more with kristen bell. kristen bell!t spirit awards" airs saturday february 21st at 5pm >> they didn't tell me it was live, i found out later it was live. which will be interesting. >> jimmy: it's a strange event. it's in a tent. >> it's also in the middle of the afternoon, and no one wants to pay attention to the show, but there's a lot of booze. >> jimmy: you can say anything you want, and it's going to go on the air and it doesn't matter. >> listen, as long as fred doesn't want me to change his diaper, it will be a nice vacation for me. >> jimmy: but, i would like to see you change fred diaper. don cheadle is your co-star and also executive producer, does he ever feel like your boss or just the co-star on the show? >> he is a boss because he is so awesome, but no, he doesn't really carry himself like he's the boss. but he does, he does pull rank by making us play cards with him in between scenes, but he's like addicted to card games. >> jimmy: yes. >> and he has this thing called chinese poker that he likes, basically

lester. >> kristen welker tonight. thank you. >>> in this country a protest today over the police killing of a man in washington state earlier this week. all of it captured on video by a bystander. the three officers involved are under investigation. we get the latest tonight from nbc's hallie jackson in pasco, washington. hallie. >> reporter: good evening, lester. about 500 people have marched through town to this intersection where the shooting happened. some of the demonstrators still out here. it's been peaceful today. many here say they're disappointed in their police department and want the officers involved held accountable. >> do a thorough investigation. >> reporter: calls for justice today after a deadly police shooting. >> it didn't look right to me. i'm hoping something is done. >> reporter: the incident caught on cell phone video shows a man appearing to throw something in the direction of police officers who had responded to reports of someone hurling rocks at cars. >> told him to drop the rocks and he di

here's nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: lynn university sophomore michael van castren is a serious even he's not perfect. come the fall it will be tougher for michael and the 2,500 other students at lynn to play hookie because with their consent their school-issued ipads will be equipped with class i20. >> my parents pay for my education. they have the right to know i'm using their money in the right way. >> reporter: class 120 is the brain child of jeffrey who says gps signals track student schedules. if they're not in class, they get a message like this. >> unable to detect amy montgomery at the following class today. this is what you would get in near realtime same day in the inbox. >> reporter: the goal to boost class attendance and increase graduation rates. >> 90% class attendance will lead us to over 80% graduation rates. unless we fix class attendance we will never fix our graduation problem. >> reporter: undermine students ability to motivate themselves. >> it does send a wrong message that you can't be trust and had that we're going to keep an eye on you. >> reporter: lyn

i don't know if it will work kristen. think what he's trying to do is say, look republicans, the ball is in your court. we can do this the hard way or easy way. his message in some ways i don't think is all that different probably than what mitch mcconnell and john boehner are telling their people privately. even if we try to do this thing of linking dhs funding in immigration orders he's still going to veto. it's not going to work out as well as everybody thinks. let's not cut off our nose to spite our face. >> ruth what do you think the president accomplished if anything last night? >> he both reassured his base and his party, whether he accomplished anything congressional republicans, that's really debatable. to me this is a process of accepting reality and it's like the stages of grief when you have a terminal illness. the point the president is making you can have your little vote but i'm going to veto it is just something that the republicans in congress are going to have to adjust themselves to but that's a process

peter. >> kristen from a snowy white house north lawn tonight. kristen, thank you. >>> overseas a december pras search intensified tonight for three british teenage girls thought to be traveling to syria to join isis militants. today the families of two of those girls issued public appeals for them to come home. they were on the midterm break from their school in london when they flew to turkey this week. one of the family's begged their daughter not to cross the border into syria saying she could still help those suffering in syria from home. >>> in afghanistan today, a surprise visit by the new defense secretary who seemed to indicate that the u.s. might consider slowing down its troop withdrawal from afghanistan beyond next year. for more we're joined now by chuck todd the moderator of "meet the press." chuck, secretary ash carter and the afghan president seem to suggest that a lasting peace can only be achieved if american troops help keep the taliban at bay, which could delay the u.s. from leaving. is this in effect signaling a major change

