at least 16 people were hurt, which happened off the coast of new zealand. >>> in new orleans, with mardiy is taking no chances, ramping up security to an unprecedented level after that deadly terror attack on new year's day. jesse kirsch reportsthat dead terror attack on new year's day. jesse kirsch reports.. >> reporter: in new orleans tonight, the beads are flying. the bands are blasting because mardi gras is back in the big easy. security beefed up like never before. the big concern? parade routes that stretch for miles. is this a harder challenge compared to the super bowl to protect? >> i would say so. several blocks. lots of open spaces. so we strategically put teams at certain areas, so again, if there is a call for us, we can rapidly hit the situations. >> reporter: after a deadly terror attack here new year's day, mardi gras now has more federal resources than ever. and like during last month's super bowl, officials are again patrolling on the water and in the skies. and bourbon street, te site of the new year's day attack, is heavily barricaded and patrolled. meanwhile, back on

the historic precautions in place in new orleans after the tragic new year's day terror attack on bourbon street. >>> a state of emergency in south carolina where over 150 wildfires are raging this morning. the largest scorching over a thousand acres near myrtle beach. >>> and how debbie allen is helping her community rise from the ashes after the devastating wildfires in los angeles. it's monday, march 3rd, "early today" starts right now. >>> good monday morning toyou, i'm frances rivera. many considered this year's oscar field wide open, it was a small indy that ended up having its greatest day. >> and the oscar goes to -- [ gong sound ] >> are they playing us off? >> no. well, maybe. oh, anora. >> enora emerged as the big winner, taking home five awards. there was a rousing call to preserve the movie-going experience. >> watching a film in a theater with an audience is an experience. we can laugh together, scream in fright together. for all f us, when we can, please watch movies in the theater, and let's keep the great tradition of the movie-going experience alive and well. >> anora's

now the first native guards were made up of free men of color from the new orleans area was new orleans, a very diverse city at the time, and the third native guards were made up of. formerly enslaved men. filling these units was not that difficult and in fact they would participate, in an engagement that i'll talk about in just a little bit, and they will eventually, as be adopted in the u.s. service as a 73rd and 75th u.s. colored troops. well, those in the united states who are encouraging, advocating even with the lincoln administration, to adopt men and allow them to enlist in the army, was this man, frederick douglass? frederick douglass, of course, had been born into slavery prior to the civil war. he escaped from slavery while he was in maryland and became one of the best known abolitionist acts in the country leading up to the war. and what frederick said, trying to encourage lincoln to adopt an official policy for african-american soldiers. what douglass said was this this is no time to fight only with your white hand and allow your black hand to remain tied men in earnest fig

and the celebrate, we're having a new orleans-style feast.reat to see you, chef. so what's the secret to to doing roasted oysters? >> so is we make a butter mixed with cajun spices, we mix them both together and then we put them on the oysters and roast them in the to venn, and and they're -- in the oven, and is they're delicious. rachel: what is this? >> butter with cajun seasoning. >> these are all raw. rachel: i already had one. charlie: you have to shuck them? we need to get on this right here. i got my fork. adam: we can try them while you explain what's going on. >> yes, of course. rachel: what is a good feast for mardi gras? what should you have? >> of course, you know, jamba lie -- jambalaya a and gumbo and poe boy. poboy. charlie: that's splendid. peter: it looks great, thank you. can you walk us through what else is on the -- you said the king cac. >> the little baby -- cake. these are the baby back ribs that we do with cajun seasoning -- charlie: you've got to be fully committed to wearing -- to eat those baby back ribs. you're goi

then in new orleans today, heavy security in place as the city prepares to celebrate mardi gras in the shadow of the deadly new year's attack. live reports later on this hour. we also have a number of reporters and analysts in place ready to go over all these new and developing storylines. we'll begin with nbc's yamiche alcindor, who's at the white house for us. yamiche, president trump is preparing for his first major address of his second term. what can we expect to hear from him tuesday. >> to protect peace in europe, as the once steadfast support that he sees as accomplishments including immigration, including tariffs, that he's put on countries and expects to put on countries like mexico and canada as well as china. we also expect the president to talk about what he says are needed cuts to wait to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the country. so we expect him to talk about those department of government efficiency cuts and defend them. we've also heard that there are going to be some surprises as well as made for tv moments. we, of course, know that the president spent a long ti

we're also here to assist new orleans pd.re's an event where, hey, they need medic on scene or something like that, or we see something happening right in front of us, we can take action. >> so federal law enforcement out here, augmenting the local and state presence on the ground in new orleans. and alex, here's the curveball, if you will, comparing this to the super bowl. both of them massive security events from the law enforcement perspective. but when you think about the super bowl, you had the stadium, you had the super bowl, superdome, excuse me. and then you had bourbon street, which is a quarter that always has a lot of people out for nightlife. right. there were really those two main areas. but when you look at mardi gras and these parades, they are miles long routes and there are thousands of people lining those routes. and so this is a different kind of security situation compared to those two hardened targets from the super bowl. and the federal officer i spoke with yesterday said that he sees mardi gras as more

