Subject of the movie lion nominated at tonights oscars for best picture. Separating from his family as a 5yearold boy when he boarded the wrong train, adopted by a family a world away, and more than a quarter of a century later, returning home to find his mother with the help of google earth. Sotle me about the real life moment, the moments that you chose in the movie where you spot that configuration including the water tower and you zoom in and zoom in and zoom in, and you say, thats it. I closed my eyes at that point in time and said, please, god, let me one last time see my family. A sunday sitdown i promise you dont want to miss a bit later in the show. Lets begin this morning with a horrific scene overnight in new orleans. A pickup truck plowing into a mardi gras crowd and injured more than two dozen people. Sarah dallof is on the scene in new orleans with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. Amazingly, there were no deaths or lifethreatening injuries. A suspected intoxicated driver is in custody this morning, however, as police try to piece together just how this happened. Fire alarm be advised. Reporter a Party Atmosphere quickly turned to a scene of destruction and despair. I saw a dark truck run a white car off the road, swerve, lose control, and run into like 100 people. At least 21 people were hospitalized after the crash, including Young Children as well as a new Orleans Police officer. A reporter for fox station wvue recorded this video and identified the man in custody as the driver of the pickup. The same man can be seen in this photo from the new orleans advocate. We suspect that subject was highly intoxicated. He is in custody. He is being investigated right now. Thousands of people were attending and participating in the crew parade in the new orleans city center last night. Its a popular event and one of many parades leading up to tuesdays famous mardi gras celebration. City Officials Say they planned for crowd safety and even took into accountresis nlt acts of terrorism in cities around the world, but there was just no preventing Something Like this. Innocent people were hurt here today. Families watching the parade. We had somebody who was intoxicated who ran, and its hard to protect against stuff like that. Both the citys mayor and the governor of louisiana, john bel edwards, praised First Responders and the public who jumped into action amid all the chaos and confusion, willie. Lets hope for full recovery for all those victims. Sarah dallof in new orleans, thank you. Lets turn to washington where momentum is building even now among some Congressional Republicans for an independent investigation into the Trump Campaigns alleged ties with russia. This as the president trained his twitter sights on the newly elected leader of the Democratic Party. Kelly odonnell is live at the white house. Good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. First, lets talk about that Important Development from inside the president s own party. California republican darrell issa, member of congress, has now come out publicly saying he believes a special prosecutor is needed when you consider the investigation of russian interference into the 2016 election. And possible ties to the Trump Campaign. Now, congressman issa, who is a friend of the president , supporter of the president , says he just believes that attorney general jeff sessions, also a friend, is just too close to this president and this white house to be the one overseeing that kind of investigation. Willie, you also mentioned sort of the twitter duel that has unfolded. The modern way between President Trump and the newly elected chairman of the Democratic National committee. Tom perez was selected yesterday by democrats gathered in atlanta. As head of the republican party, it was President Trump who offered congratulations, but he also suggested that he could not be happier for him or the republican party. Feint praise in that tweet. And then tom perez fired back saying, call me tom. Dont get too happy. I and the democrats are united in the country and will be be your worst nightmare. Already a spirited debate between the two heads of their respective parties. Now, dinners have been on the president s mind, willie. Last night, in d. C. , he went out just down the street to the trump hotel, which is on pennsylvania avenue. He traveled there to have dinner with daughter ivanka, soninlaw jared, and other guests including Florida Governor rick scott, and the head of the brexit movement, nigel farage. The press pool did travel along but was kept outside. The president was dining openly in the public and social media showed photos of that, but the whousz did not provide the list of guests for the dinner and so forth, and more dinner news. The president announced again using twitter that he will not attend the white house correspondents dinner, that is something that president s of both parties have done for decades. He will be a noshow this year. Willie. Kelly odonnell on the white house and on the dinner beat. Thanks so much. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good to see you. Earlier this week, we had reports of the white house asking senior officials of the fbi, including the director, to pour water on the alleged ties to the Trump Campaign and russia. Now, we have the Washington Post report that in fact the white house may have asked the heads of the intel committees in the house and the senate to do the same. Where does this story go next and do we get the independent investigation that now even darrell issa is calling for. Most troubling may be the decision by the Senate Intelligence commitsy chairman, richard burr, to essentially participate in the white house request there of talking to some reporters about what he understood that the fbi had. The reason i say that might be the most troubling part or the part that launches a bigger call or a Bigger Movement for a special prosecutor is that right now, its the senate intel committee, richard burr and the lead democrat, mark warner, were going to put together a joint investigation on the russian interference, so has richard burr been compromised . If thats case, that could open the door and put prerth on republicans in the senate, and some Senate Republicans may feel pressure to say go along with what darrell issa said and say, you know what, the only way to eliminate political influence on this investigation is to take it to the outside. Either special prosecutor or one of those blue ribbon like 9 11 Type Commission panels. So i think that that is the unintended consequence here of the white house, i think, making a big mistake, which was making contact with other government officials who will be investigating some members of that west wing and their involvement in potential involvement, whether or not, in the russian interference. And some people wondering whether darrell issa is just the first republican domino to fall. Well see. President trump, as kelly mentioned, going at it with tom perez, the head of the Democratic Party. He said this morning, donald trump, that that was rigged. That guy got in place of bernie sande sanders guy. What does the selection tell you about what the Democratic Party is and the lessons it learned from the election four months ago. If tom perez is considered establishment today, that tells you how the party has moved substantially to the left. It wasnt that long ago when tom perez was nominated to be labor secretary, there was this it was going to be a tough push to get him confirmed because there was this feeling that, oh, is he too progressive, too outside the socalled establishment democratic mainstream to get confirmed in the u. S. Senate . So the point is that the establishment knew it was afraid of Bernie Sanders and the warren wing totally getting control of the party through keith ellison, so by recruiting tom perez, it was a progressive they could live with. What it tells you is how far the democrats have moved left. What the tweet fight tells you, willie, is that while there are divisions in the Democratic Party, there is no person that you can unite the party more easily than a republican and his name is donald trump. Thats right. A lot of talk about donald trump in that dnc election. Chuck todd, thank you so much. Were going to be watching you on transpacific partnership. Hell be joined by the new Democratic Party chair, tom perez. We have a look at the weather. Hello. Good morning. Incredible thunderstorms last night. Lets start with a look at the aftermath of the big storm that rolled across the country and hit the east coast on saturday. Look at this video out of pennsylvania. Downed trees narrowly missing a house. Another one blocking the road. The low viz ktd, wind, hissy rain making a dangerous drive for many commuters, especially this one with a flash flooding causing a driver to come to a standstill. Well show you where the system stands right now. Sary easy to see, the cold front already pushed well off to the east. Yesterday, we had that record heat. Youre going to feel this change today behind the cold front. Look at the temperature difference. Your high today, 47 degrees. This is no longer a morning low. I know thats tough to understand. Yesterday,io were 75 degrees. New york city today, also looking for the 40s. And of course, well be looking at a nice change, gnchts morning. It is cold. We are in the 40s along the south bay. But we do have a clear start on this sunday. Pa nins sul la 48 degrees. We are anticipate a generally dry sunday but as we head into the evening hours we are tracking a storm system that is expected to move in from the northwest and that will brick with it some rain chances into tonight and into monday. But right now in San Francisco 43 degrees, east bay 40 degrees, the north bay at a cold 32 degrees. Had to give you the headsup. Oscars today, rain in Southern California. Its the rainiest month. Theyll tent the red carped. Thanks. As we just mentioned, the 89th Academy Awards will be held tonight in los angeles. Safe to say, most of the celebrities youll see tonight, not supporters of President Trump warb will the winners use the big stage to take them on. Steve patterson is live outside the dolby theatre. Good morning. Good morning. Everyone remembers in the runup to last years oscars ceremony, the controversy was diversity, leading to the online trend oscars so white. This year, the speeches promise to be much more colorful, adding to a hash tag of its own, oscars so political. How would you like him remembered . The oscars celebrate the best movies and performances of the past year. But tonight, politics may play a leading role. The award season so far has been more political than ever. At the golden globes, meryl streep took on President Trump. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose. At the Screen Actors Guild awards, mahershala ali, a muslim, support about the importance of inclusion. Theres an opportunity to see the texture of that person, the characteristics that make them uniq unique, and theres an opportunity to go to war tubt. An iranian directors film is nominated, but hes boycotting the ceremony over President Trumps travel ban. Every day theres news that pushes the buttons of liberal hollywood. I just dont see a world where people decide to be quiet about that. Marlon brando. The oscars have seen political protests in the past and they havent gone over well. He very regretfully cannot accept Marlon Brando turned down the best actor award, sending a native american in his place to protest their protrayal on screen. She was booed. Michael moore was jeered for criticizing george w. Bush. We have a man sending us to war. For fictitious reasons. The years front runner is decidedly apolitical, with 14 nominations, la la land is expected to make hollywood musicals great again. The Academy Awards are still the biggest show. Therefore, it will be all the more irresistible for a star with political opinions to speak out. So count on activism onstage after a Political Year even hollywood couldnt script. And this weekend, were learning much more about a 21yearold syrian cinematographer responsible for an oscarnominated documentary about his countrys own civil war. He said hes been denied entry to the United States after being flagged by security officials. This is just much more political fuel to the fire that has been burning for weeks now leading up to tonights ceremony. Willie. Should be an interesting show. Steve patterson up early, first man on the red carpet, looking sharp, too. Still ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including a moment for the jeopardy hall of fame as alex trebek spitz rhymes while rattering through a category on lyric wheres. And a 15yearold dodge ball player who became a web sensation for mowing down her friends. And nascar looking at new places for their rising stars. As we go to break, our photo of the week. 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The president set off a worldwide debate when he took a strong stand in a q a session with High School Students against pineapple pizza. He said tongue in cheek he would move to have it banned if he could. They practically took to the street with pitch forks. Outrage that they would put hot tropical fruit on a pizza. On the other side, he became a cult hero for standing up at long last to what they view as a culinary abomination. It became an International Thing this week, he felt compelled to issue a statement saying, i like pineapples, just not on pizza. Do not have the power to make laws which forbid people from putting fruit on pizza. I recommend seafood. I got distracted with the seafood. If you put it on half, the pineapple leaks. Our first low goes to President Trumps score on a golf hole he played years ago with General Electric chairman jeff immelt. He was at the white house this week, when the president of the United States called on him to tell the story about the time i did the thing. Go ahead, tell it. Mr. Treads, good to see you again. Hi, jeff. Great to be here. Look forward to really working with you on creating more manufacturing. Jeff watched me make a hole in one. Should you tell that story . Were trying to talk President Trump into doing the apprentice. That was mine assignment when we owned nb krrb. He goes up to a par 3 on his course. He looks at the three of us and says, you realize im the richest golfer in the world. Thats a comment. Then gets a hole in one. I love, should you tell the story . Meaning tell the story. Our next high goes to longtime jeopardy host, alex trebek. After his performance reading clues this week in the category, lets rap, kids. Lets all enjoy now trebek reading clear lyrics from drake, designer, and lil wayne. Started from the bottom, now were here. Now the whole team here. Panda, panda, panda, panda, panda. 6 foot, 7 foot, 8 foot bunch. Young money militia and im the commissioner. You dont want to start weezy. I was just get nothing to this rap thing. Im not too good at it, but i was getting into it. You have to love him doing weezy. Gets no better than that. Our next low goes to your chances of survival if you find yourself in the path of 15yearold addison and her rocket arm in a friendly game of dodge ball. She throws 60 Miles Per Hour and the gun hanging from her right shoulder made her a viral star after she mowed down her friends with balls thrown so fast, it almost looked fake. As her victims will attest, it was all very real. Those are her safetyball teammates playing dodge ball as her dad manned the camera and giggles. Hes on the sideline because she had blown him up with a dodge ball moments earlier. That looks like it hurts. Get out of her way. Our final high goes to the boss. Once again, pulling a fan onstage at a concert courtney cox style. He was playing in australia when