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Life. And a 14yearold is alive and well this morning after being trapped under an icy lake for 15 minutes. Theres no really explanation but how god wanted me to live for a reason. Im alive. He is telling his story exclusively to us today, saturday february 7th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Lets get to the top story. That is the weather. In parts of california and washington state, nearly a foot of rain has fallen in Northern California causing flooding problems. This is what they are calling the Pineapple Express bringing strong winds with it knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in sacramento for us. Miguel good morning. Reporter lester the rain has finally let up after pounding the region. Buckets of water overnight. The Sacramento River did rise a couple of inches but has gone down. This is all brought on by the Pineapple Express that could bring up to 10 inches of rain in Northern California before this is all said and done. In the region hundreds of thousands of people lost power. Accidents across i80. It was shutdown for some time last night. Many people today are cleaning up. In washington state, there was flooding there. Six or eight homes under 4 feet of water. There was concern that mudslides could be triggered next. The region needs this water to escape the droughtstricken three years of drought. We will not get the muchneeded snow we need to pull out of this drought. The rain will continue again for the next 24 to 48 hours. The next round will hit tomorrow. Lester. Miguel almaguer thank you. Dylan is tracking the Pineapple Express. You have more in the round of snow making its way to the east. We cannot catch a break on either coast. It is the Pineapple Express because the moisture generates from hawaii. It is a nickname to indicate that stream of moisture off the pacific and dumps inches of rain. Northern california already reports of 9 to 11 plus inches of rain. You see it is lightening up a bit. We are seeing steady rain. As far as the heavy pockets near portland and seattle. Another stream of those heavy downpours will continue to move in as the moisture comes off the pacific. We are looking at still through the next 72 hours an additional 3 to 4 or 5 inches of rain across Northern California and up into parts of washington and oregon as well. Now on the east coast, we already have a winter storm watch all in blue here. Notice this cut off. Northern new jersey into parts of southern new york and pretty much across connecticut except the coast. Along long island not in the winter storm watch. That is where the rain snow line is set up. We could see icing on top of just a few inches of snow in new york city. You go to upstate new york and massachusetts all areas hit hard. This will all fall saturday night up until monday. It is a Long Duration with a couple inches here and total was 12 to 15. It is not all coming as one big storm. It is progressive over the next couple days. You can plow and shovel. You can stay ahead of it a bit more. Glass half full. Dylan, thanks. Lets turn to another developing story. Alleged death of american aide worker held captively isis. Authorities say Kayla Mueller was killed in a Jordanian Air strike. Her community is in disbelief, but parents remain hopeful. Lets begin with nbcs joe fryer. He is in her hometown of prescott. Reporter her parents say she are hopeful she is still alive. They are releasing information on the woman kidnapped a year and a half ago. Someone passionate about helping refugees. No visible signs of mentioning Kayla Mueller in prescott arizona. We have helped to keep her name quiet. Someone from their hometown became an isis hostage. It is sad. A young person like that trying to do good and this happens. Reporter a humanitarian aide worker she was captured in 2013 after leaving a hospital near aleppo syria. Isis said she was killed in an air strike by the jordan and air force. Officials say there is no evidence corroborating those claims. Skepticism is high on the streets of prescott. I think it might be just a ploy on their part. You never know. I feel very saddened for the family that they have to wonder whether their child is alive or dead. Reporter muellers passion is no secret for humanitarian work. Documented in the High School Newspaper and she talked about her work along the turkey and syria border. For as long as i live i will not let this suffering continue. She is extremely devoted to the people of syria. In 2011, she took part in a virtual youtube sitin. I am in solidarity with the syrian people. I reject the brutality that the authorities are committing against the syrian people. Reporter in the life of the 26yearold woman, the muellers say the thread is a quiet leadership and desire to serve others. Muellers relatives say last may was the first time they received confirmation he was in captivity and proof she was alive. In their latest Statement Released by the parents, they speak to those directly Holding Mueller. They ask to be contacted privately. Lester. Thank you. More air strikes against the terror group from jordanian all in retaliation over the killed pilot. We have nbcs keir simmons in jordan. Good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. The jordanian f16 was not involved in the Bombing Campaign today. It is the 500pound bombs attached to the wing there. All morning, we have seen the fighter