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Soleperformer. How shes doing this morning. And the grand minufinale. Al has reached the last stop on his tour and hes making it an extra special one this morning on this friday, march 31st, 2017. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Its a friday morning, a rainy one, can you believe those pictures coming out of atlanta . I85 is a major thoroughfare down south. Its going to cruise major problems for commuters there for the foreseeable future. Well go live to atlanta in just a moment. Were going to start in washington, a Major Development tied to the congressional investigations of russian interference in the election, Michael Flynn who was ousted as president Trumps National security advisor is now offering to testify if he is given immunity from prosecution. We have two reports. Well talk exclusively to House Minority leader nancy pelosi, shes in our studios. But Peter Alexander is at the white house this morning. Reporter President Trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn, one of his closest aides throughout the campaign and the transition saying he has a story to tell and he very much want to tell it. He wants to avoid prosecution in a federal investigation thats deepening by the day. The president s ousted security adviser Michael Flynn telling the Intelligence Committee hell testify in exchange for immunity because of what his lawyer describes as a highly politicized witch hunt environment. On meet the press last september, flynn discussed immunity for aides to mr. Trumps opponent hillary clinton. When you are given immunity, youve probably committed a crime. Reporter a New York Times report that two white house officials played a role in giving classified information to the house Intelligence Committee devin nunes. A white house lawyer who formerly worked on house Intelligence Committee staff. And the senior director for intelligence at the National Security council. And overnight the Washington Post identifying johnizenberg as a third official who handles house intelligence files. Nunes denied the source worked for the white house. Nunes still refusing to reveal his source, but it was to back up the president s unsubstantiated claim that he was wiretapped. The fbi director confirms the russia investigation while rebuking the president s wiretapping claim. I have no information that supports those tweets. Reporter nunes makes the trip to the white house grounds to review those documents, returning to the white house the next day to brief the president after making this stunning allegation. The president elect and his team, were at least, i guess, monitored. Reporter the president saying he felt vindicated. The following day sean spicer dismisses suggestions it came from the white house. On thursday, spicer less forthcoming. Im not going to get into any further details on this. Reporter also the Intelligence Committee with one witness former fbi agent watts said that President Trump used russian tactics to his advantage. The reason it worked in this u. S. Election is that the commander in chief has used russian measures at times against his opponents. Reporter noting russians killed in the past three months. Follow the trail of dead russians. Reporter and just moments ago we heard from the president who tweeted mike flynn should ask for immunity, and that this is a witch hunt with democrats questioning the white houses transparen transparency, the white house announced that its invited the bipartisan leaders of the house Intelligence Committee what it views as newly discovered evidence that may be related to the unlawful disclosure of intelligence. To send the information directly to them. Peter alexander starting us off. Lets go to msnbcs chief legal correspondent. Boy, do we need a lawyer this morning. The president just said that michael flip should ask for immunity. Just to be clear, just because someone asks for immunity doesnt mean that they believe themselves to be guilty of a crime. The problem for Michael Flynn is that he has said in the past that if you ask for immunity, that you have probably committed a crime. Thats not the standard. It is certainly possible that given everything going on they are looking for extra assurances, on the other hand its worth it note that others caught up in this investigation are not asking for immunity at this time according to public statements. So what go into the statement of whether to grant Michael Flynn immunity. Whether he is a target, whether he has actual information thats helpful to congress from a policy level or helpful to investigators on a criminal level. And the department of justice wants in on this discussion, because if Congress Grants immunity, that could affect a prosecution down the road from the department of justice. What type of immunity . Are they interested in testimony, or russian questions, so a lot there the doj willon congresswoman pelosi, good to see you. Good morning. This is a tangled web, we were just watching how this has all come about. According to the facts as we understand them right now, it appears that this information about potential incidental surveillance came from the white house to chairman nunes of the house. Do you think donald trump was part of all of this . Do you think he knew all along that that information was in the white house and that he was part of this kind of orchestration of getting it out there through chairman nunes . Whether the president was aware or not was one thing, the white house, the Trump Administration certainly was, and it is very bizarre. I have a long history in the Intelligence Committee, i have been the top democrat there myself, i have never seen behavior this bizarre on the part of the chairman. Do you think President Trump was in on it . Wittingly or unwittingly, but he has not disassociated himself from it. So you take that and then you have general flynn asking for immunity, we really have to really take some steps back and hope that the administration theres some adult someplace who can say this is not fair to the American People. Are general flynn and this question of immunity, is it more important to find out precisely what he knows . Or is it more to potentially build a case against him . As was indicated, usually the prosecutors or the committee, as the case may be, would have to get some idea of what information he has. Now in the past, we saw in iran contra, the colonel took an immunity bath and we dont want people taking an immunity bath so that the Justice Department cant make a case against them. This is Michael Flynn and perhaps his violation of the law, and what that could lead to, i really dont want to think its about flynn to get the president , this is about flynn and flynn. One of the things the president has been critici maki against obama without offering any proof. One thing you have said a lot, is that you think that the russians have something on President Trump, you say what do they have on him . Youre asking the question, do you actually have something to back up that question . I just want to know what the russians have politically, personally and professionally on President Trump. Because why would the president he and try to flirt with the idea of lifting sanctions on russia and their behavior in eastern europe. Why would the United States put putin on the pedestal and diminish is greatness of america. You dont have evidence on that . Lets have the outside independent commission investigate all of this and i dont know how many more days where new news connecting the Trump Campaign to the russians needs to come forward, for the republicans in congress to say lets get to the truth, the American People deserve the truth, why are the republicans protecting the president . Why dont we just have the truth . So you see i think that both of the committees can do some kind of an investigation. I dont think that the chairman of the house committee, he should recuse himself because some of this investigation is about what happened you think he should recuse himself . I think he should recuse himself. I think he should not conduct the investigation because he was part of the transition, he was part of the transition, so for that and other reasons his bizarre behavior, why would the chairman of the committee go to the white house to get information that they could have conveyed to the president , bring it to the president and then take it to the press. So youve just laid that out, do you think that devin nunes knew he was part of this whole orchestration or do you think he was an unwitting participant . In other words was he used by the white house . No, he was duped. Thats the most innocent, most benign characterization that he was duped. The chairman of the committee, the Intelligence Committee is a Small Committee thats accountable to the country, to the president , about protection of our troops, having intelligence so that we can protect the American People, not protect the president. If the election were held tomorrow, which democrat could beat donald trump. The election isnt tomorrow, its four years away, we have a congressional election. Four years in advance, to even know it was going to be barack obama, four years in advance we didnt know it was going to be bill clinton. We have a wealth of talent to the party. Theres a lot of enthusiasm to do that right now. But im certain that many excellent people will put themselves forward. House minority leader nancy pelosi. Good to