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Final preparations are under way for hollywoods biggest night frrks the favorites to take home gold to the all important fashions. We have it all covered for you today, sunday, march 2, 2014. Announcer from nbc news. This is a special edition of today. Todays oscar pre party with lester holt live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and erica hill live from the red carpet in hollywood. Welcome to this special split edition of today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill in hollywood. Lester holt, dylan dreyer and jenna wolfe. We have a lot of serious news to get to. Well be covering all of that for you today. Well have a little fun as we look ahead to the oscars tonight at well. With that big open, i feel a little underdressed. You got into town late yesterday. Whats the mood in l. A. On the eve of the oscars . First of all, there are a lot of people. L. A. Is known for its traffic. That traffic has nothing on an awards show weekend. So many people here when we left our hotel after 3 00 a. M. Local time, the bar was packed and everyone looked like they had been coming from a big party. Everybody is festive and excited. Theyre really happyecause the rain seems to have stopped. It has been raining nonstop. A lot of people i talked to yesterday said it felt like the middle of a monsoon. Organizers covered up the red carpet. When we woke up this morning, the tent that had been covering it is gone. At this point its dry, a little cool but well take it. Dylan, we think its going to be dry today. Whats your red carpet forecast . You guys lucked out. It looks fine. You might see a spotty shower or two. With all the gowns out there, you dont want the deluge weve been seeing. By late they are evening everything clears out. By 5 00 p. M. , 61 degrees. While it is a little cool for you folks out there, certainly something were jealous of. 61 sounds really nice. I know it does. Ill try to bring back some of the warmth. The downside for it being dry here, thats moving across the country. I know youll look at that later in the show. We do want to begin with todays top story. That is the increasingly tense situation in ukraine. Russia is moving in there despite stern warnings from president obama and other world leaders. Those warnings to stand down. Bill neely is in ukraine with the latest for us. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning. There has been a quiet but complete russian takeover here in crimea, one that threatens ukraines existence as a United Country and one that puts russia and the west on a collision ur. Russia tightening its grip here. Hundreds of Russian Troops on the move in crimea heading for a Ukrainian Military base. Theres been no confrontation, not yet anyway. They havent fired a shot. They dont need to. Russian troops, rocket propelled grenades at the ready have taken over crimea without resistance and with the full backing of most of this regions people. These men have hardly said a word since they arrived, but the message theyre sending is very clear, and its gone out across the world. Local militias have formed. These men ensuring no one pulls down the statue of len anyone as theyve done across western ukraine. These protesters tried, there were running battles and Dozens Injured in ukraines second city. Pro western demonstrators trying to attack a lenin statue and a government building. The jort here in the east are pro russian. They have the upper hand. Thats the problem for ukraines new leaders. Theyre powerless to stop the loss of crimea. They called up military reservists, put the army on combat alert and appealed to the west. The east of the country is mutiny ous. There is now a standoff between Russian Troops and ukrainian troops at a Ukrainian Military base. Thats not happened before, the russians demanding the ukrainians lay down their weapons and theyre threatening force. Erica . Bill, thank you. Here is lester. Thanks. David gregory is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good morning, lester. The president spent 90 minutes on the phone with Russias Vladimir Putin s. The president prepared to go to the mat over this issue . What can he do . It sounds like hes prepared to go to the mat. The big question is what does that mean . He warned of consequences if people stepped over the line. His National Security adviser said on meet the press last sunday it would be a grave mistake to invade. Just friday the president said there would be cost to intervention. Whats the cost . What is the u. S. Going to do . I think there would be more of an attempt to isolate russia nationally. Is there a role for nato in protecting a line . I think some attempt to restore a balance of power that is now a vacuum that putin is now filling. I think thats what the president would like to see. If we step back, this all began because ukraine looked like it was going to start leaning more towards europe and the west and the Prime Minister decided to go another direction. Beyond that does the u. S. Have a National Security stake here . Why is this so important to this country . I think thats a tough question to answer as well, because the United States is not about to send military might into this part of the world. In 2008 when the soviets invaded breakaway parts of georgia, the Bush Administration did not do that. Thats not going to happen here. Look, i think theres concerns about russia trying to restore something of the soviet union might which is what Vladimir Putin seems to want to do in terms of what he calls his new abroad. I think theres a question of standing up on the side of democracy and wanting