Would you give me one minute. You know that i cant do that. Thats now how the legal system well i have to the father of three of dr. Larry nassars victims tries to attack him. This morning, his apology and gutwrenching explanation for why he lost it. All that and the man that pushed the button that warned hawaii want under Ballistic Missile attack speaks out. I was 100 sure it was the right decision. That it was real. I was convinced it was real. In a shocker lady gaga cancels the rest of her world tour. And Super Saturday in minneapolis where anticipation is building 36 hours away from kickoff. The patriots and eagles ready to go headtohead for super bo lo commercials and craig is flying high. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones and craig melvin and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. I love the music. Welcome to today. Im Sheinelle Jones. You see craig is in chilly minneapolis. Craig, what is the bigger story . The game or the cold . I heard it feels like 4 degrees. It feels like 4. I have to be honest with you. We gotten used to the game he cold here. We will take a look at the two teams. We have special guests joining us this morning. And it is good to see that you decided not to hide your bias, Sheinelle Jones. It was an accident. I dont know what you are talking about. Oh, yeah. I bet it was. We will have more from you, craig, coming up. For now, lets get to the top story. The fallout from the controversial memo exposing fbi surveillance practices in the russia investigation. Many republicans say it shows bias. Democrats calling the memo a sham and outrage. We have nbcs correspondent Kelly Odonnell near the president s home in florida. Reporter now the memo is out, the battle of shaping the view of the fbi and the president. Republicans have evidence of Law Enforcement bias. Democrats counter the information is unfair and incomplete. The big unknown, will the president take any action. New promises this weekend that Top Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein will not hear the president say youre fired. Three white house officials tell nbc news there have been no considerations or discussions about removing rosenstein who oversees special counsel Robert Muellers russia probe. President trump was not so clear. Do you have confidence . You figure that one out. Reporter rosenstein is among the senior Justice Department and fbi officials named in the controversial memo declassified by the president friday. A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and worse than that. Reporter written by house Intelligence Committee, republicans allege the officials abuse power to obtain secret surveillance of a Campaign Aide carter page, of they suspect of being a russian spy. Gop lawmakers say officials used evidence, the dossier. They took the dossier and dressed it up like legit intelligence. Not telling the court it was paid for by the clinton campaign. Reporter the Court Approved continued surveillance because the spying produced legitimate information. Nbc news learned that four judges on separate occasions reviewed requests before approving additional snooping. Reaction was viseral. John mccain labelled it an attack on the fbi that served putins interests. Fired fbi director james comey said thats it . Calling it dishonest and misleading. Trumps fbi director chris wray saying it was of grave concern and delivered a message of encouragement to fbi employees. Talk is cheap. The work you do is what will endure. Im determined to defend integrity and professionalism every day. Democrats accuse the president and allies of cherry picking information in a bid to undercut the special counsel. This is a charade. Reporter speaking out for the first time is devin nunes, the house chairman, denying coordination with the white house. How about with trumps lawyers . No. Reporter democrats want their own summary released publicly. Nunes blocked that this week, but says it is still possible. Hard to say. I dont know yet. I have only read through it once. We have to go through and scrub it again. Reporter the white house says it is willing to work with the committee to declassify the memo written by democrats. That will take time meaning republicans get a big head start telling their narrative of what happened. The committee is also prepared to move on to what they call phase two investigating the state department and any role it may have played in the russia investigation. Sheinelle. Kelly, thank you. Matthew miller was the spokesperson for the judgstice department from 2011 and 2015. Gentlemen, good morning. Good morning. Matt, lets start with you. Republican house members say this is proof of bias in the upper ranks of the fbi. Does this memo prove that and if not, what does this memo tell you . It doesnt prove that. The case that republicans clearly want to make with this memo is that the investigation started under a cloud. The surveillance started under a cloud. The court was not aware of the bias. The memo by omits the key facts doesnt prove the case. It does state that the investigation started with bias and into the investigation of carter page, but the investigation actually started months earlier when the fbi found evidence from intelligence sources overseas that George Papadopoulos was collaborating with russian officials in a way that brought him and brought the campaign under suspicion. I dont think that is what the republicans were trying to prove. I think the big question Going Forward is what does this mean for the Mueller Investigation . From the substantive point of view, i dont think it means much. From the political point of view, does this give the president the political space to move on mueller and rosenstein in the way he wants. Matt, quickly. Another piece as kelly mentioned. The