but with hogan's charges tied to the holt murder, he could face a long stay behind bars.rding to the police report, hogan does admit to breaking into holt's home with two other men. but he says one of them actually killed the teen. >> i didn't know that they was going to kill the little boy, which they wasn't going to kill a little boy. they told me they was going to beat up his mother. but ended up killing her son. it hurts me. >> now just 16 hours after his own arrest the man hogan says committed the murder has also been arrested. it doesn't take long for word to hit the news. >> two down, one to go. the search continues for a third suspect wanted in connection with that murder, all while the family prepares to bury gregory holt today, and the big question is why did this happen in the first place? >> 29-year-old james mallory was arrested in the louisville courtroom just before he was to offer testimony in another high-profile case. authorities say mallory claimed to have bombshell evidence against one of louisville metro's better-known inmates, john "hot boy" jones, w

i'm lester holt, nbc news. [ laughter ] i don't appreciate jokes, goofs or spoofs.u cannot respect a clown. thank you. [ laughter ] >> seth: for real? [ laughter ] ♪ so do you watch any shows or anything? are you excited about the next season of "mad men"? >> well, seth, what excites me is the news. breaking the news, reporting the news, being a mouthpiece of truth in a storm of madness and injustice. >> seth: cool. that's -- that's really awesome, man. >> what excites you? >> seth: um -- the same stuff? [ laughter ] >> liar. ♪ [ light laughter ] >> seth: so, uh -- what are you working on? >> well, i'm finishing up a piece right now about how afghan citizens risk their lives to vote in the most recent election. and you? >> seth: we're doing this game show sketch with kelly ripa that takes place at a hotdog stand. it's like, um -- it's like "cash cab," but it takes place at a hotdog stand. >> uh-huh. [ laughter ] that's great. >> seth: i'm sorry. are you eating a plate of lettuce? >> i am. i eat neutral foods. it keeps me unbiased on the air. [ laughter ] and by the

lester holt, mayflower, arkansas. we'll keep an eye on it all night and so will the weather channel err more tonight, of course, on your late local news. >>> other news, the search for the missing malaysia airlines 777 could be a long face. underwater as the air cop ration, the part of this that was looking for wreckage on the surface of the water now comes to an end over seven weeks after the aircraft disappeared. nbc's katy tur remains at search headquarters in perth, australia, good evening. >> reporter: it's not the news they wanted to come out of here announcing another phase of the investigation. they are suspending the aerial search and widening out the underwater search since the current location offered no clues. in addition to bluefin 21, they will seek help from commercial specialized contractors with sophisticated technology, like the u.s. navy orion which is a towed submersible that can go deeper and send back data realtime. the new search zone is ten of thousands of square miles, roughly the size of indi

i'm lester holt reporting from new york.rom all of us here at nbc news, goodnight. >>> right now at 6:00, an intense search for a hiker who has been missing for a week. we'll take you live to mt mt. tamalpais. plus -- >> the next thing i know a young naked man is running at me. >> yelling, screaminged a later biting police. a man is under arrest tonight after a crime spree in palo alto. >> more vessels are heading to the indian ocean. what an australian ship confirmed this weekend. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeny. >> happening now dozens of search crews on the ground along with helicopters and planes lookinr

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. well see you tomorrow on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. i'm terry mcsweeney. diane dwyer is off tonight. we start with developing news, explosive allegations on the eve of the warriors playoff game. all about a controversial recording of racist remarks that may involve donald sterling. kimberly tere joins us live outside oracle arena. >> reporter: tomorrow those two teams will be facing off but today the talk is about anything but the playoffs. in fact, it is about the big news you were talking about, the investigation into the tape and alleged recording of clippers owner donald sterling. this evening we got a statement from the team questioning the legitimacy of it all. the clippers released a statement questioning the authenticity of the video recording released by tmz. we heard the tape on tmz. we do not know if it is legitimate or if it has been alterred. the statement says the audio recording does gnno

for now, i'm lester holt reporting from new york. we hope you'll join us for the "dateline" healing from columbine. that's at 8:00/7:00 central. want to leave you with a look at the incredible easter eggs out at the plaza at rockefeller plaza. and you won't believe how they got there. we've got the story on our web site nbc news.com. good night. >>> a cloud of smoke is hanging over golden gate park tonight. not a fire, but rather pot smoke from the so-called 4/20 celebration today. we'll show you what's going on and why the city is concerned about the cleanup. >>> plus, a popular south bay bar and restaurant covered in crime tape. more people stabbed and a suspect on the loose. what police are doing to make sure everyone is safe. >>> and some parents of missing children are furious in south korea as more bodies are pulled from a second ferry. now we're learning what may have caused that boat to go down. >> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. happening now, today is 20

