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Earlier in the week. This morning, how bad its going to get and how long the big chill will last. Highspeed chase a Dramatic Police pursuit in houston, caught on camera. Two suspected bank robbers racing down the highway, slamming into cars, riding on their rims, with sparks flying. The police chase finally coming to an end, with this dramatic attempt to carjack another car. This morning, the tale of the tape. And survival of the fittest. Chanel and two producers put their lives on the line, taking part in a simulated plane crash into the water. The Lessons Learned and the bonds formed. Today, saturday, march 4th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on another busy saturday morning, im craig melvin. And im chanel jones. Were waking up to more drama this morning. President trump moments ago sending out a flurry of tweets. A Shocking Development this morning, writing on twitter that former president obama had his wires tapped at trump tower before the election. Lets get to casey hon in west palm beach. Good morning. Chanel, craig, good morning. President trump already up here at his winter white house in maralago. Tweeting potentially explosive new allegations about the Obama Administration wiretapping at trump tower just before the election. He writes, terrible just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Nothing found and he says, this is mccarthyism. This is just emerging, we have trying to find out exactly the latest and what has happened. But this is shaping up to be another busy weekend for the president. President trump touching down in florida for another working weekend. It is not rest at the southern white house, its all work. Making the short trip from his maralago estate to the swanky four season, meeting with wealthy republican donors. In public, trying to turn the tables on democrats, tweeting this picture of nancy pelosi meeting with the Russian Ambassador after she claimed she hadnt. And in one of Chuck Schumer at a gas station with Vladimir Putin. For the record, schumer tweeted, they were krispy kreme donuts. The democrats arguing their meetings were out in the open while President Trumps associates meetings were secret. The latest former trump former policy adviser carter page who once said he had never met with the Russian Ambassador. This week in cleveland durks talk to him . Im not going to deny i talked to him. Pressure is mounting, with democrats demanding that the Justice Department give congress more information about any investigation into Trump Campaign contacts with the russians. I would say at this point we know less than a fraction of what the fbi knows. Democratic senator chris kunitz telling nbcs Andrea Mitchell that there might be transcripts that the fbi isnt showing congress. There are transcripts that provide critical insight into whether or not russian intelligence and senior russian political leaders, including Vladimir Putin were cooperating, were colluding with the Trump Campaign at the highest levels, to influence the outcome of our election. Meanwhile, Vice President mike pence facing his own controversy. The indy star reporting he just turned over 13 boxes of emails, sent from a private business, sent from a private account while he was governor of indiana. Theres no comparison whatsoever between hilla private server, mishandling classified information. Hillary clinton was on a flight with her one of her former top aides when a fellow passenger caught a picture of her reading the u. S. A. Today story about mike pences emails, a little irony there. But i want to also point out the president still tweeting in the middle of a series of these, as we were just in that spot, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process . He said this is nixon watergate. Bad or sick guy. So set up to be a pretty busy day with us trying to figure out exactly what he means by this series of tweets. Explosive allegations. All right, kasie, thank you. Our nbc news political analyst, former Senior Policy Adviser for senator rand pauls campaign. Heres another tweet that President Trump posted. I bet a good lawyer could make a case out of the fact that president obama was tapping my phones just prior to the election. We dismiss a lot of his tweets as silly or ridiculous. But this is a bold assertion. And it looks like this is going to be something that he continues to do throughout the day. Whats he thinking . I think that he clearly is upset over all of the talk about his administrations ties with russia. And hes trying to turn the conversation by labelling people who are questioning these administration ties with russia, and the administration contacts, into the nixon. He hastened the comparison to nixon. So now everyone is doing that to him. They are rex nisant of nixon. Hes trying to change the subject . Exactly, by trying to prosecute obama and questioning surveillance powers that went through the fisa court. So this is not new information. We no that t between members of the Trump Campaign and russian officials, that under our nsa wiretapping program, that those transcripts are available, that that meta data is available. This is not new information. But he is clearly trying to take the offensive this morning. Lets put this into context. Its been quite a week. It started out to me on a positive note. He had his joint address to congress. And then came this drip, drip, drip as you were talking about with these russian allegations. In fact take a look at this screen here. We talk about the fact that five advisers during the Trump Campaign had meetings with russian officials before the inauguration. You have Jeff Sessions, michael flynn, jared kushner, carter page, j. D. Gordon. Theres a lot of smoke here, but is there any fire . And where do you see all of this going . Well i like that comparison of a drip drip drip. Now the faucet is running full and its going and its not going to stop. Thats President Trump rejecting any kind of investigation. If they were just forthright, we have nothing to hide. We were talking to russian diplomat counterparts, this could go away, if that is in fact what happened. By looking like theyre covering up something. The fact that all of these advisers have changed their stories so many times, its just a cloud of suspicion that it really is going to dog his presidency for at least the first two years as the investigation continues. Lets talk about the gallup poll that came out yesterday. We are roughly 50 days into the Trump