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Temps could be winters last bitter blast. And for the first time in a very long time dylan dryer is here with a forecast youll want to watch and she wants to share. So theres confetti. And over the edge a car race in mexico goes wildly wrong when a driver loses control as you can see here. He drives off the road into a reservoir below. Well tell you how it happens today, saturday march 7th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today. With lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin along with dylan dryer. Theres confetti at my feet. I know. Im rethinking the whole confetti thing. But we should be celebrating. Yes, very happy. I thought it was snow at first. No. It was a box that i thought worked. Well get to that forecast in a few moments. We want to get straight to the top story. Thats the 50th anniversary of a historic day in selma, alabama. Its known as bloody sunday. Overnight the House Majority leader decided he would remember the past and to look toward the future. Nbcs Kristen Welker is outside the church in selma where the march began. Good morning. Reporter erica, good morning to you. You can feel the energy and anticipation here as the nation prepares to mark a pifvotal moment in our nations history. Some of them marched in bloody sunday and some of them took part in the final march that started here at this church and stretched 50 miles all the way to the capital of montgomery. They were marching for Voting Rights and civil rights. This anniversary comes against the backdrop of the justice report to find there is in fact deep racial bias. And the Police Department in ferguson missouri thats where Michael Brown was killed. On friday, president obama kicked off the events by talking to people in South Carolina and talked about ferguson. Take a listen to what he had to say. In ferguson they have to make a decision are they now going to enter into some sort of agreement with the Justice Department to fix what is clearly a broken and racially biased system. Or if they dont, then the Justice Department has the capacity to sue the city. Or violations of the rights of the people of ferguson. Reporter now a Senior Administration official tells me this is an emotional weekend for president obama as well. He has frequently talked about the impact that selma has had on him. The fact that what happened here helped pave the way for him to become the nations first africanamerican president. I am told that today he will talk about all of the progress that has been made since selma and also the work that remains. Hell be joined by former president george w. Bush as well as close to 100 members of congress. Now, initially no republican congressional leaders were slated to attend this anniversary event, but then on friday an apparent aboutface top congressional member Kevin Mccarthy announced hes going to be here and tens of thousands of people will be here from all over the country. Now to a corruption investigation focusing on new jersey senator Robert Menendez. Friday night menendez hastily called a News Conference to deny hes done anything wrong. The questions are still swirling this morning about whether the senator went too far to help a friend and campaign donor. The chief Investigative Reporter for our new york station is here john great to see you. Good morning, craig. Word out of the Justice Department is that the new jersey senior senator could be indicted later this month. Federal prosecutors now have some of the senators own staffers in front of a federal grand jury answering questions about allegations he crossed the line. Let me be very clear, very clear. I have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. Reporter senator Robert Menendez is pushing back amid new information that he could soon be facing indictment. The veteran democratic acknowledges he took cash from this florida doctor including free private jet trips to a Luxury Resort in the dominican republic. The feds want to know if the senator then improperly used his office to try to help the eye doctor get a Port Security deal in the d. R. A deal potentially worth tens of millions. The fbi is also looking into whether menendez went too far in pressing some government officials who had accused dr. Melgen of overbilling medicare. Melgen denied the wrongdoing and calling it oversight, the senator repaid the cost of private flights even though menendez says the eye doctor is a longtime friend. We have been there for family weddings and sad times like funerals and have given each other birthday holiday and wedding presents just as friends do. Reporter the move forward with any prosecution, the Justice Department now has to prove there was a quid pro quo, that menendez took official action to help the doctor in exchange for those donations and gifts. What could be a fine line. The fact that he received contributions for dr. Melgen those two things are not enough. The government has to show a linkup. Reporter menendez known for his political fights over cuba, iran and Superstorm Sandy fighting may now be in the fight of his political life but he remains defiant. And i am not going anywhere. Reporter a spokesman for the fbi and Justice Department declined to comment but sources familiar with the investigation say likely in a matter of weeks it all could be coming to an be end. All right, jonathan dienst thank you. If you are sick of some of those winter scenes like this one. Winter dumping its worst on us there is some big news this morning. The end is very near. Even with record lows in parts of the country today. It does look like change is quickly coming upon us. No one is happier to report that news than our dylan dryer. I dont know if i can smile bigger than i am smiling. We just have to get through today and then we turn the corner next week. But lets get rid of this pattern in the jet stream still in place today. Its very cold out there this morning with record lows. Currently its 22 in toledo. 18 in pittsburgh. 20 in d. C. New york city is at 18 degrees right now. And as we go through the morning, we did break some records. Near record lows for this time of the year. 2 below is the record in washington. Harrisburg 1. Reading, pennsylvania 2. We are close to those temperatures and its all because of this pattern in the jet stream. But you can see this warm up here, thats eventually going to start moving in. Out west temperatures are 5 to 15 degrees above average. Thats the warm air we want to tap into. Dodge city looks like 66 degrees today. And watch as that lifts to the north. By sunday in minneapolis, 44 degrees. Thats 8 degrees above average. Kansas city should make it into the 60s. Then going into monday we are looking for a 45 in marquette. I think thats the warmest temperature they have seen in several months. So we are looking at 40s that will feel extra nice. Very nice. Break out the tshirts. We have to be extra nice to you because you deserve just as much love when you bring us good news as when you report the other news. So remember that all summer. Ill take the love. Thank you, dylan. Harrison ford is still recovering at a california hospital this morning, two days after that terrifying crash in the middle of the golf course. It could be months before investigators know exactly what happened to bring down fords plane. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is at the Ucla Medical Center where ford is hospitalized. Miguel good morning. Reporter craig, good morning. Harrison ford was rushed here to the hospital said to be listed in moderate to fair condition. His family says he underwent surgery after some broken bones. Hes expected to make a full recovery. Officials say its incredible he survived. This morning new images of the legendary actor battered but incredibly relatively okay. Suffering nonlifethreatening injuries. In their search for clues, the ntsb removed the vintage world war ii era plane wreckage from the crash site. Investigators say next week theyll take apart the engine pour over maintenance records in hopes to interview the pilot. 53178 engine failure with immediate return. Ryan 178 runway 21 clear to land. Reporter Harrison Fords mayday call came moments after takeoff thursday. Cell phones capturing parts of his plummet out of the sky. Oh no. We heard the crash. You know it was just a loud bang. Reporter the video along with the debris field scattered along the golf course could offer insight into what went wrong. You look at everything youre looking at flight controls youre looking at engine youre looking at instrumentation. Man, its beautiful. 