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and back here tomorrow evening. have a good night, everyone. >>> nbc bay area begins with breaking news. >> i'm diane dwyer. terry mcsweeney is off tonight. we are following a breaking story. crews searching for a missing man say they have found a body in the water. officials say a boat crashed into the bridge near the cruiser haven marina at around 11:00 this morning. here is a live look at the scene. joining me by phone is lieutenant scott haggard. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> what is the latest, if you will, on the search and discovery right now? >> our dive team discovered the body near the railroad bridge. and the body has been recovered. >> and is that the same bridge that the boat crashed into? >> yes, yes it is. >> and we're looking at pictures here of the search earlier today and of the boat. do you know what the two men were doing out on the water today? >> apparently they were part of some kind of a fishing tournament. >>

i'm lester holt nbc news. i don't appreciate jokes, goofs or spoofs.pect a clown. thank you. >> for real? >> i'm sorry, are you eating a plate ofam. i eat neutral foods. it keeps me unbiased on the air. what is that orange and red triangle on your plate? >> pizza. >> the italian food dish for children. >> you know what pizza is. >> you are not a man. >> i am a man. >> i did see one of your shows once. >> really? >> once. you see a headline, then make fun of it and then they laugh. >> the monologue joke. >> it's disgusting. >> great. >> it's like a five-minute sketch. the entire thing is hysterical. >> i loved it. i saw it yesterday and thought i hope people don't really think i'm that stuffy. >> i think people know that you're not. >> i think it shows the great comedic timing you have. you were shooting that a long time. >> we were in 30 rock, went over to bryant park, in our carousel scene there where i said i was thrilld with joy. the writers were terrific. they sent this to me and said we've got to do it. >> it's hilarious. >> you have to watch the

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i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt. you guys buying that clooney is engaged?> if they're selling it, i guess we have to buy it. it doesn't mean we're happy about it, but we're buying it. >> i guess when you know you know. they're also not married yet, laetdz. let's remember that. >> just a ring at this point. there's still a chance. >> yeah. >> as you mull that over, we do want to get to today's top story. that is the elevation of popes john paul ii and john xxiii. the canonization ceremony made even more historic as pope francis and pope benedict celebrated mass together. the first time a retired pope and a current pope have ever done this in public. ann thompson is at the vatican this morning. good morning. >> reporter: erica, it is still a mad house here. people don't seem to want to leave, and why not? many of these people spent the night on rome's uncomfortable cobblestones just to try to get into st. peter's square, and those that did, well, they were the lucky few because this crowd stretched all the way down to the river. the vatican says 500,000 peopl

it speaks to our country, how strong we are as people. >> again, that was nbc's lester holt reportingou may have seen one message came from a sandy hook mother who wrote, quote, we understand sending love and support. and, again, the exhibit opens tomorrow and runs through may 11 >>> the national civil rights museum reopened in memphis after closure. more than 20 organizations and schools marched from the cook convention center to the museum which was closed for a $27 million renovation. the upgrades include interactive exhibi exhibits. visitors can sit at a segregated lunch counter. >> it's piercing. it's penetrating. it really gets into you. and that's what this is about. >> we have an awesome responsibility, those of us of this generation to reach back and teach this younger generation, not only to experience it but to feel it. >> the museum is housed in the former lorraine motel where martin luther king, junior was assassinated in 1968. >> and we'll be right back. >>> well, jimmy fallon is no stranger to musical stunts. and his latest is a remix he put together starring none other

