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We hope hes feeling okay. Feel better, matt. Donald trump with a massive win in nevada. Commanding win. It was a landslide for trump. He dominated every key voting block, giving him more momentum heading into super tuesday next week. The race for second place, another nail biter. Marco rubio edging out cruz, with a few more votes yet to be counted. Well talk to donald trump and senator rubio a moment from now. Lets start with the weather. A powerful storm system spawning tornadoes from louisiana to florida overnight. More is expected today. Lets go to nbcs jacob rascon. Hes in convent, louisiana, 50 west of new orleans. Whats the situation . Behind me is what used to be a mobile home park. Now, just a pile of rubble. More than 30 hospitalized, 7 critically. Now, the search is on for those who may be trapped in the rubble. Reporter a desperate search for survivors. Hope nearly lost. 150 mobile homes ripped to shreds. Trucks twisted like toys. A neighborhood wiped off the map. Louisiana governor edwards, stunned. This was probably the worst area that that tornado could have hit. Its just the destructive power of this tornado is awful. Have you ever seen anything like it . I have not. Reporter dozens were injured, many pulled from the rubble barely alive. Were asking for calm in this area, for prayers. We need that. The Community Needs that. Reporter 19 Million People were at risk during round one of the massive winter storm. From golfball sized hail in texas to blinding rain and more than a dozen twisters in several states. All the way to pensacola, took a direct hit. We just held on to each other and said, maybe well make it. Maybe we wont. I mean, it was very, very scary. Very. Reporter there were overturned semi trucks, a gutted gym and howard, who saw it go right past him. Nobody is giving up yet in convert, louisiana. In the air and on the ground, wondering if this is surviveablesurvivable. Some of the mobile homes were thrown blocks from where they originally stood. Incredible stories of survival. The seven people critically injured remain hospitalized. The search will continue for the two to three people later this morning. Savannah . Jacob rascon, thank you. Now al is here with what you can expect today. The storms have covered a wide swath of territory. This is what we were worried about. You cant see it to verify them. And thats what we were concerned about. This is the certain time this season we have seen this. A winter storm and Severe Weather. It is all fueled by el nino. The subtropical, stronger subtropical yet, makejet, making for a stormy coast. You can see from georgia and South Carolina, all the way to florida, we have tornado watches in effect. For today, we are under the gun for central north carolina. Tornadoes very likely here. Possible wind gusts of up to 70 Miles Per Hour. This is going to be pushing to the east. This morning, the southeast is under it. Theyre going to see the heavy thunderstorm. Later this morning, the midatlantic gets into the act. Were going to see the winds increasing. The rain, as well. Highest threat for the costal areas, the midatlantic and the northeast. Rainfall amounts, 1 to 3 inches of rain. Weve got flood watches for 12 Million People at risk from georgia all the way to new england. Winter side of this. We have blizzard wardennings in effect now. Thank you. Now to the other big story of the morning. Donald trump storming to victory in the nevada caucuses on the heels of his wins in South Carolina and new hampshire. Momentum is clearly on his side. Super tuesday, all important, just six days away now. Were going to talk to mr. Trump live in a moment. Lets begin this mornings coverage with nbcs National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Donald trump delivering another decisive victory here, fueled by another record turnout. Trump dominating among voters looking for a political outsider who tells it like it is. Just as striking as what happened overnight, after the results came in. The cruz, rubio and kasich campaigns sent out emails blasting each other, not a single one targeting trump. We love nevada. We love nevada. Thank you. Reporter here in vegas, donald trump hit another jackpot. Third straight win. If you win to the pundits, we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. Reporter focusing on victories in kedemy demographics. We won with young, with old, highly educated, poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Reporter dueling to be the trump alternative, cruz trails rubio in the battle for second. The only campaign that has beaten donald trump and the only campaign that can beat donald trump is this campaign. Reporter across nevada, the wild west lived up to its name. The chaotic caucuses coming under criticism before the voting was complete, with complaints on social media. One man saying it was a disaster. Another reporting yelling and screaming. Caucus workers wearing pro trump swag that Party Officials say is allowed. Meanwhile, with super tuesday approaching, the trumpcruz feud the front runner pouncing on cruz for his decision to fire a top aide. He is like a little baby. Soft, weak, little baby. Reporter cruz sarcastically praiseing trump for showing grace. We have to elect someone who is not just angry but someone who will make a difference and someone who will win. Reporter for the establishment, time is running out. March 15th, contests are winner take off. A strong second isnt worth a thing. Itll be an amazing two months. We might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, all right . Now, the republican race for the nomination excel rateaccelerates. 11 states voting next week, including cruzs home state of texas. The senator simply trying to itll be the most important night of his campaign. Savannah and willie . Peter alexander, thank you so much. Marco rubio is with us from michigan where he held a rally last night. Good morning, sir. Good morning. There have been these four republican contests. Donald trump has won three of them. Weve seen the field of candidates narrow. Yet, this dynamic seems to be the same. Youve got you and ted cruz and some of the other candidates fighting each other, and trump sailing to victory. Lot of republicans asking this morning, why not take on trump directly . Whats your answer to that . Yeah, first of all, you need to take everything weve applied, the lessons of every other campaign before and throw them out the window. This is an unusual year and an unusual process. The nevada caucuses, by the way, are atypical. I respect nevada very much. Last night, that was different than the rest of the country. Heres the bottom line fact, the of republicans dont want donald trump to be our nominee. Its evidenced by the fact your poll last week showed if it came down to donald trump and me, id beat him by 16 points. We have a dynamic where as long as there are four people running, dividing up the nontrump vote, youll get results like last night. The sooner we can narrow the race down, the easier itll be to stop donald trump. Sorry to interrupt. Some candidates dropped out and weve seen donald trump grow his numbers. You say nevada is an outliarer but night. Mitt romney got over 50 in the last caucus in nevada, with the same number of candidates in the race. As i said, its a state thats always delivered Something Like that, or along those lines. I love nevada. We did well and picked up delegates there last night and moved on. One candidate dropped out between saturday and today and thats governor bush. I think youll see more of that happening over the next few days and weeks. Only going to get stronger. Youve seen a growing number of people joining our effort. Were the only ones in the race that can unite the Republican Party and grow it. Its how well win in november. Im channelling republicans and conservatives who like you and support you but are frustrated youre not specifically going after donald trump, and you seem more focused on ted cruz. Their concern seems to be by the time you get rid of ted cruz, if that is the strategy, itll be too late. Donald trump will have too many states and too many delegates. Why not go at donald trump right now . First of all, i havent heard that. I talk to people all day. I go to rallies all the time and dont have voters begging me to attack anyone. Second, i think its a media narrative. A lot of people want to see republicans attacking each other because it makes for good television. Im not in the race to attack anyone. Forgive the interruption, but youve been going after cruz. Im responding to ted cruz. If im attacked, im going to respond and set the record straight. Repeatedly made things up about me and weve had to clear the air and point to the fact hes making things up. If you recall in the last debate, donald trump said george w. Bush is responsible for 9 11. I corrected him in a firm way in front of the entire nation. When instances liegs ss like that arise, i wont hesitate to point out our differences or things i disagree with. I didnt run for office to tear up other republicans. Im going to tell people who i am and why im running. Ill give them a choice. If they elect me, theyll have someone who unifies the party, grows this party, governs this country responsibly, deals with our challenges, and i will be a president for all americans. Even the people that dont agree with us. Ill try to bring the country together as best i can. Senator marco rubio, always good to get your time. Thank you. Thanks, senator. Thank you. Now we have donald trump on the phone. He, of course, won the nevada caucuses last night. Congratulations on your win, sir. Thank you very much. You came kind of close to declaring victory of the whole you said, itll be an amazing two months and might not even take two months. Clearly, youre feeling good. Is this nomination yours to lose at this point . I dont know. I cant answer that question. I can only say were doing really well. We have tremendous numbers out of the different states were going to this coming week. If you look at georgia and texas, where we have a real good shot. You look at some of them down the line, i think we have amazing numbers. I think well do very well in ohio, tennessee, arkansas. Were looking at really great numbers. I hope we do well. Mr. Trump, we just talked to senator rubio. Hes criticized for not going after you more directly. It strikes me hes the one guy you havent really gone after. Youve gone after many of the others in the field and many arent in the race anymore. When its time to go after senator rubio, what will be your line of criticism with him . I wouldnt want to tell you. So far, hes been very nice and ive been nice to him. We havent been in that mode yet, but probably itll happen. Be a wonderful thing. It would be very nice. There is a possibility that will happen. As you look at his record and the things hes done as a United States senator, what are