have you here. Now back to that chaotic commute thats playing out in atlanta after a massive fire caused part of an interstate to collapse there. The road is one of the busiest in the country, its shut down until further notice as firms try to figure out precisely what to do next. Reporter incredibly, this massive fire is still smoldering, that is a chunk of i85 thats missing right now. Georgias governor has declared a state of emergency, some area schools are shut down as the investigation as to what caused this ferocious fire gets under way. At the height of the evening rush hour on the interstate there is a huge, huge fire. Reporter an inferno erupting on i85, just south of downtown atlanta. One of the citys major arteries is shut down. It ignited real fast, real fast, at that point you could hear the bridge falling apart. Reporter the fire seen for miles after burning for about 40 minutes, an elevated section of the highway collapsed. We were aware of 85 collapsing, if there are units that could get on 85 northbound. Reporter the interstate at a stand still in one of countrys busiest cities. We have got spring break traffic, we have got the first braves game that came into county, so it couldnt have happened at a worse time. Reporter investigators are now working to find out what caused the fire, the area underneath was used to store plastic. The speculation that i heard was that it was some pvc products that caught fire. Reporter county the country, there are about 56,000 structurally deficient britisdg. Unlike previous bridge collapses in 2007 and Washington State in 2015, no vehicles were on the section of road at this time, thats because traffic had stopped minutes before when drivers first saw the flames. Remarkably, no injuries have been reported and right now engineers are inspecting this part of the road to see how much of it has been compromised. It could be months before this section of roads is repaired. Swing to swing former was act when she fell and landed on her back. This picture was taken just seconds before the accident. The show was immediately stopped, medical personnel attended to her, she was carried off on a thankfully did not suffer any injury and is expected to return to the show in the near future. Mens final four tipping off tomorrow night with a few surprises in the field. Nbcs ron mott reporting. Reporter there are arguably three cinderella stories in North Carolina trying to erase that heart breaking ending to last years march madness. Everyone loves an underdog, and this years final four is a racket busting final four, two schools dancing for the first time, surging South Carolina and top seeded gonzaga, thats in Washington State for all of you asking. At long last, their 15 minutes of hoops name, well, technically 40 are finally ticking. We know were a great team and we know we have earned the right to be considered a great team, playing at this time of the year, anybody whos still playing is a great team. You only got to beat them by one, and then youre the best. Reporter in oregon the ducks are quacking with excitement too, its been nearly 80 years since they have been on basketball basketballs biggest stage since 1939. And while there are plenty of butterflies and pressure to go around, the men in carolina blue felt that way after valuing to villanueva after last weeks championship game with this dramatic buzzer beater. This power house, once again an odds on favorite to win it all. We can only beap we come out of here with that trophy. Reporter 64 teams gone, four still going, three set to exit the stage, leaving one to shine in the moment. So how about this for an intriguing matchup forl . A battle of the carolinas, just one of the four riveting possibilities for the championship game on monday night. Tipoff as you mentioned, craig, over the weekend. Savannah guthrie, which team you all right told me, im gamecocks all the way. South carolinas craig melvin. Sure. This is an officially nonneutral zone. Lets go over to al, he is wrapping up at a place very close to his heart. Reporter all right, guys, i got to tell you, these students here u were going to try to set the record today, well tell you what record is coming up. But it has something to do with ice. We got to worry about snow and ice in the forecast. As youre looking on the radar, you already see that we have got a lot of rain, but making its way into upstate new york in northern new england, we are talking about snow, so we have got not only this is springtime, we have got flash floods possible, and winter storm warnings from portland to boston, as you can see, were going to have heavy rains, strong winds, and the potential for Power Outages today, heavy wet snow mixed with sleet, were talking got in some areas of upstate new york and new england, 15 inches of snow, boston could see two to six inches and then rainfall amounts, were talking some areas between new york and into pennsylvania, locally three to four inches between washington, d. C. And new york city. A crazy time. Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A dreary day ahead. Rain this morning, heavy downpours this afternoon. With gusty winds, chilly all day long. 49 degrees in philadelphia. The heaviest rainfall comes through this afternoon and into the evening hours. The suburbs, 47 degrees this afternoon with winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. Up to 50 but steady rainfall for new jersey with those downpours continuing into the evening. 40s for the Lehigh Valley. Just into the low 50s in delaware. Have a great day. Est and that is your latest weather, guys, the Guinness World records, that were going to try to set on the ice here. The worlds longest conga line on ice. Can we do it . Well find out coming up in the next hour, thats right, baby. The worlds longest conga line on ice. Whos holding that record right now . Theyre in trouble. They are, thank you, al, well check back in. Coming up, what a story, a great grandmother trapped for five agonizing day in her car, she was stranded in snow, now shes telling her story and telling what she did to survive. And were saving you money the next time you rent a car, well tell you about all the fees and fuel charges so you never get stuck again. But first, ts is today on hi whether youre after supreme performance. Advanced intelligence. Or breathtaking style. Theres a cclass just for you. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Lease the c300 sedan for 389 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Ready. Set. Go. Go. Go. One way or another, im gonna find ya im gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya one way or another, one way or another, i wanna ya, get ya, get ya, get ya one way or another, heare you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. 7 26, friday morning. Good morning, im tracy davidson. Its dreary and wet outside. Weve issued a first alert so you know whats to come with the rain. Meteorologist bill henley with the first alert forecast. We have a first alert for today and tonight. The heavy rain, though, that im expecting, the downpours, those are destined for the evening commute. Could result in localized flooding. This is light rain in wilmington, bucks county, trenton, south jersey. Theres more to come. This rainfall is coming in from the southwest. Theres the heavy rain, and some thunderstorms activity due in this afternoon. Lets see what the rain is doing to the morning commute. Nbc10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has got that. Jess . Yeah, an accident scene on 295. Now these are the cameras around route 168. Its approaching the accident scene. On the southbound side, traffic is almost completely stopped here. If youre moving right toward this direction where you can split toward philadelphia or to head to the 42 freeway, problems and delays. We had an earlier ground stop at the Philadelphia National airport for flights departing to head to philadelphia. They just canceled it but said residual delays may still be in effect. Definitely check why your carrier before you head out. There might be problems with the airport at least because of the weather. Got it. Thanks. Today in bucks county, Jacob Sullivan will be arraigned in the grace packer murder case. Authorities say he strangled the 14yearold last july the day after allegedly raping her while graces adoptive mother, sarah packer, watched. We could also learn if prosecutors will seek the death penalty. Well have another update in 25 minutes. See us every week day morning from 4 30 to 7 00. 7 30 now, its a friday morning, march 31st, 2017, and check out oswego, new york, al is there, it is the final day of roper con iii. Al, take it away. Reporter were on the beautiful shores of lake ontario, at oswego, its my alma mater, i have come home to the land of oz, as they like to call it. I am here, back in oswego, and we are going to set the world record, the Guinness World record for the longest conga line on ice. The old record about 350 people in london, we have got over 600 folks who are going to take part in this attempt. It is going to be awesome, savannah, a big finish for rockerthon iii. Starting the madness. I think you set another record this week, most College Students up before 7 30 a. M. , for any reason, ever. Were looking forward to it, al, thank you. Lets get a quick check of todays headlines. Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn is now offering to testify before congress about the Trump Campaigns possible ties to russia. But his Attorney Says the retired general wants immunity from prosecution first. Flynn was one of mr. Trumps advisors before being appointed National Security advisor. He served for just three week w. Part of interstate 85 collapsed, that road is one of the countrys busiest. The cause of the fire sis under investigation, but police say terrorism is not suspected. And spacex successfully launched a rocket from Kennedy Space center last night. It took about four months to refurbish. And now more on a survival story we first told you about on thursday. An 85yearold woman who spent five days stranded in her car in the colorado mountains. Now shes speaking out about what happened. Miguel, good morning. Reporter savannah good morning, this great grandmother did everything right after making one wrong turn, she not only beat the odds, she beat the elements, surviving when few thought she could. This morning 85yearold Ruby Jean Stein is back behind the wheel. The great grand mother surviving in her senta after being stuck in the snow and ice. Ruby and her cat spent five agonizing days and four freezing nights. Stein used safety p to ration the food she had to make it more than 20 hours in the cold. People asked me, what did you do . What do you do in car for five days, nothing. I just had to stay calm, i had to figure what was best. There wasnt a lot i could do about it. Reporter headed to her grand daughters house, ruby was looking for i70. But she drove 20 miles the wrong way. Flyers were passed around all over town. But it wasnt until two hikers stumbled mon ruby that he was later reunited with her granddaughter. It was amazing and sad, but just great at the same time. I was just so thankful. Very, very grateful, yeah. That we were able to bring her home to you. Reporter after a road trip shell never forget, ruby and her nicky are back home beating the odds together. Its out of this world, it is it is something i am starting to think i was never going to have again. Reporter they say cats have nine lives, maybe nicky had to few to spare. Ruby tells us she actually left her granddaughters house to try to get ahead of that storm. For now no big road trips in her immediate future, but one things for certain, ruby knows how to make the best out of a bad situation. Shes amazing. Were so glad shes doing well. Lets get a check of the weather from al up in oswego. Todays weather is brought to you by nondrowsy claritin. Reporter and good morning, everybody, we are being sa sarenaded by the oswego team. Lets show you our pollen map, very high from the southwest, northern texas, much of oklahoma and into atlanta. Southwest and Southern Plains serving. Hard to believe were talking about pollen and also a major storm in the rockies. A big old storm system bringing heavy snow from salt lake on into aspen, pugh web low as well. 24 inches of snow predicted for denver. We are talking about anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A dreary day ahead. Rain this morning, heavy downpours this afternoon. With gusty winds, its going to stay chilly all day long. 49 degrees in philadelphia. The heaviest rainfall comes through this afternoon and into the evening hours. The suburbs, 47 degrees this afternoon with winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. Up to 50 but steady rainfall for new jersey with those downpours continuing into the evening. 40s for the Lehigh Valley. Just into the low 50s in delaware. Have a great day. Reporter all right, coming up, guys, in the next half hour, were going to attempt to set that Guinness World record. Its going to be the worlds longest conga line on ice. Yeah, baby. Are you going to play copa cabana . Were going to get some gloria estefan. The adorable 5yearold girl who will teach us how to handle a breakup. Coming up, were going to save you money on the rental car, you know when you get the receipt, all those fees . Receipt, all those fees . What do turns out things arent always what you think they are. Receipt, all those fees . What do take guinea pigs. Theyre not pigs at all, nor are they from guinea. Or take this haircut. 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Going on a road trip. All right, lets do this. Reporter perfect day for this. Were decoding all those rental fees and finally answering the age old question, which is cheaper, prepaying the gas, or filling up on your own. Travel expert gary leff. Lets jump right into the lightning round here, i have a list of fees, tell me what this means, concession recovery fee. The rental company has to pay the airport to rent you a car so theyre going to charge you for that fee. Tire recovery fee. Tires wear out, you pay them to get rid of old tires. Parking recovery fee. This is my favorite. Because when youre not renting the car and theyre not renting it to someone else, its got to park somewhere, and theyre charging you for the parking. Come on. Its expensive to park. How do i avoid these fees . Most of the fees stem from renting at the airport, what you can do is fake an uber to a downtown car lot. So you can return it to the airport and not pay those fees . Reporter great tip, but what about the fuel . Should you prepay the gas at the counter or fill it up yourself . Okay, lets find out, my producers and i went to the same place and rented the exact same make and model of car, a 2016 toyota camry se. You paid at the counter . I paid at the counter and got a great rate at the gas. Reporter i will fill up myself at the gas station and see what i pay. I didnt prepay, im not going to fill up, im just going to return it with whats left in the tank. Reporter its up to you and me to see who pays the least at the end of the bill. And were going to the grand canyon, great spring break destination. And here we come, driving in a caravan on a twohour journey. Finally making it to the grand canyon. This is amazing. Look at this. Wow. Reporter worth the trip for this amazing sight. But we cant stay long, we return right back around for the twohour trip back. Jovana and josh heading straight for the rental return. But i have to stop and get gas. Im filling up with gas, right before the rental car center. Time for the big reveal. We just returned our cars. Remember, we all drove the same distance, about two hours there, two hours back, what did you pay for fuel. I just returned it with whats left of the fuel in it. 29. 22. I only used half the tank, but because i prepaid, they charged me for the entire tank, so i ended up paying 41. 65. I also used about half a tank, 16. 74 i win. So the moral of the story is unless youre going to drip that tank empty, fill it up yourself. The tips you need to save big this spring break, and if you havent seen the grand canyon, its amazing. Its amazing what ill do to take a vacation on the corporate car. Heres a bonus tip, they try to get you to buy the insurance, do you really need it . Our experts say maybe not, before you rent the car, check your own car insurance, many policies already cover insurance for rental cars. Check on that before you go to the counter. 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Good morning. Good morning. Were seeing plenty of showers first thing this morning. These are light showers across bucks county, in through trenton and wilmington seeing the showers fill back in. Along with many of the suburbs and steady rainfall extends to the shore. Atlantic city, look at delaware. There is more lining up to the southwest. This is all coming through during the day today. And those thunderstorms, those heavy downpours, those are due in this afternoon and this evening. We could see a couple of inches of rain by the time this finally dries out tomorrow morning. 39 now in philadelphia. 36 in the suburbs. New jersey is 38. You see the chill is in the air in the Lehigh Valley and delaware. The wind blowing and rain, not much of a warmup. The warmup happens this weekend. Well see how the rain is impacting your ride to work. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. Were watching big delays. Cameras around roosevelt boulevard. The eastbound delay, morning volume because of a crash in the eastbound side ahead around Spring Garden street. Approaching center city, were slow. Were always slow on 295 moving through bell mawr. And this is creating a backup, as well. This is the southbound side approaching 168 because of a crash up ahead. Back to you. Today, a bucks county trial accused in a botched pizza robbery that ended in a deadly shooting. Chastity ramos staked out the pizza shop in levittown along with the mother of one of the two robbers. A customer who was pistol whipped pulled a gun and fired killing one robber and wounding the other. The armed customer was not charged. A judge expect to sentence a mother in the death of her 4yearold daughter. Shakia holmes pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Her daughter shot herself with a gun found in the closet of their north philadelphia home. Today, coming up. Flynn is in. Former National Security advisor Michael Flynn says hes ready to talk about russia. And he says he has a story to tell. How might that impact President Trump and his administration . Were live at the white house. Plus the fountain of use for your brain . Maria shriver introduces us to 70yearolds who are as sharp as teenagers. And rokerthon rolls to the finish line. Al returns to his alma mater for one very cool finale. Theres no players like home as one more Guinness World record gets ready to fall today. On