willie geist joins us. willie, jump in. >> pete, it's willie. as you say, these two suspects believed to have been here as long as a year. do we know in what capacity? were they students? do we know anything about why they've been here? >> presumably students. we don't have the answer to that. they're still trying to tentatively -- they're still waiting to get the positive identification. we don't know the precise nature of what the visa was or how they entered the u.s. >> as you say, a remarkable lockdown here. we're talking about the commuter rail, the t, the subway there, buses. that's people getting in and out of downtown boston. and the western suburbs essentially locked down. nobody allowed outside. newton, watertown, belmont, waltham, cambridge, alton, brighton. all in a state of lockdown. pete, do they have any leads at this point? a guy gets into a car and drives away. they said he fled on foot. did they pursue him at that point? >> he did get away and they were trying to find him. they now believe they know the building where he is. th

>> michael, it's willie geist in new york.he hospitals and law enforcement both reporting that there were ball bearings inside this bomb. not some of the other projectiles like nails that you might find in other improvised explosive devices, particularly like those you see in afghanistan. what can the kind of bomb used yesterday tell you about who may have been behind this? >> as a general matter, willie, the type of bomb, the explosives, was this gun powder? was it some higher quality explosive like petn, was it hydrogen peroxide? that will give a load about the type of organizations behind this. the fact there were ball bearings in this is it clearly tells you that whoever did this was intending to maim and kill. this wasn't an attempt to just, you know, do some damage and scare some people. this was someone or a group trying to kill people. you know, beyond that, i think it's really dangerous to say ball bearings suggest domestic or international. the fact is whether it's al qaeda or domestic terrorist groups or hezbollah,

look at willie geist out there! unbelievable! someone save willie! this morning. governor, i want to ask you because the story where you are not unlike the story here which is that there are resilient people, of course, but they are hurting. i'm wondering what you say as a governor and a man when you put your arm around somebody whose house is washed away and doesn't know what their life looks like tomorrow or the year after that, what do you say to those people? >> first, you just embrace them and let them know -- i say to people, we will not forget you and that nothing is going to get fixed overnight and people know that. but i tell people we haven't forgotten them and the most important thing. i think what most people are scared they will be forgotten. i say -- don't make promises you can't keep. i say we will work hard to get them back in their homes and when we do their lives will get back to a new normal. >> governor chris christie, stay with us, because up next, we are going to meet 10-year-old ginger doherty and her mom gail whose was flooded

tonight, jay welcomes -- kim kardashian, from "the today show" willie geist, the music of imagine dragonsd april fools pranks. and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show." nice to have you here. thank you. very kind. listen to this, folks -- [ cheers and applause ] oh, my gosh. listen to this. have you heard about this? north korea is now threatening the united states with all-out war. what the hell did dennis rodman say to these people? [ laughter ] what did he do? no, north korea is claiming they now have the military technology to launch intercontinental missiles. and they're threatening the united states with total annihilation. which brings us to another edition of "why i'm not scared anymore." [ light laughter ] now -- okay, now, here is our military command center. there it is right there. pretty sophisticated. can we show north korea's military command center? okay, there you go. [ laughter ] that's why i'm not scared any

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also political commentator, cookie roberts, and in new york, willie geist.e were asleep, tell us about the game last night. >> believe it or not, joe, i stayed up to watch it. and i woke up this morning and i saw video of people filling the streets of louisville dancing, celebrating flipping over cars and it was for one reason, to celebrate the birthday of joe scarborough which falls today. a significant birthday, shall we say, joe. fair to say? >> i'm turning 36. >> 36. >> anyway, isn't that exciting? >> you aged well. >> i have. you believe this? i don't look a day over 29. all right. let's -- willie, thank you for bringing up something i didn't want to bring up. so tell us about the game. how was it? >> much more on that story throughout the show, by the way. louisville, it was a great, exciting game. louisville ended up winning by six points in the end, but they were down 12 in the first half. and the story in the first half was this kid spike from michigan, a freshman, a little 5'11" backup to the star trey burke. got a couple of fouls on him. this kid

