so we're going to keep pushing, tamron. this is a contest.a decision that the voters get to make, not newspapers, not pundits, but the people of the united states. >> just quickly, i do have to bring this up in new york. senator sanders spent twice as much in ads as hillary clinton in new york, still lost by 16 points. the campaign pointed out a number of rallies where they say 28,000 people at one, 20,000 at another, it did not close that gap. in fact this gap is larger than what we saw in the polling. >> well, she served the state for eight years as senator, so it should come up as no surprise. but he was about 40 points behind her and he did close that gap. he won his state, vermont, by over 85%, so she had the home court advantage. but that doesn't mean that we're not going to keep pushing all the way to the convention. >> all right, nina turner, thank you so much for joining us. great pleasure having you on. >> thanks. >>> today the seven-week sprint begins to the finish line of the 2016 primaries. congressman james clyburn will join me

tamron? part of new york that donald trump is focused on as well. let me go to cal perry. he's standing by in queens. cal, are you there? >> reporter: hey, tamron. this is an interesting neighborhood. i mean, a part of new york where you have more than 50% of an immigrant population. how the trump message is playing, people say it's brought up fear in to this community. why are we here? why do we keep coming to queens? the candidates keep coming here. we're standing by waiting and i can swing this camera around in about 30 seconds. tamron, if you bare with me. you'll see the arrival of yet another candidate. people have been coming here throughout the weekend. bill clinton was here yesterday and hillary clinton here as well at a church campaigning throughout the week and we expect to see more and more people arriving not only throughout the week but now you'll see the arrival of hillary clinton. this is an off the record event which is why we could not tell our viewers about it until just now

. ♪ >> you heard tamron there.hat was the theme song written by prince about two years ago for news nation with tamron hall on this news network in this time slot. they had become very close friends. good morning to you, everyone. i'm craig melvin in for tamron, who will be joining us a little later this hour. we're live outside prince's home in the minneapolis suburb of chanhassen, minnesota. of course this is paisley park where he was found unresponsive just over 24 hours ago. since then hundreds, if not thousands of his heartbroken fans have been coming here to pay tribute. many leaving flowers, memorabilia, artwork, cards, teddy bears, other tributes to the icon have been pouring in, from everyone from president obama to prince's fellow artists. following his death, tamron hall tweeted this. like a bird without a song. i've lost one of my best friends today. i know he would have advice right now. prince, i'm listening as always. a late development today. the autopsy on prince has started to try and figure out t

tamron hall became very close friends with prince over the years.e composed a theme song for her show "news nation" right here on msnbc. >> this is the new at "news station" theme song composed by none other the music icon, prince. >> following his death, tamron tweeted, a bird without a song. i lost one of my best friends today. i know he would have an advise right now. prince, i am listening as always. earlier today, i talked to tamron of the prince that she knew and the conversations they had of the last days of his wife. >> tamron, let's start with how you guys became such good friends. how did it happen? >> oh, hi craig and hi to our team there. prince reached out to me years ago and we just bonded over his interests in news and interests in family and it just turned into what was one of the most incredible friendships and relationships in my life when i tweeted out that i lost one of my best friends, that was not something that i ever imagine i would say. >>. >> i knew this is hard and i know that you talked to him a few days ago as well. did

and tamron, i think this is the most important point. if you see ted cruz's victory statement last night, and you look at the way donald trump responded, the reason all of the momentum has shifted is ted cruz is getting better as a candidate. he is growing into the role of being a presidential nominee, and ultimately, being a president. >> is it that he is growing or donald trump is getting worse? >> both. and there's no question, if you look at ted cruz's victory statement in iowa, and you compare it to what we heard last night, he has dropped the sort of preachy, oily televangelist thing he was doing several months ago, and he has become a more effective candidate. right now, you have four candidates left. it's the same hillary, the same bernie, the same donald. it's a different ted cruz. and that's why the momentum is on his side. one other thing about new york. nobody is saying it, but it's kind of the elephant in the room. new york is the only state in the union, maybe florida, but new york more, where the jewish vote is actually ve

i'm tamron half. shot from brooklyn and peter alexander is standing by. peter, thank you so much. you know these things happen. it is as we say live coverage. thanks for covering. >> i travel with the sfud owe everywhere, thanks, tamron. >> let's keep the show on the road. if there's one thing we're learning about the gop primary, every single delegate counts. there's a good chunk that still belongs to senator marco rubio. he has 172. that's 10% of all of the delegates awarded so far. and more thandown kasich, by the way, can claim at this point, but a new nbc analyst found exactly how many of rubio's delegates are now up for grabs. nbc's chief correspondent ari melber joins us now. he still has supporters but he's also important as relates to the delegates. break down how this impacts an open convention. >> that's right, tamron. he has 172 delegates he won and he took the unusual step to hold onto them. what we can report is for the first time 34 of them are now going to be up for grabs. that is comi