your impressions . Hes somewhat inexperienced, young, nice guy. Well be talking about it at the right time if it comes up. So far, really, it hasnt come up. Ive been accusing senator cruz of doing pretty bad things, namely, lying. Ive never seen anybody like this. Ive dealt with much, much but i have never dealt with anybody that will lie like he lies. Why go after cruz if rubio is the one who seems to be doing better in the polls and getting closer to you . Granted, not close if you look at nevadas results last night. That only happened last night. Really, cruz was second. It looks like rubio is now looking like hes going to be second, based on last night. Why do you think senator many republicans think somebody has to take you on. This has to become a one on one race. We talked to him about it. He hasnt done that. Why do you think . Do you think hes he fears takes you on . Maybe because 14 people went after me and 14 people now officially are gone. I dont know. I mean, i seem to have a good track record when they do go after me. Hes been very nice, and i think ive been respectful to him. Well see what happens. It could always change. Its changed on a number of occasions. Other people have been that way and we go at it. So far, i have an unblemished track record. Maybe he looks at that. Im not sure. Youll have to ask him that question. We heard you in a piece a few minutes ago calling ted cruz a little baby. You talked about wanting to punch a protester who was misbehaving at one of your events. You said when you become president , youll change your tone and temperament. Im watching how well youre doing. How your life has gone with the tone and temperament. Why would you change that if i have to tell you, maybe i shouldnt be changing it too much. The protester was out of line. He was hitting people, screaming during the speech, and everybody wanted to hear what i was saying. He was screaming horribly. The cops were so gentle, how they took him out. He had a big smile on his face, waving to the people. They were booing him. He should have been out on a stretcher but they couldnt touch him. Its disgraceful. Nevertheless. That style has worked well for you in your life. President . I think i might tone it down a little bit. I was against we had a total of 17 people and now were down to 6. I may very well change it. Right now, it seems to be working pretty well. Donald trump, thank you for appreciate it. Thank you very much. While Republican Voters caucused across nevada, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were taking part in a town hall in ahead of saturdays democratic primary there. Nbcs Kristen Welker is in good morning. Good morning to you. Senator sanders is trying to blunt secretary clintons momentum. On tuesday, they traded sharp jabs at the town hall here. One of the most heated moments came when clinton was asked about transcripts on the street. Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else . Reporter tough questions tuesday night. Hillary clinton, again, pressed about releasing transcripts of her paid Goldman Sachs speeches. If people are going to ask for things, everybody should be on a level playing field. Reporter clinton vowing to release her transjipts scripts when others follow suit. Giving sanders an opening. I am happy to release my paid speeches to wall street. Here, chris. There aint none. A federal judge, her top aides should be questioned about the email server. Its not going to have any lasting effect. I am not at all worried about it. Reporter for his part, sanders challenged about controversial comments he made in 1974, saying he wanted to abolish the cia. The cia plays an important role. Have they done things which they should not have done on behalf of the United States government . Absolutely. Reporter both candidates used the night to court critical africanamerican voters. Clinton asked about beyonces super bowl halftime show, which angered some Police Departments, by paying tribute to the black lives matter movement. We have to figure out how were going to lift up the good practices, reform policing, provide more support. Reporter sanders slammed the movement against the president , including donald trump. My dad came from poland. Im running for president and no one asked for my birth certificate certificate. Off her fumbled response to a question about lying to the american public. I dont believe i ever have. I dont believe i ever will. Say no just say no is that a question that you would like another shot at answering . Ill just say no. Both candidates also expressed their support for president obamas plan to close guantanamo. Today, clinton will campaign in South Carolina, while sanders will hold a News Conference here and then go to super tuesdays stage, where he may have a bigger shot at winning. Thanks so much. Now to washington. New developments in the ongoing battle over the u. S. Supreme court. Senate majority leader mitch mccomemc mcconnell said his party wont meet with the nominees presented by president obama. He said the president has a right to nominate, but the al has the rest of the forecast. Well fruit. Nuts. Silky smooth dark chocolate. Revel in the pleasure of new dove fruit and nut. Today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some may be severe. Upper 60s. Y sunny and breezy. Cooler 50s. Friday. Sunny. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the. Monday. Mostly the mid 60s. Tuesday. Mostly well look at the winter side of the storm in the next 15 minutes. Thank you very much. Ahead this morning, the emotional start to erin andrews 75 million lawsuit, after she was secretly recorded behind closed doors. Did the hotel ignore red flags that put her stalker in the room next door . More signs the zika virus is spreading in the u. S. The cdc investigating 14 potential new cases this morning. First, this is today on nbc. Internship at chobani simply 100. Its the only light greek yogurt with zero preservatives. To love this life is to live it. Naturally. The citi double cash card comes in very handy with cash back twice on purchases. Earn once when you buy, and again as you pay. Thats cash back now, and cash back again later. Its cash back d\j vu. The citi double cash card. 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Were in for more wet and windy weather today, larry. Today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. Thursday. Mostl y sunny and breezy. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs around 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Monday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Tuesday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Crash on Mt Holly Huntersville rd disabled vehicle on johnston rd at i485 live look at i77 and arrowood rd. Coming up at 7 56 risk for Severe Weather today. Today show to know to yourself from the zika virus. Have a great day. phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with Social Security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. 7 30. Its wednesday morning, february 24th, 2016. Kind of that day here in new york city, actually all across the country. High winds, heavy rains, al is saying he has winter to talk about. Doesnt sound good. No, its not. Well hear more about the storms coming up. Lets look at the headlines. Three in a row for donald trump. Cruising to victory in nevada last night. Picking up nearly half of all the votes cast. Of course, if you listen to the pundits, we arent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. [ applause ] start winning, winning, winning. Senator marco rubio edging out ted cruz for second place. Another day of Severe Weather across the south. Overnight, at least three people were killed. More than 30 others injuries when tornadoes touched down in louisiana and mississippi. More were reported in florida. A small passenger plane that went down in bad weather in nepal has been found. It was still burning when located. All 23 people on board were killed. Sports reporter erin andrews is back in court today after an million lawsuit against a hotel and the man secretly filming her in her room. Reporter you can see it on erin andrews face, sitting in court, reliving the experience, when she got the call her lawyer said shell never forget. Erin, youre on the internet. Without any clothes on. Do you know that . Reporter now, eight years later, shes suing michael barrett, the man who stalked her and took the video, along to the management at the time. For 75 million. Claiming the hotel was nejgligent happening. Barrett called the hotel and asked if shed be staying there. Reporter then the lawyer says, barrett called the reservation center, which abbreviates a note. Guest request next to erin andrews. Why is a person making a request like that . Its dangerous. Its a red flag. You dont go, fine. Reporter but he got the room next door. According to the complaint, barrett removed and altered the peephole of Andrews Hotel room door and reported video of her changing and or getting dressed without her consent or knowledge. Counsel is trying to try my provide a hotel room to their guest, to a criminal stalker. And theyre not. Reporter the lawyer for the Hotel Company told injury yours sinjury jurors what happened to andrews was terrible but not the hotels fault. Barrett is responsible. These people did not take a phone call from some stranger wanting to be in a room next to erin andrews and put him there. He deceived. He connived. He stalked. Thats what mr. Barrett did. Reporter barrett pleaded guilty to stalking and shooting the nude videos and served 30 months in prison. Now free, he will testify in this civil case by video. Andrews is expected to take the stand to tell her side of the story. For today, morgan rad fordford, nbc news. Al is busy tracking strong storms this morning. Well talk about the winter side of this thing. I mean, weve got winter storm warnings, stretching from Northern Arkansas all the way up into michigan. 20 Million People at risk. Wind gusts, 50 Miles Per Hour. Snowfall amounts, 1 to 2 inches per hour. Let me tell you, the distance of this track, 50 miles either way is going to affect the snowfall. Weather is getting into chicago now, st. Louis, all the way back to almost arkansas. What we look for as far as snowfall amounts. Upwards of a foot or more north of detroit, saginaw. South bend, illinois. Also, parts of illinois are going to be looking at this, as well. St. Louis, 2 to 4. Chicago, 2 to 6. Flint, 8 to 14. South bend, 10 to 16 inches of snow. Thats whats gtoday. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. Thursday. Mostl y sunny and breezy. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs around 50. Saturday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Monday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Tuesday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Thats your latest weather. Willie . Al, thanks a lot. The cdc is investigating 14 new reports of zika here in the United States. Thats leading to a new warning for anyone who has traveled to hot zones fort vie ss for the virus. Tom costello has more. So far, only two definitive cases have been confirmed but the cdc says 14 suspected cases involve men who had traveled to zika areas and spread the virus through sexual contact once they came home. Reporter the cdcs announcement raising the level of concern, whether the zika virus might find new victims here in the United States. Nationwide so far, health 21 states, plus d. C. Now, 14 new reports of a zika virus possibly transmitted through sexual contact. In each of the episodes, a man was traveling to a zikaaffected area, developed symptoms that were consistent with zika, and within two weeks of the mans symptoms, the female partner developed symptoms consistent with zika virus. Reporter the cdc reports its working to determine exactly how long the virus can remain active in a persons system and still be transmitted to a Sexual Partner. Worldwide, more than 30 countries are on the cdcs list of zikainfected areas. Women who are pregnant or might become pregnant should avoid the areas. The cdc is urging all men who have been to zika areas to abstain from sex when they return to the u. S. Or use condoms, especially if their take the appropriate precautions so that they dont zika infection and they might be pregnant at the same time. That would be tragic. Reporter as nbc saw firsthand in brazil, families are coping with caring for their children diagnosed with microacceptmicro microcephaly microcephaly, the birth defect associated with small heads and brains, thought to be linked to the virus. Its causing anxiety for the athletes preparing for rio this summer. Some athletes said they might avoid the games altogether. Latin america and the caribbean in a race to stop the spread, while no vaccine leaves more people potentially at risk. Again, the big warning this morning, if you have travelled to a country on the zika warning list or your Sexual Partner has, the stakes here could be very high. You may want to talk to your doe doctor or health care provider. The 14 reported cases are the ones we know about. The tip of the iceberg . Absolutely. Thats certainly the case. Thousands of people travel to and from the caribbean and latin america every day. Of men who travel there, if theyre bitten by the mosquito, their spouses or partners back home could be at an increased risk. As weve reported, in most people, the zika symptoms are no mild, they might never know they were infected. But the risk for unborn babies is very significant. Tells you something, the cdc with. Thanks so much. Coming up, a rare interview with Donald Trumps wife. Does she think her husband has trail . A florida woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband. She testifies for the first time and why she says it was all an act. Binge eating disorder, or b. E. D. ,. Isnt just overeating. Its a real medical condition. And while the exact cause is unknown. Certain chemicals in the brain may play a role. B. E. D. Is also the most. Common eating disorder in us adults. When i binged,. I wasnt in control. I never felt satisfied. No matter what the quantity was. Afterwards, i felt so upset with myself. To learn more about b. E. D. 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He told me i needed to make it look believable. Reporter the hit man was actually an Undercover Police officer, filming the whole thing as part of a sting operation. Im sorry to tell you, man, hes been killed. Reporter also caught on camera, Police Outside a staged crime scene at the couples dippolitos reaction to her husbands staged murder seen here, as shes led away for her eventual arrest. We received a call related to a woman who wanted to hire a hit man to kill her husband. Reporter she stands by her story. You made that up . Yeah. It was part of the script . Yeah. Reporter in her 2011 trial, dippolito was found guilty and has been under house arrest ever since. Now shes gearing up for another trial, as it was determined the jurors had been tainted. I dont care what you saw in the video between dalia and the undercover informant. The fact of the matter is, any criminal investigation requires integrity. This was not a criminal investigation. Dalia dippolito was set up, trapped. Reporter in response, the Police Department says, we stand behind the principled work our detectives did on this we trust in our state attorney to successfully prosecute this case. And were confident we have given his office sufficient evidence to meet the states burden. Her exhusband is staying quiet for now. For him, this is no act. Its a reallife drama, giving new meaning to the words, until death do us part. Dippolitos attorneys are urging the judge to dismiss the case. A ruling is expected in the coming weeks. Its intriguing. Thank you. Just ahead, love it or fear it. The most advanced robot in existence and why you probably shouldnt mess with it. Im going to go fear it, right away. Announ are you powered by protein . Milk has 8 grams to help give you energy to unleash your potential. Start every day with milks protein and milk life. Hi, id like to make a dep scanner rescan item. Rescan, rescan. Rescan item. Vo it happens so often you almost get used to it. 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Learn more about the most prescribed pill for relapsing ms in the us, at tecfidera. Com. Talk to your doctor about tecfidera, and take another look at relapsing ms. Were back at 7 50 on a drizzling morning in new york city with exclusive news from facebook. Carson, what do you have for us . Guys, come on in. For months, weve been hearing rumors that a big change is coming to facebooks like is finally here. This morning, we are proud to announce exclusively the reaction buttons are available right now worldwide. Over the next few days, theyll roll out to all facebook users. Ill show you what this means here. You can like a post. Well, now you can love, ha ha, wow, sad or angry. Thats right. Make sure your app is up to date. Heres a video that shows you how easy it is. Gently touch the like button and the other reaction buttons pop up. Select the one you want. By the way, this reminds me, al, i was on your page and loved these photos of you at the san diego zoo. Ill show you how it works. Ill go to like, over here to ha ha, boom. Boom ought to do your page here, carson. Im on your page. What did you like . You have a little crockpot action. Chili. Im going to go with wow. Well, thank you. Chili was hot. I love it. I like that, yeah. Its animated. Head to today. Com to find out how they landed on the six reactions. In honor of wrangler wednesday, which ive got here somewhere, here it is, were going to go ahead if you go to the today show page and like that, because it is wrangler wednesday, youll see wrangler live streaming. Thats the action this morning. Itll be more action packed than that. Come on, wrangler, do something weve got new reaction buttons. You have to get excited. Come on, wrangler. Wrangler has one reaction button. Show us your wow, wrangler. Glad to give it to you we offered women a mystery beauty treatment. Right now . Yeah that sounds great could they guess what it was . Very rich and smooth. Really creamy. 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Larry, right now, were looking at a wind advisory, but things could get worse later. Today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. Thursday. Mostl y sunny and breezy. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs around 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Monday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Tuesday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Crash on brookshire blvd at hoskins rd. Crash on ibm dr at harris blvd. Live look at i77 and woodlawn. Were back with another severe the time is 8 26. Youre hot and youre cold yes then youre no in then youre out 8 00 on today. Coming up secrets to successful sleep. How the temperature of your bedroom could be costing you a good nights rest. Well have the dos and donts to catching the best zs. Plus, ready for takeoff. Im ready. Youre ready . Lets do it. Inside carsons internship at the airport. Going to the lounge and maybe have a cocktail . No, youre not. Will his new career get off the ground . Kevin spacey in the house. We had a future until you started destroying it. In chief that Everybody Loves to hate in the highly anticipated new season of house of cards. Today, wednesday, february 24th, 2016. Hey, yall hey first time in new york city. From ft. Worth, texas. Years. Waking up to the today show. Weve been fans for 50 years. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. A little bit of a drizzling morning out here on our plaza. A rainy one all across the northeast today. Willie is here for matt. He has the flu pretty darn bad. Has he ever called in sick in 20 years . I had this flu a couple weeks ago. I was in bed for four days. I hope he gets better. Sending him a hug and hopefully he can come back tomorrow. Dont come back until youre ready, pal. Exactly. Take a hot, hot shower before you do. Coming up in honor of this gentleman, wrangler, well help you pick the right pet for your family. First, a check of the top stories with natalie. Good morning. The battle for second place providing the only drama overnight after tuesdays Nevada Republican caucuses. Donald trump easily claims victory. Hallie jackson is in las vegas for us. Good morning. Good morning, natalie. Right now, its marco rubio leading ted cruz for second in a race we now know had record turnout, giving donald trump the momentum. Reporter its yet another trump triumph. Were winning, winning, winning. Reporter and a sweeping one. Donald trump taking the top spot age group, with evangelicals. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Reporter a threepeat for trump. Time running out for his rivals to stop him. You look at some of them down the line, and they have amazing numbers. Reporter at ted cruzs campaign, the alarm going off. Literally. Not lost on them, hes under pressure to perform on super ballots. Cruz doing nothing to down play the day. One week from today will be the most important night of this campaign. One week from today is super tuesday. Reporter thats when cruz needs a victory in texas to add to his firstplace finish in iowa. His argument . Hes the only one who has beaten donald trump, as his Campaign Hits marco rubio hard for not doing the same. On today on the state of the race and how to beat the front runner. This is an unusual year and a very unusual process. The sooner we can get the race narrowed down, the easier itll be to stop donald trump. Reporter the florida senator hoping his home state gives him the win he needs but hasnt had on the campaign trail. Often looking past his republican rivals to hit democrats locked in their own fight, sparring over Hillary Clintons speeches. Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else . Reporter clinton promising to release transcripts of her past remarks to big banks when others do, too. Sanders taking her up on it. I am happy to release all of my paid speeches to wall street. Here it is, chris. There aint none. I dont do that. And the republicans could get heated tomorrow night, too, at their debate in texas. With donald trump previewing one potential line of attack against marco rubio, calling him this young and inexperienced. Hallie jackson in las vegas for us, thank you. This morning, in an exclusive interview on msnbc, Melania Trump, wife of the republican front runner, defended her husbands controversial statements about immigration. What about people who feel he is, lets go down the list because the campaign started and many felt he insulted mexicans. No, i dont feel he insulted the mexicans. He said illegal immigrants. He didnt talk about everybody. He talked about illegal immigrants. And after few weeks, like after two weeks, giving him hard time and bashing him in the media, they turn around and said, you know what . Hes right. Hes right, what hes talking about. And he opened conversation that nobody did. But youre an immigrant. Yes. Do you ever think hes gone i follow the law. I follow a law the way its supposed to be. I never thought to stay here without papers. And you can watch that full exclusive interview with Melania Trump on msnbcs morning joe. No secret that Airline Passengers have gotten larger over the years. While the seats on the planes seem to be shrinking. Air bus might have a solution. Bench seating. The manufacturer filed a patent for a an Adjustable Bench seat. It can accommodate obese passengers as well as small children. No word on if or when we might see the benches on a plane. Back over to willie now. Thanks a lot. If youre pouring yourself another cup of coffee to wake up, it could be your thermostat thats costing you precious hours of sleep. It caught our attention, as well as that of the wall street dr. Natalie azar is here with more. Good to see you. Good morning, willie. Cooler is better . Yeah. Dont throw out everything you ever learned about rhythms and light, because thats important, too. Research has been indicating that the temperature youre sleeping in at night is very, very important. Naturally, what happens to us during the 24hour period is our core body temperature does drop a couple degrees at night and it helps to initiate sleep. Whats the magic number . Around 65 degrees. Whoa. Thats cold. Normally, people keep their ambient temperature in the home higher during the day. Its recommended to keep it lower in the nighttime. We talked on this show a lot thermostat. Yes. Like it cold. Yeah. Whats the middle ground . Probably to keep it cooler and layer up with blankets. Well talk about socks. Want to hear about socks . Yeah. Apparently a lot of people want to hear about socks. My mom said to let me feet i dont know what that means. In any event, if your feet are cold, its good to put socks on. It causes the blood vessels in the feet to open up and let the core body temperature drop. The warm blood circulation is going to the feet. That, in turn, initiates sleep. Wearing socks at night if your feet are cold are okay. Lets go through dos and donts. Do keep your sleep schedule consistent. Try seven days a week, wake up at the same time, go to bed at the same time. Its mainly for the sunday night syndrome. Youve been sleeping in all weekend and try to go to sleep on sunday night and you cant. You wake up monday morning feeling hungover. Dont toss and turn. If you cant go to sleep, get up . If youre not asleep after 20 to 30 minutes, dont lie in bed and stare at the clock. Get up, read, do something soothing, listen to music. When you feel tired again, go back into bed. This one, were all guilty of, dont check your phone right hugely important. This primarily has to do with blue light. It basically goes into your rhett ka, retina, the back of your brain and impedes the secretion of mel toenne melatonin. According to the National Sleep foundation, you need 7 to 9 hours. Too little or too much can have Adverse Health effects. At 65 degrees. Something. Ill try it tonight. First, a stroll through the snow. Next, global domination. The groundbreaking robot thats remarkable and, lets be honest, a little frightening. Plus, on pop start, ellen times two. The surprise appearance that will have you seeing double. If your bag does not arrive, blame carson. Carson interning at jfk airport hi dad. Uh huh. There must be higher love down in the heart what do you think . And in the stars above hi ted, glad you could join us, we think youre going to like these numbers. Bring me a higher love i could rise above this is sheldon whose long day setting up the news starts with minor arthritis pain and a choice. Take tylenol or take aleve, the 1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. Just two aleve can keep pain away all day. Back to the news. Shopping for an suv . Well, this is the time. And your ford dealer is the place, thats right. Just announced. Ford explorer. Edge. Escape. And expedition. Are available with 0 financing for 60 months. Ford suvs. Designed to help you be unstoppable. No wonder ford is americas best selling brand. But hurry, 0 financing for 60 months on ford suvs is a limited time offer. See your ford dealer today. Ladies, we dont need all this to talk about lbl. I mean, who leaks a little when they laugh . Get 3 in 1 protection for dryness, comfort, and odor control. And unlike period pads, poise thin shape pads have thin flex technology. Poise makes my life easier. E trade is all about seizing opportunity. 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An article in the New York Times says eating cereal is nostalgic but sales have plummeted 30 . Heres the line getting all the attention. Quote, almost 40 ostomy lennials s millenials surveyed said it was an convenient breakfast choice because they had to clean up after eating it. Come on. Washing the bowl takes time. Apparently, theyd rather have a yogurt or sandwich, energy bar you can throw out, or dont eat breakfast. Its not to go, necessarily. Lets judge. Doesnt seem that hard. They wake up, sit down, read the paper, pour themselves wheaties and take the time. The world moves fast now so you and make it more convenient. Im generally against being the old people bashing the millenials. We love a lotostomy of thelot of the millenials. Theres our resident millennial, cleaning out her bowl. How was the cereal . They make those cereal to go things in a plastic bowl. Toss it away. Back when i was in my 20s or whatever, im often eat cereal for dinner because i was too lazy to make actual dinner. Somebody was probably saying that about my generation. Fullblown breakfast now. We just did cereal. What about the boxes of cereal you stole out of the dining hall . A lot of the millenials are cooking at night. In the morning they dont want to. If we had the convenient burritos, we would have done it, too. Let go my ego. Froot loops. Captain crunch. We know robots can do incredible things. What happens when a robot is bullied by a human . Look at this video released by boston dynamics. An engineer takes a long pole. More than bullying. Beating him up with a pole. Uses it to shove this humanoid robot to the ground, atlas. How does he respond in hes back for more. He uses the sensors in his bodies and legs to come back up for more. Wait till he learns to punch back. Wait till seehe sees iron man. Rise of the machines. We have kate doing ellens impression to her face. Well start with celine dion returning to her stage for the First Time Since the death of her husband. The crowd giving her a standing ovation when she appeared on stage. Presence. He is the only man that i have known all my life. He always made me feel that we were on our first date. We were one. And nothing has changed. We will always be one. Her to zip it and start singing. Thats what she did. She belted out her hit where does my heart beat now. Elizabeth taylor and never before seen photos. Her hidden life, based on a new book called my elizabeth written by photographer and her he said taylor loved to cook and hitchhike. She once again unnoticed after leaving andy warhols house. That hits ss news stands this friday. Kate mckinnon is known for her impressions of Hillary Clinton and justin bieber. Dont forget about her take on ellen. On ellens show this week, they come facetoface. She exaggerates, saying, im ellen. Im ellen. I dont know what that is. I dont say, im ellen. [ applause ] feels nice. Im ellen. Thats how you say it. Im ellen. No, im ellen. I got this, blondie. So good. No impression would be complete without the dancing. Wow. You can see more of kates impression on todays episode of ellen. Im sure itll be awesome. Shes so good. Shes a chameleon. Carson, thanks a lot. Al, check of the weather . First of all, we still have this Severe Weather going on. We have a tornado watch for a good portion of florida. Also on into southern georgia as the thunderstorms race across. Weve also got the risk of Severe Weather today, especially in raleigh. A few tornadoes possible. Well be watching that. Other side is, we have wet weather pushing to the east with some icy conditions up in the Northern New York and parts of northern new jersey. Mixed precipitation in new england. Expect delays from boston to washington. Rain and thunder. Wind gusts of 45 to 55 Miles Per Hour as it pushes on today and into tonight. Rainfall amounts, 1 to 3 inches of rain. 26 Million People under some sort of flood watch, stretching delaware. Thats whats going on around today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. Thursday. Mostl y sunny and breezy. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs around 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Monday. Mostly sunny. Highs in e mid 60s. Tuesday. Mosy nny. Highs ie lower 60s. Thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thanks. We have more of our special series, up for the job. We all started our careers with internships and decided, lets do it again. Carson, you chose a good one. It was a lot of fun. We all fly a lot. Thought itd be cool to see what the process is and what it takes to get the planes off the ground and into the air. Not from the bar in the airport. I became an intern at jfk airport here in new york. Reporter every time you fly, there are hundreds of men and ground. These below the wing employee rss are the backbone of the business. Chris nunez was my supervisor for the day. Top priority is safety at delta, so we have safety gear. Knee pads. Im wearing a cup already. Safety is important to me, as well. Safety is important. Ready to go . Im ready. Were going to load this plane right here. This is going to vegas. You like vegas . Love vegas. Can you load me . Well take the customers bags, put them on a conveyer belt. Nice and gentle. What if that was my bag . That one is heavy. Might be a body in there. How do you feel about stacking the bags in the aircraft holder . Im ready. Lets do it. What are people packing . Theyre going to vegas, for the love of god. Carson, how does it feel . Its a lot of work. It is. It reminds me of packing my car with my family in the trunk. Its small in here. You have to pack it artfully. What are you doing . What . You cant use a cell phone out here. Im on a break. You called a five. No, i did not. You always have to be aware of everything. All right. Im sorry. No photos, okay . Its for my mom. Well take the baggage over. Where is the radio . Listen to some music. Theres no radios out here. Get a little drake, j. Cole, little hip hop, little something. Ready . Im ready. Youll have enrique teach you the loading stuff. First, the platform is controlled by this joystick. Like a video game. Fit it perfectly to the aircraft. Bring it right . Therea little more, right in there. The first was 3500 pounds. This is 3,000. Almost 7,000 pounds in cargo alone . Yeah. Whats next . Going to the lounge to maybe have a cocktail . No, youre not. No drinking. Youll be moving an airport. Really . Yes. Like the tow . Youll tow an airplane, the super tug. All right. Ready . Lets do it. Youll drive. Driving, driving . Oh, boy. Greatest day of my life. I towed that dont tell chris. I wont say nothing. I promise. Stop talking to chris. We have a plane to move, man. Ready to roll . Okay. 1605 pad 88 requesting pushback. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your intern speaking, carson daly, hope you enjoyed your brief move to pad 88. Chris, i took 243 selfies and you cant do anything about it. Finally, the moment i had been preparing for all day long. Luke, i am your father. I had to do it. Carson, lets go we have to park an airplane. Okay. Nice job. Perfect. Thank you so much. Nicely done. We had a lot of fun in the piece. I didnt realize and feel guilty for it, hundreds of men and women, not just delta, everywhere, who work hard to get our stuff in the planes. Its more than just the pilots. It was a great experience and eye opening. When its cold and rainy. The weather, freezing there, it was like 40 in the spring and we had a nice day. Huge thanks to Delta Airlines and the below the wing employees, especially chris nunez, my supervisor that day. And henry, he was awesome, made the internship possible. Delta hires student interns and there are opportunities to work seasonally part time and in the winter and summer as ready reserves in the gate or the ramp area. Go to delta. Com to apply. I would. I premdrecommend it. Great experience. You towed the plane out. It was amazeing. The plane i brought in was coming in from montego bay, it was amazing. This is your captain speaking routine. You were there all day. It was sunset. I would have stayed longer. I go tomorrow, but i have to say, that was awesome. Great. Tomorrow, i see your ramp agent job and raise you an amy schumer internship. I got to be on her show, something called fire watching, tell you aboutavenue between thompson. Right now, Energy Without power across north carolina. About 1,200 of those are in union county. Crews hope to get everyone back on by 9 30. A cause. Today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. Thursday. Mostl y sunny and breezy. Cooler with highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs around 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Turday. Sunny. Ghs in thewer sny. Nny. Ghs in the wer 60s. Onday. Mtnny. Highs in e mid 60s. Uday. Ostly nny. Highs in the lower 60s. Albemarle rd at harrisburg rd live look i77 at state line. Still ahead at 8 56 the risk for Severe Weather 8 30 now. It is wednesday morning, february 24th, 2016. Starting to come down. Starting to get a little bit drizzling here on our plaza. Its a sign of things to come, right, al . Yeah, when were going to even see messier weather, wetter weather, stormier up and down the east coast. Oh, man. Hanging out with us on the plaza. Thank you it is not pretty out here. Coming up this half hour, the president is here. President underwood. Kevin spacey. Well see what secrets we can get him to spill about the highly anticipated new season of house of cards. First, dont forget about your chance at a great trip over the long leap day weekend. Be here on our plaza on friday. Have your bags packed before. Already. And a poster of how youd like to spend the extra 24 hours. Well send you and a friend to l. A. Stay at the line hotel, take a bike tour, have dinner and more. All courtesy of our friends at discover los angeles. If you plan to be here friday, rsvp at today. Com visit for that. L. A. Sounds good now. Al, whats shaking in the weather . We have the risk of strong storms along the southeastern and midAtlantic Coast. Windy weather. Air travel is going to be a nightmare. Wet weather in the pacific northwest. Sunshine california. 69 in san francisco. L. A. Nice and warm up and down the west coast. Windy, snowy through the great valley. Wet and windy in the northeast. Sunshine returns to the gulf coast with a little calm. Lxp l7x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \ \ \\\\\\\\\\ today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. Uday. Stly sunnyd breezy. Orith highs in the lower 50s. Friday. Sunny. Highs around 50. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. Sunday. Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Monday. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Tuesday. Mostly sunny. Highs in th got some nice friends here from savannah. What are you guys doing here . Were here visiting. We went to tour the memorial, the new museum for 9 11. Terrific. You want savannah to visit savannah. Good idea. Savannah, what do you think . Love the idea. Im kicking kevin spacey with my good foot. Al, thanks. The president ial race is in full swing in real life and the brandnew season of house of cards. Kevin spacey, his president underwood character, locks horns with his greatest opponent yet, his wife, the first lady. Take a look. Till you started destroying it. You wouldnt have listened otherwise. Well, all right, claire. Im listening now. What is it you so desperately needed to say . Dun, dun, dun. Mr. President , good morning. Nice to see you both. It was supposed to be with matt but it takes two of you to replace one. He insists on two people replacing him. Really half a person because i have this boot on my leg. Youre at odds with the first lady. This cant last in season four, can it . They have to be a force together. You know, its so exciting to be able to not talk about this show. Come on i love being able to come on. I cant be the spoiler in chief. I can say this, that when we left them in season three, they were in the middle of an argument. That argument picks up when we come back with season four. Shes always been, quite literally, an accessory to the crimes of the president and his allies. Lovely accessory, by the way. No question about that. How do they work as adversaries . You know, i think the thing we explored in season three, and continues in season four, is these two figures, who have had such success in working in the shadows, in the dark alleys, to suddenly find themselves in the hot, white spotlight of the oval office. And how does that change them . How does it change the way they try to achieve what theyre setting out to achieve personally . Those are things well explore. But wont talk about now. Questions. I was going to say. You should run. You have a natchknack for this. I was looking at the first interview we did with you, season one. Right over there. The transcript was, what was this thing called Binge Watching, that you could watch all the episodes at once. The ancient years of 2013. So long ago. You brought Binge Watching to the culture. Look, i think we might have the truth is, people were Binge Watching before that. Box sets proved to us, one of the reasons why the ultimate decision to release the entire series at once was made, is we could see the evidence that people were staying home on the weekends and watching five or three seasons of a show. It seems the public was saying they want to be in control. They want to be able to watch it when they want to watch it. You spent the first part of the show this morning talking about another donald trump victory. He won nevada by more than 20 points. Is he the kind of guy that endorse . To shove him. He would not endorse donald trump . I dont think so, no. You think Frank Underwood could take him . Its been interesting. As weve gone along, and were in the middle of a president ial election in our show and, obviously, were in the middle of a real president ial election, fact and fiction. Ill avoid that question. You really are getting good at being a politician, my friend. Have to ask about the smithsonian. They unveiled a portrait of president underwood the other day. This is the first fictional president featured in a portrait. So no west wing, no martin sheen, Harrison Ford in air force one. What does it say, that theyve represented president underwood . It was an incredible night. We did it as if it was a real, genuine president ial unveiling i was in. I came and showed up as president underwood and gave a speech. Everybody thought, who is the actress playing the executive director, but it was actually the executive director. This wonderful portrait who had done me before when i played richard iii did a remarkable job. Theres a shot of it. It will hang in the smithsonian, in the entryway as people walk in. Seven months. Then they hope to get someone to buy the painting and then donate it to the smithsonian so it can stay there in the collection. Really cool. Smithsonian is like and all, but youre nobody until you have a good luck hoodie. The florida panthers, the nhl, this is their good luck charm. Its the spacey in space. First place in their division and owe it all to you. They give this out at every game, to the most valuable player. Its spacey in space. One of the players there. Yes, ive become their good luck charm. Im very pleased theyve been doing incredibly well. Disembodied. Its just your floating head. Spacey in space. Im very excited for them. Im glad theyre doing really well and hope we can help them keep winning. The full season of house of cards will be available march 4th and he will not speak of it get your hoodie now. Up next, how to choose the first, this is today on nbc. Announcer wrangler wednesday is brought to you by petsmart. Everybody, its wrangler wednesday around here, and in honor of our pup with a purpose, who brings us so much joy, were doing something different. If youre looking for a pet companion, well help you choose the right one for your family. We have animal planets pet expert, andrea. Great to see you. Good morning. I drew, i think, the good straw and got the puppies here. A lot of people want a dog. Kids ask their parents for a