friday, march 31st, 2017. Were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary on the plaza. Happy birthday gloria. Its moms 75th birthday. On today, im fun and 40. It is 8 00 on today, its friday, the its the 31st of march. Its crazy around here. Our crowd is soaked this morning. They look cute. Its so good being out here. Wet, freezing cold. You guys having a good time . [ cheers and applause ] coming up, hot chicken in todays kitchen. Popping up on restaurant menus all across this country, were very excited to learn how to make chicken at home. And zoom in on that biscuit. As we mentioned, al is closing out rokerthon 3, its got a special meaning today, hes at his alma mater, al, you must be having a great time. Reporter i cant even begin to tell you, were having a blast. And by the way, all the schools came up with their own Guinness World record idea. We had nothing to do with it. They came to us and said we want to do this, and, boy, have these schools really delivered. Lets give you a little recap of where we have been. We kicked off the week at the university of oklahoma, then we made our way to Northern Michigan university, the next stop, we went to university of tennessee and then we ended up in loyola, maryland, and finally here, the wlooirlakers here ato state. We came out of zamboni, we got another zamboni here, its driven by tiny tim, and let me tell you this is one heck of a zamboni. Who wants a tshirt . Reporter here comes tiny tim. Whooo boom hows that, baby . A zamboni that fires tshirts. We need that. Here in suny oswego. We want that. Reporter we are bringing this back for the Rockefeller Center ice rink. This thing is huge. Tiny tim, youre a giant. Al, yes, standing strong at the end of the week, well get more from al in a minute. But first the stop stories. Im Halle Jackson in washington. And new this morning, it looks like ousted security advisor Michael Flynn wants to break his weeks long silence. Hes asking for immunity in exchange for his testimony. And now flynns getting backup from his former pass. President trump tweeting, mike flynn should ask for immunity and this is a witch hunt by media and dems of historic proportion. After all but disappearing after his dismissal last month, former National Security advise or Michael Flynn wants to tell his story should the circumstances permit. That those circumstances apparently include immunity. But he tells the Intelligence Committee he will testify. In a statement he said no reasonable person would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution. Senator mark warner is the top democrat on that committee. We wont say what we will do or wont do. Reporter flynn was one of the president s top advisors during his campaign and transition, privy to inner circle conversations about National Policy and the transition. His request for immunity six months after he slammed Hillary Clintons staffers for seeking their own immunity. When you are given immunity, that means you probably committed a crime. Reporter as rick cohen wattnik named by two newspapers as having some role in devin nuness claims that there was wiretapping. I think people in the west wing had no idea that i was there. Reporter but two other white house officials were also reportedly involved in getting nunes that information. Nbc news has not independently verified that reporting. This morning nbc news caught up with both men. Im not talking about anything. I have no idea. Reporter now the president s declaring war on the House Freedom caucus, an ultraconservative voting bloc, accused of hurting the entire republican agenda if they dont get on the team and fast, we must fight them and dems in 2018. Most people dont take well to being bullied. It may allow a child to get his way, but thats not how our government works. Reporter lots for President Trump to juggle today, hes also expected to sign several executive orders later on regarding trade laws. A massive fire caused part of a bridge to collapse on i85 in atlanta. Its one of the nations busiest roadways and this morning commuters are facing whats being called by the mayor, a longterm transportation crisis, the cause of this still under investigation. But officials are focussing oast bridge. They think it may have caught fire. The socalled superagers whose unlocking the fountain of youth. 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Do you think thats a wise policy . Thats an old School Policy that mike pence would be on board with. It makes sense. I dont think i would ask my husband to have that policy, but i think its like, that would be wise, i dont remember. Im not sure. Why wouldnt you have dinner with i think from his point of view, the easiest way to resist temptation is to avoid it. Thats not to say men and women cant be friends. Thats to say, were not going to have dinner. I would like them to come. You think it would make your wife more comfortable. Hes out to eat with another woman. Then its okay. I dont come down on either side of it. But i do think its interesting. I have a friend whose father said, im going to give you a piece of advice. Dont get in that situation, dont even let yourself get in a situation where youre tempted and youll be in good shape. I think thats whats behind that idea. Peeling the onion, the headline here, mike pence, asks the waiter to remove mrs. But r butterworth from the table until his wife arrives. Mcdonalds announcing that will begin making their signature quarterpound burger with fresh meat. The other burgers will remain frozen. The rival wendys, well, they had some beef with the news, they tweeted in response, so youll still use frozen beef in most of your burgers in all of your restaurants . Asking for a friend. Wendys takes pride in their fresh beef. I would rather have frozen beef than beef thats been sitting around a while. Taking up for frozen beef. I would like to taste both and see if i can tell the difference. Are you a burger gal . I like burgers. I try not to eat a lot of red meat, although i ate one yesterday. I really like burgers and i really like fries, everything that i preach you shouldnt eat, i like and i actually eat. We all know, we have been there breakups are hard, but no one is handling it better than the little girl were about to show you, she hilariously tells h her kindergarten relationship drama. My boyfriend, he proposed actually to a fourth grader. And that made me, go, like, what you doing . I thought you were going to propose to me. Me. Me. I hear you. This video went viral, of course. What happened that day at school . Deannas ex wanted to get back together. Take a look. What did he give you . A bracelet. So you said you will take the bracelet . Ill take the bracelet, but i wont take you. Say what . They need a show. They need a show. They probably will get a show. Yes. Probably. Adorable. I dont know about that lesson that hes learning. It was a nice bracelet. Thats twlur. Were going to start again with george amal clooney, well tell you all about the baby names amal vetoes. George jokingly said he wanted to name his children casa and amigos. And its at nbc, we want to start by congratulating our friends at dateline. They have incredible in depth stories and you can catch an all new date line dont on nbc. Craig, youre stuck with me tomorrow. Thats tough. Were very happy to have you back, we missed you. Calvin is sleeping his 11th night sleeping in a row. We have new babies. Whats your secret . Benadryl baby. And lets go out to al, hes on his final rokerthon 3 final record attempt. Congratulations to dateline as well. My wife was one of the original correspondents. Its time for rokerthon 3, we hav whos our official Guinness World records ajude dater. And the longest running president. Besides the fact that oswego has the Second Best Team in the country. The first class student group. We have enough people, al, we wouldnt let you down. Reporter are you ready to get started . The worlds longest conga, they have to do it for five minutes. We are ready. Put five minutes up on the clock. Start the clock. Lets go reporter here we go. All right, the old record, about 350 people, and we have over 600 folks in the conga line, lets get it started. All right, while they get it started, thats whats good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Grab your rain gear. Weve got a rainy one today. Rain and wind and temperatures into the very low 50s for delaware and new jersey even t the shore our winds will top 25 miles an hour. Low 40s this afternoon with a dreary day ahead for the Lehigh Valley. Heavier downpours during the Late Afternoon and evening hours and that goes for the suburbs with a high of 47. Just 49 in philadelphia. Warmer this weekend when we finally dry out. Reporter all right, so far so good. The Guinness World record for longest conga line on ice, here in oswego, where i went to school, so it was like coming to home sweet home. Its been a long, exciting week. But there was one more school i had to stop at. Theres no place like home. Theres no place like home. Theres no place like home. My alma mater, oswego, better known as oz, oswego, it was time to grab a bite at one of my Favorite Places in college. How are you doing, al . Reporter you look great. I wish i had lost weight like you did. I did the freshman 45. I think im going to try the meat ball sub. I havent had the meat ball sub in a long time. The only difference is i would order two at a time. I thought it would be a good idea to meet with some prospective