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Freeway opens up about his ordeal. It was one after another, boom, boom, boom, boom. Why he says he still cant believe what happened. And dianas secret lover. James hewitt breaks his silence in a rare interview, speaking out about his affair with the princess and finally addressing that longstanding rumor. Are you harrys father . The answer making headlines around the world today monday, march 13, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, noreaster, 2017 with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. I think you guys know that normally im not the person that is all that fascinated by royal stories, thats an interview i would watch. Thats a cliffhanger question. I thought we were watching as the world turns right there. Thats a big one. Meanwhile, mr. Roker is standing here because this top story is the impending storm and it could be one of the biggest of the season here in the northeast threatening to bring the region to a standstill and also have some snow sweeping across the midwest this morning and als got it covered with a lot of blue on the map there. We certainly do, guys. Its the first part of what will be this big nor easter and its the snowstorm making its way from omaha, nebraska, chicago, st. Louis and fort wayne all pushing this way. The energy from this system will be making its way to the east coast and chicago two to five inches of snow could be enhanced by lakeeffect snow. Right now from minnesota all of the way to new england, we have 121 Million People at risk for some sort of Winter Weather and then as we drill down you can see blizzard watches for 5 Million People including new york city, but we get up to boston and i have blizzard warnings in effect and blizzard watches for new england. Here we go. We start off Tuesday Morning and d. C. , you will have heavy snow changing to a mix, philadelphia, new york city and the morning rush will be snow and strong winds. A lot of blowing snow. We get to midday, new york city and boston. Its snow and wind. The snowfall rates could be one to three inches per hour. Locally up to four inches per hour as it moves along and tuesday evening, evening commute from philadelphia up to boston. Weve got commuter troubles finally in washington and the snow lightens up and as we get on into wednesday morning and theres still blowing and drifting snow in boston, lessening wind and a frigid morning in new york city and whatever is on the ground is going to stay there. Lets go through the totals and what were seeing right now and you can see a wide swath of heavy snow. Washington, d. C. , were calling for six to eight inches of snow. Philadelphia, before it is all over, eight to 14 inches of snow. Depending on the track of the storm, we could see more or we could see less, but i think in general, new york city, 10 to 16 inches of snow or more. Boston, 8 to 14 inches of snow or more, and the winds will be a big factor with this as will the temperatures. We will have wind gusts of up to 60 Miles Per Hour from new york up to boston and blizzard conditions very likely and those temperatures will drop so whatever falls will be hanging around for a while. You will be busy this morning. Thank you. Camp out over there by the weather monitor. As you mentioned we are seeing the midwest dealing with this snow. Nbcs blake mccoy is in chicago. Its been snowing there for the first time in months. Blake, good morning. You can see light flurries falling in chicago and there is snow on the ground. Folks who live here are having to dig around and find their snow boots. Its been months since weve seen any significant snowfall here. December 17th, thats the longest dry spell here in history here in chicago and for much of the country, winter is back. Overnight snow piling up in the heartland making for dangerous conditions and low visibility. This storm already slamming parts of the midwest. In minnesota, a Major League Soccer game went on despite the heavy snowfall and belowfreezing temps. On the shores of lake ontario, a Winter Wonderland so surreal the photographer had to post that it was created by nature, not photoshop. In the carolinas, cars skidding off the slick roads. Just, like, oh, my god. Its actually snowing. Its real snow. The northeast bracing for what could be the biggest snowstorm of the season impacting millions in its path. It doesnt seem right. Are you kidding me . This time of year . Reporter the snow will start falling on the east coast tonight and theyll also be getting high winds this season and gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour which could topple trees, power lines and also make travel difficult. Matt and savannah . A preview of coming attractions. Blake mccoy, thank you. That storm in the noreaster had Flight Cancellations and delays adding up very quickly. Nbcs tom costello is at the alwayshectic jfk airport. Tom, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. We expect this to be essentially an allstop tomorrow, but heres where we stand right now, 1600 flights already canceled today and tomorrow as Airlines Start to get ahead of us, heres a list of the breakdown. Today alone weve got 767 flights canceled. Mostly thats tonight. Folks are already getting ready for the flights tonight to be cancelled and then tomorrow almost a thousand and here are the affected airports, everything from the Washington Area up to baltimore, up to philly, into new york, up to boston. We also expect buffalo to be worth watching. By the way, chicago, ord and midway both affected already. Airlines are waiving their fees and if you have from washington all of the way up to boston, chances are you can change the flight without the penalty fee and thats a 20 fee, generally, but all of the airlines are alrea already waiving that. Southwest Airlines Says tomorrow it expects no activity on the fleet with the east coast on the northeast portion of that, so it will be a difficult day and of course, as we always say and when you have the i95 corridor and the east coast affected like this there is a Ripple Effect across the entire country. You could see flights affected in chicago and denver all of the way up to the west coast as planes are out of position and simply flights cant make their way to the east coast. Back to you. Tom, thank you very much. Well have more on the storm throughout the morning including what you can do now to make sure youre ready. Lets move to politics now. Top lawmakers asking the Trump Administration to turn over evidence by today of the president s yet unproven claim that his phones at trump tower were tapped by president obama during the election, this as the trump team deals with followup from an abrupt House Cleaning at the Justice Department. Well talk about all of this with Kellyanne Conway in the studio moments from now. Lets talk to hallie jackson. Good morning. Reporter hi, savannah. Good morning to you. Today starts another week for President Trump with a Budget Proposal and Health Care Push with a listening session set for today, but nine days after his explosive and unproven claim about wiretapping, still no evidence as one of his top advisers suggests maybe theres even more to this story. Deadline day for the administration as congress looks for proof of President Trumps still unsubstantiated claim that president obama ordered a wiretap at trump tower before the election. The House Intelligence Committee asking the Justice Department to send any evidence of it by today. I think the president has one of two choices. Either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Reporter now a new suggestion from white house senior counselor Kellyanne Conway that the alleged surveillance may have gone far beyond wiretapping. Do you know whether trump tower was wiretapped . What i can say is there are many ways to surveil each other now, unfortunately. Do you believe that was there was an article this week that talked about how you can surveil someone through their phones, through their certainly through their television sets, any number of different ways and microwaves that turn into cameras, et cetera. So we know that that is just a fact of modern life. Sure. The story still forcing republicans off the message theyd prefer to be pushing. That wasnt really part of the Health Care Marketing campaign. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan questioned. Have you seen anything to suggest there were wiretaps . No. Now the Justice Departments in the spotlight for something else. The decision to fire 46 u. S. Attorneys. Its fairly common practice for a new administration to ask those political appointees to step down, but one u. S. Attorney from new york refuseded to. Preet bharara tweeting this weekend. I did not resign. Moments ago i was fired. Bharara, a prominent Public Prosecutor and fighter against financial fraud said back in november hed been asked by President Trump to stick around. I said i would absolutely consider staying on. I agreed to stay on. The attorney turnover coming one day after these comments from fox news sean hannity. Every hold ore from the Obama Administration, they need to go. Reporter a white house official says that did not affect the timing of the announcement. This week the gop hopes to keep the focus on health care, Party Leaders are looking to move fast, to send a new bill to repeal and replace obamacare to the senate in less than a month, even with some republicans skeptical it will get that far. I dont want to see the House Majority put at risk on a bill that is not going to pass the senate. The Vice President pitching the plan on the road in kentucky this weekend. Obamacare has failed the people of kentucky. Its failed the people of america and obamacare must go. Reporter and in texas at one of his First Political events since the inauguration, donald trump junior telling a gop fundraiser he hasnt seen much of his father since he took office and handed the business over to his sons. I basically have zero contact with him at this point. Reporter and new this morning, a Senior Administration official tells nbc news that secretary of state Rex Tillerson on his trip to asia will make final arrangements for the chinese lead tore come to the u. S. To visit President Trump at maralago. Matt, savannah, back to you. Lots going on behind you, hallie jackson, thank you. Kellyanne, good to see you. This is the day the House Intelligence Committee wants the Justice Department to turn over any and all evidence they have that proves that barack Obama Wiretapped the phones at trump tower during the campaign as President Trump has alleged. Are we going have real facts on this this afternoon . The president called for the house and Intelligence Committees to add this piece of the investigation to an existing investigation and hes pleased that that is happening. We wont really comment further until those findings are why wouldnt the president say to jeff hes pleased thats happening. Were not going to comment further. Why wouldnt the president say to jeff sessions, his appointee to attorney general, turn over to the american public, evidence on this subject that i can be proven right when i accuse barack obama of a crime during the campaign. That sounds like an incendiary allegation. What jim clapper has said on other networks, if not this one, he can say those organizations under his purview did not do this. That doesnt discount the rest of the Obama Administration. We know kevin lewis, the president s spokesman said a week ago, matt. He said he can tell you that the president and people in the white house werent responsible. You said incendiary accusation. Its President Trump who made that accusation. Were very happy that the house and senate Intelligence Committee see enough to go ahead and add this to an investigation. Arent they doing it as a courtesy . In essence, the president is saying, hey, congress, can you find this out for me . When its something that he, himself, could pick up the phone and find out. Senator john mccain said this weekend, either retract the statement to president obama or provide the information. This is information he has. He tweeted about it. He brought it up. He has the power to clarify. Why not . I cant comment on the private conversations he has with his attorney general and other officials on this topic. Were aware of the deadline and glad its happening. If he doesnt provide some sort of proof, dont we risk going down the road to september 16th, 2016, when candidate trump had to stand in front of the microphones, after years of insinuating that the president obama was not born in this country, the phony birther thing, had to say he was born here . Dont we risk running down this road again . Im not surprised youre conflating the two. I fail to see a comparison. Were talking about a big agenda here. I know its your show and you can talk about what you want. But theres 20 Million People just last year who said no to obamacare. 