hoda? >> hral. >> thank you. >>> craig has big news regarding travel. >> yeah, it could affect folks in a big way. of course, the summer travel season just a few months away now. and overnight the biden administration unveiled new airline passenger rights. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us and joins us from reagan national airport in d.c. it would seem as if a major part of this is improving refunds from airlines, right? >> that's exactly right. this is all about providing compensation quickly to those who are owed money from an airline or credits. this is all about kind of cutting through all of the clutter and making it very clear what the rules are for every every airline so that you can speed up your airline. airlines will be required to provide automatic refunds if an airline makes significant changes to a flight. if the passenger does not accept those alternative credits. including domestic departures, delayed more than three hours, and international departures c flight. and i

hoda? >> steph, it seems like every day we're reporting on another campus, where these protests are breaking out. so what happens next? >> reporter: well, they're here to stay, according to the students i've spoken with here at columbia. and we were walking around that encampment yesterday, hoda, and i was struck by how well organized they are. they have a lot of food coming in. they have good tents, the weather is not that bad. they say they are willing to stay here until their demands are met, even if it means weeks, and in just three weeks, this campus is going to have its graduation, and it takes place exactly where that tent encampment is set up right now, hoda. >> stephanie gosk for us there at columbia. steph, thank you. >>> now, to a very busy legal day ahead for former president donald trump. his criminal trial resumes in new york, and the u.s. supreme court, meanwhile, will begin hearing arguments in a critical case deciding whether he is immune from criminal prosecution over his

hoda?> erin mclaughlin there at nyu, erin, thank you. >>> we turn to the criminal trial of former president trump. first witness, former "national enquirer" president david pecker will be back on the stand today as the president faces another critical decision in court. prosecutors are asking trump to be held in contempt, arguing he has repeatedly violated a gag order in the case. nbc's senior legal correspondent laura jarett here with the latest. good morning. >> hey, savannah, good morning to you. this issue over what the former president can say and cannot say about this case almost turning into a trial within the actual trial. prosecutors say he is on monda. donald trump once again overnight testing the limits of the judge's gag order on the eve of a key hearing. >> that jury was picked so fast, 95% democrats. the area is all -- mostly all democrats. >> reporter: weighing in on the jury, a potentia deliberately flouting a court >> reporter: weighing in on the jury, a potential witness a

savannah, hoda?m palace, we have daisy mcandrew. good morning. let's rewind the tape to 20 years ago and what that moment was about. they have this long courtship, but it was rumored that they were together, and then they, i assume, were okay with the shot coming out, and then kate middleton is shot out of a cannon into the public eye. >> reporter: exactly right. i think it must have been very worrying for william back 20 years ago, because, of course, he had watched his mother be subjected to so much intense scrutiny, as the times she was a princess of wales, knowing if he was serious about a girl, if he was going to propose, get married, put her through that, that this wasn't going to just change that girl's private life, it was going to change her and her entire family's life forever. you can see why we did have this rather protracted, will they, won't they, on/off relationship until the engagement was finally formally announced. >> i think it was so remarkable how she navigated those waters. beca

good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning.h, this historic pointing as you point out is already under way. james and jennifer crumbley inside that courtroom. this is a rare occurrence at the defense table side by side together. he walked in first. james did, wearing an orange jump suit. she followed minute or two afterward wearing a striped jump suit. at the table with their attorneys appearing together so victims and their families only have to read impact statements once the for both defendants. prosecutors in this case asking for 10 to 15 years in prison. that's the maximum allowed. and it's also twice, roughly twice, what the state recommends in a case like this. they wrote in pre-sentencing memos and a total and complete lack of remorse from both parents in this case. pointing specifically to jennifer's testimony during her own trial, saying that she wouldn't have done anything differently leading up to the 2021 oxford high school shooting carried out by her then 15-year-old son ethan. in james' case they actually pointed