he saw a sign held by a teenage moy named nathan testa that reads, missed school. Can i play growing up with you . Bruce said sure. Go ahead, nathan. Once in a lifetime thing, right . Actually not for nathan. In 2014, bruce pulled a 12yearold boy up on stage in brisbane to sing waiting for a sunny day. That kid, the same nathan testa. But theres more. The year before that, the boss pulls an 11yearold up on stage in brisbane. They even held hands to the knee slide. Recognize that kid . Thats also nathan testa. Three times on stage with the boss. Maybe he makes good signs. Theyre creative. And he can play. Our final low goes to one little girls understanding of how to make oatmeal, courtesy of americas funniest home videos. The recipe calls for three cups, so she gets all three cups, one by one. We need one more cup. One more cup . Where is she going . Okay, ellie, we need one more cup. We need one more. Okay, how many cups now . One, two, three, four. What do you want from her . The box said three cups, she got three cups. Shes following directions perfectly. I love kids. Our sunday sitdown with the real life character at the center of lion, nominated tonight for six oscars. The incredibly true story that became one of the movies of the year. Why do some cash back cards make earning bonus cash back so complicated . They limit where you can earn bonus cash back to a few places. And those places keep changing every few months. The quicksilver card from capital one doesnt do any of that. With quicksilver you earn unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. Leave complicated behind. Whats in your wallet . What bad back . Gels work so fast youll ask what pulled hammy . Advil liqui gels make pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain . Advil. Mattress firmness . Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. You can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. Find our queen c2 mattress at 599. Sale ends sunday go to sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. Bridge from vicky 2shotgood g us. Im vicky nguyen. Lets ceckyot at least for nought weathers holding up. Were trending dry for the sunday morning and we do have this weaker storm system that is going to bringing some rain but overall your sundays going to be very pleasant and very clear. Look at this. But very cold. South bay 40 degrees right now and thats because we dont really have too many clouds kind of keeping us worm. Peninsula 48 degrees, try valley 46 degrees and right now San Francisco also seeing a chili start at 43 degrees. Now, we are tracking that weaker storm system that is expected to kick in at about 6 00, 7 00 but if you look over the next couple hours we will see sunshine in that forecast through your lunch hour and more than likely your dinner hour as well. But because of the storm system, they do have still a beach hazard that will remain in effect as of now through this evening, and thats because there say potential to see some sneaker waves and just i dont think its going to be a very good beach day its too cold for that. Some sunshine will be welcome for the folks who are dealing with the flooding. Thanks. Well, first their homes flooded forcing evacuations to get away from the rushing waters. Now more than 100 san jose flood victims will be on the move again. About 150 flood evacuees spent the night at james glick high school but because school is fwhak session tomorrow the evacuees are having to move to a Community Center . South san jose. Officials say more than 1400 people still cannot stay in their homes and with more rain looming, city crews are on high alert. We will have 24 7 monitoring of any storm activity. All three affected areas, some of the storm Collection System is not currently in operation and so we will have pumping crews available. Hundreds of families have signed up for Emergency Assistance this weekend. We have learned that a juvenile inmate who escaped from custody in the south bay is still on the loose after the threat of flooding from coyote creek threatened the flooding of a work camp. Several juvenile inmates were being taken back to the james ranch in morgan hill. One of them ran from the vehicle and remains on the loose. Two other inmates also tried to escape but they were quickly caught. The inmate on the loose is not considered a violent offender. A hair rowing or deal. A woman trapped in the middle after Rushing Creek all night. Take a look that the video. A 67yearold driver lost control of her suv on cazadero high way. It plunged into the middle after a creek. It landed right side up but the creek was flowing so fast the woman couldnt get out and her cell phone had no service. We remained stuck inside for eight hours until someone spotted her car this morning and notified firefighters who rescued her. The driver suffered minor injuries. Well get you more news and weather. A scene from the extraordinary film lion nominated tonight for six Academy Awards, including best picture. Lion is the true story of a fiveyearold indian boy named saroo, separated from his family and carried across india on a train he wasnt supposed to be on. It took him 16 years to find his mother and siblings. He spent his childhood in syria, staying with a family on the streets and wondering about the