al roker and natalie morales. we want to get right to today's take three, because we've got some big news in case you haven't heard in our take one, it is a girl for jenna bush hager. >> yes! >> the "today" show family, little mila, born at 8:43 saturday night to jenna and henry hager. she weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces, 19 1/4 inches tall. the name comes margaret laura comes from both of the grandmothers and we showed a photograph there, a man in the delivery room during a big sporting event, you have henry and the former president george w. bush holding the baby but while watching the maps masters. first thing's first. >> so true. >> the former president put out a statement "laura and i are thrilled to announce the birth of our grandchild. jenna and mila are healthy and we are elated." >> fourth for the hagers. >> fantastic, looks like little mila already fits right in there. she was just here with us on thursday and we were talking to her about whether she was ready if she had her bags packed and she was like no,

roker? >> i predicted it would be a girl. well, it was 50/50. >> i said boy. >> i said yankee fan. >> i think rangers. >>> we've got first of all a big storm system and look at some of the damage it's caused. unfortunately in washington state, snoqualmie pass, one person dead, one person missing, two injured in two separate avalanches, and then as we move into the dakotas, bismarck, north dakota, picking up over 17 inches of snow, and we've got two major storms today, one over the dakotas, the second one over the rockies and this one over the rockies is going to dump a ton of snow over the next 48 hours, anywhere from a foot to two feet of snow from northern colorado into central wyoming and then as we move along this system, we are going to be looking at another three to six inches, maybe nine inches of snow up through the red river valley and when we come back in the next half hour we're going to explain why that's bad news for flooding. we're going to get to your local forecast but first this message. ♪ [ male announcer ]

roker, a check of the weather? >> absolutely.low-normal temperatures throughout a good portion of the country, heavy snow in the central rockies, above-normal temperatures in the south. mid part of the week, above-normal temperatures in the east. risk of strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley. more snow in the plains, all the way down into the southwest. and then the latter part of the week, wet weather in the eastern third of the country, especially ohio and mississippi river valley. more rain in the pacific northwest. above-normal temperatures along the east coast. i should say the southwestern can coast. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. a lot of moving green on storm team 4 radar. that is light rain that is beginning to break up now across northern virginia, the district, maryland and should be pretty much gone by noontime. cloudy of the rest of the afternoon with a high around 70. storm team 4 four-day forecast, part partly sunny tuesda

al roker joins us as well.s got the mani/pedi, got it all. i'll talk to her in a bit. >>> and mark whitman will be by making the classic one-pan dish paiella. it is cool and delicious. >> he has a twist on that, too, pasta paella. >> and then he's going to twist. >> we'll meet an influential professor working with major companies to redefine. >> mr. roker how about a check of the weather? >> starting off today, a lot of snow up through the northern plains, risk of strong storms from the gulf coast into the mid-atlantic states, rain moving into the pacific northwest, gorgeous day, southern california, and then for tomorrow, we're looking for that risk into the southeast into the ohio river valley, wet weather in the northeast, icy conditions in the upper midwest. sunny and cool in the pacific northwest, mild from texas into southwest and central california some >>> 8:32 on wednesday morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. taking a live look. hazy skies over san jose. temperatures already warmin

roker a check of the weather?o the rockies, ahead of that system a risk of strong storms from oklahoma into the midwest, windy and cooler in southern california, beautiful weather southeast, gulf coast, into the mid-atlantic states tomorrow, that risk expands out central texas into missouri and parts of iowa, look for showers in the pacific northwest, rain stretching into the northeast later tomorrow, rain also and thunderstorms up into the upper midwest, sunny and warm from the mid-atlantic states, mid >>> 8:32 on a back to work monday. down right choppy out on the san francisco bay, courtesy of some strong winds that are going to continue to pump through the bay area just about all day long. i went ahead and updated your maximum wind speed so far. this is the strongest gust up to 75 miles per hour in san francisco, redwood city, upwards 50 miles an hour. that goes for cupertino. san jose and oakland registering close to 50 miles an hour when it comes to the gust. a warm day temperature wise but windy all through