students, you know, give them a little bit of my wisdom and insight. Save yourself some time and say good buy to everyone else, this is it. Whenever youre a graduate, whenever you come on campus, you have people like that following you around. Its great. Then i stopped by a senior meteoroloy class where a familiar face was waiting to say hi. Fritz was one of my communications professors back in the day. We had radar, tv and carrier pigeon. It was time to visit some of my old haunts. I used to work back here in the dining hall. And this was my room. And, my, i dont recognize it because its actually clean. Lets give it up for al roker . How does it feel . Reporter it feels great. But then there was the small matter of setting a guinness book of world roadecords. We need you in the conga line, i think were in trouble. Reporter i have a megaphone and i will use it. Lets see jazz hands, no laughing, this is serious business. No laughing. Luckily its not for the fastest conga line. Do you feel ready . Are we going to do this . Yeah. Reporter anybody going to fall down . No. Reporter lets do this, oswego. All right so the conga line is continuing, how are they doing, michael . They still have about two minutes left. So theyre still going. This is very exciting, the worlds longest conga line, what was the original record . The record was 353, they still need to keep on going, theyre working on it. Reporter when you have to get Something Like this, besides going five minutes, what are the other things they have to worry about . I need everyone holding their hands on someone elses hips, Everyone Needs to not fall. Theyre doing a great job, but they need to keep that movement going. Reporter i dont know what the official count is so far, but are you surprised at how many people there are here. Everybody is enthusiastic to have you here today to try to break a world record title. Reporter we start at the university of oklahoma, we had the Worlds Largest letter, we had the Worlds Largest free tag there. I see a little bit of a fall there, everyones doing a great job. 15 seconds left. Michael is going to go through everything they need to do. When we come back, well find out good morning. Im vai sikahema. Its just about a 30 on this soggy friday. Lets get right to bill henley with your most accurate forecast. A chilly rain falling in easten. Clouds, rain and wind will combine to keep it chilly all suburbs. Steadier rainfall in new jersey and delaware. And look what is coming our way. Those are thunderstorms. Thats the first line of some heavier downpours that moves in for this afternoon. Th amoisture. We could easily see two inches if not more of rainfall in the area during the afternoon, the evening and then tonight. Along with winds that will combine to keep it chilly. The gusts willp to 25 miles an hour. It feels like it and the low 30s right now for allentown, wilmington and mt. Holly and below freezing in trenton. Lets get a check on the roads with jessican boyington. What are you seeing . A disabled vehicle. Traffic moving towards center city seeing some problems. Thats eastbound drive time 31 minutes from the blue route to the vine. Speeds are down into the 20s. Were watching construction and electrical repairs causing pretty big headed southbound on route 90. Another update for you coming up in 25 minutes. You can get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. Today show continues in just minutes. Sioux. Well, its 8 30, its a friday morning, its march 31st 2017, and its a wet one. Rain is coming down in midtown manhattan. We stayed inside for this particular segment. Good morning, everybody, good to have you along. Nice, warm and dry in here. Chilly outside. Were going to be chasing a hot chicken trend, back to its roots finding out how to make this delicious dish at home as well. First we want to mention too that 80 junior golfers from all around the u. S. And canada are gearing up for the drive, chip and putt, sunday morning on the golf channel, starting at 8 00 a. M. Eastern, if you have kids who want to take part in next years event, head to drive clutchip and putt. Com. We want to know, did you break the record, al . Lets turn to michael, who is our official guinness book of World Records adjudicate for, michael, what say to you . The original record is 353 people doing the longest conga on its, we have 393, its a new world record. Amazing, oswego. Reporter and were going to give it, maybe allison can take this out on the ice and corps yo gra corps yo graff this whole thing. Euro you were helping us get all this done. Hold on a sec, were going to pick a couple of names out of a hat. We have 5,000 dlr 5,000 for one student. Whats the name . Emily notaro. You are the recipient of a pure Point Financial 5,000 check. Come on down. And while youre doing that, dr. Stanley, you guys at oswego state have matched that with another 5,000 check. We have, al, we couldnt be outdone by any of those other schools you were at. They did a great job and we will too. Reporter whats the name . Jasmine gomez. Reporter Jasmine Gomez come on down for your 5,000 check. One from pure Point Financial, the other from suny oswego. This has been spectacular, we have had a fantastic time. And thank you to michael from Guinness World records, boy, what a week from rokerthon 3, good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Grab your rain gear. Weve got a rainy one today. Rain and wind and temperatures into the very low 50s for delaware and new jersey even at the shore where winds will top 25 miles an hour. Low 40s this afternoon with a dreary day ahead for the Lehigh Valley. Heavier downpours during the Late Afternoon and evening hours and that goes for the suburbs with a high of 47. Just 49 in philadelphia. Warmer this weekend when we finally dry out. Have a great day. Reporter all righty, thanks so much, guys. Also want to thank all of our fabulous producers. Just take a shot of everybody there. Cecilia and jackie, shawn reese and all of our guys who helped d us all over the place. We have had such a blast doing rokerthon 3. Guys, back to you. Excellent job. Cant wait for rokerthon 4. Have researchers now found a way to unlock our brains fountain of youth. For more on that, maria shriver. Reporter most of us associate getting older with losing our memories and lots of aches and pains, now theres growing evidence that many of these are actually preventable. Meet some seniors whose bodies are stronger and their brains healthier than ever before. At 74, nancy has the brain of a 20something. If you keep doing things mentally and physically, they all come together. Reporter this massachusetts grandmother is part of a special club of seniors known as superagers. In memory tests, their brains are as sharp as people in their 20s. Their memories are very youthful and they show no evidence of memory loss. Reporter neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett wanted to know why, she scanned more than a dozen superagers and got the shock of her career. We found a whole set of regions which are much thicker and much better connected, which means they are more youthful. And in fact, when you look at superagers brains and you compare them to young people, theyre indistinguishable. Reporter so what keeps these older brains so young . The word bore come has never been used in our house. Reporter in the last year, nancys learned how to play piano, chess, even pool. One of the things they seem to do is push through discomfort. If you cultivate that feeling of yuck at least once a day and kind of push through it. Reporter cultivate yuck . That feeling of i cant do this, its really hard, i want to stop, but you just do it anyway. Reporter and its not just our brains that can defire older age. At nearly 80 years old, these women act like kids, climbing jungle gyms, even climbing tr trees. Do you believe that people in their 60s and 70s can be moving like theyre 20 . Maybe even better. Reporter fitness expert katie bowman. Its move in a different way than you have been for the last 20 or 30 or 40 years, because all of those tiny shifts in movement, they do the same thing as the movements that you do in the gym, you adapt to them. Reporter so by changing the way you walk, changing the way you stand, changing the way you move through life, you avoided surgery . Yes, exactly so. Reporter bowman says one of our worst habits is sucking in our stomachs to appear thinger, over time it can cause constipation and other problems. Another health trick, strengthening our legs by changing how we move up and down from chairs. Many of us use momentum as a crutch. Less momentum and less falling both on the up and on the down. Reporter turning back the clock and make whats old young again. Another key to superaging is the kind of stress in your life. Experts say constant toxic stress from relationships or work environments can be very harmful to your brain. But occasional bouts of stress can actually be good for it as long as you say hopeful and positive. And another thing they talk about is walk around in bare feet, get used to that, and constantly moving, were way to sedentary. Superagers. What about their diets. Theyre all very healthy, they talk about being very healthy, but they attribute, really the fact that they keep learning, keep moving, and keep exercising more than actual diet. And pushing through that discomfort. Pushing through the yuck. Binge watching net flix . A chance encounter that changed two lives forever. But first, this