6. 5 million of them paid a penalty. Can i stop you right there . The media did not bring up this topic. President trump did. I didnt say that you did. But theres so much going on that the American People want to hear about. All the more reason to question why it is that he would bring that up and then therefore throw the discussion it isnt like something that a blogger wrote. Its something the president of the United States accused his predecessor of tapping his phones. And its under investigation. So, in fairness, the media are just trying to find out if theres any voracity to the claims. I understand. But there are so many other things going on as well that matter to americans. They heard what he said in his joint session. Theyre still listening to that message. Theyre happy that a Health Care Plan that has left millions with skyrocketing premiums and no care theres literally thousands of people in this country that cant use the insurance card because they cant afford the premiums and deductible s paul ryan was asked, how many. People are going to Lose Health Care insurance as compared to obamacare. He couldnt come up with an answer. Can you give me a number . Yes. The fact is that what speaker ryan said below that comment was he cant give you an answer because he doesnt know what people will do. Because its up to them. Its up to them. Once they have more choice and freedom in the marketplace, theyll have tax credits. Those not on medicaid and dont have employersponsored plans. He doesnt know what they will do. We know what they will have. They will have more choices and competition. But access to health care is different than having health care. We want people to have care. We want everybody to have care. And theres inequitable tax treatment, those who 175 million americans who get the Health Insurance through the employers. Those on medicaid will continue to be on medicaid. And the Health Savings accounts, the interstate across lines. The ability of mechanics and farmers and Small Business owners to pull their sources together and get health care together. Another important issue to people. Economy, jobs. Got a good jobs report. The Unemployment Rate has dropped to 4. 7 . We know during the campaign when these very same jobs figures would come out, the president said they were fake, the Obama Administration was making them up and they were a hoax. Sean spicer was asked about this. Let me play you his response. I talked to the president prior to this. And he said to quote him very clearly. They may have been phony in the past. But its very real now. Okay. Its like a funny line but, in a sense, he cant even answer that question with a straight face. Because he knows that the president is saying numbers that were fake when they were under his predecessor are now real because theyre good. What gives . How do you explain that . If you are one of the miners or somebody in manufacturing, construction, thats receiving one of these 135,000 new jobs created in the president s first full month on the job, savannah, thats the only number that matters to you. Why wasnt the miners jobs real under President Trump but not real under president obama . Thats what you just said. And half the media laughed at the comment. It was a lighthearted moment. We have less than 5 unemployment. You have ceos coming to the white house and making announcements to unleash investments, to create new jobs. Thats not what the issue is. Not take jobs to mexico. Pardon . Thats not what the issue is here. The issue of credibility. He is saying these are the Labor Department has been doing these numbers the same way for decades. Love them or hate them, think theyre right or wrong, the process hasnt changed. The method has not changed. So, the question is, where is the credibility there . Saying those numbers were fake but now theyre real because i happen to be in the office. The credibility is in the 7 billion intel took off the shelf and is going to unleash the investment because theyre working with President Trump to do so. The credibility is in the 235,000 new jobs created. In other words, hes the president now and were looking at what this president is doing in short order. With all due respect, what savannah is asking is, if we couldnt believe what he was saying during the campaign, if he was calling these numbers fake, when they were real, because theyre real now, where is the credibility in that . Hes also talking about things that were fake. Like you can keep your doctor if you like your doctor. You can keep your plan if you like your plan. There was a lot of fakery going on for people that were promised something that never came to be. And health care is a prime example of that. Hes saying to americans who feel like they cant get care, they cant get coverage. We have five states in 1,021 counties, roughly one in five americans in this country live under one choice. Thats not a choice if you only have one insurance provider. In fairness that, doesnt answer the question. Youre mentioning health care. On this issue of the job numbers, fake then, real now. Im talking about numbers that matter to americans right now. And president obama is his legacy. President trump is just getting started. But the stock market likes his presidency. Job creators like his presidency. The miners do. He rolled back a terrible regulation that was hurting them. And theyre along with manufacturing and construction, industries that are benefitting in an outsized way in his first initial jobs report from february, his first full month on the job. Kellyanne, thank you for being here. We appreciate it. Thanks. Lets bring in mr. Roker. Now, it looks bad on that. Thats just a graphic. We have real numbers to talk about, as far as blizzard is concerned. A blizzard is defined, required conditions for three hours, sustained winds of frequent gusts, 35 Miles Per Hour or more, blowing snow and dropping visibility to less than onequarter mile. We are going to have a good portion of the northeast and new england that will probably reach that. Were going to be watching this very, very closely over the next 48 hours. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning. A lot of sunshine in the forecast today. In San Francisco were up to 70 degrees. It will stay dry especially south of the golden gate bridge. For the north bay. Well have a slight chance of rain on wednesday. Other than that it stays dry throughout the forecast and warming up towards the end of the week. Mr. Busy, thank you very much. Ust ahead, jeff rossen is standing by with creative ways you can prepare your home to keep your family safe in the storm. And the lyft driver that was beaten by bikers on a california highway is talking now, opening up about what happened, from the hospital. First, this is today on nbc. Coming up, Princess Dianas former lover is he prince harrys father. After your local news. 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This is why we are now. 48 degrees in the peninsula. 49 degrees in San Francisco. Highs reaching the low to mid70s and peninsula 77 degrees. Trivalley. 76 degrees in north bay. With all of that sunshines come a lot of pollen. The trees are blooming. Mostly pine, juniper, cedar and asche. As we head over to mike, how are the roads moving . They are moving well. Sun coming up, were talking about crash that has been continuing about a halfhour. North 101. As you see youre jammed out of south San Francisco toward scene of the crash. South coming out theres a little slow as well. Well show you palo alto the shifts have changed. Thank you for joining us. 7 30, now. A little thing were calling noreaster 2017 is going to be bearing down on us. Chicago is getting it right now. And its kind of the calm before the storm out on our plaza. Enjoy it now, folks, because tomorrow morning at this time were really going to start seeing that snow come down. We could be in the thick of it then. Talking about a foot, maybe two, in some parts of the northeast. By comparison, weve seen only 20 inches of snow this winter in new york city. We get the specifics from mr. Roker in a second. Theres new concerns about security at the white house, after a man was able to scale the fence before being intercepted by the secret service. And the question is this morning, was that response fast enough . Peter alexander with the story. Good morning. Reporter hey, matt and savannah, good morning to you. That intruder is due in federal court today. This morning, were getting a better sense of how he got over the white house grounds, climbing a fence on the side of the treasury building, seemingly unnoticed for up to 200 yards and got approached as he was coming up to the back door. A stunning breach at one of the most secure residences and the first since trump back office. Reaching the south of the president ial mansion. It was just shy of midnight friday, while the president was home. The intruder, wearing a backpack scaled a security fence between the white house and the treasury building. Hiding behind a pillar before he was stopped on the south lawn. Court documents say the suspect, jonathan tran, told a secret service officer, im a friend of the president. I have an appointment. Officials say tran was carrying two cans of mace, a u. S. Passport, a laptop computer, a book written by mr. Trump and a letter to the president about russian hackers. Hes been called schizophrenic. Trump praised his security the next day. Secret service, fantastic job. It was a troubled person. Very sad. Reporter at a white house reception in january, the president complimented joe clancy, who retired a week ago. What a job. From day one, i have felt safe. Reporter over the last two years, several people have tried and succeeded getting to the white house grounds. Including fencejumper omar gonzales, who was armed with a knife in 2014, when he made his way deep into the white house. Gonzales pled guilty in 2015. Last year, the secret service added small stripikes to the tof the fence at the white house. And the federal Agency Signed off on plans to raise the height of the fence to 11 feet by next year. There are still a lot of unanswered questions. Most significantly, how that spr intruder was able to go so far on the white house complex grounds before he was seen. The Court Documents dont make any mention of alarms sounding or being heard. The secret service is now investigating. Matt and savannah . Peter alexander in washington. Thank you. Lets go to San Francisco, now, where the lyft driver who was attacked by bikers in a horrendous case of road rage is speaking out from his hospital. Reporter theres been no arrests in this case, even though the socalled biker gang is a known and dangerous presence in this area. As for the victim, he remains hospitalized here in fair condition. After the beating that nearly took alex quintanas life, this morning, his story is surviving. I definitely was afraid for my life. Reporter it started when a gang on wheels took over a San Francisco freeway for wild stunts. Theres about 20 motorcycles involved, yelling at motorists. Reporter a dangerous scene familiar to bay area law enforcement, but not to quintana in his white camera. He tried to get around the group, when they befwgan to bre his side mirrors, causing this nearcollision. I couldnt believe it was starting to happen like that. It was like, what did i do to deserve that . Reporter when he tried to pull over, he was boxed in. The bikers smashing his car windows. Every time they hit the window, it was like, what the heck is this guy doing . And after it breoke, im like, oh, man. I have to get out and do something. Reporter thats when the real beating started. Just going one after another. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Reporter on the ground, quintana feared for his life. The guy who thought i was trying to run him over, he had looked at me directly in the eyes and turned on his motorcycle. And ran over my leg. Reporter quintanas broken leg, needing multiple surgeries. The 35yearold drives for lyft in San Francisco, trying to earn money for his newborn. It was witnesses who came to his aid. They pulled up and told me, they saw everything. Theyre sorry they didnt get out of the vehicle to help or anything. Like, they got it on videotape. Reporter images that captured his beating. And now, the video, he hopes, may lead to an arrest. A lyft spokesman tells nbc news, they are horrified by this incident. And this type of violence has no place in our society. Matt and savannah, back to you guys. Miguel, thank you very much. Thank goodness there is video. Lets move to the weather. Thats our other big story of the morning. Thats right. Its a march blizzard is rare. But it does happen in the northeast. In fact, we got some great stills to show you. Back in 1888, 129 years ago, the blizzard of 1888, over 50 inches of snow throughout the northeast and new england. 400 people died. 200 of them in new york city. The whole area was paralyzed for at least two weeks. And many, many people were inconvenienced. It was a real mess. Right now, as we showed you earliear earli earlier, video in chicago, we saw the snow coming down. Its part of the system that will join with a coastal system and cause big problems in the northeast. We have Winter Weather advisories and winter storm watches and warnings for 121 Million People, as we drill down. There are blizzard watches for 5 Million People. But from connecticut all the way down to new jersey, 18 Million People under blizzard warnings. Heres what we look for right now, as far as the accumulations. Six to eight inches in washington. 8 to 14 in philadelphia by wednesday morning. Were looking at 10 to 16 or more for new york city. 8 to 14 inches for boston. Again, depending on the track of the storm, we could see higher accumula good monday morning. As we get a live look outside at San Francisco. Its chilly out there. Temperatures dropping back into upper 30s. Upper 40s east bay. Highs reaching 70. After this cool start. It warms up and continue to have warm temperatures for the next couple of days. Wednesd wednesday cooler kp breezy as cold front moves through. Check out the Weather Channel on cable. Savannah . Okay, al. After decades of rumors about this, princess as former lover, finally answers the question, is he prince harrys real father . First, a live rossen report to get you ready for the storm. Jeff . Good morning to you. As we get ready for this big blizzard, cant find rock salt [ female announcer ] the magic begins when jif fresh roasts peanuts to make Peanut Butter so deliciously creamy. It can even bring a kid out of her shell. Thats why choosy moms choose jif. It can even bring a kid out of her shell. 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National investigative correspondent jeff rossen is on long island with tips to help you safely ride out the storm. Jeff, good morning. Good morning to you guys. Lots of time to prepare and thats the really cool thing. I wanted to come on the air and do this. Lets get right to it. Both outside your house and inside your house, were going to start with the dreaded shoveling. If youre anything like me, you wait until after the storm to shovel the snow. After all, why come out while its still coming down and falls right back on top of what you did. No. In a storm this big, you want to come out, experts say, every hour and do it. Better on your back to do a few inches of snow versus 18 to 24 inches of snow at the end. You also want to make sure how you do it. So many of us bend down and throw it out like that and twist. You want to use your legs, get low to the ground, shovel up the snow, use your legs to pick up and go straight. Dont twist and do this. Learn your legs and throw it off to the side. Very, very important. Or, as our production manager grace just said, have one of your kids do it or hire a kid to do it. A lot of power may go out across the northeast and Midatlantic States during this big storm. So many deaths this year from people who put their generators inside their house. You cant do that no matter what. Some people think its okay to even put it in your garage. You cant do that either. Even with the garage doors are open, they run on gas according to the cpsc. One of the leading causes of Carbon Dioxide deaths in the home from generators. You want it 20 feet from your house. Hugely important tip, life and death. By tomorrow morning at this time, were going to have ice and snow. So many of you go to the store to by calcium chloride, rock salt. Stores are running out. We had a hard time finding this yesterday. Heres a really cool home remedy to do it yourself. Take some hot water. We have some hot water in here, some rubbing alcohol, put it in like that. Take some dish soap, guys. Stick some dish soap in, mix it together with whatever you got at home. I got a spaghetti strainer here. Then when you have ice and snow on your walkway for example, wait until theres ice and snow here, pour it right over. Ive tried this, guys. It actually melts the snow and ice in case you cant find that stuff in the store. Were going to go inside the house now for a couple of other tips. Come on in. How are you . Welcome. See you soon. Okay, when you come in, you have your boots on and obviously its full of snow and ice like mine are right now. You dont want it to get all over your floors. Take a storage bin like this, get rid of the bin part. You want the lid. Pour some rocks on top like that. Pour rocks on top of the lid, spread it out. Put the boots right on top so theyre a little elevated. Now youre not going to ruin your hard would the floowood fl. The water is going to seep into the ledge. Also super annoying is how wet these are. An hour later you want to go back outside, you change your socks, its comfy, then this is wet. Take some newspaper, shove them inside the boots. Theyre going to sop everything up and be comfy as soon as you want them. Thermostat, keep nighttime and daytime the same so your pipes dont freeze. This is an obvious one, guys, but its worth it. Fill up with batteries today. If youre anything like me, when you need the flashlight, you dont have batteries. Consider that the no duh tip of the day for you guys. Jeff, you had us until you started dumping the rocks in the house. It works. Okay. It could also make like a ter air yum or Something Like that. Dont put it in the house. Put it on the lid. You could also put it in the deeper part of the bin, couldnt you, so it doesnt get all over the house . You could do that too. Okay. Just a thought. Anyway, good tips, jeff. Jeff, thank you. 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Good monday morning. 7 56 and a lot of sunshine across the bay area. Here a look at san jose as you step out the door its chilly. Well see the temperatures warming up. 68 degrees. Mid70s throughout the day. As we head throughout the week well seat temperatures on the warm side. On wednesday theres a cold front moving in that will bring in showers for its north bay. Breezy cooler and more clouds in San Francisco. For inland areas expect for clouds by wednesday. That chance of rain will be for the north bay on wednesday afternoon. Well continue to keep tabs on that. As we head over to mike, lets get update on the roadway. Over the last halfhour, no surprise for most of the bay, 101 to 380 up to San Francisco still blocked. Waiting for tow truck. Back to you. Thank you. Happening now, you new twist of the deadly home invasion. She was arrested in connection with the death of a woman called ms. Flow by her neighbors. 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Are you harrys weather . His answer. Today, march 13th, 2017. Future today show anchor, right here. Spring break 2017. War eagle. Celebrating my big 50 in new york city. Todays my 9th birthday. Our first visit to the big apple. And we love today. Were back, now, 8 00 on a monday morning. The 13th day of march, 2017. And you see all these people standing out here this morning. If theyre here tomorrow morning at this time, they could be up to their keisters in the snow because were expecting what are the odds we would use the word keister. You said keister . Thats such a geezer word. There you go. Were freezing our keisters off. Were going to be up to our keisters in snow tomorrow morning. Can we talk about the weekend you had . Werent you in scotland over the weekend . We left friday night. Were going to be there live, duns castle in scotland. Sheinelle jones and i. But because of the storm, i hightailed it back here. But keir simmons, thats a great drone shot. It is a beautiful, beautiful facility. Keir simmons was nice enough to step in for me. He and sheinelle he is no fool. You went and came back . I got back this morning about 12 30. You know whats great . A little day trip to scotland. Thats it. I was on the ground for 34 hours. We had a great time. You will see the stuff that sheinelle and i did. You didnt bring the accent back with you. That worked out in your favor. Were all about breakfast this week on today food. On this mornings menu, creative twist on pancakes and waffles that you can enjoy any time of the day. I think those are chocolate chips. Yay. First, lets get the mornings top stories. Blueberries. Oh. Well, heres the news at 8 00. Reporter we begin this morning with a return to winter for much of the country. Im blake mccoy in chicago, where the flurries are falling. A fresh coat of snow across the midwest, making travel dangerous. Slideoffs and slowdowns from minnesota over to michigan. Here in chicago, were expecting three to six inches when all is said and done. It is the east coast thats set to get walloped over the next few days. 12 to 16 inches of snow possible in cities like philadelphia, new york and boston. Officials there urging people to take preparations. If this forecast holds, it will be the biggest snowfall of the season. Now, on the east coast, along with the snow, theyre expecting potentially damaging winds. Gusts up to 60 Miles Per Hour, which, as we know, could topple trees and power lines, making travel conditions dangerous. Guys, back to you. Blake, thank you so much. Theyre preparing for the storm in the nations capital, as well. Gabe gutierrez is there. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Expecting six to eight inches of snow here in the capital, and potentially more in the counties just north of here. Authorities say they have 200 salt trucks ready to go. And the snow can be heavy and wet. Expecting massive power outages. Public transportation is expected to shut down later today. A few days ago, were talking about the unseasonably warm temperatures here. The early bloom of the cherry blossoms. Those are under threat. Snowfall is expected after sunset tonight and continuing in the overnight hours. Back to you. All right. Gabe gutierrez, thanks to you. The new york city area under a blizzard watch. Heavy snow, high winds and coastal flooding. Nbc meteorologist Indra Petersons is in central park. Good morning to you. Here in new york city, we were expecting winter to be over. Were seeing seasonal amounts here already for the year. This storm is expected to er th. And its coming late in the season, in march. Look at the top ten storms in history in march. If we forecast and see the ten inches were forecasting, this could be a record breaker for us. On top of it, blizzard conditions are expected. We have a warning in effect until midnight tonight. New york city, they are ready. Last year in central park, we broke the record at 27. 5 inches of snowfall. That was last year in january. The city, theyre prepared with the plows, of course. They have 400,000 pounds of salt here. If youre heading out on the roads, you do want to keep in mind if youre stuck during the snowstorm, dont go on the roads. But you need to check your muffler. Make sure theres no ice caught in the muffler. You need to clear it. If you get back in the vehicle to stay warm. You need to do that several times so you dont have the threat of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Thats what youre concerned about in your home. You want to check the exhausts at your home. You want to stay home, stay safe. Its not just about you. We want to keep the First Responders safe. Thats teamwork. Matt . Nice advice. Important stuff. Travel will get complicated. New york, philly, boston, air travelers will be feeling the impact of the fierce winter blast. And nbcs tom costello on duty at Jfk International airport. The latest on the Flight Cancellations that have already started. Tom, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. 1,600 flights already canceled. Those start tonight into tomorrow. That number is going to go dramatically over the next couple of days. Look at the misery map right now. This is premature. We dont have that many flights happening. Affected at this moment. But look at chicago, as well as detroit and boston. Flights canceled there. Chicago because of the storm. And many more over the next 72 hours. If you havent canceled your flight or rebooked, if youre flying in the midatlantic or the northeast, do so now. Youre going to avoid the change fee. The airlines are waiving the 200 fee. And youre going to be affected if youre try to fly into one of the major i95 airports over the next 72 hours. Savannah, back to you. Tom costello, thank you. What is the timing, al, on this . The rails are going to be affected by this, too. The switches, the signals will be a mess. Amtrak surface will be crazy. 121 Million People at risk for some Winter Weather warning. We take a closer look. Blizzard watches for new england. And blizzard warnings here in the northeast. Where is the timing for you . Tomorrow morning, starting around 2 00 a. M. D. C. , heavy snow, changing to a mix. Philadelphia, new york city, strong wind, heavy snow. We move into tomorrow around noon. Were looking for new york city and boston, fully involved. One to three inches of snow per hour. Locally, could be upwards of four inches. We get into the evening rush. From philadelphia, all the way up to boston, albany, burlington, buffalo, all involved. Were looking d. C. You will start to see your snow tapering off and coming to an end. Wednesday mornings commute, a rough one for boston, with blowing snow. Lessening wind. But the roads will be a mess in new york city, philadelphia and washington, d. C. , as well. As far as the snowfall is concerned, again, were looking down in washington, about anywhere from 6 to 8 inches. Philly, 8 to 14. The track of the storm, if its closer to the coast, these numbers will drop. But if it goes further out, 10 to 16 might be conservative. Boston, 8 to 14 inches or more. But again, well continue to finetune this forecast as the afternoon goes on today, into tonight. Well have an update coming up, obviously, on nbc nightly news tonight. Al, thank you very much. Were not the only country dealing with wild weather. Check this out. Incredible video out of cape town south africa. Organizers were forced to cancel a cycling tour due to extreme winds. Look at that. You can see. The riders had a hard time just even holding on to their bikes, and staying on their feet. The Cape Town Cycle tour is the largest individually timed cycle race. As many as 35,000 participants boy. Until now, that race had never been canceled in its 40year history. 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Its different. Its foam. [phi anne. G] so those financial regulations being talked about . They could affect your accounts, so lets get together and talk, and make sure everythings clear. Yeah, that would be great. Being proactive. Its how edward jones makes sense of investing. Back, now. 8 15. Got the story of a tragic house fire in pennsylvania. A toddler was killed in that blaze. Officials say it was sparked by a hoverboard on a charger. Morgan radford has the latest on this. Morgan, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. Today, one little girl is dead and two others are in area hospitals, fighting for their lives, in critical condition, after the home behind me was ravaged by fire. The family inside said their hoverboard burst into flames. This morning, a family is devastated, after a fire sparked by a hoverboard was on fire. Get the baby. She just disappeared into the smoke. Reporter she died after a hoverboard on a charger burst into flames. Her death, the firstever linked to a hoverboard fire in the u. S. Three other girls are hospitalized in critical condition. Lana wolf says her daughter, savannah, is a hero. Her first instinct wasnt to get out. It was to get to them kids. Its killing me inside, to see my daughter, swollen and covered in burns and fighting for their life in a hospital bed. Were getting rapid calls and reports of kids trapped on the third floor. Reporter the fire started just before 8 00 friday night in harrisburg, pennsylvania. Thats just what it sounded like. Something ignited. Reporter the homes first floor fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived. The Consumer Product Safety Commission tells nbc news, it is starting a federal investigation. Adding, quote, one of the key questions we will seek to answer is whether a previously recalled model was the cause of the deadly fire. At least 60 hoverboard fires in 24 states have been investigated. It got so bad, that 500,000 hoverboards were recalled last year. If you own a hoverboard, please, stop using it immediately. Reporter incidents turning up again. Hoverboard is on fire. Reporter and again. All over the country. But in this most recent case, a much different ending. Im so mad. I cant replace a child. Theres no replacing my baby. Ever. Reporter government officials tell nbc news that families should take full advantage of that recall while they continue their investigation. Matt . Morgan, thank you. Were going to put that full list of the recall up on our website. Go to that at today. Com. Lets take a turn, now. Al with the forecast. Todays weather is brought to you by edward jones, where attention and sound advice is a big deal. The snowstorm thats going on in the midwest. We got a lot of rain to talk about. Showers and thunderstorms, down through there. All the way down into florida. Were looking at some march heat coming into the southwest, as oppo good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. It is still nice and cool as you head out. We have temperatures in the mid40s for the trivalley, low 50s elsewhere. 41 degrees in the north bay. Very warm afternoon, reaching the upper 70s for the trivalley peninsula. 73 degrees in the north bay. 76 in the east bay. Expect a high of 74 degrees and 70 in San Francisco. Well have another day like this tomorrow and then a few changes heading into the north bay on wednesday with some rain during the evening. And thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thanks. Jenna bush hager has joined the table for a little thing we like to call trending. Excited . Good to have you here. Are you ready to go . Have you been asked by a friend to grab lunch and you say, i cant, im busy. Yeah. Or a version. A friend has a Birthday Party, you dont show up. You say, i was a little busy. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Maybe give them a little more information. I havent seen you in so long. We dont grab dinner anymore . Why . Ive been slammed. If you use that, youre not just busy, youre rude. A wall street journal article breaks it down for us this way. The headline, youre not busy, youre rude. We often say im busy when we drop the ball or we have other priorities or we dont want to be bothered. Thats some real talk. Thats true. Straight, right . Sometimes were overwhelmed or stressed. A therapist chimed in on this. He says, bespecific when youre asked about these things. Say, im a little behind. Or im feeling frustrated right now and its hard for me to catch up. I just dont like you that much. Hes just not into that you. When i start to feel like im busy, i think about al roker and carson daly. And im like, i havent been busy at all. They have 14 jobs between them. Exactly. It is true, though. And 14 kids between them. Its a bit of a blowoff. I think being more specific. That sounds like good advice. Anybody recovering, speaking of busy, from the lack of sleep over the weekend . Spring forward. They steal that hour from us. Ive been flying. I dont know. What time zone am i in . Of course, were all willing to try anything to get a good nights sleep. This is commonly held sleep secrets, people think this will work. Im going to ask you true or false. It comes from an article. An article. I read it somewhere. So, anyway. Just go along with this, okay . All right. Here we go. Number one. A drink will help you doze off. I tried this saturday night. It will help you doze off. But you wont stay asleep. Maybe a couple. One might perk you up. Depends on what youre drinking. It will help you doze off but interrupt your sleep. A hot bath will help you fall asleep. I think youre supposed to be cooler. Look who went to sleep school today. You are correct, al. That is right. Our body temp needs to drop to get to sleep. Weve done these a few times. This wasnt a new trending item . I read an article a couple of months ago. Counting sheep works. Sure. To fall asleep. If theyre real sheep. Then, they count. Youre snuggling with them. It doesnt work. Youre snuggling with sleep . Okay. I just came from scotland. I dont know what you were thinking about. But i think they seem furry and friendly. It doesnt work. Think happy thoughts. Were done. Thats it. On that note, were going to swing over to pop start. Lets get right to it. Ed sheeran on the heels of his new album, divide. He has big casting news. He will be guest starring in game of thrones. The shows executive producers just revealed this. That was all for a surprise for maisie williams, who plays arya stark on the show. Shes a huge fan of eds. No word yet on his character. And the seventh season of game of thrones returns on july 16th. Will he sing in it . Good question. I dont know. Well find out. Read the article. You have the answer for that . Have the answer for everything. Chrissy teigan, a model, cookbook author, you name it. Unwanted attention for people started to criticize her for her parenting. First, there were people that were outraged that she had a night out with her husband, john legend, too quick after they had the daughter. Stop it. Come on. Then, people criticized the way she was holding her. Now, its happened again. Teigan posted this image to twitter. A screen shot of comments that shes been getting. Such as your baby never smiles. Come on. Come on, people. And slamming her because she wasnt wearing