lebron james tweeted about hill. it said till we officially meet again, take care and continue to be the leader we all love. ip lauren hill. >> another example on how sports can bring people together. >>> golf world is buzzing right now. we have real big action going on. >> this is really exciting stuff. the masters. it is even more so. jordan speith at 21, speith is looking more and more like golf's next superstar. round two of the masters. on 7. tiger woods was once golf's next superstar. woods for bird. shoots a 3 under 69. 2 under on the tournament. speith on fire. 15 feet away. drops it in. to the par 58. the approach shot. you can't do it much better than that. within feet of the cup he would birdie there. on 10. another of his six birdies. shoots a 6 under 66. the best 36 hole total every at augusta national. a 5 stroke lead. the 49ers off season has been turbulent. today's work out featured a lot of star power. 60 players, including reggie bush. vernon davis was there as well and colin kaepernick. take h we d

nba star lebron james tweeted, until we officially meet again, take care and continue to be the leaderall love. >>> no one is paying attention when they cross the road. >> stop looking at your phones. that's the message philadelphia officials are sending in the public service announcement about distracted drivers and pedestrians absorbed in mobile devices. they recommend building bubble wrap safety suits jokingly so people never miss a social media update. jokes aside, philadelphia's transportation office says traffic safety is a serious issue. in philadelphia, a pedestrian is hit by a car every five hours in the city. >>> this could be the answer to better sleep for people who fly economy. boeing filed for the patent of the transport up right vehicle system. the airline is trying to solve the problem of sleeping hunched over. here is how it works. passengers have a backpack under the seat. once it is secured on the seat a head cushion is deployed and a cushion for the chest. the person can lean forward. it is similar to sitting in the massage chairs where you lean on a support board w

when he learned of her death, lebron james tweeted, until we officially meet again, take care and continue to be that leader we all love. in a youtube video she made before her diagnosis she talked about why one day she wanted to become a coach. >> to teach and inspire are two of the many jobs are faced as being coach. my favorite other job is to motivate. >> reporter: and boy did she. in a few short months she raised more than a million dollars for research into her rare condition. today at mount st. joseph, lauren's coach spoke of the young woman who taught him and his team so much. >> it's not often you get to celebrate a loss, but today we celebrate a victory of how to live a life through lauren hill. >> reporter: life is short we often say. perhaps only those who truly know that live life to its fullest. harry smith, nbc news. >>> and that will do it for us on this friday night. i'm lester holt. i'll see you a bit later for "dateline." for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching. we leave you tonight with the beautiful cherry blossoms in washington right at their peak. good nigh

lebron james sent tweets that said till we meet again take care and continue to be that leader we lovea sad story there. >>> president obama spoke today with cuban president raul castro by phone. it is the second time in 50 years the leaders of the u.s. and cuba are known to have spoken. president obama toured the panama canal. both will later attend the summit of the americas where all eyes will be on the two presidents. the two leaders will meet during the summit and then privately for talks on restoring diplomatic ties. >>> tonight we want it introduce you to a 16-year-old student at a san francisco high school. when he is not in school he is on the streets performing. ktvu's claudine wong introduces us to this young man whose love of music helped him feel right at home here in the u.s. >> reporter: this sound -- [ music ] >> reporter: -- is something that has been with the 16-year- old for almost as long as he can remember. [ music ] >> reporter: it seems to him as little else does. [ music ] >> reporter: a year and a half ago the rhythm of this 16-year- old's life changed. [ music

. >> grant lodes: today lebron james ascent the series of tweets letting her know that ms.l you're a true definition of strenth leadership and power your time spent on earth will never be forgotten. >> reporter: ride everybody no one in golf history has had a better opening than 21 year-old jordan space crowds moving briskly for the second round. and spate swathes jot and jordan was a sick jordan was if tiger one in 1997 and cost jordan is having a better start than tiger dead. he started a underpart and then sink a birdie putt and tigers shot 3 under 69. he's bouncing back little bit in this tournament reuter mcelroy chips then here with a birdie ahead one under par 71 he is tied for 19th with tiger here's a shot of the day de b. holmes a lucky misted badly but gives the invite the ball just took a u-turn and rolled right into the cup but holmes missed the cut up despite that shot his approach shot set up a birdie his near record round yesterday he followed up of the six under par 66 today he's 14 under par 15 birdies on 36 whole court raised records for major. >>: and not

celebrities and fans are reacting to her death online like in this tweet from lebron james saying "continue the leader we all love." >>> it sounds like a movie plot. i'll tell you about the darin okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. freschetta. made better to taste better. >>> we're getting a closer look at how a brazen group of thieves made off of tens of millions of dollars in jewels. kelly koeb yay ya has the report. >> reporter: just four minutes after hatton's safe deposit closed for the long weekend burglars were at the side view. this morning police released nine pictures of the camera of the men pulling off an audacious good friday heist. the gang dropped down an elevator shaft from the second floor basement pried open the shutter doors, drilled through nearly seven feet of reinforced concrete and raided the vault. >> the scene still remains chaotic down there. the floor is strewn with discarted safety deposit boxes and numerous power tools. >> reporter: when the vault opened in

many celebrities tweeted about lauren hill today including lebron james. as for the rarity of this cancer dipg only about 300 people are diagnosed each year and it's typically diagnosed in young children. lauren hill was 19. >> health check a surprising study shows that being overweight in middle-age may actually reduce your risk of developing dementia. this is in contradiction to previous research. scientists looked at 2 million people they found that under weight participants were more likely to develop memory problems but the very obese had a 29 percent lower chance of becoming senile. the next step is to examine their diets to see if they may be gaining dementia fighting nutrients in that extra food they consume. curious. >> very much so. >> still ahead two new smartphones hit the market today. details on the latest designs from samsung. >> plus preorder begin for the apple watch and some versions already sold out in just minutes. we'll be right back. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we

. >> >> pelley: the most touching tweet we have read in a long time comes from basketball great lebron james that college player lauren hill died today james made a request of her. so did our steve hartman. "on the road." >> reporter: she was passion personified. pure bravery, bottled in a basketball jersey. at the time we met this mount saint joseph university freshman last october, she was already so sick she could barely dribble but here she was at a 6:00 a.m. practice. >> one, two three! >> reporter: lauryn hill may have had a terminal brain tumor but dying was the last thing on her mind. >> because i feel like i'd be a quitter. >> reporter: her sights were set on making it to her first college basketball game. >> i wanted to wear that jersey and feel like a super hero again because that's what i feel when i put on the jersey, and that number. >> reporter: her number was 22 and everyone near where she lived outside cincinnati, ohio, would eventually come to know it. in fact, by game day lauren was so well known around here, folks lined the streets just to see her bus drive by. and the ga