>> announcer: this is "today "with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live in studio 1a in rockefeller pla. >> thanku, everyone, for joining us on this busy, busyay thurmorning. >> the faa has at last grounded those max 8 airplanes at the center of twocrashes. a lot of people said finally it came. >> critics saidoo it much too long for the faa to do it. in a minute we'll talk to thera adminir of the faa. as mentioned, the u.s. has now joined the rest of the world grounding the fleet in the wake of two recent air crashes. >> we'll talk to the head of the faa, but first tom costello jos us from reagan national with the very latest on this. hey, tom, goodin mo >> reporter: good morning. if you're flying today be prepared for cancellations, and it's not just because of the max 8 and max 9. weave a massive snowstorm really messing things up.

this is "today" with seannah guthri and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and welcome to "today" on friday morning. hoda has the morning off. craig is the happiest person we have here. >> a little bleary-eyed this morning. but n, was it worth it. i watched it from beginning to end. those would have fof terriers, they didn't disappoint. seton hall put up a heck of a fight. fun game to watch. >> this is w we love march madness. we'll have more just ahead. first, our topnestory. comments from the president on the mueller report and his feud with john mccain's family. we have two reports from the white house this morning. we'll start with riflbs'sen welker. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. the white house and washington bracing for the report byun special l robert mueller which could be released at any minute. mueller aiming to answer the key question, did the trump campaign collude with russia to meddle in

guthrie: dr. webber, with $1.4 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, no doubt students are struggling with debt. in your testimony you noted the large amount of misinformation on who is suffering the most from taking on loan debt. can can you please explain what level of education students with $60,000 or more debt are seeking compared to the average balance of defaulted loans? ms. willis-brown: sure. on average the -- dr. webber: an average student who has more than $100,000 in debt is very rare. we're talking 5% of borrowers. most are people who have gone to graduate school, received professional degrees, mid school going to pay off in spades. not all of them. i don't want to minimize the it's a that distraction from the much larger problem of people who say they have $5,000 or $10,000 in debt but did not graduate, attended a low value institution, underresourced institution, and because the vast majority of the college premium is tied up in actually getting the degree, then having $5,000 o

guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 1839, which extends the important medicaid money follows the person program until september. the medicaid money follows the person program allows certain medicaid beneficiaries, such as the elderly or individuals with disabilities, to transition from a health care facility to receiving care in their own homes. it does not force patients to leave a facility if they don't want to. since the money follows the person program was created over a decade ago, it has successfully helped over 88,000 individuals receive care in their own homes. i have worked with congresswoman debbie dingell on the bipartisan empower care act, which extends the medicaid money follows the person program for five years. i urge my colleagues to support this bill to extend the program until september, and i will continue to work with congresswoman dingell to get the empower act across the finish line. and i yield back my time. mr. burgess: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentl

guthrie, mr. daly carson daly is a big fan of magic. >> congratulations on four years. i want you to think of a number between 35 and 100 i want you to change your mind a few times so everyone knows you haven't talked really in your mind there's a number that's just formed at this moment. you got one? >> yes. >> between 35 and 100. imagine that that number is written right here on this post it note, really big. you see that in your mind? >> i want you to do that if you wouldn't mind, step back a little bit so nobody can see what you write write that number big on that post it note i don't want anybody to see what the number is. i don't want to see. don't show it to the camera. let me know when you've done that >> i've written it. >> give me the pen back. >> fold that piece of paper in half fold it in half again. >> fold it in half. >> and place that piece of paper in one of your pockets. >> in half again. >> you're thinking of a number that nobody knows. >> inside my jacket. >> wherever you want. >> check out the deck of cards, there's no ink bled through. i'm going to

guthrie: my motto is the ass of 198 , our country restreenged. nd i start with a story i went through the academy and i went into business and i was in new england business school and i was driving back from roosevelt's home and i as at a grocery store and he says, ken ugy plates, what are you doing here in connecticut? > i went to franklin's school. the hudson river is beautiful. he said well, if you love the hudson river, you ought to spend a weekend at west. i said are you kidding me. people go to a school? then we have parades and the -- i didn't want to say look, but he weapon through the day at west poip and he said tailgating and football and the great times you have there and you have good times. i didn't have the heart to tell him the truth and the story. as soon as he finished, i said i always heard about west point, it is a great place to visit and you don't want to live there. it is tough and hard. it is something you sacrifice or and one of migrate thrills, you nominate people to all of our academies and tell them they received an ap

