moriarty. >> you animal. >> how are you? >> pat moriarty will always be mr. moriarty their former earth science teacher at spry junior high in rochester. that's where in his first year teaching in 1978 he flagged his students about an eclipse way down the road in 2024 inviting them all back to watch together. >> i said hey, why don't you circle this april 8, 2024 eclipse and you know what? we're going to get together then. >> you said that in 1978? >> '78, and my kids looked at me like i was crazy. >> he did the same thing every year for the next 16 years, every class, then some four decades later, posted a reminder online. >> good to see you too. >> rick, class of '79. >> chuck o'brien, class of 1982. >> andrea malafeew, class of 1988. >> reporter: one by one they showed up. >> rick, how are you doing, buddy? >> you look different. >> yeah! >> reporter: dozens just for the pre-party. >> how many of you haven't seen mr. moriarty, pat, since you left high school? wow. you came back just for this. >> reporter: tomorrow more than a hundred of moriarty's former s

moriarty. >> you animal. >> how are you? >> pat moriarty will always be mr.cience teacher at spry junior high in rochester. that's where in his first year teaching in 1978 he flagged his students about an eclipse way down the road in 2024 inviting them all back to watch together. >> i said hey, why don't you circle this april 8, 2024 eclipse and you know what? we're going to get together then. >> you said that in 1978? >> '78, and my kids looked at me like i was crazy. >> reporter: he did the same thing every year for the next 16 years, every class. then some four decades later, posted a reminder online. >> good to see you too. >> reporter: that's when this happened. >> rick, class of '79. >> chuck o'brien, class of 1982. >> andrea malafeew, class of 1988. >> reporter: one by one they showed up. >> rick, how are you doing, buddy? >> you look different. >> yeah! >> reporter: dozens just for the pre-party. >> how many of you haven't seen mr. moriarty, pat, since you left high school? wow. you came back just for this. >> reporter: more than a hundred of moriarty

moriarty, turns out, brought his mug when the gang showed up on monday, 46 years later. can you stream "today" live every morning including sundays on peacock. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. we will see you next week on "sunday today." >>> good morning. it is sunday, april 14th, 7:00 on the dot, as

it's based on a book by liane moriarty. she wrote "big little lies," "nine perfect strangers."too is that it's about a family, and a family that is not perfect and every family has those idiosyncrasies that you kind of watch this family fall apart and come back together and sort of everybody has to come to their own truth throughout the course of the show and they get stronger. the show will definitely make you want to call your mom, i think. i can confirm that. >> desi: that is 1000% true. that's exactly how i felt. your character, amy, is described by her sister as -- i want to get this right -- "an emotional chaos sinkhole." >> yeah. [laughter] so lovingly. >> desi: those are the words of a sibling, right? >> definitely. >> desi: but you play her so beautifully and she is kind of this hot mess on the surface but you play her, like, she is truly like one of the most emotionally evolved characters in the show. >> she's definitely the best communicator in this family. she's the only person who knows the word "feeling," i think, and she uses it often. but yeah, i love that she w

erin moriarty looks into a troubling loophole in foster care benefits. gets up close and personal with the diminutive washington, d.c., cherry tree they call stumpy. plus, a story from steve hartman and more. it's a "sunday morning" for the 7th of april, 2024, and we'll return after this. ♪ >>> grab those glasses. david pogue has a sneak preview of tomorrow's great american eclipse. >> reporter: tomorrow's total eclipse of the sun won't be any old eclipse. >> this is referred to as the great american eclipse. the reason is, it's going through some very populated areas of the united states. >> we are in this area -- >> reporter: ed ting says that in a solar eclipse the man passes exactly between your eyes and the sun and casts its shadow on the earth. >> the shadow is only about 100 miles wide. so you have to be in a specific place on the earth to witness the solar eclipse. >> reporter: solar eclipses actually take place every 18 months or so, but during most of them the spectacle is wasted on empty ocean. but tomorrow afternoon the moon's shadow will lea

with me now is photographer charles moriarty, who shot photos of amy when she was still a relatively. good to see you charles. firstly for our viewers round the world, in the uk, everyone is still obsessed with amy winehouse, it is international as well but what is it about her? i think her music struck such a chord with people and there was a deep connection there, that losing her at such an early point in her career was devastating to so many people who knew her through her music, knew her soul essentially because that is is really what she gave to people, and i think it is hard to move on from that, some people want to hold on to it forever. bud from that, some people want to hold on to it forever.— on to it forever. and they can in some ways _ on to it forever. and they can in some ways by _ on to it forever. and they can in some ways by looking _ on to it forever. and they can in some ways by looking at - on to it forever. and they can in some ways by looking at your . on to it forever. and they can in - some ways by looking at your photo, tell us the remarkable story, you were

>> it's based on a book by liane moriarty. she wrote "big little lies --" >> jimmy: whoo! adult children, you know, turn on each other. they turn on their father. nobody knows who did it, who's responsible, what has happened. >> jimmy: oh. i want to show a clip. here's alison brie in "apples never fall." take a look at this. >> i made a video. posted it on my socials. >> she's too important to me. so, here's what i'm offering. $50,000 to anyone who gives us information that helps us find my mom. >> okay, great. okay, but you don't have $50,000. so, when you say you're offering $50,000 -- >> remember when you let me borrow your credit card for emergencies? >> what i remember, is that i let you borrow it one time and you memorized the number. >> think of it as penance for the whole [ bleep ] your bosses wife thing. >> what can i get you? >> hi. can i do a macha latte? >> yeah >> and what, coffee, black, caffeine -- >> do you serve alcohol? >> espresso? >> jimmy: ha, ha, "do you serve alcohol?" [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] you were fantastic in this series. >> thank y