. >> i'm lester holt, and this is dateline. here's keith morrison with danger on diamond mountain. ♪ >> deep in the arizona desert, surrounded by kak tie and brush and jutting columns of red rock a mountain rises among the famous area of american history. here is where geronimo finally surrendered. and this mountain is the site of his last stand. a haunted place, some say. or perhaps cursed. for those who dare to occupy its silenced sloped. but on a hot, dry, april afternoon in 2012, the mountain was not silent at all. helicopters swooped in to rescue two people holed up in a cave below the summit where something terrible has happened. >> what i didn't understand was why she hadn't called earlier. for help. >> she is this woman. her name was, remember this name, christi mcnally. and her companion was alexander dorson's big brother ian. >> crazy to go off like that. >> is it hard to think of them like that in a cave like that? >> it's just weird because it was already so isolated. >> but by then something had gone very wrong wit

i'm lester holt.s a very special little girl, but she can't control her gifts. how they manifest is completely unpredictable. - bo adams must be located and recovered. - i don't care about william tate, only bo, and i intend to use every resource at my command to recover her. - your telekinetic event sensor is now fully operational. we are now able to track any telekinetic activity within moments of the event. - we can find bo. - you should ner have gotten him out, winter. - she needs her father. - her father's the problem. - she stronger when she's with him. she's your daughter, mr. tate. - it was nina, right? bo's mom? - yes. - was she like bo? - no one is like bo. - so what happened? - nina died in childbirth. - you're my dad, aren't you?

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>> i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." here's josh mankowitc with "deadly denial." she found plenty of the wrong guys. now here in front of her was someone different. >> we met at a daycare where both of our children went to daycare. >> vanessa pond of salt lake city was 25 and a single parent when back in 2007 she made raven abaroa. like vanessa, he was single and raising a child alone. >> he was very charming. he would always come up with such fascinating dates. >> he seemed different. >> he seemed very different. >> a good guy. >> very good guy. >> and you fell for him. >> hard. >> but along with the charm and the lavish dates, raven also had a story. a horrible, awful story, that would change his life and would also change vanessa pond's. the story raven told wasn't just about himself. it was about his first wife, janet. >> he said, well, i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. >> the murder, raven said, had happened three years earlier when he and janet were living in durham, north carolina. >> it happened in a home invasion. and he c

you and lester holt. i don't want to see any violence? you'll have kendrick here. think it's nice. i got a look at natalie again to see if it is congruent with the way i play it. i mean i'm -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i've got to say, i always love when you come by. >> oh thank you. i love what you've done. it was really nice. and the consolidation of the roots. to have two roots in the old days up on the second deck was not right. the roots stuck in second deck. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> see everything is here. to have two roots on a second deck was not right. >> jimmy: wasn't right. no. >> we need root consolidation. i appreciate that, 'cause we love you when we have you on. we have the bri-wy, bri-willy. b-dub. >> yeah. thanks for all those. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: fun nicknames 'cause people -- america's favorite news anchor and we love you. and we need some nicknames for you. so we came up with a bunch of good ones for you. i liked honey bri-bri. that was a good one. [ light laughter ] i liked bri-will i am. [ laughter ] bri-wy the science guy. that

. >>> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." here's dennis murphy. >>> on that thursday in early september 2010, the tourists clip cloped past the ford in st. augustine. the shops on st. george street, but when the sun went down that night, if you were young, and lucky enough to score tickets, you were on your way to the amphitheater. the indie band was plague. michelle o'connell was there and her glum looking boyfriend, jeremy banks. but her smile was little more than a camera reflex. for at least part of the night, they were both having a terrible time as michelle's brother scott remembers it. >> she just looked upset. i tried to crack a joke with her and cheer her up. nothing would get her to smile like that. >> they had been together a little over a year. jeremy and michelle. living together at his place for the past six months. they had been fighting in recent weeks worse than usual. the concert, jeremy told us, was shaping up to be their last date. >> i remember sitting there that night thinking to myself that tonight was

i'm lester holt.2 of the most accomplished designers and builders take part in the biggest renovation competition ever. tonight our teams of top designers face their biggest challenge yet... you'll be working on modular homes. - hey. - oh! - splitting into teams of two and turning four identical modulars into designer homes in just three days. - this is frightening. - but only one team will win immunity and a coveted spread in better homes and gardens magazine. - nina! two hours left. - can you help me move this? - it's not enough. - five minutes to finish. - i really want this. - it all starts right now. welcome back, everybody. so this week, we're shaking things up. you won't be designing for any families this week because you'll be working on modular homes.

