sanders to join us today. we're live with it all. from bad to worse. as if they haven't had enough, residents in the water logged south now looking at the possibility of more severe weather today. a chance of tornadoes, eveve more rain and rivers continue to rise. dylan is tracking it all. iditarod attack. a snowmobil facing charges this morning after police say he intentionally rammed his snowmobile into two dog racers during the iditarod. >> he freaking tried to kill me. >> one dog killed. several others injured. the man behind that attack now carefully admitting he was drunk, but that he never meant to hurt anyone. and madonna's meltdo. the bizarre moments on stage during this weekend's concert, from her costume to her apparent drinking during a performance. how the custody battle for her son could be playing a part

>> announcer: from n n news this is "today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> glad to have you with us. i'm craig melvin with sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer is alsop here. to our top story, the race for the white house. first, the results of two races last night. marco rubio winning the primary in the district of columbia and after caucuses in wyoming, ted cruz picking up the most delegates in that state. >> more clashes at donald trump rallies on saturday. at one point, candidate having to be protected by the secret service detl when a man tried to rush the stage. it. we have it covered on both sides. we startith hallie jackson covering the republicans this morning. good morning. >> hey, craig, good morning from bloomington, illinois, where folk are bracing for another day on the campaign trail with donald trump. he's now talk ing tough against the protesters who interrupted his rallies, promising to push

words, stop the craziness. new clashes in more cities at donald trump rallies, protesters pepper sprayed during duelling demonstrations for and against trump at kansas city and in cleveland, verbal arguments turning ugly. >> go back to africa. >> reporter: in dadaon, this dramatic moment. secret service jumping on stage to surround trump, blocking him from a man trying to rush him. this new video showing a different angle. the candidate clearly startled. the protester, quickly arrested. >> i was ready for him but it is much easier if the cops do it. >> reporter: online, and later on stage, trump making an inflammatory claim about the man. >> one of my people said, wow, they found his name. and it was probably isis or isis-related. >> reporter: the law enforcement officials from two different federal agencies tell nbc news

adding there is nothing to indicate any tie. the rising tension at rallies so unnerving to natalie hill, she and her husband considered not attending at all. >> we already discussed when we got here,, if anything broke out, go towards the wall and edge t. >> reporter: you had an exit plan? >> yes, we did. >> reporter: with charged protests now par for the course at trump rallies, his rivals are having second thoughts about supporting him if he wins. >> i feelstill continue to support the republican nominee, but getting harder every day. >> let's everybody take a deep breath and we'll see where it goes. >> reporter: still, ted cruz running on the premise he keeps his promises is against pledging to support the front-runner. >> donald trump would be a disaster but hillary colon would be a bigger disaster. >> reporter: now telling the washington post there is no

contributed to the divisiveness. the question now, guys, how might this affect voterss we head to the key super tuesday away? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >he democrats are also setting their sights on dond trump. hillary clinton and bernie sanders talent xhent ss commenting about the violence at the rallies. nbc's kristen welker is in cleveland this morning with more on all of that. good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning to you. secretary clinton and senator sanders will be campaigning here in critical ohio today. but on saturday, those violent protests loomed large. the rivalry between hillary clinton and bernie sanders is escalating, but both were temporarily unified saturday, blaming donald trump's rhetoric for stoking violent protests at his rally in chicago on friday. >> that is not leadership.

>> violence a a rallies is not what america is about. >> reporter: trump then accused sanders supporters of starting the demonstration. >> they were taunted. they were harassed by tse other people, these other people, by the way, some represented bernie, our communist friend. >> reporter: sanrs fired back in an interviewith reverend al sharpton today. >> we have never, ever once called anybody to do anything like that. the truth is, this guy really is a pathological liar. >> reporter: this comes as the democrcric race is heating up. sanders increasingly competitive in states like ohio, illinois, missouri, after his surprise win in michigan. his call to reform job costing trade deals resonating in the rust belt. >> instead of wages are going up, they're going down. >> reporter: on saturday, clinton also called for stiffer trade laws, but created a small dust up when she accused sanders of being absent during the1990s health care fight. >> i don't know where he was