to see economic and political stability in this part of the world which is important ultimately to europe. It will obviously take a lot more than this to get back to the cold war days. Nonetheless were potentially looking at a Russian Occupation of at least part of ukraine. As this continues to wear on, could this be one of the biggest Foreign Policy challenges to this administration . I dont think theres any question about it. The president says he doesnt think this is part of the cold war chest board. The issue is putin does view it that way. He views the United States and thought this under bush as well, meddling in russias affairs and he thinks the same about president obama. Lets talk about areas that the United States does have a keener interest in. Thats in the middle east in syria. The secretary of state has been very blunt, blaming Russian Support for assad, allowing him to double down in his killing campaign against rebels in syria. So wherever you turn, whether its syria or these countries on russias doorstep or iran, russia plays a very large role here. How we confront him becomes important. David, i know this is on your plate this morning. Well check back a bit later to get a preview of meet the press. For now, lets go back to erica in hollywood. Lester, thanks. Turning to the winter that just wont quit. That same storm system that dropped a deluge of rain here in california is now headed east and bringing with it bitter cold, ice and, of course plenty of snow. The weather channels mike seidel is in st. Charles, missouri. Mike, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Out here metro st. Louis overnight, freezing rain, freezing drizzle moved in. Meaning the black ice on area highways, dozens of accidents. Its 17. Temperatures are still falling. Windchills dropping below zero, all part of this coasttocoast storm. What came down as torrential rain in droughtstricken california causing massive floods and damaging mudslides is now a fastmoving Cross Country Destructive Force of snow, sleet and freezing rain. In all more than 139 Million People will be impacted by this latest round of winter. In denver one person was killed and 30 injured in a giant pileup on i25 involving more than 100 vehicles. A train reaction of cars hitting and hitting and hitting. Reporter now its all headed east, bringing snow to the midwest including indianapolis where storms have dumped five feet of snow. In chicago, an unusual scene at Soldier Field between the blackhawks and penguins. Crews had to shovel heavy snow off the rink. Parts of tennessee and kentucky who have seen several ice storms this year could see up to an inch of ice, making travel difficult if not im impossible. Storms this season have broken a 130yearold record. Its the extreme cold that continues erica. In kansas city today they may not get above ten degrees. That would be the coldest high in march on record going back to 1888. Right now its four, the windchill is 25 below. Highs in the midwest as much as 40 degrees below average. All i can say, erica, is make it stop. Back to you. Make it stop and stay inside. Those are not the kind of records anyone wants to set. Thanks so much. Lester, back over to you. Dylan, lets turn to you now. Walk us through who is going to get hammered. It doesnt look like this will be as big as initially thought for parts of the mid atlantic. Its traveled a little further south and petered out a little bit. That being said, this is a huge storm with a lot of different situations involved with it. We are seeing it extend from parts of new mexico all through parts of kentucky, tennessee, even arkansas. From the north of that, kansas, to to new york city, thats where well see the snow. Heaviest snow should be pushed south to areas like baltimore and washington d. C. On the flip side of that, we have the potential for very strong wind gusts and isolated tornados across eastern texas and parts of louisiana. Look at ice accumulation. This takes down power lines. Could end up with a quarter of an inch, half an inch or more in the west. Heres the snowfall totals. 8 to 10 inches southern indiana, southern ohio and even 10 inches in washington d. C. , philadelphia about six. New york city could thanks. Well get your full forecast. Right now a check of the rest of the mornings top stories. Jenna is here with that. Good morning everyone. Authorities in china are vowing a harsh crackdown a day after men with knives stormed a train station. Dozens were killed and more than a hundred others wounded. Eunice yun is in beijing with the latest. Reporter security is tight around the train station after what the government labeled a planned terror attack. Authorities say a group of 11 men and women dressed in black ran through the station in the city killing at least 29 people and injuring more than 140. The police shot dead four assailants and have detained one and are pursuing the rest. Officials believe the culprits are schepp tifts from something jong known as the uighurs. Many in the community expressed anger over what they feel is unfair treatment by the government and so have been blamed in other attacks including another at tiananmen square. An update to a story we told you about on saturday, the terrifying avalanche in montana. It was triggered by a snow borders riding a mountain slope that was closed. The avalanche buried three people. A husband in serious condition, the wife in critical condition, the boy is in fair condition and is expected to recover. If you look up brunch in the dictionary, what you should see is a care free meal with a lazy miss. In check it out. Flooding the entire dining room. Sending people running for