ron mott, nbc news, boston. >>> up next, hillary clinton on the subject on faith. >>> hillary clinton spoke about her faith today for the first time at a highly personal speech by the woman considered the front runner for the democratic presidential nomination in 2016. in lexington, kentucky, mrs. clinton a methodist addressed a crowd of 7,000 at the unite the methodist women's assembly. she recalled going to her church as a young girl in parkridge, illinois. >> i loved that church. i loved how it made me feel about myself. i loved the doors that it opened in my understanding of the world. i loved the way it helped to deepen my faith and ground it. >> hillary clinton today on her church and her faith. >>> millions of people will be watching around the world tomorrow as two popes become saint at a vatican ceremony conducted by pope francis. ann thompson is there for the preview for us tonight, hi, ann. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it's already crazy here. the streets around st. peters square are closed off and people are sleeping on the sidewalks as the vatican braces for one mil

as ron mott reports, it's the results of a decade-long legal battle over her will. >> reporter: tucked away in a warehouse in east harlem sit dozens of boxes each carefully labeled and numbered. inside, thousands of items belonging to the late rosa parks, icon of the civil rights movement. >> books from her library, hundreds if not thousands of unpublished photographs. enough to fill one or two floors of any museum. >> reporter: here we see the whole collection for the first time ever. parks wanted to give people access to her keepsakes and learn from her life but a legal fight between her heirs led a judge to seize her belongings from her home in 2005 when she died. the entire archive will remain in storage until sold for the asking price of $6 million. it's been 60 years since she boarded the bus tired from a day's work and refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. her arrest sparked a 381-day bus boycott. interested in her life and work has not waned over time and this collection is a well spring of memorabilia. there is the pill box hat she may have worn on the bus, the ens

ron mott, nbc news, boston. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. for now, i'm lester holt reporting from new york. we hope you'll join us for the "dateline" healing from columbine. that's at 8:00/7:00 central. want to leave you with a look at the incredible easter eggs out at the plaza at rockefeller plaza. and you won't believe how they got there. we've got the story on our web site nbc news.com. good night. >>> a cloud of smoke is hanging over golden gate park tonight. not a fire, but rather pot smoke from the so-called 4/20 celebration today. we'll show you what's going on and why the city is concerned about the cleanup. >>> plus, a popular south bay bar and restaurant covered in crime tape. more people stabbed and a suspect on the loose. what police are doing to make sure everyone is safe. >>> and some parents of missing children are furious in south korea as more bodies are pulled from a second ferry. now we're learning what may have caused that boat to go down. >> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good ev

ron mott, nbc news, boston. >> that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday.rian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm carl quintanilla reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> we're actually following two breaking stories tonight. a major fire is burning right now at the site of the old kntv studios in san jose. it started at about 3:00 this afternoon. the other breaking story we're following is the arrest of 49ers linebacker aldon smith. new cell phone video appears to show officers taking smith into custody at l.a.x. we'll have more on what led to his arrest. good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >>> we begin with that fire. flames and thick smoke could be seen for miles and san jose had to call for mutual aid from neighboring cities to help battle the names. in all about 100 firefighters responded to the scene. we have live team coverage with

jo joining me now from boston is nbc's ron mott, and thank you, ron. so many emotions coming together there, and what is the atmosphere that you are seeing so far? >> hey, richard, yes, good morning. the city is ready to celebrate. this is a special day across the city of boston and all across the state of the commonwealth of massachusetts, patriot's day, and so there is a lot of emotion, and there is a lot of honor here today, and especially what happened last year, a lot of the folks are thinking about that security, and obviously, top of the mind for a lot of folks, but they want a safe day, and the weather is cooperating beautifully, and the mid-60s by the end of the race and the afternoon and we rex pare expeca huge crowd with the 26.2 mile route. i have spent some time with the mayor bill evans who is not running the marathon today as he was last year, and i talked to him about the massive security effort here, and they have doubled the number of officers on the ground and i asked him to put it in perspective, and this is what he had to say. >> u