care in '93 and '94. >> reporter: then tweeted this video from 1993, sanders standing behind the thenn first lady during one of her health care seches. >> i'm grateful to congressman sanders would join us today. >> reporter: the clinton campaign pushing back, arguing she was the one leading the battle for healthcare reform. the tense back and forth underscoring the very high stakes on tuesday. >> i promise you this, i will work my heart out for you. >> reporter: the clinton campaign says evenf secretary clinton loses some of the midwestern states, if she wins florida and north carolina, she could expand her delegate lead on tuesday. still, senator sanders has a strong showing, this race could go all the way to t convention. >> kristen welker, thank you. chvck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, craig. >> i watched the rally from beginning to end last night in kansas city.

certain darkness that has befallen the trump campaign now, the chaos spilling into streets, the protesters, pepper spray. is there a chance the images that these scenes we're seeing play out over the past few days, that they're actually helping to rally his supporters? >>hort-term gain, long-term pain, i think for the party. i think it is possible it helps him. we have seen it before when controversy befalls trump, it stiffens the spine of its supporters, they digin, the more trump gets attacked, and, look, i think that's why trump hasesitated to sit here and somehow take responsibility and blame his own supporters. he doesn't want to do that. and i think he doesn't believe they deserve the blame. so, but, it does feel like we entered a new@ phase, again, i don't know if it has an impact on tuesday, but it is having an impact on whether donald trump

and i think he took a couple of steps way back in his ability to do that after on t trsday night, at that debate, looking like he was on his way to doing it. >> you mentioned stepping back from that, from uniting of the partz. we heard clearly from marco rubio yesterday. he's wavering on his support, if trump is the nominee, same thing from john kasich. how doe all of that play out? can they not in the end support donald trump if hs the nominee? >> i think they're in a catch 22, the two of them in particular. they have been so critical. they have said things, marco rubio said he's a con artist. how do you somehow -- how do you somehow be able to say, oh, i president? so i wonder, the language, both kasich and rubio use to criticize trump, it putsthem in a position where by supporting him, it looks more double talkish than if they don't support him at this point. >> as you know,@ chuck, john kasich's folks said if he does

out, it is hard to see how marco rubio -- if he doesn't win in florida. what does a three-person race look like? how does a three-man race change the dynamic? >> a three-person race i it is kasich and cruz here, i think it depends on -- you c@uld see a couple of things happen. number one, it means that trump, if he wins florida, but loses ohio, it means trump will be the guy with the most delegates going into the convention. but he's probably going to be short of the majority he needs. and i think what you'll see over the next three months is cruz and kasich will sort of divide and conquer. if they think kasich is strong, stronger anti-trump candidate, than cruz, the cruz people focus somewhere else. ion't think they're quite coordinating yet, but i wouldn't be surprised if you see that coordination as soon as, say, ten days from now, if kasich wins ohio, where you'll see cruz target arizona, kasich target utah and the two of them not get

that's how a three-person race could look because it all would be about denying trump. >> chuck todd, thank you very muchch we'll look for more on "meet the prprs" with john kasich, donald trump and ted cruz join him ter this morning. residents in the flood ravaged sou are trying to get back home to assess the damage after rains tha led to record flooding in the area. at least six people have been killed due in part 20 twoto two feet of rain that fell in the area. sarah dallof joins us from louisiana with more on the situatatn there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. home owners are taking stock of what got soaked when the water levels rose. furniture, vehicles, personal mementos, all pieces of lives interrupted by floods. as record-setting floodwaters recede recede, homeowners assessing the damage. wh is it like to see it today?