dog. Whats the first thing to think about when you go in to buy one . I think the most important thing when youre choosing to adopt a dog is consider that you really want to look for personality, not so much looks. Like choosing a mate. Right. Its the most important thing. Unfortunately, people see a cute puppy and go, its adorable. Ill take it home. Future and what the dogs personality might be like, whether or not itll fit with their family. Also how big the dog will get depends on the home you live in, right . Its not always true a large dog cant fit into a smaller home or a smaller apartment. Sometimes, the small or medium sized dogs have the highest energy. Its about taking the time to essentially test drive a dog, get to know if it fits your family. Do research. Ill hand you off to natalie. Over to the cats now and kittens. One of the biggest misconceptions i have a cat, misconceptions and people think you dont have to give them a lot of attention. Not true, right . Not true. You dont need to walk your cat like you do your dog. For some people, it makes them a more appropriate pet. Theyre social creatures. Interaction. People need to understand, you cant get a cat or kitten from a shelter and bring it home and leave it. You need to spend time getting them adjusted to your family. One of the most important things with cats in order to avoid behavioral problems is box multiple times a week. If not, it can result in marking in the house. They like it clean in there. Yeah. Over to the parrots now. We dont have pets at home, but sophie will turn her head and is eyeing me. I think shes about to attack my throat. Dangerous at all . They can bite, like all animals. Certainly, make sure youre careful with any animal and respectful of their space. I respect you for respecting sophie. Understand a bird like sophie stink eye. She does talk. Im not sure shes in the mood to talk now. Ill speak to her. Hello. Hello. Shes not feeling it. Whats going on in your neck of the woods . With parrots, there are different species and they all have different needs and nutritional requirements. One of the important things to remember is often times theyre willing pets. They live such a long time, that when they pass, potentially. No kidding. Sophie is nine years old but will probably live to 70 or 80. Whatd she say . Yeah. You need to make sure you understand, this is an animal that requires a long commitment. And like the talking thing. Right. I used to have guinea pigs when i was a kid and they were easy to take care of. One of the easiest to take care of. They do best when bonded with another guinea pig. The one thing about guinea pigs is you do want to be careful with them with children. Theyre not as fragile as hamsters and gerbils but theyre small. Kids need to handle them carefully. And they can bite. All animals can, yeah. Last but not least, fish. I had many fish growing up. Many, many, many. What does that mean . Many goldfish. By the way, theyre not that easy to take care of, fish. They can be. I dont think theyre quite as easy as people think. Unfortunately, people sometimes get a goldfish or some other fish and put it in a bowl and just itll thrive. Its not the case. You need to give them an appropriate environment. Make sure you test the water to make sure that it has the right levels of salt in it. Not too much ammonia. If you have a saltwater tank, obviously. Id say some of the easiest fish for beginnings are swordtails and gum byppies. Even those, talk to somebody to get more details. Figure out how much to feed them. Its more complicated as you go yeah. Thanks so much. Thanks for bringing our friends over. We appreciate it. You dont like the guinea pigs. Im a little scared. Im embarrassed to say that. Just a little bit. Coming up, junk food to joy food, joy bauer gives you back at 8 47. Imagine eating enchiladas, pizza, brownies and more, but they help you lose weight. It cant be true. But joy bauer says it is possible. In her new cook book, from junk food to joy food, she transforms hundreds of dishes. Todays menu, buffalo wings and mack mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is the ult mall ultimate comfort food. One bowl can be 1,000 calories. We can do better than that. Check it out. Mac and cheese. Skim milk, soy sauce, onion powder, paprika, black pepper and hot sauce. Mix skim milk with cornstarch. Bring to a boil. Add reduced fat cheddar with butter. Remove bay leaf. Cover for ten minutes to let it firm. The junk food version, 1,310 calories is out. The joy food version at 419 calories is in. Thats a savings of 891 calories. Next up, fiery buffalo wings. A typical order with the blue cheese dip costs you 1,200 calories and more fat than you want to know about. Instead, enjoy the same, yummy flavor for less. Buffalo wings with blue cheese dip. Chicken tenders, hot sauce, paprika paprika. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Blue cheese dip. Add nonfat greek yogurt, blue cheese crumbles, onion powder and garlic powder. Mix. Junk food version at 1,190 the joy food version at just 170 calories is most definitely in. Thats a savings of more than 1,000 calories. Joy, you are a miracle worker. You like everything . Delicious. I love the buffalo chicken. It is amazing. Did you see how simple it was to make . Tastes like wings. I have to say this, this is our book because all of the recipes within the book have pretty much come from our viewers. They challenged me to make things over. Barbecue ribs, pizza, cheese burgers, chocolate milk shakes. I have a chocolate Peanut Butter cup in there. Whats on the cauliflower . This is a bonus recipe. Its on the website, if people go to today. Com. All i do is take cauliflower and dip it in flour. I roast it, douse it in hot sauce and roast it a couple more minutes. So good. Mac and cheese, tell me about that. Really good. Isnt it . You dont notice a i didnt want to mess with mac and cheese but throwing vegetables in. I kept it straight forward. I had a lot of out of the box, flavorful ingredients. Like the soy sauce, onion powder powder. It augments the flavor. Even the bay leaf brings it to life. My ultimate compliment was my daughter, who is a mac and cheese addict, and she gave it a two thumbs up. Thats when i knew it was okay to bring it on the show. All these things in their junk form, brought it to the healthy form. The idea is people can indulge in their favorite goodies any night of the week and still lose weight, lower blood pressure, up their energy. We love you. We love you the truth. When we dont like it, you hear it. This is delicious. Oh, yeah. So happy for you. Congrats on the book. From junk food to joy food. Exclusive for cauliflower and buffalo wings on the website. Thank you, joy. Were back at 8 53. Still freaking out about how good this is. We have birthdays. Many reasons to celebrate. Well celebrate all the folks across the country. Starting off, 100th birthday to jean from new york. Family and friends as toots. Her secret to long jettyevitylongevity, eating junk food and dancing. 102 years old, served as an auto mechanic during world war ii. Thank you for your service, mcwaters. 100th birthday to miller from florida. She loves collecting porcelain birds. Marry from minnesota. 105 years old. She says the secret to living longer, just dont think about it. Well said. Happy 100th birthday to fred randall from new york. The vet played the drums for 88 years. Want to be in a band with him. Mary hastings from south bend, indiana, loves notre dame football. The secret to a long marriage, discuss any problems and work it out. 75 years later, it is working for them. Congratulations. If you want to honor someone on their milestone birthday or anniversary, 75 years or more, head to today. Com celebrate. Send a photo, as well. Coming up, whats next hour . Viola dayvis is in the house. Big deal for us. Also, Live Performance from locash. Love it. Some good news right now from crews have Duke Energy Customers who were in the dark earlier. But work continues right now on atando avenue because of downed power lines. This is a live look at the area etween north graham and north tryon. Cmpd is directing traffic because stoplights are out. Atando remains blocked at the intersection. All lanes of north graham are now open. Today. Patchy fog this morning. Showers with a chance of this showers and early thunderstorms highs in the upper 60s. Cool lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Man, wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off stagreen fertilizer, this morning on todays take, donald trump scores his Third Straight win. Is there any stopping the republican front runner . Then from the hit show how to get away with murder, viola davis. Youll be loving life with a performance from country duo locash. All that and more coming up now. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays eestodays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning, february 24th, 2016. Its miserable out there. Happy inside staud owe 1 studio 1a. Im willie and theres natalie and al. Youre saying were happy to be inside and im playing stressed out. Great song. It is. As im driving my kids to soccer stressed out. Its the theme song for marco rubio and ted cruz. Donald trump, we wake up another morning after a primary or caucus to another big win by him. Great victor speech. Third straight victory. Hes rolling through new hampshire, South Carolina and nevada. Won by more than 20 points. Donald trump at 46 of the vote. Marco rubio, 24 . Ted cruz at 21 . With momentum on his side firmly, mr. Trump celebrated his winning streak at a rally in nevada. If you listen to the pundits, we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. And soon, the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with old. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. There it is. Funny sound bite, but his point is taken. Last night. He did. Highly educated, latino, incredible what hes doing now. Interesting given the comments hes made in the past given immigrants and, specifically, mexicans. Super tuesday now six days away. Thats next tuesday on march the 1st. He just keeps rolling through. Marco rubio, ted cruz or john kasich has to do something quickly to stop the train. Other than kidnapping, i dont see it. Itll be tough. You know what, tuesday nights at my house, ive been observed with lasagna night . Ive been obsessed with this fx series the people versus o. J. Unbelievable. Doing really great with the ratings. 