jets taking off from here. The jordanians are utterly rejecting the isis claims their bombs killed Kayla Mueller and all morning, as i say, we have watched the Bombing Campaign continue. One by one, jordanian jets took off this morning. Their target . Isis fighters and bases. The unconfirmed claim from isis that an american hostage has been killed in the bombing raids has not shaken jordan and resolve. F16s are taking off from the air base here head for isis targets in syria. There goes another one. We were invited to see for ourselves the professionalism of the jordan air crews. The fighter pilot, muath al kaseasbeh, burned to death by isis had taken off from this very base. Jordans leader say the retaliation will be relentless. We have to increase this and step up this not just air campaign but as we said and we promised we will go after these guys with whatever and everything we have. Reporter the public mood in jordan shifted. Thousands on the streets yesterday. A protest headed by the queen herself. The message to isis is jordan will never go down. You can never bring us down. Reporter the u. S. Military is providing close support for the jordanians. Two u. S. F22 fighter planes landed in jordan this morning alongside jordanian jets that had taken off laden with bombs. Those jets landed two and a half hours later. In almost every case as far as we can see, their pay loads empty. Their deadly message to isis delivered. And every one of those pilots has returned safely today and a greater effort is being made, erica erica, should a pilot go down they can rescue that pilot before he is captured by isis. As these strikes continue keir can you give us a sense of how effective they have been in hurting the military capacity of isis at this point . Reporter well clearly they have done a huge amount of damage to isis. There are reports and of course it is difficult given the terrorist territory you are talking about. Hundreds of militia being killed. At the same time an air war will never win a battle. At some point, it will come down to forces on the ground. Iraqi forces, Kurdish Forces moving on to mosul. An area overrun by isis last year. That will be crucial. Clearly the Bombing Campaign is a continuing and important part of that. Keir thank you. The fighting intensifies overseas this morning, but here at home president obama is getting ready to ask for congressional approval to fight isis. We have Kristen Welker at the white house with more on that. Reporter lester good morning. The isis claims that the american hostage killed is adding urgency to the fight on isis. The white house is ready to request it will send to Congress Asking for a new authorization to use military force against the terrorist group. Now one of the key sticking points should the language prohibit the use of ground forces. Of course president obama has been adamant he will not send troops into the combat role. Some want that information written in the legislation. Many republicans disagree and Top Administration officials have argued that such language could tie the president s hands if Ground Troops are needed in a different capacity for example. The administration has said it wants it to pass with bipartisan support, but with most pieces of legislation, there will be a debate. Final passage could take several months. Kristen welker thank you. There are developments on both coasts with the measles outbreak. Sheinelle is following that for us. Good morning. Officials in california say the number of concerned measles cases has risen to 103 since the outbreak at disneyland in december. This as doctors prepare for an outbreak in massachusetts. They are on alert after the super bowl last week. Arizona has seven confirmed cases. We will have more on the measles coming up in a moment. Now to taiwan where officials are investigating whether pilot error caused the crash caught on video of the plane crash. 36 people were killed wednesday when the plane plummeted into the river after engine failure after takeoff. Investigators discovered the pilots shutdown the good engine while trying to restart the other. The ntsb is investigating if the third rail contributed to the high death toll on the train crash in new york. Five passengers were killed along with the driver of the suv that collided with the train. Metro north is the only Commuter Railroad in america to collect power from the bottom of the third rail rather than the top. The rail is angled in a way that could have led to snapping and spearing the train. A highway Traffic Safety study finds fewer people are drinking and driving, but more drivers are high behind the wheel. The study conducted from 2013 to 2014 found one in four drivers tested positive for marijuana or other illegal drugs. Drunk driving dropped 1 3 since 2007. It is not every day that firefighters get a call for a horse stuck in a bathtub. It happened near sacramento california. The horse fell into the tub which is used for her food. Rescuers tipped the tub on the side and brought the horse up to her feet. The horse, named phantom, uninjured. A horse in a tub. You dont get that every day. Dylan is back with a check of the rest of the countrys forecast. I bet she wont make that mistake again. Head first. Across the country, obviously, we are looking at both coasts. The snow that is eventually going to develop in the northeast later on tonight and tomorrow. Right now, lakeeffect snow off lake