expenses, expenses. this is my last faft one. >> reporter: he hasn't told his wife the condition of her prized antiques. you see the line there. >> i'll glad she's not with me. >> reporter: across the region, similar stories, thousands of homes damaged by days of torrential rains.s. families given minutes to escape. >> the water was in the ditches, everything was fine. woke up at 3:00 a.m. and the water was at the fro door. >> reporter: the cleanup is back breaking. and for dwayne fulter, knowing he doesn't have flood insurance is disheartening. i guess we're just going to depend on neighbors and friends and our church family. >> reporter: a situation many other residents are finding themselves in, according to mayor wendy.y. >> we didn't need flood insurance before. we were lucky to get the rain w w got. >> reporter: gulf coast communities devastated by a

now beginning to pick up the pieces. >> i get somebody to help me and nail a board and nail a board. and we'll make it. >> reporter: along the six deaths we mentioned, a man overnight in northwestern louisiana who was in a boat attempting to return to his home to collect somom personal bloggings, dangerous conditions and a situation that continues to change moment by moment. back to you. >> sarah dallof, thank you. dylan is here. more severe weather is about to develop? >> more scattered severe storms. i want to point out, the rivers are still rising right now. they're not going to crest until tonight and tomorrow. so all of that water that is lling over the past several days, looking at over the last several days, all of this water still trickling into the rivers. monroe, louisiana, picked up 21 inches of rain. any additional rainfall is going to lead to more flooding. the setup right now, everything is all quiet. we have got clear skies down through louisiana, into

what will happen later on today with that sunshine, we're going to see those sttered showers and storms develop. that's what could lead to additional flooding. most of the threat is going to be across arkansas. isolated storm pops up across northern louisiana, pduces another one to two inches of rain, then we could see additional flooding. it is going to be hit and miss storms, so some of those storms will produce hail, isolated tornadoes, gusty winds and torrential downpours. >> dylan, thanks. >> what a week. >> scary moments in alaska this morning. a man on anowmobile crushed into two mushers and sled dogs during the iditarod race. morgan has more this morning. >> state troopersrged 26-year-old arnold demoskie with assault for the snowmobile incident that left one dog dead and three badly injured. >> i hope they can forgive me. i didn't mean it. >> reporter: a tearful apology from the man accused of slamming

with his snowmobile. >> i don't know how i can possibly make it right. >> reporter: the 26-year-old said he blacked out while driving drunk. the man he allegedly hit, four time champion jeff ng, making the thousand mile trek through the alaskan wilderness, said it felt like something else entirely. >> it didot seem like an accident. it seemed like an act of bravado. >> reporter: king says the snowmobile slammed him from behind, narrowly missing him. but striking and killing his 3-year-old pup nash and severely injuring crosby and banjo. >> one of my dogs was killed pretty much on the spot. and couple otherss i gave first aid to the best i could and loaded in my sled. >> reporter: ali racing just ead of king feared for her life. >> he freaking tried to kill me. >> reporter: she says out of nowhere, the snowmobile rammed

injured one of her dogs, sped off and reappeared 12 miles later, revving its engine and aimed directly at her. but he says he was just coming back to help. >> i turned around because i was concerned and i just had so much adrenaline. >> reporter: after meeting with law enforcement, both teams and their remaining dogs are back on the trail, hoping to put this frightening incident behind them. >> no one in their right mind would do what this person did. >> he says he woke up saturday morning, saw the news, realized what he had done and immediately turned himself in to the village police. both mushers are continuing to race as planned. ali is now second place with her remaining team of 14 dogs and jeff king in 13th place with 11 gs and a suspect is behind bars set to be arraigned thihi afternoon. >> thank you. a new report wasust

led to last year's deadly crash of a germanwings jet. investigators say a doctor referred the pilot to a psychiatric praice two weeks before. they're calling for new rules requiring medical professionals to warn authorities when a pilot's mental health could threaten public safety. south by southwest organizers are apologizing this morning after asking an athlete to remove her hijab. e was asked too dotake it off for a photo. she tweeted, you can'take this stuff up. they said they dismissed the volunteer who made the, quote, insensitive request. today's selection sunday when thenation's college basketball teams tind sfind out if they're going to the ncaa

march madness. two teams punched their ticket to the tournament for the first time on saturday. cal state bakersfield knocked down a three at the end to beat new mexico state, 57-54. and they won the western athletic conference tournament d pretty excited about it. stonie brook beating vermont, 84-74 to take the american east conference championship. >> i love college basketball. >> one of my favorite times of the year. yes. dylan is back with thea check of the rest of the country's weather and maybe some basketball. >> indoors considering all the rain that is happening. we are seeing the rain now moving up into the mississippi and ohi river valleys. heavier pockets of rain across southern illinois. heavier rounds of rain through central ohio. we are going to see a chance of storms pop up later on this afternoon. cold front moves eastward, it is this area through arkansas and northern louisiana, that hard hit area that could end up with more heavy downpours today and isolated severe storms out west.

