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Voice of a killer. A chilling new clue in the murders of two indiana teenagers. A recording on one of the victims cell phones capturing what could be the suspect. Will those three words and this photo lead to an arrest . And not alone . Nasa reveals the discover of seven earth like planets. Some that could support life. The remarkable find that might answer the great mystery of the universe today thursday february 23rd, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im matt lauer and we have mr. P. M. In the a. M. As we welcome lester holt. How are you . Im great. Glad whether this was the first time weve ever done this together. I dont remember anchoring in this chair. I dont go left well. That was your trouble in basketball. Are you like me bows these planets. Im fascinated by that. I wonder if somebody is there looking down saying do you think anybody can live on that planet . Little while. Lets start with our top story. Protesters clashing with police in california. It happened overnight. They were upset by this video, showing an offduty Police Officer, pulling a gun on teenagers. Kateie beck is in anaheim. Reporter several videos have surfaced. They not only show the officer drawing his gun by firing a single shot. Its sparked prot h dozens of arrests. Now, the citys mayor is demanding a full investigation. Overnight, cell phone video posted to social media, capture the altercation in anaheim. An offduty Los Angeles Police officer scuffling with a 13yearold boy near the cops home, quickly escalated. And ended with the officer pulling his gun and firing his weapon. [ gunshot ] reporter nbc news does not know happened prior to the start of the recording. In a statement, it says the officer had ongoing issues with teenagers walking across his property, apparently to get to a school nearby. Nbc news is not naming the teenager, who said he was walking home from school, when he heard the officer curse at a teenage girl who walked across his lawn. The teen said he was defending the girl. He started calling her names. Like cussing at her. And i said, hey, thats not how you treat a woman. He came at neck, like my shirt. I thought i was going to die right there. I thought he was going to shoot me because he was, like, mad. Reporter the teens mother said she was told by police, her son was arrested for threatening to shoot the officer. In reality, he was saying, im going to sue you. You keep hitting me. Youre hurting me. Im going to sue you. Sue you. Reporter outrage over the altercation, pouring into the streets overnight. Hundreds of protesters blocking traffic on local streets, carrying signs and chanting. Dont choshoot the kids. Reporter mris released statement that reads, investigators are aware theres a video of the incident. And will review all video in this case. The 13yearold boy in that video and other boy were arrested and released to their parents. As for the offduty officer, he remains on administrative leave, which is standard procedure. The plans to say more about at a press conference later today. They say they promise to have an impartial investigation. Matt and lester . Katie beck in anaheim this morning. Thanks very much. Lets turn to politics and the wave of protests at town halls across the country, growing even larger. Angry constituents taking their frustrations directly to lawmakers. Our Political Team has it covered, starting with nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, good morning. Reporter lets get this right. Good morning, lester. It remains to be seen if this anger and outrage is an isolated moment or the start of a movement. More republican lawmakers feeling the heat. Another round of fiery, inyourface town halls. The latest flash point, arkansas. Thousands of constituents teeing off about the republican partys plans to repeal obamacare. And the senators support of President Trump. Overnight, more fierce confrontations. Do your job. Do your job. Reporter a raucous crowd of senator, tom cotton. Constituents coming out in force to defend obamacare, the Health Care Law republicans are threatening to repeal. And hammering cotton for supporting President Trump. If you call yourself a christian man, are you making the right decisions for these kids, while you are supporting the policies of a man who wants to grab women by the [ bleep ]. Reporter the angry protests, organized and organic, strpreadg across the country. In louisiana, the line formed two hours before the doors open to face republican bill cassidy. Despite providing no evidence that anyone was paid, the white house is blaming professional protesters for the chaos. It is a loud small group of people, disrupting things for media attention. Just because theyre loud, doesnt mean theyre many. Reporter Hillary Clintons sp im mary story from fayetteville, and im not a paid protester. Im dont care if anybody is paid or not. Youre all kansans and i want to hear from you. Reporter tensions over immigration reach a boiling point. And Rex Tillerson and head of homeland security, john kelly, are attending meetings in mexico, after the mexican president abruptly canceled his trip to the u. S. Because of President Trumps plan to build a wall. And this weeks new immigration and deportation policy. Conservatives are gathering for cpac the Political Action conference. This year, team trump. Kellyanne conway, Reince Priebus and steve bannon, all speaking today. With President Trump on tap for tomorrow. I love you. Thank you. Reporter its the same event that candidate trump skipped last year. At the rivals lashed out, arguing he wasnt a true conservative. I have an experience of meeting people who portray themselves one thing but are something else. If you dont want donald to be our nominee, i ask you, come join us. Reporter now, the white house hopes this years conference helps fire up the conservative base. Back here this afternoon, President Trump will hold a listening session on human trafficking, where women and girls are sexually exploited for profit, here in the u. S. And overseas. This is an issue that is important to ivanka trump, who helped push behind the scenes for this meeting to happen right away. Matt and lester . Peter alexander at the white house. Thanks. Protesters taking aim over the president , to rescind federal guidelines that allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Hallie jackson has more on that story. Reporter good morning. This morning, when asked for a response to the protests, a seniorin clear his position has always been to leave this decision up to the states. But now, fallout from that decision is coming fast and fierce. Shame on trump. Protect trans students. Reporter overnight, backlash building. Outside of the white house, protests against the new administrations latest move, reversing an obamaera order that let Public School students use bathrooms that match their gender identities. Transgender rights advocates, furious, calling the reversal cruel and heartbreaking. About 150,000 teenagers in the u. S. Identify as transgender, according to a Ucla Law School study. I can pick a word. Reporter this woman worries about her young son. As a vulnerable child, he deserves to go to School Every Day and feel safe and be affi affirmed as who he is. Reporter but in letters to the Supreme Court, and the administration now arguing president obamas interpretation of a federal law called title ix, to protect transgender kids, doesnt hold water. The president made it clear throughout the campaign, he is a Firm Believer in states rights. Reporter more than a dozen states protect transgender students. 13 others sued to block the obama administrations order. You dont want to be mingling young boys, young girls, on school trips and showers. Thats a violation of privacy. Oh, say can you see reporter the singer who performed at last months inauguration, and whose sister is transgender, how asked the president to meet with them to talk about transgender rights. What we hope to establish ac enlightening president mp like for a transgender to live, in a world that may not be as comfortable and safe or accepting. Or accepting, as we would hope and need. Reporter despite this uturn, the departments of justice and education, say theyre committed to protecting lgbt kid students, from discrimination, bullying and harassment. And education secretary betty devos backs this move 100 . Despite reports she wasnt originally fully onboard. This could undercut the case of a virginia transgender student, which heads to the Supreme Court next karnaki is with us. Candidate trump said this bathroom rights issue should be left to the states. But when asked about this, this is what he said. Heard was from a commentator yesterday. Saying, leave it the way it is. Right now. There have been very few problems. Leave it the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble. What he said then is not what he did yesterday. Why . It has a lot to do with the base that elected him. President trump ran as the candidate of protector of evangelical christians. Jeff sessions is one of the first republicans to come over and endorse trump. And Jeff Sessions had decisions coming up. This is not an area Jeff Sessions wants to go in. And donald trump chose to go along with that. Is that the reason for the timing . Or is the timing tied to the fact that cpac starts today . Conservatives around the country coming for a victory party. You got th if youre pleasing Jeff Sessions, youre pleasing the conservative base. Let me get your take on the contentious down hall meetings. This is reminiscent of what we saw with the tea party in 20092010. It cost democrats control of the house. Are republicans watching this, thinking, we may be going in the same direction . Republicans are in a real bind here because theyre thinking back to the tea party. Theyre remembering what happened in the midterms in 2010. They see the polls, Donald Trumps Approval Rating not good. Are we in trouble in 2010. At the same time, they remember the campaign. They remember thinking that donald trump was committing political suicide in front of him. And he won. And they wonder and see the polls showing Republican Voters are still overwhelming with trump. They wonder, is their base more in touch with donald trump than with them. And that pulls them back. And the accusations that some of the protesters are being paid. Does that work against the president . Believes in the idea of galvanizing his base. Just talking to his base. Creating a reaction on the other side and trying to get his base to react to the reaction. Steve kornacki, appreciate it. Programming note tied to politics. Were going to take this show on the road. We will be live on capitol hill next tuesday. Thats ahead of President Trumps first address to a joint session of congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan will join us live exclusively. And well take you on a first of its kind live tour of the capitol in some places youve never seen. Thats today on the hill, tuesday. There was a huge Powerball Jackpot drawing. Onelafayette, indiana, matched all six numbers. That ticket worth 435 million. Its the tenthlargest Lottery Jackpot in u. S. History. Just because you didnt win the main prize doesnt mean you there were several 1 million and 2 million winners. I say it like its nothing. They are 10, 13, 28, 52, 61 and the powerball is 2. All right, lester. Get ready to put your space geek on. The stunning discovery in the search for live beyond our solar system. Nasa says seven earthsized planets that could potentially harbor life, all orbiting the same star, have been identified. Nbcs miguel almaguer, is at the Griffith Observatory in los angeles. He has more. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. This is big news, not just for astronomers, but for anyone who wondered are we alone. With discovery of seven planets, we dont know the answer yet. But Scientists Say its just a matter of time. The seven newly discovered planets may be 235 trillion miles away from us. But we already know they are roughly the size of our own planet. Like earth, could and will now help to soon answer the question so many ponder, as we peer into the heavens. Anytime we find evidence of a habitable world, a world that might be like the earth, immediately leads to this deep question. Are we alone in the universe . Using a powerful telescope, launched into space, and those on the ground around the world, scientists found the star system they call trapis i. A group of seven planets. Their star, less than our son, could have the perfect temperature of hot and cold. Warm enough to heat the planets and cool enough for water to cover them. Its one planet. Reporter astronomers say in this decade or in the next, students like these will grow up knowing if life exists beyond earth. We might not be the only people in our galaxy or in the universe. The discovery not just a matter of if, but when. Reporter 40 light years away from earth, in todays space travel, we wouldnt reach the star system for hundreds of thousands of years. But we are getting closer to learning more about this new find thats at least half a billion years old. My opinion, this is the most exciting discovery weve had yet. Reporter for some this, is the discovery of a lifetime, as we search for new life trillions of miles away from our own planet earth. In this string of seven newly discovered planets, scientists are extremely excited about threeecause of their position to trapis i because they have the position to sustain life. How cool would that be if were not alone. Were all of similar ages. I was a fascinated young man. I had the Apollo Mission patches on my arms. Are you still following this . I remember watching the moon landing thinking, were going to mars in ten years. You know . 40 light years. That would mean the millennium falcon can make that in 12 p parsecs. Al knows everything in pop culture movie terms. All of this got us wondering how far the planets are from us. The distance between earth and mars, always changing. On average, about 140 million miles. By comparison, the newest discovered planets, that is 235 trillion miles from earth. It may sound like a lot. Scientists say in cosmic terms, its close. You take the turnpike to save some time. Got easy pass. Exactly. But im in pop culture. I know. I know. Thank you very much. All right. Todays top weather, we have all right. Todays top weather. Weve got a spring storm firing up. Weve got blizzard watches and stretching from dakotas all the way into wisconsin. On the other side of that storm weve got a risk of 39 Million People for Severe Weather, damaging winds, hail, tornadoes. We look at this firing up this afternoon. Snow across the plains in the midwest. Strong storms for iowa. As we look into friday, look for Severe Weather chicago, cleveland, on into indiana. Saturday light snow for chicago. Look at this, Severe Weather upstate new york all the way east of washington. Were talking about strong snowfall anywhere from the dakotas into wisconsin upwards of a foot to a foot and a half and heavier rain up from cleveland into new england. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, everybody. Im storm team 4 chuck bell. What a pleasantly mild to the start of the day. Long sleeves but no heavy jackets this morning. Temperatures upper 40s to low 50s as youre planning out thursday today, plenty of sunshine later this afternoon with daytime highs getting up mostly into the low and mid70s, even warmer tomorrow. Todays high near 74. Tomorrows high near 76 but rain 80 chance of it on your saturday. Thats your latest weather. Lester. Al, thank you very much, sir. Coming up, a hollywood power shift. Up, a hollywood power shift. Ronan ferrell explores chinas influence on the big screen. But fst, this is today onir y29kwy ysty z29ktz zstz y29kty ysty in honor of lester being here, were asking a deep question on trending. 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Announcer this is a news 4 today newsbreak. 7 26 is your time now on this thursday february 23rd, 2017. Good morning to you. Im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. Developing right now were following news of a Police Shooting in d. C. A u. S. Park Police Officer shot at a suspect in the southeast this morning. Police say the suspect rammed the officers car during a traffic stop. The officer was hurt. Not sure if the suspect was hit by gunfire. Megan mcgrath on this story, follow her on twitter. Fire investigators learning to discover what caused this fire overnight. It caused major damage house house. It spread through the fire and attic. A look at roads and first4traffic. Malcolm x avenue moved out of the way. Now a new crash in the exact area there blocking right lane. Inbound 395, beltway not bad, northbound before 98 on the left side blocking left lane. Thank you, melissa. Well take a break now and check your forecast next. Good morning, everybody. Certainly not cold outside this morning. Temperatures ott on your way out the door, 30 degrees above average for a morning temperature this time of the year. Afternoon highs will be toasty warm as well. 4 today. Get that high at dulles airport, that will be a new record for the date. 76 no more than a slight shower chance today. Our next best chance comes on saturday afternoon. Chuck, thank you. Another local news update in 25 minutes. Now back to the today show after this short break. Back, now, 7 30 on this thursday morning. The 23rd of february, 2017. Nice crowd outside. Lesters going to go out and say hi to those people in just a little while. Did you know that . I didnt know that. But you know that now. I was thinking, weve been on the air a half hour. Good night, thanks for watching. Have a nice evening. We have more time ahead. We want to tell you about exciting things to look forward to. Next week is going to be a busy one around here. Live from hollywood, with a full roundup of the oscars. And here in studio 1a, former president george w. Bush will join us for an exclusive live interview. And hell tell us about his special tribute to some of america then, as we mentioned on tuesday, were taking today to capitol hill. Well talk live to the house speaker, paul ryan, and tour the hallowed halls. On wednesday, the tonight shows jimmy fallon. Jennifer lopez will be here on thursday. And all that leads up to savannahs big return on friday morning. Lets take a look, now, at todays headlines. Protesters gathered alt the white house overnight, as the Trump Administration announced it is lifting federal guidelines that allowed transgender students to use bathrooms that matched their identity. It will be up to states and School Districts to determine if sex Discrimination Laws apply. The floodwaters are receding in Southern California where neighbors were submerged on wednesday. E years. And led officials to tell 50,000 people to leave their homes. Some residents are allowed to return home. But most of the evacuation orders remain in place. And bao bao is settling into her new home in china. The 3yearold traveled there from washington on a fedex flight. And was welcomed with a feast of bamboo, apples and carrots. Bao bao will be in quarantine for a month before she joins a breeding program. New clues in a double murder mystery in indiana. The bodies of two teenage girls were found near a scenic hiking trail last week. Now, police are calling one of those girls a hero for allegedly recording the voice of her suspected killer on her phone. Gabe gutierrez has more on that. Reporter this is where police and fbi are poring over leads. And investigators are urging pick for twists. A evidence. And now, a twist. A key piece of evidence has been found on one of the victims own cell phone. This morning, investigators in inn are hoping three words can help solve a chilling history. Down the hill. Reporter that is audio from liberty germans cell phone. Police say it was recorded around the time she and Abigail Williams disappeared last week. Listen again. Down the hill. The best way to describe hearing that voice is creepy. Reporter the day before their bodies were discovered, police say the teenagers had good evening hiking around this bridge, near delphi, indiana. Very good kids. Theyre sportsoriented. Reporter liberty posted this photo on snap chat. It also captured an image of a man near the walk trail. This young lady is a hero, theres no doubt. To have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. Reporter police is not in the audio recording. Down the hill. Reporter but theyre now calling him a suspect. We believe both the person in the photograph and whoevers voice it is, participated in the murders of liberty german and Abigail Williams. Reporter overnight, a vigil, as local police and the fbi track down leads. We need to come together as a community in this rough time. Julie knew liberty and said she was a fighter. She had to be feeling threatened. Enough to have the wiherewithal to start videoing this man. Reporter this community is wondering whether the cell phone of one of the victims will lead police to the killer. As poor as this picture is, somebody knows. And if youre watching, well find you. Reporter authorities are now offering a 41,000 reward thats expected to grow matt and lester, police say theres more clues on that phone thats yet to be released publicly. All right, gabe. Hope they find the suspects quickly. Al is back with another check o thats right. Weve got a little bit of a continental divide. Temperatures doing a big flipflop. Where we have normal temperatures, they are above normal. Below normal, kind of weird. San diego, normal high 65, dallas normal high 59. Which do you think is warmer, guys . That would be dallas. All right. Lets find out if youre right. As a matter of fact, you are correct. Dallas 86. What do i win . You dont win anything. San diego 58 degrees. Los angeles versus st. Louis. Normally st. Louis 67, excuse 43. Which warmer . St. Louis. Youre correct. St. Louis. 