willie geist, good morning, bill i willie. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you.s is the rockaways, an 11-mile peninsula that stretches from the atlantic ocean to the south. hammered six months ago by superstorm sandy. about 4 miles from where i'm standing, breezy point, made infamous for the giant fire that swept through the community, built by and for firefighters, now reduced to ruins. >> there's not a single house here that was unaffected. >> i thought we were never coming back. >> reporter: before water and then fire ripped apart breezy point, not much else could. >> everybody knows each otherch everybody looks out for each other. there is no place i'd ever lived. >> it's the kind of place, you go to the beach. you don't bra bike lock, you leave your bike there. >> reporter: breezy.is the a tight knit working class community, known affectionately as the irish rivera. marty ingram another family has been here since the '20s, today he's the chief of the fire department, one of three, as his fire house filled with water on that october night, chief ingram went o

. >> chief, it's willie geist. can you talk about how exceptional and unusual it is and what it would take for you to suggest shutting down public transportation around a major city and also locking down, at least by my count, seven communities in the suburbs? >> yeah, it really is. it's an extraordinary measure. most times it's usually just a neighbor. often, we will close down, you know, a bus line or a subway line just to confine people to an area so there is no escape route. clearly, boston and the suburbs, it's not like new york in certain respects. a lot more means to escape in routes. whether or not this guy ditched one car and now has a second car, and may be trying to escape. if he is not holed up in a building maybe he is making good of his escape by car or by foot. unfortunately, if you will expae expand this drag net. i know they have a lot more information than we have presently and they know the extent of the threat. number two, the guy has already killed one police officer and seriously wounded anoth

i guarantee you it's halftime of the tax rate that willie geist pays. why? why? why? politically, why? why would he do that? >> i can't believe it. that number just screamed at me. 18.4%. >> can we put that up again? how much? 18%. >> i was figuring yesterday and watching all of my money. gets toward 50% if you live -- >> this is a problem with liberals that come forward and talk about raising taxes on the rest of us! and raising taxes on small business owners and having these rich guys come on tv going, let's raise taxes. i don't need tax cuts. those guys that are saying it are paying 16%, 17%, 18%! barack obama has been championing raising taxes on small business owners for years! and he is paying 18% in taxes because raising those taxes don't affect him! and he talks about fairness? this guy, this guy talks about fairness? and he is paying 18%? he wants to jack tax rates up to 39% and if you live in connecticut or new york or illinois or california, you're paying over 50% in taxes after you take the local, the state, and the national! and barack obama, class warrio

and willie geist. mike barnicle.nd the host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> it really is a big day and you can't overstate the compromise and the power of the compromise that joe manchin and pat toomey have put together. here are two conservatives. manchin without a doubt the most conservative in the senate. pat toomey for my money' i've said it all along, one of the true conservatives in the u.s. senate from pennsylvania. it bears repeating. while the rest of the party jumped off the cliff when bush was president, toomey remained conservative and voted against a medicare drug benefit plain and he got elected in pennsylvania, a blue state and this compromise is incredible. guys like us paul ryan we respect pat toomey so much and why it's not a surprise paul ryan yesterday said i'll take my leave from pat toomey. >> we have a lot on this to cover. we start with the proposal on expanded background checks for commercial g

i'm willie geist with al roker and natalie morales.n colarossi will debate topics like do you have to invite somebody to your party because they invited you? you can get in and twe tweet #teamwillie for yes and #teammegan for no. >> you think people should -- >> i do for the sake of the segment to make the case but i don't. >> i'm with megan. >> what's grabbing your attention online when we reve the hottest google searches. >>> we're getting revved up for old school toys, bringing back fun childhood memories with games popular with a new generation of kids. i like that, go-kart, too. >> and seniors get to ride them, too. >> oh! al has a check of the weather. >> i'm probably older than joe. >> i was going to say, age check. >> let's show you what's going on for "today" we have a lot of snow in the rockies, we've got showers in the pacific northwest, risk of strong storms in the central mississippi river valley, high surf advisories, windy conditions in southern california. tomorrow that risk of strong storms from texas into oklahoma, we