ontario. On the west coast, we still have rain and the gusty winds. As we go into tonight and tomorrow we will see a reinforcement of the heavy rain across Northern California. It stays heavy in seattle and oregon. We have some mountain snow. We could use more mountain snow to beef it up for the good saturday morning to you, we have a few lingering showers out on the santa cruz mountains, but otherwise we are waking up to dry conditions. Its damp out there, grounds are wet, and temperatures are mild. Step outside, we are in the 60s for the most part, and later on this afternoon, well see a mix of sun and clouds drying out most of us but a brief passing shower from time to time. 66 in san francisco, and 67 in the trivalley today. And thats your latest forecast. Lester. Dylan, thanks. Concerns raised over the safety and potential health risks that may be related to the popular ecigarettes. The researchers at the universi o on rochester tested on mice and it can cause lung damage. Dr. Natalie azar is an nbc contributor. Good morning. Good morning. These are marketed as not as bad. They found the free radicals. Explain the hazard they found in the mice. Lester you said we do think that ecigarettes are safer than traditional because they dont contain the number of carcinogens we worry about developing cancer. The back story is what is generated in the vapors and what is in the liquids . Could that confirm a risk long term of lung disease. Not necessarily cancer but something else. A smoker has a risk of cancer and chronic pulmonary disease. That is how people end up on oxygen. The study took human lung cells and studied mice. They said what is happening to the cells exposed to ecigarettes. They generate free radicals. You know how we take anti antioxidents. They are marketing these with flavor. The risk is they are popular to the kids attracted to the flavor and they are not bad for you. Lester, the ecigarettes contained more free radicals and caused more inflammation than regular tobacco. Do we know what is in them . The fda doesnt require to list what is in them. Is it possible each one is not the same as the last monthone . 100 . That is why we want fda regulatory over this. They are not required to list the substances in them. They found they contained traces of an aluminum and nickel and other elements that longterm inhaled could cause damage to the lung. The study clearly showed this. Of course this is on a cellular basis. They are not drawing a conclusion and saying these patients will end up with copd but the suggestion is there. We need more on this. We will once there is regulations. Dr. Azar good to see you. Erica. Lester thanks. An update for you on a story we brought you earlier this week. There has been an incredible outpouring of support for a mans commute that involved 21 miles per day. We have francises with more on the story. Good morning, eri story you love to hear about. James robinson had been walking to work for years after his car died and he could not afford another one. His story made headlines this week and james is sitting pretty. You can blame james for tearing up. This is a life changing gift. It was like a marathon each way into a drive. I do this five days a week. It is unusual for someones commute to grab national headlines, but robinsons 21 miles to work did just that. His story was inspiring. Prompting people around the country to give more than 300,000 in just five days. James asked for advice with handling the money and put it in a trust fund. That is in the works. On friday another surprise for the strongwilled 56yearold. A new ford taurus. What do you think . It will remind me of where i have been. Blake first spotted robinson walking and shared the story with the detroit free press. I think he likes where he lives. He likes the people and his work. He wants to do his thing and get to work easier. An easier commute and more positive outlook. Everybody knows you are supposed to go up and down in life. It has been mostly up up up. As you can see, james is one happy man. Since this has been a while since he has driven he has to wait until he gets used to the car and behind the wheel. When you have a bad day, just think about him. I misspoke. I said 21 miles in a day. That is more than enough. I want to be clear. What a great update on that story. Absolutely. Thanks. Just ahead here five words you should not say while you are on a date. You will want to know these. The hilarious hash tag that is getting a lot of love but first this is today on nbc. A remarkable thing has happened. Over a million californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long. Health insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. You can compare plans side by side choose the one that best fits your needs and enroll online. Coveredca. Com is also the place to find Certified Experts in your area who can answer your questions for free, and help you enroll. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. Its based on income, and 4 out of 5 people who have enrolled qualified. If you dont have a health plan, or you do, but you want to make sure its the best plan for you, nows the time to visit coveredca. Com. But to get covered youve got to get going. Open enrollment ends february 15th. Visit coveredca. Com today. Valentines day is exactly one week away. If you are looking for a long lasting love this year we will hopefully help you in that search by telling you whatnot to say. Sheinelle is in the orange room with love advice. Thats a first. It takes five words to ruin a date. According to twitter. A hash tag with a lot of people laughing lately. It is fivewordstoruinadate. People are tweeting in deal breakers in five words. Some are speaking from experience. Others for a laugh. Sorry, i forgot my wallet. After that expensive dinner. This one, dont worry. Its not contagious. I refuse to eat a salad. What if he says healthy appetite for a chick. Usually i date beautiful women. Guys how about this . You sit down from across the girl and you hear this. Ive chosen our baby names. Use the orangeroom. Five words you think will ruin a date. I have plenty of girlfriends who have chosen a baby name just dont tell them. I knew mine in sixth grade. I didnt use them. I had boys. It wasnt a date but i was at a restaurant. The waiter said to me this is a big meal. I ate the whole thing. They looked at me a little judgy. I was hungry. Still to come on today, speaking of love what it is like to direct a movie full of youre watching today in the bay. Good sat morning to you, its 5 56. Youre looking at downtown san jose on a warm humid morning ahead of a day where well see light showers . I think. Good morning, im kira clapper. We have a look the the forecast right . You are right. Its not like yesterday where we had buckets of rain and came in but we are going to see a little shower activity. Starting off with the past 24 hour storm report. Look at the map. I mean it is littered with storm reports, trees down, power lines down, and flooding on roadways. This was yesterday. Right now, you can see the showers turned off quite a bit. We are tragcking a few showers in Morgan Hill Gilroy santa cruz the activity is spotty and light. Well see that throughout the day today. Its mild and humid and temperatures in the 60s to start the day. Were going to top out in the mid60s today. A brief passing shower possible but overall, sun today and then another heavy round of rain tonight just in time for the morning so tomorrow, well detail that coming up at 7 00. A very busy man this morning. Anthony, thank you. An unbelievable story from the storm. A tree branch came smashing through the front windshield of a car. A young girl was sitting right there in the passenger seat and amazingly she was not hurt. Liz was driving her kids to school when strong winds knocked down a huge redwood tree causing an areawide power outage but came within inches of impaling the family. She says she feels like she and the family are the luckiest people in the world. It may have been a wet and miserable night, but die hards braved the rain if you can believe it to get in line at at t park. Today is giants fan fest. The team kicks off the 2015 season with thousands of the biggest supporters. Fans lined up late last night for the 22nd annual event where fans and players alike ramp up for spring training. You can get autographs walk on the field, see all three trophies. The event is free to the public and runs from 10 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. I cant believe it is back. You know. Im going to spring training 37 thatll be fun. Coming up more on the storm including a live report from bob, plus all your top stories at 7 00. Right now, back to the today show. I dont do romance. Looking so great im singular. You wouldnt understand. Back on a saturday morning. It is february 7th, 2015. Thats the lego version of fifty shades of grey. It has wracked up 1. 5 million views on youtube. That will show you why. Were less than a week away from the february 13th premiere of the movie. Coming up on today, well speak to the movies director on what it was like to shoot that film. Also coming up could you imagine fitting a family of four into a 400squarefoot home . Well tell you why more and more people are downsizing from bigger spaces into closer quarters. That might be rough. I might end up divorced. Look at your kids playing in the ball pits at a Birthday Party. It turns out, now, the grownups can get in on the action. Well tell you where. Whoa. I like that. A little aftershow ritual. Or duringshow ritual. Later, well look at whats going on with tiger woods. The golfer had to withdraw from another tournament because of an injury. Is the end of the road coming for his career . Or will he be able to turn things around . Lets get the latest on Bobbi Kristina brown. The daughter of Whitney Houston, fighting for her life in an atlanta hospital. This as her family fought outside of the hospital. That brawl leading to a 911 call. Gabe gutierrez has more for us. Reporter this morning, family members continue their somber vigil at Amber University hospital for Bobbi Kristina brown. It could seem her adds are against her. Though doctors dont see hope for change. It looks impossible for her to stand again. Still, pray for b. K. People magazine reports that relatives have been singing Whitney Houston hits in her hospital room including greatest love of all. This is a tremendous tragedy that has struck them. And theyre largely reeling from it and trying to figure out what to do next. Reporter emotions are apparently running high. How many people are fighting . Its got to be like eight or ten people. Reporter during a Birthday Party for bobby brown at this atlanta hotel, police say his sister tina brown, hit her son in the head with a bottle. No charges were filed. As for bob bb kristina they