8,500 feet. Reporter a veteran pilot, ford flew Relief Missions to haiti and helped rescue a boy scout. He had experience flying the plane that crashed, restored and considered extremely safe say investigators. Some pilots believe ford saved lives avoiding homes going down at the golf course. He once joked to tmz about touching down. Whats one thing you know about flying a plane . How to land it. How to land it . Reporter as ford recovers the crash has renewed the debate over whether the Santa Monica Airport should remain opened or closed. Other celebrities like tom cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger also use that airport. Officials say the airport is safe but neighbors say its simply too close to residential homes. Craig . Miguel almaguer thank you. Protests breaking out overnight after a 19yearold was shot and killed by police in wisconsin. Janelle is following that story for us. Yes, the africanamerican teen was fatally shot after struggling with an officer responding to a disturbance call. A family spokesperson tells our affiliate that the victim is 19yearold tony robinson. Shortly after the shooting protesters took to the streets chanting black lives matter. It is unclear if robinson was armed. And officials in russia detained two suspects in connection with the Fatal Shooting of boris nemtsov. And former Vice President Walter Mondale is in the hospital with the flu this morning. The 87yearold was supposed to appear at an event with former president jimmy carter friday. President carter said mondale went to the mayo clinic for a routine checkup and was admitted after it was discovered he had the flu. Now to iowa where republican president ial candidates are gathering. Kelly odonnell is here with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Theres one first trip to iowa as a likely president ial candidate. And for jeb bush this is it. This grand stage behind me is where there will be an Agricultural Summit today. A lot of the talk is on Scott Walker Chris Christie and more. They will be here. Last night at a fundraiser, jeb bush went behind agricultural issues to talk about Foreign Policy and was critical of the president and Hillary Clinton. So the next president has to restore an american presence where our allies know where we stand, where they dont think that were pulling back were not pivoting were not doing all these things to create uncertainty. And that reference to pivoting was a direct knock on Hillary Clinton who used that term during her time as secretary of state. Now tonight in florida she will be speaking at a clinic Global Initiative event. And that may be an opportunity for her to make her first Public Comments beyond the tweet about using private email only not a government email address, during her time as secretary of state. Today it will be all questions and answers about agriculture here in iowa. Kelly odonnell, thank you. The ntsb says today it will interview the crew of the delta plane that skidded off a runway in new york. The plane carrying 127 passengers landed at the Laguardia Airport during a snowstorm thursday. Six passengers sustained minor injuries after the plane slid sideways into a fence stopping just inches from the bay. The ntsb plans to release information from the black boxes monday. The ncaa suspended Syracuse University mens basketball coach jim boeheim. He also put syracuse on probation five years and said the team must vacate wins from ineligible students participating. Now to dramatic video of a highspeed chase in mexico. The car crashes off the road landing in a lake. The driver says the car landed on its wheels and sunk just seconds after he escaped through his door. Get this the car was recovered and repaired in time to rejoin rally mexico today. Thats amazing. Thes if it was me i would call it a wrap for the day. Me too. Dylan has a check on the countrys weather at this point. Good morning. Good morning. For the first time in a long time we are not focused on a winter storm. Minus a couple lakeeffect showers, we are warming to the south in the 60s. High pressure through texas, well warm into the 50s and 60s. In the southwest, we are well above average. Southern california,83 degrees. A little windy to increase the risk for fire danger. Stretching up to the Northern Plains and the upper midwest, we have partly sunny skies with te good saturday morning. Im meteorologist anthony slaughter. Fogfree conditions in San Francisco bay. Lights are gone now. We are waiting for those. About another year before those actually turn back on due to maintenance theyre restoring some of the lights on the bay bridge. Clear skies. Temperatures chilly, definitely need a jacket. Look at the highs later on well above average. 76 south bay, same for the peninsula. San francisco warm again. 72 up there. 77 for the trivalley and north bay. And thats your and thats your latest forecast. Thank you vrp muchery much. Time for the download. Take a few minutes to get you caught up on the weeks news. We know your lives are busy. It is tough to Pay Attention to every story going on. Thats why we are here. Heres a look back at the week it was. A showdown on the international stage. Todays high profile and highly controversial speech before congress by israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. To defeat isis and let Iran Get Nuclear Weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. Mr. Netanyahu has been proclaiming, predicting that iran would have a Nuclear Weapon within two, three, four years since 1992. Staying in politics potential president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is in the hot seat after revelations clinton exclusively used her personal email account while serving as secretary of state. You do not need a law degree to have an understanding of how troubling this is. Hillary clinton finally responded. A tweet just before midnight saying, i want the public to see my email. The long awaited trial for boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has begun. His defense lawyer making a stunning admission. It was him. Rebecca gregory who lost a limb posted this powerful letter to tsarnaev tsarnaev. Today i looked you right in the face and realized i was not afraid anymore. South korea stands behind the u. S. Ambassador after he was slashed with a knife. Recovering from a vicious attack. Send me an ambulance fast. The suspect was known to police with a history of violence after two hours in surgery and 80 stitches it will be months before he recovers full use of his fingers. A frightening close call at a major u. S. Airport in the middle of a snowstorm. I just survived a plane crash. Suddenly about twothirds of the way down the runway the plane veered to the left. Only that em bankment and fence kept it from going into the freezing water. Hundreds of drivers stranded for more than 15 hours on i65 in northern kentucky. And all i wanted to do was find a reason to break out my giant shovel. You know the one thats 107. 6 inches tall . Its a little clumsy but it does represent the record we are trying to beat. And this reallife duo is causing quite the internet chatter. A hungry weasel trying to attack a woodpecker midair. You might imagine the internet just couldnt resist having a little fun with this shot. There is a shirtless vladimir putin. John travolta. And miley ditching her wrecking ball for something new. The video everyone is talking about taken by a family driving through a wildlife park in south africa. One lion gets a little too close for comfort. Probably the best argument we have seen in quite a while for Automatic Door locks. Oh man. What would you do in that moment . You pray. You start bargaining with god. Because where are you going . You are not getting out of the car. Thats got to be horrible. Thats so tricky. Because the runway is short, your surrounded by water and then you throw in the weather, but my favorite image all week come on the weasel. The woodpecker. I didnt know weasels were so small. When i first saw the picture, i thought the same thing. Or woodpeckers were so big. Theres that too. It depends which perspective youre taking the woodpecker or the weasel. When i see pictures like that i dont know if i believe it or if it is photoshopped. Theres why you are a good journalist youre skeptical. Still to come one of the clueless things that anyone can do to a student during these winter months. Well explain that. But first, this is today on nbc. Yoplait. With a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. Dont miss yoplaits exciting new flavors creamy caramel and cookies n cream. For kids looking to get out of going to school, maybe homework they didnt get done the night before, snow days are no laughing matter. They are not. But one connecticut mayor, he may beg to differ. We are in the orange room now with the social media fury he has caused. Think back to when you were in school and a snowstorm hit. You anxiously waited for the announcement, will school be canceled or not. Obviously thats happened a lot this winter. So in danbury, connecticut, this guy, mayor mark bouden is in charge of making those announcements. If his twitter feed is any indication, hes having a lot of fun with hiss authority, taunting some students. Case in point. Attention danbury Public Schools will and then he just leaves it hanging. How about this for the mayor . Whoopthereitis. The next one, all right, all right enough, schools ar he leaves them hanging. As you can imagine, the kids are responding having a lot of fun with it. Emilie says mayor mark, you better get each and every one of us a therapist with all the stress youre causing us. And another says when mayor mark is playing with our feelings. What does the mayor respond with . How about this danbury students be like i love this man. I think he has more than 18,000 twitter followers. No surprise there. Hes funny. Those are great. Ive interviewed that guy a few times. Hes pretty hilarious. Clearly. You have to have a good sense of humor. So is School Closed or not . I think they had a delay. Cruel sometimes. Great for parents but still to come on today, when those kids do actually get a snow day, they might go sledding. But it turns out a day of fun can go tragically wrong. Jeff rossen has an important warning. And you might call her professor clooney now. George clooneys wife amal is set to lecture college students. But first, these messages. Youre watching today in the bay. Good saturday morning to you. What a beautiful look at San Francisco from San Bruno Mountain on a clear and cold morning ahead of a warm saturday. Good morning. Im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. Yes, its going to be beautiful. Get out and enjoy yesterday, it was spectacular. It