is today on nbc. Were bag, 8 41. Good morning, guys. This is a story about one man who was living alone on the streets and one woman who decided to stop her car, changing both of their lives forever. I was a street person in the usa, just usually talking to myself and just watching the people go by. Reporter 34yearold Victor Hubbard suffers from Mental Illness and fell on hard times. He found himself living on the streets and chose one particular Street Corner on houston to stay put. Every day when i drove by i saw him there. Sometimes i would go, its too painful and its hurting my heart to see him. Reporter last june she decided to stop. He walked over toward my car and said hello, how are you . So i felt like it was okay and i got out on my car and i said, well, im good, whats your name . And he said he was victor and we started talking. Hes kind and loving and gracious. Reporter she wanted to find out why hubbard was always at this place. We talked about what he was doing, why was it that he was there. And he said, well, i just need to make sure that im here so if my mom comes looking for me she knows where to find me. Reporter hubbard stood at the Street Corner hoping she would find him. I checked with every agency i could think of, to see, can somebody please help him. Reporter she started a gofundme page to raise money for clothing, food and a place for him to say and she give him a job at her cooking business, the art of the meal. I enjoy working here and its influencing me to always do something besides just staying on the corner. Reporter last december, sprous and her took victor in their home. Hes now living there in a room of his own. She helped me with a lot of things, she helped me overcome and to see that i had it inside of me, but i always had to bury it in my heart that i could get better. Reporter and sprous is committed to keep helping hubbard. I believe that he was the one that the lord put there on the corner and in my heart. I think everybody could lenard something from my story, to know that i had courage to transform and to become a better better than. Look what i could have overlooked, i have this great, amazing, funny, sensitive human being in my life now. And ginger, dave helped victor find his mother who he now keeps in touch with. Shes helped him raise more than 30,000 on their Gofundme Pages and hes changed her. Its so inspiring for all of us. Thank you for that. Enjoy the weekend. You too. Up next, we are serving up a recipe for hot chicken to spice up your next meal. Carson man this is our son christopher lewis. Woman this is our brother john anthony gracie. Man this is my daughter natalie. We lost her to opioid addiction. Woman pennsylvanias fighting this crisis so more lives are not lost. Woman call 1800662help for treatment options. Visit pa. Gov opioids for resources and information on substance abuse. Paid for with pennsylvania taxpayer dollars. Hot chicken, here we come. Welcome back, something thats trending in from new york to california. This hot, spicy chicken will make grown men cry. Reporter from coast to coast, Fried Chicken is heating up. Its going to get your attention. Your full attention. Reporter born and breaded in nashville, tennessee, its called hot chicken, a breast, thigh or wing that marinaded, floured and set on fire with spice. One night he came home pretty late and his girlfriend made him some Fried Chicken and then put a ton of hot sauce on it thinking he wouldnt like it and he did like it and hot chicken was born. Nashvilles very own original, princes hot chicken, pairs their own brand of heat with white bread and pickles. And across town, alongside other greens, father and son owners nick bishop and nick bishop jr. Say its made grown men cry. Its painful, painful, both today and tomorrow, unbearable in many ways. Its the one item we have on our menu that people will take at risk. Reporter according to data from four square city guide, mentions of hot chicken were up 123 in 2016, a number the tech Company Expects will continue to grow. Reporter we have had this explosion of regional foods that get removed from their place of origin and then spread throughout the country. You had the philly cheesesteak, you had the lobster roll from maine and now you have hot chicken. All spreading the gospel of hot chicken. Hungry customers can wait more than an hour for the spice yir bird. It has a nice flavor, its juicy and everything you can ask for. Reporter so if you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. All right, you can make your own hot chicken at home. The executive chef of root and bone here. You got your ingredients here, well show that on the screen. But good chicken. How do you do a quality check on chicken . Its about the bird, you want to start with a good, happy bird, happy birds make happy food. Im going to make a brine. I have made this brine and cooled it down already. Like a salt, sugar thats just pepper, some and sugar, were going to marinade this brine all the way through. How hot is the sample that you made these guys . Its a little peppery. I heard they didnt have coffee, so i thought this would liven it up a little bit. We have got the b rrkbrine, so going to leave this in the cooler for about a day. And then were going to dredge it. We have got the pepper in here, some cayenne, some paprika and were going to layer this tabasco and pepper in there. This is butter milk and eggs. And im going to take this chicken. This is the brine chicken for 24 hours, then youre going to do your bath trick here. With the magic of time, we have already done our bath here, tobacco and butter milk. Youve done this before . I like watching you. We do a version of this chicken, which youre going to see here. We have dredged it, we have got a lot of flour on it. Youre in a cast iron skillet and some oil. I have this oil at about 350. Do you see the effects of root and bone . Some people come in and see how hot they can take it. How is it, guys . Its fantastic. Its not overpowering, its got some kick but not it seems like the flavor is kind of elevated. The kick hits you later. Is that on purpose . Its like a fivesecond delay. Youve got some butter here. So i have layered the tabasco here again, with some cayenne and some other peppers. How long is this frying going to take roughly . 15 to 20 minutes . But were going to top it off with some pickles. We have a root and bone. Go to today. Com. Were going to go, but fst this is irt were back, 8 54. Take a bite of hot chicken right before i have to do birthdays. But we are celebrating, so lets say hello to some friendly faces. Happy 107th birthday to melvin, he actually go business the nickname, uncle dude. Enjoy it. Ms. Linda smith is 100 years old. Shes a proud grandma from wisconsin, she and her husband own their own hotel. And Michael Vesta ran his own custom display business. And harley is celebrating his birthday of over 100 years celebrating his birthday by playing golf. Joseph is 100 years old, from omaha, nebraska, hes a world war 2 veteran and receives the purple heart for his service. And happy birthday to margarite, shes an avid bolger. Dont forget, tomorrows april fools day so dont get got. Not all pranks have to be mean. Take a look at what happened at the nbc store. Shes my favorite. I think thats savannah guthrie. Its like a scene from psycho. They have the actual todays show desk at the nbc store. Its really fun. So happy april fools day, everybody. My mouths on fire. I know. Carson while i was doing the birthdays was looking for a beer in that nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Im vai sikahema. Better have an umbrella with you. Lets get to bill henley with your most accurate forecast. The heavy rain will be later today. Thats why weve issued a first alert for the entire area. Today and into tonight during the evening commute thats when heavy rain will come through. Those downpours could produce an inch or two of rainfall and lead to localized flooding. Right now a large area of light rain. Suburbs in the Lehigh Valley, berks county. And a chilly rain falling for delaware. More steady rain on the way. These thunderstorms have settled down, but still a lot of moisture. Well get a few waves of rain coming in this afternoon. Late this afternoon and this evening. Thats when well see the heaviest rainfall. The temperatures, well, theyre parked in the 30s for most neighborhoods. Now 40 degrees in philadelphia. And 40 in delaware. See a little bit of a warmup with the rain and the wind, its never really going to feel warm during the day today. Thank you, bill. What kind of impact is the rain having on the roads . Jessica boyington. Big delays on the schuylkill. This is one of the heaviest roads that were watching right now. Surprisingly not a lot of accidents reported right now, at least on the majors. This is the schuylkill right around roosevelt boulevard, that eastbound side you can see traffic barely moving at all 20 minutes from the blue route to the vine if youre heading eastbound and the Philadelphia International airport just tweeted that theres a ground stop for arthritis departing to philadelphia and also some delays heading to newark and new york. Back to you. Happening today, Philadelphia District attorney Seth Williams will tell a judge if hes found a new lawyer to defend him in his corruption case. The d. A. s former lawyer says william ds not have the money to pay him. Well be back with more in 25 minutes. This is todays take. Welcome to today on this friday morning, the last day of march, 2017. Its going out like a lion here in new york city. You see folks out there on this friday, you see honkey tonk we have trace adkins here. This is reminiscent to your pennsylvania days. I remember hanging out and listening to this song. I have to say, this is a huge, huge song. When you drive across country, you listen to a lot of Country Music. So your first album, 1996, streaming outloud . Yes. Thats like any of those songs come on and i can just sing along. Like every light in the house is on. Thank you. And thinking thing. I just have to tell you that. So its your first album, and here we are with your newest album. 