i'm brian williams, lester holt will be here this weekend. hope to see you back on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend, happy easter, good night. >>> pen -- nbc bay area news starts now. >>> i think it should be investigated before they build the houses. >> right now at 6:00, toxic concerns over development in the bay area's biggest city. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. >> new at 6:00, it's being hailed as the new santana row, but there's growing concern over dangerous toxins that still exist at the ground. it sits on the old site of the old ibm plant. construction includes both homes and retail, and it's booming. damian trujillo is there. and there are health concerns. >> reporter: there are. the city has done a lot with this former ibm plant. the facilities look great, the new stores are going out behind me to my right, your left. but while ibms gone, there is concerntoxins in the ground. it's where kids gather, new stores are popping up and new homes are on the horizons. >> it's been in a stand still baufrts recession. the fact that it'

. >> and joining me now is nbc's lester holt.is so moving and to see them as adults, i still think of them as children. >> we all remember those pictures of them flooding out of the school and the s.w.a.t. teams, which interestingly you set up there what sam was going through, obviously you heard from other columbine survivors going through the same thing. his thought was, i bet that the students at other school shooting sites are going through the same thing. with dateline's help, sam goes on a journey, goes to virginia tech, he goes to minnesota where another school shooting had happened. he visits these places, jonesboro arkansas and meets with other survivors and they talk out their feelings and many of the shootings happened in late march, early april around the same time. they confront the same sense of dread when spring comes around. he's hoping to finds a way to process and heal. >> we just had the virginia tech anniversa anniversary, it's the same time of year and horrible franklin regional high school incident, the stab

i'm lester holt reporting from new york.or all of us here at nbc news, good night. . >>> nbc bay area begins with breaking news. >> breaking news, two small planes collide north of the richmond san rafeal bridge. an intense going on right now. >> search crews are looking for survivors after the planes crashed in the north bay. here's what we know right now. it happened around 4:00 this afternoon. about a mile north of the brothers island. that's near the richmond san rafeal bridge. the coast guard says one of the planes was able to land at a nearby airport. another landed or crashed in san pablo bay. the coast guard boat aes helicopter are trying to find people but so far only found debris not any survivors. nb

lester holt will take a closer look at the fallout on "nbc nightly news." you can find more coverage of the story online at nbc bay area.com. >> south bay mother accused of an unspeakable crime. police say she stabbed her infant son to death yesterday. she is now behind bars. nbc bay area, annette miranda is at the regional park with the details. >> the terrible crime happened near here at the regional park. a young mother stabbed her own baby to death. the 23-year-old is identified as ashley renee newton of san jose. authorities say she has hey history of def pregpression. currently at jail without bail. investigators responded to calls of erratic driving. newton apparently ran her honda civic into several things before abandoning it at the end of the road. police found the mother later holding her lifeless, 7-month-old. the offduty livermore police chief who was hiking nearby tried to perform cpr, but the stab wounds were just too much. ,000 officers say, newton implicated herself in the crime. she was arrested. the knife police believe was used to the ki

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, substituting tonight carl quintanilla. >>> good evening. we're learning more tonight about the collision with a fedex truck and school bus. five adults and five students were killed when a truck crossed into the median and plowed into the bus. now investigators are piecing together details of that crash. nbc's janet is in chico, california tonight with more, janet, good evening. >> reporter: carl, good evening to you. it is going to be a pain-staking process. the intensity of the fire, inferno has left investigators with little to examine. they are going to be doing mapping with 3d technology to recreate how it happened and whether it could have been prevented. it is true detective work for investigators who are still sifting through the accident scene. the inferno and tractor trailer leaving them little more than charred shells may have stolen vital clues, electronics that indicate speed, braking and overall performance. >> because of the post-crash fire, there is not much of anything left. we will be looking for an electronic control mod

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> right now at 6:00 business is booming in the south bay and it's more than just tech. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for jessica aguirre tonight. >> i'm raj mathai. big-time job growth. something else is booming in the silicon valley. our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us from downtown san jose, scott? >> reporter: good evening, raj. a strong economy brings new jobs and new money. that's good news for a slew of new restaurants opening here in downtown san jose. you can call this the new south bay food boom. the south bay has been in a construction boom for a few years. >> we're building a 23-story high rise in downtown. >> reporter: bringing new jobs and new buildings and growth in the tech industry lasted longer bringing with it even more jobs. but here is food for thought, the south bay is now a hot spot for restaurant growth as dozens of new

