the singer reached out to 18- year-old kevin mcguire on facebook... asking if he'd be her date to the academy of country music awards. it's all thanks to mcguire's sister... who started an online campaign to get swift to go to the prom with her brother.swift said she couudn't make prom... but had another offer. "honestly my sister she's an amazing girl. whenever she puts something in her head, it's gonna happen." happpn."mcguire is currently beeng treated at a philadelphia hospital for a relapse of leukemia.he was ffrst diagnosed five years ago. adam sandler sets a new record... that no actor ever wants to break. break.over the weekend... he received 11 nominations for razzies.if you don't know what a razzie is... it's the award &pfor worst fflm.he was nominated for his roles acting, and producing in 3 movies last year... including "jack and jill"... "just go with it"... and "bucky larson: born to be a star." coming up... never-before-seen video... of astronauts ásingiigá on the moon. moon.((:01 i was strolling on the moon one day dayif this doesn't h

. >> reporter: the leukemia was supposed to be gone but kevin mcguire found himself back at children'spital for more bone marrow biopsies and spinal taps and chemo and the 18-year-old football player from sterling high school in stratford, new jersey was sitting with his sister victoria talking about who he would like to take to his prom june 1st. >> i thought of someone who is strong and confident, someone who will make me actually feel like i belong there that night, someone who's beautiful and gorgeous. >> it was country music star taylor swift whose song "you belong with me" about the outsider who gets the football player is one of kevin's favorites. >> you see all these other celebrities just all in the news about being in jail and drugs and that kind of stuff but taylor, she's just a great girl and a positive role model. >> and the facebook campaign kevin's sister launched to get taylor to take him to the prom has gotten tens of thousands of hits of support from strangers and celebrities. >> hoping when she does see what's going on she'll let me know if she can or if she can't. j

. >> reporter: like millions of teenagers around the world, kevin mcguire has a crush on taylor swiftor is a great girl. positive role model. >> reporter: this coming from another role model. you see, kevin beat leukemia when he was 13, but now with high school graduation just months away, his cancer has returned. >> this time around i wasn't expecting it at all. i was living my high school life. ♪ >> reporter: a life that included varsity football, kevin's favorite song is swift's "we belong with you" a song about an outsider. in the video they go to prom together. ♪ you belong with me which got him thinking -- >> i thought of someone who is strong and confident, someone who will make me actually feel like i belong there that night. someone who is beautiful, gorgeous. >> reporter: someone like taylor swift. kevin's sister victoria soon started the taylor swift take kevin mcguire to prom facebook page. last year justin timberlake attended a military ball with a marine and justin bieber married a 6-year-old girl fighting cancer on valentine's day. >> hoping that when she does see what'

we spoke with kevin mcguire, he's up in the clouds learning taylor swift has made his pipe dream come true. he invited her to the prom she posted the following. kevin i'm so sorry i won't make it to your prom. the acm awards are coming up. will you be my date. kevin said yes. >> taylor is a good luck charm for me. he learned after intense chemotherapy he's in remission. >> i am in remission. no cancer cells but i have quite a ways to go. >> kevin who attends sterling high school told his sister that the chemotheraphy means he'll go bald. he worried no win wanted to go to the prom. he opened up a facebook page called taylor swift take kev ten the prom. >> how does it make you feel. >> i can't believe it. who knew i could pull this off. my community could make this happen. she is t-shirts made with swift's picture. >> what's the first thing he said. >> he said are you serious, that's all he said. >> did it make his day. make his life. his shirt says make our brother's life and that's what she did. >> that's a great story. all right. we need it. cool weekend. last weekend of february. lo

. >> kevin mcguire, 18-year-old from southern jersey, has been fighting leukemia for years now. sister started a campaign to get taylor swift to be his date to the senior prom. as it happened, she was, like, should she go? she wasn't able to go to the prom, but said i'll one up you, be my date to the american music awards. >> first of all, incredibly smart. but knowing her a little like we do, that's exactly what we would think she would do. >> he said yes. it's in april. so, you know, pending whatever he needs at the time. but he says he's really excited and told a local newspaper that's even better than the prom. >> there you go. >> she tweeted it to him. that's how he found out. she put it on facebook. >> probably write a song about it. >> you're right. >> justin bieber. >> by the way, he was adorable last night, so natural and such a natural actor, i thought. >> absolutely. so he and selena, there's been a lot of excitement because he gave her a diamond ring for valentine's day. a lot of people are saying is it an engagement ring? she said, no, it's a friendship ring, in the

she had a better invitation for kevin mcguire. an invitation to be her date at the academy of country music awards. kevin's sister started that campaign. to get the singer's attention. obviously, it got her attention. >> it worked. >>> taylor is a class act as well. >>> now to the gas prices fueling anger and outrage from coast to coast. the national average has gone up from $3.37 a month ago to $3.64 today. well over $4 a gallon in some big cities. the most expensive it's been at this time of year. the prices are expected to climb. desperate drivers are, of course, going all out to get gas. some are stealing it. mark greenblatt is at a gas station in manhattan with more. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. most bang robberies involve guns, masks, and confrontations these days. now the most sophisticated gas station heist can go off leaving the retailer high and dry and the station doesn't have a clue. with gas prices this high, you might feel like you're getting robbed. the police say this week near tampa bay, f

and kevin mcguire is battling leukemia. facebook page urging taylor swift to be her brother's prom date. taylor said she couldn't make the dance but invited him to the academy of country music award this is spring. this video has oprah winfrey fans tweeting their surprise. kimmel pretends to pitch new ideas including one changing oprah's book club into a fight club. another has oprah repossessing some of the favorite things she gave away. it's now 8:05. now to al with a check of the weather from hollywood. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by advil. make the switch to advil now. >> oprah's dark side. i like it. let's see what's going on. pick city of the day, as we always do at this time of day. los angeles, california, nbc 4. showers developing. going to be windy with a temperature of 58 degrees for the high. as we look to the satellite, we've got a big storm system developing in southern california making it across the >>> good morning. sunny and cold on this monday morning. tom kierein in storm center 4.

taylor swift making a new jersey teacher-- i'm sorry, teenager's dream come true. 18-year-old kevin mcguirehis date. >> and the guy out there. having a date with taylor swift would be amazing and make me feel like an actual prom date. >> he so, it turns out that mcguire's sister posted the request on facebook, and swift responded to kevin yesterday and now the bad news is she cannot go to his prom with him. i am assure there is he' a scheduling difficulty, but the good news is, she invited him to be her date at the academy of country music awards instead. of course, kevin accepted. and he said it's better than he'd hoped. >> i think so, that's the one in nashville down there. >> alisyn: upgrade from a prom, let's face it. broadway and nashville. >> over rubber chicken and dancing to led zeppelin, i'm sorry, that was my prom. >> clayton: well, alisyn, rick is still sore from that prom. >> alisyn: rick, i'll never forget our prom. >> rubber chicken dance. (laughter) >> i've never been to new jersey, but-- >> if you had been we would have been prom dates. >> i'm sure. >> take a look at that, g