Plus, cereal for a cause the story behind a cereal box domino chain were in North Carolina with details. And secrets of a ventriloquist. Well introduce you to this puppeteer who is making history and hoping to inspire a new generation of storytellers make you proud of me this is nbc nightly news kids edition welcome back to kids edition. Im lester holt. Its great to be with you on a saturday morning we have an awesome lineup today, everything behind the science of those Sweet Cravings we all have, to a rare birth at one zoo in the u. S and later on, well have some fun with puppeteer and ventriloquist megan typhus you move your hand for each syllable youre saying, so if you want to say basketball, i would say basketball did she just take my voice . We begin with the weather. Parts of the country have been hit by extreme weather this week, rain, storms, and even tornadoes, and one young viewer had this question on his mind. Hi. My name is sam, and im 4 years old. And i want to talk about
Of a race because an opponent would like to have it that way. Nikki haley fighting to stay in the race. Leave the negativity and the baggage behind. While President Biden hopes to rally support from all parts of his own party the stakes higher than ever with the general election just eight months away. Well break it all down. Breaking overnight, raging inferno. A massive fire and multiple explosions at an industrial plant near detroit debris found up to a mile away nearby residents urged to stay indoors. Well have the very latest. Live from the scene. On trial jury selection set to begin in the highprofile case against a School Shooters father, just one month after his mothers first of its kind conviction here we snow again the next winter storm taking aim out west after that massive blizzard thats paralyzed parts of california. We were like, eh, its snow weve got this. And then snow ma geden while up and down the east coast, tens of millions bracing for heavy rain your full forecast j
Even more on the way. In texas, new wildfire dangers fueling more evacuations overnight. And all of it as the northeast enjoys springlike temperatures. But a major cooldown on the way. Were tracking it all. Breaking overnight. Nikki haley wins her first republican primary. America is better than what we see right now. Ahead of tomorrows allimportant super tuesday contest with 15 states up for grabs and trump heavily favored. Will it be haleys last stand . Direct message. There must be an immediate ceasefire. Vice president Kamala Harris escalates the biden administrations push for a truce in the middle east as the first u. S. Air drop of emergency aid arrives in the region. A live report ahead. New push. An American Company asking to renew the search for Malaysia Flight 370 ten years after its shocking disappearance. New plans into solving one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time. Those stories, plus crowd control. The popular hot spot now breaking up with spring break. The c
This was a unanimous decision. The court saying. States cannot ban donald trump from running for another term because of the insurrection and in rejecting that colorado challenge. Applies to all states, illinois and maine. Remember also trying to get trump removed from their ballots. The Supreme Court says states cannot do that with respect to federal offices, especially the president say a little wind to below trump swings going into super tuesday, although the court did not specifically address whether the former president had engaged in insurrection. Weve got a couple of reactions from our political analysts. I wasnt 100 to be told that it would be a 9, nothing decision. The fact that it was is a fluid thing because means even in a divided Supreme Court that they can see certain issues as essential. And the reality the last position going into this, that the individual states to make this decision. Hamstring the republic to for. Now in this ruling, however, that we saw today that th
With some breaking news for you, something to tell you about. Take a look at this. So in the north bay, a large sheriffs presence is at two separate scenes. The first one is on stony point road south of bellevue in Sonoma County. The second is on todd road west of the freeway. Here is a live look at the scene. Both of those areas are expected to remain shut down for the next several hours. The Sheriffs Office is asking commuters to avoid that area. So far, no other information is being released and our own Ginger Conejero saab is there at the scene. Shes going to give us an update in the next half hour. Our other top story, heavy snow coming down not just in the sierra, but also near the south bay. One peak getting several inches of snow, Mount Hamilton close to san jose. Typically the road is closed when the snow falls, but not yesterday. So dozens of people drove up the winding road to Lick Observatory in order to play in the snow. For some people, it was quite the milestone. Very co