ron mott, thank you so much. massachusetts governor deval patrick is one of the leading speaks at the commemoration about to take place. he sat down with me to talk about what this day means to boston and to the nation. >> this is such a solemn anniversary and there's reason for joy in the way the boston community responded. let's go back a year. tell me what happened in terms of when you first got the notification and how events evolved that terrible day. >> you'll remember the first of the two explosions went off a little bit before 3:00 and i had been at the marathon to crown the elite runners, the victors a little earlier in the day. i had an unusually empty afternoon andrea. i was heading home, it was a very mild day, spend a little time in my garden. i was on the expressway when i got a call from our youngest daughter actually in the back bay and dad, there's been a loud boom and everybody is running in the direction of the marathon. what happened? it was soon after that i got first call from the officials

we talk with ron mott. ron. >> happy patriots day to you. you see some of the people streaming to the common, including some of the marathoners who have just run this exhausting 26.2 miles. you see on the faces of the runners that are coming down the promenade here, and some of them really tired. you can tell they're very satisfied to have been able to finish what they started this morning. in some cases started all the way back to last year when those bombs exploded last year, and i think as much as people want to breathe a sigh of relief, you have to keep in mind that there's still a lot of race to be run here. half the field essentially -- a little more than half the field still out on the course as of a few minutes ago. about 17,000, 18,000 people still making they are way to the finish line, which is probably three-quarters of a mile behind us here. >> 3,500 police officers. double the amount of officers. he spoke with the new police commissioner. helms an avid runner who has run 18 of these marathons. today he is in class a uniform. we

ron mott lives in boston.k you. >> happy easter. >> keep it here all day one year after the bombings as we talk to survivors and some of those making boston stronger today. there were images that changed this country forever. terrifieded students, hands in the air u running from columbine, escaping america's deadliest massacre ever. the two teenage gunmen killed 13 people, then themselves. today marks 15 years since the tragedy. tonight on "date line" lester holt document it is emotional journey one survivor takes as he struggles to come to terms with the tragedy. >> there is a particular smell in the air. it's sweet, everything starts blossoming. it's a time when everything comes to life. really all i can think about is death. >> sam is a granule watt of columbine high school. he was there on april 20th, 1999. 15 years ago. do you see the anniversary as a day, a set of weeks? >> it's a time period. january goes by. february goes by. i start to get the feeling around march. >> then you fall off a cliff? >> pre

nbc's ron mott is in copley square in boston. ron, we're between events in today's tribute. give us a sense of the people in boston today at, sort of the scene, the sense that are you getting? >> a lot of emotions coursing through the heart of the city today, as you can imagine. there's a lot of sadness, obviously, because we're remembering those four souls that were lost in that week of violence here. three, of course, on boyleston street. the police officer at m. i.t. in cambridge who was killed a few days later. much of today's tribute is about the loss of life, but it is also a day for people to thank one another because if want for the quick action of a lot of people, spectators, first responders, police officers, firefighters, and then the extraordinary work of -- teamwork we saw at the hospitals that saved even more lives, we could have a much larger death toll than the four people who were lost last week, and there's a sense of accomplishment, a sense of gratitude by those survivors today because they're here, because of all that selfless action by a lot of people he

there's ron mott joining me from boston. the spirit is high. this is really a spirit of survival, of strength. >> reporter: of strength, of both, happy patriot's day to you. the marathon is running on schedule and a lot of folks are ready to party tonight because of the 36,000 runners, the first few have crossed the finish line, rita from kenya is the women's champion. she won last year and american male is in the lead right now for the men so they should be finishing up here, they are two hours and three minutes and should be crossing the finish line in the next ten minutes. all in all as you mentioned, this have been a very difficult last year in the city of boston for family of those survivors and the families who lost loved ones here last year. today is a sense of renewal and common purpose and everybody coming together for this great event. the most anticipated of those races, one of the great courses -- great marathons around the world and as natalie mentioned, there's a heavy security presence here. i spoke with the kplees commissioner e

ron mott in boston.ports illustrated executive editor b.j.schechter is from boston, and we are lucky that today he is at the head of the table with us. "s.i." gathered thousands of people at the finish line for this week's cover shoot and that latest issue is out tomorrow. thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> as a bostonian, you know, what is this day mean to you? >> i think it's an incredibly emotional day. watching the package, those feelgsz come back. i walk those streets. i went to school there. i grew up there. ever sense i can walk i went to the -- if weather it was at the finish line on boyleston street. to think a year ago that there was this horrific terrorist attack and the three lives were lost, but thousands of lives were affected. just like nobody forgot 9/11, nobody is ever going to forget this, and the marathon will never be the same, but on the same note we hear boston strong, and the city was so resilient, rallied behind the first responders, the survivors, sp