roker a check of the weathe >> all right, let show you, i know this.ains states. snow back through the central rockies. tomorrow we've got more rain moving into western new york, western p.a. down into the gulf. betiful out west, sunny and mild from the pacific northwest into the southwest. re snow hanging around the plains, sunny andarm ang the mid-atlantic coast into the soutast. don't forg to enter our wake up with al contest, i will come to your home if you're picked and you wil get the rules and regs. tomorrow your last chance to enter. ♪ that's what's going on around >>> nbc bay area weather, in for christina loren. we're not talking about any fog at least inland. at the coast, fog there, santa cruz 53 there, 63 in morgan hill, 70 in san jose. it will be a warm day inland. that's where we'll see the widespread 80s once again like we did yesterday. temperatures at the coast, 72. san francisco 72 and santa cruz. 85 in livermore. you'll notice temperatures cool tomorrow, even cooler thursday with drizzle by morning. >> and this he's your latest weat

roker? >> let's show you what's going on starting with today.ng storms atro around the midwest. for tomorrow, we expect to see a risk of strong storms making their way from the central texas area, wet weather all the way up into minnesota and with a mix of snow and heavier snow back through colorado. denver, picking up anywhere from 7 top 9 inches of snow. some areas even little bit more. sunny and hot in the southwest. all the way into central california. that's what's going around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> you can hear the grass growing with the rain we have had the last couple of days. wreeb running a deficit for this year. we had sprinkle and drizzle activity here this morning. right now temperatures are cool and under the clouds and mid and upper 50s. and we will hold steady here through the rest of the morning in the 50s. then by moon time near 60. and then a small chance of an additional sprinkle this afternoon and cloudy. then partly cloudy looking right now for wednesday, thursday, friday. high a

i'm matt lauer with hoda kotb and al roker joining us.guys. that baby is so cute named scout. she's live on the west coast with her husband and her other two children. what time it is over there? >> early. >> we're going to do a live interview with her in a little bit. >> they are troopers. the professionals are in the building. we'll check in with them. one of the topics we'll talk about we know there's gay athletes playing major sports but why have none of them come out. what is it about the world we live in today that makes them so reticent? >> what happens when you merge fashion and technology? >> something you love. >> katie is going to show us the virtual changing room. >> that dress. >> so what, you can put on any dress? i like that. >> got l.e.d.s in it. >> if they can do that for us imagine how few clothes we would have to buy. >> imagine if there's a glitch and you're standing there in your skivvies. >> let's go inside. >>> good morning. north korea is warning foreigners including tourists to evacuate south korea as pyongyang th

there was book reading, cooking with al roker. there was the president comforting a little boy for whom it had all become just too much. on the court the president's outside shot went cold. he went 2 for 22 before moving on to the white house tennis court to hit a few instead. >>> when we come back here tonight, did you check the date today before work, before reading e-mails, checking the web? turns out a lot of people did not. >>> finally tonight, a lot of people woke up today to a new story out of france -- a sure sign of the times. it was announcing the residents of one french town would soon receive their morning newspaper by drone. the day went on from there. on the first of april though many of us try to be on guard, people are still going to try. they will see the shot and take it. a few of them are going to get through, as nbc's kevin tibbles reports for us tonight. >> reporter: mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> it looks like you were expecting somebody else. >> reporter: yes. even the highest office in

roker.r is brought to you by digestive advantage. probiotic for digestive health. >>> by the way, we want to remind you our wake up with al contest, a chance for me to come to your house, whether you like it or not. log on to today.com. you've got until wednesday, april 24th. to enter. you have to fill out an essay. a video essay as well, if you want to. we have all the rules coming up at today.com. i'll b coming up at today.com. i'll be singing that wham song when i come to your home, just to make it that much more enticing. let's ok at your weather, see what we've got for you today. we've got a front. behind it much colder air. more snow for the dakotas and montana on into the upper midwest. we're talking about anywhere from three to six inches of snow. some areas pickingp as much as nine inches over the next 24 hours. to the south of that, we've got more heavy rain where they don't need it along the misssippi river, from parts of nebraska all the way climbing already around the bay area.