Administration. His disapproval numbers just north of 50 . They continue to be among the lowest of any president at this point in their administration in modern history. Numbers like that, what do they do to the administrations ability to advance their agenda . Well i actually think its been a little overblown right now about his low approval ratings, i think its so early and also in a lot of the polls you can s portion of voters who might have voted for President Trump just to oppose Hillary Clinton and theyre satisfied with his policies. They may not like his personality and the way hes behaving but theyre hopeful about what his policies are going to be. If he could control his personality, such as maybe not going on a tweet storm about Sensitive National Security Issues that are plaguing his administration, perhaps he would be doing better in those approval ratings. Or accusing a former president of tapping his phones. Im sorry, going into conspiratorial territory that makes me wonder whats in President Trumps mind. Lets get to the brutally cold temperatures gripping the east coast this morning after our warm winter, its a rude awakening today. Indira is in for us. Its been pretty unbelievable, right. Thats the case. Winter is hardly behind us just yet. Heres proof of that. Just take a and here is proof. This is video in pennsylvania where 30 in a massive pile up on friday. It is early march. We typically would be tracking cold air, but this has been a huge flipflop. How weird is this . That is impaexactly what is goi on. Wednesday in new york, it was 70 degrees, humid, it was sticky outside. Temperatures 35 degrees above normal, and normal and look at difference this morning. Well get your National Forecast in just a moment. Theres a small amount of relief being felt among the Jewish Community this morning. After an arrest was made in relation to a stripping of threats made against houses of worship. Nbcs morgan raffert is here with more. Juan thompsons arrest is the first in connection with a rash of threats made against Community Centers in 36 states. Prosecutors paint a picture of a disturbed man and a scorned lover who went to Great Lengths to get back at his exgirlfriend. In some cases saying she planted the bombs. And others, using his own name. After months of bomb threats, leaving jewish communities on high alert this is something that puts everybody on edge. The fbi says 31yearold Juan Thompson of st. Louis, missouri, made at least heat of those threats, his arrest coming as a relief and sobering reminder of a threat that still lurks. Just because theres been an arrest today around our bomb threat does not mean that the threats have disappeared or will stop. According to the fbi, thompson was a copycat making those threats to get back at an exgirlfriend after they broke up last july. Through a series of emails and phone calls, Authorities Say thompson said his ex was behind the bomb threats against the jews. And that she placed bombs in dallas, san diego, and at the antidefamation leagues new york headquarters. The he allegedly also made threats under his own name at schools and museums in new york and detroit. But later claimed the ex had made them. To set him up. Thompson appeared in a st. Louis federal court friday afternoon charged with one count of cyberstalking. His mother, telling nbc he is a good man. But thompson has a colorful past. Seen here, working for an online news site called the intercept, which fired him last year for allegedly making up sources and quotes. Prosecutors also cite comments allegedly posted from his twitter account just last week. Saying know any good lawyers . Need to stop this nasty racist white girl i date who had sent a bomb threat in my name. Thompsons arrest comes as more than 100 bomb threats have been made against Jewish Organization ace cross 36 states since the beginning of the year. Prompting rallies of solidarity to support jewish communities. If someone wants to try instill fear that we are people that stand up and inspire courage. Leaders who say hate should never be met with silence. Thompson did not enter a plea at his arraignment and is not suspected in most of the other threats, which are still under investigation. Meanwhile, states like new jersey have beefed up security around religious centers, hoping to protect vulnerable communities. Chanel, craig . Morgan, thank you. In tennessee the hunt for a killer continues this morning as the family of a 23yearold nurse stabbed to death in her own apartment prepares to lay her to rest this morning. Nbcs sarah doloff is live with the latest on that. In just a few hours family and friends will gather here for Tiffany Fergusons funeral. Five days after the bright, gifted nurse was killed inside her own home. This morning, teal ribbons dot the home town of Tiffany Ferguson as those who knew the prepare to say their goodbyes. The nicest person ive ever met. I mean that very sincerely. Ferguson was a nurse at this hospital in nashville. Officials there describing her as a rising star. Its a sentiment her fellow nurses, who also counted her as a close friend, share. In the toughest of times, she was there to comfort family members, comfort patients. She would give you the shirt off her back. But on tuesday, tt promising career cut short by the man in this security video, who police say was checking for unlocked cars before he allegedly entered the groundlevel apartment ferguson shared with friends through an unlocked door. Searching for valuables, when he came upon the 23yearold. And after a confrontation, stabbed her multiple times. Our detectives are working hard around the clock, we are following leads. We are in the midst of questioning folks. According to a search evidence, including fingerprints, dna and carpet samples from the apartment. Officials and those who knew ferguson are now asking for the publics help identifying the suspect in the video. To help bring this case to a close. They are friends, coworkers, twin sister, older sister, whole family, theres so many questions. And someone out there has answers. And everybody wants answers. And authorities stress that at this point, they believe that this was a rare, random act of violence. Still, they are encouraging residents to be vigilant and be aware of their surroundings. An awful story. Thank you. Now lets get to other stories making headlines this morning. A pair of Armed Robbery suspects are in custody after a Wild Police Chase played out on the streets of houston. The hot pursuit began friday