And sports spectacular. It is one of the biggest weekend ever for sports fans. From the Kentucky Derby to the nfl draft and basketball and hockey playoffs and the biggest battle of all. The fight of the century. Manny pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather jr. Today, saturday may 2nd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Thomas Roberts in for lester who will join us from baltimore. We have dylan dreyer live at Churchill Downs where the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby will take place later today. We see you have a nice fascinator right there. We have been taking bets. The fascinator. The duchess of cambridge giving birth to a baby girl an hour ago. She went into the hospital at 1 00 london time. The princess weighs 8 pounds and 3 ounces. The big question now we know it is a girl the name. We dont know that yet. We know there are plenty of celebratio
Palace announced this morning the duchess kathryn has given birth to a healthy daughter. The little girl was born at 8 34 a. M. And weighed 8 lbs. 3 ounces Prince William was with her when they went to st. Marys hospital and at the birds and took an take a look into this right now a huge crowds are gathered outside Buckingham Palace. The palace has not yet announced the name for the newborn and there are no pictures yet she is the first princes born into British Royal family since her great aunt princes and in 1950 the palace said the baby is the fourth in the line for this round. Reporter not visible like tetroxide st. Marys hospital in london where the baby was born and again we will get a glimpse of the royal family and we do we will bring it to you live reporter and coverage of the new baby continues on the web and will also be posting a family of total of the royal newborn as soon as were able to get one could check it out on a kron4. Com reporter i spake i should of one paid to w
Joyride. A man charged with stealing a plane in the middle of the night. Air Traffic Controllers on alert. Authorities coaxing him to land. What was his plan . And Treasure Hunt tens of thousands of people flocking to the mountains looking for a chest said to be filled with precious gems and gold, channeling their own indiana jones. The cryptic clues embedded in a poem. Who will solve this riddle for riches . 1 shlgts good morning, everybody. Starting with a spectacle in las vegas. The richest fight in the history of boxing. Were talking hundreds of millions of dollars. Floyd mayweather and Manny Pacquiao went 12 rounds. In the end it was mayweather unanimously declared the winner. There were questions about whether it was a fair fight. Pacquiao says he was denied treatment for injury just moments before getting into the ring. There was controversy. Mayweather escorted by Justin Bieber and pacquiao escorted by jimmy kimmel dressed up as bieber. A bit of a spectacle there. And this morn
Than bananas in boxes at the Grocery Store. Hidden beneath the fruit, 50 pounds of cocaine said to be the largest ever coke seizure in berlin found in 14 different branches of the aldi cane. Police said it was worth about 17 million. Oh. Goodness gracious. Weve got a major new study aimed at preventing concussions on the football field under way at ucla. 27 players on the team will be wearing special helmets for the next three years in practice and during games that contain sensors that measure every hit and transmit data to a computer. If a player suffers a significant hit a warning goes off. Ucla also does additional testing when the brain has a head injury its going through a process of recovery. We have very sort of indirect ways of trying to assess when the brain has recovered. Doctors behind the study say its all about changing the they point out less than 10 of concussions involve a loss laugh conscious consciousness. New Research Suggests sleep walking is a family affair. Findi
Forces honoring the newest inductees in the rock n roll hall and fame. Beatles reunite. With a little help from my friends an emotional evening for honorees as they reflect on the careers that made them stars. We have some of the highlights today, sunday, april 19th 2005. Welcome to today on this sunday morning im Peter Alexander in for our friend in for lester holt. And im Sheinelle Jones in with dylan dreyer. How about that rock n roll hall of fame . Were going to get a chance to see all may 30th on hbo. A couple of the beatles reuniting. Joan jett Stevie Wonder green day celebrated as well. A lot of everything there. Erica is in new yorks central park this morning along with Natalie Morales and 10,000 other women who are all off and running in the more fitness shape half marathon. The race is just starting. Before the ladies took off, erica, natalie and the women of today sent us this. We are here in central park and we are so excited with a lot of our run for today women. Back ther