. >>> as we head to the break, the parties and the parades are under way in new orleans mardi gras. of iris parade rolled through the big easy. fat tuesday, the last day to party before lent begins. somehow i think the party may continue in new orleans. ♪ [drink slurp and splat] [scream] seat protector to save the seats. they're all yours! -we're here! -hey, i knew you were comin'... so i weatherteched the car! -can we get ice cream? -we can now. order your premium american made products at wt.com. oh... stuffed up again? so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, breathe, ahhhh! what is — wow! sinex. breathe. ahhhhhh! joining us on this sunday, march 2nd, i'm kira klapper. we begin with breaking news this morning. a deadly pedestrian crash in the south bay. it happened just after 2 a.m. on south white road. this is in san jose, right next to mount pleasant high school. police say they found a man in the road with major injuries, and he later died. no word if the driver of the car stopped or if it was a hit and run. right now, south white road is closed in both dire

but of particular concern is going to be friends and family in new orleans, louisiana.pecting lots of mardi gras celebrations to be taking place. i need you to be weather aware and stay weather ready in the event that a watch or warning is issued. moll hi? if moll if moll michaelest may, thank you so much. that early warning so is important for those girls just a little north. that swath of states. greatly appreciate it. >>> all right, two health threats across the u.s., specifically a measles outbreak that is threatening americans many several stating, particularly in texas, killing at least one child in,. this is the first -- in texas. this is the first u.s. pleasings death in a a decade. how can you keep your family safe? fox news senior medical analyst, the brilliant d. marc siegel -- dr. marc siegel. appreciate your time on this saturday morning. >> morning, molly. of. molly: this one's particularly serious. i, of course, vaccinations can help to keep people safe. that's' one way, i suppose. but your thoughts on measles outbreak and what american families need to k

identical twin sisters, joe and joy banner live in a region of louisiana between baton rouge and new orleans that's known as cancer alley. residents have a significantly higher risk than the average american of developing cancers from air toxins. that's according to the environmental protection agency. the area is home to more than 150 oil and gas and other chemical factories. the banner family has been there for generations, but joe and joy worried about their heritage and their health, came up with a creative strategy. our correspondent, alexis clark traveled to louisiana to find out more about the descendants project. woodland will be in a museum exhibit space. joe banner takes me on a tour of woodland, one of two plantations purchased by the descendants project, a nonprofit she and her sister started in 1811. the largest uprising of enslaved people started here. the freedom fighters came through this door, into this room and encountered the plantation owner's soson. and essentially, it's where this whole fight culminated, this very door. this very door. wow, wow. there's a lot of history

months ago, weather also blamed for this 50-car collision outside new orleans, where an incredibly dense super fog led to a nearly mile-long pileup, injuring 33 people. with two survivors in critical condition and others recovering, investigators poring over charred remnants trying to piece together the tragic scene. morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> now to a state of emergency in south carolina as officials race to get a handle on wildfires that have burned thousands of acres and forced people out of their homes. it's north of myrtle beach, and the fire has burned 1600 acres and is 30% contained. the fires fueled by dry conditions and strong winds. no injuries have been reported, and no structures have been destroyed. further north, smoke filled the sky in north carolina. now let's get to michelle grossman who is tracking a severe weather threat for parts of of the southern plains. >> we're looking at a really busy week weather wise. we have a big system in the west, impacting portions of the high plains into the rockies. that's going to move to the east as we go through the rest of the work

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and louisiana's favorite adopted son reigns supreme over new orleans on sunday.headlining the big easy's slate of carnival parades, former lsu star and nba hall of famer shaquille o'neal. shaq ruled as king bacchus from his custom throne, specially constructed to accommodate his massive seven foot one frame. adoring fans could be seen trying to catch a glimpse and some mardi gras beads from the king. good fun there and thanks for joining us. i'm rahel solomon, live in new york. stick with us. cnn this morning with audie cornish is up after a quick break. >> oh. oh. oh, you you want. to. >> when we look back 100 years from now. >> we're going. >> to say this is where. >> everything changed. >> we are. >> talking about the revolution. >> keep your hands in the air and keep on rocking. >> for the acute treatment of migraine, with or without aura in adults, nurtec odt can provide relief in. two hours, which can last up to two days. >> don't take if allergic. >> to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur even days after use like trouble breathing and rash. get help i