. >> just want to point out that savannah guthrie had a memorable interview today with sarah sanders. we don't often see sarah sanders responding to follow-up questions because the way the brieflyings have been shortcutted. i want to play a little of this exchange between savannah guthrie on today with sarah sanders. >> did robert mueller deserve better from the president with this kind of language and behavior? >> frankly i think the american people deserved better. they didn't deserve for the election of this president to try to be -- >> wait a minute. the president's rhetoric. about a public servant doing a job -- >> are you kidding? the president's rhetoric matches. they are literally the media and democrats have called the president an agent of a foreign government -- >> wait, wait, we're talking -- >> that is an accusation equal to treason which is punishable by death in this country. >> wait a minute. you have kids and you know if you say, did you do this, the answer isn't, yeah, but my brother did that. does he owe robert mueller an apology for that kind of rhetoric? >> i thin

. >> they look good on you guthrie. >> what are you think? for them? >> she's not crazy about them. >> they're adorable. i just e-mailed your eyeglasses person. i'm going to copy you. >> when i find a pair of pants that fit well, a style that i like. will you buy these -- >> i think i g will a couple other colors. i'm thinking maybe purple, something else. >> they are perfect for your face. >> i think red, too. >> might go with red. >> we'll be twinsies. >>> we've got time for a click. >> this woman recording a rthday message for her friend when the greeting came to a surprising end. >> for your rthday, you g the famous birthday song. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happyirday to you ♪ happy birthday dear margaret ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ and mandy moore >> love you. oh my god, somebody just hit me. i got in a car wreck. call youback. >> she's remarkably calm. >> love you.>> as everyone okay? >> everybody is fine. >> i don't know. she was driving and doing a birthday video. >> the good news is >> she was in a parking lot. >> that doesn't make it b

guthrie that all the of sunshine and showers so nice to see some sunshine but some showers will be quite happy with a chance of hail or sunday towards the north—west, sleet and snow over high ground. temperature wise, seven, 10 degrees at best on sunday, adding on the windchill will be a chilly out there. nowhere is immune to scenes showers. does not look like they will fade away into the evening hours and the wind will fall lighter as well. things are starting to change as we can to the work week. a chilly start to come under clear skies with light wind. temperatures are not farfrom skies with light wind. temperatures are not far from freezing. minus floral in the countryside across parts of scotland. through the dow monday we will see cloud and patchy rain moving in from the west so that isa rain moving in from the west so that is a week warm front arriving that for much of the country we should keep the blue sky and the sunshine on monday for much of the day after the chilly start some mistake for possible first thing in the east that should clear away. outbuilding in from the west br

guthrie, a live concert from country music superstar maren morris.but we're about to be. hello. are you gayle? >> i'm gayle, yeah. >> you're from where? >> north carolina. >> i bet you have a lot of friends there. >> yes. they're all looking for me on tv. >> she said, please talk to me. all my friends think i'm going to be on tv. well, you are, gayle. want to shoutout? >> parker, her 16th birthday. >> i have a present for you. are you busy tomorrow morning? >> not -- no. >> the answer would be no. i've got vip passes for you. we have a concert tomorrow, maren morris. are you into that? >> yes, yes, i am. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> you're famous. >> savannah, her name is savannah, too. >> it is? let's talk. nice to meet you, savannah. >> nice to meet you, too. >> you're as cute as can be. nice to meet you, honey. i just made a whole bunch of new friends. >> of course you did. >> that was so tweesweet. >>> ahead, have you heard of cleo wade? she's called the young oprah. a poet using social media to spread love and acceptance. >>> also ahead,

guthrie for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you for holding this hearing. this is an area of bipartisan interest. extremely contagious and can cause respiratory symptoms, fever, and rash. the consequences can be severe. one in 20 children with measles develops pneumonia, one in 1000 develops rain swelling, more will die. fortunately, measles was declared eliminated in the united states because the nation had gone more than 12 months without any contagious transmission. progressperts believe was achieved because of basic combination of measles, mom's, highla vaccine, vaccination rates, and the strong public health system to detect and respond to outbreaks. i limit nation does not mean the disease is completely eradicated. it remains in many parts of the world. there are 20 million cases worldwide each year. it returns to the u.s. when infected travelers bring the disease back. because it is so contagious, 93 percent to 95% of people need to be vaccinated to achieve immunity. this level of population immunity provided by high vaccination rates prevents outbre