gop memo was released over the objections of the fbi. We are learning a top fbi agent is resigning over what he says are relentless attacks on the bureau. How damaging is the memo in the Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community . It is damaging to the morale to see the president overrule the fbi director when the fbi director said the memo would be damaging. Two, it is damaging to the effectiveness of Law Enforcement who will have people all over the country that dont trust Law Enforcement is doing work free of political bias. Three, it is damaging to the willingness of intelligence sources to cooperate with u. S. Officials and Law Enforcement. If you are a Foreign Service agent or are whistleblower and you are looking to come forward and look at the treatment of ste steele, it would give you pause. The prevailing thought in washington is the memo is created to give the president cover to remove Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who oversees the russian investigation. Or possibly robert mueller. Did the memo provide that cover . I dont know that the memo will provide enough evidence or cover for the president to actually fire mueller which we know from reporting he has been wanting to do for some time or fire the Deputy Attorney general who he wants to see removed. There is no question the memo was politically motivated. It is something the president has been aware of and encouraging of. The president wanted the memo released before he read it. Finally, phil, democrats calling on devin nunes to step down from the chairmanship. Ryan dismissed those calls says the democrats are playing politics. Who is winning the messaging war . Democrats or republicans . At the moment, we see the republican memo. We have to wait and see what the democratic side has its been really striking to see paul ryan supportive of nunes and this effort, supportive of this memo come iing out and rea woshing lockstep with the republican republicans on the committee. Matthew, philip, thank you. The other big story we are following is the super bowl. Craig melvin is in minneapolis with more on that. Craig . Good to see you, my friend. Sheinelle, hey there. It is finally here. Super bowl eve. The excitement here in minneapolis cannot get more intense. Fans have been pouring into the super bowl city with all eyes on tomorrows big game. The eagles. The patriots. Battling for footballs ultimate prize. And nbcs ron mott has been here all week. He is outside u. S. Bank stadium with more. Ron, good to see you, buddy. Reporter craig, good morning. Tom brady said the fans of 30 teams that did not make the super bowl tomorrow night are going to be cheering for the eagles. He is probably right. Such is life at the top in the nfl. If youve got it, flaunt it. With 283 sparkling diamonds, a vivid reminder of overcoming a 230 win last year, patriots are out to put another ring on it. Were going to win this week and im out there trying to win for as long as im playing this game. Reporter tom brady, the ageless wonder at 40, looks to adorn a second hand to become the fourth player to win six super bowls. His coach has more than any other head coach. But will the eagles and tough defense stand in the way . For us, we will have a plan going into it. We will see stuff we have never seen. Well have to get back to the sideline, make quick adjustments and make sure we stay ahead of the curve. Reporter if you want to see the game in person, you need a big bank account. The cheapest seats are 3,000 on stubhub. And when the players take a break, Justin Timberlake takes over center stage at half time. He hopes to avoid controversy. Remember that wardrobe malfunction with swrjanet jacks . He may have sparked a new one, with his toddler son. He will never play football. No. Reporter one other past time . Gambling. You can wager on who will win the coin toss to whether belichick will wear his trademark hoodie or if brady has his stand stitched up. And then some. And the clubs met in 2005 in super bowl xxxv. The patriots got the best of the eagles that day. I would be very careful about mentioning that to eagles fans. Keep the talons in. Craig . Thank you, ron mott. Drew brees knows a thing about getting ready for the game. He was in the super bowl in 2010 when the saints beat the indianapolis colts. He is also a paid spokesperson for microsoest. Good to have you here. Good to be here. 2010, you took them to the promise land. You know what it is like to get ready for a game like this. What would you advise the pats or the eagles to get ready for the game . I dont need to advise the pats. They have been here three of the last four years. I think they know how to handle it pretty well. The eagles have traveled an interesting road. I think they were the team to beat throughout the entire year. And then carson wentz goes down and everybody wonders how that will shake out. Nick foles has done a tremendous job. It is all about the team and the way they rallied around the quarterback position and played that underdog mentality too. Very rarely does a one seed in the nfc be an underdog at home for both the playoff games and win those, especially the afc championship game, in fashion. Now they are coming into the game with the same underdog mentality. That can carry you a long way. If you are a betting man, which you are not, who would you bet on . Im not making predictions. If there is a way neither team could win, im still angry about not getting in. So i wouldnt want either of them to win. No, you know, i think new new england probably has an advantage just from the standpoint of theyre experienced. These guys have been in the game and understand the process by which you get to this point. The start of this game is always interesting. It seems like its a heavyweight