willie geist got the assignment to stay up late and watch the entire game. willie, good morning. you liked it? >> richard goes to the dmz, i go to the basketball game. these are tough assignments. one of those games, you say i'll stay up until halftime. the game was so good you had to stay up to the end. fun, fast-paced. down in atlanta. all eyes were on the court you couldn't help but sneak a glance at the bench where kevin ware was rooting on his team to victory. with their victory monday night the louisville cardinals did something they refused to do eight days earlier -- they cut down the nets. >> one shining moment. >> this time to celebrate winning the ncaa championship. louisville skipped the tradition after the quarterfinal, the same night sophomore guard kevin ware suffered that gruesome broken leg. but on monday night ware was on the bench cheering his teammates on. >> these are my brothers. they got the job done. i'm so proud of them. i'm so proud of them. >> reporter: despite a gutsy first half performance by michigan's backup, louisville rallied from a 12-point defic

i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. >> i'm available, weddings, barmitzvahs, anyonetchen fast" meals for busy families that cost about two bucks per serving. >> for the first time in the rock center ring a live performance from a rising star in the skating world, javier fernandez. >> you have a look at what's coming up on "weekend today." >> we do. brian banks served five years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. now his dream of playing professional football is coming true and he's going to sit down to talk to us about joining the atlanta falcons. live concerts brought to life with sign language. how this is changing the music experience for so many fans. >>> we'll introduce you to a family who would rather move out of their home than give up their cherished pet pig petey. >>> i'm going to change my casual look and some new spring fashion trends to see if i can indeed pull them off. >> ooh. did you pull something there? >> no, that was my catalogue pose. >> give us a little blue steel. >> oh yeah. >> you know. >> yeah, work it! work it! >> we'll have more of his

i want to bring in my colleague, willie geist. we want to update people. there is a lot of folks just waking up on the west coast. it's been an extraordinary 11 hours now since the robbery at the convenience store. the attempted robbery by these two brothers. we know that one is still loose. dzhokhar tsarnaev. we know the older brother tamerlan tsarnaev is dead. we know two people in custody, not necessary related, that live in the apartment that these two brothers live in. willie, you have been covering things overnight. give us the tick talk through that convenience store robbery to where we are right now. >> as pete williams is pointing out for us this morning this came out because of the actions of these two alleged terrorists. they decided to rob a 7-eleven at 10:20 in cambridge. they went and murdered a police officer sitting in his vehicle at m.i.t. that led to a carjacking. they took a black mercedes suv. they held at gunpoint the driver of that car for 30 minutes before releasing the driver unharmed. at that point, there's a chase and authorities

i think willie geist said. this is the very definition of terrorism. you have an entire metro area on lockdown. because of one guy. one guy having more than 1 million people staying inside their homes. one guy with thousands upon thousands of federal, local and state officials and authorities searching for him. this is all for one person. we're not even sure there's another accomplice out there. if this was the goal, it was to insight terror, this was certainly a very successful example of that. safety is the biggest priority here. it's very jarring. it's very awe inspiring to see. not in a good way of course just how much panic and how many terror one person can cause. >> you have absolutely hit the nail on the head there because we've been talking about that all day. clint van zandt, as you're still with me here, you and i have talked countless times on the air about terrorism activities and criminals and we always hate talking about it because you think that copycats can ensue as a result of that. but in this case, this must be covered wall to wall