roker. >> a lot more severe weather down in florida today. we're going to be looking at strong storms. a risk of severe storms from tallahassee to key west. we're going to watch the radar fire up, and you can see the heavy thunderstorms already getting themselves together. that low pressure is going to make it way up the coast, bring more rain. look at the rain in the central part of florida. anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain in the pacific northwest. they have big storms coming onshore, too. we'll take a look at that after this message. ♪ our house is a very, very, very fine house. ♪ ♪ with two cats in the yard, ♪ >> 7:16. you want to give yourself plenty of time this morning. we've got showers on the radar. most of the heavy rain has come through. you will find slick conditions and areas of puddling and ponding. the bay bridge toll plaza backed up on a thursday morning. most of the rain has raced out of the bay area. light on and off showers as we head throughout the day. highs in the 60s as we head throughout tomorrow. a nice, dry break

roker is here with a check of the weather. al? friends in texas thought they were living through the apocalypse, live in hitchcock, texas, over 20 minutes baseball and softball sized hail. took out windows, damaged trailer parks. 7 of the 11 cars at the hitchcock police department have been destroyed by hail. i mean, it has been crazy. talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to homes, businesses and cars there. this is what the radar looked like last night as it came through, and you can just see this firing up, hitchcock just outside of galveston. let's go live and show you what we've got going on, again a lot more heavy rain making its way through the gulf coast, while we don't have severe weather alerts out right now we are looking at a lot of heavy rain, the flash flooding will be out there from new orleans into the panhandle of florida, we expect anywhere from three to five inches of rain. we're going to get to your local forecast in a moment but first this message. we just bought our first house, we're

she's almost as old as al roker.oes beautiful silver work they tell me. here is lilyan hockstein and sweet lilyan is from flushing, new york, another great little town, 105 years old today, and we wish her a happy birthday. she loves yiddish, loves to hear it and speak it. ♪ not bad for a baptist, huh? anyway she loves yiddish and we wish her a happy birthday. back to new york. >> willard, thank you very much. >>> coming up a very popular mom blogger who gets real about how challenging and rewarding it can be to raise a family. but first this is "today" on nbc. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> new parents are told to enjoy e >>> new parents are always told to enjoy every moment because the time passes by so fast. the mother of three loves her kids, but she does not enjoy everything that goes into raising them. now glennon is out with her first book, "carry on. warrior thoughts on a life unar

roker. >> a lot of people eat gluten free. are you?people who want to be gluten free and we'll talk more about that coming up. >> okay. >>> also oscar nominee mariel hemingway is here, written a new book called "the willing way" when she opens up about her family's battle with mental illness and keys to living a better life. >>> later on in our "take three" and third hour, liza minnelli will be here talking about her guest staring show on "smash." >> we've got another legend here this morning, oscar winning director danny boyle, a new movie called "trance" opens today. good to see you. >> here is what i read about this film from one of the pieces written about it, "it's a wildly twisting mind puzzle exploring identity, madness and perception via the altered state of hypnotic trance," so it's like this show. right? >> if you're seeing a hypno therapist, just in case. >> where did you come up with the identify? >> itzblt idea? >> the woman is the hypno therapist moves and more toward the engine room and doing a series of trances as a ser

roker. >> all righty. thanks so much, matt. we've got warm air. it is chilly here.is worm out west t. jetstream is way up to the north. bund tell temperatures in the west, out in the southwest, we are talking record high temperatures. look at some of these readings, luck, 18 degrees above normal at a high of 98 degrees. 84 degrees in albuquerque. look for a high of 78 degrees in denver, 13 degrees above normal. denver may see snow in the next 44 hours. wet weather along the eastern seaboard, strong storms in northern missouri on into central an southern wisconsin. look for rain and snow in the pacific northwest t. record highs will continue in the >>> i'm meteorologist, christina loren, mostly clear conditions to start the day. not a cloud in the sky. a warm afternoon. with our natural cue lant just being turned off. we have offshore flow that negates that pacific influence. 85 degrees on the way to fremont. 76 degrees in san francisco. you will hit 90 in livermore today. 92 in fairfield. this is not even close to the hottest day of the week. tho es days arrive thur