on tuesday bobbi kristen a moved to 0emery university hospital which is

good morning, kristen. >> reporter: alex good morning. late last night president obama signed the bill to fund dhs. but it was a political nail biter with less than two hours before the department of homeland security was scheduled to shut down. congress passed a one-week extension to keep the agency open. that short-term resolution came after an embarrassing defeat for house speaker john boehner. early in the evening boehner brought to a vote a bill that would have funded the agency for three weeks. but he failed to get members of his own party. so ultimately that proposal failed. conservative republicans want any legislation that funds dhs to also block the president's immigration action which would provide relief to millions of immigrants. they argue the president has overstepped his constitutional authority. the president has defended his action on immigration and vowed to veto any bill that would block him. the rationale is that the extra time will give this sharply divided congress some room to try to reach a longer term deal. this

nbc's kristen welker is back with that story. kristen. >> reporter: well a lot of people focused on him, that's for sure. the race for the white house heats up. the conference was a big test for former governor jeb bush. he is seen by many within the republican party as the establishment candidate. on friday bush defended his credentials. >> god bless you. >> reporter: he is often thought of as one of the republican's more moderate candidates. on friday former governor jeb bush pushed back against skeptics. >> practicing reform-minded conservative. >> reporter: one o thorny issues is immigration. he wrangled for reform and stressing better border security and defending the plan for undocumented immigrants. >> we should give them a path for legal status where they work and don't receive government benefits and don't break the law. >> reporter: bush stood by his record on education and supporting the common core which many republicans oppose. >> the federal government has no role in the standards. the federal government has no role

kristen welker joins me from the white house.the president has a busy schedule today as well as of course the national security adviser susan rice. >> absolutely andrea, president obama heading to indianapolis as we speak. white house officials, national security officials working to confirm those reports. white house press secretary josh earnest will hold a gaggle a briefing with reporters aboard air force one. we expect that to get under way any minute now. we'll be listening closely to see if he has any type of reaction to this. but at this point u.s. officials as mik just said unable to confirm those reports that the female american hostage was killed. now, this comes as national security adviser susan rice in less than an hour from now is going to unveil president obama's national security strategy moving forward over these next two years and of course that will include a large focus on defeating isis. andrea just yesterday, the united states signed a new memorandum, new security agreement with jordan to essentially join tog

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kristen? >> i want to head over to you, luke.ou heard kelly underscore that point that this is not finished until its finished and we heard from congressman gutierrez that he's a no vote. will boehner get the 218 votes he needs? >> reporter: well kristen, about an hour and a half ago the house moved to a vote on the rule and for the nonwonky washingtonians out there, it was a parliamentary procedural vote to move forward on overall final passage of this tree three-week funding of the department of homeland security. there is an expectation it may be tough but they were able to get 230 republican votes. so there's 246 house republicans and it seems from where we stand right now, that they should be okay for final passage. there's going to be some conservatives that are upset about this three-week funding because there's no language about immigration within it. but they should have the votes. i've spoken to a few democrats that said if this got close to let's say 218 but got to around 210, 212, it would help the gop out the last se

i am kristen sze. but are happy you are here. you could be happy the visibility is better. >> and more dry. no drizzle this morning like in a few areas yesterday. -- showing it is dry and you can see the clouds are not so low as yesterday. >> now, we are cooler at 41 to 52 through action h -- through 7:00 and low-to-mid 76 for the rest us with sunshine so grab the sunglasses. you will need them. this evening it is mild in the mid-to-upper 50s. >> how is the traffic? >> better than year. right if you we have a look at eastern span of the bay bridge where we will have construction on lower deck away from san francisco at the through tower. that is until 6:00 this morning. as we move on over to the next view there is a look at san jose 101, pulling up to san jose san jose it and clear and accident free but we have a big construction project in san leandro over the weekend. details are ahead. >> now the news from propsing college student to accused attempted murdering a santa chair university is preparing for a court appearance for s