both for being here, and i'm now happy to recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee, mister guthrie, for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you. for holding this important and timely hearing, this is an area of bipartisan interest, measles is an extremely contagious virus, it can cause significant respiratory symptoms, fever, and rash. in some cases, the consequence is can be severe. one in 20 children with measles developed pneumonia, one in 1000 developed brain swelling that can cause brain damage, one or two thousand children who conduct measles will die, fortunately, measles was declared eliminated in the united states in 2000 because the nation had gone more than 12 months without any contagious disease transmission. public health experts believe this progress was achieved because of a very safe combination of measles, mumps, rubella, or mmr vaccine. very high vaccination rates, and a strong public health system to detect and respond to outbreaks. however, elimination does not mean the disease is completely eradicated. the disease remains in many parts of the worl

guthrie, a live concert from country mus superstar maren morris.ce you to my girlfriend. she doesn't know we'refriend we're about to be friends. are you gayle? >>ga i'm yle. >> from ere. >> newburn, north carolina. >> you have a lot of fans there. >> she said please talk to me, all my friends think i'm going to be on tv. well, are, gayle. you want to shout out any friends by name? >> yes, parker on her 16th birthday >> i have a little present for you. >> you do? >> are you busy tomorrow morning? >> no. >> the answer would be no. >> i've got vip passes for you for the concert tomorrow, maren morris. are you in to that? >> yes, yes, i am. >> happy birthday. you're famous. >> her name is savaah, o? >> your name is savannah? let's talk. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you, too. >> you're as c e as canbe. >> i told you, i made a whole bunch of new friend >> just ahead, cleo wade has been called the millennial oprah with big following on social media, using it to spread a message of love and self-acceptance. >>> also ahead the rning, the gang from "tra

savannah guthrie. do you know how iknow?nstagram. there's the #on your screen. >> if you woke up in the middle of the night you'd be like #mytodayplaza. we always are saying it because we want to see youres mess >>> investigators are reportedly found their stronges oevidence ye a link between the two deadly crashes involving boeing 737 max 8 jet liners. nbc's tom costello has the breaking details. tom, goomorning. >> reporter: good morning. the "wall street journal" reporting investigators who are reviewinglack boxes from the ethiopian ar liner that crashed say it does appear that theti tall system known as mcaste misfired and acti much as it did in the case of the lion air flight.en both planes into a nosedive shortly after takeoff with very erratic vertical speeds. nearly 350 people died in both crashes. this week boeingas been briefing hundreds of pilots and airline executive on a software upgrade, a fix it hopes will ensure if mcas pfeiffer, they ocanrride it. the pilots have the tooblt have the nal say andlso to prevent

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. nice to have you with us. i haven't started my bracket yet but i do it strictly by emotion and not facts. >> by gut feel? if that's the case, i have virginia tech in there, just my gut feeling? >> and watford for the first time, craig melvin is so excited. >> he's on that great bandwagon. we will get to that in a minute but we have a busy morning. we start with that historic flooding in the heartland. >> heavy rain and historic snow are combining to create a dangerous situation for millions, breached dams, historic evacuations and breaches on the river. first to kathie park, just by nebraska. >> reporter: behind me is a swollen missouri river. typically, this is the parking lot to the harris casino next door. the river is not just overflowing, currents are moving very quickly, just one example the flood risk is so very high. this morning, the midwest is under water. thousands forced to evacuate their homes because of historic flooding. states of emergency have

. >> announcer: from nbc news, thisda is " with savannah guthrie andtb hoda koive from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, good mornino welcome monday. nice to have you with us. i haven't started my bracket yet, but i alwaysit dtrictly by emotion, not by facts. >> just by gut feeling. >> if that's the case i got >> and wofford for the first ti time and craig melvin is so excited. >>> we're going to start with that historic flooding in the heartland. >> heare rain, melting snow aco ining, breached dams, mandatory evacuations and rivers that are r still oise this morning. we're going to get to al in just a moment. first nbc's kathy park is in iowa just across the border from omaha, nebraska. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. behinde is the missouri river, but typically this would be the parking lot for the harris casino next door. the river is not just overflowing, thents are moving fast. just one example that the flood risk is still very high. this morning the midwest is under water, thousands forced to evacuate their homes because of historic floodi