lester holt will be here with your this weekend.e, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, have a good weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> right now at 6:00, slick roads and a wet commute, and the rain isn't over yet. good evening and thanks for being with us on this friday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. some wet streets are lingering after a messy, wet day. it's a sight we don't see often across the bay area, clouds rain, but it's not going to make much of a dent in our drought. >> the storm system is situated right across the bay area. but the heaviest rainfall is beginning to push off to the south. we will begin to get in the clear after lightning and some thunderstorms. most of it has started to move out. as we zoom in and get a stop on the radar, a little bit of a closer scan, you can still see a few spotty showers well offshore. i don't think we're done for tonight, but we're done with the strongest rainfall at the moment. great news if you have any plan

i'm lester holt reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, store clerks fight back with surveillance cameras rolling in the east bay. what the police say about the vigilante vendors. >>> another cal student comes down with a highly infectious disease. they're asking students to take action to protect themselves. >>> the chinese government says it has a new clue about the whereabouts of the malaysian airline jet. is this the break they've been hoping for. >>> good evening. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm diane dwyer. we begin in the east bay. two store clerks took matters into their own hands, instead of giving up the cash, they fought the armed robber, and it was all caught on tape. kimberly tere joins us from police headquarters in san leandro with more on what happens. kimberly? >>. >> reporter: diane, those two cashiers weren't actually able to detain the suspect, but they scared him enough that he took off and left behind his gun,

lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. in the meantime, please have a good weekend. good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >>> right now at 6:00, federal investigators on the scene of a deadly tour bus crash. >> it was supposed to be a life-changing trip for the better, but it did not turn out that way for everyone after a fiery and deadly crash. investigators revealed new details aboutity go team on the ground and how they'll figure out exactly what happened. this is what the crash site looked like after the accident. it took the lives of ten people, five of them high schoolers happening on a northern california highway when a fed ex truck veered across the median slamming right into a tour bus hiding to humboldt college. you can see the charred road from that inferno. our team is uncovering the safety records for the bus company and for fed ex but we begin with sam brock who's been on the scene all day. >>> the ntsb press conference wra

oji plans to buy the paper and pulpp business of carter holt harvey for about $90 million u.s. dollars. it will make the purchase jointly. the japanese company currently operates a station at a pulp manufacturing firm in new zealand. oji executive says the purchase will help their company to procure materials more efficiently and boost its exports to growing asia markets. >>> well consumers in japan are still getting used to paying more after the increase this month in the consumption tax. the hike from 35 to 8% has driven up prices in tokyo at the if fastest pace in more than two decades. the people with the internal affairs ministry found prices on a basket of goods rose 2.7% over the same month last year. analysts with the bank of japan say more than half of the increase was due to the hike in the sales tax. nationwide, analysts only have numbers through march but prices were in line with what many had expected. they rose for a tenth straight month. the consumer price index went up 1.3% over the same month last year. the index does exclude prices for fresh food. those tend t

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. substituting tonight, carl quintanilla. >>> good evening. two stories we're following for you tonight. a showdown between ukraine's government forces and pro-russian separatists has triggered the u.n. security council to call an emergency meeting tonight. we'll get to that in a moment. >>> but first, multiple shootings at a jewish community center on the eve of passover have left at least three people dead in overland park, kansas. police say the suspect is a white male in his 70s. our report from andres gutierrez of our affiliate kshb. andres, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, carl. police tell me three people are dead and a 14-year-old boy is in critical condition tonight following this afternoon's shooting. law enforcement say that multiple shots were fired around 1:00 p.m. local time at the jewish community center here in overland park. it's a city 20 minutes south of kansas city, missouri. shots were also fired at village shalom, a retirement home eight blocks away. a man

we begin our reporting with nbc's lester holt in tupelo, mississippi. lester, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you look around here, you walk the brick and glass littered streets of tupelo and amazed no one here died from the tornado. take a look across the street. you can look at the buildings on either side for about a half mile or so, either destroyed or badly damaged that includes homes. with the threat of more bad weather across the south tonight you can understand why people are in shock and on edge. >> it's moving to the right. >> reporter: on monday there were 67 reports of tornadoes touching down in five states. 46 reports in mississippi alone. where survivors recounted the terrifying minutes. >> pressure dropped. ears hurt. all of that stuff. hear the train coming like everybody says you hear the train coming. >> reporter: the twister that ripped through tupelo destroyed an entire business district and sent trees crashing in to nearby homes. amy justice and her neighbors scurried into a backyard shelter just in time. >> everythi