family he lost. Saroo brierley is 24 years old and his story has taken him inside the red carpet and the theater for the oscars. We got together for our sunday sitdown. Do you remember opening your eyes . Yes. I just had the thought that my brother is going to be there somewhere, but he wasnt. He was nowhere to be seen. Just five years old, saroo was all alone. He begged his big brother gadoo that night in 1986 to bring him along on a train ride to look for work. As gadoo went to find the job, saroo waited and fell asleep on a bench at the station. It was the last time he ever saw his brother. I stood up, looking to the left, looking to the right. There is a train in front of me there at the station. Whether its the same one i came on or a different one, im not too sure. But he is nowhere to be seen. So i boarded the carriage from the platform, thinking that he was in the carriage. He might have been, you know, in another carriage. So irrational these thoughts. For a fiveyearold. Thats basically what a fiveyearold was thinking at that point in time. Life is such a paradox. Things happen the way they do, which is unexplainable. You travel on that train. Was it two days, about . Almost a thousand miles. But when you arrive in calcutta, there is a sea of people trying to get on the train. Do you still think, maybe ill find my brother here . Maybe my mom will come find me in the station . I was so scared. It was such an alienating place. Ive never been here before. So many people, and all i wanted was my brother and sister and my mother. Salvati salvation. I fell on my knees and hoped someone would help me, but i didnt think anyone cared, because youre just a street kid. It was extremely hard, but i think the great thing about human beings is that we fall but we learn to pick ourselves back up. Lost and nearly a thousand miles from home, saroo lived alone on the streets of calcutta for three weeks. There were moments of hope that turned out to be dangerous false glimmers. A Railroad Worker actually approached me and asked, where are you from, and i told him im lost, and he said, come with me, ill help you. I was really hopeful that, number one, theres a shelter. There is a person stating he can help me get back to my family. Theres food as well. This person came the next day and i sat next to him. And then that situation turned a little bit different where it sort of my stomach curdled a bit and i felt this isnt right. I just thought this is the right time to go. The little boy ran for his life. Soon after he was picked up by a stranger who delivered him to a center for abandoned children that was run like a juvenile prison. As you moved later into the orphanage with the other children, at any point along the way there, had you given up hope that youre going to find your family again . I didnt know what to think. I had been living on raw nerves just trying to survive. At that point in time, hell on earth, that place was it. But that hell on earth turned out to be saroos salvation. The orphanage found an australian couple who wanted to adopt him. Hello there. Hello. Thats for you. From the filthy streets of calcutta, saroo was sent to a comfortable life in australia. Even as he grew up with the adoptive parents he loves, the hole in his life remained. Those memories of my past is the key to returning back home. And its all i have. If i lose my memories of my past, then there was no way of getting back home. It was a treasure to me when i went to sleep. Those memories of my past were beautiful. What were you thinking about . Thinking about my sister and hoping shes still alive, shes eating well. Im hoping my mom is okay as well, shes looking after herself and alive. I think, in essence, thats what i sort of dreamed about a lot, is to have that sort of reuniting with my family again. Something youve been dreaming about your whole life. Yeah. At the age of 27, saroo began the search for the family in india he had been dreaming about. I decided to do something about it because i couldnt stand living another day. Have you heard of this new program . Its incredible. You can find anyplace from anywhere. Armed with only a fiveyearolds Crystal Clear memory of a train station, a water tower there and a series of town names he had been incorrect incorrectly, saroo opened his laptop and began looking for his past. He set up sort of a war room in his apartment. For several years, he used google to click and search for home. Tell me about the real life moment, the moment that gives you chills in the movie when you spot that configuration, including the water tower, and you zoom in and you zoom in and you zoom in and you say, thats it. I closed my eyes at that point in time and said, please, god, let me one more time see my family again. I zoomed down on this train track and scrolled and scrolled and scrolled and thought, this looks somewhat familiar. I zoomed in and saw the water tower, and im just like, is this a dream . Is my mom playing a game . That was such a Pivotal Moment in my life. With the blessing of his australian parents, saroo traveled back to india with no idea what or whom he would find 26 years after he had vanished into the streets. The amazing thing about it is that if theres such thing as muscle memory, then it exists because my legs