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi remember everybody. good morning. thank you for being with us. how good does friday feel >> extra good. my virginia tech hokies is going up against duke. >> march madness rolls on. let's get right to this breaking news. concerning the 737 max plane crashes. reported black box data from the doomed ethiopian airlines flight that crashed earlier this month is now giving investigators a much better sense of what happened and some of the details are disturbing. nbc's tom costello has been all over this story from the start. >> reporter: "wall street journal report"s investigators say it does appear the and stall system suspected of bringing down the indonesian airliner also misfired and activated in ethiopia as well. both planes went into a nose divisive shortly after takeoff with very erratic vertical speed and a porpoise effect of the plane bobbing up and down. 350 people died in both crashes. this week boeing unveiled a software upgrade a fix that it hopes

. >>> savannah guthrie approached the issue of releasing muller's full report with with sarah >> now she asked whether president trump would waive executive privilege so the report can be made public. >> that's a determination begin that the attorney genehol and white counsel's office would have to make because they want to protect individual americans and theyecant to prthe office of the presidency. this is something frankly thaav should never happened. this is a two-year waste ofay ta time and dollars. >> now sanders also said the results of the investigation were a complete exoneration of the president. we could hear from the president again today. he's hosting israeli prime ministerja bn netanyahu at the white house in a few minutes. this is netanyahu leaving israel yesterday. he and t president are oliccted to discuss involving syria and iran today. netanyahu will then fly straight back to israel cutting his trip short because of a rocket attack near tel aviv thismorning. the president has drawn criticism for his decisions concerning israel. just week ago, he broke with decades

i'm savannah guthrie in washington, d.c. hoda isn studio 1a. lots to talk about here. absolutely let's get right to what we know about the findings from that mueller areport. >> torney general william barr delivered his reviat to congresssunday, and here are the main takeaways. the special counsel's investigation found no evidence that the tru campaign conspired or coordinated with russiao influence the 2016 election. mueller's team drew no conclusions one way or the other issue of whether the president obstructed justice. but the attorney general and deputy attorney general said they have decided not to prosecute, and the presidentas quick to weigh in claiming complete and total exoneration. there's a lot to digest here. we've got it all covered including a live interview with white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders just heard. we will begin with nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is aal definitive polit victory for president trump and his allies. they are feelingan trium today. the cloud of collusion that has loomed large over h p

. >>> in case you missed the big announcement on the "today" show, news4 alum sna guthrie is this year's commencement speaker at george washington university. it will take place on the nation mall on sunday, may 19th. by the way, it's the only graduation ceremonyt will take place on the mall. >> that's a lot of pressure of the she talked about it on the "today" show this morning saying she's jotted down some notes but she's working on the speech. >> it's a big speech. >>> 11 minutes after the hour this morning, a stunning turnf events for "emre" star jussie smollett. >> questions continue after charges against him are dropped. we have the very latest from both sides when "news4 midday" continues. >>> now to the stunning reversal for jussie smollett. he walks away wit a clean record just weeks after a grand jury indicted him for staging his own hate crime. >> the latest twist in the case infuriating chicago police tho sayy have a mountain of evidence against him. miguel almaguer has more on the fallout. >> reporter: walking out of court no longer facing criminal charges, jussie smollett c

you can't get left politics out of woody guthrie or pete seeger.age movement was there to celebrate people's culture. >> if you like the music, you were really signing on for their ways of looking at the world, too. and then, eventually, one guy emerges as being special. ♪ ♪ a bullet from the back of a bush took medgar evers' blood ♪ >> during that time in the '60s, as that cultural revolution was slowly bubbling and kids were starting to question authority, question what was happening in their country, they're looking for answers. >> bob dylan thought that folk music was poetry. he took beat energy and mixed it with folk culture, and it's more lyrical intensity than anybody's put to song before. ♪ and the negro's name is used, it is plain ♪ ♪ for the politician's gain as he rises to fame ♪ >> up until the time of bob dylan, there were the songwriters and there were the singers. dylan started writing his own music. >> he says, i am going to comment on the world, i'm going to comment on the nature of this human experience. bob dylan was sort of in t