are not talking about her condition. A week ago, a friend discovered Bobbi Kristina facedown and unresponsible in a bathtub. An attorney told our sister network, e it was a visit from a cable technician that prompted him to look for her. They had a different system. And that person actually needed to access the house. And thats how they ended up finding Bobbi Kristina. And i reporter now, almost exactly three years after her mother was found dead in a bathtub family members are keeping a close watch over her only daughter. For today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. Dylan is outside with another check of the forecast for us. Good morning, guys. We have apparently a big birthday here. Who is turning 40 . Thats you. Is this you on the picture . I get it. This down here . Thats mom and dad. Theyre saying inging happy birthday. They came with us. Where are they . Right here. We got a really warm coat. What is this . Coyote. Wow. Okay. I guess it keeps you warm right . You need something out here. We have really cold temperatures across the northeast. And were just bracing ourselves for the next winter storm. A winter storm watch is in effect all across the northeast. But notice how it doesnt include new york city. Most of the snow is going to stay north of new york. In and out of snow tonight, sunday and monday. Well see icing by early monday morning in the new york city area. To the north of that thats where well see more and more snow accumulate. Its not like were getting 12 to 15 inches of snow in the pink area all at once. It accumulates saturday night through monday. Its a slow process. Hopefully that will keep the crews ahead of the snow instead of it falling at once. On the west coast, were looking at lots of rain. 9 to 11 inches of rain have fallen in northern and thats your latest forecast. Guys . Dylan, thanks. Just ahead, it turns out bigger isnt always better. Why some families say downsizing with the size of their home has made a big difference in their lives. Thats right after this. Were back with something of a new new big in housing. Families giving up their huge multibedroom hom giving up the huge bedroom homes to live in a smaller space. We have craig melvin with more on that. A much smaller space in any circumstance. Smaller than that. The tiny house movement. You might think when a family down sizes they miss the space, but people who are living smaller are happier. Tall ceilings and a lot of natural light. Reporter many think bigger is better. Dont count the Morrison Family among them. They say their tiny house is the best choice for the family of four. Doesnt feel small. Reporter they didnt always live like this. The morrisons were living large. Living in the large house was a detriment. Reporter there wasnt room for anything else. The family decided to down size. We went from a four bedroom over 2,000 square foot house to 317 square foot tiny house. Reporter turns out, they reaped huge benefits. We have money now to spend on things that are fun and things enjoyable for us rather than spending money we dont need. Our quality of life has improved so many ways. Reporter they are not alone. Darren williams designs homes like this one with the efficiently planned use of space. This slides in and you have a queen size bed. Reporter the price tag, 35,000. How many square feet . This one is 132 square feet. Reporter the average size of a house in the country is 2,500 feet. A tiny home is typically 1 10 of that size. This movement is so popular now, it is the subject of a popular tv series. Tiny house nation. Smalls big appeal ranges from convenience to cost. Most tiny homeowners dont have a mortgage. Not sure if a tiny house is for you . You can give one a try for a night here in americas only tiny house hotel. Consider it your mini home for the night. Just minutes from Downtown Portland oregon. How is business . Business is amazing. It looks small from the outside, but they have everything you need. Reporter and thats the case for the Morrison Family too. We are living here without sacrifice. Reporter living large by going small. We actually enjoy it and love it. And everyone we talked to said the same thing. The family of four oh, my gosh. There is a family of seven we could not track down. They live in a home 400 square feet. They make it work. When you downsize it is amazing how quickly you forget. I came back to new york we went to a space half. We threw out all of the stuff. Two months later, i dont remember what it was. Simple living. I have stuff in storage. I have not seen it in a year. I should let it go. Throw it out. 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Sam taylorjohnson is here with us. You said that is one of your favorite scenes. They both have good humor. It plays out so well in that part. You have seen that scene a number of times. You are the director. You are watching the process as it gets put together. Yesterday was the fan screening. We know what an enormous fan base there is for the book. You went to the fan screening. Can you breathe a sigh of relief after being there . I did not know what to anticipate. I felt the excitement of the fans and adrenaline of everything. It was really overwhelming. It felt a little beatlemaniaish. There is a huge amount of support for the book, which is so enormously popular otherwise you would not have a movie. There are women who mainly women, who love this book and see it empowering. A