was spectacular. A repeat performance today. Great. Hopefully you have the day off and enjoy the sights and sounds across the bay area. Temperatures in the 40s. Chilly in the north bay. 37 degrees there with a few clouds. Overall, the story of the day, its how warm its going to be across the bay area. Temperatures for this time of year should be in the low 60s. Were going way past that into the mid70s late on this afternoon. South bay 76. Peninsula 76. Trivalley and north bay at 77. San francisco, 72 degrees. You know i was at ocean beach yesterday, 69 degrees the official high. Wow. Felt so much warmer. Temperatures even warmer for today. So really wherever you go its going to be nice. Remember the spf. Yes. We dont have to say that that much, now that its so warm, do that. You have to be outside for 30 minutes or more to get burned. Make sure if you are going to be outside longer than that spf. Thank you. Stay safe out there. A developing story now a convicted child molest ter remains on the loose in the bout say. Police tracks the escaped inmate to an apartment complex but was able to get away. He remains one step ahead of authorities. Johnell carter has been in jail one year on five counts of child molestation molestation. He has the name alice tattooed on his next. Carter is considered dangerous. Manhunt began valley Medical Center where he first escaped during a routine medical appointment. Later spotted a half mile away at the sierra Crest Apartments in san jose. He broke into an apartment, changed out of his green jail clothing. The tenant wasnt home at the time. The search included a Police Helicopter canine units, even car and trunk checks for anyone leaving the apartment complex. San jose police say it is possible that carter left the area. It was a packed house for Singer Chris Brown at the s. A. P. Center in san jose last night. His concert comes less than two months after a shooting during his last performance apartment a san jose nightclub. Thousands had to go through metal detectors before getting into the s. A. P. Center. In january, five people were wounded in the shooting at browns concert at fiesta nightclub. Police were clear that wouldnt happen this time around. Police made several arrests, the majority involved people being drunk in public. Coming up on today in the bay, putting down the phone. How some people in the bay area tried to do the unfathomable unplugging from smartphones and computers for 24 hours. You think you can do that . 20 seconds. That plus top stories at 7 00. Back to the today show. There it is. If thats not a distraction, i dont know what is. Check out the lengths these Arizona State basketball fans will go to to make sure the opposing team misses a shot. So does it work . Well tell you that later. Welcome back on this saturday morning edition, march 7th 2015. This is today. Its chilly out on the plaza. A little chilly. Chilly out there. But even the sunlight in new york city yesterday, it was so bright it almost gave you hope. It felt like it was warmer than it was. Im losing my gauge. Its just cold. Im going with positive blue sky. We can do this sheinelle. Were going to spend some time with the folk who is braved it. Not too long because its cold. Yes. Just ahead in this half hour on a serious note, a very emotional first week of testimony in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. The lawyer for the accused even admitting his client is responsible. So that had some people asking why is there a need for the trial to continue . Well take a look at that. Tomorrow as you know we spring ahead. Consider this your first of many many reminders to change your clocks before you go to bed tonight. We change them twice a year for Daylight Saving time but ever wondered why . Well look at the thought behind spring ahead and falling back. Do you wonder twice a year . No not really. You know what though i like the one where i gain an hour. Yes. Not looking forward to losing an hour. Later this morning melting away the winter blues. Start thinking about fun, sun, and warmth. The sun in new york city doesnt do it for you we have unbeatable deals, perfect time of year. They can be yours right now, just stay with us for all the details. As weve been talking inging about here, it appears as if this that ti weather, winter, is starting to go away. Dylan dreyer on the plaza with another check on the forecast. Whats up dylan . Thats what im saying although right now none of us think its warm. Its lame cold. You guys are celebrating 125 years together or birthdays. On monday yes. Happy birthday. Where are you from . Geneva new york. Sow so youve been having a rough winter. Were ready for a warmup. For the first time were not talking act snow in the forecast. Were talking about rain instead. We have it down through texas, heavy in spots like houston. To monday it starts to spread to the east. We are looking far wet day down through the gulf coast states. We could see an inch or two of rain and that on top of just the cold air weve seen lately. A little bit of a shock to the system with houston picking up about 3 inches of rain. But its a good shock consider good saturday morning to you. Im meteorologist anthony slaughter. Still dark and early but chilly out there. Temperatures in the 40s for the most part. Youll need a light jacket right now. Later on even by lunchtime, temperatures are going to be in the 70s. By this afternoon mid to upper 70s. A few of us topping out close to 80 near the trivalley and north bay. 72 in San Francisco. The peninsula and south bay warm mid60s expected there. If youre hitting the beach today, 75 degrees in santa cruz. Do enjoy that. Weve got the other half of our crowd here trying to stay warm. Not many people out here today. Too cold. Erica . Thanks. Testimony resumes on monday in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, and as that trial kicked off this week, the victims and their families were forced to relive the most terrible moment of their lives. Bombers lawyer even admitting he was responsible. So why at this point is the trial necessary . Heres nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Reporter for a city shattered on a day of celebration, the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is forcing victims and their families to relive the carnage and the chaos from that terrible day. Among those killed 8yearold martin richard. On thursday his father talked about rushing his daughter jane to safety after he realized his son was going to die. I needed to act quickly, he told a hushed courtroom, or we might not only lose martin but jane too. His 6yearold daughter lost a leg but lived. Shown this photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev just behind them near the finish line bill martin said he never saw him until today. Boston cop frank keola testified he tried cpr on 29yearold Krista Campbell but only smoke came from her mouth. One survivor jeff bowman featured in a photograph seen around the world entered court on two prosthetic legs. His handwritten clues helped Police Identify the tsarnaev brothers. The 21yearold pleaded not guilty but a his lawyer conceded in court, it was him. Still they insist he was under the dominance of his older brother tamerlan. For rebecca, getting a chance to confront her accused bomber facetoface has allowed her to overcome her fear. You wanted him to see you. Snimted him to look in the eyes of the people he hurt that day. Reporter gregory lost her leg, but when the Boston Marathon is held next month, shes running. When you cross the finish line april 20th of this year what is that moment going to mean . That is me taking another piece of my life back. Reporter but with emotions so far and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev admitting his role in these terrible attacks, many are wondering whether the trial will help boston heal or cause more pain. For today, peter alexander, nbc news, boston. Today legal analyst karen de soto has worked as a prosecutor and defense attorney. Good morning to you. Thank you. The defense did not ask a single question all week. Right. What would the strategy there be . Well listen, in murder cases and also rape cases you dont attack the victim and here theres no reason to. Responsibility has already been admitted and the defense would look horrible if they are now attacking victims. So that is just a rule of thumb. You just let the victims talk. Early in the week the attorney for tsarnaev again admitted his clients culpability, said that he did it. Right. Does that mean the trial itself is now essentially a Death Penalty question . Well it looks like theyre trying to save his life at this point. And in the beginning of the trial there was a motion and the motion was to limit the testimony of the victims because the defense team thought that that would just enflame the passion of the jury and just make it all that harder to save his life. Tsarnaev 19 years old when he committed the crime. Right. The defense seems to be saying that it was his older brother who drove him to do it. Right. Is that a strategy that could also work with potential jurors . Yes. Its a strategy that obviously theyre, again, going to try and save his life. Way theyll do that is say he was immature that he was manipulated by his brother and therefore, you know, save his life dont kill him because he was he had a horrible childhood. These are the type of things the defense team will go through in hopes that maybe the jury is going to have some type of sympathy. But thats going to be a little difficult after you listen to this gruesome horrible testimony, is really the jury going to be in a position to now say, okay save his life after hes create sod much carnage . Certainly hard to listen to a lot of that testimony this week. Karen, thank you so much. Thanks craig. Up next, the hidden dangers of sledding. Well talk about sledding. Are your kids being safe when they go down the jeff ross en in the house next. Campbells® fiesta chicken lime tortilla. Sausage and pepper rigatoni. Southwest style bean barley. Tuscany Style Chicken and pasta. If you think campbells® 33 new soups sound good. 