all right. south florida. winds will be turning a little on the breezy side this afternoon. they wall be south of the south-southeast up to 15 knots. we have plenty of moisture just to the north and to the east of us, some dry air filtering in, but you can see a spin up here heading towards the carolinas that could be enough to trigger showers later today. that together with the humidity in place and that southeast and that's your latest forecast. >> your alma mater rutgers not going to the dance. basketball. but thanks for filling me in. >> ready for football? "saturday night live" taking on donald trump, ben carson and the violence at his rallies. it is all right after this. i love to take pictures that engage ople. and to connect us with the wonderment of nature.

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with a look back at "saturday night live," the show once again having a field day with the political antics of this republican and democratic presidential season. >> sheinelle in the orange room with more. >> this presidential race, you know it is comedy gold for our friends at "snl." larry david came back as bernie sanders and a fake political ad with hillary clinton, morphing into sanders and even poked fun at ben carson's recent endorsement of donald trump. the show tried to add a little humor to o o of the most serious turns of this week's veend sevents, the violence at donald trump's rally. >> breaking news, we're getting word of another incident of violence at a donald trump rally. aparentay the victim was this man, dr. ben carson. who was attacked moments ago by an angry mob that mistook him for a protester. we go there now. >> it's okay. i'm fine.

not this one. th is one of the good ones. i'm sorry, ben. >> hey, they're just lucky i don't have my knife on me. i've been known to cut a bleep ]. >> "saturday nht live" pushing the envelope once again. a hot topic, guys. you know "snl" goes in. >> i'm not touching it. >> we'll leave it to our friends. still to come, madonna's strange on stage antics and a separate battle that is happening in her personal life off stage for her sonon rocco. >> lots to get to still on this sunday morning edition of "todayay coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day.

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i'm sharon lawson. in the news this morning search crews are trying to find a 40-year-old man who disappeared

northwest miami. police say he met up with some friends to ride around blue lagoon lake then went missing after dark. only his jet ski w w recovered. he was not wearing a light jacket. police in northwest miami-dade looking for the driver who crashed into several parked cars. neighbors who live along northwest 47th street say they heard a loud screech around 6:30 thent went outside and saw all the damage.( anyone with information should contact crime stppers. >> now for a check on the weather in here is am erika delgado. we're expecting breezy south-southeast wind in afternoon. first alert forecast calling for

the foreca we are back on a sunday morning, march 13th. a little coldplay to start the morning off. fantastic video. >> i love that video. i love tha song. >> can't help but dance to it. tomorrow on "today," the band will be here, rocking rockefeller plaza with a live concert. >> you can dance to it live here on the plaza. >> some of these folks will probably stick around. just 24 hours. >> who is going to stay? >> if you stay here, you automatically get a ticket.

time, say, craig melvin said it. let's get you caught up on the headlines at half past the hour. sheinelle has momo. >> good morning. tensions rising at donald trump rallies on saturday as clashes between his supporters and demonstrators reach an allime low. one man even trying to rushhe stage and allf this is playing out just two days before the next crical vote in five states on tuesday. one pern is dead and two others missing after a tug boat crashed into a barge in new york's hudson river. the tug boat sank within minutes of the crash on saturday morning. thousands of gallons of fuel were dumped into the river. a second escape inmate in new mexico is back behind bars this morning,g, police caught 29-year-old lionell claw on saturday, three days after he escaped from a prison van with 32-y-yr-old joseph cruz. cruz was captured on friday. claw, who was wearing shackles and restraints, told reporters they just fell off and that's how he and cruz were able to escape.

