nbc's ron mott has the story. >> reporter: good things come to those who wait, especially boxers floyd mayweather jr. and manny pacquiao. after years of flirting, boxing's two biggest draws finally set a date, saturday night, and with a record pot of gold at stake, there are no losers here. >> we love the fans from around the world that have supported this event. i appreciate you guys. i'm pretty sure manny appreciates you guys also. >> reporter: mayweather considered the world's highest paid athlete is nicknamed money and is slated to earn 60% of the purse, $150 million, maybe more, a super payday driven into record territory by extraordinary demand. pacquiao, a congressman in his home country, the philippines, is also forecast to collect a nine-figure check. so popular, the fight has been declared a national holiday there. what would a victory saturday night mean to you personally and your country? >> it would mean a lot for me and for my country. >> reporter: most of the purse will come from pay-per-view, a predicted 3 million buys at $99 in the u.s., though free to see in pacquiao'

ron mott, nbc news, las vegas. >> overseas to nepal where more survivors were rescued today. days after that country's devastating earthquake. officials say three people including a 101-year-old man were pull add live from the rubble in one village and taken to a military hospital for treatment. a dose of good news in the disaster that has claimed the lives of more than 7200 people and left more than 14,000 injured. that toll could climb as the recovery efforts shift to areas farther from t epicenter. ian williams reports from one of those remote areas. >> reporter: supplies at least getting through to the shaken town here close to the epicenter. so we decided to press on. the damage to the town of dareding seems pretty patchy. so we're heading into the hills. four hours from kathmandu the roads into the mountains are barely passable as we travelled with a team of american doctors in search of villages still in need of help. we reached a village of a thousand people where we found almost every building destroyed. >> let's move all the drugs and the pharmacy closer to where we

nbc's ron mott is in foxborough, massachusetts, with details and reaction. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this was only supposed to take three weeks, this investigation. it lasted more than three months. the patriots ownership and head coach bill belichick have been cleared of any wrongdoing. but tonight the sports world is sounding off about tom brady, one of the best to ever play the game, and whether he's a cheater. tom brady addressed the public in january and denied any involvement in what's become known as deflategate. intentionally removing air from footballs to make them easier to throw and catch. >> i've always played within the rules. i would never do anything to break the rules. i believe in fair play and i respect the league. >> reporter: but today an investigation led by ted wells found it is more probable than not that the three-time super bowl mvp quarterback was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities. the report said patriots personnel were involved in a deliberate effort to circumvent the rules. that j

ron mott, nbc news, las vegas. >>> well, the hyped-up fight delivering a quick knockout to jailed raphis bail. yesterday in "the l.a. times," it said the boxer planned to post the $10 million bail if they won. the source was matthew fletcher, knight's attorney. he based it on comments from knight's family. the rapper and boxer once close but fell out of contact years ago. >> $99 for paper view. maybe if you had five or six people. >> we're saying no not for anything. >> mayweather is hard to root for. the things that have happened in his life. >> yeah moving on. >> country singer tim mcgraw turns 48 and ray parker, junior, who sang the ghostbusters theme is 61. from the fed this morning about funding for police and body camera. >>> nepal prepares for thousands of funerals. >>> the bay bridge on friday may the 1st. this is "today in the bay." from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning. just say it with us there. just let it set in for a second. >> friday? that's what got me out of bed this morning. lots to get to on this mayday. let's check the forecast with

>> ron mott thanks. we're joined now by our friend bob costas at yankee stadium where he's calling tonight's game. bob, a lot of conversations had today about the question of whether it was cheating come down to what would you tell a child, a 10-year-old playing pop warner cheating or some kind of a wink wink part of the game? >> reporter: well, certainly not unique to the patriots, not unique to football this. sort of thing which some view as gamesmanship has been going on for a long time, but it is a rule, and if let's say someone is offsides on a play in football. you don't say did it actually affect the play that happened on the other side of the field? you assess the penalty. so the patriots knowingly broke a rule. how important is that rule? is it as egregious at other forms of cheating? did it have the kind of impact on performance that steroid use or other forms of cheating would have? i don't think so. will tom brady just be just as great without it, yes, i do but they knowingly broke an establi

nbc's ron mott is in foxborough were massachusetts, with detail. >> good evening. this took over three months. they've been cleared of any wrong doing but tonight people are sounding off about tom brady. one of the best to play the game and whether he's a cheater. tom brady addressed the public in january and denied any involvement in what's become known as deflategate. intentionally removing air from footballs making them easier to throw and catch. >> i would never do anything to break the rules. i respect the league. >> reporter: today an investigation led by ted wells found it is more probable than not that the quarterback was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities. patriots personnel were involved in a deliberate effort to circumvent the rules. that jim mcallynally and patriots equipment stantassistant participated after the referee examined them. >> it's circumstantial evidence but it lacks the smoking gun. >> reporter: in which the patriots soundly defeated the indianapolis colts 45-7 to advance to the super bowl. officials discovered 11 of