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> you can catch snl's 40th anniversary special tonight at 8:007:00 central, right here on nbc. >>> the son of a coaching legend who's living up to the family name. >>> finally tonight, she's a legend of the hardwood as coach of the tennessee lady vols. pat summit racked up more career wins than any other college basketball coach in history. now, three years after alzheimer's forced her to retire, one of her team's fiercest rivals is being led by someone with a familiar last name. here's jacob rascon. >> reporter: he may not be much older than his players, but on the sidelines, tyler summit feels right at home. >> instead of growing up and slumber parties at your friend's house, i was in locker rooms, hotel rooms, i was on the bench. >> reporter: such was the life of the only child of college basketball legend pat summit. >> all the public saw was this lady on the sideline who looked like a dictator screaming at her players and staring them down. behind closed doors, she was a loving caring person. >> reporter: for most of pat's 1100 wins and eigh

crossing over to new york and bringing in kristen saloomey.sten, listening in to what he has been saying as well as the u.n. security council listening intently and general -- the secretary general ban ki-moon himself has made some comments. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well he painted a very grim picture of the situation in yemen. he's just back from a trip to the region where we consulted with many countries who are very concerned about the instability in yemen. he described the country as being on the brink of collapse. we're also hearing about the efforts to bring all of the parties back to the negotiating, something the u.n. has been frantically trying to do. the houthis have taken over the government. ban ki moon talked about more widespread attacks by al-qaeda. and there is a humanitarian situation there that is horrific 61% of the population dependent on humanitarian aid. so what you are hear is a rallying cry for the security council. of course the security council has also been very concerned about this and they are weighing

lester. >> all right, kristen, thanks. and as malls step up security based on these new threats, believe it or not at the very same time there's a big fight erupting in washington over the money to fund homeland security. and while democrats and republicans argue and blame each other, that money is set to run out this week. our senior white house correspondent chris jansing is digging into the details. >> reporter: for 200,000 essential employees, an excruciating wait to see if congress will fund the department of homeland security. tsa officers at airports, border patrol and customs agents, coast guard, fema workers and secret service agents. overall 80% of workers would still have to show up if congress doesn't fund dhs, but they won't get paid. today, president obama made an appeal to the nation's governors. >> it will have a direct impact on your economy. and it will have a direct impact on america's national security. >> reporter: 30,000 more workers, mostly office staff, will stay home. fema, for example, would stop

last saturday rescue team race to bobbi kristen a home and brought her to the er at north fulton hospitalincident as drowning listed the incident as drowning. on tuesday bobbi kristen a moved to 0emery university hospital which is the no. 1 rank hospital in atlanta. her father bobby and nick demand she call her husband kept vigil at her bedside. about two week ago bobbi visited some any a tattoo with friend danielle bradley a her boyfriend is max who called 911 while nick tried to revive bobbi kristen a.employee tells us it was bobbi kristina a who brought up whitney. >> she mention that had she was a little depressed. it was coming up on

nbc's kristen welker has our report tonight. >> reporter: in a major announcement today, the national highway traffic safety administration said it is recalling about 2.1 million vehicles, toyotas, chryslers and hondas. the concern, the vehicles airbags could deploy inadvertently, even when the vehicle is not in a crash potentially causing injury or death. these vehicles were previously recalled for the same problem in 2013 and 2014. but nhtsa says the fix "was not effective." today's recall was triggered by a problem in an electric component made by an american supplier trw automotive. but about a million of the recalled honda and toyota models also have defective airbags made by the company takata. those airbags have been known to deploy with too much force sending out metal shards. in relation to a previous recall 26-year-old cory says he lost his right eye due to a malfunctioning takata airbag last may. >> i thought i had a black eye and felt blood. warm run down my face. and blood. i thought i broke my nose. i didn't know. >> reporter: late last year both honda and takata executi