thank you. we begin thisalf hour with madonna's meltdown on stage at her concert in australia over the weekend. some say she's been putting on some bizarqe performances for a while. and there is speculation it could be due to her ongoing custody battle over her son rocco. kelly cobiella has more. >> i want to dedicate this next song to my son. >> reporter: madonna called him a rebel heart. and son rocco is living up to it. the 15-year-old now with dad guy ritchie in london and fighting in court to stay there. madonna has pleaded with him at concerts. >> there is no love stronger than a mother for her son. >> reporter: posted pictures sayingng i miss this boy. and this strange free gig in australia last week, she lit up

s s. >> and also if i knew him when i would see him again. >> reporter: rocco is madonna and guy ritchie's only child together. they divorced in 2008. madonna, the rebel on stage, is a strict mom at home. and rocco reportedly pushed back in a fight over a cell phone. >> this is what we would call a teenage argument that escalated into a worldwide madonna crisis. her. she was only being a disciplinarian, a aood mom. >> reporter: on friday, madonna ditched the clown suit for nuns in hot pants in australia while her lawyers told a familyourt judge in london she wants to heal the wounds, and work with rocco and guy to resolve matters for her family. reportedly hoping oldest daughter lourdes can make peace. >> what she's trying to do as any good sister would is try to get her brother to understand that, you know, her mother needs him. and he should make contact.

a judge will decide whether to force rocco back into the arms of his megastar mom on tour or let the family work it out themselves. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. it is, of coursese daylight saving time officially. lost an hour. how to set our clocks back. we have been hearing from a lot of you on social media that the clocks you're seeing on yourr screen as you're watching the "today" show may not reflect that time change. we don't actually set that clock because it airs separate times around the country. if you noticed it, let your local stations know, maybe their clocks didn't get -- >> we're pointing the finger. way. >> you were nice about it. >> dylan dreyer is back with a final check of t -- >> if the local stations to come to my house and change the clocks on my stove and microwave, that would be great. west coast. weather. we have the chance of flash flooding, so watches are in effect. but the winds, especially along

very strong today. possible. also significant mountain snow. that's all good for building up the snow pack to get to the dryer months. the rainnould be heavy at times mudslides. we'r'r looking at snow, about 2 to 4 feet in the highest elevations. rainfall 1 to 3 inches. that whole storm system will this week. today, we focus on severe weather down through arkansas. and northern louisiana, could produce heavier downpours that could lead to more flooding. showers through ohio and tennessee river valleys and some spotty clouds up across the northeast. and tomorrow, we'll see a better chance of rain through the northeast, temperatures dipping back down to the 40s. back above average for the rest of the country as we get into tuesday. south florida, winds will be turning a little on the breezy side later this afternoon, not as bad as the last few days but they will be out of the south-southeast at 15 knots, the

5 feet over the atlantic waters. plentnt of moisture to the north and east of us, dry air filtering in, but you can see a pin up here heading towards the carolinas, that could be enough to help trigger some showers later today. that together with the humidity in place and that southeast wind, first alert forecast calling for isolated and that's your latest forecast. craig? >> dylan, thank you. sad news this morning about the health of a famous whale from seaworld. tillikum tilikum, the killer whale, is apparently near death. nbc's steve patterson has more. >> good boy! there you go! >> reporter: this is tilikum, the killer whale. >> good morning, handsome. >> reporter: believed to be 35 years old, he's lived here at seaworld for more than 20. but inn video put out by seaworld this week, caregivers say h has a respiratory infection they can't cure.

tremendously optimistic about tilikum tilikum, and his future, but he has a disease which is chronic and progressive. >> reporter: tilikum's life has been a symbol of the orca's majesty as well as their danger. in 1991, he killed a 20-year-old trainer. in 1999, a seaworld trespasser. then in 2010, tragedy once again after killing popular trainer dawn brancheau, that led to the scathing documentary black fish. sincnc the movie' release, seaworld's profits have slumped. soon after, seaworld announced it was ending the controversial killer whale show in san diego. and animal rights groups say orcas shouldn't be forced to live this way. >> they're very social animals. they will swim up to 100 miles a day in the ocean and in