. >> tamron hal was a close friend. she told nbc earlier today that she recently touched base with him. >> i e-mailed him on saturday and i said, prince, are you okay? he immediately wrote back, are you okay? >> reporter: she said they didn't hear any sign of illness in his voice. no traces of the flu. >> i didn't press him on what happened. it was clear that he did not want to elaborate on it. and he wanted me to come to paisley that night for his fan appreciation concert. and i took the fact that he was hosting something and wanted me to be there there as a sign that he was okay. >> reporter: tamron didn't end up going, but about 200 people did. this man was among them. >> he posted on his twitter account, saying dance party with a dj on saturday night, $10 entrance, and it's a celebrate the good weather we're having and the thank fans for all their love and support. >> reporter: he told us the crowd was packed with locals and teenagers back offing in the sultry music and weather. prince appeared at midnight. >> the f

there's tamron hall in a purple dress. how did that come about?d this before, i send pictures of whatever outfit, even special occasion, golden globes, prince would always love to give his thoughts both good and bad on some of the choices. i had take an selfie. i had given him that selfie, i don't know, years ago. and he sent me a note, and we typically would communicate really late at night even though i get up early for the "today" show, we would talk on the phone on friday night until 3:00 in the morning and go to sleep and resume the conversation in the afternoon. it was just a picture. he said, i'm going to put this on the single. of course, i'm thinking how did i go from being a fan of prince on my school bus in middle school singing the tracks from "purple rain" to me friend? you know, saying, i'm going to put this picture of you on my single. those are the things that, of course, aren't big headlines but the things i have, in my intimate mind and my heart, because he was so private about his life. you know, those are the things that bill w

new york is critical and the margins are critical, tamron. if secretary clinton wins by double digits, that would make it really difficult for senator sanders to come back and clinch the nomination. he'd have to win more than 70% of the delegates moving forward. that is a really steep climb. what we have seen in recent days, the rhetoric heating up between these two candidates and i anticipate we'll see that heading into tomorrow as well, tamron. >> kristen, thank you very much. going back to buffalo, new york, bill clinton is speaking right now. let's listen in. >> for president of the united states. and it really matters. you know, i'm very grateful to all the people standing up here with me for the work they have done and the support they have given to hillary. you have no idea how many times she still talks to me about the joy she got of being a senator from new york and going to places that many people had forgotten. buffalo, a lot of people had given up on. not now, it's a roaring success. in syracuse, in watertown, in rochester and bin

tamron? >> they say that but katrina pierson said they're confident they'll reach the delegates by june. going to go to colorado in a few this hour and trump has cancelled appearances out west and great questions about the ground game in colorado and seem to all but given up and get a delegate out of what's playing out there. >> reporter: right, and you heard paul manafort saying he was asked about cruz's sophisticated campaign on the ground and said, look, cruz is running a very clever campaign and we're going to do our own delegate stealing in the weeks ahead. and sign seasoned operatives and say they're on the game and getting on it now. >> thank you very much, jacob rascon and more on the republicans later in the hour but now back to the democratic race. it was once cordial and now it's taken a different tone. the question is how long will it last? this tone that we've heard the past few days. hillary clinton sat down for an exclusive interview with "today show's" matt lauer. the state of

willie ask tnd tamron?tamron?od contributor billy has an easy recipe for crab cakes and homemade brownies. >> six ingredients plus the vegetable oil. eggs, mayo, lemon, bread crust and seasoning. we'll put the crab and the bread kr crumbs aside. >> i wanted to see willie do it all. >> throw the lemon? >> i've known him 15 years. >> since kindergarten. >> babies in the womb. >> pretty much. >> after you do this with a whisk, we're going to take it lighter with the crab meat. put it in, willie. >> it's lump crab? >> it's bigger chunks. that's why we're doing it gently, so not to break it up too much. when people bite into a crab cake, they want to try the meat. do the same with the bread crumbs. this is a japanese bread crumb, flaky and course, with the crunch. i love it or everything. >> you get more texture? >> a light krun crunch. we'll make a patty out of it. use your hands or take a scooper like this. it'll end up looking like that. formulate it with your hands. then we're going to put that in the fridge actual