12. Do you get nervous . You seem so calm. What i have learned over the years, you should just focus on singing and the music stuff because the other stuff, the business part of it, the album sales and all that, theres not a lot you can do about that. So, you know, just dont worry about it too much. I mean i love these days when the new album comes out, we get to put new music out for people. But i dont get too worried about it. Its already number one on the country charts. Thats huge. Thats good. This morning we came in, and your album has come out. That makes sense, a lot of artists actually say that, theres such a business to it, youre the artist, so you just do what you do . Cant dwell on that, cant worry about it too much. You just drive yourself crazy. And were getting treated to watered down. March 31st has a special meaning for dylan. Dylan dryer has a special way to remember the days of the month. 30 days hath september, april june and november, all the rest have 31 except february, because that has 28. And then leap year its 29, but we dont know when that happens. We dont know when that happens. The song goes off the rails as the end. Everybody knows the catchy little song. But the whole rhyming thing falls apart. And nobody knows what the end is. I had trouble picking up the melody too. Is there a melody or is it more of a chant. Im a bad singer, but i was. Messing up any kind of sing songy february and fine is 29. Have you learned the 31 versus 30 really . I do fingers, february, march, april, may, june, july, and the only one that doesnt work is february. Thats the thing, february. Theyre saying i have to explain it. The tops of your fingers are all the 31s and the top sides are all 30. I have too many knuckles. My fingers are short. You know what . Thats genius, i have never thought about it. But its the same concept. March is 31 days. Good for you, you have three methods for your choosing. So last time you were here, we got some of your secrets with your game, country confessions. It was such a big hit, that america is still screaming to do it again. Are you ready . Yes. Country confessions. All right. This is all right, lets see. We fold them up really tight. You have to make an album of a different genre of music, what would it be . Crooner. I want to do a crooner record. You do . Milike make new songs . Some of those old standards. Thats a totally doable thing. With a voice like that. What song would you do . I left my heart in San Francisco whats the next one . What was your first Country Music crush . I dont want to tell. How about this . She already knows. Tanya tucker. So she already knows. Everybodys like i love tanya. Lets do another one. One more. Okay. We wrote these in extra big font. Few for that. Whats your goto ckaraoke song . Like a virgin touched for the very first time like a virgin next to mine i like it. One more. That would be a fun night. All right. Oh, my god, what is this . This is a paragraph. With your voice, do you think you can make anything sound this is not a question. Can you sing this line from dr. Seuss . I would not like them here or there i would not like them anywhere i do not like green eggs and ham i do not like them sam i am i just made that up. There you go. I love that. So everybody these days are doing the big gender reveal, whether youre having a boy or a girl, the ante is really high. Did you do a gender reveal . I did one with blue confetti. Were talking about this, take a look at this couple from colorado. Theyre the cross fans. Christian and shaen sahaun is supposed to break the balloon. But i think he topped the zri strings off of it. Theres no idea what hes doing to have. I dont know how this video ends. They hug, but did they explain it later . The balloon doesnt come back. It would have ended with me running to the truck. Got to follow the balloon. We hear its a little boy. So thats cute. So they were able to find out. These days, its a cake, its a balloon, something and you post it for everyone to see. I had balloons all over the living room. And i had him pop the balloons. He didnt get home until mid night, so our poor neighbors heard popping balloons after midnight. So you found out first . I did, yes, and i told him like three hours later. Thats so sweet. I was always there. Yeah, in the room . We didnt do the balloon popping. No, no, no. The sonogram thing. I never saw the thing, i had five daughters. You never saw these little i dont know what this is. Okay, theres that. Anyway, just kidding. You have four girls . Five. Five girls . We have to talk about that next, opening day just around the corner by the way, but during a spring Training Camp between the rockies and the padres, the team showed theyre already in reflex form. The field, everybodys playing, games gone on fine, and they get an unexpected invasion from something. Have a look. Uhoh. Were getting a swarm out in the field. Look, everybodys hitting the deck. The bees again. Oh, my gosh, i have never seen that. The bees on the move apparently. I have never seen this in my entire life. I have never seen that in my entire life. The padres suffer ee eed a stin 125. I didnt know stop, drop and roll was the thing for bees. Me neither, is that what youre supposed to do, lay low . I think one person may have laid low and everybody followed. Be sure to stay tuned for our huge freebie friday. Our huge freebie friday. 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Reporter im feeling great, it was great to end up here at my alma mater, oswego. I could listen to you just read the phone book. Okay, well do that someday. Reporter but its been exciting, i mean, you know, because hockey, you know, unlike other schools, footballs big, hockey is huge here, and i got to ride in on the zamboni, i got to drive the zamboni. Which was pretty cool. This is in fact its oswego, and we call this the land of oz. Oswego. So the yellow brick road, and the whole nine yards. This one, oswego, this is tiny tim and this is the zamboni that fires off tshirts during the game. And its a little creepy, i got to tell you, but we love it. Its fantastic. And then yeah, then the reason there it is. Look at that. He comes flying in. I mean its crazy. The crowd goes nuts, and then boom, off goes a tshirt, which he even waves his little flag. The reason we were here is to set the Guinness World record for the longest conga line on ice, and we crushed it. The record was about 350 people, a couple of years ago, well, it ended up being over almost 600 people. Setting the record. For worlds longest conga line for the guinness book of World Records, we actually started this at the university of oklahoma, by setting a weather related world record, not one but two, we set a record for not one but two human formed weather symbols, largest weather formed icons ever. Which was pretty cool. I did love that. Reporter theyre telling me to go to weather. So that was a nice transition, lets show you what we have got happening, and here in the northeast, what a mess, were talking about not only winter storm watches and warnings, but flood watches as well. So in eastern pennsylvania, northeastern new york and much of new jersey we have got flood watches for 11 million people, winter storm watches and warnings for 12 million people. Upwards of 12 to 15 inches of snow throughout parts of new england. And upstate new york. And look at the rainfall, anywhere from one to three inches, but we could be talking about locally three to four inches between washington and new york city, a real mess out there. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Grab your rain gear. Weve got a rainy one today. Rain and wind and temperatures into the very low 50s for delaware and new jersey even at the shore where winds will top 25 miles an hour. Low 40s this afternoon with a dreary day ahead for the Lehigh Valley. Heavier downpours during the Late Afternoon and evening hours and that goes for the suburbs with a high of 47. Just 49 in philadelphia. Warmer this weekend when we finally dry out. Have a great day. Reporter that is your latest weather, a big thank you to net jets for getting us all over the country, and more importantlyta for getting us home. And sunday, wrestlemania 33, im going to be its guest announcer. Well have all the details coming up on monday. Well see you on monday. Power naps, i guess. 