that, jenna snapped this selfie, proof my dream really did come true. >> it was awesome. >> it looked like it@ was! >> in all honesty, everybody was so warm and welcoming and so gracious with their time. i had a million questions. it's just the most creative environment, and everybody's really encouraged to contribute. jenna's office is really open and people stop by, and you know, they have different ideas for things. >> i feel like for design it has to beepen so that people's eas are welcome. >> yeah, and they have these

found myself, like stop touching things! and i kept apologizing, like somsack, i'm sorry! and he's like, no, that's what we do. we touch@to see texture and how things work together. then i found myself being very works -- >> and that's when they sent you back to "today." >> that's when they said you have a job as a journalist. but it was very fun. and if there is gouveia or poppy well -- >> it's erica hill. >> you c cld have a job at >> i wowod. and you have an in there. didn't you do a crayola story a coupleears ago? maybe we talked abobo it. >> i don't remember. >> i think you did. think you did. >> up next -- >> thank you. thank you, thank you, to jenna and somsack and katie and amy and everybody at j. crew. spring break trips that won't break [he bank. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> now i want to go to crayola.

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here, but it's not too late at all to book a great deal all over the country. sara spagnuolo is editor at large at foursquare, the app for discovering new places. you're here this morning with great tips and vacation dea to kick off your spring break. already that titi, huh? >> it's that time. spring is shoulder season at so many destinations. it's a great time to travel because you can find amazing deals, particularly in places better known as summer and wintertime destinations. >> let's start with some tips. >> that's the first one. to visit offseason locations, shoulder season, again, spring is a great time to travel. the second is to search for emerging destinations, so neighborhoods that are on the rise. you'll often be able to find truly local, authenticstops. use a tool like trip tips, which is a foursquare tl where you can get recommendations from friends. it will save on a map and then change based on your location. and last, consider shorter trips. 36 hours is sometimes short

close by, pick a great lunch, dinner or breakfast and you'll have a quick spring break. >> you found some awesome trips for under 200 bucks, too, correct? >> yes, i did. >> where are we first? >> so, the first is miami, of course. >> i love miami. >> springtime is perfect in miami. it always heats up. the roommate waldorf towers has a great deal, $189 a night. you'll be very close to ocean drive. if you're looking for a great attraction nearby, the perez art museum is a great choice. a great quoursquare tip is kids are always free, adults free on the second saturdays of the month. if you're looking for the most distinctive taste in miami, mojito, find it at havana 1957. >> got engaged in miami. all right, mexico. >> this is not the mexico. your college spring break. guadalajara, mexico, in western mexico mexico, is a destination on the rise.

hotel, $195 a night. the iredible rooftop terrace, 37 impeccable rooms. you'll be right in the la fayatte neighborhood. this is a state of mexico known for mariachi, for tequila, so amazing cultural attractions there as well as a rising food scene and a film festival that takes place in early march. >> what about a weekend for the can enjoy? >> especially if you're interested in the outdoors, chattanooga, tennessee, in eastern tennessee. chattanoogan. rates are $119 a night. you can do rock climbing. there is a bergeoning tech scene, so lots of stylish, young people. delicious foods like grits, banana pudding and fried gen tomatoes. you can do hiking and rock climbing. look at the incredible scenery. and this springtime they have fun activities for the kids, like cooking classes and easy rock climbing. >> what if you want more cold weather? what if you're not over the cold just yet? >> people love to ski, and telluride, colorado, is an

accessible from 11 destinations in the united states. you can stay at the mountainside inn, where rates are $98 per person per night if you sy for three nights, and that includes your lift ticket on a mountain where a quarter of the slopes are kid-friend. this is a great choice, particularly for the entire family. and after you ski, there are more than 50 restaurants to choose from, including the thai restaurant that has a four-star rating on foursquare. >> thank you very much. coming up, an easy and delicious cake that will wow all