72. Washington 43. Who is warmer. D. C. Lets find out if you are right. You are absolutely correct. D. C. 72 degrees. Thats 30 degrees above average while San Francisco is only 54. We are talking about records today in cleveland, providence, greensboro, paducah, tulsa, and continues on friday were going to see temperatures reaching records from cleveland all the way to tallahassee. But things do cool down as we get into the weekend. They won their local forecast coming up right now. Well, this morning, temperatures in the mid50s, 54 in the district, so very mild for this time of the morning. As we go through the day today, take a look at these temperatures, 74 today, 76 tomorrow. The normal high is 49 degrees. So we could be looking at some near record high temperatures for reagan, dulles, even bwi. So well be watching these very closely. A warm day. Warm day tomorrow, saturday, late day rain, then sunday. Sun will be cooler, breezy, but nice and sunny. As a bonus, can you always find your weather on the Weather Channel on cable. Gentlemen. You should host a game show. Move on man buns, the one on your head. Wait until we show you the next big hair trend for guys. All right. First, is hollywood as we know it on the way out . Roman ferrell is looking why china is china is hi hey ive made plans for later in case this date doesnt go well. Likewise but, funny story. On top of that . My mom is my best friend. Uh oh. Yeah. Oop theres the rescue text from my roommate saying she needs me. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . The citi double cash card does. It lets you earn double cash back the citi double cash card. 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Heres an interesting fact, if you go to a Movie Theater right now, theres a decent chance you will see a hollywood movie with a budget partly from china. Thats true. Two of the top three movies out right now. And its one sign of a global power shift in entertainment thats changing the movies you see. If you saw disneys ironman 3 in american theaters, you might not remember this scene. Thats Product Placement for chinesebrand milk. And thats chinesesu bing bing. This plot line where ironman was saved by chinese doctors, was in there just for china. The evolution of the chinese industry is happening at hyperspeed. Reporter didi runs infinity pictures in beijing, capitalizing in a boom that will make china the biggest movie market. Theres eight to seven new screens a day. A day . The content has exploded. Reporter the transformers and fast and the furious yo movied made more money in china than the u. S. China owns a significant portion of hollywood output. So, universal has a cofinancing deal with paramount, lions gate, fox. Its not 20 million, 50 mrl. Million. Its hundreds of millions in each of the deals. System only allows a handful of hollywood movies. We convinced an entire generation. Reporter thats hong kong pop star in Independence Day resurgence. You are in a part of the country no longer controlled by the government of the united states. Reporter the 2012 remake of red dawn, was reedited to make the enis north korean and not chinese. And this scene in men in black 3 where the enemies were chinese, was removed. You wouldnt see studios making movies like that today. Thats a shocking statement. But its a true statement. And in fact, even in a lot of the cofinancing arrangements between china and the united states, theres language in the agreement that the studios will not make movies that would be considered to be offensive to china. Reporter nickerson says e films because movies are being created with china in mind from the beginning. You can see so many instances that doesnt work. I mean reporter you thought that was forced. Right. You know, screaming china has become a powerful country to help ironman get back on his feet. Reporter she is the daughter of the director of the great wall, sometimes called chinese steven spielberg. She directed a hit called studio 17. They probably have chinese ceos or a big boss in the office. It will be easier for young filmmakers for me to cross over. Reporter a new wave of cofinancing deals should make that a reality for her generation of chinese filmmakers. Reporter this past fall, Steven Spielbergs cny its about respect iing the rules of each countries. Reporter this man says to get used ed td to chinas growe in hollywood. I dont think Americans Care where the money comes from. Theres a lot of deals on the way. Well be way more and faster than anybody can imagine. Reporter the studios we reached out to did not comment. We are so used to an americacentric world view in our movies. Guys, its possible our kids are going to grow up with a different cultural influence. Its fascinating. Yeah. Its a seismic shift. And a microcosm for whats happening in the world powers in general. Thank you, sir. Just ahead on this thursday morning, tom brady, super bowl mvp usic the best things in life are free by sam cooke whfight back fastts, with tums smoothies. It starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum tum tum tum smoothies only from tums you said you wanted to feel better about your cereal. General mills big g cereals hear you. Thats why we say yes to whole grain as our first ingredient. And no way to high fructose corn syrup. About General Mills big g cereals. I was in the military for 18 years. Rian, but, i smoked and i got heart disease. 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Cant be trusted. Heres lady gaga, the halftime show. She should have escaped using ropes. We have the shark from jaws, who takes things without asking. And brady listed himself as an option. Thats a creepy courtroom sketch from deflategate. Bradys board has been instagram. Brady made it himself. Always thinking several plays ahead, thats why he is the best. You know who could have been up here, who is a fanatic fan with sticky fingers. Who . Our own dylan dwyer. Arent you surprised they havent found it, yet . He is still wearing his pads. In the locker room, and hes like, where is the jersey . Its crazy. But its worth a lot of money. Carson, thank you very much. Coming up, a poignant tribute for George Michael from his wham theres no stopping americas families. So we made americas longest lasting roll. So keep on hugging. And playing. Keep on awesoming. With 1000 sheets, well keep on going, too. With not food, become food . Thankfully at panera, 100 of our food is 100 clean. 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Sunday we are quite a bit cooler and breezy, eun. Thank you, sheena. Another update in 25 minutes. For now back to the today show. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, anger and outrage. To your job. Do your job. Republican lawmakers on the defensive at town halls across the country, as new protests ignite over President Trumps reversal of the obama administrations bathroom policy for transgender students. Were live at the white house. Plus, botox boom. Doctors say injections are skyrocketing among me lenni mil who wont see wrinkles for years. Just like i use sunscreen, i think about it as my future. Is the selfie craze to blame . And whats in your cereal . Its the most important meal of the day. But do you really know whats in your bowl for breakfast. Today, thursday, february 23rd, 2017. Good morning, st. Louis. We love you. Lets go, blue. Hi, to all of our friends and family in redding, massachusetts. Sunshine from orlando, florida. Hi, i love you, baby. Good morning, chicago. Its my 30th byrd day. Happy 90th birthday, grandpa. Were back, now, 8 00, on it is the 23rd day of february, 2017. Lots of early alarm clocks this morning. We forced lester to set his especially early this morning. He is filling in forsavannah. And Kathie Lee Gifford is here a little early. The big issue is wine. My clock hasnt been set at 4 00 a. M. In a long time. But this is like riding a bike. Its all good. Great to be here with everyone. Can we mention . Tomorrow, mr. Daly. Ran out of people. Thats what happens eventually. Thats not true. Six days in a week. Looking forward to it. You move it to saturday, i would be doing it. Im going to go through savannahs closet again and look for a nice dress for you. Wouldnt be the first time. Were getting ready for first, lets look at head lines. Heres your news at 8 00. Reporter im Kristen Welker at the white house. Top officials of the Trump Administration are planning to speak at the Action Committee today. But this morning, the president is prompting new controversies as his fellow republicans are facing an ongoing backlash back at home. For another day, anger and outcry across the country. Do your job. Do your job. Reporter Congressional Republicans on defense again, confronted by angry constituents at town halls. Many opposed to gop efforts to repeal the Affordable Care act. The problem is, obamacare has just collapsed. Hillary clinton tweeting, if you cant stand the heat, get out of the congress. The Senate Majority leader arguing protesters are still fighting over 2016. Let me suggest to you what theyre protesting. Election. Reporter the white house, again, blaming the spectacle on professional protesters. It is a loud, small group of people, disrupting something, in many cases for media attention. Reporter amid the controversy, the Trump Administration is changing course on transgender rights, dropping an obama director that told Public Schools to let children use bathrooms and locker rooms that core respond to their gender identity. The obama saying its state rights. But calling it a blind and cruel attack on young children. Adding, this isnt a states rights issue. Its a civil rights issue. Teenage singer jackie ivanco tweeting to the president overnight. You gave me the honor of singing at your inauguration. Give me and my sis the chance to talk to you. Genderrights. Tensions mounting over another issue, mexico. Rex tillerson and secretary of homeland security, john kelly, visiting the co with top officials there, who are fuming about the president s planned border wall and gettough approach on immigration. Press Secretary Sean Spicer trying to lower the temperature. I think the relationship with mexico is phenomenal right now. And theres an unbelievable and robust dialogue between our two nations. Reporter after an atta wave attacks and threats against Jewish Community centers, Vice President mike