here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> the three ameeg goes. >> reporter: it's kind of like a high schoolion, with everyone a class clown. 40 years of funny, together in one place. >> live from new york -- >> it's saturday night. >> since october '75, saturday night live has been turning little known comedians into box office big shots. like bill murray dan aykroyd, kristen wiig. >> we don't have wine. >> that's okay i brought my own. >> all expected on stage tonight. >> reporter: eddie murphy will be back for the first time in 30 years. we'll see tina fey and amy poehler. >> it's time for a woman to make it to the white house. >> no mice. >> the real sarah palin will also be there, part of a guest list that includes pop culture's biggest names. former hosts like justin timberlake. ♪ and musical favorites like paul mccartney and paul simon. lorne michaels spoke to matt lauer. >> in every sense it's kind of a reunion, you want to make sure that you capture the feeling of what it was like and also why it's important. >> reporter: there's someone else who's been there through much of the sho

kristen, it was a wide-ranging interview.t else did the homeland security secretary have to say? >> it was, ayman. secretary johnson's other key focus, pressing lawmakers to fund dhs, to pass legislation that would keep dhs fully funded. dhs runs out of funding at the end of the month. and republicans want to attach amendments to any legislation that would essentially block president obama's immigration executive action. of course, they have long argued that the president overstepped his authority by passing that executive action. the president has been adamant he would veto any legislation that tried to block him in that regard. today secretary johnson said that if dhs is not funded by the end of the month, it could be a threat to national security. take a listen to what he had to say. >> i'm on the hill every day stressing the importance of a fully funded department of homeland security separate and apart from riders to try to defund our efforts to defund the immigration system. do people in congress want to have that debat

. >> nbc's kristen welker is live at the white house for us.o kristen, with a good sunday to you, what other precautions is the white house taking due to this threat? >> reporter: well, look the administration says they are taking this threat very seriously. they are in discussions, investigating the video. here's what we know so far. according to top u.s. officials, al shabaab released that video, which calls for attacks on shopping malls in canada and here in the united states. in it the terror group references the attack on the mall in kenya which left more than 60 people dead. a statement last night, a spokesperson for the national security council told me quote, protecting public safety and national security is our highest security. we are aware of the reported call from al shabaab for westgate style attacks against shopping centers around the world to include the united states. in recent months, the fbi and dhs have worked closely with our state and local public safety counterparts and members of the private sector to include mall owners

kristen has been riding around all morning long.n, as we can see from this picture, it looks like the roads out there are still snow covered, but seem to be moving along just fine? >> yeah well it helps i'm in this big, heavy vehicle, these are basically just snow drifts that are coming on to the road from all the wind that's been out here. i came over this way on lancaster avenue. it was completely clear and fine. got to watch out for that wind. but as far as icy spots, did a great job of clearing things overnight. >> thank you kristen, we'll be checking back with you shortly. >> this morning, we are seeing cancellations at philadelphia international airport. most of the flights are either going to or from new england, that's because they have been getting about 1 to 2 feet of snow overnight into the early morning hours. we also found that there are some delays of about 15 minutes or less right now out of philly international. if you do have plans to fly today, if you're picking somebody up or if you are headed out yourself remembe

thanks kristen. >>> all right. i'm going to second what kristen said.problem coming in from bucks county. the non-major roadways, still snow-covered, you're seeing blowing snow the roads are still cold they're sticking immediately. the major roadways, pretty good. it is frigid this morning, 10 in philadelphia. 7 in allentown, 0 right now in mt. pocono. 10 in wildwood and 4 in lancaster. you factor in the winds, you're seeing that northwesterly flow that arctic air flowing down and we're seeing winds sustained anywhere from 20 up to 35 miles per hour. so 26 miles per hour in mt. pocono. up to 22 in lancaster. 30 miles per hour in wilmington. we're seeing winds gusting higher than that near 40 in some spots. factor in the winds, also if air temperatures, and gives you windchills, what it feels like on your body. 25 below zero in mt. pocono feeling like 9 below zero in philadelphia feels like 8 below zero in lancaster, and the windchill in wildwood is 10 below zero. for today, dangerously cold with some gusty winds getting a little better after lunchtime.