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

i'm willie geist with natalie morales and al roker.> also, once a rule-breaker but we're going to show you how you can wear white before memorial day, and then also -- really so concerned. >>> from fabric to rugs and paint color, choosing the right white for your home. >>> plus giada de laurentiis is going to show us how to take advantage of spring peas. i don't know why you'd want to take advantage of them. they didn't do anything to you. >> leave the poor peas alone. let them just be in their pod. >> they were safe in their pod and all of a sudden taking advantage of them. >> taking advantage of them. >> i hate that. >> all right, al, a check of the weather. >> we digress. >> today we have a risk of strong storms from the gulf coast to philadelphia and pennsylvania, we're looking at wet weather making its way behind that and snow up in the rockies, i should say in the northern plains, wet weather in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow that risk of strong storms makes their way to the southeast, on into the ohio river valley, wet weat

willie geist is following all of them for us. good morning. you've been watching a lot. >> i've been watching a lot of golf. you have as well, matt, by at least one measure this year's masters is among the most anticipated ever. scalpers are selling the coveted $250 badges for $12,000. lot of that price can be attributed to one man, tiger woods. he is number one again and now looking for his fifth jacket. the masters is back and so is tiger with his new girlfriend olympic gold medalist lindsey vonn cheering him on at augusta, tiger woods is back on top of the golf world for the first time since 2010 and at 2 under par right in the hunt after the first round. >> i think the rest of the field acknowledges he's the tiger of old. >> reporter: his love life and his swagger have returned. the focused tiger, whose first masters title came by a legendary 12 strokes in 1997. at augusta this year, one of tiger's competitors doesn't quite remember that victory, because he wasn't born yet. 14-year-old eighth grader, ti tianlang guan capped off his first r

but i've got a feeling, willie geist, i know they're working quietly behind the scenes. think it's going to be like welfare reform. bill clinton vetoed twice until he realized we republicans were going to keep sending him welfare reform. i think you've got these people. lost 20 percentage points. he's going to want to find a bill he can support and tell his people that. >> they're going to have to do if they want to turn their poll numbers around, but if you look at toomey, joe manchin has said again on sunday he wants to go back in over the next 18 months, put something together and get this done. pat toomey says i'm going to turn to fiscal issues. he says i'm not aware of anything that would turn out differently if we held the vote. you have two guys in the middle of this who seem to have two different mindsets about whether it's wise to keep pushing on th this. >> some people wait until after deadlines. right now if you're republican and you've seen what's happened over the last couple of cycles even though it's not going to apply to 2014. the second you get past that

>> willie geist here. is there any suspension whatsoever of criminal element to this at all? i think the officer who just spoke at the press conference defected that a little bit and hadn't seen any sign of that. is there any suspicion or are they looking into that? >> the officers said they want to treat it as a crime scene until they can rule it out it it wasn't a crime and it was, indeed an industrial accident. in fact, texas has a long history of industrial accidents involving anhydrous ammonia dating 66 years ago on april 16th, 1947, thousands of people were killed in texas city which a ship carrying the same type of fertilizer that blew up here exploded on a ship. the ship started fire. people started coming down to the docks to see what was burning. the ship blew up and killed thousands of people but it wasn't over then. a second ship, the high flyer, was right next to it and the next day, it exploded and that explosion was so powerful, it knocked airplanes out of the sky. that was the worst industrial accident in all of last -- the last century and now we have had it

and margaret carlson from the bloomberg view and the great willie geist as well. lot to talk about today. greg walden, man, we will talk about that in a second. he kind of got it from both sides. >> started with you and heard it j john boehner and about everybody else in his party. >> he did not have a good day. >>> the gun control debate is officially on the senate floor. 16 republicans, that's a pretty big number. 16 republicans joined 50 democrats and two independents in voting to allow the debate to begin. proposals will include background checks on gun sales and strength mental health and safety school programs. some families of the newtown tragedy have mixed feelings about the vote. >> i was very pleased with how many yeses we did have and happy to get this passed but i was completely shocked there were so many who were still against this and who still believe that we don't need to be heard, that newtown doesn't deserve a vote and that nothing needs to be done. we had a good start. this is one thing we needed done and -- >> the vote was enough to overcome vo

willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales and another treat, another front row seat, new kidsto be here today and she almost forced her way into the studio to be here. i had to keep her away from your guys. >> my new kids on the block were the mousketeers. >> they did some good work. always a treat to hear from those guys. let's get right into our take three. our take one is the controversy at rutgers university at the basketball coach, basketball practice showing head coach mike rice yelling insults at his ployers including home ophobic slurring and throwing basketballs at them at point blank range and even getting physical pushing some of them. the tapes allegedly were shown to university officials, not just the athletic director but the president of the university back in november by former director of player development, eric murdock, he was a former nba player. he said when he raised this issue -- >> last summer. >> loose summer. he says when he raised the issue, it cost him his job. the university said mr. murdock's contract was not renewed, he was not terminated. on the

inside studio 1a, i'm willie geist alongside al roker. what were you doing? dancing? one is the transition at the "tonight show." the worst kept secret in show business. jimmy fallon announced yesterday will take over for jay leno. the confirmation coming, the transition will be next spring right after the winter olympics. and leno and fallon addressed the big news last night on their shows. >> had a really awkward day today. had to call david letterman and tell him he didn't get the "tonight show" again. well today i accepted a new position. i'm going to be the head basketball coach at rutgers university. >> this is "late night" with jimmy fallon, for now. i love you so much. i love you so much and i love this job and i love coming in. i just love doing it. thank you so much. >> jimmy, got a little choked up. that's obviously a huge moment. >> we're all big fans, of course, of jimmy and jay, as well. all of us are happy for jimmy, but we know that jay has a lot more opportunities ahead for him, as well. >> yeah, i used to work in studio 6b where jimmy does his show n

she was great. >> that's on my dvr, too. >>> inside studio 1a i'm willie geist and natalie morales and hidden money in your home. >> i brought a painting i bought at a consignment shop in connecticut years ago. it's something i liked but who knows, we'll see what it's worth coming up in a little bit, like our version of "antiques road show." >>> how to pull off spring fashion trends like cutouts and sheers, could be a little tricky, not for everyone perhaps. definitely the look. don't wear those cutouts, willie. >>> and as you all know it hasn't been smooth sailing for the cruising industry but maybe that's a good time to book a cruise. we'll show you where the deals are. >> no better time. shout out to natalie the newest cover girl for -- >> siemre muier." >> hispanic woman's magazine. natalie you look great on the cover and inside. >> thank you. >> it's an interesting profile, a little history of your career in journalism and also a list history of your relationship with jo. >> definitely. i think what's amazing to me is being able to be in a magazine, it's a spanish speaking magazin

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

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

i'm willie geist along with al and natalie.p to washington, d.c. and we'll give you a firsthand look at history as well and also a chance, perhaps, for you to go on and win a trip to d.c. as well with your own kids. >> that's cool. this is such a great series. it really is, watching these kids grow up. >> it's hard to believe they're fifth grade, almost going into sixth grade soon. >>> plus, world-famous chef eric ripert will be taking a trip down memory lane with his take on the classic french dish, stew bullaibase. >> just mumble it. al in that accent has a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we have, as far as your -- is concerned. for today, we're looking at wet weather stretching from western new york all the way down to the gulf. in fact, we've got a tornado watch in effect for the lower gulf until about 1:00 this afternoon. beautiful day in the pacific northwest, sunny, temperatures in the 70s. rain and snow through the upper midwest. for tomorrow, that rain moves off the mid-atlantic coast, we've got some showe

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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

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

. >> i'm concerned, willie geist, for my republican party, if they do filibuster not like we reachedhe end of history. newtown is not the end of history. think of the killings and shootings since newtown. there hasn't been a mass killing yet but there will be. why do we know that? look in the recent past, kids shot up in an oregon mall. teenagers shot and killed while they are watching a movie in aurora, colorado. a grandmother shot while worshipping god up in minnesota. and then, of course, these first graders dismembered by all of the bullets that were shot at them in rapid succession. republicans, maybe they believe this is the end of history, but it's going to happen again and when it happens again and 92% of americans have asked them to do something and they don't do it, it's just going to have devastating political impact on everybody. so those four or five grandstanding right now say they will filibuster a bill they don't even know and haven't even read, it might be great for them with a small segment of their base in their state. it's pretty rough for the republican party. >>