pence visited a graveyard wednesday, thanking volunteers working to repair the damage and condemning the desecration. Theres no place in america for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or antisemitism. Reporter the president won praise frr the anne frank center, a group that blasted President Trumps antisemitism. And muslimamerican activists organized a fundraiser to help pay for repairs, surging past three hours. Matt . All right. Kristen welker at the white house. Thanks very much. Dozens of people were arrested overnight during protests that were sparked by a Violent Police confrontation in anaheim, california. Videos posted to social media, show an offduty Los Angeles Police department, Police Officer, in a dispute with young people on his home. He had issue with teens walking across his property. While scuffling with the 13yearold boy, he fires a single shot from a gun. Nobody was hit. Nbc news does not know what happened before these images were recorded. The officers been placed on leave pending an investigation. Still to come this morning, need to book a flight . Major airlines are out with huge discounts on fares. Well walk you through the new airfare war. On trending, the strange, new hair trend for some men, not and botox use. Skyrocketing among unexpected what if an Insurance Company wasnt only there when things went wrong . Because for every tornado. Theres a twister. For every crash. An even bigger collision. And for every tailspin. Well, tailspins. State farm understands that getting the most out of life doesnt just mean being there when things go wrong. Its about being here. In all of lifes moments. When things go perfectly. Right. When you make a pb j with smuckers, thats the difference between ordinary everyday and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. 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Just a few. Youre riding in the belly of the airplane. Pretty close. Its basic economy service. And if you think flying coach is pretty basic already, get ready for a new experience in nofrills flying. Some jokingly call it misery class. The low price gives you a seat i dont know if the standards of my Airline Service could get much lower. Reporter the barebones tickets could cost from 20 to 100 less than the guy next to you. But for the cost savings, american, and delta, want you to overlook the restrictions of their new economy service. They have packaged the most painful form of flying. Reporter you board the plane last, after everyone else has gotten on. And you dont get to pick your seat in advance. Great. Reporter that means you could be stuck anywhere. Help me. Reporter american and United Airlines only allow you to carry on one small personal item ttha fits under the seat. Nothing in the overhead pin. Delta, does allow you to use their overhead bin. If you bring a fullsize bag to the gate, american and united will check it for you. But theyre going to charge a checked bag fee, plus a 25 handling fee. And once you buy your basic economy fare isnt for everyone. Reporter united produced this customvideo for its custom. You cant change or cancel your lights. Reporter like the man said, the basic economy fare is not for everyone. I dont want to be inconvenienced like that whatsoever. No. Not for me. Absolutely not. The travail has been taken out of travel. Reporter its a far cry from the way Airline Travel used to be. Delicious food adds to the enjoyme enjoyment. Scenes of living room quiet. Roominess extends to the powder rooms. Reporter the airlines say theyre launching the new discounted fairs to compete with budget carriers like spirit, frontier and allegiant. For some, the idea is taking off. Its much cheaper, i might. Reporter you can call it misery class. But ill be happy getting where i want to go and keeping an extra 100 i another writing, just strap me in with the cargo and throw a packet of peanuts my way. If youre focused on the convenience of flights and the great experience of flying, this is not the fare for you. But if youre trying to get there somewhere cheap, especially at the last minute this, is the fare for you. Reporter the takeaway is read the fine print. The fares are low but the programs are not exactly the same. And you need to make sure youre okay with all of the restrictions. One suggestions we had learn, layers. Since youre allowed one small carryon, you can wear the clothes you cant pack. Are you allowed to use the Restroom Facilities . Just once. My kids would love the idea of not having to fly with me. So would i. Craig, thank you. Mr. Roker, a all right. Lets show you what weve got going on. Can i watch tv while i do this . Look, its me. Wow. What you win today, johnny, that beautiful monitor. Were looking at 14 Million People at risk for some sort of Winter Weather ahead of this storm. On the other side of the storm, weve got 39 Million People, a few supercells developing, damaging winds, tornadoes developing. We have to watch that. Snow stretching from the plains into the upper great lakes. Were looking at anywhere from 12 to 15 inches of snow, 1 to 3 inches of rain. Flood watches friday to sunday night, melting snows adding to that. Look at the refrigerator over here. Thats what going on around the country, here is whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, everybody. Right here at home in the washington area, it is just a beautiful morning to be outside. Temperatures already low to mid50s around d. C. Metro area, even mid50s in the Shenandoah Valley i will will be up near the record. Todays record at dulles, 73. We may tie or eclipse that. Afternoon highs low to mid70s. Plenty of sunshine. A slight chance for shower out in the shenandoah later this afternoon. Tomorrow, sunny, warm, and dry start to finish. Dont forget to check us out every day on sirius xm channel, channel 108. Guys. Mr. Roker, thats very much. Whats trending for kathie lee. Yay. She is whats trending for us. Its important youre here. Yes. I add so much. Especially with this topic. You know man buns. Hate them. Really . You would never date a man with a man bun. Not negotiable. Not that anybody wants to date me. The new thing is man bangs. I want to see them on al. Just bangs. The three of us would take any way we could. I would take a man bang in a second. Can you explain that, here. That that is a trend, though. Man bangs are knocking man buns off their pedestal. Thank goodness. Youve seen them on celebs like justin bieber, jared leto and carson daly. Almost. Like a freddy muenster. Its dumb and dumber. You look a little like fred muenster, also. Stylists say its becoming popular because it makes a bold statement. It does. Has an edge to it. And the statement is ridiculous. Today. Com says that women grow out their bangs because theyve just gone through a breakup. Right. Or theyre hiding their lines. Really . Yes. Maybe thats what men will do, now if they have relationship problems, as well. Arent you happy you got up early . Im delighted. Oh, wow. Of course, they did. Yeah. Of course. You guys pull it off. Thats why they did that if i could cover this forehead, its all good. Go with it. If it was possible to know your future, would you want to know your future . No. Youre in line with about 90 of people in a new study. Overwhelmingly, 90 do not want to know what lies ahead of them, even if their future would be positive. Participants had no interest in learning their destiny. I dont know if its good news. If you knew you were going to hit the lottery. What about the medical future . Thats where everyone goes. Yeah. You dont want to know . What if i have bad news . Information is king. You could do something about it. You really should not express any opinion at all when you look like that. You dont take me seriously now . I want to run my fingers through it. I have information on the new planets, too. I cant tell you how much i want to run my fingers through that. While youre there, can you straighten it, much better. Guys ever gone whale watching . Yes. It can be great. It can be boring. You go out and nothing happens for hour after hour. Thats the bad side. Or it can be like this. One family in virginia got an unexpected surprise. Watch this one. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Wait for it. [ screaming ] that sounds like you, al. If you didnt hear before, the whale saying to the other whale, watch this. You know, you dont always see that when you go whale watching. And you cant always play the audio of a tape like that. Most people react differently. Isnt that incredible . Was it just being playful . Or did it feel like it was being attacked in some way . If you listen to the audio, the guy running the whole thing, he expected it to do this. Its normal even though you know its coming, were going to [ screaming ] the guide, not the whale, gets the extra tips. First up, the music industrys top talent got together last night for the brit awards. Where former wham band member, andrew ridgely, made a tribute to his friend, George Michael. George left us with songs in the beauty of his voice and the poetic vision of his soul, the best of himself. I loved him. And in turn, we, you, have been loved. Nice moment there. Other highlights, the debut of a cool new song from coldplay and the chain smokers. Have a listen. I want something just like this i want somethju thats called something just like this. And you can expect to hear that all over your radio dial all over today. Former spice girl mel b. Wrapped up her run as roxy in chicago. And during her last show, she couldnt help but break a lilt character to have a little spice girl fun. Let me tell you something. Heres a little story from a to z. Thats not roxy. The crowd going crazy there. Spice girls on broadway might be the next big hit. Id go. Why not . Thank you. Now, to a new twist in the botox craze. Apparently its no longer just for people of a certain age trying to recapture their jo ling kent has more. Reporter it seems like millennials, myself included, never let go of our phones. Now, teens and people in their early 20s, are taking their image to the next level and getting botox. Theyre using it as preventative medicine, long before the wrinkles even form. Millennials will do just about anything for the perfect selfie. The right angle, carefully chosen filters and now, even botox. Botox injections for 19yearolds to 34yearolds, jumped 41 between 2011 and 2015. Millennials got 500,000 botox procedures. It doesnt come cheap. Kelsey moore is a ph. D. Student at the university of minnesota. Youre so beautiful. Thanks. Reporter why do you think you need botox . I dont think i need it. I treat it as another skin care reporter her doctor says millennials getting botox at her clinic jumped 82 last year. Why are we seeing this huge spike in botox among Young