but that's one state, hoda, and that's not florida.l for you. can you imagine? >> i can, actually. every time you go out, she's got her kids. i got it. >>> coming up, we have been shining a light on the future of fertility all week. this morning a piece of that puzzle that's rarely talked about. we will hear from men sharing their struggles in hopes of helping others. >>> first, though, some very talented athletes celebrated in detroit after being chosen in the first round of the nfl draft and our kaylee hartung had a front row seat. >> hey, guys. it was a record-breaking night here in detroit. not only for the incredible crowd that filled downtown detroit, but also for the number of offensive stars that came flying off the board. coming up, we will recap the biggest moments of a night that 32 young men and a whole lot of football fans will remember for the rest of their lives. stay with us. let's just say a little bird told me... hey lady, did you hear the news? it was judy, wasn't it? she told you! actually his name was howard! from

hoda? >> raf sanchez in tel aviv for us, thank you. >>> here at home, police in dallas are searching for nfl wide receiver rashee rice, a member of the super bowl winning chiefs, in connection with a dangerous high-speed crash involving multiple vehicles that happened over the weekend. priscilla thompson is on the story this morning, priscilla, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, savannah, good morning. that crash occurred saturday right along this stretch of the expressway, police say that in all six vehicles were involved, and at least two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police say the occupants of the vehicle believed to be at fault left the scene with the dallas morning news reporting one of those cars may have belonged to rashee rice. this morning, dallas police are working to identify the suspects responsible for this high-speed crash. authorities reportedly looking to speak with kansas city chiefs wide receiver rashee rice, law enforcement officials telling

it's go >>> 6 degrees of hoda. hoda just came back from new orleans.s? don't you miss this. >> not really. >> oh, i do. it's fun. great to see you all. >>> welcome back. it has been nearly 30 years since america experienced one of its worst terror attacks, the bombing of the federal building in oklahoma city. >> a new documentary produced by our good friend katie couric explores the events that led up to it and the fight against it. >> first, a look back at that fateful day. >> i think it's been a difficult morning for people to take all across the country. >> nearly 30 years ago, a terrorist bomb shattered the early morning calm of downtown morning for people to take all across the country. >> nearly 30 years ago, a terrorist bomb shattered the early morning calm of downtown oklahoma city. >> people were just getting out. >> on april 19th, 1995, former soldier and gulf war veteran >> there was a day care center in the federal courthouse complex. we know that a number of children were hurt. >> to this day, the massive blast remains the deadliest act of

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. last week more than 100 protesters were arrested on campus. and now a rabbi is urging jewish students to return home as soon as possible, citing concerns virtually. all of this ahead of passover, the jewish holiday begins sundown tonight. this morning, as demonstrations continue on university campuses, new york's columbia university announcing all classes will be held virtually over their safety and classes announcing all classes will be held virtually today. the university president issuing a statement saying we need a reset to deescalate the ranker. the university also announcing sunday that it is adding more return home as soon as possible. security on campus, including 111 additional safety personnel. the move comes as a rabbi at columbia is urging students to return home as soon as possible. in a letter to jewish students going on to say no one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school. the campus had demonstrations on the israel-hamas war. new york mayor er

sorry, hoda.>>> how about a boost, though? >> i will lift everybody's spirits. here we go. this is a sweet one. watch what happens when a son tells his unsuspecting dad that he's finally going to be a grandfather. >> it ain't father's day. it ain't christmas. it's not my birthday. it's just a good son's day. dad, i never knew when the day would come, but i prayed it would happen. love you to the moon and back. i know you will be a great grandfather. you gonna be a daddy? >> yes. >> good lord! thank you. thank you. thank you. >> awe. there was a little moment of a little confusion and then here came the flood of happiness and delight. his son posted this on social media saying, quote, my dad was over the moon, filled with joy. >> you know whey like about him, he was filled with joy before he had any news. what a sweetheart. >> yes. >>> just ahead here, she's done it again on "popstart" carson will take us inside the new music history that taylor swift just made thanks to that new album. >>> but fir