sarah huckleberry sanders bathed in the glow this morning and sat down for a little yell at savannah guthrie>> the president has absolutely eviscerated bob mueller. did bob mueller deserve better from the president than this kind of language and behavior? >> frankly, i think the american people deserved better. they didn't deserve for the election of this president to try to be taken down. >> wait a minute. the president's rhetoric about a public servant doing a job. >> are you kidding? the president's rhetoric matches literally the media and democrats have called the president an agent of a foreign government. >> wait, wait, wait -- >> that is an accusation equal to treason which is punishable by death in this country. >> what? off with chuck schumer's head! punishable by death. calm down, king joffrey. nothing is punishable by dead. mike pence spoke at apac this morning where he gave the report. >> yesterday was a great day for our country. our president and every american who cherishes the truth. >> look at how -- look at how bummed he is. he is so disappointed right now. he's like i coul

want to play for you a little bit of what sarah huckabee sanders had to say to my colleague savannah guthrie on the "today show" related to bill barr and where his head may be at. watch. >> the criticism is here's a guy making a snap judgment who had already made up his mind about the case, and it's on the record. >> it's not a snap judgment. >> he wrote a 19 page memo stating there's no obstruction case against the evidence before he saw one piece of evidence. >> i think it's very clear. look at bob mueller's report. he could not make a determination. >> nick, do you believe that's an effective argument coming from the white house there? >> not at all. in fact, if you really look at the letter that william barr wrote, his own concept of obstruction of justice is legally incorrect. first of all he says the reason that there's no obstruction is because there's no corrupt intent, because what trump did didn't relate to an ongoing proceeding. if you go back to his 30 plus page memo he submitted as a kind of a job letter to the white house and the department of justice a while ago, you'll see th

savannah guthrie and midwin charles, an attorney, as well as a contributor to "essence" magazine and yamiche alcindor and in her room, which means she has legs and i've never seen them. and barb mcquade. no better day to have you here. on a takeaway, the way people feel about this decision, was the judge within his rights? >> yes, is the short answer. but i have to say i was stunned because generally speaking judges do stay somewhat within the guidelines that are recommended. this is a massive departure. i mean you're talking about getting a fraction of what the sentencing guidelines recommended. now the sentencing guidelines don't have the teeth they used. to when i was a young lawyer when for the 20 minutes i was a lawyer, the judges hated them because they took away the discretion and the reason for the sentencing guidelines was there was disparity because white-collar criminals would get off easy and other people wouldn't and they were trying to bring uniformity into sentencing because of the supreme court decisions the guidelines are largely discretionary and now you see a situa

guthrie, for asking questions for five minutes. >> thank you very much. -- thanks to the witnesses for being here. this is important. regardless of what decisions they make, want to make the best decisions for their child. the bestt to make sure information, accurate information, is out there, so bestcan make the decisions. this is pertinent to me. one of my great friends growing 1964.i was born in he was born just a few months before me. rubella.ad he was born essentially without a hand. so i've always thought of devastating it can be. the baseball, just amazing how he adapted to it. but it was something. later in life, when i was older, my mom -- she pregnantr seven months with me when he was born. just the terror that went community, with women that were pregnant with their children at that time. it's always been -- i want to to try to getions information out, moving forward, for both of you to answer. physiciansnion, as and leaders in federal public health agencies, should parents of unvaccinated children be more fearful of measles or the measles vaccine? >> to me, it's a no doubt.

guthrie. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. thank you all for being here today. i have a couple questions directed to miss abbott. christian services has spent 20 years caring for and helping unaccompanied children reunify with their children in the united states. can you describe how this process has changed over the past 20 years? >> we always have provided care to unaccompanied children. children who come to the united states without a parent or adult to provide care for them. what has changed over the last year is seeing children separated from their parents. foster care is meant to provide care when the parents aren't available to provide care or cannot provide healthy care for a child. we were seeing children who were healthy attached to their family, their family was providing good care, being separated. >> how many were separated not for cause other than illegal entry, how many children under zero tolerance? >> 108. >> 108. they're all reunified. >> they have been unified as of september 24th. >> what kind of difficult thing did you find? what was the har

today tuesday, march 12, 2019.nn >>ncer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefellerplaza. >>> hey, everybody, welcome to "today," thank you forusoining n this tuesday morning. a lot of pressure on the faa this morning. >> anxiously awaiting the readout from the black boxes on the ethiopian plane that crashed on sunday. >> while at least five countries have now grounded their fleets,. airlines that fly the macks are standing by it. tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning, tom. >> reporter: good morning to you. america and southwest flies the mack's 8. severalad cn airlines also fly the plane, all standing by the planes in that they've had no iv use whatsoever. that said, the faa is under serious pressure to groundhe plane if there's the slightest hint of a fatal flaw. this morni boeing is on notice, the faa says it expects to order mandatory change to the 737 max 8. overnight australia became the latest country to ground the max 8 until there's a read out from the ethiopian black boxes. ethi air max 8 crash in indonesi