fight where both sides are kind of feeling each other out. Sure. And so i think the team that can start fast certainly has an advantage. We just heard from Justin Timberlake in the spot saying his kid will never play football. I know your kids play flag football. Do you have reservations about tackle football when theyre old enough . When they are old enough, i think it is fine if that is what they want to do. I will not push them toward that. I want them to be their own men. I think there is an appropriate age when you look at studies and Brain Development and which stage it is appropriate. I think it is middle school. You know, thats every parents preference. I love the game of football. I think it teaches so many great life lessons. Its americas gait game for that reason. And im still playing it. Ive been playing it my whole life. It was my childhood dream. I love the game of football, but i do think theres an appropriate age before you put pads on a kid. Thanks for stopping by. 39 years old. How many more seasons have you got . Well take it one at a time. And reminder. Perhaps you heard. Nbc is the home for the super bowl. You can see the big game and plenty of pregame coverage tomorrow all day on nbc. Sheinelle, back to you. Good interview. Thank you, craig. We will check in with you in a bit. Lets look at some of the other headlines were following for you this morning. For the first time, we are hearing from the man who sent out a false alert warning that hawaii was coming under Ballistic Missile attack. The man who does not want to be identified told nbc news he truly thought the attack was real and never heard the words exercise, exercise, exercise, before the drill began. I heard this is not a drill. I did not hear exercise at all. Im really not to blame in this. It was a system failure. And i did what i was trained to do. For more than a half hour last month, hawaiians thought they were under attack. Investigators say five other workers did hear the warning. The man who sent the false alarm was fired. Dramatic moment in court on friday when a man whose three daughters were victimized by dr. Larry nassar tried to attack him. A warning the words in the story are offensive. Here is blake mccoy. Reporter a father is apologizing for this courtroom outburst, charging at the man who pleaded guilty of sexually abusing his three daughters. Let me at the son of a bitch. Reporter asking for five minutes alone with dr. Larry nassar. Would you give me one minute . You know i cant do that. Thats not how our legal system well i have to reporter a dramatic courtroom moment playing out. After he listened to two of his daughters read witness statements, like so many others, outlining their distress after being sexually abused by the usa Gymnastics Team doctor. Ill never been able to trust another man ever again. I constantly find myself becoming nauseous any time i have to relive that day. Reporter he was handcuffed and later apologized. Im embarrassed. Im not here to upstage my daughters. I am here to help them heal. I can see that absolutely creating an anger and a rage so great that any parent would want to do physical harm. Reporter the judge admonished his behavior but declined to press charges. I have to live with the fact that i failed to protect my daughters. This is a strong family. Well get through it. Reporter his daughters defended him sad to hear what each of us experienced explicitly for the first time today. Reporter a burst of rage shrouding feeling of guilt and pain. For today, blake mccoy, nbc news. Dave price from our station here in new york, wnbc, is in for dylan. He hasas a look at the weather. Good morning. Always good to see you. The big question, whats the weather going to be like as you head to the game . Lets start it out right now. If you are headed to minneapolis, 6 30 p. M. , temperature outside, 5 degrees with a wind chill 10 below zero. Matter. Doesnt if you have tickets. Why . Inside, it is going to be climatett controlled with a temperature of 70 degrees. What do you know . Calm twinds. Lets look at thet rest of the country. Big story, of course, the storm systempp moving through the nor in the plain states and toward thee eastern sea board. There is a little snow and high winds. Thats a look 71 humidity. Definitely another mild morning with a cool afternoon. But then eventually its going to warm up and its going to warm up fairly quickly into the 70s. Hayward, 50 degrees right now. Oakland, 47. San jose, 53. Half moon bay, 66. San francisco at 51 degrees. And todays forecast, well, look at the temperatures. We are expecting to hit near record highs. Thats a quick look at the weather. Thank you, dave. Still to come, craig takes us behind the scenes of the super bowl. From the technology of the stadium to how the game makes it on tv. Terrifying moments for skiers caught on a broken chairlift. First, this is today on nbc. We are back on a saturday morning with the download. Our look back at the week that was. Sheinelle, while all eyes are here on minneapolis for the big game, there are a lot of other news stories we are covering, as well. The headlines dominated by the memo and the horrific train crash with republican lawmakers on board. The first big story was President Trumps first state of the union address. Particularizing politics. Republicans thrilled. Democrats fuming. As President Donald Trump delivered his first state of the union address. Few surprises and few mistakes from the president on script and on message. The state of our union is strong because our people are strong. Terrifying moments on the rails for republican members of congress. It happened in one lightning fast, horrific moment. Mass casualty incident. Level one train versus truck. Amtrak train carrying republican members of congress and staff