"i named my child hoda."retty awesome. aweso. >> >> i named my dog kotb.'re ther? what have been you been getting up to? >> oh, my god, it's totally our speed, because jenna and i went out at like 4:30, for our night life piece, we were bopping into clubs at 6:00 that were packed, playing live music, having delicious drinks and food, and we went from place to place. we were tucked in -- not together -- at 8:30, but we had such a great new orleans night. we've been eating the best -- >> oh, by the way! >> don't ask about that -- >> we danced burlesque! >> oh, no, oh, no! >> what's the bedazzled bra. >> we danced burlesque. >> we don't know. >> and her name -- let me just say, her name is coco! coco!well, okay, yeah, we have surprise guest that y'all are going to love. we can't tell you who it is, but y'all are going to be so, so happy that you came. by the way, her burlesque name is kitty bush! >> i guess that's a hard wrap right now. ladies! >> wow, look at the time! we'll have what you're having. hoda and je

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. so israel, yes, is still trying to calibrate its expected response to iran's attack this weekend. and iran this morning made it clear it will not hesitate to strike back. iran's president this morning couldn't have been more clear, with a message to israel, don't attack. speaking at an army parade, he said that even the tiniest invasion by israel would bring a massive and harsh response. we visited an israeli military base where weapons are collected and analyzed. the hamas weapons are deadly but mostly small. grenades and rockets with ranges of 50 miles or less. what iran launched was in a different league. this is the tail end of one of the ballistic missiles that iran fired over the weekend where the engine was. it broke off when this was intercepted. it is only when you are standing right up next to these that you understand how big they are. that's where the warhead was. it also broke off carrying 800 pounds of explosives. had these gotten through, it would have been catastrophic

good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning.ntral kitchen says 7 of its aide workers were killed in an israeli air strike in central gaza last night. the victims from around the world, including at least one american and chef andrÉs saying this morning that israel must bring an end to the killing of civilians. this morning, the twisted remains of world central kitchen armored vehicles destroyed by an israeli strike. the u.s. charity says 7 of its staff were killed in the attack. and now it's halting its aid operations in gaza. the victims include a dual u.s.-canadian citizen, along with british, australian, polish citizenship. >> a lot of people very happy to see us. >> reporter: chef jose andres who founded world central kitchen calling them angels. and adding, the israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing, stop using food as a weapon. andrÉs' organization was the first to bring food into gaza by sea. he spoke about his mission to get food into northern gaza on "today". >> we need to do everyday shipments to

hoda kotb nailing them down. one more time, hoda. here we go. hey! >> oh! sunny, breezy and a high of only 58 degrees. cold tonight with upper 30s. then a drier weekend ahead. a quick-passing shower early sunday morning. next week it's going to be warming up. look at those temperatures going into the low 80s for the middle of next week. san francisco w >>> and that's your latest weather. >> we have lost hoda. >> here she comes. >> i'm so excited. >> we have talked about basketball a lot this morning, all week. in fact, the final four not the only weekend's big sporting event. dylan dreyer has made her way to a very special place for golf fans. dylan, where are you? >> reporter: well, you know, craig, it's been dreary and gray back home. what better place than augusta national golf club. the grass is always a little bit greener. the azaleas are in full bloom. it is a great location for anyone that loves golf and it is a dream come true for the 72 young women that get to play in the women's amateur this weekend. >> this place, i know you believe, is especiall

finally we can play our song, hoda.s hear it. ♪ total eclipse of the heart ♪ >> bonnie tyler, thank you for being leer in this moment. the total solar eclipse getting underway in a matter of hours. >> love it. here is a look at the all-important path of totality. that's where coverage will reach 100%. it stretches across 15 states. it measures more than 100 miles wide. >> most places will get between 2 and 4 minutes of darkness. many places along the route have become temporary tourist destinations for that very reason. >> and the only thing that can dammen the excitement is, of course, the weather. cloud coverage, maybe some clouds could obscure the phenomenon. >> all right. much like the moon, we've got it all covered. get it? eclipse humor is the best humor, including al's forecast. let's begin with tom costello in indianapolis. the eclipse getting underway there at 3:06 p.m. hi there. we are as geeked out as tom costello is at a space event. >> reporter: we are at the indianapolis motor speedway. we're expecting 50,