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to oday." >> only 7:00, already news is happening. just breaking this morning in the jussie smollett case the president has tweeted and says the fbi and department of justice wil review what he calls the outrageous jussie smollett case in chicago adding it's an embarrassment to our nation. sounds like the federal government will look into this dismissal of charges. we'll have a live interview with one of's jussie smolle attorneys. >>> former fbi director jsies comey r new questions and concerns in an exclusive interview over the outcome of the mueller investigation. w leste up early and is with us this morning. >> good to see you gu. the bottom line is mueller says on the collusion question, he doesn't see this as a rebuke of the fbi's work, the special counsel's work. e's not critical of the findings. as he said in a tweet the other day, he does have questions. >> is this a ce ofuestion asked, question answered on the collusion. is this over? >> not

fleet captain roddy guthrie uttended the seminar. >> what they've done and what was xbland to us today in detail and are significant enhancements to the system. >> and boeing says the changes >> will essentially make it harder operatat controversial willstall system to operate. hat it doll is rely on two sensors instead of one. it will only activate once not pilotsdly and easier for the pilots to override it. also, boeing says it is adding a ldrning light to the cockpit know iould let pilots know if the censors were in disagreement or malfunctioning. that used to be an additional feature that cost around $80,000. >> safety is always important. whatever they need to do to figur it out. the flying public appreciate g public let's talk about the wow airline. we hear it shut down. what does that mean for people that have reservations with wow? >> wow is a discount carrier offering fares to europe from four u.s. silties for $100. this shutdown the strand thousands of flyers around the world. if you have a reservation, the your option is call the credit refundompany and fwet a refund that wa

f >> announcer:m nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi and good morning. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us, the first officia day of spring. >> you are dressed bri at as sunshine. i'll hold this throughout the entire show. >>ou bring your sunglasses? our top story this morning, alarming new development in the deadly crashes that have led to the global grounding of boeing 737 max planes inclung what s happening inside the cockpit of one of those doomed flights. nbc's tom costello has bee covering this from the beginning. tom,rn good g. >> reporter: good morning. this was an all-out emergency battle to save that aircraft. the pilots did not understand why that pla was in a nosedive and headed for the water.ul mately they were not able to save the aircraft. we know the day before similar emergency happened to the same plane, different crew, but thanks t the very quick thinking of a third pilot on board, they did save the plane. th morning as the 737 max fleetains grounded amid multiple investigations, new

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to yooday," thank for joining us on this tuesday morning. we'll start with the dueling disasters. th pfeiffers and floods, crews battling that massive chemical fire in houston, facing new challenges this morning. further north, millions remain threaten by historic flooding. we'll start with nbc's kathy park in omaha, nebraska. hey, kathy, good morning. >>> hoda, good morning to you.'v seen these disasters having a big impact in this behind me is the missouri river. the devastation has been widespread in themidwest. later today vice president mike pens will be in the area to take a closer look at the damage. this morning parts of the midwest still under water, devastated by historic flooding that has still not receded. >>here are still places fully submerged, no access. s people stilltuck in their homes. >> entire communities in nebraska cut offy lie rhigh riv. >>tiasically sit ducks. it's an island, literally an island. >> in iowa,heandbagging hasn't

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. >>> it'al internati women's day. how do you celebrate? out here on the plaza we'll show you how. >> i rolled up at 4:30 this morning and there was aine out the door. maren morris will be singing. >> women doing amazing featse willere and get a rock star welcome. >>> let's start with the news and the backlash over the four-year prisonentence given to paul manafort. critics called it disrespectful and outrageous. >> reporter: the reaction is pouring in this morning as paul man forte got a much lighter sentence than he faced under the federal sentencing guidelines. on thursday manafort asked for compassion, but never expressed remorse. that's something the judge noted. but the judge also added manart has no criminal history and has otherwise lived a, qu ote, blameless life. democrats are crying foul. a stunning fall from grace. one president trump's campaign hair, paul manafort now a convicted felon, sentenced to nearly four years in prisonar weg a green jumpsuit and ina wheelchair due to complications from