. >> reporter: i am kristen saloomey at a new york state prison facility.ing up find out why the city university of new york has started a college program here. ♪ ♪ >>> the leaders of germany and france are heading to moscow for talks on the crisis in ukraine. now, it's the biggest push yet to resolve the 10-month conflict which has killed more than 5,000 people. talks in moscow are being seen as a last-ditch attempt to avoid the u.s. arming ukraine in its battle against pro-russian rebels. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> reporter: the sudden tense at this of diplomacy shows just how serious the situation is becoming. first it was secretary of state john kerry meeting president poroshenko and then the prime minister. pledging u.s. backing and pointing a finger of blame at moscow. >> russia and the separatists are seizing more territory terrorizing more citizens, and refusing to participate in serious negotiations. let there be no doubt about who is blocking the prospect of peace here. >> reporter: significantly he said president obama would decide soon whet

welcome to game on overtime alongside kristen berset i'm dave owen. wow. >> i love the emotion at the end of that game from butler. >> good stuff. the nfl season comes to a close the way it should, the

very, very dramatic kristen. >> it is.nk, is they perceive house speaker john boehner to be boxed in essentially because they know that this is a republican issue. homeland security. if you listen to peter king from new york, he makes the argument that essentially republicans, by wavering on this are giving this issue over to democrats. so ultimately i think the white house knows that house speaker john boehner wants to get something passed. he's getting pressure from the conservative members in his party who want to take action on the president's immigration actions. they want any legislation to block the president's immigration action and president obama has the power to veto that and he has said explicitly he'll veto any legislation that comes to his desk that blocks immigration plans. the white house thinks they have the upper hand there. the thinking in this instance was that house speaker john boehner would get this passed and then they would wait for those three weeks to see what happened in the courts then that cou

here to discuss this kristen beck the first transgender navy s.e.a.l. author of "warrior princess." welcome, kristen. >> hi, carol. how are you doing? >> thanks for being here. i'm doing great. here's what "the new york times" columnist told my colleague don lemon. let's listen. >> this has been in the works. we're beginning to have tv shows about it and president obama for the first time in the state of the union addressed referred to transgender people but to have a sports icon like bruce jenner make this transition and come out as a transgender woman is a real moment that maybe something people can begin to identify with and dissolve a little bit of that prejudice. >> do you agree with nick? >> i totally agree with him. the prejudice and violence against transgender people is mostly due to misinformation and ignorance on so many people's parts. so if jenner comes out and when she comes out and i can't wait until she does, as katelyn jenner would be amazing. it would be a breakthrough for us for people to understand that we are people and we deserve d

>>> kristen, a lot of people say they pay enough already with gas taxes or even tolls. one more time the question is: are you willing to pay a little bit more for the promise for better roads? that is the issue facing politicians in sacramento as they deal with $59 billion backlog in infrastructure repairs. a proposal by tony atkins raised $2 billion to fix roads and bridges and highways and he did not say how the money would be collected but the five $52 a year to be charged as part of insurance plans and vehicle registration. people agree that the bay area roads need to be fixed but they say pay enough in taxes and fees. athey are horrible. they do not maintain them. i drive every day with a lot of potholes on 101, uneven roads we pay enough in taxes if they would use the money more wisely they could maintain the roads. >> gasoline tass revenues have fallen as more fuel ever other cars use roads that age and deteriorate. driving on poorly maintained roads resulted in higher maintenance bills two-thirds vote of the legislature is required to pass the fees and a spokesw

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>> kristen welker at the white house, thanks, kristen. obama, wednesday night at 8:00 eastern. the bilingual event will focus on immigration and be simulcast on nbc and telemundo. >>> rudy giuliani isn't just doubling down on his comments against president obama but he's going all in. he towles "the new york post" that the president has been influenced by communists since his youth saying quote, from the time he was 9 years old, he was influenced by frank marshall davis who was a communist. it comes on the heels of giuliani's new comments last night criticizing the president. >> he may love america, i don't know, in his own way. when i listen to his language i hear language of a man who is never talking about the greatness of america. he's not a cheerleader for america. he's a critic as if he were a movie critic as opposed to the guy acting in the movie. >> joining me now, republican strategist and former spokesperson for president george w. bush mercedes schlapp and jimmy williams. mercedes, why are we hearing this kind of rhetoric from