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hoda? >> hallie jackson.ou. >>> now to new bomb shell claims about boeing and the safe of its fleet. whistle-blowers testifying on capitol hill made new allegations about the company's jets in question boeing's commitment to safety. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. strong allegations from several whistle-blowers including a former faa engineer and inspector, a former boeing engineer, and a present boeing engineer, who's already raised concerns about what he says is a potentially deadly flaw with one of the planes, and a committee has reported back to congress about problems within boeing's culture. it's got a seemingly divided congress united on boeing. every second of the day, a boeing jet is in the air, but after two fatal max-8 crashes overseas five years ago, a max-9 door plug blowout in january and boeing's admitted quality control breakdowns, whistle-blowers told congress they feel the need to speak out. >> effectively, they are putting out defecti

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good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. amid intense negotiations here in saudi arabia and across the region, secretary blinken speaking here a short time ago describing israel's offer to hamas as extraordinarily generous. and saying a deal between saudi arabia, the u.s. and israel is potentially very close to completion. this morning secretary blinken in saudi arabia with a deal over the war in gaza and release of hostages on a knife edge. hamas releasing a second hostage video in less than a week, including 64-year-old american israeli keith siegal. his niece holding on to hope. >> i think that now is the moment. i think i have faith that we can do a deal now. >> reporter: siegel, one of five americans still believed to be held in gaza. israel's army is poised to launch an assault on rafah in gaza. now home to more than a million palestinians. the white house says president biden reiterated his clear position on rafah. within hours, netanyahu's office saying no compromise on its war objectives. hamas officials in egypt to

hoda, back to you. >> sam, thank you.d embracing hope and healing. >>> first, taylor swift had a big surprise for fans overnight. we have been listening to every track of the new double album. good morning. >> good >>> coming up, tomorrow marks 25 years since the tragedy at columbine high school. how they're honoring those heroes from that day and embracing hope and healing. >>> all right. but, first, taylor swift had a surprise to fans overnight. emilie ikeda has been hard at work listening to every track of her double album. good morning. >> good morning. 31 tracks. that is how many songs swifties were gifted overnight. and, no, we will not calm down about it. we are breaking down everything we know about this double album release, which, by the way, is already breaking records. stay with us. it is all good. (vo) that's right, stream on the go, with six months of disney bundle on us. all your favorite content from hulu, disney plus and espn plus is all yours, and watch it all on the new galaxy s24+, also on us. only on

hoda, back to you. >> all right. maggie, thanks. >>> that brings us to mr.er and what we're watching for today. >> yeah, guys. for powerful storms, more winter weather to talk about. right now we have tornado watches from the carolinas all the way down into florida. we also have thunderstorm warnings as well. as we widen out, 27 million people at risk from washington, d.c. all the way down to tampa. we're talking wind gusts, damaging hail, tornadoes cannot be ruled out with this system. as we move to the north, we're looking at that rain pushing into here. we will also start to see some winter weather working its way in. 11 million people under winter weather alerts because of the heavy rain. we've got 43 million people under flood alerts in the mid-atlantic and we're looking at wind alerts for 61 million people. travel is going to be a nightmare today, especially air travel. look at these strong winds. we're talking about wind gusts. detroit 22 miles an hour. peoria, illinois 33. 36 miles an hour winds in syracuse. here in new york city, wind gusts in the m

kotb, fro and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. m >> hi, everybody.st rood morning. welcome to "today," monday ler >> hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today," mo morning. nday morning, nice to have you starting your week with us. nice to have you your week with us. >> good to >> good to see you, we're see two major stories, including following two major stories, including this morning's start this morning's start of the firs of the first criminal trialal t former president donald trump, against donald trump. the latest from court in just a the very latest from court in just moment. a moment. >>> but we >>> we begin with u.s. official officials closel closely monitoring the mounting tensions in the middle east thig morning. tensions in the middle east this morning, israel's war israel's war cabinet is meeting to discuss a to discuss its response to this weekend's unprecedented attack fr weekend's unprecedented attack a from iran in israel.n in israel. more than 300 drones and more than 30

