Morning about the suspect. World cup crash. Olympic skier lindsey vonn with a horrific fall in the middle of a race on saturday. Today, despite that fall, and a fracture, shes back in action. And ready for oscar. Glitz and glamour on full display tonight at the 88th academy awards. Will leo finally take home his first oscar . And how will host chris rock address the controversy surrounding the lack of diversity. Were counting down to it all, today, sunday, february 28th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im jeff rossen alongside the ladies as we love dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. Youre rootingor leo tonight . I hadnt thought about it. It is really impressive. The film is really sort of a cinematic feat as you learn that went into it. And for what he put into that role, it is really an impressive performance. Theyre up for best picture, best direct,or and best actor. We
innovation and infrastructure which he says will create jobs. ohio congressman and former presidential candidate dennis kucinich has a beef with the food providers on capitol hill. the democrat is now suing for dental damage after biting down on an olive pit and then cracking a tooth. according to court documents he s now asking for $150,000. a spokesman in his office refused to discuss the matter. it is not often that a 6-year-old boy can brag he saved his mother s life. but this morning that is what ethan can say. those who know him best are calling him a hero. tonya mendes of koat in albuquerque has the details. got it? all right. reporter: 6-year-old ethan knows what he wants to be when he grows up. a firefighter. reporter: but long before ethan grows up, he s already been given the chance to do the job of a first responder. i think we have a new member of the team right here in ethan. reporter: ethan saved a life. and that life was his mother.
teach your children. it s very important. you never know what can happen from day to day. our thanks to tonya mendes. now to a major upset at australian open. both top seeds are out of there this morning. rafael nadal lost the semifinal to fellow spaniard david ferrer. nadal was trying to win his fourth straight grand slam tournament over two seasons. on the women s side, top seed caroline wozniacki lost her match to li na of china. get this, na now becomes the first asian to advance to a major final. must have had a tiger mom. such a big loss. in case you re wondering, li na will now meet with kim clijsters. that should be a great match, to say the least. obviously, i like to watch tennis. a great escape did not go quite as planned for a burglary suspect near salt lake city. the 20-year-old was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car with he complained he was nauseated and needed some air. when the officer partially lowered the window, the man
rews going to have a hard time cleaning up from it. even though it may not be snowing heading out to work, the roads will still be a very wet mess. this is a wet, heavy snow. shoveling it, that s going to be a back-breaking as well. the storm heads into canada into the morning hours. snow showers will taper on across new england. we re keeping our eye on the next snowstorm, that s most likely moving in friday into saturday. though it s not going to be as heavy. back to you. just won t stop. that miserable weather out there, even impacted president obama s return from the midwest. first, his helicopter was grounded, then his road trip back to the white house took three times as long as normal. in wisconsin the president visited three factories in the small town of manitowoc to push his theme from the state of the union address tuesday night. wisconsin is considered a key battleground state in the 2012 race for president. a sobering new study is calling baby boomers gener
being able to have more things, and we re really talking about baseline, baseline. i ll give you a related and this is brand-new research that joining a club that makes you show up just once a month has the same impact on your happiness as doubling your income. i love that. so this is on average again. oprah: joining a club? yes. where you actually have to show up, where you actually show up at last once a month has the same impact and we re talking about authentic source of happiness, not new shoes, but widening your social circle in an authentic way has the impact on your happiness equal to the doubling of your income. oprah: what about the which i thought was so interesting, and we were just talking to kandra about it. she says she bought all these shoes, and they don t make her happier. things don t make you happier, and even if you give gifts to people, it s better to give experiences is it not? that s right. oprah: yes. the impact of a new thing only lasts ab