roker spend the day at your house. >> we are here to sit down with president obama later today whichon "today", tomorrow. >> right now a spring snow storm dumped several inches of snow on that state. >> let's go to fargo, north dakota. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: yeah, it is. not just a little snow, either. record breaking snow fall. the storm is still continuing. the visibility is so bad they had to pull snow plows off the road. here 6.3 inches that breaks the previous record of 3.7 inches set way back in 1986. that is a big concern for people. it has been a chilly spring. there hasn't been a lot of melting from the winter snow. this community has been dealing with flood concerns. the red river of the north. notorious for flooding and this year will be no exception. this could be a record setting year and storms like this one do not help. the concern is of course what happens when all of this snow melts. they have made more than a million sandbags in a week alone. and it looks like once this snow melts, they will have to put those to use. it is possible they will see those volunte

i'm willie geist along with al roker and tamron hall.ed said i will be back next year. i'm going to run this race again. what is your sense being a runner yourself? >> i could tell you, wil lie, there are going to be more runnering trying to qualify. it's on my bucket list. i've never done boston. i'd love to do it and now more than ever in solidarity i think so many runners will want to be here next year to show whoever did this that you cannot take away from what this run means, not only to the city and to the rubbing community, but to the world. it really is the race, the run that everybody wants to qualify for, and next year hopefully there's going to be a lot more people wanting to do it. >> we'd love to see that. i can't promise for personal fitness reasons i'll run with you but i will be there cheering you on. that will be our deal. >> team natalie. >> all in. >> natalie, we'll see you back tomorrow. safe travels home and give our love to the people in boston. >> still ahead on our program, we'll take a turn and tell you whether y

natalie morales, al roker. when i say the word moist, what do you think?going to talk about americans' least favorite words. we've been inspired by a piece in "slate" magazine. we have some doozies and asked for your favorites. i'm cringing reading these. our "take one" is the big story in late night, jay leno and jimmy fallon. if you own a computer, iphone or take delivery of a newspaper you know there's a little thing going on right now. >> just a little thing. >> some reports. >> that jimmy may take over for jay. they treated it as they always do with humor. here's what they did last night. >> hey, jay. >> hey, kid, how are you holding up? >> okay, i guess. you? >> i'll live. i've been through this before, got to admit i'm getting a little sick of all this. >> jay can i ask you something, we're still friends, right? >> yeah, of course, of course we're still friends. ♪ tonight, tonight who's gonna host tonight ♪ ♪ is it gonna be jimmy or jay ♪ tonight, tonight my ratings were all right ♪ ♪ 20 years and i'm still in first place ♪ >> jimmy, it's time. >> i

i'm xwst gst along with al roker and natalie morales and lester holt inside studio1a.d ben affleck becoming a doctor. we'll tell you what that's all about. >>> and an amazing performance from an impressive group of singers on their way literally to carnegie hall. first what's coming up on the weekend edition of "today"? >> the latest on the boston bombing suspect's parents, when will they come to the u.s. and will they be allowed to visit their son. >>> it's prom season. you won't believe how much some parents are spending on the big event. we'll let you take a look and from standup comedian to successful daytime talk show host, some are asking if steve harvey is the new oprah >>> sandra lee has fun spring dishes to spice up your next barbecue. all that and much more on this weekend's "today". >> we check in with al with a look at the weather. >> saturday beautiful day up and down the eastern seaboard, gorgeous weather out west, showers and thunderstorms stretching from west texas on up into the ohio river valley. sunday, sunday, look for more sunshine, right along the