and families to a retreat in West Virginia slicing through a garbage truck on the tracks just west of charlottesville, virginia. We felt this strong jolt. 28yearold Christopher Foley died at the scene. Another person aboard the truck in critical condition. And emotional moment in studio 1a when simone biles stopped by to talk to hoda to discuss her sexual abuse allegations against team usa dr. Larry nassar. I think it is hard for someone to go through what i have gone through recently and it is very hard to talk about. I think the judge is my hero h just because she gave it to him straight. He cant hurt you anymore. No, he cannot. He cant. Some of the weeks memorable moments caught on camera. A wild surprise for a cyclist in australia. The cyclist in front of the pack goes down hard and you see a kangaroo fly into the air, get up and hop away. See that . The animal appeared to be okay. The woman suffered a shoulder injury. A dramatic rescue on the slopes. A broken chair lift leaves more than 100 skiers dangling in the austrian alps. And dangerously close call during military maneuvers. The pentagon released the footage of the russian jet coming within five feet of the military plane over the black sea. A big surprise for two sisters delivered in a very sweet way. Used a cookie cake to let her kids know she was pregnant. The letter on one of the cakes read big sister. The other read big sister again. Reaction was priceless. What does it say . Busineig sister. What does it mean . You are going to be a big sister. Its true. Are you pregnant . I am. That was sweet. Creative way to do that. All right. Still to come, why did lady gaga just cancel the rest of her worldwide tour . And a lot of people believe the commercials are the best part of the super bowl. Fromhe tgood morning, thanks for in. San francisco, the lights twinkling. Heres from the san bruno mountain. Were going to see temperatures across the entire bay area. Look at the temperatures were waking up to this morning. 40s, 50s and even 60s on the map. Livermore already at 60 degrees, and its not even 6 00 a. M. Hayward now, 50 degrees and san jose 54. And half moon bay. The temperature trend into the afternoon, you can see how quickly were expecting to warm up, reaching the 70s by 1 00. Youre also going to notice weve got a pretty high humidity out there. So it is going to be sunny, but also humid along the coastline, as well. And, yes, that temperature trend in palo alto also looking equally beautiful by 1 00, also in the 70s. Ill talk about when we can expect to see rain, if any, coming up at 7 00 a. M. Thats a tease. Im just enjoying the sunshine while we have it. Thanks. We have a paid Surveillance Video that is over when Police Officers can fire guns. You may find this video disturbing. But everyone did survive. Here, two men are breaking into a car, parked asan francisco. Undercover officers recognized the car as being part of other auto burglaries. As the thieves try to get away, an officer tackles one of them. The driver of the getaway car there backs over his friend and the officer. Other officers draw their guns, order the driver to stop, but he backs over the pair again, and speeds away. Police eventually arrested all three suspects for attempted homicide. But no shots were fired. The officers did show great restraint in not having that type of force, even though this is a very deadly situation. While the Police Department called it restraint, the Police Officers association calls the use of force policy dangerous, and is demanding change, saying in a statement, quote, it is outrageous the policy imposed on our officers, by the Police Commission, prohibits us from protecting our own lives by firing at a suspect in a moving vehicle who is trying to kill us. The Police Commissioner says officers can fire into a car if there is a threat of injury or death. At 5 59, coming up on today in the bay, bay area football fans hit with a dose of reality as they arrive in minnesota for the super bowl. Boy, well have a look at that, plus all your top stories and weather coming up at 7 00. We hope you join us. Right now, back to the today show. We are back on this saturday morning. February 3rd, 2018. A very chilly morning here in minneapolis. Of course, the snow has started to fall as well. Nonetheless, we will get outside in a few moments to say hello to our friends who are breathing the elements who came out to say hello to us. We missed you in new york. I enjoyed your segments with al. We have had a good time. In minneapolis, they do big events very well. Very well. Love that. Looking forward to the reports coming up. We will have more in a minute. We want to begin this half hour with the check of the h headlines and fallout from the memo that was released on friday. On the chopping block, white house officials telling nbc news Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosensteins job is safe despite named in the republicans memo alleging officials abused power to spy on the trump Campaign Aide. Earlier, the president noncommittal. You figure that one out. Criminal charge. An arizona man who sold ammunition to the Las Vegas Concert shooter accused of selling Stephen Paddock armorpiercing bullets. Stunning revelation. He come out of the building and i just decapitated. Kerry winter, cousin of barry sherman, tells the cbc, he fantasized of killing his relatives. And this is embarrassing. What . Whoa. A self driving car crashes during a demonstration with the video crew inside. No one was hurt and to be fair, the automatic braking system was turned off. Remembering a motown icon. Temptations singer dennis edw d edwards dies at 74. Fans remember the voice behind some of the bands greatest hits. Today, saturday, february 3rd. The finishing touches for the super bowl are going full