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this morning in "today food," we are wrapping up our week of baking basics with an unbelievable cake that i can't wait to try, and it's a lot easier to think than you may think. shauna sever is the author of "real sweet," and we're going to bake while everybody enjoys the cake. they're already digging in down there at the end, happily. >> during commercial. >> just make sure you save some. it's important to test what we're making here. shauna, good morning. >> good morning. >> first, let's go through the ingredients, because you're acacally combining two recipes here. >> yes. this is a black-and-whit pancake cake, okay? this is really a workhorse recipe. it's a one-bowl chocolate cake that's really versatile, and today we're doing something

interesting is using pure maple surp for syrup for the sweetener. >> great. >> the rest is stuff we have around the house, cocoa, sweetener. dump in these ingredients. king soda, baking powder, a little salt. >> there we go. >> this is a dump-and-stir operation. now the wets. this is maple syrup.p. >> so, instead of refined white sugar, okay. >> we're using syrup in everything today. >> love this. >> into greek yogurt, two large eggs. vanilla extract makes everything better. >> oil. >> a little light, colorless oil, like canola is really nice. >> okay. >> then half a cup of water in there as well. ay, so, all we're going to do to complete the batter is the wet into the dry, whisk until smooth and nice and thick, and then you get this stuff here. you don't even need a mixer for this. all by hand. >> fantastic. now, you're using an ice cream scoop. >> yes, that's a great trick for consistency. if you're doing cupcakes, muffins.

batter and bakakg it like pancakes. >> so, you've got it on a griddle. what are you putting in terms of oil on there? >> nonstick spray. >> so, just the spray. >> ye be generous with your nonstick spray and smooth thisnto about a seven-inch circle. four minutes on one side, two on the other. you want to be the flipper? >> i want to be the flipper. >> go for it. >> and you say always use the fish spatula. >> the fish spatula is -- >> easy to say. >> yes. just loosen the edges and go for the flip there. it's a great@ tool for baking for really delicate things like this, okay? >> i don't think it's ready. righgh >> you've got to let it happen. all right, so, then you're going >> is that on? >> yes, it is. yeah! >> i have earned my cake. >> she stuck the landing! okay, so, now we're going to assemble. we have our first filling here, which is mascarpone cheese. a littl maple syrup, a little vanilla extract. >> i don't taste the maple syrup at all, for all that's in there. >> w, this is interesting, the darker you use, the more you're

but that's the thing, you can use these sweeteners just lik you would use white sugar, and than others. >> why is it? is it better for your body, as opposed to using the refined white sugar to use a maple syrup things? >> yes. i think we're all moving towards a less processed way of eating. and i have two little kids at home, as i knono you do, too, and it's nice to have an alternative sometimes, you knowhat i mean? >> yes. >> it's not about health food or health food desserts as much as it is about using great alternative sweeteners. they're everywhere. e your fillings and stack it up and then you have this lovely thing. i love the way it looks. doesn't it? >> it looks beautiful, but i would imagine that it tastes even better. >> good for breakfast. you can't beat this. >> yeah, see? >> it's great -- >> becauau technically, it's a pancake, right? so -- >> it'ss breakfast. >> it tastes delicious! >> you can use the batter -- >> it is so goodod >> use the same batter for sheet cakes, cupcakes. in this case, it's a little different but still easy. >> here's to breakfast. shauau sever, great to have you with us this morning.

>> for this -- mm, i'm tongue-tied, it's so good! for this recipe and more, logon to today.com/food. that's it for us on a saturday morning.

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the spotlight after police test a knife reportedly found on o.j. simpson's former estate. >> find out which states are on the line today for th candidates. good morning everyone. welcome to nbc 6 "south florida today." it's saturday, march 5th. i'm sharon lawson. we'll get you started with your first alert forest and meteorologist erika delgado. we had a little showers in n e forecast this morning. what's the case right now? >> we're still dealing with the showers. happy saturday to you. the good news is this is thehe only place we're dealing with the showers right now. our live first alert radar picking up on the showers from miechld, miami gar derns all the way north into aventura. it's been non-stop all morning long for areas of key biscayne and the south beachs. i want to take a zoomemeoutlook and put things into motion for