cover. Look at that despite the screams and broken glass, nobody was hurt. I say now on to dinner. Finallies the boss turns royal during his concert in new zealand. He decided to perform his own version of royals considering he was in lordes hometown. One of several songs springsteen has been covering on his tour. Hes done ac dcs highway to hell and bee gees staying alive. I like to hear him do the fall set toe in staying alive. Of course you would. Dylan is outside with a check of the rest of the countrys forecast. Not bad out here. I love this. I am tired of snow. I think that sums up how everyone is feeling. Tired of the cold, too. We are looking for temperatures in the upper midwest to feel like about 20 to 40 below 0. Enough with the cold already. Thats a look at weather across the country. Now heres a peek out your window. Good morning everybody. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Winter storm warnings up for the entire area tonight into tomorrow. Everything is going to start as rain. Could see icy mix around midnight changing to all snow before you wake up tomorrow morning. Snow amounts could exceed six inches in many neighborhoods. First this morning, temperatures upper 30s and low 40s. Low 50s today, showers by 4 00, rain by that is your latest forecast. Lester . Thanks, dylan. A much anticipated trial that starts tomorrow in south africa. Oscar pistorius getting attention for a different reason. He shot his girlfriend to death, model Reeva Steenkamp on valentines day. He say it was an accident. Prosecutors call it murder. Amin is in johannesburg with a preview. Reporter its being called the trial of the century, shaping up to be a media circus. More than 2,000 journalists have applied for accreditation as we understand it. Also drawing a lot of comparisons to another superstar also accused of killing his wife, that is o. J. Simpson. From National Sports hero to criminal defendant. On monday, Oscar Pistorius will have his day in court and a chance to explain and answer a central question, why did Oscar Pistorius fire four shots through his bathroom girl killing his beautiful model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp . Was it a tragic mistake or cold blooded murder as this attorney from the National Prosecuting authority told nbcs keith morrison. Whatever bodily be watching for is whether or not you can prove he intended to kill her. Absolutely. You sound like youre pretty confident the prosecution has enough to be able to prove that. We would not have charged him if we didnt believe so. Reporter the prosecution believes theres a strong case based on witnesss testimony, messages on cell phones, forensics, all that paint oscar as an angry man and extremely jealous. Others suggest the prosecutions case seemed to stumble. There were allegations of police mismanaging evidence and the defense will delve into oscars fear of crime that propelled him to shoot at what he said he thought was an intruder who broke into his house in the middle of the night. As an olympian,sc pistorius made south africa proud on the world stage. Tomorrow his life and his actions will take center stage in a courtroom here. That, too, will be watched just as closely by his countrymen and many around the world. Lester, the trial gets under way tomorrow with Opening Statements by the prosecution, and in a first for this country, a South African judge has allowed cameras in the courtroom. Its going to be televised. A lot of people will be watching it. The trial is expected to last from three to five weeks and a verdict possibly weeks after that. You can imagine it is going to grip the nation and a lot of Media Attention from around the world. Thanks. Were going to switch gears and talked about the red carpet. For many people, the only question that matters is who are you wearing . We take a closer look at your fidelity green line and youll see just how much it has to offer, especially if youre thinking of moving an old 401 k to a fidelity ira. It gives you a wide range of investment options. And the free help you need to make sure your investments fit your goals and what youre really investing for. 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Reporter from the dress to the shoes to the jewels, hollywoods biggest night is also fashions most important stage. A red carpet hit or miss can make headlines around the world. If a star hit the red carpet of the Academy Awards in that right gown, it would catapult a young designer into the stratosphere for sure. Reporter meister is no strange tore dressing hollywoods elite. He sums up the oscar process in one word. Madness. Its madness its a big night, not just for the stars but designers as well. If they say your name ton red carpet 14 times, its like 40 million in advertising. Its huge. Reporter when working with aliss centers its about communication. You get their likes, dislikes, things they want to show off, whether a plunging neckline or what they want to cover, you collaborate on what it is theyre looking for. While hes candid it comes to his clients who are you dressing . If i would tell you, i would never eat lunch in this town again. He would gichbt away his secrets, but gave us a sneak peek of some looks we might see tonight. One thing he would admit is who he would most like to dress. Best supporting actress nominee lupe peta nyongo. I think well seat zee her in something crazy metallic. Were seeing stars step up their a game. Its the designers who will be on the edge of their seats. I always say you never know if theyre wearing you until you see that leg come out of the limo and hit the red carpet and you see the hem of the gown. Then you know. You guys can be sure that tomorrow besides talking about the winners, everyone will be talking about the best and the worst dressed people of the night. And we will be looking for it. Lisa, great to have you here. There are other con still to come on today helping residents of a struggling city improve their health. Well shine a light on better lifestyle habits. Just how many steps a day do and you said no phones. The vacation youve been looking for is here. 