force in minneapolis. Craig, you have a look how it all comes together. You know, sheinelle, when all is said and done, you have more than 100 Million People all over the world glued to their televisions and watching the patriots take on the eagles tomorrow night. It is an operation that takes not weeks, but months to come together. With 35 hours to go until game time, it is crunch time here at u. S. Bank stadium. Eagle feather opposite direction. Behind the scenes inside the nbc control room, running daily rehearsals from the producers. With local High School Students standing in for patriots and eagles. From the fans to the food. You tell me. Celebrity chef andrew zimmer. He runs two of the more than 250 food and beverage destinations in the stadium. You are a minnesota guy. Yeah. How special is it to have the super bowl in your back yard . It is an amazing opportunity. The people here are second to none. Minnesota nice is a real thing. In all, more than 11,000 sandwiches and 32,000 hot dogs, brats and sausages are expected to be served on sunday. Along with 650 gallons of ketchup and 35,000 bottling of water. We want everyone to have a ton of fun. And much remains a mystery for Justin Timberlakes halftime show. We got a sneak peek of the fans taking part. Every one of the seats will come with one of these fancy high tech bracelets so all of the fans can be part of the halftime show. They are illuminated remotely. The coldest super bowl in the history of the game, but it is inside. We have the stateoftheart fiberglass. First of its kind in north america. Heated cushions. Snow slides off. 68 degrees and comfortable. It is a big change from the old home of the vikings. Famously collapsing under the weight of snow in 2010. Even those usual purple locker rooms getting an update for the weekend. Minneapolis and the bold north ready to take center stage on super bowl sunday. And you can actually fit four of the old metrodomes inside the u. S. Bank stadium. I have been to several. Dallas and arizona. They are nice, but this might be the nicest stadium in the nfl. Not a bad seat in the house. I believe it. It just looks like luxury. Nice way to watch the game. Yeah. Thank you, craig. We will have more from you coming up in a few minutes. Dave, how about another check of the weather. I got static cling issues. It is distracting. If you didnt tell us, we did not notice. If you have life hacks, tweet me. I could use it. This is what is happening around the country. It is cold to the northern plain states into sections of the upper midwest. Look at that. 22 degrees below zero with the windchill in international falls. Thermostat is 32 degrees below zero. It feels like 9 below. Here is bismarck and the rest of the country. Watch for lakeeffect snow east of lake ontario. Nice and sunny in the southeast with the 70s in south florida. We look at the west coast and southwest is beautiful and mild and sunny. Temperatures approaching 80 degrees in the southland. Sun and clouds in the pacific northwest. In the extreme northwest, we have showers pushing in our direction. Dangerous windchills continue to move right through the midwest and into the ohio valley over the next several days. Our dry and mild weather continues here in the bay area. Were starting with 40s and 50s and then by 11 00 a. M. , most of the bay area will already be in the 60s. By mid afternoon, expect 70s on the map. Now, we are expecting another day of near record highs throughout the bay area. San francisco, a high of 71. Oakland, 74. And check out san jose. A high of about 76 degrees. Mostly clear skies. Well also continue to linger into tomorrow, football sunday. 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Common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, decreased appetite, indigestion, and constipation. Side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. Change the course of your treatment. Ask your doctor about victoza®. We are back on a saturday morning with the followup to the story we shared last week involving a slow cooker and nbcs this is us. Dave is in the orange room with more. Dave. Tough story. It keeps on cooking. Tomorrow night after the super bowl, fans will see the long awaited episode where we finally find out how jack pearson died. The recent episode of this is us we saw his house go up in flames after a faulty slow cooker shorted out. That moment ignited fans all across twitter where they mistakenly took out their grief on crockpot. Perhaps the most well known brand of slow cookers. Overnight, this is us, the gang from the propduction crew released a statement for fans upset about the news. The big game is fast approaching. Many of us, this day brings an opportunity to gather with friends and family. Loved ones we dont see all that often. We should take a deep breath and find the ability to forgive and remind ourselves there is no difference so great that we cant overcome it. Pulls at the heart. Pulls at the heart. Crockpotisinnocent. This is created by dan fogelman. We should mention that monday morning on today mandy moore is here to talk about the blockbuster sunday night episode. I know it is coming, dave, but im not ready. Emotional with the super bowl and this is us. I cant take it. Dave, by the way, take a look at this. Yeah. We have crockpot employees on the plaza this morning. They agreed with th the crockpotisinnocent. We support the crockpot. Still to come, craig suits up for the ride of a lifetime. But first this is today on nbc. Its time for the ultimate sleep number event on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. And snoring . 