the today show" let go of ann curry after being told, ann curry said, let me get this straight, al roker he crapped his pants at the white house and i'm getting fired? al's the reason there's no tours t they're still hosing it down. brian williams, i'm a big fan. imagine brian delivering the evening news on a different floor of the building a little later with a slightly different tie. it's a mindblower. you've got to check it out. but as i look around the room and see the media, this is just all one big high school cafeteria. that's all it is. fox is the jocks, msnbc is the nerds, bloggers are the goths, and npr is the table for kids with peanut allergies. al jazeera is the weird foreign exchange student nobody talks to. and print media, i didn't forget you, you're the poor kid who died sophomore year in a car crash. yeah. cheer up we dedicate the yearbook to you. of course, probably the biggest story that people in this room covered this past year was the republicans' failure to recapture the white house. hard to believe the republicans didn't fare bert with the support of celebrities

roker of the lead. you're much more handsome. >> excellent panel. >> you like this? >> very good lucking, smart. >> they're going to want to stick around and watch "the situation room." we have a lot of news, including the latest of what's going on in north korea right now. the former secretary of state, madeline albright has been to north korea during the clinton administration. she went there and met with kim jong il and brought him a basketball signed by michael jordan. we're going to taub about what's going on tonight. there's a new book about him. he has thoughts about a whole range of issues. you know hz has thoughts on that. and we'll have live coverage of the president's speech on guns in denver. >> i hear music. i have to cut you off. remember the good old days when kids talked instead of texted and people made plans before they left the house? it's the 40 ltth birthday of the cell phone today. so...how'd it go? well, dad, i spent my childhood living with monks learning the art of dealmaking. you've mastered monkey-style kung fu? no. priceline is different n

inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales.d to be back. >> we have great news from the tony award nominations. kathie lee's scandalous nominated carol lee carmelo as best featured actress in a musical. >> amazing. >> she's incredible. she was on the stage the entire show. >> i have never seen anything like it. >> amazing run she had. to perform the entire time with no breaks. >> that voice just blows you out the back of the theater. >> voice of an angel. >> that's old style broadway. >> congratulations to them. great news. >> anybody named lee. you got a tony nomination. >> pinky lee and spike lee all got tony nominations. >> even spike got love. >> sara lee, the baked goods. >> we love sara lee. >> nobody doesn't like sara lee. >> let's get to take three. take one is the nba center of attention. 34-year-old jason collins. you know publically came out on monday in a candid cover story for "sports illustrated" titled the kba atgay athlete. he wrote, i didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major american

morning, there's also the threat of tornadoes in the middle part of the country so let's go right to al rokerecast. >> that's right. schools closed. flights delayed or canceled out of denver. right now, mike seidel is in aurora, colorado. >> reporter: good morning, al. we were in the low 70s at dinnertime last night. that cold air ushered in with thunderstorms. the wind chills have dropped to 5 below degree. the cold may be the bigger story than the snow, 5 to 8 inches.

. >>> the "today" show let got of ann curry, al roker tells the world he crapped his pants his whiteouse and i'm getting fired? he's the reason they are no longer giving tours at the white house. they are still hosing it down. brian, i'm a big fan of the show, rock center with brian williams. imagine him delivering the eveningews on a different floor of the building, a little later, with a slightly different tie. it's a mind blower, you have to check it out. as i look around the room and see the media, i realize this is one big high school cafeteria. that's all it is. fox is the jocks and msnbc is the in other words and bloggers are the gojs and npr is the table with kids with peanut allergies. al jazeera is the weird foreign exchange student nobody talks to and print media, you're the poor kid who died sophomore year in a car crash. cheer up, we dedicate the year book to you. of course, probably the biggest people covered this year was the republican failure to recapture the white house. hard to believe the republicans didn't fare better in the election with the support of celebriti