> our continuing coverage on the missing plane mystery continues on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt starting at 5:30 right here on nbc ba ar yy. >>> we have new developments in the unusual case of several young men charged with murdering their friend in the south bay even though someone else has confessed to the killing. we're hearing from the father of one of the men charged. it all started at a fight at a park in campbell involving the young men and a 24-year-old homeless man. the homeless man admits he fatally stabbed 16-year-old ivan diaz and says it was in self-defense. the district attorney decided to charge the five friends with diaz's murder. it's a legal leap hole called provocative act doctrine and it allows a district attorney to charge someone with murder if their actions created the situation leading up to the killing, and the father of one of the five boys charged says it's just not right. >> when he got to the park, that's when the accident happened, and he was there, but he never touched the person, nor did he get close to the person so that's why i feel it is an inj

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer and the gang's all back together. >> i don't know what to do when i'm not here. >> turn on the television. >> no offense, i don't watch. >> he did force us to send a script. >> that is true. anyway, really enjoyable to be back with you guys. >>> more bodies have been recovered from the site of that ferry disaster off the coast of south korea. it's been three days now. while divers are still hoping to find any survivors who might be in air approximate pockets on the ship, there is growing fear that may not happen. nbc's bill kneale is in south korea with the latest for us. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. from a place of deep sadness and frustration where many parents feel the hopes of finding their children alive in that ship are fading fast. they did, however, get to see for the first time and hear in details from the captain whose now und

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carter holt's fourteen years the government has published its white paper on universal health insurance which promised to help cover for all in the next five years the exact cost and the range of services be provided have yet to be confined its opposition parties' think that document is poland. d tell. under universal health insurance. every citizen will have a standard package of cover. funded through taxes co payments and insurance premiums. the government's white paper published today says people on low income without all or part of their cover funded by the state the minister for health says the standard package will cost less than the current average premium on today's prices. the pay of the deposits which is what matters to them with the current tax break is on average nine hundred and twenty or so i'm katie sang into the future. with the subsidy coming from government particularly for toast cooler indian combat between committee pac and those who couldn't afford insurance. there would be considerably lower. according to the white paper. universal health insurance will be in place

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> jon hamm looking very '90s in that video. >> so '90s. >> that hair is frightening. >> i love the hair. no! i love it. >> it is frightening. >> but he's still got that suave kind of look to him. >> he's giving it right now. >> i think he's got that laid back kind of a look. >> wouldn't you like to say to him, hey, guy, in 10, 15 years, you're going to be making millions of dollars. >> then you could get a haircut. >> had to go on a tv show for a date back then. probably not now. >> probably not. >>> want to get to the top story right now, a daring mission in the middle of the ocean all to get a sick baby and her family. jenna is here now with more on the story. jenna. >> hey, guys, good morning. yeah, this started back on thursday, when the family sent out a call saying that their littl

holt: mr. speaker, i thank my good friend, judge hastings, for his friendship, his consideration, and his assistance during my time here in congress. and i am pleased to recognize the very fine member, my good friend, representative cole from oklahoma. i'll speak later at another time about the appropriations bill on the legislative branch. i want to speak in support of the military construction and v.a. and related agencies appropriations bill. for the fourth year in a he row the appropriations committee has placed in the bill an additional $20 million for suicide prevention and mental health outreach services. several people have made this possible starting with my new jersey colleague, representative run-on, who has worked with me -- ryun, who has worked with me very closely and bipartisan way on this issue over the last four years. i want to thank the subcommittee chair, representative culberson, and ranking member bishop for their steady support of our efforts. and of course to the full co

holt care workers don't have the resources to bring it to bedridden patients in the community. >> an hour's drive away, things are slightly better. staff at this charity hospital prepare morphine in liquid form to be taken to patients at home. in many countries, local drugs ban the drug. it still only reaches about 10% of the people who need it. the doctor founded the hospice. she spent 30 years to improve care for terminally ill patients and others in pain across africa. this year, she was nominated for a nobel peace prize. she told us many are still wary of morphine. >> they think it's addict active and they are afraid to use it. you can train people to lose their fierce and their with colleagues that absolutely won't use it. these are senior colleagues, the senior once are the worst, the ones my age red light worst. >> joyce's family struggles to give her a drink. morphine access is increase, but hasn't reached her yet. she is one of the millions who still have to suffer to the very end. malcolm webb, aljazeera, uganda. >> still ahead, india's most vulnerable will ask my maternal