Millennials . It really has a lot to do with social media. Our Young Millennials are so used to taking selfies, i think they have really evaluate how they look because of all these photos. Reporter moore started botox for her sisters wedding. And comes in every five months. She will spend about 250 on her botox today. How do you justify the cost . Its really expensive. It is really expensive. Ive gotten groupons to help with it. Ive got you for a little botox today. Reporter moore says its about preventing lines from forming in the first place, keeping her face young looking. Half a dose is plenty for you. How i wear sunscreen to protect my skin against aging, th reporter patients must be 18 years old to get botox. If i have a patient that comes in, theyre 18 years old, they dont have lines, i would say, why dont you wait a couple years and come back. I dont think its necessary. Reporter moore sees botox as the way to feel her best now. I think theres a slight stigma thats associated with it. It shouldnt be. We take so much care of our skin now. I think of it as an investment in my future. You made it. Good job. Thank you. Reporter for some millennials, going under the needle might be a step too far. Might be too expensive. There are less invasive options out there. Facials, peels, and good, oldfashioned face cream. Whatever you choose, it comes with a hefty price tag. Been having a little poll around the desk here. Everybody is lying. You wouldnt . Because of the needle . Or you dont care . Both. What are you going to do maybe just a little help. Im not against. But that piece is about millennials. The scars are souvenirs you never lose in life. And i like the idea of aging naturally. But a little help. What are you looking at . You have an interesting point. I didnt have a question. Im all for this. Do as little as possible, as often as you possibly need to. There you go. Its not the botox so much, the person who administers it. Theres an artform to it. Just like youre getting a facelift or something. You can get a lousy one or an awesome one. Not that i know that. Other uses. Friends get it because it releases their migraine headaches. And it was discovered because they were looking for cures f s parkinsons. The shaking. Thats how it came to by. Youre talking to three guys wearing makeup right now. Exactly. A little vanity. You look wonderful. I m y not going to ask you. Jo, thanks is a lot. Coming up, dr. Oz is here. An important lesson in cpr, righoday newsbreak. Good morning. Its 8 26 on this thursday february 23rd. Im aaron gilchrist. Right now lets get a check on the morning commute with Melissa Mollet and first4traffic. Northbound third street tunnel broken down vehicle slowing things as youre approaching the tunnel. 395 inbound seminary road has a crash, debris across the roadway, so we are seeing slowdowns there. 270 southbound no problems, going 45 Miles Per Hour the whole way. All right, melissa, thank you. Well have a check on your forecast when we come back. Stay with us. Good morning, everybody. What a great day to be outside. Open window weather is back, top down wet for convertible in fashion. Temperatures already in the mid50s so just a little coolness here this morning. Toasty warm later today and tomorrow as well. Few showers in the Shenandoah Valley later today. We will be dry around town, aaron. Thank you. Of course latest news and weather any time, just open nbc washington app. Back, now, 8 30 on a thursday morning. Its february 23rd, 2017. And clouded over a little bit. But its really warm in the northeast. Were going into the 60s today. Going to be lovely into tomorrow. Well take it. And in case of emergency, would you know how to save someones life . Dr. Oz is going to make sure were up to speed on cpr and using and you think your breakfast cereal is healthy . It may seem that way when you look at the box. But do you know what is in there . Well show you what to look for on the label and help you make some better choices. When it says count chocula, then you know. Were going to help you roll out the red carpet for your friends and your oscar watch parties. And its not too late for your university to get in on the action for rokerthon 3. We want you to help you set some records. We have some great schools, put in for. And we want some more. Sounds great. Lets get a thank you very much. Starting off your weekend with heavy snow. Upper great lakes, Pacific Northwest. Look for some strong storms firing up in the midwest. Midatlantic states and gulf coast looking good. Storms and windy conditions in the northeast on rain moves back into california on saturday as well from the plains down to the gulf look for plenty of sunshine. Then sunday sunday we are looking for windy and cooler weather in the northeast. More rain making its way from texas into the mid Mississippi River valley. Pacific northwest looking a little on the snowy side. Thats what going on around the country, here is whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, temperatures today, looking at mid70s for a high. Thats going to be unseasonably warm for this time of year. Also near record high temperatures. Then we go into tomorrow, 76 degrees, another day with near record highs. By saturday the first half of the day were looking at drier conditions. Second half of the day showers move in. We could see thunderstorms high around 70 degrees. By sunday 50, breezy, sunny and cooler. Quite a difference across your weekend. Dont forget, check your weather any time you need it, go to the Weather Channel. Le anchorwoman right here. Anchor. We love darlene. I love my baby. Okay. Matt . All right, al. Thank you very much. Did you know that each year more than 350,000 people in this country suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. The survival rate could double if the victim is treated with cpr and automated defibrillator. Dr. Mehmet oz is here with great refreshers for this lifesaving technology. Can i add one caveat . The life you save is someone you know and love. Four of five are someone part of our family. Families who do this, saves themselves. And every minute you do not do one of the procedures, the survival rate decreases by 7 and 10 . You have to do this quickly. Lets talk about the first time you come across someone. Theyve collapsed. What do you call 911. Call for help. Send someone to do it. You have to stay with the patient. You shake them. Make sure theyre out. And you do chest compressions. Very simple. You put the hand across the nipples. Grab across and go like that. Chest compressions, you push down about two inches and you need to go about a ray of 1late. Oldschool, you do this in conjunction with mouthtomouth recessati recessation. It opportunities out, its better if you dont breathe. That crazy math, how many breaths, how many compressions, thats all done. We had all of the medical schools involved. All of the Major Medical societies in our charity for kids. We taught more people to do the texas twostep, call 99 and do chest compression. When do you stop doing chest compressions . When the 100 beats per minute. And if you do this in conjunction with using one of these. And these are aeds. Theyre in public places. They should be in any place that you can be. Many get them in their homes. People think theyre walking into an airplane cockpit. Its intimidating. Youre delivering an electric shock to someone. It cannot hurt them. The machine is so smart. You open it up. It looks like this. You bust it out of the glass. It will tell you very specific things to do. For example, it will tell you, settle down for a sex. Stay calm. Follow these instructions. Those instructions will tell you to take the shirt off of the person. You know the clocks ticking. Youre in good shape. This pad here gets pulled out. Remove or cut clothing if needed. You take the pad out. When theres maps where to put the patches. You need to put the patches around the heart. What this is going to do, it will analyze the heart rate. And then, if necessary, deliver that electric shock. Exactly. You put one beneath the nipple. All you have to do is apply it the right way. Put one, above the other nipple. The heart is between. All youve done is surround the heart. It has told you to do everything i just did. Now, its analyzing. As its analyzing the heart, youre doing chest compressions. It tells you to get away. Now, its analyzing instead of shock. Will be delivered in three, two, one. Delivered. You just saved a life. If you did not get away at that point, what would the peril be to you . In the hospital, we dont take ourselves away. Theres peril, if youre the shock can arc through you. Thats theoretical. But it tells you over and over, to let go, let the patient be before it shocks them. Does this work with anyone in cardiac arrest . Are there patients this would not work for . Theres some folks that it wont work for. The machine knows that. You cannot hurt the patient. And if youre smart about taking it out and applying it like we showed, so simple, either sides of the chest, one below the nipple and one above the nipple, nothing can go wrong. These are in a lot of public places, schools and things like this. About 1,000. Theyre about 1,000. I think they should have them in their homes if they have a risk for a heart problem. Were getting smarter and smarter about predicting people that have risk. Theres 40yearold people who drop dead. The photographer at dropped dead at age 42, and gotten chest compressions for 20 minutes. Chest compressions, we can double and triple the people we save. My goal today with you, today, save someones life. And for the rest of our lives, the same evident will come through, just from what we taught. Dr. Mehmet oz. You can watch his show, weekdays. Check local listings. Up next, the truth about whats really in your cereal. Well help you make some good choices. First, this is today on nbc. Some have it, some dont. When the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. At Strayer University weve seen it in our students for 125 years. And if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. Its time. Strayer university. Lets get it, america. Back at 8 40. You could be enjoying a bowl of cereal right now. But do you know whats in it . Really in it . Making sense of the labors and the boxes can be difficult. We brought in jackie london to help. Shes the nutrition director at Good Housekeeping magazine. I want to talk about portion control and sizes. I tend to fill up the bowl. My bowls at home when it comes to cereal serving sizes, there is no standard serving size. You want to look for something between half a cup and a full cup. Ones that are higher density, these that are more of the clusters, the higher fiber versions, those will be more on the halfcup size. The lighter ones, like the average cheerios will be a full cup. Shooting for a calorie range. Youre looking to round out your complete breakfast to be. 350 to 400 calories. That will get you through the morning. I want to bring up another topic. Thats the labels and the claim cla claims. No artificial colors and ingredients. These are specific by the fda. If youre looking wholesome, nutrition food, in your diet, youre not going to get that from a processed cereal. You can get that starting with things that are the basics. You want to look for 100 whole grains as your first ingredient. That can be wheat or oats. And you want the Ingredient List to be as simple as possible. And you can do something with this option, one of my favorites because its a grab and go. You can add your own sweetener in there. This is what good hou housekeeping labs like. Theyre tested for nutritional quality and for taste. And you can get all of the nutrition you need in the morning. The other thing you see a lot of times, its good for you because it has x, y and z. A good source of this is another one that has an fda definition. 