al roker tells the world that he crapped his pants at the white house and i'm getting fired.is the reason there are no more tours at the white house. they are still hosing it down! brian williams is here. brian, a big fan of the show rock center with bryan williams. emergency brian delivering the evening news on a different floor of the building a little later with a slightly different tie. it is a mind blower. got to check it out. but as i look around the room and see all of the media here tonight i realize this is all just one big high school cafeteria. that is all it is. fox is the jocks. msnbc the nerds. blogers of the goths. npr is table for kids with peanut allergies. [ laughter ] al-jazeera is the weird foreign exchange student nobody talks to. and print media, i didn't forget you. you are the poor kid who died sophomore year in a car crash. yeah. cheer up. we dedicate the yearbook to you. of course, probably the biggest story that the people in the room covered this past year was the republican failure to recapture the white house. hard to believe the republicans didn

here in new york, i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales.e who was just 150 feet from those explosions. >> also, a woman who was running the race describes the confusion in the moments right after those bombs went off. >> and one of the three dead, sadly an 8-year-old boy. it makes our children feel so much more vulnerable. we've all been talking about this. how do we talk to our kids about this tragedy? >> it's a difficult question yesterday. everywhere you looked, your kids were running through the house. you want information. how do you handle that? >> my kids sadly saw a lot that they probably shouldn't have seen before i was like, okay, stop. when your job is to cover and to watch, the tv is on. they were just coming home from school. >> we're going to get into all that in just a few minutes. first al has a look at the weather. >> as we take a look first of all for today we've got a risk of strong storms stretching from oklahoma all the way into ohio. we've got heavy snow back throughout much of wyoming. heavy surf advisories and windy

♪ ♪ the united states really couldn't get any broker ♪ ♪ got to liquidate its assets just like al roker do that. and by the way, the way this works, the stuff i turn down, brian williams does. he is so easy, it's just -- he's the second call. he runs down. >> what jimmy did was brilliant. he had been this star on "saturday night live" and took all that expertise and just made his signature stronger. and in that late-night arena. and each person -- look at "saturday night live." each person becomes a star on that show by doing their own approach to what they think is funny. and it works because it comes from a sincere place. >> i want to show something else that jimmy did that went absolutely viral, dancing with the first lady. >> oh, i've seen this. great. ♪ >> can you imagine maimy eisenhower doing that? >> no. so through the magic of television, which is very magic -- you're actually going to do the letterman show a half hour after the end of this show, but it being magic, you've tough already done it. i don't think it's a secret they do that show -- >> yes, we did the taping early. >

inside studio 1a, i'm willie geist alongside al roker and natalie morales.. also, speaking to three generations of bush women. sitting down with the former first lady barbara bush, former first lady laura bush and jenna and barbara. the quote of the morning, this is blowing up the political world. already is the question matt put to all the women, should son jeb bush run? and wait until you hear barbara bush's answer. >> mrs. bush, would you like to see your son jeb run? >> he's by far the best qualified man, but no. i really don't. i think it's a great country, there are a lot of great families, and it's not just four families or whatever. there are other people out there that are very qualified. and we've had enough bushes. >> the big line that you're going to read everywhere today, "we've had enough bushes." >> uh-oh. >> and it was only this morning that president george w. bush said, yeah, my brother ought to run. >> got to listen to your mother. >> you wonder if jeb really wants to run. >> maybe he asked his mom to say that for him. i don't know. >> bar

roker's got a check of the weather. >> got a lot of cold air to talk about, especially out west. let's show you what we've got. first of all, we're talking about frost advisories, freeze warnings, and hard freeze warnings, stretching from the southwest into the midwest. these are record-low temperatures. north platte, 16. oklahoma city, 32. 21 in taos. pueblo, 20 degrees. and as we make our way during the day today, denver is 13 degrees below normal, dallas, 65. 61 in memphis. 51 in chicago. yesterday's first game of the rockies' double-header with the braves was the coldest start to their game ever. and as you can see today, we've got rain making its way from the ohio river valley into the gulf coast. plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest. gorgeous day in the northwest. we're going to take a look at your west coast forecast, coming up. but first, this message. clear for 10 days! when your allergies start, doctors recommend taking one non-drowsy claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 days! 17 days! 22 days of continuous relief. live claritin