i'm tamron hall. we're back here live at the brooklyn roasting company in brooklyn, new york, where in exactly a week, both parties are holding their next presidential primary. right now, we're looking at a lot of action on the campaign trail. bernie sanders is holding a town hall in upstate new york. while in new york city, john kasich is delivering what his campaign is billing as a major speech on the two paths facing america. both bill and hillary clinton by the way, are also out this morning. she's taking part in a roundtable celebrating equal pay day. the former president is about to address supporters in queens. take a look at this. our new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll shows clinton now holds a sizable lead in new york ahead of bernie sanders. double digits now. 14 points. now, let's look at the republican side. donald trump now has 54 points, that's a 33-point lead over john kasich, who is in second with numbers like this, it's possible that trump could walk away next week with al

. >> hi, tamron. that's right. and senator sanders, it's clear, has taken what hillary clinton has said about him very personally and, you know, she did not say directly he is, quote, not qualified, in her interview with "morning joe" that kicked this off. she also didn't definitively say i know he is qualified to be president. this morning, of course, she extended her remarks to a certain extent. senator sanders, it's clear, has really evolved in how he is talking about hillary clinton. right? you remember back in 2015, when he would talk very specifically about how he was going to maintain an issues focus. if the crowd booed hillary clinton, he would wave them off. this campaign has gotten heated as senator sanders has started to raise more money than hillary clinton, has won state after state. people don't recognize that's what's going on. you really saw that come to a head last night at his rally. tens of thousands of people in philadelphia. he essentially adjusted his usual stump speech remarks. he always talk

. >> look at tamron hall. look at the tassels, like the cowgirl look. >> why are you doing this? "monarch" magazine, thank you. i'm now sweating. dylan, save us. i'm embarrassed, believe it or not. >> you look absolutely beautiful. i love those pictures. oh! and not so beautiful over here. very graceful. chance of thunder in there. it takes a lot -- [ laughter ] >> that's a magazine cover. >> that is great. >> that is a magazine cover. >> love that. it takes a lot to zar me scare me. i'm not a screamer, but the air horn put me over the edge. >>> we have cold air moving in. it'll be chilly into the first weekend of april. look as we go into this afternoon. about 10 degrees below average. into saturday, we drop to 15 degrees below average. buffalo, 40 degrees for a high. sunday, it makes its way to the northeast. highs in the 30s and 40s. even 2 >>> it's another mild day, but a gray day. umbrella handy, showers on and off. high temperature later today, 73 degrees. leftover showers early this evening, lows about

and one of them was our colleague from the "today" show and msnbc, tamron hall.offered us a private peek at a cherished friendship. >> this is the new at news nation theme song composed for my team by none other than that music icon, prince. prince is a news junkie. >> yeah. >> reporter: for tamron hall, it was a gift from one close friend to another. >> prince reached out to me years ago and we just bonded over his interest in news, his interest in family, and it just turned into what was one of the most incredible friendships and relationships of my life. >> reporter: today, she spoke out about her loss and their friendship during a phone call to msnbc. >> in my life, the only other person i spoke with, speak with more than prince is my mother. this is the person i communicated with more than anyone. but i think it's important for people to understand that prince was such a compassionate person. we typically would communicate really late at night. even though i get up early for "the today show". we could talk on the phone on friday night until 3:00 in the morni

kristen welker has that story. >> reporter: tamron, good morning. could the 2016 race change?o release records and he's gone all the way to the supreme court. could be yet another twist in the ruckus rate. >> my name is sibley. >> he's that attorney who filed an application with the supreme court asking the court to allow him to release records from the dc madam escort service. names and phone numbers tied up due to a restraining order. say time is of the essence. without offering specifics, sibley has stirred up a frenzy of speculation with this cliff hanger. >> those records contain information relevant to the 2016 presidential election. >> in this online video posted last month, sibley asks for donations for his mounting legal fees after lower courts denied his requests. >> i must continue this fight. >> reporter: this all started in 2007 when the dc madam scandal broke rocking the nation's capital, even bringing down david bitter. >> i want to offer my deep sincere apologies to all those i have let down and disappointed with these actions from my past. i am completely resp

>> well, i think you summed it up well there, tamron.ook, the polling suggests that ted cruz has an advantage. what's significant is that cruz's advantage does not look to be as strong as it was a week ago. that's very interesting because cruz has been all over the state. he's campaigned very, very hard. what i think a lot of people expected was that when governor walker and really a lot of the republican establishment came out for cruz, that trump might step back. it's very fascinating. he has not stepped back. he has done an intensive campaign in wisconsin. and he's gone to a lot of places out state, places like superior and green bay. i'm hearing that turnout in those places are very, very good. so my sense is that we might have a closer republican result than expected. and it's fascinating that i think this is one of the first cases where trump has really fought for a state. he has -- he has worked it hard. and i think that may be some of what you're getting in that back and forth there. he's very combative. he clearly is in an uphil

