happy birthday to emma watson, and seth rogen and emma thompson. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching "early today." . >>> right now the search is on man in the east village. >>> widespread devastation caused by an earthquake in japan. >>> wait a minute, wait. >>> democrats most contentious debate yet. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning everyone. it's friday, april 15th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael gargiulo. we're going to wrap up our week of raphi. raphi it's been a pleasure having you with us. >> it's been a great week. it's been coasting along. not much going on in the world of weather in terms of rain, snow. we have mostly clear skies out there. as we look at your forecast, similar to yesterday, mostly clear, on the chilly side throughout the morning. we're warming up back into the 60s. if you thought yesterday felt nice, it's a little milder today. maybe think about lunch outside.

actress emma watson is the un women goodwill ambassador. a: you're not going to get rid of me until i get to see an equal number of female prime ministers and presidents and ceo's and more men that actually feel like it is ok to express how they really feel about things. and more fathers that are present in their children's lives. narrator: watson is seeking male supporters for this cause across the globe. equal opportunities for boys and girls how do you convey this to young people? take uganda, where 1/2 the population are under 15, which makes rap music a pretty good way to get your message across. girls don't do. i climb trees. i can somersault. i can dance this break-dance. narrator: uganda's youngest female rapper is 14 and goes by the name of mc loy. she's become a star in her country, regularly rapping the news on uganda's ntv. narrator: the weekly voice recording in a production company is followed by a tv studio session. this modern news format is designed to reach young people who don't normally watch the news. >> despite concern

. >>> and happy birthday to emma watson of "harry potter" fame, she is 26. and emma thompson is 57. happy birthday to all. >>> i'm alex witt. thanks so much for watching "early today." have yourselves a great weekend. see you right back here on monday morning, early. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> good morning thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. breaking news out of the east bay. a busy freeway shut down because of a big rig crash. >> bob redell live on the scene on 880 in hayward. it's a mess out there, bob. >> it is. good morning to you, sam and laura. southbound 880 where you can see a big rig that overturned. it shut down four lanes of southbound 880. within the past few moments chp was able to open the far right lane and that is the number five lane, your slow lanes. you'll still have a backup and on the northbound direction two

they went with emma watson in the end. >> were you a funny kid? >> quite strange. i'm a quite strange adult. sort of wanting to be the center of attention. >> you seem to have fun with the royals every now and then. who do you make most fun of? >> i hosted a royal variety show in england, a member of the royal family attends and i manage to insult all of them at some point. kate middleton came and i went to school with kate middleton. i called her out. at my high school she still holds the triple jump record. she is the school record holder but held it for like 20 years. i think there is conspiracy there. they're not going to take down the future queen of england's they will just say she little svitlana is on drugs. >> it opens everywhere today. >>> we are back in a moment. >>> it is time for friday funny. >> a husband and wife were having dinner wife tells her husband i have decided i want to be larger. i need around $20,000 to get breast implants. the husband looks up and says why don't you just rub toilet paper on your chest. why asked the wife? the husband repl

emma watson, tom hanks. the woman's dream job turns into a nightmare. one to watch when it comes out. >> can't wait. thank you so much. >> i have a lot of reading to do. >> yes. >>> up next, back on the road to rio as we count down 100 days to the summer games with olympic athletes, gabby douglas, i'm chris bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto . hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides arnie. xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there's limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. you know, i tried warfarin, but the blood testing and dietary restrictions... don't get me started on that. i didn't have to. we started on xarelto . nice pass. safety first. like all blood thinners, don't stop taking xarelto without talking to

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