>>nnouncer: from n news this is "today"ith savannah guthrie and hoda kotb liv from studio 1a in roca.feller pl >> good morning and welcome to "today," and thank you for joining us on a wednesday morning. >> you know when you walk outside and a wall ofold hits you? >> i was like, are we in march? it feels like the member of december. >> it's our top story. we'll start with this bone chilling cold gripping much of the country. al is here with a look at the l forecast and hg it will hest. >>> we're used toold weather here in the northeast. new york, 4 deges windchill, minus 3 in minneapolis. look at this,ch strg from texas the florida, 61 million people under windchill advisories or freeze warnings. looking at 31 windchill in houston. then windchill tampa 37 degrees, 43 in ft. myers, tallahassee 29. it's going to stay cold at least another 24 hours. growing warmth i the southwest. frigid highs in the eastern two-thirds of the country. 55 in new orleans. new york city will t only get 29 today. and then as we look toward ursday, 27 in boston, 16 degrees colder than usual. hoton, 69. tallahassee

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" withav snah guthrie and hoda kotb live fromtudio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. n very busy news morning. >> unfortunately douth they're still looking for survivors. >> that is ourstopry. the frantic search and rescue operations. emergency c hwsding out hope of finding survivors in the wake of sunday's devastating tornadoes. nbc's lester holt is live in smith station, alabama. lester, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. despite the damage around me where we are, thankfully no deaths here in smith station, but the story far more grim in anotheree county community, beauregard. we know multiple family members and several children are among the nearly two dozen dead. this morning the search intensifies for survivors of the deadly tornado, even as the death toll risedy >> everybon the house is dead. everody is gone. i'm still finding body parts down the hill. >> reporter: officials say at least three children are among3 the 2ead from the storm with several

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb liv from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on a oonday morning. >> we do want get right to that dangerous weather that's impacting tens of millions of people. >> it is. in the southtornados have cut a deadly path of destruction including widespread damage in lee county, alabama. the death toll there expected to rise as serarch and rescue me efforts rehis morning at first light. we've got complete live coverage this morning.we e going to talk to a family whose entire street was wiped t. it hwnbc's gabe gutierrez who was at the scene. >> reporter: the death toll is up to 23, among the victims an 8-year-old girl. authorities fear that number could rise. the powerful winds tore apart this gas station a tore the roof off the building next door, and now the search isns inifying across the area for anys. survivor this morning the destruction alabama is devastating. homes shredded,es t toppled after multiple tornados roared through. this

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is ""tod with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. >> welcome to "today" on wednesday morning. just when you think you've seen it all, prosecutors have come out with a case that's truly shocking. >> this story is onhe front page of every paper in the country, that shocking college admission scandals outraging colleges around the country. >> a nation wide scheme to get children spots at eig elite university. two of the highest profile names actresses felicity huffman of desperate housewives and lori loughlin of "full house" fame. huffman is free on bond after her initial court we have complete coverage of the scandal and the outrage. what is going on. we will start with nbc justice correspondent pete williams. >> good morning, savannah, federal prosecutors call this is biggest case of college admissions fraud they had ever handled. of the 50 people that had been arrested, that includes 33s parend the college coaches they're accused of bribing. the colleges are some of america's most elite and hardest to get into including yale, georgetown and stanford. the

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. welcome to "today." not just any day. it's friday but it's international women's day. how do you celebrate? well, out here on the plaza. >> i tell you, i rolled up at like 4:30 this morning and there was already a line out the door. marin morris is going to be singing and we'll meet some incredible women. >> they're going to get a rock star's welcome this morning. let's start with the news and the backlash this morning against that four-year prison sentence for tax and bank fraud given to former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. critics are calling it disrespective, outrageous. we've got two reports starting with kristen welker. hey, good morning. . >> reporter: this morning president trump is responding to the sentencing of paul manafort saying he feels very bad by for him and calling it a tough time for his former campaign chairman. the president added the judge in the manafort case said it has nothing to do with collusion in russia. the

