captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf. what an important day for the polish people. the start of the week of mourning for the president and others who died in the crash of the jetliner in russia. many are calling it the worst tragedy since world war ii. there s a sea of flowers outside the presidential palace and you can see thousands have shown up to pay their respects. we ll have the latest on the crash in just a minute. then we re going to have new information on the scandal involving that little boy who was sent back to russia by his adoptive mother in tennessee. there are reports that several families in russia have now expressed interest in adopting him. plus if there s a comeback dog, she s ruby. some are calling her a bionic dog. her story of survival and recovery. it is a happy ending. we ll begin in europe with the day of mourning. today sirens
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf. what an important day for the polish people. the start of the week of mourning for the president and others who died in the crash of the jetliner in russia. many are calling it the worst tragedy since world war ii. there s a sea of flowers outside the presidential palace and you can see thousands have shown up to pay their respects. we ll have the latest on the crash in just a minute. then we re going to have new information on the scandal involving that little boy who was sent back to russia by his adoptive mother in tennessee. there are reports that several families in russia have now expressed interest in adopting him. plus if there s a comeback dog, she s ruby. some are calling her a bionic dog. her story of survival and recovery. it is a happy ending. we ll begin in europe with the day of mourning. today sirens
this hour. 12 minutes your outer loop drive time. and if you re going to travel south on 95 from the beltway to 12 minute right there. keep your speeds down, watch for slick spots. we ll switch over to a live look there greenspring. that s a look at traffic traffic pulse 11. our big story this morning should hand held cell phones be band behind the wheel. the state of that controversial bill could be determined by the house of delegates today and welcome news for one family. jennifer franciotti is live this morning with the latest on that. good morning. the herd family lost their daughter back in 2008 to distracted diving. we ll have more on that part coming up at 5:30 but for now the bill that passed would allow those to use at red lights. using a hand held cell phone for any reason while the car is in motion would be against the wall and would be considered a second offense and that means you can t be pulled over however if you re pulled over for another reason and/or