12 million. The thing is, Everybody Knows how it turns out, but its interesting to go back in time. Those of us who kind of lived through that and were fascinated by the trial then. To sort of rewatch and see all the evidence and everything come together during the trial. The series, of course, features all the main players in real life. Cuba gooding jr. Plays o. J. Simpson. David schwimmer is his friend and lawyer, robert kardashian. Kim, and the other kids are featured. You also have john travolta. The series has a lot of people talking. Some brought up the fact you see the kardashians featured somewhat, maybe more prominently children in there. Khloe apparently setting the record straight on some of the family scenes in the show. Take a look. Oh, my god. Its daddy. Daddy daddy thats daddy. Can you please spell that . Kardasianhian. Not all the facts were ak accurate accurate. Theyre sensationalizing the kardashian name in it. There was a scene of the kids chanting, kardashian when my dad was reading the potential suicide note. I called kim. I was like, did that happen . I dont remember any of this happening. She goes, absolutely not, did that happen. I mean, it would have been weird if that did happen. Youre getting a little bit of the hollywood sort of version its not a documentary, right . No, its not. I mean, its American Crime story, is the name of the series. They built it as, you know, the making of. But its fascinating to watch. It is sort of like watching a dateline, but youre getting a little more of the hollywood, fictionalized version, as well. Or did he . Really good. You have to start watching it. Check it out. Go back and rewatch. If you havent been watching, i encourage you to watch. House of cards season three, its behind that. I have a lot to binge watch. Have you intervened when it comes to having your kids, having their friends over, maybe theyre misbehaving a little bit . How do you talk to a strangers child . Do you have any problem disciplining . No. I dont either. Theres a nice way of doing it. Especially if the child is in danger. Risky. Thats exhale what happened. Actly what happened. A woman said she was intervening in a situation where a young boy was apparently poking at his little sister while his mom went coffee. Poking to the point where he was about ready to hurt his younger sister. The boy the woman saw this all playing out and she was like, i have to i cant let this kid hurt his sister. So she stopped it and said, you know, i wouldnt do that. You could hurt your little sister. She said though, like a couple of the other ladies next to her were like, im glad you did something about it. They didnt know what to do. One lady said, theyre not your kids. You shouldnt be i dont know the argument against stepping in that. Somebody is hurting another child, you stop it, regardless. There are situations sometimes i did have a parent or somebody on a plane once say to me, my kid was being wellbehaved, but the woman said, are you going to tell your i was like, hes just talking. Then i take issue with that. If somebody is telling me to parent my child when im sitting next to them, and i dont think theyre doing anything terribly wrong. I think if its in your house, its your rules and you have no problem telling your kid what to do. In that case if the parent isnt there and the kid is about to hurt another one. Absolutely. The mom stepped away from her children. Thats sort of youre negligent leaving your children out there. Things happen. Lets not judge. If you like the Facebook Like button, youll love this. Buttons. In addition to liking a post, youre now able to show love, ha ha, wow, sad add the sound effects . Angry. Thats right. Like inside out. Buttons will roll out to all users over the next few days. Video cam. Feature lets you record 15 seconds of videos for your friends. All that stuff is out. The happy one is really happy. You put your finger on them and they come to life. They make that sound . Yeah. Speaking of facebook, we want to check our facebook button. Day 21 of our 25 days of give aways. Weve got a great one today. A facebook surface, Microsoft Surface pro 3, worth almost 500. You want to register to win, go to facebook. Com todays take. Like us. Yesterday, we said we wanted to get 300,000 or more. Lets see where we are. Booyah 300,000. Please go to facebook. Com todays take. Like us. Register for the Microsoft Surface pro. In the meantime, you can check your weather on the pro. Were checking it for you. We do have a tornado watch between cedar key on tampa today. Heavy showers and thunderstorms. Last night, at least 24 reports of tornadoes. Over five states. Really strong winds and damaging hail and tornadoes possible. Especially southern virginia all the way into eastern north carolina. Were going to be watching that closely. Also to the north, as you can see, we have snow is and icey mix. 26 Million People at risk today from georgia, north to delaware and on into ohio. And we have winter weather, the backside of the system from chicago all the way down into southern missouri. Heavier snow developing. We have winter storm warnings, watches. Blizzard watches out. Chicago, 2 to 6. 8 to 14 in flint. South bend, 10 to 16 inches of snow. Im exhausted. Thats whats going on around fog this morning. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms this morning. Then showers and thunderstorms early afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 60s. And breezy. Highs in the 50s. 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Because you all said things. You want me to shoot you. I think were even. You ran away like you tend to do. Interesting that youre the only one not in this. You think i sent it . Anything is possible with you people. Viola. Turns over the season. I think you said youre at episode 12 right now. Wait till you see it. Its all i can say. Are we going to be shocked by what happens . Youre always shocked on this show. It should be how to get away with shock, you know . Pete really pushes the buttons on this, which i said, thats why i signed up. I dont want to be just warm and fuzz ly and likable. I want to push the button. Some times, im like, hold up, hold up, pete. You also never know whats around the next corner. I imagine this is one of the shows where you get the script and look to make sure youre still around at the end of it. Seriously. You get a script a day in advance. When youre number one on the call sheet, you get less than that. Wow. Something in there makiouses you uncomfortable, guess what . You have to dive in there. Especially some of the sexual part of it . Absolutely not, al. No, its not, you know. Another day at the office. And that emmy win of yours, not just the win but the speech, was really an amazing moment. Weve got a clip of it. Take a look. Let me tell you something. The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. [ applause ] you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. Which was really what echoes the oscars this year. I mean, the call for more diversity debe hindbehind and in front of the camera. One of the things that people misunderstand is you have to separate opportunity from talent. People feel like if the roles arent there, that means there thats not true. Whats true is that if you create those narratives, then those roles can open up to people who are waiting in line. Listen, i always say that meryl streep would not be meryl streep without sophies choice, without devil wears prada. You cant be A Meryl Streep if youre the third girl from the left in a narrative with two scenes. You write it, and we will come. Well show up. Was that a message to the studios . Who needs to do better in hollywood right now . Thats it, the people in positions of power. People who have the green light vote. People who can say nay or nay. Thats it. Theyre out there. They have the imagination. The thing that stops us a lot of times is fear. Fear of doing anything different. But i have to tell you, i think that when you put talent out there and narratives that are dynamic, people lean in. They want to see it. They want to feel less alone. Thats why im an actor. Viola, this is a conversation weve had two years in a row now. Theyre already talking about next year, according to some articles ive been reading, that doesnt look like a lot of the roles out there will have much more diversity, or the scripts out there now. Do you think hollywood is conscious of that and are they really trying to change . I dont know about that. But i do know this, i do know that especially women out there, ill just say that theyre not comfortable with just sitting back anymore. They want to play a more active role. I know taraji p. Henson, kerry washington, halle berry, theyre walking and stepping into their power as producers. Theyre putting the narratives out there they want to do. That they want to see other women of color in. My whole thing is, step up to the plate. When you are in the position of power, do something with it. There. Listen, its like my husband said, a closed mouth doesnt get fed. True. Speaking of your husband, well talk about him. You just renewed your vows project. 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We are back now with the great viola davis. We want to ask you about the vow removal. We talk renewal. Youve been married 12 years . Almost 13. Youve done it a couple times now. I love the idea. I love the ritual of weddings. What can i say . I love its a time in my life that i feel the most alive. Thats the thing. I dont always feel that way. I mean, i love what i do, but sometimes, you know, im on a sound stage for 17 hours a day im hot. You know. But with it reminds me of whats beautiful about my life. I think that thats worth it. And the mango juice and tequila, which i recommend, that was at our ceremony. I want some of that. Your other passion is the vaseline Healing Project. Tell us how you got involved with that and why it matters. Well, i got involved in it because it was just presented to me, like many things are presented to me lately. Its the vaseline Healing Project has partnered with direct relief, which is an International Medical aid corporation. What they do, what they have done, is they have contributed medical supply kits, medical care and helping people in places of disease. Syria, even the u. S. , flooding areas and with people who are suffering from poverty. The whole idea is 84 of Health Care Workers in areas of crisis and disasters say the Biggest Issue is skin infections. If they just had petroleum jelly, how much that would help. People going back to work or going to school. People suffering from psoriasis, eczema, left untreated turns into open sores. I got involved because i love the word healing. I love feeling like there is a simple solution to bigger problems. I have a special connection to vaseline. My sister got a huge burn on her stove. Hot grease splashed in her face. But purchasing vaseline, youre helping with the Healing Project, is that right . Thats right. If you go to vaseline. Us the Healing Project, you can help. Viola happening now . The perfect brow. 