nbc's ron mott is at boston common tonight, ron? >> reporter: good evening. a big day coming up on monday and the history of the great race, the 118th running of the boston marathon and probably safe to say the biggest ever. this will be packed. 36,000 runners are registered. this 26.2 mile course is expected to attract a million people or more and the race will end on boylston street. today was the day for the casual runner, if you will, they ran a 5k race today and a lot of people turned out, 10,000, the most ever for that event including a group of young and older runners for a team called mr 8 honoring martin richard, one of three people killed here last year and a tribute walk that brought out survivors of last year's attack and joined by a group of veterans, including wounded warriors. everybody is talking about security commae monday. security will be tight. they are asking all spectators to leave large items in your car or at home. they will be subject to search. boston police are expected to remove trash cans, mailboxes and more to prevent the traged

. >> we go the ron motte who is going to be covering the event for us. what they have overcome. and tell us about this anniversary? >> well, it is a somber day here, chris, and reflective day, and also a day to celebrate, and this tribute sar mceremony set t under way at noon eastern time is to honor the four people who lost their lives in the violent week, and three of course lost their lives here on boylston street, and the fourth, of course s the m.i.t. police officer a few days later, but as much as the day is to honor the fallen, it is also to honor those folks who helped to keep the death toll to four. chris a lot of people were wounded in the twin blasts of the pressure cookers and some of the people, and i met with one of them sunday who is happen toy to be back in town, and he is paralyzed from the knee down, but it has changed so much of the physical, but also his heart, because of all of the help he got, he needs to devote the rest of h his life for helping others. the ceremony taking place at noon, and vice president biden and dr. biden will

ron mott is also in boston. he joins us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hey there. good morning to you. this is the 118th boston marathon. probably safe to say this has been the most painful marathon but tomorrow is race day finally. a crowded field of about 36,000 runners from the world's elite to first timers is eager for ready, set, go. >> and you're off. >> reporter: on saturday, a 5k race that drew more than 10,000 runners. a tribute walk that brought out bombing survivors and wounded warriors moving in solidarity. >> we felt compelled to reach out to the people here and let them know life is going to continue. >> having b.j. here is like having family here. he's been a huge part of our recovery. >> reporter: for many, monday's marathon is a chance to finish what was started a year ago. >> i was still on the course. i was unable to finish. i made it to mile 25 where they stopped up. so i'm back this year to cross that finish line. >> reporter: ethiopian ranked number one in the world is back doechbd his men's title. ri rita jeptoo for the women. no matter who w

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ron mott, nbc news boston. >> that is our broadcast for a thursday night. thanks for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. >> it was one of the best things that ever happened to our neighborhood. >> right now at 6:00, banding together to fight crime like only the bay area can: with technology. >> new at 6:00, social networking not just for socializing. bay area cities are fighting back against crime and dwindling police forces. a specific app that's gaining ground. oakland and san jose among the cities turning to this free app to lower their crime rate. nbc is in the area not just for police departments, but for residents. >> you're absolutely right, raj. it started here in south bay where crime is a big topic of conversation. so, of course, is technology. today, in several bay areas, the two of them came together. part of a trend using social networking to try to take a digital bite out of crime. >> in the south bay and the east bay, police departments have cut back. so neighborhoods are increasingly turning to the web to stay

as ron mott reports, for many runners qualifying alone is a badge of honor. >> reporter: a crowded field of about 36,000 runners from the world's elite to first timers is eager for ready, set, go. >> and you're off. >> reporter: on saturday a more casual pace, a 5k race that drew more than 10,000 runners. for many monday's marathon is a chance to finish what was started a year ago. >> i was still on the course. i wasn't able to finish. i made it to mile 25 where they stopped us. so i'm back this year to cross that finish line. >> reporter: the number one ranked man in the world is back to defend his title. on the women's side, the bib f-1 will be worn by last year's champion. whoever wins the top prize in both divisions, many consider the city of boston the ultimate victor a year after tragedy. >> i want to thank you for your courage, your resilience, your strength, for all the things you do, for all the different folks in front of me whether you're first responders, survivors, thank you very much for making the city so strong. >>> tomorrow is patriots day in massachusetts also known as