10 of the daily value, means its a good source. We see these frequently. But we dont eat nutrients. W we want to be looking for a hearty combination of three grams each, protein and fabiber. That gives you sustained energy and keep energy up through the rest of your day. This is starting your day. Absolutely. This is starting your day. And fiber is one of the kn nutrients that americans are getting my half. And high protein is linked to reduced are risk of weight gram. Look for three grams each. Cheerios is a way to start. And your kashi go lean has 11 grams of protein. Im trying to cut out sugar. I am reading the labels. And it says no highfructose corn syrup. Sugar by any name is still sugar. Many of therc lots of cereals. One corn syrup. Cane juice. Another sneaky one is fruit juice concentrate. Those are often found as a sneaky source of added sugar. But nothose can add up. What youre looking for in terms of creating a nutritious breakfast, less than ten fwrgra of added sugar, under 2 grams of milligrams of sodium. These are excellent choices. This is one of my favorites from kind snacks. This can be eaten on its own. Its a delicious Peanut Butter version. And the ezekiel has no added sugar in there. You have your raspberries and we can poor milk in here. You have sweetened this naturally on your own. And a filling way to start your morning. Thanks for the advice. Coming up, having friends to watch the oscars on sunday we have great ideas to punch things up, including red carpetworthy cocktails. You can have it with your cereal. First, this is todayn nbc. O welcome back. The 89th Academy Awards are on sunday. If youre thinking of throwing a watch party, we got you covered. Thats right. Here with diy ideas, to add glamour to your gettogether, heres j. J. Karas. Nice to see you. Were just a couple of guys doing some diy projects. Im here on dude week. How lucky am i . Its great. Im going to start you with a little oscars buzz. Literally. Were going to go to oscars buzz. Upon arrival, were going to have a red carpet cocktail. This is so yummy. This is pomegranate liqueur, topped with champagne. You need a gold swizzle drinkers, a pomegranate Shirley Temple with the mint. Do you think shirley would like the mint . I think she would. And for a nonalcoholic, we have pomegranate juice topped with 7up. This is a great nonalcoholic drink. For teens, tweens, the guests that dont drink. And a lovely sprig of mint. So refreshing. I know you like red wine. That also works for the oscars. Because its red. This is really good. And people need to pace themselves on the drinks because oscar night can get very long. It can really go long. You have diy game ideas. It can get long. I love giving guests an activity. These are oscar ballots. Its fun to hand your guest something as they walk into your house. I printed off the internet. Anyone can get it. Theres a plethora to choose on it. This is under a dollar. Not everyone would have a clipboard. You might not have six clipboards hanging around. Isnt that chic and glam. Its nice to play a game. I love coming up with your own categories. Best dressed. Best red carpet pose. And best red carpet pose. Tweet these days. Best red carpet pose can be fun after a little oscars buzz and in the aftershow. And give them a little prize to walk out with something. Handing out your own awards. Popcorn. You have the beautiful decorations here. But youre serving different flavors of popcorn. Different favors because we cant go to the movies without popcorn. And its easy to make. This is here. Should we try a little. Im going to hand you a bowl. This is loaded baked and red velvet. Great bowls are a great idea. No doubledipping. Whats the main dish . And manchester by the seafood. How fun is that . Seafood. This is a shrimp bruschetta. You can go off a lot of seafoods. Shrimp bruschetta with plump tomatoes. We have indian im so sorry, for the lion, indian samosas, with a mint chutney dipping sauce. As a mother, seeing these two movies, maybe we should have put onion rings because they were so sad, right . Those two movies were so sad. Grown men crying in theaters. I like what you did with the napkins, folding them like awards envelopes. The winner is you can fold it like a napkin. And red ribbons. You can diy that. That is so easy. How fun at a place setting. You are going to do it. My people are going to pull that off. I know the address of a great craft store for you. Just a white linen napkin. And whats for dessert . And then, at moonlight, we have our dessert bar. For la la land, we did a kit cat piano. And you can go in here and finish it off. Who doesnt love a kitkat . Im more of a twizzler guy. And the red carpet ropes for the twizzlers. You take the white kitkat and you have your piano for la la land. And the moon pies . The moon pies forhidden tape that she did a math formula. And then, delicious moon pies. And we put them in a baggy. Thats a great thing to send your guests off with. And a little takehome bag. And a takehome bag because its a wrap. And guests love to go home with something. They can put their treats in here, red carpet twizzlers and thats a wrap. You do the puns all night. All the time. Isnt it great . Given you all of your oscar puns. Thanks, guys. Happy oscars. You can find these ideas and more on our website, today. Com. Up next, ryan eggold, on the blacklist spinoff. Rst, this is today ofin creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Never stop smiling. I know. Back now, 8 54, with ryan eggold, as you know. Hes on the blast list. Now, starring in the new sinoff, the blacklist redemption. Thanks. You know a show is doing well when they start spinning it off. Did you have second thoughts about leading this one . Many. I was excited. The character is so much fun. So multifacetted. Hes a spy and assassin and a husband and a father and an orph orphan. It was a great character. Members between this show and the blacklist . We really want to launch this show and create a new story. And once we get moving, were going to try to make the two mythologies cross over a little bit. And when tom keen is in blacklist, a lot of action and stuff. Now that youre leading this, youre busier now. And more things hurt. Whats the latest injury . Exactly. Its the sillest thing. A bruised knee or a cut finger. Its good. Anything to get the blood moving. Did you have an idea that the show was going to take off the way it has . No. You never know. Its about the audience and the energy and the plan and hearing what people react to. And its so exciting to feel that and to talk to people. This is a warmup bauecause youre going to come back in the next hour. Ill be back. We wanted to fill this side of the couch. The tonight, 10 00, 9 00 central time. Right here on nbc. We have Jordin Sparks as our cohost. Announcer this is a news 4 today newsbreak. 8 56 is your time now on this thursday february 23rd, 2017. Good morning to you, im eun yang. Right to Melissa Mollet first 4 commute. University boulevard brandnew crash in the left lane slowing things a bit. Loudoun at west dulles, 66 95 not bad, 270 good northbound and southbound as well. Eun. Thanks, melissa. Well take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. Good thursday morning. Temperatures close to 60 degrees now, 59 in the district. But lauren 52. Temperatures will be warming up today. 74 for a high, 76 tomorrow. Normal high 49 degrees. So were looking at some near record high temperatures for reagan, dulles both days we could be within a few degrees of that. Eun. Thanks, sheena. Get the latest news and weather any time on nbc washington app. This morning on todays take, a true american idol, Jordin Sparks, our celebrity cohost. And two of the most talented leading men, ryan eggold, and bradley whitfield. And the giveaways continue. Tune in to win right now. From nbc news, this is todays take. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Oh. Welcome to today, a freebie thursday morning. February 23rd, 2017. And were listening to tattoo, our lovely guest cohost, Jordin Sparks. Pull that up a little bit. I like that song. Its a port art of everythingo on my heart like a tattoo how does it feel when strangers sing your song . It was a dream to put out music and have people singing it back. The first time, i put my microphone out to see if they would sing it back to me. And i literally thought they were going to cry. Because they sang the entire song. Thats great for you. You dont have to really work. Well, i mean, im always working. But on the nights im tired, it helps. I wondered about that. Sf it was help. I sing a lot of really high, belting songs. Sometimes, maintaining my voices, sometimes its stronger than others. To be able to hold the microphone out. Sometimes they do. Sometimes theres one person in the front and i go straight to them. Youre singing. Hey. Ill remember that for the weather. Get somebody t you have a big weekend ahead. Singing the National Anthem at the daytona 500. It is a bucket list moment for me, actually. I never started out going, i want to sing anthems everywhere. Im honored when people ask me to sing. Its our nations song. To do it is really, really cool. I did the super bowl. I was going to ask you. Youve done the super bowl, right . And nba finals. I still want to the world series. I did the indy 500. Put that out there. A couple years ago. Now, nascar, its one of the huge sporting events. Do you worry that youll forget the word ps s . We all know the words. But in that moment . Every time. I must love the torture. But every time im nervous. Im scared. Thats fair. Talk about the work youre doing with disabled veterans. The movement that characters in the film, one of the characters is a