. >> we have a mayor's race here, willie geist. i think the daily news put it best. >> to me on this. >> as you looked at "the daily news" today you said the campaign hasn't started and yet it has begun. >> he goes it's going to be a long one. >> you said it's going to be a long one. >> it's going to be a long campaign. anthony weiner announced yesterday and can't say with any degree of certainty there aren't any more photographs out there. >> stop. >> what is the headline? >> you can't even do it. >> let it speak for itself. >> over here. >> oh, my god. it is 6:00 in the morning. joe. 6:00 in the morning. >> great lighting. thanks. >> mississippi case. this mississippi ricin case. we learned more things yesterday. >> we learned that mr. curtis who we now know falsely accused. update it's dutske. >> he wrote a novel about black body market parts and claims to have found while working in a hospital. >> if you work in a hospital? >> the hospital says these claims are untrue which i think is important to point out. what else? >> why d

. >> willie geist and joe and me back together again. >> yes!> old friends unite. >> with us on the set msnbc and "time" magazine political analyst mark halpern and visiting professor at nyu, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. in washington, nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. >> do you know how mean he is? >> he is mean. >> we are watching like a football game a couple of months ago. right? we walk in the room and i can't say this. >> why are we starting this way? i'm sure it was foul-mouthed. >> no. he said did you hear burt reynolds died and a friend of mine said, what? no! i'm just kidding. i said you don't kid about that with people in my generation. this morning i get in the car and he does the same thing on sean connery! >> what is wrong with him? >> and i lose it because we are driving in. we are driving in. he spends easter weekend. we go to church. we have this remarkable sermon and, you know, the pastor is quoting john updike and i'm thinking this is good for my s

inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. >>> and coming up in thisnd disease. we're going to talk about the omni diet. >>> also in today's real estate, how much is it worth? we'll play a little home pricing game and see if some properties are worth -- if we think more than $400,000 or less than $400,000. >>> and later on, we'll have some sunglasses for summer. jill martin's going to show us how to get the just right fit. so often you try them on and you think is this too big for my face? >> jill's got it figured out. but first, al has a look at the weather. >>> we're looking at strong storms making their way through the midsections of the country. very strong storms from arkansas up into michigan. we've got some showers in the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine, gorgeous day in l.a. today, sunny and 83, clear skies and along the southeastern atlantic coast. changes tomorrow, though, as that front makes its way to the east. rain from northern florida, up the east coast, into the ohio river valley. more rain in the pacific northwest. gorgeous day fr

. >> inside studio 1a i'm willie geist and al roker and natalie morales and look who is here.ughs because of the sequester that have led to delays and cancellations of flights at airports leaving people frustrated. last night, the united states senate took action to end this so we'll get a vote in the house, probably go through to get basically move some money around inside the faa to get people back in the control towers and alleviate some of the problems. i think we agree that's good news, get commerce back, get people moving through the airports. people are pointing out this morning that it came about because of the outcry of people who use planes and left alone some of the other things, head start, preschool. >> meals on wheels. >> for low-income families. >> those cuts remain in place by the white house's account, 70,000 preschoolers will not have head start because of what's happening due to sequestration. so a little imbalance. >> the whole point of the sequester was that these cuts would be so traumatic for both parties, for the republicans and the democrats, that they