when police got a call about a bank robbery. The suspects car careened through the streets bouncing off it got even crazier, the smoking wreckage came to a stop in front of carlos warra and his son, jose. The suspect lumped towards carlos in an apparent attempt to carjack him. Thats when jose sprung into action, wrestling with the driver until police took him down. Carlos says his son is a hero. Jose says he was just protecting the man he loves. Another Wild Police Chase ended inside new york citys busy lincoln tunnel. New Jersey Police trying to stop a minivan for a moving violation. The driver led them inside the packed commuter tunnel. Three people jumped out of the vehicle while shocked commuters captured it all on cell phones. Charges against those occupants have not been hannounced yet. Helicopters on friday reached a big part of big sur thats been cut off since mid february. Severe rains washed out roads and bridges, getting their first food supply in weeks and more roads are washed out at yosemite park. This damage on state route 120 began as a twoinch crack. Now its more than four feet wide. Lets go to indira filling in for dylan while shes on maternity leave. A lot to talk about this morning. Has it not beenk weather wise. I do weather and im confused, right . We saw 70s and record temperatures on wednesday, and now many of us with the windchill this morning, feeling like were in the Single Digits if not below zero. A huge shift, even in chicago. You should have seen some snow and now just flurries. Another system in the pacific northwest. So were looking about one to two inches of rain. It is a cold system, so another one to three feet of snow will be possible for you. Well see that systemma california. The heavy rain that were looking at could bring local flooding. Not looking for lots of amounts of rain, but a short burst. Lets look at your local weather. Temperatures this morning right around the mid to low 20s, frederickburg, 19. 24 at dulles, a cold start to your day. By noon today, in the upper 30s by the afternoon. In the low 40s but it will feel like the 30s as we go through the afternoon. Then we go into monday and we finally warm up after another cold day tomorrow. Monday, 66 im so spoiled, it was such an amazing winter that im freaking out having to go out. Tell me about it. Thank you. To california now where a smart idea several years ago has made one school it all started with a parent, knowing when to make a good bet. Nbcs Steve Patterson is live there with a fantastic story this saturday morning. Steve, good to see you. Hey, good to see you, craig, so get this, the School Started that Investment Fund in the late 90s, a little over a decade later they decided to invest in this strange new idea called snapchat. Off of the advice of just one guy. Obviously not everybody was on board with the idea, so they decide upon the relatively small amount of money of 15,000. To the investment world thats like tossing a penny down a well and landing on a pot of gold. [ cheers and applause ] thursdays opening bell. The ringing sound of success for snap. Parent company of the popular disappearing messages app, snapchat. After it went public on the stock exchange, shares soared. Making instant millionaires out of investors, and billionaires out of its founders. But argy score . Its crazy. Was raked in right here at this high school. Its an amazing transformational opportunity for the school. Way back in 2012 during the early days of snapchat, private catholic Silicon Valley school st. Francis high used an old venture fund to invest in snap. Today after selling off twothirds of its shares, their 15,000 drop in the bucket is now a pot of gold worth 24 million. Its crazy. Such a silicon volley thing to do. I think right now st. Francis may be the coolest high school in the united states. This guy, the dad, barry eggers is the reason why. He was on the board of his high schools growth fund, a venture capitalist. I came home from work one day and they were sitting around the Dramatic Police<\/a> pursuit in houston, caught on camera. Two suspected bank robbers racing down the highway, slamming into cars, riding on their rims, with sparks flying. The police chase finally coming to an end, with this dramatic attempt to carjack another car. This morning, the tale of the tape. And survival of the fittest. Chanel and two producers put their lives on the line, taking part in a simulated plane crash into the water. The Lessons Learned<\/a> and the bonds formed. Today, saturday, march 4th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on another busy saturday morning, im craig melvin. And im chanel jones. Were waking up to more drama this morning. President trump moments ago sending out a flurry of tweets. A Shocking Development<\/a> this morning, writing on twitter that former president obama had his wires tapped at trump tower before the election. Lets get to casey hon in west palm beach. Good morning. Chanel, craig, good morning. President trump already up here at his winter white house in maralago. Tweeting potentially explosive new allegations about the Obama Administration<\/a> wiretapping at trump tower just before the election. He writes, terrible just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Nothing found and he says, this is mccarthyism. This is just emerging, we have trying to find out exactly the latest and what has happened. But this is shaping up to be another busy weekend for the president. President trump touching down in florida for another working weekend. It is not rest at the southern white house, its all work. Making the short trip from his maralago estate to the swanky four season, meeting with wealthy republican donors. In public, trying to turn the tables on democrats, tweeting this picture of nancy pelosi meeting with the Russian Ambassador<\/a> after she claimed she hadnt. And in one of Chuck Schumer<\/a> at a gas station with Vladimir Putin<\/a>. For the record, schumer tweeted, they were krispy kreme donuts. The democrats arguing their meetings were out in the open while President Trump<\/a>s associates meetings were secret. The latest former trump former policy adviser carter page who once said he had never met with the Russian Ambassador<\/a>. This week in cleveland durks talk to him . Im not going to deny i talked to him. Pressure is mounting, with democrats demanding that the Justice Department<\/a> give congress more information about any investigation into Trump Campaign<\/a> contacts with the russians. I would say at