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Who doesnt . So many families out there right now on this saturday hitting the slopes after all the snow weve had. I never thought about sledding safety to be honest but these new numbers will make you think long and hard. Tens of thousands of kids injured every year from sledding accidents, serious injuries too. Its happening so often the victims families are suing local towns and winning big money so, the towns are going to extremes and banning sledding. This morning im heading to the hills with quick tips to keep you safe. Winter is here and its on. Whooo reporter but this can quickly turn to this. Violent sledding accidents caught on camera crashing into cars. Oh reporter crashing into people. Oh. Reporter even going airborne airbor. I started crying and screaming for help. Reporter 12yearold Megan Isaacson slammed into this picnic table while sledding. I was trying to get up few but couldnt. Reporter her accident so severe she lost a kidney half her spleen and punctured a lung. I never thought sledding would cause so many injuries. Reporter megans not alone. Every year 20,000 children sent to the e. R. With sledding injuries and multimillion dollar lawsuits follow. The city of omaha, nebraska paying 2 million and sioux city iowa, hit with a 2. 75 million bill. So towns from new jersey to indiana are actually banning sledding. Nobody wants to be the killjoy that says dont go sledding and have fun in the wintertime but the fact is we live in a vote where anybody can file a lawsuit. Reporter but even top Safety Experts say thats extreme, not the answer. Deborah hersman is president of the National Safety council here with simple tips to help keep your family safe on the sloechs. Tip one is the kind of hill you sled on. Absolutely. Location location location and no obstructions at the bottom. Reporter right here no matter how far you go, even if youre an amazing shredder you cant hit anything out here. No trees, no fences and no cross traffic. Reporter here we go for these tips i obviously need to show you. Right now im making two big mistakes. Can you guess what they are . This is a seated slide and you went down head sfoirs you didnt have any ability to steer. If youre going down headfirst you want a slide with some ability to steer or control it. Reporter handles in front. Thats right. Reporter notice i almost hit that tree. Couldnt steer away. Can you guess mistake number two . You werent wearing a helmet and we know that the numberone cause of serious injuries are head injuries and so a helmet is your best protection. Reporter but take another look at the videos. Most kids dont. And neither did megan. I dont want people to go through what i had to or even worse. Reporter experts say you should never go sledding alone either. Megan was alone when she crashed into that picnic table. She was actually screaming for help until her friend arrived. One more tip, something you dont think about, especially when its cold out, we wear scarves. Dont wear scarves because they can hang under the sled and strangle people. No more loose scarves. You got some skiers in the studio here. I brought my kids in today. Some shredders. This is skylar whos 8, and this is sloan. Come here buddy. How cute. We go sledding all the time right . Right. Do you ever wear hell melts . No. Practice what you preach. Youre going to have to tell e to wear a helmet. We have to wear a helmet. What do we say . Be safe and have fun. Exactly. Are you ready for the snow to be over . I like the snow. What do you think . Do you like snow . You dont have to go to school on a school day. Dylan is the one that gets you out with all the snow days. Very popular with the kids. Yes. They love you. Adults not so much. It was nice to meet you guys. I love the fact you dressed them alake. This is my wife. Are you kidding me . I couldnt d if you paid me. You know the drill. Cute. Awesome, girls. Thanks for coming in. Bye. Thanks. Up next on today, getting motivated to have your best run or workout. Jeff rossen could talk about this with us too, some great tips to get you going. Sir, were going to need you on the runway later dont let a severe cold hold you back. Get theraflu. It has the power of three medicines to take on your worst pain and fever, cough and nasal congestion. Theraflu breaks you free from your toughest cold and flu symptoms. So you never miss a day. Theraflu. Serious power. Lowes presents how to make a friend speak when shes speechless wow kim, im speechless your new bathroom looks so beautiful i cant even talk right now. I literally cant even open my mouth to talk. Now get the Moen Caldwell faucet for 79 at lowes. Did you use the loo paper in there . I did. How was it . It was good why do you think that the ripples work . Because it gets it all clean. Are you so clean that you would go commando . Ok how do you feel . 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Nike is a great app for somebody who is going to be an everyday runner or who wants to xeept xooet in a race because it offers things beyond the things that traditional gps apps offer which is tracking your distance pace time route. It acts like a personal coach. You want to take your fitness up to the next level youre going to love strava. A lot of awesome pro athletes use this. Olympic marathoners. You can go on and see their training. They youre kind of working out with them. It has a feature called route builder so whether youre traveling or getting bored of your goto route, you can look up any available trail near you and filter it based on the terrain. For those days that youre cross training this is one of my favorite apps for in the gym exercises. Theres an Extensive Library of custom exercises and you can pick and build your custom workout or pick a preplanned workout. Whether you have a race coming up or youre just getting started, you are in very a really great time. Good luck. Of course all these apps come in handy if you were say, training for a Half Marathon like a lot of people here attitude today are. In just six weeks on april 19th Natalie Morales and i are cohosting the more fitness womens shape Half Marathon in new york city. 10,000 women are running this thing. You could be one of them. Theres still time to join us. And share your story with us on why you run, whether its for this race or for something else. Do all that at today. Com. Dont forget to use the the runfortoday. How is your training coming . Its pretty good. I need to step it up a little bit. The weather has made it tough. Makes you want to stay inside. I dont mind the cold but its the ice that scares me. God to know dylan and sheinelle are doing this. I get tweets saying you guys havent got anything. I just got a baby shower invitation for that day. I got the same invitation. Today is National Cereal day. Kwhoo we are going to celebrate with our personal favorites after this. 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Happy saturday to you. Im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. If its anything like yesterday its going to be a good day. Hard to complain when talking about being in a drought and needing rain and then you get 70s for daytime highs while the rest of the country is freezing. And covered in feet and feet of snow. Like hundreds of feet of snow. Weve got it good here across the bay area. Even this morning, clear skies. Look at our sky camera network. Blue sky in the north bay. Chilly there, 39. San francisco at 50. Later on this afternoon, this is the highlight of the show. Talking about 70s across the board. 10 to 15 degrees above average. 76 in the south bay, same for the peninsula. Trivalley at 77, same for the north bay. And San Francisco, 72. Yes, youre probably thinking about the beach. Just remember that spf if youre going to be outside because its going to be very warm by 3 00, 4 00, 5 00. Tomorrow is Daylight Saving time. Fast forward the clocks one hour. Terrible to lose an hour of sleep. Glorious to have more sun. I think about the kids going to bet later in the evening. Yeah your kids. Good luck with that. All right. Thanks. We begin with a developing story now, a convicted child molest ter remains on the loose in the bout say. Police tracked the escaped inmate to an apartment complex but was able to get away. He remains one step ahead of authorities. Johnell carter has been in jail one year on five counts of child molestation. Hes 511, 220 pounds and he has the name alice tattooed on his next. Carter is considered dangerous. Manhunt began valley Medical Center where he first escaped during a routine medical appointment. Later spotted a half mile away at the sierra Crest Apartments in san jose. Thats where police say he broke into an apartment, changed out of his green jail clothing. The tenant wasnt home at the time. The search included a Police Helicopter, canine units, even car and trunk checks for anyone leaving the apartment complex. San jose police say it is possible that carter left the area. Notohayward, where a second attempted kidnapping has happened in two weeks. The cases could be related april 15yearold walking home from school says a man tried to pull her into his car this happened at 4 00 yesterday afternoon. On february 20th, a similar story, a 14yearold girl nearly abducted near the corner of ebony and joshua street. In both cases the girls were able to fight off the man and run for help. The description of the suspects are familiar. Both girls say the attacker was driving a white car possibly newer model fourdoor honda civic with paper plates. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, putting down the phone. How some people in the bay area tried to do the unfathomable unplugging from smartphones and computers for 24 hours. That plus top stories at 7 00. Right now, back to the today show. [alarms blaring] ohhhhh. Whoa whoa whoa whos responsible for this . . If something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. Rick. Its what you do. Ahhhhhhhh whatd you say . Uhoh kelly if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Rick. Dont walk away from me. Ahhhhhhhh good morning. It is saturday march 7th. President obama and thousands of others in alabama this morning to remember the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday one of the pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement take place on the Edmund Pettus bridge. Well speak with people who were there on that important day. Not backing down. New jersey senator Robert Menendez speaking out overnight, pushing back amid new information that he could soon be facing indictment as a federal criminal investigation about whether he improperly took gifts in exchange for helping a Major Campaign donor and friend. And the end is near. For real. We mean it. The words weve all been waiting anxiously to hear and say. Winter could soon be taking its final bow. Good morning. Were hoping this is one of the last Cold Saturdays of the year. Im erica hill with dylan dreyer and craig melvin. You really think this is well gate week of the 40s, not going right into the 40s. Well take that. I think 40s sound fantastic. Well get to the weather in a few moment. Well start with sheinelle whos following the overnight arrest of two suspects in russia. Officials in russia detained two people overnight in connection with the Fatal Shooting of boris nemtsov. Its not clear if the two are believed to have fired the shots that killed nemtsov as he walked near the kremlin last sunday. In wisconsin, protests erupted overnight after Police Fatally shot a 19yearold male. A family spokesperson tells our wisconsin affiliate the victim is tony robinson. He was killed after a struggle with an officer who was responding to a disturbance call. U. S. Senator Robert Menendez is speaking out as the Justice Department reportedly plans to file corruption charges against the new jersey democrat. Menendez spoke friday night and said he has always behaved appropriately in offense. The probe stems from allegations he accepted gifts in exchange for political favors. President obama is joining thousands marking a key moment in selma, alabama. The president will speak in selma today to commemorate bloody sunday the day Police Attacked marchers demonstrating for Voting Rights in 1965. The first lady and about 100 members of congress will also join the ceremony remembering p t of the civil rights moment. Now to los angeles and the plane crash that put Harrison Ford in a hospital. The actor was flying out of the Santa Monica Airport when he reported engine trouble, then slammed into a golf course. Stages of it all. Sheinelle, back to you. Miguel almaguer thank you. Finally, George Clooneys wife is joining the faculty of Columbia University. On friday Columbia University announced shell serve as a senior fellow with its law school. Clooney served as a Senior Adviser to kofi annan and represented julian assange. The clooneys are in new york where george is filming a movie. Thank you so much. Dylan is out on the plaza. Shes got another check of your weather this morning. Good morning. Were rearranging the sign here. Twins turn ten in new york city. You must be the twins. Yes. Where are you from . Ohio. Are you having fun here . Yes. Did you buy those halts or make them . Our grand ma made them. They are so cute. You can pop those off, put them on a cake later naps a perfect plan. Across the country, it will be a little cold again today but lets just just get through this. 27 down in raleigh. We did break some records. Washington dulles of course that report coming out of more the Virginia Area where it was 2 below this morning. Harrisburg pennsylvania bottomed out at 1. Thats a new record. In the west weve got this ridge of warm air. Temperatures running about 5 to 15 above average. Finally were going to start to see that spread east. For sunday it makes its way into the Northern Plains and upper midwest. Temperatures about 10 degrees above average. Minneapolis should top o 44. On monday it continues to spread east. We should see detroit hit 44 degrees, 62 in roanoke, virginia and this will continue to spread into the northeast through the week. Finally some temperatures that are closer to average. Happy birthday good saturday morning to you. Im meteorologist anthony slaughter. Clear skies to start this saturday. Its going to be really nice and warm later on this afternoon. Temperatures chilly this morning, especially in the north bay. 37 degrees there. 49 in San Francisco. Look at this later on this afternoon, 70s for everyone. 77 for the north bay. San francisco will be at 72. Trivalley, 77. Peninsula, 76. And the same for south bay. Well have full details when rain returns to forecast coming up this morning at 7 00. Hope to see you then. We will wave to the camera . Nice. Seeing himself on tv over there. Erica . Dylan, thanks. The spotlight this morning is on ucla after word the Student Government initily rejected a woman from a Student Council position possibly because of her faith. Nbcs joe friar has more. Reporter ucla student rachel beta was seeking a spot on the Student Governments judicial board last month when she was unexpectedly asked about being a jewish student whos active in the jewish community. How do you see yourself being able to maintain um an unbiased view on reporter the council then discussed betas faith and affiliation with jewish organizations before rejecting her nomination with four students voting no stunning the student body president. What im seeing right now is someone potentially being denied a position because theyre jewish. Reporter after hearing from a faculty adviser, the council changed its mind unanimously approving beta but the story is now making National Headlines prompting outrage across the country. This is not nazi germany 1935. Reporter and at ucla. My initial reaction was honestly complete horror that the fact that Something Like this could actually happen. Reporter the four students who initially voted against beta wrote a public apology in the School People saying our intentions were over in attack insult or delegitimize the identity of an individual or people. In a letter to the campus uclas chancellor said a first rate intellectual Community Must hold itself to higher standards. This is an opportunity for students on campuses around the country to be able to understand you cannot bully somebody because of their relation owls identity. Reporter as for beta now that shes on the judicial board, she peoples its not appropriate to comment what happened is making waves beyond council chambers. Joe friar, nbc news los angeles. Hard to believe Something Like that would happen today. In this and age. The dress. Seen around the world is now being used in a very different way. Here it is. The actual black and blue dress that had everyone talking last week when it appeared tosome to be different colors. Kelly is in london this morning with more on how that dress is now being used in a Public Campaign to battle domestic violence. Good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. Im sure you tweeted about this right . Everybody was talking about it. Millions of us. Black, blue gold white. Talking about the color of a dress. The Salvation Army in south africa saw an opportunity and seized it. Is it gold and white or black and blue . In this picture its not about thedress but a much more serious topic, domestic e woman in it covered in bruises. The Salvation Army in south africa asking why is it so hard to see black and blue . Today we saw something that would take that trivial moment last week and turn it into some knowledge that will hopefully empower some women. Reporter its part of a Worldwide Campaign this weekend to raise awareness about the problem with add alds from lebanon to italy. No. Reporter the u. S. No more not my problem. Reporter and great britain. This billboard, you have to look at it in order for it to work. It uses facial recognition. The more people who stop to look the more the womans face heals. With a final smile and a thank you. Whats the message youre trying to get across . Its very simple. Dont turn a blind eye. Reporter when nfl player ray rice was caught on camera hitting his then fiancee, the nfl sponsored its own ad. I want to order a pizza for delivery. Maam, youve reached 911. Reporter to raise awareness during the most watched super bowl ever. Is everything okay over there . Do you have an emergency or not . Yes. Reporter but campaigners say attention quickly fades. So can jumping on a twitter trend trade that . Definitely catch your eye and just open your eyes. I think its very effective. That dress is really trending and i think its good theyre capitalizing on it. And its sticking on twitter. Thedress is now all about the ad. All of this is tied to International Womens day tomorrow including that billboard in london. Ill tell you, we were out there