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The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. Is i know how that feels. E . Im chris elliot, and im a bigtime hollywood actor. I dont know who you are, but you deserve more. More beauty. More joy. And more avocados from mexico. On more things spread the avocados on everything you can have it all thats me telling ya. You can take it from m avocados from mexico good saturday morning. It is 6 26. Twinkling lights in san jose. Blue and yellowishgold sky. It is really nice out there. I mean, warm 54, we usually dont see that on our screen at this time of day. Thanks so much for joining us, im kira klapper. Vianey arana. It feels a little crazy, but look at the difference from the santa rosa area, still in the 40s through san jose in the 50s. Along the coast and even through livermore, 60 degrees. So weve got that ridge of high pressure, and i just want to show you the very impressive 24hour temperature change. Look how much it warmed up for livermore. Sunnyvale, half moon bay. 18 degrees warmer at this hour than we were yesterday. Its going to be another day of near record temperatures in the bay area. Ill explain exactly why everything is happening in terms of why some spots are cooler, why some spots are warmer. Ill give you a hint. Micro climates. But ill have a look at what you can expect at 7 00. Those micro climates are magical. Well see you at 7 00, vianey, thanks. This morning, we obtained Surveillance Video renewing the debate over when Police Officers can fire their guns. You may find this video disturbing, but everyone did survive. Here two men are breaking into a car, parked along alamo square park in san francisco, undercover officers recognized the get away car as being connected to other auto thefts. As thieves try to get away, an officer tackles one of them, and the driver backs over his friend and the officer. Officers draw their guns, order the driver to stop, but instead he backs over the pair again and speeds away. Police eventually arrested all three suspects for attempted homicide, but no shots were fired. The officers did show great restraint in not having that type of force, even though this is a very deadly situation. Well, while the Police Department calls it restraint, the Police Officers association calls the fspds use of force policy dangerous, and is demanding change, saying in a statement, quote, it is outrageous that the policy imposed on our officers by the Police Commission prohibits us from protecting our own lives by firing at a suspect in a moving vehicle who is trying to kill us. The Police Commissioner says officers can fire into a car if there is a threat of injury or death. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, bay area football fans hit with a dose of reality as they arrive to frigid temperatures in minnesota for the super bowl. Well have that, plus all your top stories and our beautiful weather forecast, coming up at 7 00. We hope you join us. In the meantime, well send you back to the today show. Good morning. Memo fallout. A firestorm in washington this morning. A day after the release of the controversial republican memo claiming the fbis russia investigation was tainted from the start. Democrats even some republicans furious over the release. And now questions about whether Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who is named in the memo and oversees the meetings Counsel Robert Mueller will be fired. And breaking overnight. Lady gaga cancels the last leg of her world tour sending a tweet with the unexpected news. Why she is cancelling the rest of the tour and headed home. And Super Saturday. All eyes on minneapolis this weekend as the patriots and eagles get set for their day on the gridiron. Fans waiting for the big game. Craig is live with the birds eye view of the super bowl city. Today, saturday, february 3rd, 2018. Been waiting for a long time for ya been waiting a lifetime for you wasnt looking for love first time at the today show. Celebrating her 13th birthday. Thats me. 40 and frozen. All the way from tennessee and we are freezing. First Bruce Springsteen and now the today show. Its my 11th birthday. Its our 13th. Hi, nana and good morning. Welcome back to today on a saturday morning. We have a fantastic crowd on the plaza. Everyone gearing up for tomorrows super bowl. Yes . Yes . All right. Craig, how is it going in minneapolis . Going fantastic. Everyone has descended on the city for the big game. All of the tickets have been sold, i have been told. Coming up, all eyes will be on the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. A fellow named tom brady under center for the pats. In a few moments, we will talk to one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game. Dan marino. We will get his take on the game and what makes tom brady so terrific. Lots to get to from minneapolis. Including my ride in the f16, sheinelle. One of the planes involved in the National Anthem flyover. They let me get it a test drive. Nice. Craig, well talk to you coming up in a few minutes. First, we have a lot to get to in the final half hour. Lets begin with todays news. Good morning. Im Kelly Odonnell in florida. President trump has tried to discredit the russia investigation as a socalled witch hunt. The republicans memo makes bias of the Justice Department. Leaving the fate of Senior Leaders in question. Do you have confidence in him . You figure that one out. Reporter three white house officials tell nbc news there have been no considerations or discusses about removing rosenstein who oversees Robert Muellers russia probe. Named in the memo, declassified by the president friday. A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. Reporter written by Intelligence Committee republicans, the memo states the officials abused power to object train secret surveillance of carter page whom they suspect of being a russian spy. Officials used as evidence a socalled dossier. Four times they