kristen, this is white house budget day, they have the new budget and he's fighting for it.e went to homeland to emphasize this ongoing fight from the old budget, funding homeland security which includes secret service and other critical things but the fight is over his immigration policy. the border and immigration policies. >> that's right. the optics were pretty powerful. that is a immediate battle looming, i'll make one point about that. funding for dhs runs out on february 27th. a lot of conservative republicans want any legislation to keep dhs open to have some amendments that would block the president's immigration executive action. of course, he will veto that so they are trying to work on a fix that would appease those conservatives who want to take a stand against the action but make its way past the president's desk. that's a real challenge. president obama dug in his heels on that today but unveiling his budget at dhs. there's a broader battle here which is over the budget. this budget which increases spending by about 7%. it's a $4 trillion budget. it would end

i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas and meteorologist mike nicco. >>> so, i will right now.ryone. here is live doppler hd. it will be dry compute. as the ferry building shows, the winds have picked up. we are in the mid-40s to mid-50s, up to 14 degrees milder this morning. the 12 hour day planner shows breezes increasing and the temperatures nearly 60 at noon and 60 at 4:00 and we do not warm much. low-to-mid 50s and cooler this morning, a slight chance of a shower, a better chance tomorrow and i will show you that coming up. >> and the traffic leyla? >> it was heating up this morning. quickly. but it looks like it is calming down. here is a look at the follow toll plaza and a look at a very busy drive.

. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> well, the washington capitals are in a bit of a funk. they've lost six of their last seven. tonight they host the l.a. kings. however, the defending stanley cup champs have been far from championship form all season. holden kushner has a preview of tonight's match-up. >> reporter: it is the caps and the kings at the verizon center. l.a. spent yesterday at the white house honoring their latest title with president obama. on the ice it's been a rough go for the caps against l.a. historically. they haven't won in seven straight games including dating back to february of 2007, something on the capitals players' minds. >> we all know what they're capable of and they've been successful the last couple years. they're a big strong team, so going to be a physical game tonight. >> they're probably the most resilient team in the league. if you get a lead, that game is not oh. you have to finish it -- over, you have to finish it out. >> they play a pretty physical game with a lot of outside and two on offensive end.

kristen, thank you very much. kristen saloomey live from new york. >>> the european central bank has stopped greek banks from using government debt as collateral for loans. meanwhile, athens sounds optimistic to regorget its debt. >> i had an opportunity to present to him our government's offer, and unwavering determination that it can't be business as usual in greece, both in terms of reforms that we need in order to end the various malignancyies that have afflicted the greek economy for so many years. >> we have more from berlin. >> reporter: greece's new left-wing leadership with a dual-prong offensive visiting the major institutions of europe and mr. tsipras in brussels, and the finance minister in frankfurt making the point there is no business as usual, no u-turn to throw off the bail-out program and austerity measures attached to it that greece has suffered under for five years. now he says it has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. they want greece's major international lenders among them the european commi

thank you for joining us. >> i am kristen sze with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco.hope for rain. how does it look? >> hopeful. >> clinging on. >> we have more moisture this morning. check out petaluma garfield drive, lakeville street, looking at madison street and snow sonoma and we will see are delays

we start with nbc's kristen welker at the white house. kristen, how is the white house going about selling this to congress? >> well there's going to be a robust outreach effort that's for sure. but look they acknowledge the language that was submitted yesterday really represents the start of negotiations. it also represents an attempt to find some common ground between democrats who want the language to be limited and republicans who want it to be open ended. so just to remind folks what's in the aumf that the white house proposed it would sunset after three years. it would limit the extended use of ground troops. and it does not contain any geographic call geographical limitations. democrats, for some of those reasons, say the language is not limiting enough. the biggest sticking point really revolves around the issue of ground troops. democrats have expressed concern that this could lead to mission creep. i think you're going to see a lot of debate revolve around that. meanwhile, republicans say that there shouldn't be any limitation o