and once people saw themselves on part of that big screen they stopped for a closer look. And, guys campaigners say that is half the battle. An effective ad campaign. Kelly, thank you so much. What a great way to take that back and to really because it has become so popular to turn it into something really productive and important. Useful. Mmhmm. Thank you. A longtime tradition in boston and the surrounding suburbs is now a thing of the past. Gone are the days of spot saving where a person would tirelessly work to clear out their parking spot get rid of all the snow then put something there to save it until they got back. Now the city is cracking down on the practice and it has plenty of people fired um. The weather channels Dave Malakhov explains. Reporter massive snowmoving machines dont even faze people in the boston area anymore, but one lonely chair, you better notice that. My truck is the explorer. Danielle griffin dug it out of the snow and saved the spot. Thats kwinldind of what you do over here just not anymore. The city took everything. Reporter theyre dumping it in one big pile. Its something. Reporter an oil drum whatever that thing was. Its like a smorgasbord of everybodys junk. Reporter even fit doesnt say it explicitly this one does they all mean the same thing thing. Thats taller than you. It took my husband shoveling four or five hours. Reporter youre not allowed to save spot. The law is paraphrasing here finders keepers. They think it blocks somebody else and it doesnt. I dont agree with that. I know by law were not supposed to. Reporter theres an unwritten flul the boston area that you just dont mess with someones parking space they took six hours to dig out. This people is a testament to all that and to creativity when it comes to space savers. Look at this. Somebody actually put a real Somerville Police barricade on their spot. But it was bogus. And it got tossed in the pile. Then were picking up our own property. Anything goes. Im taking it all. Ive like, lost my soul this winter. I dont know. I feel everybody is in a horrible funk because of the weather and how bad its been. Reporter despite the law, the spotsaving business has been pitting neighbor against neighbor. She was yelling at us had a pols see outside. Literally pulled in on top of the spot savers. Thats our car they moved their car, but reporter it gets heated on these frozen street where is an open parking spot is among the most coveted real estate on the east coast. I feel it. Reporter Dave Malakhov in the hopefulsounding summerville, massachusetts. I dont care what the law is. Im not messing with that woman. Im not messing with her. There were days in philly sometimes i would circle and circle and couldnt find a space. I would not take somebodys space. And people are already on their, like last leg here in boston. Theyre already a little moody so you dont thats the last thing they need. She said she lost her soul this winter. Its true. Thats cold. Snilts supposed to warm um. Dylan says it is. Fingers crossed. Up next. A lot of pressure. That is great story. I love it. The dreaded curtain of distraction. If you dont know about this youre in for a treat. Arizona state basketball fans are doing everything they can to distract the other team during show you. Tigers, both of you. Tigers . Dont be modest. I see how youve been investing. Setting long term goals. Diversifying. Dip you got our attention. We did . Of course. Youre type e well, i have been researching retirement strategies. Well thats what type e s do. Welcome home. Taking control of your retirement . E trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. Are you type e . Ohhh. I remember this day. He got so many compliments on this costume. Today is stanleys big day. Happy birthday, stanley. Hes five. I was able to determine that stanley is an aquarius. Ohh, aquarius. Thats so fitting. Throughout the whole journey petsmart has been there for us. Well get you looking great for your birthday party. Morgan here is a pisces. Such an intellect. Really . Yes, yes. Big thinker. Huh . Pethoods better with a partner. Thats why petsmart has all you need to take care of your kids. Were here today asking kids what their favorite vegetable is. Kids . [ crickets chirping ] now were gonna give those same kids bushs baked beans. [ kids ] mmmm. Finally, were gonna tell them that bushs baked beans are actually a veg tuttuttut. Ixnay on the egetablevay. Oh, right. Bushs secret family recipe gives them a delicious flavor so theyre a [whispers] vegetable that kids actually like. Bushs baked beans. The [whispers] vegetable that kids love. College basketballs playoff march madness around the corner. College games are so important to so many that sometimes the fans are as involved with the games as the players themselves. College basketbald stuff. Cant deny it. A religion down south. All over. Well have to take this discussion offline. But at Arizona State, some very devoted fans have perfected the art of distraction. Just as the opposing team is getting ready for free throws. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles checks it out. Reporter things are getting a little loopy in the world of college hoopy. Because when the Arizona State sun devils take the court, it is the wild and crazy antics of their fans that drive the opposition to distraction. And sun devil senior shaquille is mesmerized. I love it. Ive been playing basketball far long time and ive never seen anything like it. Reporter it is called the curtain of distraction, and it opens each time the unsuspecting opposition settles up for a free throw in the second half of sun devils home games. It all happens in the Arizona State student section, and everyone from Michael Jackson to a menagerie of zoo animals, gyrating men in boxers eve an crazed lumberjack all appear from behind the curtain to put the visiting team off its game. Nursing student alex arrojo is dressed as a grandmother. Its an intertearentertait factor for fans and Everybody Loves it. Reporter its so crazy. It works. With the curtain of distraction, roughly 40 of free throws are missed by the opposition. And that winds up costing them on average two points per game. The numbers were all crunched by economist justin walters. That may not sound like a lot, but remember in ncaa hoops its not unusual for a game to go to overtime or for the home team to win by one or two points. Reporter sun devils coach herb sendek may be too involved to see all the antics in the student section, but he sure knows its helping. No doubt about it. We have some great free throw percentage defense when we play at home here at wells fargo arena. Reporter while they may be studious in class, come game time these kids look like theyve spent too much time in the arizona sun. Their sun devils worshippers and helping the Home Team Win is a dunk. For today, Kevin Tibbles, nbc news tempe, arizona. That is so great. I love it. Genius. Hilarious. Student section, those are good times. The best one. Good times. Remember those days forever. Oh man. Just ahead, if you love cereal today is definitely the day for you. We are going to take a look at some of our favorites on this National Cereal day. Lets celebrate. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] back now on a saturday morning and we would not want to miss the opportunity to wish you a happy National Cereal day. Perhaps youre enjoying cereal right now. Thank you very much. More milk. Its all about even. March 7th National Cereal day for folk who is might not be familiar what better way to celebrate than having our favorites. These are our childhood favorites. What have you got . I like a mix of everybodys. Froot loops, my mom never bought us sugary cereals. We did get golden grahams. But i discovered capn crunch in college, by the way, horatio magellan crunch and this stuff is amazing. With a mix of golden grahams. I cant remember th i had a bowl of lucky charms. Marshmallows. Theyre gone. Youre putting i like to mix cereal. For me my favorite as a kid was golden grahams and now its goaden grahams. My kids like golden grahams. Its a metaphor for something. Toucan sam has been on the froot loops box for like 50 years. Really . When youre young, who cares about sugar when youre 7 or 8, now, give me some raisin bran. Got to have fiber. Craig melvin had a whole thing about fiber in our news meeting yesterday. A good time go to commercial. He wanted to add fiber to his lucky great rates for great rides. Geico motorcycle see how much you could save. Brookside chocolate now has a crunch. Brookside crunchy clusters crispy multigrains and sweet fruitflavored pieces dipped in rich dark chocolate. Discover brookside crunchy clusters. [richard] america. Did you file your taxes with someone else last year . If so,come into block and pay us half,what you paid them. Come in here and get your money. Get your billions back,america i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. Never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. It never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. My dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me and i was like well can you fix it can you paint it back on and he explained that it was not something that grows back, its kind of a onetime shot and you have to care for it. He told me to use pronamel. Its gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. It allows me to continue to drink my coffee and to eat healthier and it was a real easy switch to make. Youre watching today in the bay. Good morning to you. 6 26. Looking at the Golden Gate Bridge on a clear but Cold Saturday morning. Thanks for joining us. Im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. And it will be a beautiful saturday. You know what i didnt see in the picture . What. Obviously the fog. There was no one, zero people running on the bridge this morning. Usually theres one or two people running. Maybe people are asleep getting the extra hour of sleep this morning that theyre going to lose tonight. Probably going to enjoy the sunshine later on. Yeah no bodies but cars traveling. Fogfree conditions. Chilly out there, were in the 30s and 40s. Patchy fog across the north bay. The highlight of the day. Talking about temperatures in the mid70s for highs today. 