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tamron actually talked to prince just days before his death.p and about that last conversation. >> prince reached out to me years ago and we just bonded over his interest in news, his interest in family and it just turned into what was one of the most incredible friendships and relationships of my life. when i tweeted out that i've lost one of my best friends, that was not something that i ever imagined i would say. >> i know this is -- i know this is hard. i know that you talked to him a few days ago as well. did you get the sense during that conversation, tamron, that there was anything wrong, that he was not okay in any way? >> like everyone else, i started to see the social media, information about an emergency la landing. i e-mailed him on saturday and i said, prince, are you okay? he immediately wrote back, are you okay? that was kind of a joke being that we would do sometimes. he said, call me. i called him and we talked for nearly three hours, which was not uncommon for us to do. i did not hear anything that sounded like the flu or a co

tamron and prince were on a different level. very tight. >> he called in here. >> look at our reactions when we learned prince was on the phone. >> i said, hello, prince. he said -- >> hello, ms. tamron. >> ladies and gentlemen, prince. >> what? >> prince is on the phone right now? >> prince and i, if you don't know already, are very close. we talk pretty much every day. >> come on with us and perform for us. >> only if i can say, only if willie can be in my band. i want to sing one time, hit me >> done, done. >>? >> you are loved. speak soon. >> love you back. >> i didn't think it was really prince. >> i didn't believe it for the longest time. >> that's not prince. >> so cool. so missed. >> special moment. >>> so many sites are paying homage to prince, including the apollo theater in harlem, with their sign right there. i couldn't read what it said. sorry. then the minnesota twins. he's an a icon across the world, bu especiallye twins donning the purple for him. brooklyn, spike lee threw an impromptu party outside of his headqu

tamron, you're from texas so i know you're familiar with this area. want to give you a look at buffalo bayou on the look of downtown. it is much higher than normal at this hour. as you can see, it's spilling onto the sidewalk here and we have a 70% chance of rain for this afternoon. it would not take much at all to send buffalo bayou and the other bayous in this area over their banks again, the ground is so saturated here. schools in the houston area are still closed, at least the houston independent school district, which is several hundred thousand students. i will say that mass transit has reopened. businesses have reopened. mass transit is running, rather. and the city is trying to get back to normal. but we've got pockets of places like the one you're looking at now from a helicopter where there are rescues going on from places like apartment complex and where you're seeing still high water areas. but as quick low as the water comes up in the houston area, it often goes down. what it has left behind in its wake is a muddy mess that will be more t

tamron has the day off.ay at just 57 years old. we'll be paying tribute to his life, legacy, music all morning long. it was one of those things, you hit your phone and go no. >> you couldn't believe it. for somebody who is so ageless, i couldn't believe he was 57 years old. >> i had the same reaction. >> he would have been 58 in a couple months. i thought, i'm three years older than prince? how is that possible? >> i did the math backwards. 57, that means he was only 22, 23 years old when he was putting out these revolutionary, iconic records in the early '80s, "1999" and "purple rain." natalie is outside his paisley park home and studio in suburban minneso minneapolis. >> you can see people continue to come here. they are paying tribute, leaving along memorabilia to honor prince. there are still more questions than answers this morning as to the cause of his death. he was found dead inside of his paisley park estate. the recording studio. it was about 9:43 a.m. when he was found unresponsive. a short time l

tamron is in the orange room. our viewers had questions. tamron? should a parent really be helping a college graduate find a job? i mean, seriously? >> it's a great question. no one likes a helicopter parent. you can't do it for your kid. you can help encourage, but you can't do it for them. they have to go through the process, but you can be there as a good parent to help. >> tamron, another? >> we do. do summer internships lead to full time employment post graduation? if so, should we be aiming for internships as soon as the summer after freshman year or later? >> internships, we all know, are a part of the game. the key is to know that most internships don't lead to the permanent job. they sdn auditions. they should be thought of as gaining experience. i'm a big believer in kids having real-life experience to go with those professional internships. >> a lot of parents and students dealing with this now. jim, thank you very much. we appreciate it. by the way, for more of his advice and how you can download the "parent's guide to the career playbo