. >> i am kristen sze. >> investigators are interviewing witnesses. the area has seen their share of violence and the latest happened on the east of the lunar new year. matt is on the scene. >> restaurant and sports bar has only been opened two months but violence has found its way to this stretch of alum rock avenue in east san jose. a few doors down was a triple shooting a year and a half ago. a mandated. this is unrelated but the violence is escalating. >> half filled bottles and glasses were sometime on the table in alum rock avenue. we will not show you the grew some video but on the floor a puddle of gun. the manager was in the kitchen when the shooting started before 10:00. he called 9-1-1. >> i saw he was hurt and said to call the ambulance. >> the most seriously injured man is in serious and one man was arrested and faces assault. police are still looking for another suspect. >> the shooting was everywhere. >> this is the fifth shooting incident around a vietnamese restaurant this year in san jose and the third in the past week. the most rece

we begin our coverage with nbc's kristen welker who is in washington tonight. good evening. >> carl, good evening. in a joint statement released today, the fbi and department of homeland security say there is no known specific or credible plot against the mall of america america or any other shopping center. still, they have alerted authorities across the country about the video released by the terror group, al shabaab. at one of the world's busiest shopping centers, the mall of america in minnesota there is extra security today this after a video surfaced overnight showing al shabaab, a somali-based terrorist group calling for attacks against western calls, including this one. >> i just think when it's a threat like that, everybody thinks it's scary. >> reporter: they took responsibility for the 2013 terrorist attack against the west gate mall in kenya. a three-day reign of terror. more than 60 people were killed. today, the secretary of homeland security said law enforcement officials are investigating the latest threat and urge vigilance from the public. >>

our report tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> let's remember to pray for kayla. >> reporter: at the united methodist church, prayers for kayla mueller and her family today. prayers holding out hope for her return despite claims of an air strike pie jordanians. >> they're tired. they're weary but also very hopeful for kayla's return here to prescott. >> reporter: administration officials say there's still no evidence to corroborate isis' claims that mueller was killed. secretary kerry said on "meet the press," america and allies are on the road to defeating the terrorist group. >> we have taken out a significant proportion of top leadership of isis. their command and control facilities have been attacked. >> reporter: secretary of state kerry at a conference today in munich underscored this is a long-term operation and the agreement that bipartisan allies in the region will be key. >> i think the lighting on fire of this jordanian pilot will now gal van nice i hope the arab nations to fight isis. >> reporer: and yet another foreign crisis is commanding american attention this weekend

>>> good morning, kristen. what an exciting night it was. so much laughter and emotion at the biggest night does not disappoint. >> look, it is great to be here who am i kidding. >> "birdman" a comedy of a fading super hero took home top honors winning best picture and best director. >> 87th academy award hosted for the first time by neil patrick harris. as much broadway as hollywood. it was a night full of jaw dropping moments. lead gaga like you have never seen before. and raw emotion. john legend performed oscar award winning song from "sole "selma." >> who is the most famous you are looking for tonight? >> ed norton right over there. >> later channeling a half naked birdman and no big upsets, j.k. simmons winning best supporting for "whiplash," famous for insurance commercials >> boyhood patricia arquette took host best supporting. >> our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> best actress was to julianne moore for "still alice," and eddie redmayne winning best act repor

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live in south san francisco, kristen hartnet, kpix 5. >>> about 30 minutes ago, two missing boys were found, safe at ocean beach. and the two boys are five and six years old. one got lost. while playing in the sand. and the other was going down a stairwell. toward the water. when his parents lost sight of him. and a huge team of searchers spread out across the beach in parking lots and it took them about a half hour to track the boys down. the children are okay. and have been rewroond with their parents -- reunited with their parents. >>> earlier today a surf her to be rescued after losing his job at ocean beach. there are rip tide and sneak away warnings across the entire bay area coastline this weekend. rescuers say a good samaritan helped save the surfer and they are reminding people, if you're headed out to the beach to soak up the warm weather, be careful. >> it is dangerous to be out here on the beach in the water. if you're out here, you should make sure that you will be very cautious. and don't take any chances. >> the surfer was not hurt. >>> many people were outdoors today e