what w/uld be the equivalent of us living in bathtubs. >> reporter: tilikum's trainers in orlando say he's receiving the best care. >> if tilikum would have showed up with this disease in the world, no doubt@ in my mind he would have been gone a long time ago. >> reporter: the hope for now at least that somehow at 12,000 pound killer whale can find peace. for "today," steve patterson, nbc news. still to come on this sunday, the second act for college football player who bebeme an opera singer. >> love that. also on our sunday story, a group of american moms making a difference in an international crisis. first, t tse messages.totally forgot to give us vegetables. i know. it's awesome. >>boo-yah. blow it up. bush's baked beans. slow cookek according to our secret family recipe with a hint of sweetness. they're the vegetable kids love. they're totally eating their vegetables. boo-yah. >>blow it up. whaaat? bush's baked beans.

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training, he decided it wasn't too late to start a new ceer. >> if you like movies, if you like war and violence, sex and all those things, you go see that in the theater. well, it is all in opera too. >> reporter: morris robinson is one of the preeminent voices in opera today. >> 10 to 20 singers in each vocal category around the world that can continue to have a successful career yeaea after year. >> reporter: robinson's success follows an unusual path, playing college football as a lineman at the citadel, then spending a a decade working in corporate sales for exxonmobil and 3m before taking on the stage. >> i was always singing at weddings and singing the lord's

invariably some little old lady walking up to me saying, you kn, you should be doing this for a living. >> reporter: and at 30 years old, he took a lp of faith when he got a full scholarship to boston university's opera institute. there are not a lot of guys that look like you that sing opera. >> not a lot of guys that look like me that work for 3m. i think that the opera world is a microcosm of the real world. the real world doesn't all look like us. you have to find a way to overcome that. >> reporter: after years of establishing himself in itataan and german operas, robinson is tackling rolls he aroidvoidedor the majority of his career. >> i'm a big black guy, i'm a bass, everyone who sees me and hears me speak thinks two things, sing old man river and i bet you can sing corgi.

and now looks to milan as he prepares to play the lead role in porgy and bess this fall. >> i've seen both sides having gone to school there. this story is written about blacks from the other side of the track who weren't afforded the opportunities i was afforded in that very town. >> reporter: robinson hopes to reach a new audience, willing to take a chance on an old classic. >> everyone can't sing like michael jackson or beyonce or rap like jay-z, but that doesn't mean you can't express yourself musically. twohains and jay-z should know about morris robinson. >> one of the coolest guys i've met in a while.

introduce young people to opera. he is he he said you'd be surprised how many people he talks to. >> what a great story. >> love that. >> thank you very much. still to come, a group of american moms and their journey to reach syrian refugees to help them on their roaoa to a better life. that's after these messages. hey, you're going to do great. hi. to the couple who set aside the whole day to sell their old car

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some years ago this week the syrian civil war broke out setting off a tidal wave of refugees. millions fled with many risking their lives in boats not sea worthy, all in a desperate bid to reaea europe. last fall we followed a group of american moms who wanted to help these families, many with small children, by delivering baby carriers, inspired by efforts like that, another group of american moms had set out to provide comfort to thee youngest victims. >> two of our producers who made that first trip traveled back to greece a few wks ago to see the moms in action. their story begins in the sea of orange, piles of discarded life jackets, each representing a harrowing trip across an unforgiving sea, all in search

>> we went to one of several life jacket graves, words can't we're playing a game of let's see if we can find a real one. it is just filled with styrofoam. >> i was in the military and i've been followingnghe middle eastern conflict for years now. we'll do the same thing. i would pack up my stuff and try to get my 15-month-old baby to safety. i live in california, i have two kids. my son lace and my daughter helena. it was difficult leaving my kids behind. i felt so compelled to do something. >> i was in boulder, colorado, i have a family of three small children. i am here working with operation refugee children.