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and rhoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefellerla. >> we're got willie in for hoda. >> i brought and i brought -- >> we'll start with the weather. one-twounch of winter weather in the northeast and now a larger storm taking aim at tens of millions coast to coast ts weekend. let's get right to al with the forecast. good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> thank you forgetting your first weather from us. the northeast will have a one, two, three punch. march is coming in like a lio this from our sister station wvit, it's snowing to beat the band. as we look at the live radar, already dropping snow in new york. next system comes in tonight into tomorrow, a coastal one, making its way u the coast. it's not that potent. by saturday morning it's bringing rain and snow to new york. then in new england and it's up and out. here is the one we're really worried about. we are looking right now at basically thi storm system comes in from california, brings heavy rain, possibly flooding and heavy mountain snows. by sunday it re

from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kopt. >> good morning to you. >> breaking this morning on jussie smollett's case. president tweeted, the fbi will review what he calls this outrageous jussie smollett's case in chicago and adding an embarrassment to our nation. sounds like the federal government is going to look at the circumstances surrounding these charges. we'll have a live interview. >>> we'll get right to our top story. james comey raising new questions and concerns in an exclusive interview with lester holt over the outcome of the mueller investigation, lester holt woke up early and is with us this morning. >> great to see you. >> great to see you. >> mueller says on the collusion question, he does not see this as a repute of the fbi work. he's not critical of any of the finding but he does have questions. >> is this a case of questions asked and answered on the issue of collusion? is this over? >> well, not over until the we see the transparency. the important question is answered. the russia thing was not a hoax. we were right there was a massive effo

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. a very busy news morning especially in alabama. >> unfortunately down south they are still looking for survivors. >> that is our top story this morning. >> emergency crews holding out hope of finding survivors in the wake of sunday's devastating tornadoes. lester holt is live in one of the hardest hit areas. smith station, alabama. lester, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. spite the damage around me where we are, thankfully no deaths here in smiths station. but the story far more grim in another lee county community beauregard where dogs and drones have been searched to search for victims. we expect an update on that search today. already we know multiple family members and several children are among the nearly two dozen dead. thor this morning, the search intensifies for survivors even as the death toll arrives. >> i'm still finding body parts down the hi

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. a lot of pressure on the faa this morning. >> everybody is awaiting the first readout from the black boxes from the ethiopian air crash on sunday. >> it is the second in less than six months involving the boeing 737 max 8. while many countries have grounded their fleets, u.s. airlines are standing by it. tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so farther. southwest and american both fly the max 8. united flies the max 9. several canadian airlines also fly the plane and all the airline have reiterated their confidence in the plane and said they have not had problems. at 7:00 a.m., breaking news this morning. britain is now grounding the entire 737 max 8 fleet there. no 737 max flights can take off or land or fly over uk air space. it's expected europe may follow suit. it all follows a similar announcement from australia. now the faa is under pressure to g

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and welcome to "today" on this busy friday morning. thank you for joining us. savannah has the morning off. craig is filling in. a lot of people waking up this morning and hearing this horrific news about a country many thought i guess was among the safest on the planet. >> the deadliest attack in the history of new zealand. we want to get to that breaking news out of that country. deadly shootings inside two mosques in new zealand where worshippers were in the middle of friday prayers. >> officials are now saying at least 49 people have been killed, four people were taken into custody at the scene. >> new zealand's prime minister speaking out calling the attacks an unprecedented act of violence and one of her country's darkest days. >> in a moment we're going to talk to a man who was inside one of those mosque, but first, bill neely joins us with the very latest on this. good morning. >> good morning, hoda, a horrifying attack, the worst ever mass shooting in new zealand.

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1ain rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. we're going the start with those dualing disasters. the fire and the floods. crews battling that chemical fire in texas. they're facing challenges. to the north, many remain affected by historic flooding. we'll begin with kathy park in omaha, nebraska. >> reporter: good morning to you. these floodwaters have turned dangerous and deadly. behind me is a swollen missouri river. it's still very high and fast. in fact, the statue over there completely still under water. here in the midwest, it is still a devastation area. vice president mike pence will be in the area to take a closer look at all this damage. this morning parts of the midwest still under water. devastated by historic flooding that has still not receded. >> there are still places that are fully submerged. no access. people are still stuck in their homes. >> reporter: entire communities in nebraska cut off by high ru