this point we know less than a fraction of what the fbi knows. Democratic senator chris kunitz telling nbcs Andrea Mitchell<\/a> that there might be transcripts that the fbi isnt showing congress. There are transcripts that provide critical insight into whether or not russian intelligence and senior russian political leaders, including Vladimir Putin<\/a> were cooperating, were colluding with the Trump Campaign<\/a> at the highest levels, to influence the outcome of our election. Meanwhile, Vice President<\/a> mike pence facing his own controversy. The indy star reporting he just turned over 13 boxes of emails, sent from a private business, sent from a private account while he was governor of indiana. Theres no comparison whatsoever between hilla private server, mishandling classified information. Hillary clinton was on a flight with her one of her former top aides when a fellow passenger caught a picture of her reading the u. S. A. Today story about mike pences emails, a little irony there. But i want to also point out the president still tweeting in the middle of a series of these, as we were just in that spot, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process . He said this is nixon watergate. Bad or sick guy. So set up to be a pretty busy day with us trying to figure out exactly what he means by this series of tweets. Explosive allegations. All right, kasie, thank you. Our nbc news political analyst, former Senior Policy Adviser<\/a> for senator rand pauls campaign. Heres another tweet that President Trump<\/a> posted. I bet a good lawyer could make a case out of the fact that president obama was tapping my phones just prior to the election. We dismiss a lot of his tweets as silly or ridiculous. But this is a bold assertion. And it looks like this is going to be something that he continues to do throughout the day. Whats he thinking . I think that he clearly is upset over all of the talk about his administrations ties with russia. And hes trying to turn the conversation by labelling people who are questioning these administration ties with russia, and the administration contacts, into the nixon. He hastened the comparison to nixon. So now everyone is doing that to him. They are rex nisant of nixon. Hes trying to change the subject . Exactly, by trying to prosecute obama and questioning surveillance powers that went through the fisa court. So this is not new information. We no that t between members of the Trump Campaign<\/a> and russian officials, that under our nsa wiretapping program, that those transcripts are available, that that meta data is available. This is not new information. But he is clearly trying to take the offensive this morning. Lets put this into context. Its been quite a week. It started out to me on a positive note. He had his joint address to congress. And then came this drip, drip, drip as you were talking about with these russian allegations. In fact take a look at this screen here. We talk about the fact that five advisers during the Trump Campaign<\/a> had meetings with russian officials before the inauguration. You have Jeff Sessions<\/a>, michael flynn, jared kushner, carter page, j. D. Gordon. Theres a lot of smoke here, but is there any fire . And where do you see all of this going . Well i like that comparison of a drip drip drip. Now the faucet is running full and its going and its not going to stop. Thats President Trump<\/a> rejecting any kind of investigation. If they were just forthright, we have nothing to hide. We were talking to russian diplomat counterparts, this could go away, if that is in fact what happened. By looking like theyre covering up something. The fact that all of these advisers have changed their stories so many times, its just a cloud of suspicion that it really is going to dog his presidency for at least the first two years as the investigation continues. Lets talk about the gallup poll that came out yesterday. We are roughly 50 days into the Trump Administration<\/a>. His disapproval numbers just north of 50 . They continue to be among the lowest of any president at this point in their administration in modern history. Numbers like that, what do they do to the administrations ability to advance their agenda . Well i actually think its been a little overblown right now about his low approval ratings, i think its so early and also in a lot of the polls you can s portion of voters who might have voted for President Trump<\/a> just to oppose Hillary Clinton<\/a> and theyre satisfied with his policies. They may not like his personality and the way hes behaving but theyre hopeful about what his policies are going to be. If he could control his personality, such as maybe not going on a tweet storm about Sensitive National<\/a> Security Issues<\/a> that are plaguing his administration, perhaps he would be doing better in those approval ratings. Or accusing a former president of tapping his phones. Im sorry, going into conspiratorial territory that makes me wonder whats in President Trump<\/a>s mind. Lets get to the brutally cold temperatures gripping the east coast this morning after our warm winter, its a rude awakening today. Indira is in for us. Its been pretty unbelievable, right. Thats the case. Winter is hardly behind us just yet. Heres proof of that. Just take a and here is proof. This is video in pennsylvania where 30 in a massive pile up on friday. It is early march. We typically would be tracking cold air, but this has been a huge flipflop. How weird is this . That is impaexactly what is goi on. Wednesday in new york, it was 70 degrees, humid, it was sticky outside. Temperatures 35 degrees above normal, and normal and look at difference this morning. Well get your National Forecast<\/a> in just a moment. Theres a small amount of relief being felt among the Jewish Community<\/a> this morning. After an arrest was made in relation to a stripping of threats made against houses of worship. Nbcs morgan raffert is here with more. Juan thompsons arrest is the first in connection with a rash of threats made against Community Centers<\/a> in 36 states. Prosecutors paint a picture of a disturbed man and a scorned lover who went to Great Lengths<\/a> to get back at his exgirlfriend. In some cases saying she planted the bombs. And others, using his own name. After months of bomb threats, leaving jewish communities on high alert this is something that puts everybody on edge. The fbi says 31yearold Juan Thompson<\/a> of st. Louis, missouri, made at least heat of those threats, his arrest coming as a relief