starts acting up then you take her friend ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: brian williams, lester holt up for the roots, everybody. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh man, oh man. >> steve: that was sung -- >> jimmy: edited all of that. john mcdonald. amazing. we're having so much fun this week and it's only getting better. tomorrow night the first lady herself, michelle obama will be here. [ cheers and applause ] as well as our pal will ferrell. [ cheers and applause ] and music from arcade fire. that's a show right there. but, tonight we have a great show. oh, my gosh. this is a big one tonight. this guy's been nominated for an academy award two years in a a row. this time it's for "american hustle." he's one of our buddies. i love him so much. bradley cooper is here tonight! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: nice, funny, smart. wait, love that guy. >> jimmy: love the movie too. great movie. he and i are going to play an all-star game of charades later on in the show. [ light laughter ] yeah, if you've ever seen him do charades. i've never seen that. and also there might be a a s

i'm lester holt in new york. i'm joined here in new york in the studio by kathleen sproes cummings from the study of the american catholicism at notre dame and a former biographer of john paul ii. with him, father robert barron, also an nbc papal contributor. father barron, if i can start with you, it looks like things have gotten underway on time. can you tell us what's happening right now? >> well, right now the cardinals are processing into st. peters square and while the litany of the saints is being sung. a very beautiful moment. the two new saints are being joined to the role of saints. as the liturgy commences we invoke the great communion of saints. it's a very beautiful and mystical beginning to the liturgy. >> as i went through the rundown, it appears the canonization portion of the ceremony itself is rather short and simple followed by the mass. is that a fair reading of how this will go? >> that's right. it takes place at the very beginning. it will then be followed by the regular, you know, roman rit

rancher ken add der holt joins us. >> depending where they find the boundary probably between a lurks00 acres. >> they say they are not doing. this why do people in texas think this is happening? >> i talked to someone at blm and they told me they are vegetation line at the top of the high bluff. been defined cutting of the gradient, the gradient bank where the vegetation line starts there the high bluff is a long ways from the river. >> why would they even want the land, ken? i just asked this of the attorney general. why would the feds even want this land? >> i have no idea why they want the land. they could do whatever they wanted to with it. it would be theirs. it would be free. they could rent it, lease it, sell it. they could get the minerals from it, the water rights from it any time you come in and confiscate's someone's property for free, it's a pretty good deal. >> how long have you owned it and i take it you are paying taxes on it. >> i have been paying taxes on it. it's been in my family since 1941. >> and i mean, this is just -- i mean, for the life of me, i can't figure

it puts a holt on further sampg sanctions from the west and russia. let's bring in elise labott.uch stock should we put in this agreement? can it last? >> well, right now it's a piece of paper and we have to see what happens on the ground but the russians make out pretty well here. we talked about the efforts to stop the bloodshed but the ukrainians are talking about a lot of autonomy, budget, education, election. it lows russia to maintain influence there and that's what they wanted and it holds off sanctions. and if you look at foreign minister lavrov and how he hasn't played ball in the last half a dozen meetings with secretary kerry is a good sign, jake. >> nic, does this mean anything to the protesters there on the ground where you are? >> reporter: very little. one of the leaders just as john kerry was speaking i said, what did you make of this? he wasn't watching. he wasn't aware of what had come out of geneva at that point and i think a lot of the people here have one thing in mind. they want a referendum as early as may 11th. or certainly establishing their own sovereign

. >> and i'm lester holt. mike bettes is in here this morning. great to have you back. >> good to be back. >> we've got a lot of news this morning. the roman catholic archbishop looking for a new home after an uproar over his mansion. >>> and baby george and kate flying. we'll tell you what they have planned for their three-week journey. >>> we want to start with the faint signals reportedly detected from malaysia flight 370. authorities caution it still could be days before they find anything for sure. ian williams is in australia this morning. ian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. two ships have now detected faint traces of sound but in two very different areas. now the race is on to see whether either is connected to flight mh-370's black boxes. aircraft and ships this morning are being rushed to an area in the indian ocean with a chinese vessel reported to have twice detected a pulse-like signal. >> this is an important and encouraging lead. of one which i urge you to continue to treat carefully. >> reporter: a retired air chi