for "today," ron mott, nbc news. >>> four years now after the bp oil spill, there is still an impact that lingers. crude oil pumped into the gulf of mexico for 87 days, you may recall, when the deepwater horizon oil platform exploded, damaging what was already a delicate ecosystem. wildlife advocates say the effects are still being felt. the weather channel's dave malkopf has the story. >> reporter: four years after the bp oil spill disaster -- >> hundreds and hundreds of nets here. >> reporter: director with the national wildlife federation took us 20 miles into the marsh where that black tar choked the life out of what was once a baby pelican nursery. >> it's sad and sickening to watch the loss of a place like this. >> reporter: as recently as last year, there were pelicans here. now just dead sticks. >> you had anywhere from 25 to 30 feet of thick tar. >> reporter: four years on, the tar is a problem. it's the oily sheen nobody ever cleaned up. so what you're seeing now is the effects of it moving the food chain that's predictable from what we know about past spills. the sheen was

for "today," ron mott, nbc news. >> okay. >>> get a check now of the forecast?w. >> what do you think? dylan, what have you got for us? >> we've got this girl scout troop from buffalo. how long have you been trying to make money to come here? >> two years. >> two years. that's a lot of cookies. so you guys made it. they've seen "matilda" going to the top of the rock today. they've got it all planned. it's going to be slu absolutely gorgeous. most of the country will enjoy really warm temperatures. you've seen that jet stream all the way up to the north. above-average temperatures in the southwest by 5 to 10 degrees. in the midwest, that's where temperatures will really feel the warmest, 15 to almost 20 degrees above normal, 83 degrees today in wichita, 83 in tulsa. 79 in memphis, tennessee and in the northeast, it looks fantastic as well. 66 in new york city. 75 in d.c., 10 degrees above normal for this time of the year. it will be absolutely gorgeous. we do have to keep an eye out for stronger storms, especially through the plains and the midwest, including chi

. >> as we await the vice president's remarks on this day, let's go to nbc's ron mott live in boston'swhat is the feeling like in the city today? >> reporter: hey, there, ronan, a lot of emotions. a beautiful moving ceremony, a lot of emotions coursing through bost boston. three of them lost their lives on boyleston street and the fourth, the officer from m.i.t. this day is to honor and remember them and this is a day of triumph, a day of success, a day of overcoming for a lot of these survivors, 260 some odd people, some severely who clearly could have been among those who lost their lives if not for the heroism of spectators who leaped into action and first respondsers and firefighters and police officers and extraordinary teamwork at the hospitals that we saw that helped save a lot of lives. a lot of those folks are back here to say thank you as we've seen today. this is a day that people will always remember here in boston. patriot's day of course is the day we run the baoston marathon on monday. as we all know from those famous words about david ortiz, this is our city and i think

. >> and ron mott joining us live from near the finish line, and ron, in about an hour some of the first runners will cross, the elite runners there, but it is really an amazing spirit, and an amazing, i guess the best word is inspiration today to see the people back there in such large numbers. >> yeah, hey, there, tamron. it is almost hard to describe the sense of the emotion that the city is feeling today. there is a lot of pride. a sense of accomplishment, and making it through a very difficult year, and this is the 118th boston the marathon and without saying that it goes to be the most anticipated one in the history of the race. and there is a lot of security here, and anywhere you look here in the common, you can see the security, and all along the 26.2-mile course. it is not so overwhelming that people are thinking it is taking away from the experience, but i had a few moments with the new police commissioner who has run a number of these mares on this, but this year, he is in a suit and tie, because his role has changed as the top cop of boston, and i asked him about the respons

ron mott, thank you very much. this is a beautiful day.e next number in today's data bank and this is 1,300. it's the number of cracks in the dome of the u.s. kcapitol. workers continue to install a safety net before construction begins to restore the dome itself. it's all part of a planned two-year $60 million restoration project. it's the first facelift of the dome in over 50 years. the historic rotunda, by the way, will reopen to the public next week. >> and before we go to break, "the daily rundown" president's contenders tournament has final reached its final four. we're the bridge between the nba and college basketball. i just want to see how long i can keep the drum roll going here. my director, i'm making him crazy. six seed ben franklin, the big surprise, faces three seed ted kennedy. then there's bobby kennedy. the on number one seed to make it to our final four goes up against a two seed in hillary clinton. go to our web site to see if you are going to vote for an all-kennedy final or whether you want to have some multi-century

