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Mounting pressure, or will it be up to a judge to decide . Fighting for life. The mother of the 14yearold girl shot by an uber driver in michigan is speaking out. It was a miracle. This morning, how that young girl proved she was alive even as the hopes of doctors were fading. Erin andrews gets her day in court after a stalker records her behind closed doors. When the hotel negligent for letting it today . Opening statements get underway today, tuesday, february 23rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Tuesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. This morning. The battle between apple and the government got more interesting. One of the Founding Fathers of Silicon Valley, bill gates, came out on the side of the government against apple. Weve seen titans line up on different timesides. Our top story is politics. Todays nevada gop caucus and, of course, next weeks super tuesday contest are looming large for both parties. Lets start with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. Good morning to you from here on the vegas strip. Donald trump is in the drivers seat in the race and, yet, his rivals have barely touched him. Today will pit trump against the son of the city, marco rubio, who spent his childhood here and has more family here than in miami. Cruz is looking to sneak in second. Reporter its starting to sound like its vegas we have a big lead and dont want to blow it. We have to go all the way. Reporter venting his anger against a protester. Were not allowed to punch back anymore. I love the old days. You know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this . Theyd be carried out on a stretcher, folks. Id like to punch him in the face. Reporter trump is polling ahead of his rivals in 10 of the next 14 states. If we nominate someone that half the Republican Party hates, were going to be fighting against each other all the way to november. Well never win that way. Reporter with jeb bush out, marco rubio is trying to lead the establishments large. Ted cruz is cleaning up the mess within his campaign, with his top aide showing cruz blow off the with the highest standards. Rubio outraged. For them to take a video and transcribe words on it thats not what i said, its disturbing. Every day, something comes out of the Cruz Campaign thats not true. Reporter later, trump teed off on cruz. This guy is sick. Reporter despite speculation that a rubiokasich ticket could prove formidable, kaides say, n way. Kasich described how he first won Public Office 40 years ago. We got an army of people who and many women who left their kitchens to go out and go door to door, and to put yard signs up for me, all the way back when, you know, things were different. Reporter the Clinton Campaign pouncing. Its 2016. A womans place is wherever she wants i he called an inartful comment. This morning, were getting a snapshot at where things stand. A roll shows Trump Holding on to the lead nationally, 36 . Ted cruz in second. Marco rubio creeping up in the last week. Whats noticeable in the numbers, rubio gained this last week with two key republican groups heavily represented in nevada. White evangelicals and voters who identify as conservative. Savannah and willie . On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders says he has no plans to leave the race, even with Hillary Clinton taking the lead in democratic delegates. Clinton52 to sanders 51. A survey of super delegates finds 449 backs clinton and only 19 supports sanders. Sanders told supporters monday he sees a path to victory. Yes. We are in the campaign till the end. We have gone much faster, much further than any or many people would have believed possible. Theyve got the resources to stay in. Next up for democrats, the South Carolina primary on saturday, where clinton holds a big lead in the polls. Lets bring in chuck todd, modera moderator of meet the press. We want to run through the scenarios that Establishment Republicans are running through right now. How you would stop trump, who is in a commanding position. There are a couple scenarios people talk about. The first one, you mentioned, has cruz losing to trump in texas. Explain. Well, savannah, the cleanest way to stop trump is to hurry up and get this to a one on one between marco rubio and trump. Whats the fastest way for that on super tuesday, for ted cruz to lose his home state of texas. Its a neck and neck race. This gives donald trump potential advantage because he can beat his rivals in their home states. If youre marco rubio, the fastest way to get to a one on one, cruz loses texas and, suddenly, everybody coalesces and a possibility of a one on one is there. We hear it almost every four years. Brokered convention. This is going to the convention and hadnt happened for more than 60 years. Could this be the year, and what does that look like . Its possible. On super tuesday, of the 12 d contests, essentially, Everybody Wins a few contests. Rubio wins tennessee and florida. Cruz wins texas. Donald trump wins his fair share. Its three or four didnt candidates who win regional states or their home states and nobody has a delegate lead. By the way, we will know this on march 16th. Second super tuesday in march if there is only a 100 delegate lead for trump, were going to a brokered convention. Theres one other scenario, and thats a late entrant to the race. This would be if trump is blowing through march and then the panic really sets in, and then its all about simply denying him a majority of delegates, doing whatever it takes. There is still a filing deadline to make in the california primary. Maybe a mitt romney. This is a scenario someone outlined to me a couple days ago. Mitt romney would file late, you may get favorite sons and daughters to file late, simply to try to beat trump, deny him delegates and create another way for a brokered convention. I have to tell you, its the most farfetched. Romney said he wont get in but maybe itll change. Before we let you know, lets look at the democrats and do math. We laid out the challenges Bernie Sanders has. 20 of the delegates up for grabs on super tuesday. Hila she