separate cast that sees a lot of what happened in the book as demeaning and setback for women. How do you balance those as you go through the process . The movie, i set out as a goal to empower the character and to feel like she is not the one with any control or sense of where she is going. By the end of the movie, everyone will feel that she is the one in control and she is the one with the power. That was really important to take her on the journey. Some of these scenes are steamy to say the least. Was there ever a moment as a director where you are on set and they are in the scenes and you felt like i dont think i should be here right now. It never felt inappropriate because we set the scenes until the end of the shoot. The shoot was nine and a half weeks which was intended. By the time we got to the last few weeks, we had a real trust and bond between the three of us. When we were in the scenes there is a crew and lots of people. Yeah. It is uncomfortable, but i have a job to do. It is almost like choreography. It is not as awkward as people imagine. It is and it isnt. I have to ask, there were reports of scabbles between you and e. L. Jane. She gave me a wealth of material to work from. The tussles were about should this be included or this or is this visual or not. It will happen between two very very visual people. You know visual with the book and visual with the screen. We got through it. It is there. It is successful. I have time for a yes or no. We are counting down to the premiere. Are you on board for two . Yes. Excellent. Great to have you here. Thanks so much. Just a reminder fifty shades of grey hits theaters next friday. Just ahead, time to start jumping for joy. We will take you to london where adults are having more fun than kids. But first this is today on nbc. A remarkable thing has happened. Over a million californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long. Health insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. You can compare plans side by side choose the one that best fits your needs and enroll online. Coveredca. Com is also the place to find Certified Experts in your area who can answer your questions for free, and help you enroll. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. Its based on income, and 4 out of 5 people who have enrolled qualified. If you dont have a health plan, or you do, but you want to make sure its the best plan for you, nows the time to visit coveredca. Com. But to get covered youve got to get going. Open enrollment ends february 15th. Visit coveredca. Com today. Still to come on today, another weekend and another early exit for tiger woods. What the golfing great is saying about his latest injury and if he has the gift. 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Laaking forward to it anthony. Thank you. A live look across the san mateo bridge tpofplter city side. The peninsula not not spared from relentless lane. This is what it looked like at Rancho Shopping Center in los altos. Most neighbors welcomed the rain. It helps the environment. Turn off the sprinklers and let Mother Nature do its work. Some wind kept pg e crews busy overnight. They will be working day and night. As the grouped gets more saturated, more trees could fall leading to more outages. Some diehards did brave the rain to get into at t park. Today is giants fan fest. They will kick off the 2015 season is with thousands of their biggest supporters. Began lining up for the 22nd annual fan fest event where fans and players alike ramp up for spring training. There they are all camped out. They must be diehards to brave that weather. They will get player autographs, walk on the field and see all three world series trophies. Todays event is free to the public. It runs from 10 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Coming up more on the storm with anthony and a live report from bobry dell. For now back to the today show. Good morning. Its saturday february 7th 2015. Here is a look at todays top stories. A deluge for days. Weather systems hitting both coasts this weekend. In the west, non stop rains causing mudslides and on the east coast, preparation are under way for up to a foot of snow of the. Holding out hope. The parents of american aid worker Kayla Mueller say they are hopeful their daughter is still alive despite claims by isis that kayla was killed by a Jordanian Air strike. And miracle survivor a truly amazing story after a 14yearold boy gets trapped under ice in freezing cold water for 15 minutes. His team of doctors and nurses in disbelief he managed to survive. We will hear from all of them, including the brave young boy exclusively. Good morning. Welcome back to today on a saturday morning. Were thrilled to be out here on the plaza. Not huge, but loyal. Were happy to have you all here. A little chilly but well take it because its not snowing at the moment. And dylans not in a fluffy coat. Thats a good thing. Coming up fun for kids of all ages. How would you like to jump in one of those giant ball pits that you see your kids do these days. Were going to take you there and hear from people who have found their inner child. But right now were going to as the white house waits for proof of isis claims the female american aide worker was killed her family holds out hope. Reporter good morning. Here in prescott arizona, there are still a lot of Unanswered Questions about the fate of Kayla Mueller. Her