had memory of how to navigate through the nooks and crannies in the streets to get back to my neighborhood. I used to live here. His mother never moved from the familys neighborhood, hoping someday saroo would return. Time on earth stood still. The reunion was bittersweet. Saroo learned that his big brother and his hero, gadoo, had been killed by a train that same night the two had separated. Two boys left and two never came home. His birth mother overjoyed that one of her boys had come home. And grateful to the australian mother who saved him. Saroo visits his mother, his sister and his brother in india regularly. Now a successful businessman, saroo bought his birth mother a new home. With the popularity of lion and of saroos books on which the movie is based, he tells me there is another book about his two moms and a stageplay in the works, too. And who knows, maybe another movie. Saroo was harnessing this for good with seaside films. The Lionheart Campaign has raised 200,000 to help children like saroo who go miss ing in india every year. To hear saroo talk about the emotional meeting with his biological mother, check out today. Com sunday. And next week, my interview with the 43rd president of the United States, george w. Bush. Hes put together a book of his own paintings of veterans who fought in the wars he oversaw. President bush and i sit down next week on sunday today. And ing raw is back with another check of the weather. A lot of talk about the oscars, so forecast Southern California, here we go once again. It is the rainiest month for Southern California is february. You can already see the showers still in the area. Theyre expected to last throughout the day as well as even as we go through monday. Yes, a soggy red good morning. We are off to a very cold start in the south bay 40 degrees right now. Nice clear skies. Peninsula 48 degrees. Try valley 46 degrees and now near San Francisco we are waking up to 43 degrees. North bay at a chilly 32 degrees. We will be warming up into those mid to upper 50s over the next couple of hours and generally we will maintain those dry conditions at least through the early afternoon before we see some rain move in from the northwest bringing scattered showers through tonight noond monday. As willie put it, it must be legit rain in california. Legit rain all day. New terminologist to use in my weather forecast. Thanks. Next on sunday today, the other big event of the day, the daytona 500 with nascars biggest stars. We have the story of the search for the 96 big star, one who might not look like the drivers youre watching today. 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For the second Consecutive YearChase Elliott will be in pole position as the Great American race goes green this afternoon. Elliott is one of the rising stars of stock car racing, but hes not the only one. Morgan radford shines our sunday spotlight for the search on the new faces of nascar. Breakneck speeds, screaming fans and suitedup celebrities. This is nascar. Miles away in a quiet town in southern virginia is 16yearold macey causey. She isnt exactly what you expect to see on the racetrack, but dont let the pink fool you. This is your ride. Yeah. Do i get to hop in with you . I have my water temperature and then my oil pressure. It says macey, pink and blue. I love it. Shes one of the few female drivers in nascar history. You have these grown men trailing behind you on the racetrack. What does that feel like . Being out in front of everybody else and knowing im leading the race and im just as good as they are, it shows that females and girls can do just as good as everybody else can. And shes been doing this since she was eight. Our own hoda kotb interviewed macey in 2009. When the boys see you get in your car, what do they say to you . Im going to beat this girl. My heart is telling me, you know you can do it. Youre going to face these challenges but youre going to get through them. Racing is in maceys dna. Her mother and father both raced. Its a great family sport. You all take it to a whole new level, okay . Its a superfamily. Her grandmother was the first woman to ever win a nascar sanctioned race back in 1978 when the fans were far less welcoming to women. It was rough. It was really rough. I had fans that would boo me and drivers didnt particularly want me there. Which is why nascar is trying to change all that. Macey is one of six selected to be part of nascars drive for diversity, a Program Designed to include more women and minorities. Colin. Chase. Natalie. Rubien. Jay. Macey. Theyre on hand at daytona learning from the pros. Regardless of male, female, pink, yellow, purple, whatever you are. Im about you finding what it is you love to do and doing it to the highest level. Somebody gets a minority or female, nascar says, were going to even the playing field. If youre good enough, youre going to make it. Daniel suarez is a graduate of the program. I was ready to go back to mexico. This program gave me the opportunity to give myself another shot. How important do you think it is now that you guys are changing the face of this sport . I think its really important. People ask me, what do you do every morning thats different that other people dont do . Im like, i get up, i do my hair, do my makeup. I