72 in San Francisco. 77 for the north bay and the trivalley. Meanwhile, in the peninsula and the south bay, 76 degrees. Even at the coastal beaches today, 70s. Remember that spf, drink plenty of water if youre going to be outside and enjoy the day. One of those days where you appreciate living in the beautiful bay area. I dont know if im going to golden gate park. Youre going to be at ocean beach. They have the chinese parade happening today. So much to do. Well first we begun with a developing story. A convicted child molest ter remains on the loose in the bout say. Police tracked the escaped inmate to an apartment complex but was able to get away. And this morning he remains one step ahead of authorities. Johnell carter has been in jail one year on five counts of child molestation. The 40yearold is 511, 220 pounds and he has the name alice tattooed on his next. He is considered dangerous. Manhunt began valley Medical Center where he first escaped the custody of a sheriffs deputy during a routine medical appointment. He later was spotted about a half mile away at the sierra Crest Apartments in san jose. Police say carter broke into an apartment, and changed out of his green jail clothing. The tenant wasnt home at the time. A massive search included a Police Helicopter canine units, even car and trunk checks for anyone who was leaving the apartment complex. San jose police say it is possible that carter left the area. It was a packed house for Singer Chris Brown at the s. A. P. Center in san jose last night. His concert comes less than two months after a shooting during his last performance at a san jose nightclub. Police worked to ensure violence wasnt repeated. Thousands had to go through metal detectors before getting into the s. A. P. Center. In january, five people were wounded in the shooting at browns concert at fiesta nightclub. San jose police were clear that that wouldnt happen this time around. Police made several arrests, the majority involved people being drunk in public. Coming up on today in the bay, putting down the phone. How some people in the bay area tried to do the unfathomable, unplugging from smartphones and computers for 24 hours. That plus all of your top stories at 7 00. Right now, back to the toe showed. Michelle pfeiffer that white gold this one for them hood girls them good girls great masterpiece styling, wiling today show making bucket list dreams come true. Happy birthday, grandpa. Were celebteg our 50th not me. Shoutout to the theater. From bg to nyc. Im on tv future reporter. Now back to you. Break it down such good stuff. Thank you to our producer who puts that together. She does an amazing job. Happy shes back. She was out a couple weeks. She looks like shes pretty good. Saturday morning, march 7th 2015. Starting to warm up here. Well change the topic. Something to keep his mouth shut. That was one of those times. Yes. One of those times. Nice crowd with us. I agree sheinelle. Thanks for bailing me out. Still to come in this half hour a look back at one of the most important days in the Civil Rights Movement. I headed to selma this week to talk to some of the people who live there now about bloody sunday and what it means to them. Then i have a question for all of you. Of course we spring forward tonight. Perhaps youve heard. Do you know why we do it why we still do it . Is there a real reason . Were going the tell you. Has to do with common misconception. Once again youre wrong. Again, mouth shut. And later theres only one thing toe do if you are sick of this winter like i am. So lets get out of here. Well take a look at some great travel deals that will have you packing your suitcase in no time. Says the girl whos off to the bahamas in a couple days. Leaving monday for the bahamas. Lets start this half hour with the first of its kind award show for the amazing images captured by drones. Weve seen incredible sights from these devices. People who operate them are being recognized for their work. Kerry sanders has more. Reporter cameras on remotely operated drones take us to places and show us our world in ways weve rarely seen before like a hungry alligator launching towards the sky as if to snatch a bird in midflight. Now the new york city drone Film Festival aims to recognize this emerging genre sponsored in part by nbc news entries of some of the most breathtaking photography in the world will be judged this weekend. Drones that can cost as little as 150 are upending a domain once controlled by hollywood. I got to set up the camera for this one real quick. Reporter former architects turned filmmakers made this movie short called tiny boston. Its no longer exclusive to the hollywoo. Its a tool everyone can exploit and use. Reporter but theres a concern. Drones can violate privacy. How . They can take pictures of me when i dont want them to. You have a phone, right . Yes. And you can go up even closer than a drone and take a picture. Reporter Film Festival organizer sas beyond recognizing the best films they want to expand the definition of a drone. The reality is drones are being used across the world for spying reconnaissance bombing and all kinds of war missions. Thats not what these kind of drones are. Reporter drone photography, awe inspiring and spectacular. For today, kerry sanders, nbc news new york. Seems like its a good time for a check of the weather. Yes. I know its cold out here this morning and cold in the eastern half of the country, but we will see a warmup starting tomorrow. All of that warm air, above average air in the southwest, the 70s, the 80s, will try to spread east. We are looking at 60s today in the plain states 40s to the Northern Plains and in the thirlts in the northeast with a little bit of lakeeffect snow. Tomorrow we are looking for a warmup back through parts of the plains. Well be in the lower 60s. Rain develops for texas and the gulf coast. The southeast should top out in the 70s. New york city about 47 degrees, which will feel good saturday morning to you. Im meteorologist anthony slaughter. Clear skies to start saturday. No fog as far as the eye can see. Looking real good in San Francisco. North bay, trivalley, peninsula, even the south bay, waking up to clear skies. Temperatures cool this morning. If if youre headed out, a light jacket is necessary. Later on this afternoon, beautiful, warm sunshine. Look at the highs 76 for the south bay and peninsula. 77 for the trivalley and north bay. 72 today in San Francisco. Details on rain in the forecast next week coming up at 7 00. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thanks. Sheinelle is inside with todays closet fan of the day. I love our fans. Good morning to you guys. Good morning. Ready for your moments . So ready. Take it away. Still to come on today, its almost time to spring ahead, but why do we even both we are Daylight Saving time anymore . But first, ash, youre my best friend in the entire world. And stop it are you serious . Ive been wanting to do this for a very long time. And you mean the absolute world to me. And i know you always talked about how special you are and i just wanted to let you know what ive been dying to say, ashley oh my god will you will you marry me . Oh my god. Oh my god. Yes. Hey now. Oh my god. I cant believe it. Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh buying a used car can be a scary proposition. You walk onto that lot and immediately you are surrounded like a guppy in a shark tank. It just feels like car salesmen want to sell whatever car is best for them, not best for me. Theres gotta be a better way. As long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. Fact. When you take advil you get relief right at the site of pain. Wherever it is. Advil stops pain right where it starts. Relief doesnt get any better than this. Advil. Fact. 