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Over in maryland, crews are loading up salt trucks. The city tweeted out this picture. Leaders have a good supply of salt ready to go. Remember you can stay ahead of the storm, track the storm from the palm of your hand with the weather app. Search nbc washington in the app store or google play. In other news, Prince Georges County police are looking for the person behind the shooting at the naval station along the green line. The the victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be fine. Storm team 4 meteorologist good morning im chuck bell. Temperatures in the up 30s and 40s now. Were headed to 50s today. This rain arrives this afternoon, moderate rain this evening; changes to snow before you wake up tomorrow morning. Your winter impact, the most likely at least 50 chance of 5 to 10 inches of snow in the heart of the metro. Some areas could get more than that. Coming up on 9 30 to 10 00 hour and a half, ill have the forecast then. Were off to a cloudy but dry start. Theres the leading edge of the rain coming in or direction. Good morning to our kids in wilmington, delaware. Get ready to shovel, guys. Hi michigan. Hi, michigan. Were on the today show we want to say hi to our friends and family in norma, illinois. Were on the today show were back on a sunday morning, march 2nd, 2014. Great crowd out there on Rockefeller Plaza, their pictures as they enjoy morning. Were always happy to have a crowd here. Im lester holt with jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. Erica is in hollywood along the red carpet. Well check with her in a second. First a look at this mornings top headlines. Russian troops are on the move in ukraine prompting calls for help. Winter wont back down, that powerful storm system hid california in the midwest and it wont be long before it takes a swipe at the east coast. Officials in montana say that avalanche that crushed a neighborhood on friday appears to have been caused by a snowboarder who was riding in a closedoff area. Coming up, the wait is almost over. Well be announcing the city were partnering with this year to shine a light to help get everyone healthy. Speaking of getting healthy, its day two of our 30 days to a better you challenge. Im all about starting small. While my advice may sound big, its not as difficult as it sounds. Its 100 doable. Thats why we love your advice, jenna. Its always doable. We begin with the high stakes action thats going to get under way in just a matter of hours here in hollywood. Theres been so much talk over the last few weeks about oscar, and not only who should take it home tonight, but who actually will. Oscar is turning 86. Tonight hollywood will line up to celebrate. The Academy Awards, the most prestigious of the award shows and a life changer for nominees and winners. This year tin sisel town has mo to brag about, 10 point billion brought in, a record to date. Among the top ten grossing films, gravity a big hit with the academy and tied with American Hustle with ten nominations. You got no choice. You work for me. Reporter when it comes to the ladies, frontrunners amy adams and Cate Blanchett, both winners at the golden globes, face off in the same category. In the supporting actress category hollywood darling Jennifer Lawrence and newcomer Lupita Nyongo are the ones to beat. Looking toward that road to goal, Matthew Mcconaughey and Leonardo Dicaprio have both won other awards for their respective roles in dollars buyers club and wolf of wall street. For them and the other nominees, a lot more than just a trophy at stake. A trail of prestige, bigger paychecks and coveted roles follow a win in oscar legacy that the nominees hope to capture tonight. We know theres going to be stiff combination tonight. Thats the nature of this beast. Dave carter is the host of frontrunners on fandango and hes with us. Great to see you. Welcome to the west coast. You walk in and youre walking on the real red carpet for the oscars. We thought we would have a little fun and think of this as a boxing match. Well have our two main contenders as we go through the categories. Lets start with best actor, the two names were hearing the most, Matthew Mcconaughey and Leonardo Dicaprio. There is a sense that dicaprio is due for a win. He was great. I think its going to be Matthew Mcconaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. A great run hes had. Its about the performance, not about whether or not its your time. Some voters have many reasons for the votes. When it comes to best actress, Cate Blanchett and amy adams. Amy is gaining ground. Shes the only best actress nominee who has never won. The other four have all won. If this were happening a month from now, American Hustles momentum would be stronger and she would have a better shot. Kate blanket, what an amazing performance. Speaking of supporting categories, when it comes to actor, jared letto, talk about his transformation. Everyone is impress thad Bradley Cooper was able to get backtoback nominations. Jared leto has this one. His performance in Dallas Buyers Club is so moving. This is a character you take into your heart. Hes changed a lot of hearts and minds. We talk about best supporting actress. Lupita nyongo. Jennifer lawrence, a great couple years for her. I will tell you this is the tightest of the four acting races. If Jennifer Lawrence wins, she becomes only the sixth person to win backtoback acting oscars which would be impressive. I think the edge has to go with Lupita Nyongo. What a moving performance, a powerful role. Shes become the real breakout star of the oscars. You have two seconds for this. It seems its coming down to gravity and 12 years a slave. Gravity will win the most oscars, i think 12 years a slave for best picture. Back to new york for a final check of the weather with dylan. Good morning, erica. Looking lovely out there in california. Were not that through kentucky, southern west virgin virginia. Looking at snow philadelphia to d. C. Thats where it could be the heaviest. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Now hes a peek out your window. Once again, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking this latest winter storm. It makes its way to our area. Winter storm warnings already up. Off to a cloudy but dry and mild start this morning. Still along ways from the first rain drops arriving. Theyll start as rain. No doubt. Temperatures 30 and 40s today. 50s for a time today. Some places in the metro could get 6 that is your latest forecast. Lester . Dylan, thanks very much. You asked and we answered. Well reveal the city where well help shine a light to get residents fit and healthy. Well help shine a light to get resid[ male announcer ]hy. 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Nearly a quarter of baltimores 620,000 residents live below the poverty line. In many areas that means health has taken a back seat. A major concern for mayor Stephanie Rawlings blake. What are your biggest hurdles . Theres so many. When you take a look at the rate we have for asthma, cancer, diabetes, obesity, these are challenges where baltimore is above the national average. Reporter 10 of the residents are diabetic. 25 of the population smokes and nearly a third are considered obese. Im hoping that were able to motivate more people to get fit. Reporter its a hope people across the country share. When we announced our plan to shine a light on health and fitness, we were overwhelmed by the response and by the passion. So many people want to see a positive change in their community, people like baltimore native sade. Baltimore is a gem at heart. Although it may not look like much, its a lot of pride here. Reporter she grew up in one of the poorest areas but came home determined to make a difference. Thats why she wrote in and asked us to help her city get healthy. Baltimore needs all the help it can get. Reporter the solutions are universal. Baltimore is hoping the lead the way with the help and determination of its residents. When you found out that it was thanks to you and some of your fellow baltimoreans that we were going to embark on this partnership, what did you say . I was too excited. I was like are you serious . Reporter change is already under way and it begins at the top. I fought with weight my whole life. One day my daughter looked at me and said, mom, why is everyone in our family fat . I had to have a heart to heart and say is this the example i want to set for my daughter. Reporter now she hopes to set an example for her city. With the eyes of the country on us, baltimore shines. I had such a great introduction to baltimore when i was down there earlier this week. Over the next year we will all be spending a lot of time in baltimore which were very excited about where we hope to get people moving more, sleeping more and better and making healthier choices. As you sarksd lester, were all working on this, too. One of our partners is baltimore affiliate w abl. Jennifer, thanks for being with us. Good morning. Thanks for having us. Were thrilled to be doing this. Youve worked in baltimore for a long time. Youve seen some of the problems that were noted in ericas story there. What would you like to see changed and improved . Id like to see greater access to better foot choices. Baltimore has a number of communities considered food deserts, places where they dont have access to a Grocery Store so they cant get readily available fresh fruits and vegetables and a good source of protein. Exercise is also an issue. Baltimore is a beautiful city. We have great hiking and biking trails, but Violent Crime is a real reality. In many neighborhoods, its not safe to go out for a run or send your children outside to play. Something i think a lot of people can relate to is lack of time. So many people are working extra jobs, extra shifts, after school activities. Between work and everything going on with the children, people are too tired. Letting things slide like making and keeping doctors appointments. Are you getting enough sleepless center . No, im not. It sounds like the city is ready to embrace this. Jennifer franciotti, look forward to seeing you. Thank you, lester. What was key anti this, weve chosen baltimore, but i think all of us will be listening and sharing in this. Its not just a matter of heavy or thin, its a matter of being healthy. I think thats really what our goal is. Thats exactly what it is and being healthy and good role models, too, for the next generation. Were spending our time in baltimore. One of the things thats so important is that these are changes and these are efforts that people across the country are going to be able to apply in their own communities. Were really excited to be able to do this and start kicking things off and shine a light. Were going to be busy. Lets send it over to dylan in the orange room for todays plaza fan of the day. Good morning. Im joined this morning by heather ben from norma, illinois. Youve been out on the the last three mornings. Take it away. Still to come, 30 days to a better you. Jenna will show us how to walk your way to Better Health. But first, these messages. [announcer] welcome to the allnew intuit quickbooks. Do more than ever before with quickbooks. Make any place your place of business with it. Get paid faster with it. Run payroll with it. Sync this stuff with that stuff with it. Turn on only what you need with it. Sample from our smorgasbord of apps with it. Take in the big picture with it. 