parents announced a statement saying this latest news does cause them some concern, but they are still hopeful that shes alive. Isis claims she was killed in an air strike by jordanian forces. U. S. Officials say theres no confirmation and there is plenty of skepticism on the streets of her hometown. Muellers family has provided more information about the 26yearold woman. She was kidnapped in august of 2013 after leaving a hospital near aleppo syria. Her family received confirmation of her captivity last may. Now, in this newest Statement Released by her parents, they are asking those responsible for Holding Mueller to please contact the family privately. She has been dedicated to helping the victims of syrias civil war. In fact, the local newspaper quoted her as saying as long as they live i will not let this suffering be normal. Her family says kayla found this work heartbreaking but compelling. She attended high school here in prescott and went to college at Northern Arizona university. For her safety a number of people here in her hometown were not aware of what was going on. A sixth suspect named in an indictment on friday is reportedly out of the country. They are all immigrants from bosnia living legally in missouri illinois and new york. Both lanes of an interstate in upstate new york are open after blinding snow triggered a massive pileup friday. At least 40 vehicles were involved including four tractortrailers. No serious injuries were reported but traffic was stalled for hours. Rosie odonnell has quit the view for a second time. She says she wants to spend more time with her family after her latest divorce. Shes expected to leave next week. This follows months of turmoil among the hosts and a slip in ratings. Odonnell also quit the show in 2007 after a turbulent stint. Finally a woman in florida who apparently didnt even know she was pregnant until her third trimester got an even bigger surprise when she gave birth. The baby weighing in at 14 pounds one ounce. Baby avery is currently in the unit but hes going home soon. Hes the biggest baby born at the hospital and one of the largest in state history. I hear it was 19 hours. She delivered him naturally. Wow. 14 pounds. She delivered a 4yearold. Im just kidding. Congratulations to her. Dylan has a check of the forecast. Top that one. I just realize whadd what you said. That was good schtick. You dont usually compliment me. You usually roll your eyes. I do. But i liked that one. Its cold outside all across the northeast. Looking at your feels like temperature. One below right now. Feels like 9 in springfield, massachusetts. Its only cold in the northeast. Look at how warm it is everywhere else. Should be about 10 to 5 degrees above average. Wichita should hit good saturday morning to you. We are waking up to a little bit of shower activity santa cruz to Gilroy Morgan hill. It is still mild out there. Temperatures still in the 60s for the most part. 57 in the north bay. Everybody else low to mid60s. A brief passing shower. Most of us will stay dry, though. Were talking about temperatures into the 60s. Brief passing shower will lead to heavy rain for tomorrow morning. Tkaeupls at 7 00. And thats your latest forecast. Now over todetails at 7 00. Ter holt. I have norvhave m jokes for you. The news is about snow. Anything wants to hear more of it coming, especially in boston and chicago where they are digging out from the last mess. Now people who have not gotten to clear their sidewalks are getting shamed into getting it done. Here is nbcs ron mott. Reporter boston crews scrambled to clean up the snow as another blast heads in this weekend. About three feet of snow in one week. Reporter it is scenes like this. Cars buried on public streets. Sidewalks virt virtually impasse able that brought comments from everyone. It runs your life. Reporter all this snow also brought out the snow cops. These door tags mean a 50 ticket in somerville near boston. Safety is at the forefront. We are not here to embarrass people. We have rules. Reporter even secretary of state john kerry could not escape the long arm of snow laws. He too, was fined for neglecting to clear the sidewalk outside his home. And despite being criticized for hosting a parade for the super bowl champions while streets remained covered in snow. Boston mayor asked people to snap pictures and sent them to city hall. I ask you take a picture with the address. We will send somebody to the house to give them a ticket. Reporter in philadelphia they have taken matters into their own hands. Taking pictures and posting them online hoping to shame the homeowners. In chicago, claiming dibs on parking spots is a timehonored tradition, a pregnant woman came home to find her space still hers. A ray of sunshine among the miserable weather. For today, ron mott nbc news boston. You were in boston and i was in chicago. People would put out chairs. It is equity. They put out anything they could. A broom. As long as you dont take the space. It is sacred. Tiger woods wont be playing golf after withdrawing from the tournament citing a golf injury. He isappearing to be struggling with the game. Todays correspondent craig melvin is back with the story. Good morning. Tiger is one of the greatest golfers, but the game this season has gone from bad to worse. He withdrawn from the last three of the nine tournaments he started. Some suggest it is more than just a back injury. Tiger woods made it part