took the dossier and dressed it up like a legitimate intelligence. Not telling the court it was paid for by the clinton campaign. Reporter nbc news learned that four judges on separate occasions reviewed requests before approving additional snooping. Reaction was viseral. Senator mccain labeled it an attack on the fbi that served only putins interests. Fired fbi director james comey tweeted thats it . Calling the memo dishonest and misleading. Fbi director chris wray who tried to stop the release, said it was of grave concern delivered a statement to the employees. Talk is cheap. The work you do will endure. Democrats accuse the president and allies of cherry picking information in an effort to under cut the special counsel. The white house had prepared it. It is a charade. Reporter speaking out for the first time is the man behind the memo. Chairman devin nunes. How about with President Trumps lawyers . No. Reporter so far chairman nunes has blocked the democrats account of the memo. A version authored by them. They would be willing to work with the committee to declassify, but it will take time. It is unclear if that will happen. Democrats want their version of events to come out as well. Kelly, thank you. Lets look at other stories this morning. Market watchers on edge a day after the dow dropped 666 points. It capped wall streets worst week in two years. Why the plunge . Wall street traders worried about Interest Rates which could rise after the strong jobs report on friday. New numbers from centers for Disease Control and prevention show children are at increasing risk for the flu. 16 more children have died as the flu season reached the tenth week. That makes 53 so far compared to 15 this time last year. The outbreak could last another ten weeks. Experts urging you to get a flu shot although it is least effective of the common strain of the disease. To the other big story. The super bowl. Craig, tminus 36 hours . Thats right, sheinelle. The excitement building in minneapolis. New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles getting ready for super bowl lii tomorrow. So much on the line for both teams, but especially for patriots Quarterback Tom Brady looking to become the first nfl player to win six super bowls. He will have to beat a very tough eagles defense. One of the toughest in the nfl. Dan marino led the Miami Dolphins to the super bowl in 1985. Also a paid spokesperson for nutrisystem as well. Good to see you. Glad to be here. You mentioned nutrisystem. The biggest day which is interesting for a lot of people is monday. The biggest diet day decision for men. Women it is usually. Men want to wait for the playoffs and super bowl to see tom brady. Then they go on a diet. Lets talk about tom brady. Sure. Would you contend he is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game . The fact he has won all of the super bowls hhas and how he has played and competitor. You have to say it. Some people would like to argue that question. What he has done in the big games and how he performed, you have to say yes. What is it about him that makes him so good . You talk about competition and just the will to win and also, i think, the continuity between tom and bill belichick. Quarterback coach continuity. People come. People go. You have that constant there which will be there and it has been there for a long time. Thats why they win. Do the eagles have a chance tomorrow night . No doubt they have a chance. The key is to we talked about tom. The key is to keep him on the sidelines. If he doesnt have the ball or he doesnt have extra possessions, you can beat him. If you give him extra possessions, he will beat you. If dan marino was a betting man . New england. Your heart is with the eagles . New england, dolphins. Always that rivalry. I hope for a good football game. You have been to a lot of these. What is it about the super bowl that makes it so special . Um, just the excitement. The fact that football everything relies on one play. Something could happen could be exciting in the game. There is only 16 regular season games and playoffs. It is not like baseball or basketball. Everything is important. Dan, nfl legend. Thank you. Reminder. Nbc is your home for the super bowl. You can watch the big game and plenty of pregame coverage as well tomorrow all day on nbc. Sheinelle. Craig, thank you. See you again soon. Lets get a final check of the weather with dave price. Its cold out here. Were moving. Were keeping the blood flowing. Nice to see everybody. Lets check and see what is happening across the country. Weve got friends from all over the u. S. Lets try to give you a look at whats happening where you are and of course, all eyes on minneapolis, minnesota. Sunday at 6 30. Outside is 5 degrees. If you have not tickets but if you do have tickets, it will be 70 degrees inside. It will be great watching and of course you can catch all of the action starting at 6 00 eastern here on nbc. Around the country, mild and sunny to the southwest. It looks like the florida peninsula will be beautiful. We could see showers right along the gulf coast states. Cold temperatures in the northern plain states and into the northeast. That is a quick look at the no snow, and barely even any cold out here in the bay area. 54 degrees right now in san jose. And the majority of the bay area is in the 50s, with the exception of santa rosa and napa. 40 degrees out there. But check out half moon bay. 66 degrees. We are expecting another fairly hot and dry day across the bay area. Your temperature trend for santa clara, if you notice, by 12 00, well be at 69 degrees. Eventually jumping into those 70s by 1 00. And thats a quick look at the weather picture. Well send it back inside. Thank you, dave. Still to come, the crazy bets you can make at the super bowl. From the National Anthem and the wardrobe malfunction. Wardrobe malfunction. And you hear the whoa. on baby monitor weve got a situation here. Ive never seen anything like that. Will you get my phone, please . Youre not taking a picture of that . No, i want to video chat with a doctor cooing grunt oh clattering toys clicking, buzzing whoa. straining im okay. Need a doctor after hours . Unitedhealthcare can help. See a doctor right on your phone, right from your home. Is that normal . Thats normal for a new baby. And what about him . Hey, doc. Doctor thats normal for a new parent. Unitedhealthcare. 