racer. And joe fwigibb, a huge figure the racing world, is a part of it. And thats how we got involved with that the and disabled American Veterans is a great, great cause for veterans to come and just know that they are able to do things still. They tonight have to feel that way. You know . And they can do everything that they want to do. And we try to figure out how we can accomplish that for them. Its awesome. And to be able to say thank you in some form. We have president fwb fgeorgh coming on monday. And hes done terrific work, honoring disabled veterans. Hes going to talk with matt live. This is really cool. He did 60 portraits . I think he did more than 60. Quite the painter now. The artist. We have a game today. We love playing games. One of our producers, gavin. Ha were calling the game when i saw gavin, we have to have a game. Youre going to call it spark something . He came up with sparks notes. Gavin, very nice. All right. Hes a little too excited. We think we found fun facts about you on the web. We never know. Im terrified. Here we go. Heres the first one. Your goto karaoke song is i want to dance with somebody by Whitney Houston . Yes. Thats so much fun. And everybody gets up. Hey, yeah. You can actually sing. The rest of us take a pencil and mouth it. You cant help but move, right . This is one in the purple dress and the curls. Oh, please. Classic. Miss you. Love, love, love. You want the next one . n sync show in 1999 . Oh, my gosh. Okay, wait. This is the first time youre covering up your face . I remember going. It was one of my first shows ever. Concert or going . Pijust going. Pink was the opening act. And i remember n sync and cisco. You have to love them. They were so cute to me. Ill never forget it because i went with her. She invited me to go. And i still have this frame that has my ticket in it and a pictu picture. And some of the confetti we caught. Have you met Justin Timberlake . I have, yes. Did you have a fan girl moment . I almost melted into a puddle. I cant believe youre standing in front of me. That was in 2012, i think. But he was really cool. And i didnt know he was in the dressing room, you know, connecting wall. And so, i was b music. Oh, cool. Thats good. Better than you saying bad things about him. Yeah, i love this song. What is your first concert . Im curious. My first. I got curious all of a sudden. Did i open up a can of worms. Its not a can of worms. But nobody you ever heard of. So soupy sales. He was a kid show host. And he had a national hit called the mouse. And he had a kids show. And i used to dress up as soupy sales. I had a ventriloquist dummy. And i came in second place in the new York City Parks department Talent Contest in 1964. I lost to four girls that lipsynced i want to hold you hand by the beatles. Hey, you can do it in your house, yeah on the run or on the wall if your folks get bugged, do it in the hall do the mouse, yeah lets do the mouse and come on and do the mouse with me gavin, where are you . Do the mouse. People are watching this like so excited about. It. This was a number one song. You can do it around your house, yeah thats disturbing. You cant do it there is really nothing to it shake your hands from your ears make like a mouse put your teeth on and sneer hey, do the house, yeah put your teeth out and sneer. I dont know that song. Whats yours . Mine was m. C. Hammer. I have nothing but you. I wanted to put on biker shorts an i was about to say. The only people that remember this are my age or older. You just did a walk down memory lane. Im sure they were all in their house, doing the mouse. Waking up doing the mouse with al. In the nursing home. You did a detox thing. I you know, i dont have my phone with me. Im leaving it out. Dont you feel naked . No. I dont. You know, im trying to just cut back. Im not going to go completely cold turkey. But i just like the be more in the present. What is the last time you left your phone at home . Ever . I went on i did a detox thing, too. Sometimes im just like, i feel overwhelmed by it all. So, a amongsmonth last summer. A month . Im not going to do it. Its freeing and really this weighs. But it can really, like, weigh you down. And you feel like theres clutter all around you. I like to do that. Okay, guys, see you later. I know people are sometimes, you to keep up and whatever. But my peace is essential. So, lets keep that. Wow. I admire you. Thats wow. You could have done a Digital Detox yesterday. You used one. Alexa was ordering stuff. I just got a message from apple, or amazon. Thank you for ordering Unlimited Music on apple or something. No, didnt. It was my two fo4yearolds. Alexa asked if they wanted to buy something and i said yes. Where was i . Supervision, the whole thing. I was in the other room. And you tush turned me on to alexa. Now, its the big thing. I feel like they play board games. They dance. And she entertains them. Its alexa is great. Oh, no. Go ask alexa for dinner. Leave me alone. And now, i cant figure out how to unpurchase it. How do you do that . Tell alexa to do it. All the emails say no reply. You know what i mean . Thats how they get you. Just ahead, new details about tom bradys missing jersey, the champion quarterback coming forward with his own list of suspects. Going all law order on us. Wait until you hear who he is calling out. Soupy sales, after baby crying minutes old. A babys skin is never more delicate. What do hospitals use to wash and protect it . Johnsons® the number 1 choices in hospitals. Testinhuh . Sting is this thing on . Come on your turn where do pencils go on vacation . 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Im here tonight to present an award to meryl streep. [ applause ] i remember the first time i met meryl. We were in london. And meryl was having a bite to eat with christine beranski. And i walked over to the table and said, hello. Im james. And she looked me in the eye, and she said to me, i want the lemoncrusted salmon and a diet coke with no ice. That is fantastic. I guess he was dressed up. A nice lovely tux on. When a very polite gentleman and introduces himself by his first name at a restaurant, thats the assumption. Ever had an that . I have had a lot of awkward moments. I dont know if i had them with a celebrity. I had a lot of awkward moments with fans and stuff. I get nervous, like for example, if meryl streep was standing right there. Well, her pictures there. I would be, like, from over here. You dont say anything . Really . I will Say Something dumb. And i dont want to do that. Ideal ive, like, feel comfortable enough to be like, i have something to say. They probably wouldnt mind. Youre Jordin Sparks. I understand that. Do you go right in and say hello . You try to read the person, you know . If they seem approachable. Thats what i love about this job. You get to meet all these people. Our jobs would suck if we didnt like people. That would be bad. Thats very true. You know what suck . If you win the super bowl for the fifth time and somebody steels your jersey. Now, tom brady is going columbo trying to solve the case. He posted on instagram with some potential suspects, including lady gaga. She did have the rope and could get in and out easily. Thats funny. Theres jaws which i dont understand. Tom brady, creepy brady. Look at creepy me. Thats funny. And another suspect, jordin spar sparks. Why snme . Sitting in the patriots section. I was sitting there, though. I was sitting there. I got my tickets. I didnt know where i was. I was in the middle. I didnt take the jersey. Its worth 500,000. I know. Im not going to be with you tomorrow. Where are you going . On the show but down in south and food festival. Im happy with this today. And we are gathering together an allstar panel of chefs to make breakfast. We have martha stewart, and jamie lee, scott cohen, and marcus samuelsson. We will be there all morning from 7 00 to 10 00 a. M. Thats like cuisine royalty. Cheers. Are they safe . Good morning, everyone. Yes. Our crew is trying to poison us. Thats delicious. Fantastic. Big snowstorms developing in the plains. Ahead of that were going to see Severe Weather developing through the midwest and Mississippi River valley. We do look for very warm air throughout gulf coast, Midatlantic States. Cold air comes in, 20s, 30s back to the west, theres the clash. Heavy snow through the plains, records high eastern saebds. High fire threat throughout west coast where they need the help drying things out. Thats what going on around the country, here is whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, everybody. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Right here at home its already a spectacular day to be outside. Upper 50s. Even a few locations into the 60s. Gaithersburg 61. All the way up to 60. 57. There are a few lingering drops of rain across parts of far Southern Maryland and later today there could be a stray shower in the Shenandoah Valley. Most of the area will be dry and warm. Highs today around 73, 74 degrees, even warmer tomorrow. Enjoy it. That is the latest weather. Of course, it is freebie february. If you want to win, dont go anywhere. Wait until you see what were giving away. A bigscreen bonanza for. Its not an antiaging face cream. Its realizing beauty doesnt stop at my chin. Roc®s formula adapts to delicate skin areas. My fine lines here . Visibly reduced in 4 weeks. Chest, neck, and face cream from roc®. Methods, not miracles. ™ mom doesnt know we have him. Its something about responsibility. But shes got the nose of a blood hound. 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Stay tuned. Here to take this instudio trivia challenge, thomas and brandy norton for oswego. Yes. What are your kids names . Lea and benjamin. You want to say happy birthday to grandpa. Heres our trivia question. What is currently the longest running show in tv history . Seinfeld . Days of our lives . Or meet the press . Were going to go with accouc meet the press. Were going to roll the tape. The answer is c, meet the press. It first aired on november 6th, 1947. If its sunday its chuck todd and meet the press. You have won a 55inch this tv. Yes. Thats right. Its a 4k hdrcompatible hdtv. You havent said a word. Youre not the only ones going home with one. We have sheinelle and jordin on the plaza with our fans. Give away that tv. Here we go. Here we go. How about . Youre getting a tv. Where are you from . Atlanta, georgia. Congratulations. Thanks for coming. Im going to give it to my dude. We got the new york giants up in here. We got to rep the new york giants. Fair enough. Fair enough. One more. One more. This is such pressure. How are you doing . How are you doing . What does it say . My husband and son were too lazy to get up early with me. I was here at 6 30. Tell your husband next time to wake up and come with you to the plaza. I love that. They dont get the tv. You do. Al, there you go. I love you two standing next to each other. That is spectacular. And these are the tallest heels i own. All right. Now, were twins. Thanks to high sense, giving away two more of the 58 tvs to viewers at home. Coming up, somebody we love. The blacklists ryan eggold, back with redemption ahead of his spinoff series, after your local news and weather. Ooh, move it. Right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it ign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. 