kristen dahlgren, nbc news new york. >>> we received late world this evening that david brenner has died. the stand-up comedian was best known for his regular

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, another milestone, marking half a century of trying to come up with the right question. >>> finally tonight, it was on this day 50 years ago that a game show phenomena was born right here at 30 rock. after all that time, "jeopardy!" still draws millions each night, trying to guess the question to the answer. here is nbc's erica hill. >> let's play "jeopardy!". >> reporter: and that's how it all began back in march of 1964, as art fleming introduced viewers to what would become the most popular quiz show of all time. >> there had not been any trivia quiz shows on since the 1950s because of the quiz show scandal, but merv griffin brought it back with "jeopardy!" >> reporter: creator merv griffin credits his wife with the idea, give the answer and have the contestants guess the question. >> what are cigars? >> cigars are right, yes. >> reporter: art fleming aired the original "jeopardy!" which taped right here in this studio at rockefeller center. >> that is the award they gave me for being grand champion. >> reporter: this retired navy t

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, st. louis, missouri. >>> frightening moments aboard an indian jetliner as a rear wheel caught fire after landing in nepal. all 176 passengers and six crew members on the flight from new delhi were evacuated through emergency doors and are safe. no injuries reported. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> coming up, a war hero receives an honor that's long overdue. >>> ralph? you are not going home. you're going to stay here and face the fella. >> he starred on broadway and in films but was best known for playing alice cramden opposite jackie gleason's ralph on "honeymooners." her family confirmed she died thursday at 92 years old. >>> carmen berra has died. she was the wife of yogi berra. they just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in january and their marriage was central to the broadway play "bronx bombers" that just closed. they had three sons, 11 grandchildren and a great grandson. carmen berra was 85 years old. >>> an 89-year-old world war ii veteran from upstate n

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kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> when we come back, making a difference with bows and ballcaps.ifference with bows a ballcaps. >>> finally tonight, our making a difference report is about a young girl who put herself in the shoes of other kids who felt self-conscious about the way they looked after treatment from serious illness likes cancer. she had a way to make them feel better and it is really catching on. we get our story tonight from nbc's erica hill. >> my name is hannah. >> reporter: hannah grubbs has never shied away from who she is. the 10-year-old has alopecia areata, a common autoimmune skin disease resulting in hair loss. >> my greatest fear as a parent when she was diagnosed is just what life would be like head of her. >> reporter: hannah feels fine. >> queen of the world. >> reporter: her parents say that hasn't stopped some people from wondering what's wrong. >> people will just go out of their way to stop and talk to her and do something nice for her. >> reporter: the fifth grader has turned what could be a very difficult time for a little girl into something po

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, st. louis, missouri. >>> frightening moments aboard an indian jetliner as a real wheel caught fire after landing in nepal. all 176 passengers and six crew members on the flight from new delhi were evacuated through emergency doors and are safe. no injuries reported. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> coming up, a war hero receives an honor that's long overdue. [ male announcer ] it's 7am and steve is already thinking about tomorrow. icishy he'investing in his heart health by eating kellogg's raisin bran®. not only is kellogg's raisin bran® heart healthy it's a delicious source of potassium. ♪ mom make you eat that? i happen to like raisins. [ male announcer ] invest in your heart health. now that's what i'm talkin' about. with kellogg's raisin bran®. [ female announcer ] now with kellogg's family rewards you can get even more from the products you love. join today at kfr.com. my sinuses are acting up and i've got this runny nose. i better take something. truth is, sudafed p

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kristen dahlgren is back with more on the epic match-up. kristen? >> good morning, lester.tory seems to happen when russia and the u.s. take to the ice together. and this was no different. >> ten seconds remaining -- >> reporter: it was one of those olympic moments for the ages. >> american sled hockey team has done what no other sled hockey team has been able to do. >> reporter: back-to-back goals for team u.s.a., this time topping perennial rival russia. but getting here wasn't easy. sled hockey has been called murder ball on ice. players are strapped into sleds wielding ice picks. the fact they're disabled doesn't stop the hits. after all, these are players who have already proven they're tough, like josh sweeney, a former marine, who scored the winning goal for team u.s.a. just five years after he lost both his legs in afghanistan. >> it took a lot to get here. and now that we're here it's almost unbelievable. >> reporter: so it's those stories that make this one so sweet. ♪ [ national anthem ] >> reporter: there are a lot of americans with new hardware after these game