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The cdc advices expectant mothers to use condoms or abstain from sex for the duration of their pregnancy if their partners have traveled to areas where zika is spreading. A jury has ordered Johnson Johnson to pay 72 million to the family of an alabama woman who blamed a powder for her fox was 62 when she died last fall. In recorded testimony, she recalled using the companys products, including baby powder, for personal hygiene for decades. Her ovaries were inflamed which contributed to the cancer. Johnson johnson is expected to appeal. Air bus may have a new solution to the shrinking seat problem on airplanes. Bench seating. The manufacturer filed a patent for a reconfigurable bench seat. The idea is the benches can be adjusted to accommodate larger or obese passengers, as well as small children. No word on when we might actually see the benches on a plane. From the airplane to the automobile now. Volvo wants to replace car keys with smartphones. According to the auto maker, bluetooth enabled smartphones can become digital keys, eliminating the need for an actual key. It could start the car and also a limited number of cars will be equipped with the technology in 2017. A baby gorilla said to be doing well after being delivered by a caesarean section. At a zoo in england, the gorilla was born early, weighing in at 2 pounds, 10 ounces. Doctors performed a caction after her mother showed signs of the potentially dangerous condition preclampsia. Doctors are cautiously optimistic for mother and baby. So tiny. So cute. Al, take over with the weather. Thank you very much. I like the handoff. For today, we have a slight risk, strong risk along the southeastern Atlantic Coast for tornadoes. Were watching that down to florida. Back to the west, windydy conditions, snowy conditions, some places, blizzard watches. West, gorgeous. 69 in san francisco. For tomorrow, were looking for again, here in the northeast, mess. Rainy, windyisrning. Thenowers and thunderstorms aef understorms is morning. Then thunderstorms afternoon. Some may be severe. Upper 60s. Mostly sunny d breezy. Oler with ghs in thewer s. Iy. Sunny. G ound 50. St n to 10 mph. Tday. Sunny. Ghs in thewer s. Nday. Sunny. Highs in thew 60s. Ny. Mostly sun. Highs ine mid 60s. Esday. Molnny. Highs in e ler 60s. Ef the teens cus ofooting puppy that is your latest weather. Thank you, al. Did you know that tax season, also the busiest time of year for the debt collectors . The collectors are federally mandated to uphold certain standards. Complaints are piling up. Today National Investigative correspondent snef rossjeff rossen did some digging and has tips on what to do if were on the receiving end of the aggressive calls. You dont pay your bills, theyre allowed to come after you and try to get you to pay the bills. Thats fine. The law is clear about what debt collectors can and cannot do. The law is incredibly clear. Today, i brought you guys three reallife examples of phone calls. To play them out, well play the calls. Youll hear them and well give you tips about what they can and cannot do. Okay. Cue the phone ring. I think thats for you, al. Hello. I want to play the first call. This is a recording that experts say you dont even make a payment or even get this debt taken care of. Wow. Theyre threatening if you dont make the payment its a threatening call. Heres the tip, debt collectors cannot harass you or threaten you. Even if a debt collector calls you, they are not allowed to threaten you. If they do, tell them to stop. Get their company. You can report them later. Harassment . What constitutes harassment . Thats the problem with it. Its a subjective line. You know. Experts say that would be a okay. The next call i want to play activity. Natalie. Its for you. About threatening police action. We need to get some type of payment in right now. As soon as we can get it. Or else i will have to send local authorities to your address to see about locking you up. Can i just hang up the phone . You shouldnt hang up the phone. That debt collector is going to call again. Theyve gone over the line. They are not allowed to say youre going to be arrested if you dont pay your debts. They cant threaten legal action unless they actually intend to sue you. I brought one more call. This one could be embarrassing. Al gets these all the times, they call the nbc switchboard, like this. She either comes to the phone or shell have someone bring her out for questioning. Were trying to do it by the phone. Shes in a classroom now and i cant really . How would the principal feel if somebody from the parish came out there and pulled her up because shes under investigation for committing fraud, in front of the students. Wow. Threatening and nasty. And illegal. The person who got the call is a teacher at a school. Obviously, theyre telling the secretary, the person at the front office, were going to pull her out of class. They cannot call you at work if your employer forbids it. If your employer doesnt allow calls, send the debt collector a certified letter informing them of that. Tell them on the phone, you are not allowed to call me at work. What happens . You get the aggressive calls. What do you do . Number one, ask for written notice about your debt. Send me a letter in the mail. Let tell me exactly what i owe. I want the exact details about that. Them a certified letter saying, im being harassed, threatened and i want it to stop. The third is, if you actually feel like youre being harassed or threatened, report it to the federal trade commission. Great advice. All on the website. And Jeffs Facebook page. Up next, theyve written songs for the biggest names in country music. 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You could be a blackbird urbans youre gonna fly. Locash has dropped cowboys from their name and released a new ep last year. Their single i love this life continues to climb the charts, hitting the top five for billboards hot country songs. And making Rolling Stone best country songs of 2015. With all their recent success, the boys of locash really are loving this life. As they rock the nation on tour. Preston and chris are with us now. Good to see you. Good morning. Thanks for having us. Well continue our discussion of nashville social life after you perform. We have to pick up where we left off. The social life. Not so much the its a vibrant scene. People who followed you a long time, you were locash cowboys and dropped cowboys. What was the decision . It was a tough redelawaredecision. We didnt make the decision. We were looking for a logo. Preston is a graffiti artist. We wanted to do something with an 80s vibe. He drew it on a napkin and i said, its amazing. He was like, it didnt say cowboys. He said, i love it like that. When we turned it in, the label was like, this is a great idea. Well change the change. After 11 years, it worked. You havent changed who you are. What i love is hearing your story, youve written songs for tim mcgraw, some of the great country stars. What makes you decide when the song is yours though . I think when tim mcgraw calls, you pick up the phone. When he says he wants to record the song, you say, okay. Its a big deal. And keith urban. I mean, we couldnt have been more blessed with such class kind of give us a lot of integrity in the song writing in nashville. Its a song town. That was real important for us. Its a difficult decision now, now that we have a hit of our own. Its hard to say, man, we know somebody could sing this song and they want it, but do we keep it for ourself at this point . We did it with i love this life. We have other ones on hold. It was on hold for somebody else. 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I love my boots broke in, i love my camo hat dont mind a little paint on my jeans, yeah, i roll like that i love driving my truck across the Railroad Tracks if you hit them too quick, theyll hit you right back i love a fresh cut field with a first frost on how it shines like gold when the sun turns on i love the sound of them wheels, my baby singing along when the boys of summer comes on i love my small town world i love a friday night man i love this life the sound of an old dirt road rolling through my mind man, i love, man, i love, man, i love this life i love that county line bar where they all know my drink the way she throws her hands up when that cover band plays i love the taste of her lips when shes been sipping that wine i still get drunk on her every time i love my small town world i love a country girl i love a friday night man i love this life the sound of an old dirt road rolling through my mind man, i love, man, i love, man, ohoooh man, i love this life ohoooh man, i love this life yeah, i love this life man, i love this life i love that ragged old barn that my grandpa made it was my whole world back in my innocent days i love that little white church, out on 109 its where i hit my knees and i thank the lord for this life of mine i love my small town world i love a country girl i love a friday night man, i love this life the sound of an old dirt road man, i love, man, i love, man, i love this life oh of h ofoooh man, i love this life ohoooh man, i love this life ohoooh man, i love this life ohoooh man, i love this life [ applause ] awesome they are locash, guys. Thanks so much. Amazing performance. This is today on nbc. Lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Man, wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off stagreen fertilizer, hello, ladies. Hi. Locash were so amazing. Werent they great . Nice guys, too. We have one of the most talented people on the planet with us today. Who . Wayne brady. He does it all. Yes. We also are going to do who knew . Were also talking about luxe for less. And we have the guy from younger, has all the ladies drooling. Nico. There are pictures of him downstairs that youll enjoy. Its all im going to say. Where did you find them . They were down in the studio. Oh, hey im carolyn bruck. Were still following breaking news in North Charlotte. Where crews continue to work on down powerlines along graham street. Nbc charlottes Rachel Rollar is there with an update. Its a bit windy outside. Severe weather thats been threatening the area. Today. 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Lawmakers say this is the cheapest alternative. Coming up. The new changes coming to charlotte schools. Were back with another update in half an hour. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. Welcome towinesday wednesday. Were so happy youre here. Its february 24th. That is bad man by pit bull featuring robin thicke. You cant beat that. Oh, yeah you can. Wayne brady was singing. Wayne brady is our triple threat. Hes a guy who does everything. And is fearless. Completely fearless. Hes doing something only right here in manhattan. Nothing else to do but kinky boots and all the other shows hes on. Were going to get to you. Plus, whether you are a fan of from the scream 4 thriller or younger theres a good looking and talented guy named nico tortorella. You know how we know hes good looking . We have a calendar. We were just paging through the months. Because we had time. 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