socks. Chrissy fighting back, saying, imagine being this miserable. Were fine, thanks. Thats your pop start today, guys. That is one of my favorite lines that you have. You remember that . Enjoy the rest of your angry day. Matt says enjoy your angry day. Something else trending. A rare interview with Princess Dianas former lover, in which he addresses that rumor. Its been talked about for decades. Who is prince harrys real father . Nbcs matt bradley has more on this interview. Matt, good morning. Reporter good morning. Its been a rumor for 20 years. And its finally being laid to rest this morning. James hewitt, the dashing polo player, who had an affair with Princess Diana, now speaking out over whether hes the father of her youngest son. Is the rumor that refuses to go away. That prince harry is the love child of Princess Diana and her former lover, james hewitt. In a new interview for australian tvs sunday night, hewitt insists he is not prince harrys father. Are you harrys father . No, im not. Why does that keep being repeated . It sells papers. Reporter hewitt adding the rumors were probably worse for prince harry. Hewitt, used to compete against Prince Charles, dianas husband. At one event, a blushing diana, presented hewitt with a prize, sparking rumors and tabloid headlines. In the interview, hewitt described how his relationship with diana grew after he became her horse riding instructor. The same time reports were circulating about Prince Charles relationship with camilla. The former army captain, describing how the pair tried to have a normal relationship during secret getaways at his form in southern england. Saying they would just have dinner, relax and laugh. Did you love her very much . I did. Thats why its difficult to talk about it, really. I did. Reporter the affair lasted five years. Diana, first spoke about it in a 1995 interview. Saying, she adored hewitt and was in love with him but was very let down. Hewitt lives a semireclusive life with his widowed mother. He has never married or had children. The rumors are particular lly pressing now. The 20th anniversary of Princess Dianas death comes in september. And prince harry is in a committed relationship with actress meghan markle. And theres much talk of an impending engagement. Back to you guys. Matt, thank you. That settles that. I hope it does. I hope so, too. Coming up, we look past the snow and at the hottest fashions for spring. And billy dec is here to take breakfast to the next level. First, your local news and weather. Put chocolate chips in it. My. Put chocolate chips in it. And good morning at 8 26 right now. Im sam brock. Were talking this morning about the president of the United States being in town. But not the current president. This would be our former president , barack obama, who plans on meeting with tech leaders today. This is video from earlier this morning outside of the fair monte hotel as they are watching out very closely. You see the security presence there. The president is expected to speak with Technology Leaders later today. As soon as we have more information on that, we will provide that to you. A little challenging if youre outside San Francisco now, mike. Youre tracking the crash. Not in san jose, but im sure there say lot of buzz and activity by the fair monte. Silicon valley, most of the rest of the bay moves as you would expect. San francisco, trying to get into San Francisco, look, 101 jammed approaching 380. Crash has been blocking the slow lane for over an hour there around 3rd. It is distracting for both sides. We should have a tow truck clearing this hopefully in the next 20 minutes. But tough drive, 280 jammed. But it might be a better smoother route for you there. Nice drive around the east bay. Bogged down from coliseum to downtown oakland. Not a surprise. Back to you. Not a surprise. It is a monday. Thank you very much. That will do it for us. Well see you in 30 minutes. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everybody. Its 8 30. Were back on today. Its monday morning, march 13th. Otherwise known as the day before the storm. All right. Not to be a mom here, but its 21 degrees. Yeah. You havent buttoned your coat. You dont have a hat on. And i didnt make my bed this morning. But youre right. Thats because mike was still in it. Thats true, too. Could have made it over him. Short sheet him. The forecast may say snow. But were tiptoeing through the tulips when it comes to style around here at the show. They tell me that florals apparently are going to be all the rage this spring. Were going to check out those trends coming up. And were going to give a little style to your breakfast. Pumping up the flavor of your pancakes with a lot of help from that guy right there, billy deck. First, the man of the morning, al roker, fresh from his 12hour journey to scotland. Whats happening . Were going to get past this. But first todays weather is brought to you by dove shower foam. Its light. Its different. Its foam. All right. Lets look at the week ahead, and see what we go past this blizzard. Of course, we have wet weather down through the south, blizzard conditions in the northeast and new england. Bitter cold in the plains. Wet weather in the pacific northwest, into Northern California by wednesday. Still snow and wind hanging around Northern New England. Plenty of sunshine through the gulf. Thursday, into friday, we have abovefreezing temperatures along the eastern seaboard. A little wet weather, making its way through the great lakes. Good monday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. A lot of sunshine in this forecast. At least for the near term. Today were up to 70 degrees in San Francisco. And just about as warm. Well be heading to tomorrow, almost as warm. It will be turning cooler and breezy on wednesday. Cold front moves through, temperatures slowly rebound as we go through the week. A slight chance of showers for the north bay on wednesday afternoon. Other than that, forecast stays mainly dry. Dont forget. Get that weather anytime you need it. Check out our friends at the Weather Channel on cable. Guys . All right, al. Thank you very much. In honor of womens history month, were kicking off something new, called female firsts today. A special series, taking a closer look at women who are breaking barriers in all walks of life. And jenna has the first story. Women make up 57 of the workforce. But just 5 of s p 500 companies are led by a woman. I sat down with one of those pow powerhouses, mary barra, the first female ceo in the auto industry. When you change a tradition thats 175 years old, not everyone is going to love you. Me being a woman is interesting but irrelevant. We want to be validated. We want to be understood. What is it to be outstanding . You have to stand out. The importance of being resilie resilient. Im mary barra. Im the first female chairman and ceo in the auto industry. Reporter in 2014, mary barra became the ceo of General Motors, an icon of american industry. With 225,000 employees and selling 10 million vehicles globally last year. I love cars. I love the business. Its kind of addicting. Reporter bhararas leadership was tested early in her tenure. During her first year, gm recalled millions of cars worldwide. We failed these customers. And we must face up to it and learn from it. Reporter bara testified before congress. Gm paid 9 milli 9 million in got fines. Before she became ceo, gm filed for bankruptcy. But under bara, gm is making a comeback, with a revenue of 66 billion last year. My love of math and science got me here. Reporter her father was a dyemaker at gm. She begn her career at gm in 1980, when she was just 19. You started here as an intern. And youve worked your way up. What have you learned along the way . Growing up at General Motors and progressing through to this position, its all about people. Reporter from factory floor, industrial engineers, she is pushing for more women to be in leadership roles at gm. I ive engaged with women in the country to say what can we do to create a pipeline of women. Reporter bara is one of three ceos on President Trumps economic forum. How important is it for women to have a seat at that table . I think its very important. And i think its important for Business Leaders to come together and really provide input. Reporter this past january, after bara was named the forum, gm made headlines when the president tweeted a threat, promising big border the actions if gm made vehicles in mexico. Have you changed the way you do business because of the administration . 70 of the vehicles we sell in the United States, we build here. We continue to look at ways we can improve that will help the country be stronger. Reporter baras mentor, her mother. When you studied engineering, there werent many women in the field. Youre right. There werent women studying it. My mom said, you can be and do whatever you want to be. But you got to work hard. When i looked around, i didnt it wasnt something where i said, i cant do this because i dont see other women. Reporter the 55yearold mother of two, is passionate about advancing education for girls. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Education is one of my passions. And because s. T. E. M. , i believe so strongly, no matter what industry youre in, technology is causing it to transfer. Reporter as a woman, were there times when you heard noes . Or felt like your voice wasnt heard along this journey . Absolutely. There were times where, you know, theres times when you have to go in and make sure youre heard its one of the things i mentor young women, make sure youre heard. No matter what you do in life, pursue it with passion and hard work. Reporter with a female in the auto industry, she hopes her career path encourages young women. What do you hope women and girls get from your story . They can do or be anything they want. But you know, they need to work hard. I encourage them, take those positions that give you a little bit of that, you know, feeling in your stomach of nervousness. Thats where were going to learn so much and its going to really help your career. Shes so awesome. We are women, hear us roar, right, savannah . Absolutely. Coming up tomorrow, the first woman on record to travel to every country in the world. Matt would tell you that hes heard me roar a lot. And matt, also traveled to almost every country in the world. Not that much fun, actually. Jenna, thank you. Coming up next, everything is coming up roses when it comes to spring fashion. Well check out the new seasons biggest trends. First, this is today on nbc. Were back. Its 8 40. Today on today style, everything is coming up roses. We really mean it. Despite the snowy forecast, were just one week away from spring on the calendar. From clothing to makeup and more, the new season is all about the floral trend. Here to help us get on the bandwagon is loribu bergamotto. I like youre wearing the frienfrien trend. So am i. Florals are everywhere on everything. Were going to start with fashion, savannah. Its spring. Of course, its florals. But theres something 2017 about the way were seeing florals. Melissa is in a forever 21 press. We offset the florals. But the way they are this year is romantic. This is fashions new romantic. We offset it with edge jer accessories. Black bag. Choker. On tatyana over here, we take a preppy take on the floral. In draper jeans, flouncey, the top. You can be more casual, while dipping your toe in the trend. I like the pop of color. And florals can be a great neutral, as well. Accessories, my favorite. What we want to highlight, were going to start with the slides on your side, savannah. Those are from nine west, under 40. Thats a floral applique. We are seeing florals in an applique. And the print, like the pedal prints. And also embroidery is huge. On the sneakers and these bags at shop spring. Com. The phone cases are cute, too. The earrings from