. >> chris te >> kristen dahlgren joins us live. the reaction is certainly something we can understand. but what do we know about the investigation here? >> reporter: well, it's ongoing. they were able to tow the damaged plane away so they're now looking at it trying for figure out what went wrong with the tire for anyone traveling today, things here at philadelphia, operations running again as normal. p b but that is a far cry from what they went through. the plane literally bouncing town the runway and passengers had to run to escape. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: as passengers rushed from the smoking plane, cell phone video captured the frantic dash. with the plane resting on its nose, one passenger took a se selfie. >> oh, my god, the plane is on fire. >> plane just came down pretty hard. we bounced and came down hard again and we bounced again. >> cleared for takeoff. >> reporter: the a-320 carrying 149 passengers and five crew started down the runway building up speed when a tire blew p p. the pilots aborted the takeoff but it s

kristen dahlgren is here with their story. >> good morning to you, erica.ls us that they are fine this morning, though the boys were too shaken up to talk with us about it. they weren't just trapped on a piece of ice floating down the river, it was headed to a hydroelectric dam. rescuers arrived on the scene and pulled them to safety just in time. it was a typical day along the ice-covered des moines river. the two brothers were throwing rocks along the river. >> they went out to retrieve and shoe and next thing they knew they were floating down the river. >> reporter: the ice had broken away. the two were left clinging to each other, unable to get to shore. >> people witnessed it. saw it that were out at some of the local parks, called 911. >> reporter: there wasn't much time. the ice was close to being sucked into a dan curnt near a hydroelectric dam. firefighters threw a rope, then got life jackets to the frightened boys. rescue crews fighting their way across the thin ice to save them. >> one of the boys as he was standing a few feet away from me, the i

nbc's kristen dahlgren is there. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. earlier this morning, they moved that damaged plane and operations are back to normal here, but that is a far cry from those frightening moments yesterday when the plane bounced and skidded down this runway, leaving passengers running to escape. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: as passengers rushed from the smoking plane, cell phone video captured the frantic dash. down emergency slides and out window exits onto the wings, with the plane resting on its nose, one passenger took a selfie. >> they're evacuating the plane. oh, my god, the plane is on fire. >> the plane just came down all of a sudden, pretty hard. we bounced and came down hard again and bounced again. >> reporter: the a-320 carrying 149 passengers and five crew started down the runway, building up speed, when a tire blew. the pilots aborted the takeoff, but the plane bounced and screeched down the runway. slamming down at least twice. >> there's something going on on the runway here. i see smoke down there and are y

here's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: the cover of "vogue," a fashionista's dream.> not in a number of years has a "vogue" cover caused this much controversy. >> as soon as "vogue" revealed the april cover featuring kardashian and fiancee kanye west. >> sarah michelle gellar tweeting, i guess i'm cancelling my vogue subscription. and while kim was tweeting, this is such a dream come true, other celebrities started poking fun. >> james franco and seth rogan super imposed. they're no strangers to mocking kimye. remember this spoof? this time, even miss piggy and kermit got in. for kim and kanye, seems the cover was a long time coming. here's kanye back in october on ryan seacrest's radio show. >> there's no way kim kardashian shouldn't be on the cover of "vogue." >> anna winter denies accusations kanye begged her for the shot. saying in her editor's letter, as for the cover, my opinion is it's charming and touching, and it was, i should add, entirely our idea. >> many people feel as if the "vogue" cover is the culmination of a life's body of work. you don't think real

kristen dahlgren with the latest on that. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt.today." injuries so bad, she had to have a face transplant. this morning, we are getting a look inside her recovery, the progress she's made in five years and the battle she is still fighting. >> i feel like i'm locked out. i feel like i'm in a cage. >> five years after the attack that took away her eyesight and most of her face, charla nash is coming forward ahead of an important hearing friday. she wants lawmakers to see her and the struggle she still has. >> i'm hoping that the legislation will allow me to have my day in court. that i will be able to have a judge listen to the evidence that is brought before him about the vicious attack on me. >> reporter: in this seven-minute independently produced video distributed to the connecticut legislature, nash appeals to lawmakers. she wants them to reverse a decision from a state commissioner which barred her from suing the state. she says the state should've seized the dangerous animal. but the commissioner ruled that no law in place pro