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As you all know, we recently had a chance to visit the beautiful dunnes castle in scotland. And we went to a monument that you can too. And thanks to home away, one lucky winner plus 20 guests will get a vacation at dunnes castle this summer. Dont miss your chance. Its also freebie friday, and by the way, were giving two lucky fans on the plaza, trips to south walton, florida. Three nights stay, a beautiful Vacation Rental and were giving them round trip airfare for up to four people. Lets do it. Lets go see who wins the trip. How come i dont get to go anywhere cool like scotland. You say you want to come with us to scotland. Can you imagine we do a concert from the castle . Lets go. Im ready. I was telling trace earlier this morning, this is one of my favorite parts of the show, because i feel like we can change somebodys life, get a way for a minute. But 20 friends. In dunnes castle, can you imagine . I dont know if i could find 20 friends. Lets do it. Good morning. All right. Here we go, trace. Okay, good morning. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Good morning. You know what, trace . Im going to go to you right here, how are you . Tell me about your son. I was here 20 years ago and now i get to come here for my birthday. You want to win a trip to florida . Yes. Youre going. Okay, trace, you get to pick the next one. Uhoh youre going to go to florida, baby. You want to go to florida . Yes. Is your mom here . Wheres your mom . You want to take her to florida for me . Have fun, baby. All right. Tears on a friday morning, thats priceless. Dylan, what about our fans at home . We are not going to forget our fans at home, because they still have a chance to win, thanks to home away, and were giving away one more trip to florida including a three night stay for four. Coming up next, photos taking up too much space on your phone . The free app youll want to down how do they make starburst taste so juicy . 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But whats on the way are the heavier showers that are approaching d. C. Right now. Thats first line of showers and heavy downpours. Those lines will be keep moving in to tonight. You have a dreary day, a dreary end to march. 37 degrees. The temperature hasnt been going anywhere in the suburbs. 38 right now in new jersey. And upper 30s while delaware is 40. Thank you, bill. Jessica is looking at the commute at route 422 at trooper road. Traffic thats moving towards the schuylkill expressway will see some of the slowdowns. 13 minutes our drive times are double here from 29 to the schuylkill. Speeds there are into the 30s as well. Watching over in cinnaminson. Some construction and electrical repair work headed southbound just around route 90 where were seeing this delay. The palmyra bridge is away from that actually youll see some of those delays. We just learned which color will be added to crayolas 24count box. It will be a part of the blue family. More details will come in may. 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Were going to have a side thats super healthy. If you just want to make the pasta dish, its 10 minutes from start to finish including the prep. I call them prawns, i know you guys call them shrimp. Lets get cooking. Lets have one on either side. We have got some linguini. And aalways keep some of the pasta back. And it keeps it from sticking together. Were going to pop it in there. And then while thats waiting to be done. We have got lovely fresh chile, fresh ginger, fresh parsleparsl want to have some shrimp thats going to override of the of the shrimp flavors. Why do you leave on the tails . That kind of holds the shrimp together. Trace, you want to put the lemon juice in . Genius, well done. Okay, smell this. Amazing, right . Its so gorgeous and so easy. A lot of times when im playing around with recipes, i always instagram it as i go long and post the variations. Were going to put tomatoes in here. Ive got lovely lemon zest. And i put that in with the pasta. And flat leaf parsley in there as well. And there we have got the dish and what it looks like. Always put your pasta into the sauce to absorb all the gorgeous flavors. Then it goes right into the pan . So easy. And the side dish . Ed asparagus. You rose your asparagus for six minutes in a hot oven or a griddle pan. Then you put in your asparagus like that. So gorgeous. Fresh avocado. Gorgeous avocado. And home made dressing. Exactly the home made aspara it comes out looking like this. Are you enjoying it . This is delicious. Trace, are you going to make supper tonight . Theyre going to figure this out. Hes putting on tabasco sauce. Do you do that for everything . Mostly. We arent going to see the best weather up across new england where some heavy snow is possible, especially in the mountains and we could see some strong storms, especially in the middle of the country, large hail, damaging winds a possibility. Then on sunday, those severe stor good morning. 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For more than two decades trace adkins distinctive baritone voice has gotten him four grammy nominations and won him a spot in the grand ole opry. Hes performing his latest single watered down. Trace adkins. Thank you. I dont go all in but ill take a gamble and i dont burn both ends of the candle anymore i take the corners slower and steady this chip on my shoulder it aint so heavy anymore we still fly like gypsies just a little closer to the ground and we still love our whisky now its just a little watered down couple girls i could have married married someone else and these torches i still carry dont burn like hell the way they used to the backside of 40 aint near as crazy and sunday morning aint near as hazy anymore we still fly like gypsies just a little closer to the ground and we still love our whisky now its just a little watered down those old ghosts still chase me but feels like theyre losing ground yeah im still crazy but now im just a little watered down watered down fantastic. I. Thats so good. Thank you so much, your new album somethings going on is out now. Coming up, the man who inspired so many geniuses like billy crystal. 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Paddles are by the laxatives. Robert, good morning, such a ble pleasure to have you here. I cant stop my leg all of the nine hbo specials, i ended with it, including in spanish. And for supposedly smart comedians, pretty stupid. I was just the subject of it. If you dont know who i am, you would say what a crazy title. And if you know the gag, then you know. I was about to start singing with you. I would love to sing jimmy brown. T for a kid from the bronx, i love bluegrass. I went to see foggy bottom boys. 300 new yorkers. Thank you, neighbors, thank you so much. And its, you know, im american, you know what i mean . I have to say i was watching you last night and so many comedic heavy weights are in the film and you influenced them. Theyre all great comedians, they say it, its heart felt. Its sort of like huckal berry finn and its my eulogy. Part of that is im still alive and im still working, and i feel good about it. They say great things. But leno, he said when youre a kid in rural massachusetts and you want to go into comedy, people come up to your mother and say, they say, is jay over that comedy things . And jay is a pretty normal kid, he went to college and hes a comedian. Used to be, only the guys with tuxedos are telling the jokes. You go on stage without a net, its just you, i go out there, i got six to seven guys with me. But not you, man. You dont need six or seven men, you could take them all on. Youre still doing standup there . Absolutely. I have a show tomorrow night in rhode island. Its such a small state, youll know which theater. Its capes me. Its the theater in rhode island. Thank you so much for being here, your special nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Im vai sikahema. Just about 10 00 a. M. On this cloudy, rainy friday. Lets get right to bill henley with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. Definitely need the umbrella today. What weve seen so far is a lot of light rain, about an inch on the ground already in the philadelphia area, less in the suburbs, but the rain has returned. Look at south jersey, a steady rain there. Starting to turn a little bit heavier and steadier. That shower activity moving our way. This will continue to move to the northeast. But look at those downpours farther to the southwest. Thats whats going to be here this afternoon. And there will be wave after wave of that heavy rainfall. So we can see another two, possibly three inches of rain in some areas. Estimated rainfall already shows the heaviest rain in the trenton area. Thats going to be with us into the there it goes. You see how its picked up overnight. That rainfall will be filling in and well all see some heavy rain. The potential for today some localized flooding for the afternoon commute. All right, thank you, bill. Lets get a check on the roads with traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Vai, thats because we have a scheduled opening on its way. Scheduled for 10 00 a. M. Well see delays on either side. Also watching when the bridge isnt open theres single lane traffic moving in both directions for construction from an earlier accident. Also checking with mass transit. The regional rain running with 20minute delays for all trains due to equipment issues near north broad station. Well have another update in 20 minutes. K. Announcer from nbc news. This is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Its march 31st. This is craig its my last day. Im in for hoda and then im done. I have to go back to los angeles. I feel bad. I feel like our summer romance is over. Thats it was so fun. It was so fun. Its nice. Thats history by olivia holt. Im sure shes a lovely girl. Im showing my ignorance. Ive never heard of her, but i wish her welln