nbc's ron mott breaks down the drama inside and outside the ring. after a five-year wait for the fight of the century. rush hour. fans clutching the hottest tickets on the planet streaming into witness history. boxing's most lucrative bout ever. $400 million spectacle. >> let's get ready to rumble! >> floyd playweatherther/pacquiao, michael jordan tom brady, j.z. beyonce, social media abuzz. yielding complaints from those who didn't get what they paid for. $90 to fight their cable company. as pay-per-view orders never made it home to viewers. once the bell sounded the top two brand names delivered flashes of excitement punctuated of chess like maneuvering. >> there is the mayweather right hand. >> in the end, mayweather the victor according to judges and a unanimous decision that confused pacquiao. >> i think i won the fight. >> i knew in my heart i was beating him easy. >> reaction left a few fans questioning the result and many the hype. >> i thought it was a little boring actually. >> this should have been an epic fight it was not. >> mike tyson

we have nbc's ron mott with the story. >> reporter: wearing an orange jump suit 35-year-old anjelicauilty in the death of her fiancee whose body was discovered in the hudson river after the kayaking trip. grasswald talked about the incident. >> he was trying to figure out how to paddle the waves. they were getting crazy. >> reporter: prosecutors say she admitted to removing a drain plug before the trip and moved his paddle away from him as he capsized. the motive? money from a pair of life insurance policyies. >> they argue reasonable doubt. i don't think this is a clear win for either side. >> reporter: officials say grasswald said she was trapped in the relationship and waited a half hour to call for help. with such detailed information, authorities were searching for clues from the public when announcing charges this week. >> we are looking for any information regarding this crime. people may have seen the deceased and defendant prior to them going out on april 19th or know circumstances regarding their relationship. >> reporter: grasswald's attorney says statements may have been

we get the latest tonight from ron mott. >> it's a fine line -- >> on sports talk radio, tom brady topic one. callers sound off. brady has thrived under pressure throughout his career but this isn't a pass rush. today the raining super bowl mvp agent blasted the 142 page wells report as a terrible disa pointment. >> this is one of the greatest quarterbacks of this game and he's a cheater. >> goodell said policy states failure to cooperate in an investigation shall be considered conduct detrimental to the league and will have discipline. brady refused to release text messages and e-mails. >> tom brady refused to turn over text messages and e-mails. that creates a separate problem for brady. >> on social need i can't, a different fire squad. one writing cheat and lie and you get a super bowl ring. true loser. another wrote cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. one reporter called it a joke. haters going to hate hate a, hate. #love for tom brady. >> tonight tom brady arrived at salem state university north of boston for a previously scheduled speaking engagement. cameras are allowed inside but m

erica. >> ron mott thank you. >> i wonder what they are doing in this moment. you sleep?u prepare? >> what do you do to prepare? >> stretch. >> you know what they are doing? they are waiting for the name of the baby. >> that's right. >> it will be long. we have the announcement up here on the easel. the official birth notice moments ago outside buckingham palace. we will have more in the next half hour. place your bets on the name. >> going to see that is like the mona lisa postage stamp. people want to wait to see that 11 inch piece of paper. >>> dylan is standing by with another look at the weather from churchill downs. and another hat. >> and a taller hat. height is in this year. height and bright colors. you are asking what the fighters are doing right now. i know what the horses are doing. they are getting a couple of laps and getting warmed up for the 141st kentucky derby later on today. everybody has their warm up routine. we are watching the horses in louisville kentucky. weather wise it looks fantastic here and across most of the country, it looks nice. we have a

nbc's ron mott has the latest from boston. >> reporter: john kerry and his trusty bicycle are road warriorsreakily paired up with his down time around the world. this morning, the secretary broke his right leg on an exkurgs through the french alps near the swiss border. his tire striking a curb sending him tumbling according to to the state department. he never lost consciousness. he was airlifted to geneva and should make a full recovery said a doctor not involved in his care. >> if it is a simple fracture one that doesn't involve a lot of work and they can fix easily he maybe in the hospital a few days and up on his feetaybe back to work and travel within six weeks. >> reporter: kerry's office confirmed he fractured his femur or thigh bone fear the hip. he's had both hips replaced. >> i don't think it broke because of the hip replacement but if it involves the hip replacement it is more complex to fix. >> reporter: he is an enthusiastic sportsman with bumps and bruises to prove it. he suffered a shoulder injury, a broken nose during a hockey game. this weekend he was in switzerland with i