j. Crew. And the phone cases from kate spade. Really fun ways to frplay with e trend. Dresses we did. Accessories, we did. Lets do makeup. I know. Isnt this fun . Savannah, i dont know how adventurous you are. Im adventurous. These are from sassy lips. I like it already. Guys at home, can see, theres an actual flower inside. And little gold flakes the. If you put it on, its like a mood lipstick. What does the flower to . Its good for hydration. And its really beautiful. And it changes to your mood. What changes . The color . Oh. Its adjusting. Really fun way to play. Lucky im in a good mood. What else . I like that. Thats cute. The flower, powder flublushe. Really easy. A hit of color on your face. Its embossed with a flower. Now, we get into the fragrant stuff. Its from the body shop. Great price point. You can smell. We have hand lotion here. And we have you covered headtotoe. Theres some vegan products in there. So, Everybody Loves that. Okay. Thats for your body. Then, were going to move to your hair. I love this because im not a person who wears a ton of fragrance. But i love when its in your hair. This is from moroccan oil. It has argon oil in it. The rose is hydrating your hair. Your hair will look shiny. Whats this . Everybody was oohing and awing over this. This is the fresh deep hydration toner. It has rose pedals. For your face . Good for your complplexiocom. Really gentle. And it looks beautiful. Does it smell flowery, otoo . A light fragrance. And who needs a Snapchat Filter when you have a flower crown. Are we supposed to wear the flower crowns . We can go to coachella together. It looks cute. What occasion do you wear there . Just a regular tuesday when youre home with your kids. Its cute. We want to talk about lifestyle. Florals arent just for fashion and beauty. Theyre part of the lifestyle trend. These are from sugarfina. These are candy. We have one here for you. It has a hard candy shell. Am i shchewing . Youre going to bite into it. These are handmade in italy. What is everything coming up roses segment without rose . Talk to me. Cheers, savannah. These, you can make a message. You can see we did it here. You can rerecord this endless times. I would like to say to you and everyone at home, cheers. Cheers. Let me swallow my candy, which is delicious with this wine. You want anything more about this floral segment now, youre drinking. I was going to have you do the rest. Go to today. Com style. Up next, new spins on some breakfast classics. Wow. First, this is today on nbc. Were back. This week on today food were bringing back breakfast. Classics with a great twist. First up, billy deck. The owner of rocket bar and grill in chicago. Billy, good to see you. Good to see you. When is your flight out . It was tomorrow morning. I might have to good luck with that. Stay on your couch. A lilt storm coming in. Youre going to make one basic batter, do one thing and two great recipes. This was going the be a spring recipe. But you can make this if youre stuck at home. Great winter comfort food. Ingredients that everyone has. Milk, eggs, lemon, flour, salt, baking powder, blueberries. Not difficult at all. Ricotta cheese, as well. Thats the secret. Were going to mix our dry and wet ingredients separately. Why do they tell you to do that . You have to do this for all pancakes, not just this one. You dont want to overagitate ingredients. It gets a little tough. Were going to do this. Then, get to the wet ingredients, where im going to add some milk to the eggs. And then, some vanilla. And then, some yep. Were going to mix that up. If you can, just create a little well right there. Just putting a little bit of a well. And thats regular flour. But you can use glutenfree if you like. And basically, were going to pour this right in after forgot the most important. The lemon zest. The lemon zest. This is superdelicious. You can smell it. Aromatic oils is coming right out of that. Smells great. Were pouring it right into that sort of well right there. And youre going to stir it around, folding it ever so there you go. Perfectly. And then, the reason were not overhitting it is just that, again, well cause tough pancakes. When do you put the ricotta cheese in there . When you get that mixed in a little more. Then, you hit it with the ricotta. And its kind of sweet. We have batter made. Do you like that consistency . It is. Like putty. We stick it on there. And this is where you add your blueberries. Okay. How is it going downstairs, guys . Oh, my gosh. You were a little stingy on the syrup, billy. Stingy on the syrup . You could have loaded that up. I can send some down. You put as many blueberries as you want. You wait until your pancakes get bubbly. And then, its time to flip. You garnish with some more blueberries and powdered sugar. But wait, theres more. Were going to take that same batter. Strawberry short cake waffles. How good does that sound . Were not putting in the lemon zest and the ricotta. Were using the same batter. And i actually make these together sometimes at home. I do this. I have the waffle iron hot. We sprayed it with nonstick spray. You buput these in for eight minutes. Im a waffle guy. Carb person, full stop. You like them equally. I just ordered pizza. Once you have it, we have strawberries were going to put on here. We were talking, for this type of a recipe, a little better to have the fruit thats slightly past its prime. Especially on the blueberries. Once you put the sugar and the salt, it takes out the liquid and softens them up and creates a syrup, which is great. You can hit it with powdered sugar. Isnt that exciting. Al, billy says his flight is tomorrow morning. Hes not going. Really . Yeah. Youre not going. Bring some of the pancakes back to the hotel, billy. Thats right. Youre going to be cooking at the james beard dinner, right . Looks like im cooking here tomorrow. Really . Im just going to make things up. And keep me on. Come back any time you want. The champagne is a nice pairing. Were going to put this recipe for people who get snowed in on our website at today. Com food. Snow day tomorrow. Kids off from school. Back in a moment. This is today on nbc. They havent this is the silverado special edition. This is one gorgeous truck. Oh, did i say theres only one special edition . Because, actually theres five. Ooohh aaaahh uh hooooly mackerel. Wow. Nice. Strength and style. Its truck month. Get 0 financing for 60 months plus find your tag and get 5500 on select Chevy Silverado pickups when you finance with gm financial. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. You have the weather and the birthdays. This is the best part of the day. Were going to spin the smuckers jars. Were going to spin those smuckers jars. Happy 100th birthday to hyman fink. This former tennis player is from san juan capistrano, california. Mary magrego, 100 years old, lovers spending time with her family. So lovely. All right. Happy 100th birthday to bob baker. Hes a retired former from shelby, ohio. Not too far from where they make smuckers. 21 grandkids, 51 Great Grandkids and 8 great Great Grandkids. Maria, didnt retire until she was 94. Lee graves sr. , 102 years old. Rides the stationary bike every day. To help stay in shape. And a happy 100th birthday to annie oneal. Enjoys playing scrabble and checkers. If you know somebody celebrating a milestone birthday, tell us all about them at today. Com celebrates. And remember that photo. You were supposed to be in scotland today. Sheinelle is holding down the fort. By the fort, we mean a humongous castle. Hi, sheinelle. Good morning. Im so sorry im in scotland and missing your blizzard. Welcome. Yes. Take a look at this castle. It is amazing. If you have to go to work today, go ahead, call in sick. Tell them sheinelle gave you permission because todays take is going to be awesome today. This is a massive castle. 60 bedrooms. I cant wait to introduce you to the married couple that calls this place home. They are the nicest people. And theyre inviting you to stay here with 20 of your friends. Were going to explain to you how you can do that. And, al, wouldnt you agree . We squeezed in more in a 24hour period than i think i have in my life. From the culture to the pubs. Did you hear that al tortured me, guys . No. With haggus. You have to try haggus. She did. But she had a reaction to it. Really . Oh, yeah. You know what hasgus is . Its a wild kind of everything and everything a lot of organs. Sausage but a scottish version. Duns castle. For some people some people love it. Well get into that. The pubs. The culture. This castle. Its going to be, you know, fantastic. If you have to go to work, justice u. S. Dont. Topvo a harbinger of im. A woman acsed of helpincover up e dea of an eldey good monday morning. 8 56. Im sam brock. A woman accused of helping cover up the death of an elderly woman known as miss flow is due in court today. Jennifer jimenez, shes accused of being an accessory to the crime in that womans death. Back in september, investigators said that Zachary Quinn broke into flow douglas East San Jose home and is accused of savagely beating her and stealing her valuables. Miss flow died four weeks after that. Quinn was charged with murder in november. Jimenez is now accused of helping to conceal her death. Shes being held without bail. Happening now, bob redell is at the courthouse monitoring that hearing, a live report for us for our midday news cast. And more information now on our home page. When it comes to the happiest places to live, this just came out this morning, how does the bay area stack up. A new survey. You can find that on our Facebook Page and find out where the bay area cities rank. Here is a hint, maybe at or near the top. Sports lovers and casual fans alike digesting march madness basketball matchup, in our twitter feed, what you got to know first, the ground rules before you fill out the brackets, College Basketball expert or this is your first tournament. Well be back with more news coming up in 30 minutes. Its okay to cry, right . No more we dont want anymore [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. Speeds up to 45 megs, for 30 a month. Ooh, sheinelle. What are you doing here at the library . I love libraries. Im on the hunt for a good, oldfashioned fairy tale. My kids are into stories about castles and faraway lands. I remember when my kids were young and i could read to them. Great your kids are still reading books. Its always about iphones and ipads oh. This is perfect. Kind of dusty. Oh. Once upon a time, in a faraway land called scotland, there were two tv anchors trying to find their way to duns castle. The two of them took this map and where are we . My goodness, i think were going to live out the fairy tale in this book. Were in scotland. Yes. Wait. Look at this map. We have to find duns castle. Do you know where duns castle is . Do you know where duns castle is . Duns castle. No. Do you know how to get to duns castle. His mouth is full. Hes busy. Were going to jump in the map. Ready. One, two, three. From nbc news, this is a special edition of todays take, with al roker and sheinelle jones. Live from the magnificent duns castle in scotland. Good morning. Welcome to today on this beautiful monday morning, march 13th, 2017. We brought todays take here to beautiful scotland, live from duns castle, thanks to our friends at homeaway. We are about to have so much fun today. Wait. I said we. We. Where is al . Oh, shoot. Al . Did you jump on the wrong page . Where is my buddy . Oh. Al, he must have now what am i going to do . How am i going to do scotland by myself . Im in front of this beautiful castle and i have to do it on my own . Al . Al . What am i going to wait. Im so confused right now. Kier . Sheinelle . Keir simmons, is this your castle . I know youre live from london usually. Welcome to scotland. Your fairy tale just became a nightmare. Youre my prince charming. Full disclosure. Al had to head back to new york because theres a blizzard, apparently there. Yes. Instead ill sit here. You sit over here. You have me. I have you. Okay. You have me. Heres the thing. End scene. Here. Full disclosure, when al had to go back in my head, i thought, what are we going to do . How are we going to make this work. And they told me, keir. We had never met. But on the car ride here from the hotel, we bonded. We bonded. Youre not really watching todays take. Youre watching actually a special edition of blind date. Its like an arranged marriage. Sfwlit its an arranged marriage. We dont really know each other. Right . Were going to be finding out about each other. Doing quizzes. Eating strange foods. And were going to bond. I will say, if this is an arranged marriage, im happy with the prince charming they gave me. You have 4yearold twins, as well. I have 4yearold twins. You have 4yearold twins. Its a match made in heaven. Therapy. I should say thank you to tartan carriages, for the amazing ride for the entrance into duns castle. Did you know parts of this castle did you know this . They tadate back to the 1300s. Thats crazy. 