and in fact, when this earthquake, new orleans, the people of new orleans, it was so strong.till coming from across the ocean, 14 that it was their earthquake. they thought that's where the earthquake had happened until much later when they realized. oh, the earthquake. it was actually an earthquake that was in haiti. and it was felt in orleans. but so that's how strong it was that it was strongly enough felt there that the people of new orleans thought that the earthquake was actually centered there, although a crumbles the palace, a huge tsunami comes sadly, which is one of the effects that happens from earthquakes sometimes the palace crumbles, but the ruins of it remain. and like the citadel, it has been designated a unesco's world heritage. the entire kind of park around that area, archeology judges have also recreated the palace using the plans. we have the plans of the palace. we have tons of images of it from the era and from today. and they've been able to using 3-d technology to recreate the the palace to a certain extent, where can even sort of envision various roo

um...i'm here in new orleans to announce that i'm a candidate for the presidency of the united stateshe election of 2008. by early 2007, john had made his official announcement for the presidency. rielle's webisodes, which revealed a little more truth than edwards was perhaps ready to admit, disappeared from the internet, but their relationship continued. how often were you seeing john at this point? every week? every couple weeks? -a lot. -or more? i went everywhere. the staffers knew who i was, so, like, for me to get into his hotel room was challenging. john edwards believed he could outsmart anyone, but someone has to be complicit here in this. the person rielle and john say enabled their affair was campaign staffer andrew young. andrew denies that he was doing anything more than following john's orders, so keep in mind this is a history full of unreliable narrators, and opinions differ. and, of course, the only person cheating on a spouse and lying to voters about who he was was the candidate himself. they had a separate phone they called the batphone. whenever john would wanna t

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extra security will be around for this year's mardi gras celebration in new orleans. nator says additional tactical teams and police will be present for this celebration. it comes after that terrorist attack on new year's day that killed 14 people on bourbon street. president biden granted the city the special event assessment rating, or cr one, which is basically more federal security that will be present there. mardi gras kicks off this tuesday. we're following new developments out of oakland. the city says it can avoid temporarily shutting down four more fire stations. a budget decisionrom last year plan to brown out for several stations. and despite the massive budget shortfall, other fiscal cutbacks proved to be sufficient enough to keep those four stations open. however, two of them, station 25 and 28, both located in the oakland hills, an area with extreme fire risk, are already closed and will remain down until the end of june. a citigroup customer broke the bank after the company mistakenly credited their account with get this $81 trillion. that's with a t a p

thiss a live look outside in new orleans at the crescent city connection. twin span bridges. people are there celebrating mardi gras. the bridge was lit up in mardi gras colors last night. of course, as you likely know, the festivities peak on tuesday. that's fat tuesday, the day before ash wednesday. it all marks the beginning of lent, a time of fasting and abstinence. and we want to point out this beautiful king cake here. eaton during mardi gras. it can be pretty much eaten at any time of the year, but especially mardi gras. it has purple, green, and yellow colors. there's also a baby hidden inside. not a real one, but a toy baby. it's a sign of good luck. so whoever cuts the piece with the baby inside, it means you have good luck and you have to bring the cake for next year. our producer, dana's mom baked this for us. thank you so much, mrs. lights. we love you. time now to check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast. cooler weather out of nowhere. we had such a beautiful week. it was just our little taste of spring. but now into the weekend. ye

with fat tuesday set for tomorrow, new orleans is bolstering security to historic levels for maduro grason has been designated as a grade one special event requiring federal support. the heightened measures come just two days after a terrorist attack that killed 14 people in the city's french quarter. here's a question, could the new york strip steak be named the texas strip steak? texas lt. governor dan patrick thinks texas strip steak would better reflect, quote, the cow capitol of america's cattle industry. liberal new york shouldn't get credit for hard-working ranchers. we promote the texas brand on everything made or grown in texas. because it benefits our economy and jobs. patrick says he was inspired by president trump's renaming of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. lawrence, i think i know where you stand on this one. >> lawrence: yes, yes. borders. >> it's the right thing to do. you know if they want it, new york needs a lot more cattle. if they want the name, then they should be producing the cattle. >> carley: cows in upstate new york. i don't know. someone feeds me s