and sobering reminder of a threat that still lurks. Just because theres been an arrest today around our bomb threat does not mean that the threats have disappeared or will stop. According to the fbi, thompson was a copycat making those threats to get back at an exgirlfriend after they broke up last july. Through a series of emails and phone calls, Authorities Say<\/a> thompson said his ex was behind the bomb threats against the jews. And that she placed bombs in dallas, san diego, and at the antidefamation leagues new york headquarters. The he allegedly also made threats under his own name at schools and museums in new york and detroit. But later claimed the ex had made them. To set him up. Thompson appeared in a st. Louis federal court friday afternoon charged with one count of cyberstalking. His mother, telling nbc he is a good man. But thompson has a colorful past. Seen here, working for an online news site called the intercept, which fired him last year for allegedly making up sources and quotes. Prosecutors also cite comments allegedly posted from his twitter account just last week. Saying know any good lawyers . Need to stop this nasty racist white girl i date who had sent a bomb threat in my name. Thompsons arrest comes as more than 100 bomb threats have been made against Jewish Organization<\/a> ace cross 36 states since the beginning of the year. Prompting rallies of solidarity to support jewish communities. If someone wants to try instill fear that we are people that stand up and inspire courage. Leaders who say hate should never be met with silence. Thompson did not enter a plea at his arraignment and is not suspected in most of the other threats, which are still under investigation. Meanwhile, states like new jersey have beefed up security around religious centers, hoping to protect vulnerable communities. Chanel, craig . Morgan, thank you. In tennessee the hunt for a killer continues this morning as the family of a 23yearold nurse stabbed to death in her own apartment prepares to lay her to rest this morning. Nbcs sarah doloff is live with the latest on that. In just a few hours family and friends will gather here for Tiffany Ferguson<\/a>s funeral. Five days after the bright, gifted nurse was killed inside her own home. This morning, teal ribbons dot the home town of Tiffany Ferguson<\/a> as those who knew the prepare to say their goodbyes. The nicest person ive ever met. I mean that very sincerely. Ferguson was a nurse at this hospital in nashville. Officials there describing her as a rising star. Its a sentiment her fellow nurses, who also counted her as a close friend, share. In the toughest of times, she was there to comfort family members, comfort patients. She would give you the shirt off her back. But on tuesday, tt promising career cut short by the man in this security video, who police say was checking for unlocked cars before he allegedly entered the groundlevel apartment ferguson shared with friends through an unlocked door. Searching for valuables, when he came upon the 23yearold. And after a confrontation, stabbed her multiple times. Our detectives are working hard around the clock, we are following leads. We are in the midst of questioning folks. According to a search evidence, including fingerprints, dna and carpet samples from the apartment. Officials and those who knew ferguson are now asking for the publics help identifying the suspect in the video. To help bring this case to a close. They are friends, coworkers, twin sister, older sister, whole family, theres so many questions. And someone out there has answers. And everybody wants answers. And authorities stress that at this point, they believe that this was a rare, random act of violence. Still, they are encouraging residents to be vigilant and be aware of their surroundings. An awful story. Thank you. Now lets get to other stories making headlines this morning. A pair of Armed Robbery<\/a> suspects are in custody after a Wild Police Chase<\/a> played out on the streets of houston. The hot pursuit began friday when police got a call about a bank robbery. The suspects car careened through the streets bouncing off it got even crazier, the smoking wreckage came to a stop in front of carlos warra and his son, jose. The suspect lumped towards carlos in an apparent attempt to carjack him. Thats when jose sprung into action, wrestling with the driver until police took him down. Carlos says his son is a hero. Jose says he was just protecting the man he loves. Another Wild Police Chase<\/a> ended inside new york citys busy lincoln tunnel. New Jersey Police<\/a> trying to stop a minivan for a moving violation. The driver led them inside the packed commuter tunnel. Three people jumped out of the vehicle while shocked commuters captured it all on cell phones. Charges against those occupants have not been hannounced yet. Helicopters on friday reached a big part of big sur thats been cut off since mid february. Severe rains washed out roads and bridges, getting their first food supply in weeks and more roads are washed out at yosemite park. This damage on state route 120 began as a twoinch crack. Now its more than four feet wide. Lets go to indira filling in for dylan while shes on maternity leave. A lot to talk about this morning. Has it not beenk weather wise. I do weather and im confused, right . We saw 70s and record temperatures on wednesday, and now many of us with the windchill this morning, feeling like were in the Single Digits<\/a> if not below zero. A huge shift, even in chicago. You should have seen some snow and now just flurries. Another system in the pacific northwest. So were looking about one to two inches of rain. It is a cold system, so another one to three feet of snow will be possible for you. Well see that systemma california. The heavy rain that were looking at could bring local flooding. Not looking for lots of amounts of rain, but a short burst. Lets look at your local weather. Temperatures this morning right around the mid to low 20s, frederickburg, 19. 