let's get the latest from the federal courthouse in boston where nbc's ron mott is. good morning. >> reporter: hey, jose, good morning. we're waiting to get an update on the third floor. there's a little bit of the sidebar going on and our producer is saying they're setting up a camera and monitor so we're expecting whoever testifies first is probably doing so from out of town. what we didn't hear yesterday which we anticipated we would hear is an official from the bureau of prisons. as you remember during the opening of the penalty phase, the defense was saying that they are trying to get one of these jurors at least to say that dzhokhar tsarnaev should spend the rest of his life in prison without parole and he would be transferred and would spend his natural life in colorado, the so-called supermax prison. so we're expecting someone connected with the bureau of prisons to talk about that facility and what life is like on anner everyday basis. i think the defense is trying to convince the jury that if you want to be rid of dzhokhar tsarnaev that that's a better what

and right now we have coverage of both big events and let's go first to las vegas where nbc's ron mottali/fraser ali/foreman, foreman/norton ali/spinx. you don't hear about that much anymore. tell us about this fight. >> reporter: this is called the fight of the century. after all these years the big fight is on tomorrow night back here behind me at the mgm grand. i'm told officially there won't be a red carpet in place but make no mistake, it's very much show time in every sense of the word. it's a boxing block buster. >> this will be a fight the whole world has been waiting to see. >> reporter: a marquee featuring bona fide bankable headliner, floyd mayweather jr., and manny pacquiao. stars will be there, brady, kardashian rihanna, bieber pay-per-view at $100 bucks a buy creating a box office knockout shattering records. >> we want everyone to tune in and buy pay-per-view. we love the fans from around the world that have supported this event. >> reporter: in one corner mayweather nicknamed "money." undefeated, brash, quick to show the fruits of his labor. in the other corner pacquiao

ron mott has been covering the trial from boston. what do you got?y there, tour'e, the court ended earlier than usual today and finished with the witness who was the high school wrestling coach of dzhokhar tsarnaev. this is a string of witnesses going back to yesterday with the family and now today with high school classmates and college classmates as well all trying to normalize dzhokhar tsarnaev and what the defense is trying to do, show them that this was a young man who by all accounts was as american as kids come and how he searched the internet and things he did online before apparently his older brother roped him into this plot to bomb the marathon two years ago. one of the witnesses we expect to hear from today and we think we may hear from tomorrow this could be interesting testimony, an official with the bureau of prisons in colorado and the defense in opening this penalty phase said to the jury that if the jury is intent on getting rid of dzhokhar tsarnaev and not hearing from him again, that life in prison without parole is the way to go

nbc's ron mott joins me now from boston.e often see this even in the most heinous of cases, people are close in some cases to a suspect say this is not the person that they knew. >> right, exactly. yesterday was a pretty extraordinary day on a number of fronts, seeing that emotion from him for the first time. we have seen him sort of smile and interact with his attorneys when the jury is not present, then when they come in he gives out a much different image there at the defense table, but yesterday he started crying when his aunt she couldn't even testify, the questions didn't even start and she was crying so we're hearing what the defense is trying to do is that this young man basically followed his brother, one of the cousins who testified yesterday says it's custom in their family for the younger sibling to essentially follow whatever the older sibling is saying and that's what the defense put forward, tamerlan tsarnaev is the one that masterminded this whole thing. one of the side bars the defense asked for a mistrial b

ron mott has the details in foxborough foxborough, massachusetts. >> reporter: tom brady addressed the public in january and denied any involvement in what has become known as deflategate. >> i've always played within the rules. i would never do anything to break the rules. i believe in fair play. >> reporter: bru >> reporter: but an nfl found it is more probable than not that the quarterback was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities. the report said patriots personnel were involved in the he effort the to circumvent the rules. jim mcnally and john jastremski participated in the effort to eliminate air from the game balls. >> there is a mountain of circumstantial evidence, although it still lacks the smoking gun. >> reporter: the patriots soundly defeated the colts 45-7 to advance to the super bowl. officials discovered 11 of 12 game balls used by brady and the patriots offense different balls used by the opponent were underin-freighted below the nfl minimum of 12.5 pounds per squash inch. the investigation showed the two men disparaged brady in text messages after h