way through the opening round before he could not take it anymore. Pulling out of the Farmers Insurance open in torrey pines on thursday. Blaming on weather delays and tight back. I got cold standing out here. Everything started deactivating again. Reporter this is the third time he withdrew from a tournament in the last 12 months. Last week he shot the worst round ever as a pro. An 82. At times, he looked like an amateur. Some wondering if the golfer has the yips. Extreme nervousness causing one to miss easy shots. The hands do an involuntary flinch. Reporter it is an issue other pro athletes faced. Two on the baseball field and lost their ability to throw accurately. The nbas roy hibbert struggled to sink shots. This appears to date back to his divorce from elin. Despite that tiger was on the way to surpass jack nicklaus. After the scandal, zero major wins. When you juxtapose the astonishment with the sadness he is playing now, it is tough to watch. The 38yearold gets another shot to win in three weeks at the honda classic, guys. Craig, thanks. Now to a truly remarkable story of survival after a 14yearold fell through the ice and under water for 15 minutes. He is telling his story exclusively to nbc news. Kristen dahlgren has the story for us. Good morning. Good morning. Five to ten minutes and you are likely to suffer brain damage. Missouri teen john smith was without oxygen for longer than that. He is home and he can walk and talk. Boy does he have a story to tell. John smith doesnt remember much after this picture. He and two friends posing out on the ice of lake. There is one child under water. Reporter a scramble trying to pull john to safety. There is no explanation but how god wanted me to live for a reason. Im alive now. Reporter doctors agree calling johns survival miraculous. He was gone. I never felt someone that cold in my life. Reporter they had little hope when john came in. He had been under icy water for 15 minutes. They tried to revive him for almost half an hour. Then called in his mother to tell her he was gone. I started praying very loudly. God, please dont take my son. She came in here and walked in and sat down and yelled out, come holy spirit and said his name. Few seconds later, we had a heart beat. It gave me goose bumps. It was just a miracle. And everybody just started crying. The light of my life. Reporter but would he ever be the same. John kept defying the odds. Within 48 hours, he opened his eyes. Then the basketball loving teen gave doctors a sign his mind was still okay. We used to say, john, pretend your lefthand is lebron james and the right is michael jordan. He got all of the questions right. Reporter on friday rescuers met up with smith giving him some cavs gear. Although he knows they have given him the greatest gift. Thankful im alive now. I want to thank our st. Louis affiliate for the help with the story. Smith has a cough. He is in physical therapy. The rescue squad had just practiced their ice rescues right before this happened. Everything fell into place. Listen to those nurses. I got the chills. Imagine being in that room. Incredible. Lets go over to dylan in the orange room. She is with the plaza fan of the day. I have paula here from rochester, new york. You are cancer free since wednesday. I finished my last radiation treatment then. Congratulations. You are in the orange room. Still to come on today, having a ball where the adults are jumping for joy, but first these messages. 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You want to start again . You pick it up. Do you remember the ball pits you used to jump in as a kid . Now they are making them for adults. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in london. Kelly, good morning. Reporter hi lester. When was the last time you played . I mean really went for it . Thats what this place is about. It is called jump in. How can i resist . One, two, three an adults only plastic playground. Going for a swim. Im swallowed up by plastic balls. Where you can be a kid again. Im going under. It was a holiday surprise for employees at design agency. Once i came up with the idea it just excuse the pun, snow balled. The way to get the creative juices flowing. A permission slip to play straight from the bosses. Really addictive. How do we make people smile. Reporter worked for me. In fact it worked for so many people they invited all of london to try it out for two weeks only. Proceeds going to a childrens charity. They are fully booked and the calls keep coming. Turns out a lot of us are longing for a reason to take a break. Hows this for an excuse . Psychologists say it is really good for you. If we play more and work just a little bit less well probably be more efficient. Reporter and we might even learn a thing or two. I have never been great at diving but ill give it a try. Hmmm. Maybe not. Im like seriously afraid ill break my neck if i try it. I know i wont. Im in a ball pit. That whole adult thinking coming in. Guys i had so much fun with this. I really hope you get a chance to try it too. The organizers are actually thinking about taking all of this on the road. Stay tuned. In the meantime one last shot. Try it. There you go thats it. The first stop is going to be the plaza . Studio 1a . I hope so. Get an orange one. That looks like fun. So much fun. Kelly, thanks. Well be right back but first this is today on nbc. 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