tamron? >> thank you, al. >>> motherly love. susan sarandon plays a mom who doesn't recognize personal boundaries. she comes from new jersey to l.a. to live near her successful but single daughter played by rose byrne. here they are, sharing a valentine's day dinner when spotted by rose's ex. >> we don't want to interrupt your girlfriend. >> no, no. it's fine. we were just doing a drive-by until i go out later. i didn't want her to spend valentine's day alone. >> i didn't want her to spend it alone either. >> i'm not alone. >> we're together. >> until later, when i'm meeting other people. >> i thought we were having a sleep over. >> nope. >> so cute. i wish my mom and i were that close. >> maybe when you get older. >> the sleepovervalentine's. susan and rose, good to see you. >> morning. >> i know your son-in-law kyle well. he's a friend of mine. >> i didn't know that. >> he says you're nothing like this character. you're a wonderful mother and mother-in-law and would never smother. >> it's true. i'm scared of them. waiting unti

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how, tamron. >> big smiles on our faces in here.ople"'s senior west coast writer, julie jordan. are we ready? >> ready. >> this is fun. ready over there? >> yeah. >> i have the button. here's the confetti. >> oh! >> oh is right. >> there's our song. tell us what makes jennifer aniston your most beautiful. >> well, she's one of the most beloved stars in hollywood. people have truly adored her since "friends." she takes such good care of herself. she's happier than she's ever been. she got married last august. has a new film, "mother's day," coming out. she's more gorgeous than ever. >> she's now over 40, right? >> 47. >> 47? >> amazing. >> and she looks so flawless. >> she's gorgeous. she's really mindful about what she puts in her body. she knows it's important to feel good on the inside so she looks feeling healthy and strong. that's what makes her feel beautiful. >> real talk conversation. there are a lot of people who would think some of the "it" girls we see floating around, she is still an "it" girl. what was the debate like? >

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i'm willie along with al and tamron. natalie, out on assignment. your morning jam, tamron, is?t yesterday and said, this is going to be my song. >> a shoutout right now to katie lee. she made this lasagna rollup that, right now, everybody is going nuts for. our stage manager, zach, is stage managing with one hand with a cup of this. >> okay. song of the day is katie lee. she's our american girl. >> right now in our kitchen, everybody is in there grabbing. check out today food. these rollups are the bomb. >> i love the various takeout packaging. zach has this coffee cup. >> why not? >> people are coming in and -- >> wrapping it up in sweaters. >> the kitchen has been sacked. >> katie, you started a riot back there. >> i love it. >> so good. >> and it's veggie. lasagna. >> this is going in the rotation. >> too bad you didn't get any this morning. it was good. >> if there is any left, i'll get some. >> there's not going to be any left. >> we need a cup for willie. >> please. >> just bring the pan. >> the pan of lasagna. >> thank you. >> we need a couple of forks. >> you can eat it

i'm willie with al, tamron and natalie.of the charts with eight weeks at number one. rihanna tied the beatles for the artist with the second most weeks at the top of the charts. her songs combined have spent 59 weeks at the top. she's on tour. seems like she never stops touring. friends of mine saw her when she was here and said it was phenomenal. the question is, who holds the all-time record? my guess was michael jackson but i was wrong. >> it's wrong? that's what i was going to say. >> elvis. >> that was my second and they also said it was wrong. >> it'll be something you don't expect. >> the baja men. >> mariah. >> me and mariah go back like babies and pacifiers. >> you do? >> 79 weeks. >> wow. >> interesting. i mean, let me tell you -- >> i guess she has had a lot of big hits. >> download mariah carey's greatest hits. it's a day of fun. i also made a special request we show elmo dancing to "work." >> what are you looking for, al? >> the "o" is missing. >> t-day. >> do we know where the "o" is? >> i'd like to buy an "o.

thanks so much, tamron.w to the northern parts of the great lakes. looking at wet weather as we get into the mississippi river valley. here it comes today. snow for the great lakes. get up into the north. the storms will develop along this front by the afternoon into the evening hours from cincinnati all the way down to atlanta. then it pushes through to thursday. the rain will move off shore in the south heiss. parts of new england still seeing heavy rain. snowfall amounts, basically the heaviest snow in northern michigan into central wisconsin and rainfall amounts generally about half an inch to an inch although heavier as you get up into new england where we cou >>> good wednesday morning to you. meteorologist anthony slaughter here tracking some very warm numbers now. 75 in half moon bay. that's your current temperature. even right now in san francisco, 70. 64 in the south bay. later on this afternoon we are all heading to temperatures in the 80s at the coastline and 90s for inland locations. 92 nor nort