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And tom got there with his love for liz and now having a baby and becoming a father, he is discovering the things that are worth living for. A lot of people are ru wondering, will there be a crossover . Were launching a new story, new world. New cost of characters. Eddie and famika jensen is back. And myself and tawny. We and beyond this world, they would start to cross the two over, and build an even bigger puzzle. Is there more pressure, now that youre the star of the show . Im freaking out. Thank you for being honest. I love it. I would have said the same thing. Yes, im stressed. Thanks. Im excited to see what the fans think and what people think of the show. And to sort of discover the show as were creating it and have a new world. Were trying to have more fun with it, with an oceans 11 banter between eddie and i. Its fun. What happens to tom keen on the blacklist. Hes a dad, a husband. Do you vanish . What the heck . Yes. If theres anybody i skydive out of a plane into a new show. If theres anybody that understands wanting to understand your origin and identity, is liz with the red of it all. I present this that i need to orphaned. Whats the deal with my mother and truth. And she gives me her blessing to figure that out. Thats nice. Supernice. A cohost last week, kim cattrall. And i understand that you and kim cattrall locked lips. There may have been a little moment. There was a moment. We should explain, ryan. The very beginning of the show, you know, we do the questions out of a boot. We didnt do a boot for myrrh. Whatev whatever. What is the secret to a good onscreen kiss . I went in for it and kim denied me. She denied you . Denied. A repeat. Every time i come here, i want to kiss somebody, al. Bring it, egg oold. It was a big thing. We dropped it. At the end, she leaned in. She felt compelled. Took a little mercy on me. We want to try something called ryans redemption. The new show is about the characters trying to right some wrongs. Are there any wrongs in your past, that you would like to write . That youre willing to share . That im willing to share. That i wont go to jail for. You know what . I was a rapscallion, if you will. I just learned that word this morning. Let me dictionary. Com that. Thats like a beat box onion. I would do all sorts of things to my teachers. When they werent looking, i would write something on the chalkboard. And they would turn around and go, come on. Who did this . And everybody would laugh. And id get the attention that i wanted. How did they not notice . Chalk is not silent. I was a spy even then. Wow. It was meant to be. Ryan eggold, blacklist redemption airing tonight. Right after an allnew episode of the blacklist. Is that when you tell liz i got to go . Yes. You have to watch two hours, baby. I love that. Coming up, another big hollywood star, mr. 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Four months. Five months, actual hi. Shes right. Im wrong. Atta boy, get better get used to saying that. Im so sorry. She right. Im wrong. See . Does he have an off button . This is exhausting. I know. I want to give you a tour. Good morning. Im sorry. Its terribly close to home. I think my kids are as horrified by me as allisons character is. Man. This movie, has gotten a rare 100 review on rotten tomatoes. As soon as you read the script, you wanted in . Honestly, before i read the script i wanted to do it because jordan is just the biggest fan. Jordan peele. Jordan peele. But then, i read this script. And it blew me away. It was a forehead knocker. You rarely read a script where you think, why hasnt this movie been made before . And yet, i have never seen anything like it. For people that dont know, explain the premise. I feel like its creepy and funny. An incredible combination. A thriller, a horror movie and about something very interesting. This is jordan peele. He is not serving your civic vegetables. It is abinkrn incredible ride. Im proud of him. That is absolutely incredible. Watching you on the preview, i was sitting here. I was awkward. I havent had conversations with my dad. A meet the parents moments . You have a daughter, right . Two daughters. And i can relate to that moment. It had a different outcome. It didnt end the same way . Im fwlad to hear that. Not giving anything away. I wanted him to get out sooner. Thats all i would say. From the bequiginning, you were creepy. Its definitely creepy. But he builds the tension. And its a really interesting ride. And i think the movie is going to appeal, not only to horror fans. But its an incredible ride. I have a question for you. So, you like to play the villains. What draws you to roles like this . Do i look for the racist, is that a good term of phrase . You do. Thats my wheelhouse, is the aging racist. Its like youve got a split personality. And speaking of politics, last time you were here good segue. You did a split, spontaneously. Whats the secret . Honestly, tracy ullman had just done one. I thought it was what you had to do to be on the today show. We havent told jordin yet. I think its genetic. Im realizing this is a strange family. My grandmother in her 80s can bend over and put her hands on the floor. That family photo must have been a blast. Very loose. Bradley, thank you so much. Company, universal, opens in theaters tomorrow. Im going to go over do it, al. Spring over to the weather. Im not doing the splits. Anyway, lets show you whats going on as far as your weekend outlook is concerned. Starting tomorrow heavy snow western great lakes back to the plains, Pacific Northwest, strong storms move into the central great lakes and upper Mississippi River valley. That strong Stormy Weather moves into the northeast and new england on saturday. Rain moves back into the west coast unfortunately and snow left over around great lakes. Sunday sunday windy and colder in the northeast Midatlantic States but still stays warm through the south. Showers central ohio river valley. Look for more snow back through the Pacific Northwest and northern california. Thats what going on around the country, here is whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, temperatures are warming up very quickly now. Were near 60 for most of the area. 63 in gaithersburg. As we go through the day well be getting into the 70s. 67 around lunchtime, 74 around happy hour. Close to record highs in some parts of the area. Feel like may. Saturday dry first half, rain second half, still around 70. Sunday breezy and cooler around 50 degrees. Latest weather coming up next. Wishbone, snapchat, do you know which apps your kids are using. Well rundown the hottest ones so youll have no requested what they are doing after these messages. 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One of the things that theyve done, is theyve got these filters. If you top on your face for instance, there i am. You look good. See if this works. I have the same problem. It wont recognize my face. It worked before. I cant feel my face when im with you. They have the filters that change the way your face looks. Here we go. See . See that . You need that crown, yes. Perfect. Thats what i was going for. And theyre selling the glasses, now. Everywhe everywhere you know, you can be taking video. How about prisma. Prisma is another photo op. And you can apply the filters on them. The reason it takes a long time, its not changing the settings. It breaks the photo down and redraws it. Wow. That worked out well. Look at that. Look at what you did. They have 40 or 50 filters. Okay. Theres the other one. Walk us through wishbone. Wishbone is technically a social network. But just like an Entertainment App for wasting time. And its mostly for we need more of those. For tween girls, basically. And basically, you go through and answer the polls. Would you or always smell bad . Im going to go with live in a dump. Wouldnt you smell bad if you lived in a dump . You would be the best person snelling smelling in a dump. You can come up with your own questions. Thats true. How about house party . House party is pretty cool. House party is basically, a like a party line . Like a video party line. And the way it works is see . Hey, guys. You got jenna and sheinelle and lee miller. If your friends logon, everybody is aware that theyre there. Kids go on this thing and hang out for hours. How many at one time . Up to eight. Time to wrap it up, guys. Our director is giving us cues. Like the brady box jason, we appreciate it. Well be back in a moment but first, this is today on nbc. We love it when Jordin Sparks is here. Everybody loves it. Thank you, thank you. I love being here. So, thank you. Have fun down at daytona. I just saw that in your nose. Yes. I was like, what . The little ring. Youre back tomorrow. Thats what she meant. What is that in announcer this is a news 4 today newsbreak. 9 5 is your time now on this thursday february 23rd, 2017. Good morning to you, im eun yang. Metro leader expected to discuss its dwindling financial state and program at a meeting today. The agency predicts a 125 million shortfall in revenue this year. Transportation reporter at the meeting, follow him on twitter sheena parveen, loving this spring weather. I love it, too. 61 in the district. Partly cloudy skies out there. As we go through the day, youll see clouds around but we will continue to warm up. 74 for a high today, 76 tomorrow. Suddenly feeling more like may. We could be within a few degrees of record high for parts of the area. Saturday we have early rain moving in or late rain i should say. Temperatures getting around 70. Sunday we are a lot cooler around 50 and sunny, eun. Thanks. Megan mcgrath will be live at mayor bowsers News Conference where expected to announce new d. C. Chief. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. Were sglad youre with us for thirsty thursday. 23rd of february. Running into the last week already of february. Can you believe it . No. It was the shortest month and always cold. I was always glad when it was over. So it feels like spring around here. Thats castle on a hill. Thats ed sheeran. Do we have a great show today . A pretty great show. Our plaza was packed because its ambush makeovers. Everybody loves that