>> a backpack is something very simple. the items we include are items we take for granted daily. >> a lot of the needs are just things as a mother we felt they would appreciate. >> the kids go on to the bus and we could see through the window they were going through their stuff and this little boy pulled out the crayons and the gloves and looking at them and trying them on and then he looked back at us and waveve >> he couldn't take his eyes off of us. couldn't stop saying thank you.

postcard or magazine. people think of it as something very soothing and very calming. it is hard tout into words how something you used to associate so much with beauty is now -- you associate it with tragedy. >> we were able to go to the people. the people are lovely. they don't refer to them as refugees, but as guests. >> they were kneeling down, the same i would kneel down and put a jacket on my son. no difference between them. they both deserve the shelter they seek. he was so happy. he was so appreciative.

>> they don't know where the father is. >> how does it make you feel you have to leave syria? >> she has good spirits. she's positive. she also says she's getting used to it, getting used to all the suffering. >> grandchildren and great great grandchildren will judge us by the compassion we showed during this crisis. they're just like us. they're mothers, they're fathers. they have careers. they had a home. they never asked for this. >> patrice and denice, t tt

grandchildren and ourreat grandchildren will judge us on our compassioneally sums it up. >> it does. i think, you know, these are backpacks full of items that they need and they so desperately need, but i think the bigger symbol is that when ese moms were giving out the backpacks of telling these kids their lives matter and that they exist because there is just thqs general sense of a whole generation that feels like they don't matter. so, you know, the moms put so much thought into the backpack and what should go in. >> what kind of things? >> it has been unseasonably cold in europe this year, so it has been snowing. you have all the kidsrriving and they're having frostbite. so they, you know they pack little warm booties and fleet and another thing too is they included like a whistle, and a safety device for the parents, but what was really unexpect is when we were in the camps, the kids view ed it as a play toy.

kids running around blowing the whistle whistles, for a brief moment you forgot you were in a refugee camp and they were acting like kids. they put a lot of thought into what they -- especially from a mother perspective, what they thought they would need and what a mother would need as well. >> really incredible that a few months from this country can have so much impact and do so much over there, just with a dream. >> yes, this is only a group of five moms from the entire country. they have been able to get corporate donations, you saw in the piece. some people had patagonia jaekts, hatjaekt s jackets, hats, cliff bars was a sponsor. to ought all of this together was really inspirational. >> people can customize a backpack if they like to help. >> right. that's their new initiative. the moms at operation refugee child want to give you the opportunity to really deliver whatever you want to the hands of refugee children. they have a shipping -- they

check off whatever you have. whether it is for a mom, whether it is f f a boy or a girl. it is really fantastic. >> there is the information on the screen, we'll put it on the website as well. fantastic story. >> thank you for sharing it with us. thank you, thank you, thank you. we're back after these messages. i appreciate you coming by. absolutely. the market's been pretty volatile lately. there is a lot at stake here, you know? look jim, we've been planning for this for a long time. and we'll keep evolving things. so don't worry. knowing what's on your mind and acting accordingly. multiplied by 13,000 financial advisors. it's a big deal. and it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. get 30% off every guest every ship in the caribbean

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r the right now at 9:00 the latest on the search for a missing jet skier who vanished after meetetg up with friends in miami. and boiling point, pepper spray dispersed by police at a donald trump rally as protesters make their way inside. and cleanup under way on miami beach after rowdy spring breakers leave behind a trail of destruction. good morning, everyone. today. it's sunday, march 13th. i'm sharon lawson. we spring forward. let's throw you over to meteorologist erika delgado and

>> you're absolutely right. last night we did spring forward. hopefully all of you turned yoyo clocks ahead one e ur. 9:00 is the time right now, not 8:00. keep that in mind. 75 degreesin miami, it's a mild start to te day, 723 fort lauderdale, lower 70s near the homestead area, aeady in the mid 70s from oakland park all the way down into pembroke pines. we've been dry to far for miami-dade and broward county, now we are beginning to see a few of those spotty showers between marathon and also duck key. all of this continues to push towards the north but very slowly. let's put things into motion so we can see what we're dealili with right now. you will see the showers lingering across much of the florida straits. in miami-dade and broward county things are okay, nothing we need to worry about. these showers are popping up out of nowhere, the moisture is in place. with the light wind we could see a few spotty showers throughout the remainder of the day.