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Get your good going. Official snack nut of the u. S. Ski and snowboard team. Were back on a saturday morning. It is time to trend. Craig, you ready . I am. I love this trending from afar. And this is all about the super bowl and some ways you can enjoy the game. First up, take a look at what dave is modelling here. That is dip brand hellava good fannie pack. It has pouchs for chips and beer and dip. All of it. What do you think . How lazy do you have to be . You dont have to get up. To wear all of your drinks and snacks. Pretty lazy. You sit next to the person and go in there. Next, lets talk about this. These are Olive Gardens loaded pasta chips. Think of them as lasagna nachos. They are layered with meat sauce. This is the hostess not with the mostess. What is going on . Can i eat the prop . You have some too. Thatese are really good. The good folks at olive garden woke up at 3 00 to make these for us. They are not low fat. This is the super bowl. Dan said we start the diet tomorrow. We are not just talking food. We have bets you can make throughout the game. Including whether pink, who is singing the National Anthem, will she go over or under with the song or a wardrobe malfunction like the one in 2004 with j. T. And janet jackson. People are betting how many times President Trump will tweet during the game. We will see what happens. I can bet on the pink singing the National Anthem. I know how long she is supposed to go. The f16 flyover is timed to her song. Im not going to say it on air. I dont want to give anything away. You will come back as a rich man. These are really good. Craig, we will see you in a minute. Will this support for for 18 hours . Popstart. We are talking about lady gaga. Canceled the remaining ten dates of her world tour. The pop superstar made the announcement on twitter citing severe pain as the reason she is stopping the tour. Gaga said in part im so devastated. I dont know how to describe it. Adding i love this show more than anything and i love you, but this is beyond my control. Gaga doesnt specifically say what the severe pain is, but she suffers from fibromyalgia. And could the spice girls reunite . The first time all five members were photographed together in six years. Beckham captioning it love my girls. So many kisses. Exciting friendship never ends. Girl power. In a statement, the girls said the time now feels right to explore some incredible new opportunities together. The shows are scarce, but they are eyeing several projects, including a tv talent show. At lo lot of people would be happy about that. Thank you, dave. Craig takes a flyover in an f16 over u. S. Bank stadium. But fir its time for the ultimate sleep number event on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. Does your bed do that . Right now, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Ends soon. Visit sleepnumber. Com fora store near you. At home. 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Next, some training notes and briefing from the pilot, major john waters. His call sign . Rain. Our mission is a go. I settle in for the ride of my life. We hit the afterburners. And once were off, rain takes us straight up in one of the finest machines around. Unfortunately, the brutal cold here froze the cameras the air force set up inside the cockpit. These images are from the other planes in the flyover formation. This mixed mission includes the a10 warthog and p51 mustang. We managed two practice runs over the stadium to make sure the flyover is perfect for super bowl lii. Certainly a perfect day in the skies for you. Thank you very much. Absolutely. That was fun. Sheinelle jones, i can tell you, i have been fortunate to do a lot of cool things in my life. That is in the top five. My hats off to the folks yesterday who made it happen as well. You can also catch the live stream tomorrow during the game of the flyover. I have a special guest. Okay. My wife is here with me. Hey, everybody, its craigs wife. She has been here all week, covering the game. I have been prepping you. I wanted to bring her on for a score prediction and a win prediction. Oh, 2717, eagles. I am so confident. I wasnt feeling this way at the beginning of the week. I knew i loved her. Ive been around that team. Theyve got Something Special going on. Thats right. I know brady will be hard to beat. We have a slide. Here we go. You ready to slide down the hill . You ready . Is this happening . Oh, its happening. Shes moving. Oh, he pulls the win out its the weight. Thats not fair. She had a cool spin thing going. Are you all right . She got style points. You got to get warm. That does it for us on a saturday morning. Thank you. Go eagles. Enjoy your weekend, everyone. Volunteer at neighborhoodofgood. Com. State farm. Get ready for the wild life with one a day mens. A complete multivitamin with key nutrients, plus b vitamins for heart health. Your one a day is showing. 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And we were talking about how gorgeous yesterday was. And you say today will be equally lovely. Yeah, it really was beautiful yesterday, kira. And this weekend its only going to get better,