. >> we're tokyo, louisville and new orleans numbers seem to be increasing.er issue is, is that what we have left to kind of combat them on a large scale is decreasing. >> we have more restrictions on using word genocide and other things that we do need to be able to have as a public health tool in case there is an outbreak. doctor weiss is the problem will only worsen. the more we continue to construct communities where we did not build in the past. the urbanization of wildlands forcing us to coexist with all sorts of animals, including rats, rats are not going anywhere. unfortunately in oakland, philippe djegal, all kron, 4 news. >> pennsylvania is reporting its first case of measles just outside philadelphia. public health officials say a patient is receiving treatment at a children's hospital. it's unclear how old they are. if they were vaccinated. health officials are working to determine when people may have been exposed. a report from health nonprofit children first shows the number of non-medical exemptions. now to the latest on pope francis medical s

extra security will be around for this year's mardi gras celebration in new orleans. rdinator says additional tactical teams and police presence will be present for the annual celebration. it comes after the terrorist attack on new year's day that killed 14 people on bourbon street. president biden granted the city a special event assessment ratings, or seer one. this means more federal security will be present. mardi gras kicks off this tuesday. well, new developments now, oakland says it can avoid temporarily shutting down four more fire stations. a budget decision from last year planned a brownout for several stations, even though the budget remains in a major shortfall. other fiscal cutbacks proved to be sufficient enough to keep those four stations open. however, two fire stations, 25 and 28, both located in the oakland hills, an area with extreme fire risk, are already closed and will remain down until the end of june. still to come on abc seven mornings a plea for help the information law enforcement is now requesting from the public after a hillsborough police

. >> this year's mardi gras festivities in new orleans are getting a big boost in surveillance.t nola, a nonprofit, community based network, is using its web of security cameras. about 10,000 in all, to help law enforcement monitor the festivities on bourbon street and beyond. the group, which also helped authorities after the deadly new year's eve attack in the city, has cameras positioned on private property that can be outfitted with facial recognition and license plate reading software. but critics warn it could lead to privacy violations and that people of color may be disproportionately targeted. 50 million americans are at risk of severe weather through tuesday. two strong systems are expected to move through the southern u.s., bringing large hail, damaging winds and possible tornadoes. meteorologist tyler mauldin has the latest. >> there is a considerable threat for severe weather today and tomorrow across the southeast. level two out of five threat today increasing to a level three out of five threat on tuesday. there is the possibility that as this evolves, that threat

davis and remember, he's 18 years older than she so he died december summer, 60, 1889, died in new orleans. and varina was at his side when he passed away. he had been travel long, but she got word that he was ill, came to be by his side. pneumonia, basic is what he died from. and she was just 63 years old. so i find interesting in looking at these two women side by side that mary life ends when she's 63. and that's when varina widowhood began. varina in writing about her husband's death to a friend, wrote that there was no one to remember her with, quote the charm and grace of you. i am a lay i'm weary woman. every living soul. the testimony of my youth are hidden in. i just love that. just thinking. how much of her life she had spent with. jefferson davis and looking back on that, she's realizing that there is no one that can remember her as that. that young. 18 year old young. her 18 year old. but varina being the resource school woman that she was she she rebels again what she does is quite interesting. she decides to move to new york city she always liked big city liked socializing sh

. >> and new orleans numbers seem to be increasing. what we have left to kind of combat them on a large scale is decreasing. we have more restrictions on using word genocide and other things that we do need to be able to have as a public health tool in case there is an outbreak. doctor weiss is the problem will only worsen. the more we continue to construct communities where we did not build in the past. the urbanization of wildlands forcing us to coexist with all sorts of animals, innluding rats, rats are not going anywhere. unfortunately in oakland, philippe djegal, all kron, 4 news. >> and some sad news out of the music world this morning. david johansen, the last surviving member of the iconic glam and proto punk band. the new york dolls has passed away at the age of 75 2 hits and died at his new york city home on friday. he had been battling stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. the new york dolls known for their bold style and musical influence were pioneers in the punk movement, but they never achieve commercial success. 2 hands and

the big event in new orleans this week was the pelicans annual baby crawl. number 11 absolutely crushing the competition and winning $700 in prizes. in a post-race interview, mom and dad said they had his sippy cup at the finish line for motivation. >> smart. if my parents had done that, i would have been an olympian. >> i feel like you need knee pads. >> the number one pick in the upcoming draft right there. that was exciting. >> very cute. >>> still to come on "today," a preview of hollywood's biggest night with the academy awards set for tomorrow. how real life is intruding on a fictional world. >>> plus, as she prepares for the oscars. cynthia erivo giving fans a taste of her new music that has nothing to do with "wicked." we'll give you a listen in "pop start." >>> first, these messages. good morning. thanks for joining us on this saturday, march 1st. i'm kira klapper. the clock is ticking for people living at san francisco's only safe parking site. it's known as the bay view vehicle triage center. it's a 35 spot parking lot opened in 2022. it has serve

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