think that brings on different personalities. Macy is ready to show the world that you can go pretty fast in pink. For sunday today, morgan radford, northern virginia. Were going back to some old School Filmmaking with the the bottom line is, for your goals, this is a strategy id recommend. This actually makes sense. Now on the next page youll see a breakdown of costs. What . Its just. We were going to ask about it but we werent sure when. So thanks. Yeah, thats great. Being clear and upfront. Multiplied by 14,000 financial advisors, its a big deal. And its how edward jones makes sense of investing. For all of you who now make entire movies complete with soundtracks right on the phones in your pockets, you may be shocked to hear that film, actual film, used to be cut and edited together by hand,painstakingly. In our sunday closer, joe friar finds where theyre still doing it that way. Reporter before the Home Security had ever been invented, there was another way to cut and paste. Back in the day movies and tv shows couldnt even be made without the skills of a negative cutter, someone to delicately slice, then splice a negative, creating the final cut. Is it fair to say this is kind of old school . This is very old school, yeah. Reporter at deluxe Archive Solutions in seattle, this classic art is alive and well today. Are people surprised to know youre still doing this here . Yes. For the most part, no one believes that anybody still does it. Reporter andy pratt is the Vice President here, but years ago he was on the front lines cutting hundreds of movies. I had my hands on all of the first three star wars. All of the Indiana Jones series. Reporter no doubt film has had a remarkable life span. There is a lot of film in here, isnt there . There is. Its a huge amount. Reporter pratt gave us a tour of a warehouse where his Company Stores a Staggering Amount of film for studios. About 30 million feet of film in here. Reporter just the sound of the celluloid conjures up nostalgia. But as computers came around, the need for cutters became less. Were the guys that made wagon wheels. Theres not a whole lot of wagons out there anymore. Reporter it turns out tv shows in the 80s and 90s that were edited digitally dont look as good on todays wide tv set. So he goes frame by frame, using shows from the original negatives. We only get one chance to cut it so you have to be careful. Reporter no pressure, but when all is said and done, the shows will look better than ever. Thats why some think a resurgence is possible. According to kodak in 2015, Quentin Tarantino did a negative cut for the Hateful Eight and son of saul did a negative cut, too. For some filmmakers, the quality just cant be beat. At least for now this vintage industry is avoiding a final cut. For sunday today, joe friar. This week we highlight another life well lived. Dr. Mildred dresselhaus was somewhat of a rock star in the world of science. In 1968, millie, as she was known, became the first woman to become a tenured professor in i. T. Dr. Dresselhaus was best known for her research into the basic properties of carbon, mapping out its Atomic Energy structure and finding new uses for it. Millie was born poor in brooklyn, new york to polish immigrant parents. When she arrived at mit in 1960, she was one of two women in a department of a thousand scientists. Millie went on to be the first woman to ever win the medal of science and engineering. In 2014, president obama awarded her the president ial medal of freedom. Just this month, dr. Dresselhaus starred in a ge ad that imagined a world where a top scientist and one of our cultures biggest celebrities. A new discovery. What if we lived in a world like that . Dr. Millie dresselhaus, renowned scientist and trailblazer died did you know 90 of couples disagree on mattress firmness . Enter sleep number. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. 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Tomorrow on today, former president george w. Bush will join matt and savannah live to talk about his painting project paying tribute to Wounded Warriors and what he makes of the trump administration. On tuesday well broadcast live from capitol hill for the president s first address to the joint chiefs of congress. We cant wait to see savannah back tomorrow on today. This also happens as we celebrate hoda who is home for a little bit to enjoy hailey joy, the beautiful little girl she just adopted. I have to say good night to my little sister whose film o. J. In america is nominated for best documentary feature. Good going, lib. I love you. Oh, and take a live look outside. Bayf okay your time now is 7 00 this sunday morning. It is a cold one out there. Lets give you a live look at the bay bridge right now from San Francisco, absolutely clear and gorgeous out there. Good morning to you and thank you so much for joining us. Im vicky wents. Were going to get a check of that microclimate forecast. And its been absolutely beautiful outside this weekend. Its nice to get a little bit of a dry spell. Definitely. After all the rain weve had. A muchneeded break after a very intense week of storms hitting the bay area. Were track being a little bit of rain but nothing too serious, and for the most part your sunday is going to be off to a gorgeous