24 at dulles, a cold start to your day. By noon today, in the upper 30s by the afternoon. In the low 40s but it will feel like the 30s as we go through the afternoon. Then we go into monday and we finally warm up after another cold day tomorrow. Monday, 66 im so spoiled, it was such an amazing winter that im freaking out having to go out. Tell me about it. Thank you. To california now where a smart idea several years ago has made one school it all started with a parent, knowing when to make a good bet. Nbcs Steve Patterson<\/a> is live there with a fantastic story this saturday morning. Steve, good to see you. Hey, good to see you, craig, so get this, the School Started<\/a> that Investment Fund<\/a> in the late 90s, a little over a decade later they decided to invest in this strange new idea called snapchat. Off of the advice of just one guy. Obviously not everybody was on board with the idea, so they decide upon the relatively small amount of money of 15,000. To the investment world thats like tossing a penny down a well and landing on a pot of gold. [ cheers and applause ] thursdays opening bell. The ringing sound of success for snap. Parent company of the popular disappearing messages app, snapchat. After it went public on the stock exchange, shares soared. Making instant millionaires out of investors, and billionaires out of its founders. But argy score . Its crazy. Was raked in right here at this high school. Its an amazing transformational opportunity for the school. Way back in 2012 during the early days of snapchat, private catholic Silicon Valley<\/a> school st. Francis high used an old venture fund to invest in snap. Today after selling off twothirds of its shares, their 15,000 drop in the bucket is now a pot of gold worth 24 million. Its crazy. Such a silicon volley thing to do. I think right now st. Francis may be the coolest high school in the united states. This guy, the dad, barry eggers is the reason why. He was on the board of his high schools growth fund, a venture capitalist. I came home from work one day and they were sitting around the Kitchen Table<\/a> and my daughter and her friends and my son were all sitting there engulfed in their guys doing . After he saw snapping in action, he convinced his company to invest. Then the school. The rest is now a lesson in knowing the value of a smart idea. Right place, right time. It turns out we were in a good position to make the early investment in snapchat. A small bet on a big idea paying off in a little extra school spirit. Also important to note, the school is only cashing in on about twothirds of shares. So it plans to make even more money on the remaining onethird. As for what it plans to do with that cash . Obviously they want to beef up their endowment and make improvements to infrastructure. Also important to note, nbc news universal, the Parent Company<\/a> of nbc news invested 500 million in snap. Lets talk about the school for a second. They make 25 million off snapchat, that investment. Any sense of how much the dad himself is going to make . What did barry walk away with . Well obviously this guy knows what hes doing, originally made that investment for hundreds of millions of dollars. Before he let the school in on the action. You have to understand that the guy is probably doing pretty well. Hes focused right now on how well his company is doing and how well the school is doing. Steve patterson in los angeles. Can he call with any advice he wants to give the rest of us. Still to come, baby news from dylan. More baby news as well this time from natalie portman. She welcomed her second child, a little girl, well talk about that as well. You think you have some cool moves, take a look at this 100yearold grandma, she will knock you off your feet while she stays up. First, this is today on nbc. Is still to come on today, would you know how to survive a flash flood while trapped in your car with all this wild winter weather. Jeff rossen shows us what we need to know. Plus savannahs onair slip, vo what if this didnt have to happen . I didnt see it. vo what if we could go back . What if our car. Could stop itself . In iihs frontend crash prevention testing, not toyota. Not honda. Not ford. The allnew subaru impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. Good morning, time right now is 7 26 on this saturday, march 4th. We want a check on stories that were following this morning. This Fairfax County<\/a> girl is missing. Her name is jalia, she is 14 years old, she was last seen on tuesday in alexandria. She is 52 and weighs about 230 pounds. Multiple agencies are now searching for her. The detectives say she is concerned for her welfare, but they did not say why. Metro riders in virginia have a longer rate as a new today. And were going to get a check at one hero was on a mission to pasave snack time. , watch babybel in the great snack rescue. You want a piece of me . Good, im delicious. Creamy, delicious, 100 natural cheese. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Sheena parveen is here with a look at this weather. A cold start when you walk outside, and yes, sir, this is a day you definitely want to bundle up. It feels like 19 degrees. Elsewhere, were feeling like the actual temperatures. The district coming in mid and low 20s. As we go through the day today, were staying in the 20s today by the afternoon. Low 40s, but with the breeze it feels like the 30s. Tomorrow morning were waking up again in the 20s, so we start to warm up as we start off next w looking forward to that. Well be back in 25 minutes with more local headlines and breaking news that comes in. Im terrified. Okay. [ scream ] wow. That was my warmup. It got worse from there. But, yeah, take a look at this. This is me trying to survive a simulated plane crash, we were plunged into the water and eventually we were flipped upsidedown. Youll get to see my dramatic escape later this morning. It was alarming, thats for sure. You said it changed you forever. Forever changed. Were back on a saturday morning, march 4, 2017, a lovely crowd joining us outside. Well step out on the plaza coming up later to say hi. Back in the studio, im Sheinelle Jones<\/a> here with craig melvin. A busy saturday, the president sending out a flurry of tweets this morning, accusing trump tower before the election. And comparing it to watergate. This as questions over the Trump Campaign<\/a>s contacts with russia build steam. A nasty cold front sweeping into the east coast this morning, forcing everyone to bundle up. Temperatures in the northeast are more than 50 degrees colder than they were earlier in the week. And a recordbreaking night for the cleveland cavaliers, led by lebron james, the cavaliers hit an nba regularseason record, 25 threepointers. The cavs beat the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> 135130. Start this half hour with the download. Our recap of some of the weeks biggest headlines. From questions swirling around the Trump Administration<\/a> about russia, to that oscars blunder. That everyone is still