al roker tells the world he crapped his pants at the white house and i'm getting fired?e reason there are no more tours at the white house. they're still hosing it down. brian williams is here. brian, i'm a big fan of your show. "rock center with brian williams." imagine brian delivering the evening news on a different floor of the building a little later with a slightly different tie. it's a mind blower. you got to check it out. but as i look around the room and i see all the media here tonight i realize this is all just one big high school cafeteria. that's all it is. think about it. fox is the jocks. msnbc is the nerds. bloggers are the goths. npr is the table for kids with peanut allergies. al jazeera is the weird foreign exchange student nobody talks to. and print media, i didn't forget you. you're the poor kid who died sophomore year in a car crash. yeah. cheer up. we did kate the yearbook to you. >> of course, probably the biggest story that people in this room covered this past year was the republican failure to recapture the white house. hard to believe the repu

. >> we want to turn to al roker again.ould be a factor in terms of what happens today in this town. >> absolutely. as you saw in gabe gutierrez' shot, it's raining already. and that's just beginning. let's show you what's going on there. winds are starting to shift. they had been out of the south, they are now as you look live, you can see the rain in the lights there in west, texas. and that rain's just going to get heavier and the winds will pick up. in fact, as you look at the radar, there's a pretty good squall s line pushing through, there's another big area of rain just to the west of west, texas, as we zoom in, you'll see we are looking at more heavy rain, they're going to pick up 1 to 2 inches of rain out of all of this. and as it pushes through, we do look to see up to the north of that, chicago, also under the gun for a lot of heavy rain. there are flash flood warnings in effect for much of metropolitan chicago, dupage county, cook county, as well. rainfall amounts anywhere from 3 to 5 inches from peoria to sagin

al roker tells the world he crapped his pants at the white house and i'm getting fired? the white house. they're still hosing it down. [ audience boos ] [ laughter ] >> brian williams is here. brian i'm a big fan of your show. "rock center with brian williams." imagine brian delivering the evening news on a different floor of the building a little later with a slightly different tie. it's a min blower. you got to check it out. but as i look around the room and i see all the media here tonight i realize this is all just one big high school cafeteria. think about it. fox is the jocks. msnbc is the nerds. bloggers are the goths. npr is the table for kids with peanut allergies [ laughter ] al jazeera is the weird foreign exchange student nobody talks to. and print media, i didn't forget you. you're the poor kid who died sophomore year in a car crash. yeah. cheer up. we dedicate the yearbook to you [ laughter ] >> of course, probably the biggest story that people in this room covered this past year was the republican failure to recapture the white house. hard to believe the r

inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales.st day of celebration. this morning the city is tending to its injured and at least three families mourning the death of a loved one, including 8-year-old martin richard, killed near the finish line just after congratulating his father. matt and lester are up in boston this morning with the very latest. guys, good morning. >> hey, guys. good morning to you as well. it is a bit of a surreal morning here in boston. patriots day as you just mentioned, willie, is always a day of celebration around here. the day after you usually see runners, some limping around nursing sore knees and ankles after completing 26.2 miles. today, though, you see a lot of runners coming here to boyleston street about four or five blocks away from what was supposed to be a joyous finish line. instead they're here with their cameras and they're taking pictures of what is now a crime scene behind us. we know overnight a few developments police did carry out a search warrant in rivere, massachuset massachusetts, ab