and so it seems that, the judge is not going to ease those restrictions, ron mott, outside of the courthouse, and in the guidelines of what dzhokhar tsarnaev is able to do and his access? >> yes, exactly. good morning, tamron. what the defense team is trying to do is because he is presume pli trying to be there for some time, they want the living experience to be as normal as possible under the circumstance, and so far in court this morning, they are not getting much, much in the way of favorable decisions on their side. now, one thing that ewe can tel you is that the defense team appears to be laying some of the mitigating groundwork for the trial that is scheduled so far to begin sometime in november that his brother tamerlan was 26 years old at the time, and dzhokhar was 19 and the defense team is trying to establish that his brother was an undue influence and sort of corrupting influence on this young man who by all accounts was, had assimilated pretty well into society here in the boston area, and one thing that came up here today regards a 2011 triple homicide in the town of waltham in

and 36,000 runners and ron mott joins us from boston. and tell us about the climate there, and we see the preparations behind you and we talked about the spirit and the boston strong attitude extended through the 12 months burk it is certainly present there today. >> hey sh, there, tamron. good morning to you, and this is a day of obviously reflection and a somber day here in boston, and we are hoping that the weather holds up long enough as the tribute service moves outdoors to the finish line at 2:30 or 3:00 eastern time, and so is far so good. this day is also about as much of honoring the people who survived and the first responders who helped to keep the death toll to four. we lost three people obvious ly here near the finish line, and the fourth was the officer sean colli collier, the m.i.t. officer shot and killed by one of the bombing suspects a few days after that, and this is as much a celebration about the people who survive and very severe inju injuries, tamron, and you recall a year ago to today, the bombs went off, and folk

. >> nbc's ron motte has more from boston, and what should we expect to see today?good morning, luke. it is a somber day of reflection and remembrance today, and the weather is appropriate for the occasion. it is gray, and overcast can skies and blustery, and expecting rain throughout the day, and as much as today is remembering the souls that were lost here, and three of course at the finish line on boylston street, and the fourth was the m.i.t. police officer who encountered the alleged suspects a couple of days later and as much as the day is to honor them, it is a day to celebrate all of those who survived, hundreds of them, and some of whom owe their lives to the quick-thinking first responders and many of them right here at the finish line and the emts and the firefighters and the extraordinary work of the teams at the hospitals. and we expect to see reunions and moist eyes in the hall today. and vice president joe biden is here and his wife, jill biden, and massachusetts governor deval patrick, and tom menino, the predecessor mayor is expected to be here as w

for "today," ron mott, nbc news, st. were there. >> yes, we were. and that was a nice moment. >> yes. absolutely. >> congratulations to both of them. by the way, you can see t.j. oshie and his st. louis blues take on the chicago blackhawks sunday at noon eastern on the nhl game of the week here on nbc. >>> up next, daniel radcliffe on his return to broadway. plus, he'll answer your questions. but first, this is "today" on nbc. but first, this is "today" on nbc. if you're so tough, crack this thick slice of medium cheddar with your bare hand. i didn't say tough i said hungry. if you're so hungry, eat this thick slice of medium cheddar with your bare mouth. tillamook cheese slices, tastes better because it's made better. >>> we're back now at 8:43 with the talented actor daniel radcliffe is here and back on broadway for a third time starring in a play called "the cripple of inishman." dreaming of making it to hollywood in hopes for a better life. daniel, good morning. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> you lik

nbc's ron mott is at the federal courthouse in boston. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, carson, good morning to you. dzhokhar tsarnaev is not expected to appear in court here later this morning, but as you mentioned last night, an eerie scene over at the finish line of the boston marathon. two blasts, but unlike last year, these were controlled by police. with boylston street cordoned off yet again last night on the one-year anniversary of twin bomb blasts at the boston marathon finish line -- >> get back! >> reporter: -- a police bomb squad blew up a second suspicious backpack of the evening, this one said to belong to a man arrested by authorities charged with disorderly conduct. according to police, the man was carrying a rice cooker in the bag. >> when the backpack was dropped on the ground, that's when we made calls for the bomb squad to come in and they did their job. >> reporter: officials also intentionally detonated another unattended backpack near the finish line determined to have been inadvertently left behind by a media or