talking about. And a very hilarious onair blooper by our own savannah guthrie. A few stories that caught our attention. The states. President trump making his first address to a joint session of congress striking a positive tone. Im here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength. The president highlighting jobs, national security, and health care reform. We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside of america. The highlight of the speech, the president honoring the widow of navy s. E. A. L. Ryan owens, killed in a secret raid in yemen. Ryan died as he lived, a warrior and a hero. The bipartisan ovation lasted for nearly two minutes. Another political bombshell i have recused myself. Attorney general Jeff Sessions<\/a> bowing out from any potential investigation into alleged russian tampering in the election. He failed to reveal during his confirmation hearings that he met with russias ambassador during the president ial campaigns. The revelations quickly reverberating on capitol hill. This particular ambassador is hard to forget. A should resign. The president standing by his attorney general. Asked whether he had confidence in Jeff Sessions<\/a>, his answer totally. Deadly storms, ripped through the middle of the country. Dangerous twisters. Tearing across illinois. Winds gusting to 60 miles per hour. 104 Million People<\/a> in its path. The relentless wind and rain toppling trees in tennessee. I just hunched over my dog and prayed that we didnt die that day and we didnt. Tragedy in california, a small plane crashed into a home in riverside, the accident caught on camera. Three of the five passengers, including a teenager, killed. The group flying home after a cheerleading competition at disneyland. I heard her scream, help me, help me. We didnt know where she was. Two adults pulled from the wreckage survived. And are in critical condition. The homeowner scrambling to i saw the flames whatever, i go well, this isnt good. Im getting out of here before i die. A heated confrontation caught on camera. A war of words between a ceo of uber and one of his companys drivers, criticizing the companys founder for slashing fares and the incoming of drivers. You drop the prices on us. Yes, you did. [ bleep ]. Travis kalanick quickly apologized. A surprised ending at the oscars, that even hollywood couldnt script. La la land. It was a mistake, moonlight you guys won best picture. This is not a joke. No happy ending for the two accountants in charge of the envelopes, theyll never again work the oscars. And savannah had a funny flop of her own, mistaking her onair partner with her reallife husband. When i was getting up, feeding every cpl matt was breaking news. Where is my freud textbook, mike would say thats our secret. Thats funny. Thats so funny. Her little ones were here yesterday and they were saying hi daddy. Talking to matt. That would have been like a joke, exactly. Has that ever happened to you. No, not really. Your names are so different. Mike, matt in savannahs defense. It will happen now. That oscars moment, by the way how about that . Ooh. We watched that live. I thought it was a sketch until i think a lot of people in the audience thought it was a sketch, too. But you know, no one is laughing and now that were days in, we know what happened and the guy that was supposed to give them the envelope was tweeting and talking. You know, i like how they ended up making it a special moment, anyway with the two producers. Something well always re a while is the temperature shift. Is the with weather, nonweather winter, what is going on. Were continually seeing the shift today in the northeast. Very cool, meanwhile on the west coast, what an atypical year as well. Still talking about plenty of rain making its way in. Once again more showers showers northwest. A cooler system, so were not looking for that lot of rain out of this. Were going to be seeing snow in the sierra here. Making its way to Southern California<\/a> as go towards the weekend. Anything that we can do as we go toward the Drought Conditions<\/a> are great. As far as snowfall, another one to three feet of snow into the sierra. Definitely good news. What youre wanting to watch out for is the winds. They will be blowing out there, very cold. That is a picture, take a look at your local weather. A cold start this morning, were talking temperatures in the 20s. Some in the teens. Were at 26 degrees, everyone staying below freezing for i think the next couple hours. Highs today only 42 degrees. With the bre with the breeze around it will stay mostly in the 30s. Tomorrow dropping back to the 20s, back in the 60s ne even though im the one thats complaining, i dont think were allowed to complain. Its been an amazing winter. Just ahead, ever wonder whether those airplane safety announcements really matter . Coming up an intense Survival Training<\/a> course that had me thinking twice about where i sit on a plane. Jeff rossen with some other lifesaving skills you need to know to prevent you from getting swept away in your car announcer this portion of today is brought to you by keytruda. This morning on rossen reports update. How to survive if you and your car ever get caught in its more common than you might think. This years flash flood season hasnt even started and drivers have already been caught by surprise. Today National Investigative<\/a> correspondent jeff rossen is in los angeles with an eyeopening demonstration. Jeff, good morning. Hey, guys, good morning. Look this is normally a late summer problem. But here we are in the dead of winter, and theres historic flooding in the west catching many drivers offguard. I wanted to update this story to help them and all of you. When the rain comes down in buckets, water rises fast. Sometimes its easy to see the raging river of water but other times it looks calm enough to drive through. Especially if you have an suv. This morning we have a powerful demonstration for you. Were about to show you how much water it takes to sweep my car away. Cars washing away, drivers trapped. I was shaking, its scary. It happens fast. It overtakes you in an instant. First, the rain. From colorado to texas. Already this year, recordbreaking flooding in california, sweeping drivers away. When he hit the creek bed, it fishtailed and it just took him in seconds. Watch as just weeks ago rescuers toss a life vest to this little girl and her father trapped on the roof of their car, water rushing all around them. Thankfully they were pulled to safety. And in this