12 bedrooms and 6 cottages on the property. And it sits on more than 1,200 acres. And through homeaway, you and 20 of your friends can actually win the opportunity to stay at the castle for an al allexpensepaid fiveday trip. Go to today. Com for information opinion. 20 of your friends and a night in a castle. It would be the coolest. I dont know if you call her the lady of the castle. You would know. I will admit, i have to be the lady of the castle is waving to us. I have to admit that, i just assume that keir knows everything in scotland. Its all the same. But its not. But the name keir is scottish, really. Really . Yeah. I was looking for a kilt to take home. Jones is welsh. You have a welsh name and youre not welsh. And i have a scottish name and im not scottish. All perfect. I want to tell you this. Were upping the ante. We have a special contest through homeaway. You and 20 of your friends can win the opportunity to stay here. But this time, its with todays take. An allexpensepaid trip. Four people and you have to dress up, right . Only four people. Here it is. Here we go. Were excited now. This is a special one. Theres that other one we have going on. This is a special giveaway, just for todays take viewers. The ultimate family fairy tale give away. This is what you have to do. Submit photos of your family or friends, celebrating a fairy tale, dressing up in a costume. Maybe youre acting out a favorite scene. We have Halloween Costumes from the last four years. Give your kids Halloween Costumes and take a picture. And before you know it youre here. Youre living here. And living like a scottish aristocrat. Do your daughters sometimes want to be a princess . All the time. You know frozen . They love frozen. They walk around in those costumes. They want to go to school in those costumes. You know, you cant get them out of them. My daughter goes, are cyou going to see elsa . No. If you submit the photos, go to our todays take Facebook Page or today. Com, and you share your photos. It will be fantastic. Your kid can be elsa all day long. Cant beat that. Fantastic. Should we check in can i just tell you this, by the way. You can also, theres a lot of people getting married here. Right. When we got here, there was a kid who was having his 21st Birthday Party here. How awesome would that be . So fun. And its so expensive now to get married. Absolutely. In london, as well, im sure. Like 30,000. You know. That kind of price for people on average. I dont think everyone spends that kind of money. People spend more. I think its 15,000 . To get married here. 15,000. Sf you could get the flights here and spend less on a wedding here than youre going to have. 15,000, you can afford to invite me. Kei and i will come. We will be here. Im glad youre here, keir. We miss al. Can we bring in al . Im here. Im here. But by the way, for the contest for our viewers, its for a family of four, right . Its not a family of four. We have two different contests. The other one is with 20 people. Sorry, guys. Were great. But we cant spend money on 20 people. A family of four, right, al . A family of four. Are you awake right now . Im okay. I got some sleep on the plane. Its funny because we got a lot in before we even what was funny is sheinelle and i were on our way to st. Andrews to do this land yachting, which youll see in a little bit the and i always have wanted to see st. Andrews golf course. An they got to the gate and said, you have to come back because you have to catch a 5 00 p. M. Flight. How was it . I just saw you. Al, i can tell you were getting serious. You were looking at your cell phone. Were watching movies in the car. And hes looking at weather maps. I think this is going to be something. You made a comment, in new york city, back in the 1800s, like 36 inches of snow. Upwards of 50 inches. 400 people died. 400 people died in the northeast. And the other thing, i remember, though, most about our trip, besides watching indiana raiders of the lost ark because you had never seen it, on saturday night, you tried haggis for the first time. Oh. It was disgusting. But you know what . You liked it, al, right . I did. Did you like it . I did. Do we have haggis on the table . I like haggis. By the way, you headed back there, i am grateful you had time to take your kilt off. Im not wearing anything right now. Al, were going to check back in with you in a bit for the weather. I think this is haggis. Am i supposed to try this . They said you have to try it. I like haggis. What is in haggis . Sheeps heart . Is that right . Sheeps heart. All the things in your hot dogs. Its everything you wouldnt eat. Go for it, keir. There you go. Heart, liver and lungs. In a woubowl. That is beautiful. Your heart is beautiful. Your lungs are beautiful. Just ahead, you cant come to scotland without checking out the capital city. Eat it. Fine. Im taking this for the team. All right. Ready . Really quickly. Where is my napkin . Full coverage foundation. R from loreal. Superlightweight. Pro formula. Really lasts. But if forever doesnt last forever, just cover and conceal. 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But ill take whiskey chocolate sauce all day long. I will drink this. Can i get tipsy off of this . I probably shouldnt. And the next one all that on there. This is like fudge. Its sugar. This is way better than haggis, honestly. And its sugar. You cant go wrong with sugar. So, heres the thing. So, were moving through our dream, here at a scottish castle. And so, has will smith been living his dream . Everyone is talking about will smith, living out his bucket list. He may have upped the ante. Apparently, over the weekend, he bung bungee jumped over Victoria Falls in africa. Can you see that . Wow. Gopros have changed the world. Whats on your bucket list . He waited to do this jump for more than 20 years. I would never do that. You know, i would do a lot of things. That, to me, is just terrifying. You covered wars. Ive been to some of the most dangerous places in the world. I would not jump. Al, have you bungee jumped . I have never. And never will, unless theres some reason to escape marauders or a fire. Im not doing that. Wont jump out of a working plane. Will not bungee jump. No way. By the way, on the topic of shortbread, the best shortbread was at the balmoro hotel. They were fresh and crunchy. Very good. We dont the only thing thats going to be crunching is going to be the snow. Right now, a system moving through chicago. Basically, the energy from this is going to combine with a low pressure system coming up the coast. Thats going to bring a big, big storm for the northeast. In fact, we have 121 Million People under some Winter Weather advisory. And as far as winter storm watches and warnings. 5 Million People under blizzard watches, up through new england. 18 million in the northeast. The system makes its way up the coast. Tomorrow morning, d. C. , going to be a mess, as it makes its way up. We are looking anywhere from 8 to 14, more inches of snow. Thats whats go well, we have some sunshine around the bay area. Its 56 degrees in oakland. Its 54 in palo alto and san jose. Well continue to see the sun warming up the temperature today, reaching into the upper 70s. 78 degrees in the south bay. 77 in the trivalley peninsula. 73. 70 in San Francisco. Very comfortable to start this week. More of that for the next several days. Thats your latest weather. Guys . All right, al. Thank you. Up next, were going to show you around the magnificent 60room duns castle, right after this. Walgreens believes the right look is whatever makes you feel beautiful. Wear that shade. Wear that shade. Throw shade. Nice. No makeup monday or definitely makeup. Its monday. Go natural. Go big. Go bold. Ladies, dont let anybody tell you what makes you beautiful. At walgreens, weve got the Beauty Products to help you be you. Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. Now buy two cosmetics or nail products and get the third free. In stores and online. 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It is beautiful. Before al left, we got the Royal Treatment and we got a chance to see what its like to live like a king on our own personal tour of duns castle. Scotland. The land of lush landscapes and breathtaking coastlines. Boisterous bagpipes and colorful kilts. Home to roughly 3,000 castles, from massive fortresses, to those fit for a fairy tale. And nestled in the heart of the scottish borders, stands duns castle. Portions of the structure dating back to the 14th century. In the old days, it was a fighting castle. A tower used for defense. Reporter for alec and eileen, its not just history. Its home. Alec is the ninth generation of his family to own and live in the castle. And today, they have some house guests. We made it. The magic castle. Duns castle. Wonder if anybodys home. Hello. Hello. Come on in. Wow. Great to see you. A lot of stairs in this castle. It does wonders for your fitness. The detail in this place is amazing. This is the dining room. You feel at home, al . Yes. My last name was windsor. It just is a home. You know . Its not difficult to live in. No. I wouldnt find it difficult. I would love to live in a castle. There is an enchantment. Every little girl dreams of being a princess. Dont they . Now, were going to a big surprise. Our drawing room. Can i move in . And its beautiful. Theres the family chest. Exactly right. This is the master bedroom. There are 12 bedrooms altogether. We can sleep 23 people. So peaceful. You walk in, its like time stands still. Then, we headed back in time into the oldest tower in the castle. This is a 1320 staircase. Its 700 years old. This is the original tower staircase. As i tried my hand at snooker in the billiards room. Nicely done. The games continued as we made our way out back, for a glimpse of the estates 1,200 acres. We met some friendly fowl. Some not so friendly. Took aim during a couple rounds of archery. Yes. Is no. Heres how you do it. Oh. Not bad. Im going to leave it there. By the end of the day, we were under the castles spell. This is as close as ill ever be to a queen. Are you can king . Well, i have sat on the throne. Cheers. And could definitely imagine living here. Its pretty good. What . How was your day . What . How was your day . Its good. Happily ever after, of course. How cool is that . Isnt it amazing . I love that. And you know, they shot movies here. Really . Its so authentic. Its a Perfect Place to shoot a movie. You even have your own members of staff. Hello, jonathan. How are you . Thank you for the visit. Thank you very much. We dont even have to close the doors for ourselves. Just ahead, were venturing outside of the walls of the castle. Were going to take you to the capital city of edinburgh. After your local news. I accept n the slopes like i used to. I even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But whatever trail i take, i go for my best. 