because hoda's on assignment.ches a foul ball and looks around to find a kid to give it to. >> a nice shot of what baseball does to a kid. are you psyched or what? i do believe that he will sleep with that baseball tonight. >> no question. >> maybe tomorrow. >> maybe for the next six years. >> how cool. bottle it up. that's a moment to remember. >> it's that time of the year, too. spring baseball is back. i got to get my kid to a game. that's good stuff right there. it would have been great if he threw it back. let's talk "popstart" for a second. >> i need some big stars. >> how about joker 2 teaser? all sorts of good stuff coming. things you are not going to want to miss. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first ever dual-action rescue inhaler that treats your asthma symptoms and helps prevent attacks. airsupra is the only rescue fda-approved to do both. airsupra is an as-needed rescue inhaler and should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medica

according to hoda viterbo, associate professor at queen mary university of london.ng to this researcher's research, here in the occupied territories, children go to the army at a young age, for example, 3 years old. at the age of 11, they wear military uniforms and pick up guns and shoot . hatred of palestinians is taught in a special way. in the textbooks, the occupying regime is described as a sheep and all arabs are described as wolves. in these books, palestinians are presented as a dangerous problem. it is very strange that you never see a doctor, a teacher or a palestinian child in zionist books. israel only palestinians. introducing us as terrorists and shows it as a problem and threat. in his research, this researcher mentions several educational cases in zionist schools. for example, an example: children can be exempted from punishment by harming palestinians. in this educational system, the principle is the military use of children. they get used to the weapon and grow up. to attack gaza, the gun magazine with the same child's head. the conversation with t

and then hoda and jenna guess who it is. >> seth: right. >> mine was, i created a -- a rap song about her tongue pierces for like eight hours and then reversed. >> seth: yeah. >> here's what seth's -- >> seth: okay, hold on. >> seth's was that he was in paris? >> seth: no, i was hiking in the alps. >> he was in the alps. >> seth: paris in the summer. [ laughter ] >> he was -- he was -- he was mistaken for bradley cooper. [ laughter ] it's not embarrassing at all. it's the opposite of the assignment. [ laughter ] it's like me being like, oh, i got mistaken for schwarzenegger in milan. you know what i mean? like, first of all, that doesn't happen. second of all, it's just not self-deprecating. >> seth: it's a little embarrassing for bradley cooper. [ laughter ] can i say what happened? >> yeah. >> seth: and this is what happened. the "today" show, you go do the "today" show and they say, hey, could you come up with six things that are embarrassing? and i'm just -- i -- so like, what? then they said, we found? stories you've told other places. >> right. >> seth: and i promise when i firs

he will be at 30 rock talking to savanna and hoda. how they are preparing to hopefully secure their spot in paris. watch the big day here on nbc bay area, right after "today in the bay." >>> we know many people are priced out of buying a home in northern california. new numbers put everything into sharp perspective. according to a new analysis, there's 14 states, where residents who earn less than $75 a year can afford a median-priced home. it's no shock that california is close to being on that list. that list is topped by mississippi. those in mississippi would have to earn an income of $63,000 to afford a meeting at home. ohio is next. $64,000 a year. you can own a median home. in contrast to all of that, you need to make $197,000 a year to afford a median priced home, worth $735,000 in northern california. that's the highest of all 50 states. >>> another wet weekend on saturday. today was a little drier. what's the week hold? >> we're in it again. the pattern we've seen, where it rains and then get nice weather throughout the week

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want to show you something else that the former president said on the campaign trail yesterday about hoda unquote suburban housewives watch you know, the suburban housewives is actually like donald trump, you know why? because i'm the one that's going to keep them safe. they just say well, to suburban housewives, i don't know. i think i do great with the suburban housewives because they want to remain safe >> so let's just say up front that the polling shows that the quote unquote super been housewives, women in the suburbs of america definitely seemed to have a problem with donald trump. if you ask mitch mcconnell, that's why they keep losing senate elections and key states like georgia. >> but >> karen, i will say that his point about women voters being concerned about crime is something that's cylinder lake, who is a biden pollster she had this to say it in political yesterday. she's to quote, voters are definitely feeling crime is increasing. and i think you have a combination of increased shootings, increased media coverage of crime increased petty crime, post-covid, that is really u

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