new case, a family stuck in this truck, the mother desperately hanging on to her young child as a rescue swimmer latches on and pulls the toddler to safety. Incredibly everyone was saved. All across the country, the power of flood water just too ferocious. You would be surprised how little water it takes to float a car. Thats why so many people get trapped. And what happenes if you get trapped . How do you get out . You, were here in whistler on this special training course. And believe it or not. Theyre going to turn this into a raging flood. And today im playing the victim. Im going to get inside this pickup truck. Theyre going to turn the water on and were going to see how long it takes for this thing to wash away. And then how will i escape . Lets get going. Turn it on. Oh boy, here it comes. Watching everything from the side. Jim douglas, a certified trainer, are raven rescue. How much water does it take to flood a car . Not even a foot. Just this much will make a car float. What about suvs and 4 x 4s . So many people that have 4 x 4s think they can stadrive right through standing water. The big tires are like balloons, theyll float even faster. The water is so low, you can still see the cement below. When my pickup truck is swept away. Thankfully mine is tethered with strong chains, otherwise i would be barrelling out of control downstream. The water is now seeping into the car. This is crazy. And scary. I cannot open the door. To get out. I cant open the door at all. You need to roll the window down. Thats it. And thats a critical tip. Roll the window down the second the water rises. Its your only way out. What do i do . You need to get out of the truck. Get out on the roof. On to the roof . Get on to the roof of the truck. This is very scary. The water keeps pouring in as i struggle to escape. Its much harder than it looks to climb out of a window. I get out just in the nick of time in seconds the water is nearing the roof. Already over the steering wheel. But now that im on the roof, i have a new set of problems. Now what . You need to get stay low, hang on. With the truck moving youre going to have to ride with it. Do i stand up on this . No, stay low, get stable. Like this . Exactly. Can this car float . The car can flip in as much as six feet of water. Oh, my god. I need to you stay on the high side. It is so scary, with the water coming at you like this. And remember, i know this is a drill. How it must feel in a real emergency. So i should just stay with the car no matter what . Youre going to be going downstream with the car, youre going to have to wait for rescue, at least being on the roof, youve got a fighting chance if youre inside and that car flips over youve got no chance. Lifesaving advice when the flash flood strikes. The simplest advice from experts and it seems pretty basic, but not enough people are doing it . Stay out of these flooded areas alth looks calm. Not only is it dangerous for you, its really dangerous for the rescuers who have to go in after you. Guys . Good advice. And coming up, you got your own survival story. Another water rescue, right . To say the least. Coming up, two Delta Airline<\/a> pilots making history and breaking barriers. 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Captain Stephanie Johnson<\/a> and first officer dawn cook, the first main line delta flight with two africanamerican female poilts in the cockpit. Congratulations to them. So just last sunday cook realized that johnson would be flying out of detroit she reached out to her and together they made this historic flight happen. Captain johnson also no stranger to breaking glass ceilings. Just earlier this month after seeing an, being an Airline Pilot<\/a> for 20 years, she became deltas first black female captain. And folks on social media are loving the story as well. One post, anything is possible, keep up the good work. Another post, writing i hope she pilots one of my flights, id be honored to fly with her. I think longtime overdue, right . Thank you, indra. Still ahead, some intense training for this one. She learns how to survive a plane crash. It wasnt pretty. It was not. But i survived. But first, this is today on nbc. I have some good adce. Vi still to come, dylan will join us live to let us know how she and baby calvin are doing. Can you imagine being 15 months pregnant . Well check in on the expectant giraffe that has millions glued to their screens in anticipation. Guess who wont be back, avo did you know two areas of your brain can make it hard to lose weight . Contrave is an fdaapproved weightloss medicine that may or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. Contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain your hunger center. woman im so hungry. avo to reduce hunger. And your reward system. woman ice cream. French fries. avo to help control cravings. Across three longterm studies, contrave patients lost approximately 24x more weight than with diet and exercise alone. Contrave is not for everyone. One ingredient in contrave may increase suicidal thoughts or actions in some children, teens, and young adults within the first few months. 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Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction<\/a> by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Go to getfios. Com or call 1. 888. Get. Fios get the best. Get fios. Sheena parveen is standing by with more to the cold start on this saturday. Yes, a very cold start, temperatures are at or below freezing, slowly getting up there. Elsewhere were looking at mid 20s. Still around freezing by lunchtime, and then we drop back down this week where the sunset goes back into the 20s. 44 for sunday, another cold one tomorrow, we dont get back to the 60s untild all right, sheena, thank you. Well be back in about 25 minutes with more headlines and breaking an explosive claim by President Trump<\/a>, accusing former president obama of wiretapping trump tower before the election. It comes as pressure over russia builds steam. We have the latest details. Winters last gasp, a nasty cold front sweeping into the east coast this morning. The storm causing pileups on the highways and forcing people everywhere to bundle up. Temperatures more than 50 degrees colder than earlier in the week. This morning, how bad will it get and how long the big chill will last. And survival of the fittest. My life is on the line as i take part in a simulated plane crash into the water. 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