kristen dahlgren has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt.can imagine, everybody wanting to know the answers to the question why. now, newspapers in britain where her company was based reports today there may have been financial troubles. this was a woman, though, who dressed a-listers and for more than a decade dated one of music's biggest stars. even if you didn't know lauren scott is mick jagger's long time girlfriend, you will have likely seen her work on the red carpet. on nicole kidman at this year's oscars, or sarah jessica parker, angelina jolie, amy adams. michelle obama is a mega fan. >> her clothes were tight. she loved a figure. they fit you really, really well. you had to have a certain confidence to carry that off. >> at about 10:00 monday morning, scott was found hanging in her apartment. no foul play is suspected. she was just 49. the rolling stones were on tour in australia when mick jagger got the news. a spokesperson saying he is completely shocked and devastated. scott was the adopted daughter of a mormon family known as l

kristen dahlgren has more for us this morning. kristen, good morning. >> hey, good morning, erica.to be called out of touch with the common folk. in announcing her split, she said that she and martin with "consciously uncoupling," but before that, she made a comment that has a lot of moms upset, saying working a 9-to-5 job is easier than acting. she's an oscar winner -- >> it is a new world. >> a mom, and has been crowned the world's most beautiful woman. but now gwyneth paltrow is in the middle of an ugly controversy after telling e! online, "i think it's different when you have an office job, because it's routine and you can do all the stuff in the morning and then you come home in the evening. when you're shooting a movie, they're like, we need you to go to wisconsin for two weeks, and then you work 14 hours a day, and that part of it is very difficult." >> i think she's a little tone-deaf, you know? >> reporter: working mom mckenzie dawson lashed out in an open letter in the "new york post," writing, "thank god i don't make millions filming one movie per year is what i say to m

kristen dahlgren is following the action this morning. ning, lester. so excited about this one. some could argue that there are few rivalries in sport that match that of usa versus russia in hockey, and this year, team usa has something to prove after failing to medal in men's hockey in the olympics. add that to athletes who have overcome incredible odds off the ice, and today's paralympic matchup might just be history in the making. there are few moments of national pride like 1980's miracle on ice. paralympic rico roman, who lost his leg in an ied attack in iraq has his way -- >> i want to do something that wins that gold. >> scores! >> reporter: this is his moment. >> i feel like i'm still representing my country, just in a different way. >> reporter: roman is joined by three other combat veterans on the u.s. sled hockey team, as well as men like goalie steve cass, who lost his leg to cancer. >> having that dream follow me along my hockey career is something you really can't put into words. >> reporter: for them all, it has been a journ

nbc's kristen dahlgren is joining us with more on this story. >> it's important to note, it may not be drinks themselves may not be killers. perhaps the women are drinking diet drinks to balance out other unhealthy habits. either way, researchers say the results are worth noting. on any given day, one in five americans will down a diet drink. but a new study says the women who drink the most may be more likely to develop heart disease, even die from it. >> consumption of two or more diet drinks per day was associated with the higher risk of cardiovascular events. >> the women's health initiative study looked at 60,000 post-menopausal women over a timeframe of about nine years. women who consumed two or more diet drinks per day were 30% more likely to experience a cardiovascular event, and 50% more likely to die from related heart disease than women who never or rarely drank diet drinks. researchers caution the risk is still low. considering heart disease is very common. and they point out the women who drank more diet drinks were also the most likely to have other risk factors. >> the

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, chicago. >> happy birthday to her. >>> let's see what's cooking with carsoncooks live. a spring cook-along. we are introducing the most talented self-made cooks and live streaming on today.com. go online, prepare your dish. the recipes this whole week are posted right now. a group of guys who aim at making cooking simple, festive and tasty. they have a huge show called sorted food. only two are with me now, barry is not feeling so hot. 800,000 viewers and subscriptions for the youtube show. how did you get started? >> we were gist friends. we went to school together. ben tried to be a chef and the rest of us didn't. the rest of us could cook and we were struggling. ben started to show us his recipes. it grew from there sharing his recipes with more people. >> it's amazing what you can do online. people are watching. hopefully can cook with with us. >> we are making a british classic, bangers and mash. each time with a spring twist. >> we'll get your i >>> a very good morning to you. 8:26, i'm laura garcia-cannon. a busy intersection closed this morning as pol