nbc's ron mott is in boston. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey jose good morning. we don't know what the timing is going to be for this fight between the government and the defense over sister helen prejean testifying today. we do anticipate that she perhaps if given the okay to testify will testify today. right now when they open court and we're still waiting to see when they all get assembled there, they'll finish up a very aggressive cross-examination by the government of an exbureau of prisons official talking about the kind of conditions dzhokhar tsarnaev would be living under if he is indeed sentenced to life in prison at the supermax facility without the possibility of parole. the government is objecting saying that some of these special administrative conditions he would be under like solitary confinement and no contact with media, et cetera et cetera, could at some point in time be lifted or eased in some way so the government is pushing that that is not set in stone. also we're expecting at some point the defense will call janet vogelsang who worked in th

ron mott out of boston. thank you. >>> another trial we're watching closely." trial on the eighth day of testimony. the jury heard from one of the professors. he described homes as a quiet student but one with a cocky attitude. we spoke to a victim's mother about what it was like to hear the testimony. >> i don't think you can wrap your head around what you're hearing and experiencing. you get through the day. you're exhausted. you go home. you try to eat something. you go to bed. and you prepare yourself as best you can to go through it the next day. but it's extremely hard and it's extremely hard when you hear that you're supposed to have are empathy or sympathy for the person that butchered your children. >> she describes it as the hell she walks through everyday. james holmes is accused of killing 12 and injuring 70 others during the midnight screening of "dark knight rises." he has pleaded not guilty by insanity. >>> tom brady is set to speak. he has denied the allegations of deflategate. robert craft heavily criticized the report. today's brady's agent a

that's where ron mott is. good morning. >> jose good morning.ay was obviously a very interesting day here. we saw for the first time some emotion from dzhokhar tsarnaev in this trial, but we also heard through the transcripts about one of the side bars where the defense asked to a mistrial and in would say if your defense attorney doesn't ask for a couple in a case like this they're not doing their jobs. but this involved a question on redirect on cross-examination, i should say, from the governments to one of the family members who had reported that dzhokhar tsarnaev when he was a little boy cried during "the lion king" movie when mufasa the lion king father was killed in this battle. wouldn't you think that there's a little difference from -- and i'm paraphrasing here -- from the cartoon character dying and from hundreds of people suffering. there was an objection. the defense asked for a mistrial which was denied. the first up today is someone from the russian community. later we're expecting to hear from someone with the bureau of prisons wh

ron mott's in las vegas where anticipation is building. d morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're outside the new york new york hotel. the big fight tomorrow night back behind me at the mgm grand. i'm told there will not be an official red carpet in place, but it is showtime in every since sense of the word. it's a boxing blockbuster. >> this will be a fight the whole world has been waiting to see. >> reporter: a marquee featuring bona fide bankable headliners. floyd mayweather jr., manny pacquiao. a must-see event for a-list celebrities. plus brady and a kardashian for starters. and the public reaching deep into its pockets. pay per view at 100 bucks a buy creating a box office knockout shattering records. >> we want everyone to tune in by pay per view. we love the fans from around the world that have supported this event. >> reporter: in one corner, mayweather nicknamed money. undefeated. quick to show the fruits of his labor. in the other corner, macpacquiao. quiet and reserved by comparison. >> what are your emotions this close

nbc's ron mott is in las vegas where anticipation is building. morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're outside the new york, new york hotel, the big fight tomorrow at the mgm grand. i'm told there will not be a red carpet in place but make no mistake it is showtime in every sense of the word. it's a boxing block buster. >> this will be a fight the wol whole world has been waiting to see. >> featuring bankable headliners floyd mayweather jr., manny pacquiao, a must see for a list celebrities. brady and of course kardashian for starters. and the public reaching deep, pay-per-view at 100 bucks a buy creating a box office knock-out shattering records. >> we want everyone to tune in by pay-per-view. we love the fans from around the world. they have supported this event. >> reporter: in one corner mayweather nicknamed money, the top paid athlete, undefeated, brash, quick to show the fruits of his labor. in the other corner, pacquiao, a national treasure in his native philippines, a congressman there whose birthday is a holiday. quiet and reserved by

rob motte is in vegas for the huge event. ron? >> well, good day from las vegas.ting up here, and it's not just from the sun. big fight tonight behind me at the mgm grand. lots of people in town for the big fight, including a lot of a-list stars. thigfight, when that final bell rings tonight, could top $400 million. both of these fighters expected to haolloway nine-fig checks. tickets are almost impossible to get unless you have deep pockets. normally the a-list celebrities are used to getting comped. not so with this fight. over in the philippines where manny pacquiao is a sitting congressman, the pay-per-view is free. everyone is watching the fight there for free. they asked people to turn their lights off to conserve electricity. they don't want to have a black out over there tonight with the big foig on the line. floyd mayweather, according to some media reports, if he wins the fight, part of his purse apparently will go to bail out suge knight, who is in jail in los angeles awaiting a murder trial. we'll have to see if that comes to fruition, but there's a lo