[laughter] ashton kutcher, al roker, donald trump, kobe bryant. >> it's probably "c," so i'm gonna go with "c," donald trump, final answer. meredith: oh, yeah. it is definitely--ha ha! let's add some more money to your bank. how much? $3,000. up to $26,500. you don't get excited. you're very mellow. i guess maybe as an er doctor, you have to be. keep it calm. yeah. >> i guarantee you, if i get up higher, you'll start to see-- meredith: i'll start to see something? yeah? all right. >> maybe it'll get higher. meredith: ok. "sad music" is the category. in a letter to his brothers, ludwig van beethoven once wrote of being "flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad" what? eyesight, memory, speech, hearing. >> i'm gonna go with "d," final answer. meredith: yeah, it is "d." [cheering and applause] very good. ok, james, 26,500 plus 5,000 more. $31,500. wow. 4 away from round two. big money still on the board. 25,000 and 10,000. "nicknames" is the category. which of these prominent figures enjoyed referring to himself as the "prince of humbugs"? p.t. barnum, wyatt earp, charlie chaplin

why wait for al roker on today when the weather channel phone app can tell you whether it's going towhat ining are we? >> the fourth inning. more morning shows ab than ever, more competition than ever, and every morning when i rolled over in the morning. i turn to my cell phone to find out did north korea set off that missile? first way to find out what's going on. morning television will have to be about the stories behind the stories, the information you can't get behind the story. >> and anchors make it look so easy. i don't mean to flatter you unnecessarily. hard work at a really weird time of day and people on air have to make it look effortless. >> i had take the flattery. i'll turn the tables. usually you write about the media, and one of the reviews, a breezy read with more than a little overblown prose, some of the just plain silly. how does it feel to have the tables turned on you. 27-year-old media critic. >>ith good for a reporter to be reported on. i expected a tougher view from "the new york times." if they renewed my book and worked there. a nice, pleasant review with

first lady michelle obama stuck to her healthy eating message, cooking pasta with the weatherman al rokerrell. >> come to the white house and cook. how many people believe that's going to happen? >> the president showed a touch with one crying 5-year-old and he was shooting with some pros from the washington wizards and didn't get much better. in all, the president hit two of his 22 shots, but who's counting with the beautiful weather, no one seemed to mind, at least no one other than the president himself. >>> happening now, a powerful response to north korea's threats. the u.s. military showing muscle after kim jong-un's new declaration of war. a second texas prosecutor is dead, authorities are on high alert fearing another one will beguned down, and the broken leg that horrified the nation. how doctors are trying to heal the college basketball player kevin ware. i'm wolf blitzer. we want to welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [ speaking foreign language ] >> north korean troops gunning for

you i saying any of us still feeling rattled and anxiety after this should focus more on the her roker this when alisyn alisyn went on to watch us. see how much business as usual. if you are calm, your kids are going to be calm. if you teach your kids worry. they worry. so get back to business as usual. exercise. have your regular routines and focus on the courage narratives. not the fear narratives. >> beautiful hamilton that comes out in the times of christ. >> american spirit. look what happened. >> alisyn: thank you so much. always great to see u still ahead. bombs were trademark al qaeda but do they have ties to the middle east. how can they have been radicalized yet under the radar. we will explore all of that is right for me. you should try our coverage checker. it helps you see if you have too much coverage or not enough, making it easier to get what you need. [ beeping ] these are great! [ beeping ] how are you, um, how are you doing? i'm going to keep looking over here. probably a good idea. ken: what's a good idea? nothing. with coverage checker, it's easy to find your perfe

let's go back out to los angeles and al roker. >> hey, thanks, guys.finalist in season one, she's gone on to have a terrific career. her current single "come along" with her voice coach cee lo green in the top 20. you said earlier, when you did the battle rounds, there was blood on the floor. it was brutal. >> no mercy. no, i'm kidding. >> what advice would you give to some of the teams that are going to be battling here later today? >> you know, we -- my battle partner, we got great reviews because we really kind of just came on the stage and decided we were going to do a duet and make the song sound great. and so it was really hard for cee lo at the end of it to decide who he wanted to pick. >> how did this change your life? >> oh, man, well, i'm here with you. it's just been such a great platform, you know, to get signed and, you know, to be releasing the video being in the top 20. i never -- it's something i wished for and never thought that, you know, it would happen this quickly. but i'm glad it did. >> vicky martinez, you're going to be watching