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A look at your weather with kari hall right after this break. Good monday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we get a live look outside at San Francisco, bright, beautiful sunshine. All of the nice weather from the weekend continues and slowly warming up. 50 degrees in livermore and 56 degrees in oakland. Napa at 52 degrees. Will see the highs today in San Francisco reaching 60 degrees. Will be cooler midweek as a cold front moves in and a slight chance of rain for the north bay wednesday evening. Other than, that weve got more dry weather and warm temperatures in the forecast. Lets head over to mike for a look at the roadways. Overall things are looking good. The crash in San Francisco cleared at 101 and third. Southbound 101 at moffett, we have a crash there. Look how slow it is out of palo alto and bogging down around shoreline. Thats through mountain view. Northbound clearing from emba embarcadero to lane shift. Folks are moving to the left instead of the right. Mike, thank you very much. laughs come on dogs just wont quit. Neither does frontline gold. Its triple action formula is relentless at killing fleas and ticks for a full 30 days. Good boy. Go for the gold. Welcome back to today in duns. Is that a royal wave . Ill never be able to do it again. Close as ill get. Go ahead. Thank you. Were about 40 minutes away from the city considered the heartbeat of scotland, edinborough or as you say edinborough. I have been practicing that edinborough to make everyone proud. Al and i checked out the capital city. About a half Million People. We had a blast. From the streets of old town, to the georgian new town edinborough one of the most picturesque cities in the world. Our tour started with the help of the tv personality bill mcewe. Hello. The gorgeous castle. Beautiful. Absolutely dominates the skyline here. Every angle across the city you see this glorious castle. A fortress that was a royal residence up until the 17th century. Is this the only castle here . So this is the only castle but not the only royal home. The queen has a home here. Shell come here at least once a year and have a party. Lady queen, were coming for you. Tea. Next stop the royal mile considered the most popular street in edinborough, where the sound of bagpipes makes you want to dance. This is the great philosopher. The theory is if you rubbed his toe then its good luck. For more scottish luck check out this dog who guarded the grave for 14 years. You cant leave without touching bobbys nose. With its narrow alleyways and architecture Victoria Street was the inspiration for harry potter. In fact, the author found lots of inspiration here. The elephant house was one place she let her creative juices flow. And 10 years ago she completed her last book from the series from suite 552 of the hotel. While there we were given exclusive access to their rooftop. We were in such an iconic location. We have sir Walter Scotts monument. Is that the largest monument to a writer . It is. In the world. Absolutely. You can also see calson hill on the other side as well. We have arthur to my right which is a volcano here. You can catch tristen and finley or the kilted yogis, but back to the tour. Our iconic clock tower is one of the most photographed buildings in scottland. Since 1902 our clock has run 3 minutes fast. The story so that people dont miss their trains. Sounds like its time to have a bit to eat. A few miles out is the sheep eat in. The oldest pub in scotland. And of course street food like fish and chips can be found just about anywhere in the city. Theres a lot of fried food in scotland. Whats the deal . Anything fried goes down well in this country. We were even bold enough to try a local delicacy. Deep fried mars bars. Go for it. Ignorance is bliss. I think my heart just stopped. But i dont care. And the night life is not to be missed. You can learn to dance at the ghillie do. 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Stewart is an expert on the highland games. So stewart, the reason they did this was so they could find the strongest guy to protect the head of the clan. Right . Correct. So, am i strongest or is sheinelle . Whoever wins gets the castle. You go to this side. Okay guys. Pick up your rope. Come on, teep. Come on. A little noise, guys. Are you ready . Ready. Ready . Take the string. And pull come on guys. Pull. Pull push and the winner go team good job. Whats next . Okay, guys. So what now . Were going to do the stain. The stain is a scottish stone. So you are going first. Tuck it nicely into the neck. Just like shotput. Push your back leg and off you go. Well done. All right. Shotputt. I thought you said like chocolate. Off you go. Superb. One all. Its 11. Yes. Were tied. Well get bruce who is one of the professionals. About to show us up . Hes about to show you how it should be done. You look like you know. Ready . Okay. A little bit separated. There you go. I wasnt too far away. Awesome. Whats next . How tall are you . 66. Were going to do this. Go to weather and then were going to come back and do more. Al . I wanted to see you in the pole position. What weve got happening. As far as your weather, week ahead, of course we got the blizzard in the northeast negligence, wet in the pacific northwest, sunny from texas into the southwest, showers lingering in the southeast, snow and wind still lingering in Northern New England tomorrow. And wednesday. Frigid conditions through the great lakes, more wet weather through the pacific northwest, and then we head toward friday, temperatures warm up along the eastern seaboard, showers and a mixed bag of precipitation the upper midwest, unseasonably mild to the southwest, more rain moves into the weve got a lot of sun shine in the bay area. Temperatures now in the low to mid50s. It is getting a little bit warmer but still in the upper 40s and north bay after dropping down to 39 this morning. Well see the highs reaching 73 in the peninsula. And 74 degrees in the east bay. North bay, 76 degrees. San francisco up to 70 degrees. Tomorrow well be just as warm. Then well see a cold front dropping in with a slight chance of rain on wednesday afternoon, but the rest of the bay area looks to stay pretty. Nd thats your latest weather. Guys . All right, al. Thank you. Were back with the caber toss, with bruce. 66 tall bruce. Try not to hurt anyone. Ive never seen this. I dont know what youre about to do. Okay. Ill show you how to do it first. Tossing the caber is for accuracy rather than for distance. You have 20 seconds. You do it. It has to go through 180 degrees. Thats here mortals. This is how it should be done. Oh, my goodness. Was that a good throw . Yes. Slightly off. Everybody is giving him a round of applause. That was amazing. Good job. You deserve to come into the kitchen with us next. Were about to cook, coming up next. Cook in the castle . 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Explain the name, first of all. Youre in scotland. But youre from italy. Yeah. My family is third generation. We didnt quite make it to america. That makes you such good cooks. We have italian heritage and amazing scottish pride. What are we cooking . Beef and beer stew. Were going to fry some this is the best scottish beef. Were going to fry it in olive oil. Dipped. Put it in there. Ill do it for you. Yes. Were hot. Were hot. So, beef stew. You think of the classic. Its tasty. And were not quite in summer yet. Just touching spring. These are all of the vegetables that were in the garden. All of the fresh vegetables. We would brown this. But, please, add them in. After you brown the beef, you add jumping the gun. Going to add the beer. The whole bottle. Whats your favorite beer to cook with . All beers are fantastic. All beers. Diplomatic. Many favorites. Were going to cook that off. But because were cooking fast, this is fast food slowly. All of the vegetables. We only have about a minute left. All of the vegetables in. And parsnip and carrot. Anything in season. And a little bit of thooiyme. We are good to go. We do the stock. And take a look at this. Wow. Does it smell good . I wish we had smellovision. Whats the vsecret to this bein so yummy . Slow cooking. Keir and i will try this. Tell me about the oysters. Oysters, are as famous in scotland as in america. I didnt know that. The liberty islands, used to be oyster island, where the statue of liberty is. Do you like oysters . All right. These are oysters. My mouth is full. I cant do this. I have like ten seconds left. Tell me about the dessert. About three years old. Theyre delicious. And then, rhubarb in season, just now. Coming in. Were out of time. Well have the dessert on the commercial break. Im talking with my mouth full. If you want the recipe, its worth it. Head to today. Com food. Thank you so much. A pleasure. You going to have it . Up next, music by the you know the red hot chili peppers. You keep talking. Trust us. Youve never heard bagpipers like this. Theyre going to teach us how to pl we want to thank the folks away from home for making all of this happen. There are two great contests going on. First, through homeaway, you and 20 of your friends can win the opportunity to stay at the castle for an allexpensepaid fiveday trip. Head to today. Com for more information. And for our todays take viewers, the ultimate family fairy tale giveaway. We want you to submit photos of your family celebrating a fairy tale. And you can win airfare for four,kccommodations here at duns castle. Go to the todays take Facebook Page or today. Com. So much. Now, to the red hot chili pipers, who are treating us to some of the most traditional bagpipe music this morning. Yes. Take a look at these guys. One of the most famous bagpipe bands in the world. And they sell out shows around the globe. They have combined bagpipes with drums and giving covers a scottish edge. We have kevin mcdonald, william armstrong, and gordon mccants. Where are you . I cant see you. Do we want them to take itaway . Were going to get out of your way. Go for it. One, two, three, four. That was so fantastic. I have to admit. I thought we were going to have the red hot chili peppers. But tred hot chili pipers are even better. How long have you been doing it . 15 years. How easy is it to play bagpipes . Really easy. Really . Really . This is how well end the show. After this, i hear well be out of breath. Very easily. Let me tell you something. Tomorrow, were back here at duns castle with more fun from scotland. Have a great day. Well be back after your local news. Im trying. Blowing. Oc out for th coute tr 31 weve had a lot of sunshine in the forecast today. Gradually warming temperatures. Well make it up to 73 degrees today. Well above average. For the south bay, up to 78 degrees. It will be nice and breezy in San Francisco. A pleasant day. A high of 70 there in the east bay. Up to 74 degrees. As we go through the week, a few more changes. It will get cooler by wednesday but overall, staying mostly dry. As we head over to mike, lets see whats happening as you head out for that commute. We have typical happening about now. Things are getting lighter around the bay. East bay first and over on the peninsula. This is atypical, the pattern in palo alto. Southbound 101, around moffett, crash just cleared about 15 minutes ago. We have some recovery. Very slow south of the dunbarton bridge. Also crashed near embarcadero road. Remember the lane shift also changes. Happening right now, not just your typical visitor in the bay area. Former president barack obama is waking up here this morning in the south bay. Hes heres to meet today with leaders in silicon valley. Can you find updates on our twitter feed. 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