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We do that every week. The surprise might wear off. She generally had no idea. Like lets practice the lines, trying to be in on the secret. Congrats. We cant help it. Were really excited. Here is yet another reminder for you, before you go to bed tonight, set your clocks one hour ahead for Daylight Saving time. You lose an hour of sleep but youll be gaining more sunlight and thats certainly worth something. Right . All this talk about springing ahead got us thinking what exactly is the point of it all . [ alarm ] why do we spring forward anyway . How did this all start . Many think it was to give farmers more daylight. But a leading expert on the subject says theyre wrong. The opposite is true. It moves everybody elses time forward but they have to follow the sun. Reporter Daylight Saving and it is saving not savings, actually became popular during world war ii. European leaders figured shifting the workday around more sunlight meant saving energy and more money for the war effort. Soon, people were springing forward the world over. Today, some 70 countries do it. Woodrow wilson siped it into law here in 1918. That was repealed. It came back during world war ii then dropped again. It finally reemerged for nearly the entire country during the oil crisis of the 70s. Opponents say its not even clear how much energy were saving and there may be another bigger problem. A new university of mumy study finds there are 25 more heart attacks the monday after we spring forward likely due to sleep deprivation, which causes stress. Still, our expert says the pros outweigh the cons. Its important to make a distinction between the effects of the Daylight Saving time clock change which lasts a day or a few days at most versus the effects of Daylight Saving time itself which lasts eight months. Our expert there also points out aside from Energy Savings there are fewer traffic accidents, less outdoor crime, and people are generally hammier with more daylight at the end of the day. And oh by the way, arizona and hawaii the only two states that do not spring forward. I love the first couple days after it happens because youre like it would really be 6 00 right now. Oh my gosh its still sunny at 7 00. We vault this little conversation. Always fascinating that more than 300 million know what i mean this country and at work . Yeah. At the most part right. Because theyre all watching you. Which by the way you may have just jinxed us for tomorrow. So well see which one of us shows late. And the phones change automatically. I think that helps. I always worry it wont happen. I trust. Will you call me when your alarm goes off . If youve ever been bitten by the Daylight Saving bug, we want to hear from you. Send us your horror story. Maybe you overslept, missed work missed your own wedding . Can that happen . Their wedding must have been really early in the morning. Use where did the married cup gol . We had to move them out far little bit but theyll be back. Let them have some time. Theyre not married yet. Up next, if youre sick of all this snow and cold we have some great getaways that will have you warming up in no time without breaking the bud this moerning in todays travel escaping the cold heading somewhere warm and sunny . Sound like a great plan to us. If youre sick of this winter too, it is time to say goodbye to the snow and hello to the sun. There ar great deals out there as long as you know where to look. To help us do that were joined by Jamie Freedman Senior Editor at travel zoo. Good morning. Great to have you here. We all need this right now. We need to get away. Naples florida, 89 a night including breakfast . Yes. Daily, includes weekends at the bay front inn right on the water. Its also right off fifth avenue there so all those ritzy shops. You can eat breakfast right on the water, which sounds perfect on day like today. That sounds amazing. I think we should do the show from there tomorrow. Thats in florida. Maybe if youre out west been a little rough there too. Sonoma. Sonoma enjoy some wine. The vineyards inn, a fourstar property right in the heart of sonoma county. It includes 185 worth of extras so not only is the 199 midweek, 50 off regular rates be you also credit gete credits toward the spa there, the restaurant there, all sorts of great stuff, food and wine pairing deals. Amazing. Getting better and better. Scottsdale arizona, a drier warmth. In scottsdale its 169 a night, which is 50 off regular nights. Its a onestop shop. All you have to do is stay there. A casino golf courses, pools, spa, you dont have to leave. Includes brea for two and theyre waiving the resort fee. Well have to sample each and every one of these. If you want a hidden island, the atlantis in the bahamas. Ive been a couple times. I can vouch for how fabulous it is. Theres something for everyone. This deal is 199 in april for their beach towers. It includes a dolphin experience access to the water parks, kids eat free. Oh great. Sign me up. Then also could be a great time of year for a cruise. That inbetween season. 399 a person for seven nights . Less than 55 a night you get your meal, accommodations, island hopping, stopping at st. Maarten. Its beautiful. Whats great about smc is kids 1 11 and under sail free. The hardest part can be getting there. What about air fare deals . How do we find those . Two great tips. If you have flexibility, try and fly on a tuesday, wednesday, or saturday because thats when most airlines tend to lower their fares. The second tip is check out todays best fares on travel deal because you can find the best fares out of your departure city over the next 90 days. Fantastic. All great tips. 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We have many difficult moment s s, but we always gained new courage and vigor to carry on. Reporter in this house, dr. King and others literally put their boots on before they went out to march. My parents made a conscious decision because of his friendship to open their home to dr. King. It was a testament to what they wanted for themselves and for me. We must let it be known all over the world that we will not take it any longer. Yes, sir reporter its been 50 years. Has enough changed . Its a lot better but, you know you still have some people that feel the same way. After 50 years, we are more separated now than weve ever been. The youth are the ones who really carried the movement out. You take someone young to put forth the effort to fight for what you believe in. Reporter so would you say everyone is treated equally . Most people are treated equally and its not an equality factor. Even though its not legally segregated in a way its still socially segregated. The main purpose of 1965 was to allow people the right to vote. The only thing i cant excuse in my mind is why people in Dallas County only turn out 35 vote. You have more privileges now than you ever had. Just to be able to just take it for granted its the wrong attitude. Reporter how would you define selmas future . Selma has a different demeanor different people different attitude, different mind seth were writing new history now. We need dreams set aspirations for our city to really move forward. I would love to see this city come together black and white, whatever color. If you push through these, like barriers and hardships between races, its going to make our city stronger. Reporter whaten you think about the future of selma, whats your hope for this town . Selma should be the shining city on the river that quite frankly showed this nation and the world how this country could be better. When we spoke with leaders in the community, it was interesting to hear many of the students in selma were unaware of the Civil Rights Movement that happened in their very own town until the movie selma was released several months ago. Another thing i was struck with when i talked to adults and kids, everybody, they have so much pride in their town you know even with its rocky history, they want the best for their city. The kids say even if theyre going off to college, they want to come back raise their kids there pap lot of people involved in the marches chose to stay in selma. They want the best for their city. President obama there today along with the first family president george w. Bush also there. And about 100,000 folks expected to descend on a city about 20,000 People Living there. The mayor was saying you know what its going to take everybody, you know, going outside, sweeping your porch, almost like guests are coming. A lot of them. Absolutely. A great piece. Thank you to everybody in selma, the schools. They all came out just to tell their story. That is going to do it for us on this saturday morning. Again, a quick reminder here before we get out of here. Dont forget to spring ahead tonight, turn those clocks forward an hour before you go to bed. We also want to say congratulations to ashley and her fiance. A huge surprise on our show this morning. We were so excited so to see it here live. Best wishes so you guys. Well see everyone beak here tomorrow morning. Have a great day. Dont forget the clocks good morning im kira klapper. Next on today in the bay, an inmate on the run in the south bay. How he escaped custody and where he led police last night. Also the bay area concert that has police on edge and vowing never to let history repeat itself. Plus another Beautiful Day in the bay area but the rain isnt far away. Anthony slaughter will let us know when the next round of showers will hit. Wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey from nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. Good saturday morning to you. There is is a live look in willow glen as the sun rises for the last day we can enjoy Daylight Saving time huh . No Daylight Saving time i should say. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Im kira klapper. Anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. Anytime somebody say day lied saving time my gosh we lose an hour of sleep tonight. But it will be a glorious day today. It is. Its going to be beautiful. Started off nice chilly but later on this afternoon, talking about 70s, even at the beaches. A live look in palo alto this morning. Kind of looks look a postcard. That is a live camera of whats happening now. Clear skies this morning, no fog. Later on this afternoon temperatures will soar back into the 70s, even by lunchtime, many inland valleys will already be in the 70s. Look at this showers, this is what we need. Yes, showers return to the forecast as we head towards next week. Enjoy the weekend. Nice and warm. And sunny. Keep that spf handy. Chilly in the north bay 36. San francisco at 50. And all of the rest of the inland valleys back into the 40s. Later on today at the coastline low 70s for San Francisco. 72 there. 77 for the north bay and the trivalley. 76 for the peninsula and the south bay. Get out and enjoy the day. Its going to be beautiful. Beautiful