yes, it is april fool's day, inside studio 1a, i'm willie geist along with natalie morales. great martha stewart. >> thank you. >> martha, what is easter like at your house? are there peeps? do we have all the things? >> all the accoutrements were at the house. >> grandkids? >> all the kids, lots of people, a sit-down lunch and so much food, but i baked and baked and baked and cooked and cooked and cooked. it was really nice and the weather held. we didn't have any rain. it started to spit rain at like 5:00 so everybody was gone by then. >> i would imagine at your house is a little bit like the white house. >> probably even nicer. >> oh! >> i was going to say that. she said it herself. let's ask about that, al is down there for the white house easter egg roll. what would you take, the white house or martha stewart's house? >> for the cooking i'd have to go with martha's house. >> definitely. for the history, you can't -- i mean, this is a pretty good lawn. of course i've also got the presidents, the four presidents from the washington nationals here. don't you have opening d

i'm willie geist alg with al rokeand natalie morales. greenn earth day. before we do that, though, al, we have the lips explain. lips around the world. th is a tribute to the mayor of phoenix, new york. battling a health challenge right now. they are in support of lips around the world. good for you all. >> very nice. >> in the interest of going green, we're going to help you with your backyard party. everythi is recyclable or compostable, all the stuff you use at your party. so we're getting into that in a little bit. >> h about going green with your menu? giada de laurentiis is here to show owe hyou how to take stuff of your backyd garden and make a fantastic feast. >> we're going to show you what new york city wants to do with all of its garbage that we throw out every day, especially all of those gallon containers. >> a lot of those staed up on the sidewalks. >> before all that,, though, a has look at the weatr. >> let's look at yr week ahead. starting this part of the week, as you can tell, below normal temperatures along the eas co

inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales.ul side, we're going to give you a chance to try a whole new look. >>> and we'll learn how to fry with the best of them. we who are about to fry. >> fry. >> salute you with some traditional southern fried favorites, losing some of the fat without sacrificing the flavor. >> good. >> sounds good. before we start frying let's get a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we have today a risk of strong storms texas into oklahoma, wet weather making its way into the central plains, snow showers around the great lakes. beautiful day in the northwest, sunny and warm through the southwest. for tomorrow we have mild conditions in the mid-atlantic states, warm in southern california. gulf coast into texas again beautiful day in the pacific northwest, sunny and cold here in the northeast and new england. that's wha >>> 9:32 now. happy tuesday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. happy to see this blue sky breaking through the clouds. over san francisco we will all enjoy a mix of sun and cloud

it's a chilly mornin i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales.w breaking down. >> like right now. >> that's all i got t say. >> boy can hepick. steve martin can play that thing. >> a man of man talents. >> remember when he used to play with an arrow through his head. that's how old i am. >> of course. >> our take one, who else young a.j. clemente from our nbc affiliate in bismarck, nor dakota, firs night at the anchor deskou may have seen this by now, just a tough way to start a career. >> it's gone viral. >>bc north dakota news your ne in high definition. okay. [ bleep ].]. >> good morning, a.j. will be joining the weekend newseam as my co-anchor. >> thanks, van, i graduated from west virginia university and used to being from the east coast. >> you got my suit. >> that hurts, i feel bad for him. >> he didn't realize it was live either. >> there were pele talking to him as they tend too here on many occasion >> you got to remember this is his first tim live. >> yes. >> sent out a tweet and wrote rookie mistake i'm a free agent, because he wasir

. >> inside studio 1a, i'm willie geist along with tamron hall. >>> we're going to show you how to update do you know which is the best choice? we were talking about it earlier, literally you stand there and wait on someone to tell me what to get. >> how long do you stand there? >> and the yogurt comes out at you? >> it talks to me, the yogurt. >> and you want to know which has the best option. we'll break it down. >> but first, al is on the set of "the voice" with another look at the weather. hey, al. >> i'm still trying to get the image of tamron standing in front of the yogurt -- >> somebody help me, please. >> talk to me, yogurt. >> they're fighting over her. >> i'm so happy -- >> they want to go home with tamron. >> oh, natalie. >> the yogurt said something nice to tamron, turned out the yogurt was complimentary. >> oh. >> as you look, this is the battle round of the voice. 24 teams will be battling it out here as the judges all down there make their choices. it's all coming up. they're going to be doing that this afternoon. i'll be chatting with the judges and then, of course, ameri