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As far as hobbies go, consider the gym my sanctuary. The truth is, the only thing you really need are your own two feet. Most people will walk between 5,000 and 7,000 steps a day just over the course of their normal daily activities. All those steps, they add up. The Health Benefits are a mile long. Reduced risk of hypertension. Cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. Those are just a few. So it makes perfect fitness sense to add a step or two or three or four. 10,000 steps is a good number to aim for. Its a little more than you would normally do. So it means you have to push yourself a little more. You burn about 375 calories while doing it. If you figure the average step is 2. 5 feet, it takes just over 2,000 steps to walk a mile. If a mile seems overwhelming. Take a walk or two around the mall, an easy place to get your steps in. Lk the length of the las vegas strip, thats 8,000 steps right there. Hike up to the hollywood sign, thats almost 7,000 steps right there. The washington monument, nearly 1,000. Running errands . Skip the spot in front and walk. Ive walked 57 already today. Lets see where we are after a quick shopping trip. One time around the store with minimal shopping and i have over 300 steps. They say a journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step. So go take that one step and see where the journey takes you. I love that kid. Oh, my gosh. Those little feet. I cant stand it. Tip two is aim for 10,000 steps. You dont need anything fancy. A simple pedometer is just fine. If you cant make 10,000, whatever number you get to, try into crease by 100 steps a day. Keep adding more and more each day. If you want, tweet me your number. Ill help you find a way to increase it. Go to today. Com and sign up. Well send you a different tip. Harper gets a half a credit for crawling. Suits is coming back after f[ male announcer ] its surprising what your mouth goes through in a day. 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Whats going to happen here . The stake haves gotten so high because basically everyone at the firm is starting to discover the secret. Mike and rachel, they joke that mike and rachel are like the new ross and rachel. It could change their whole lives together. It gets exciting. Give us something, a little nugget we can look forward to. Were such fans. Thank you. We watch mike and rachel start to build a life together, moving in, playing house and i will say in all of that the romance and the cute stuff that can happen at the office. They have this secret office relationship, its very different when you go into the normalcy of living together. Obviously the pirm is getting very shaken up by all of this. Its exciting. Its pretty cool. Youre so busy with other things, too. What other projects are you working on . Weve been on the suits college tour which has been fantastic. I leave here, get on a plane and do a film for hallmark channel, great romantic comedy sort of like my best friends wedding. Oscar pick best picture is . Oh, man. 12 years a slave. Meghan markle, great to have you here. The premier for suits is march 6 at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Ill speak to secretary of state john kerry and also senator marco rubio as well on what the u. S. Options are now, what will the president do. Well talk about it coming up. David gregory, thanks. Erica . Lester, thanks. Its been such a fun morning here. The good news is we are not done. Tune in tomorrow for the after party. That will do it for us this sunday morning. Thanks for watching. Ill see you back here tonight for nbc nightly news. Until then, have a great sunday. Take care. New this morning, shots fired at a metro station a. One person hit, and how what were learning about what happened. First the calm before the storm. We have a strong Winter Weather system headed this way. New computer models give us a better idea of what to expect adds the snow moves. We should all prepare for a major winter storm. Hi everyone. Good morning. Welcome to news 4 today. Im richard jordan. Im angie goff. We want to start with chucks latest forecast. Seems like everyone is in the path. Thats right. We moved the bulls eye slightly further south which may put the heart of the metro d. C. In the sweet spot for accumulating snow. Winter storm warnings posted for tonight and through the day tomorrow for everywhere in the news 4 nation. What should you expect . It will start as rain everywhere. Theyll be a wintery mix around midnight before it changes over to all snow. Travel will be difficult and dangerous by tomorrow morning. Temperature this is morning are well above freezing. Upper 30s and low 40s right now. To give you an idea on the timing for the next 24 hours by 10 00, 45 and cloudy. This afternoon, rain showers, low 50s. Steady rain, back to 30s by 10 00. Rain changing to snow before you get up tomorrow morning. Rain arriving today. Changing to snow president to. Heavy snow likely early on your monday morning. How much snow . I