>> that is how it finished less than a second left justin holt scores the game winner for the gophersminnesota will face union college in the title game on saturday. >> he looked like he was in shock. >> so did they. >>> 6:26. a deadly accident at the 49ers new stadium in october leads to an investigation. coming up, the company that will have to pay up. >> and i'm cate caugiran. breaking news out of northern california. ten people die including five students in a fiery crash after a fedex truck crashed into their tour bus. coming up, we'll have the latest from the scene and what federal investigators are saying. ,,,,,,,,,, wireless networks are awesome. ,,,,,,,,,, they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but for half the cost. the bring your own phone plan. that's wireless your way. unlimited* talk, text, and data on the best 4g lte networks starts at just $40 a month. net10 wireless. >>> a police investigation is under way ag

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill.live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning p. i'm erica hill. >> i'm carson daly alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dryer. lester has the morning off. you just saw there, soccer match going on since thursday. raising money for pediatric cancer. we'll have the whole story later. >> same players? >> they swap in and out. they're on a rotating schedule. when it's all said and done, if you can imagine, a 73 hour soccer game. >> same balls? >> lots of different rotating balls. >> watch your newscast to get all the details in 36 minutes from right now. >>> we'll actually also speak with the little boy who's at the center o f this and his parents. i know you'll talk with them coming up in the next half hour. >> absolutely. great story. >>> we begin, though, with this mo morning's top story. wild weather hitting the country's midsection. a tough night throughout michigan. heavy winds bringing down trees. they caused damage in several neighborhoods. wher

. >> i'm lester holt. we're supposed to come on after prince george. >> imagine how you feel if you had to follow him and you're his parents. >> i'm thinking harper and prince george? >> i didn't want to say anything, but i was waiting for the right time to introduce the two of them. thursday seems like a good time. >> set up a play date. >> is harper going to tweet that? >> she will. george will never know who harper is, let's face it. >> great pictures. great pictures from the zoo. we'll show you more coming up. >> it is also easter sunday. pope francis just wrapping up his easter mass at this hour. tens of thousands of people looking on in st. peters square. we'll have more on his message just ahead. >> but we want to begin this morning with the countdown to the boston marathon. since that deadly day last year, law enforcement officials have worked around the clock preparing for this year's race and figuring out new ways to secure the 22.2 mile route. their eyes will be everywhere and stephanie gosk beg

i'm lester holt, thanks for joining us. this morning, coming to terms with the tragedy of fort hood. how could there be a second shooting spree in five years at the very same base? i'll discuss the big security questions at the base, as well as the mental health questions for our returning veterans with admiral mike mullen, former head of the joint chiefs of staff. also this week, there's an important supreme court ruling, does it open the floodgates to the rich having even more influence over our elections? the alabama businessman who won the case debates if american democracy is for sale. >>> and unique insights into an environmental fight over the keystone pipeline. our "meeting america" feature takes us to a tiny nebraska town with a big staking in president obama's decision. plus, he sparked a huge wall street firestorm this week. author michael lewis joins our roundtable to talk about why he thinks the markets are rigged for the benefit of insiders. >>> from nbc news in washington, the world's longest running televisi

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. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm carson daly alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. lester is enjoying the morning off. >> nice to have you back with us. >> thank you. >> and i like that house you just bought, with the massive pool. i can't wait to check it out. >> oh, do you like that? you didn't get the e-invite yet? >> i'm going to find it. >> you should check that out again. meantime, coming up this morning, olympic sprinter oscar pistorius getting a break today after a week of very difficult testimony in his murder trial. the prosecutors there raking him over the coals. coming up, key moments of the trial so far. >> surprising competitor, organic food game, why walmart is opening its shelves up to a new line of groceries and how many are predicting that this could change the price for what we all pay for organic. >>> we'll introduce to a girl who plays with the boys and is proud of it. she's one of the stars on her bas

came out it was pretty intense further a short period of time to the point where they had the carter holte roof just to let some of the expand unfortunately the fire was contained in her unit but because the investigation is ongoing there's so many firefighters here that the resident on each side of the unit had to be evacuated. those that will not be allowed to return to their home until the investigation is wrapped up for now they don't know what started the fire. << an update on the story that we brought to you yesterday morning questions about the security of the airport. after a team hopped the fence onto a plane. 60 year- old boy from santa clara slipped into the wheel well of the wine airlines. crime 4 did some investigating of found defects in certain areas of the fence around the airport. we found holes where the fence was not holding up. airport officials are not explaining exactly how the 15 year-old got onto the tarmac. he survived that flight and that doctors amaze. there was 48 below zero in the wheel well. one doctor believes that the accommodatio of hypothermia and wl. the