does. The only way this starts to be to get tough for her again is if, number one, Bernie Sanders comes within Single Digits on saturday in South Carolina. And then from there, hes got to beat her in a big state. Texas, tennessee, virginia, georgia. Those are four of the biggest states on super tuesday. Can he beat her in one of the four . If he does, i think maybe he has a chance to sort of reset this race. Right now, it doesnt look possible. Chuck todd, thank you so much. Chuck, thanks a lot. There is a new wrinkle in the fight between apple and the fbi over a cell phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Bill gates is weighing in and you might be surprised by what hes saying. Pete williams has more on that. Good morning. Good morning, willie. Surprising because up until now, the other tech giants, including facebooks mark zuckerberg, the founder of twitter and founder of google bill gates says apple should do what the fbi is asking. I think the people want the government to act on their behalf if the safeguards are there. Reporter bill gates, the founder of microsoft, says Technology Companies should be forced to cooperate with Law Enforcement in terror investigations. He disagrees with apples ceo tim cook, that forcing apple to help open the iphone will set a dangerous precedent. Historically, the government has gone to phone companies and banks and lots of companies to gather information. Reporter washington lawyer ted olson, representing apple, says the government never demanded this much. Privacy and liberty is important to the citizens of this country and to the people that buy apple products. Are we going to allow terrorists to take that right away from us . Without fighting back and asking the court to look into these issues . Reporter writing in the new york times, new yorks police apple. He asks, how is not solving a murder or not finding the message that might stop the next terrorist attack protecting anyone . A new poll shows 51 say apple should help the fbi unlock the phone. 38 side with apple. For gates, he says he welcomes the controversy. People feel like the government not being blind and being able to try and stop bad things before they happen, its a good debate to be having. Apple customers who support the company stand against the fbi plan demonstrationsoday in more than 30 cities. Theyll carry banners that say, dont break our iphones. Fascinating debate. The other side, you have a former nsa and cia chief taking up for apple. Pete, thanks so much. Complicated questions. We turn to the tragic shooting spree . Kalamazoo, michigan. A vigil was held for the victims last night. Were hearing from the family of a teenager clinging to life this out a motive in the attacks that appear to be random. Ron mott has the latest on this. Good morning to you. Good morning, savannah. 14yearold girl is one of two survivors of the shootings. Shes being treated behind me at bronson methodist hospital, as the community is struggling what drives someone to target unsuspecting people like her. She is alive, and she is fighting for her life. Reporter late monday, tears and hope from the parents of abigail, the youngest victim in the kalamazoo shooting spree. Abigail is strong, and she is a vibrant, beautiful young lady and didnt deserve this. Reporter the 14yearold was spot . A crackerbarrel parking lot, along with four women who are killed. While doctors prepared for organ donation, she squeezed her mothers hand. It was a miracle on its own. Reporter doctors say the other survivor has a bullet dg expected to recover. Nbc news learned the girlfriend of tyler smith, killed alongside with his father in a car dealership, survivored by hiding under a blanket in a car. The suspect, uber driver, jason dalton, admitted involvement in the rampage that killed six people. He made a statement. From his responses, theres little remorse. Reporter no answer to the questions why. I prefer to remain silent. Reporter authorities allege dalton was picking up uber passengers between shootings. No red flags. Prior to that day, his record looked good. Reporter dalton had been on the job one month, undergone a background check by the company and had a high rating before his arrest. Hundreds came together at a vigil monday night to pray for the survivors and remember the victims. The 45 due back in court in a few weeks on mar 10th. Back to you. Ron mott, thank you. By the way, coming up in the next half hour, well focus on how Companies Like uber screen potential employees. Questions a lot of people have in the wake of this. Bill cosbys wife has answered questions under oath in a civil suit tied to her husbands alleged Sexual Assault of seven women. Lawyers say she answered questions for two and a half hours at a massachusetts hotel. The seven women accuse her husband of defaming them by denying their allegations of Sexual Assault. The plaintiffs lawyer spoke after mondays definitia deposi. He said he beliefs the juries will restore their good names and reputations. At the end of the day, a jury is going to determine who has more credibility. Is it the seven women that we represent, or is it bill cosby . Camille cosby will answer questions at a second deposition next month. Bill cosby has repeatedly denied al there is a threat of Severe Weather in the south today and al is watching that. Right. Not just today but into the overnight hours which can be potentially very dangerous. Were watching the storms already firing up from houston to galveston, corpus christi, pushing to the east. We have a tornado threat from new orleans to houston, 21 Million People at risk, large hail, tornadoes likely. Overnight, tonight into tomorrow morning, weve got a severe risk, a strong risk, from mobile to crestview. Tallahassee involved, as well. Wind gusts of 60 miles per hour. This will push to the east early today, the storms in texas. Then they go to louisiana, new orleans under the gun. We move to this evening. The storms move to mississippi. Damaging winds and really significant, longtracked tornadoes overnight. Wednesday, it tracks into georgia, the carolinas. Were looking for a tornado threat in the eastern carolinas, [000 15 59;00] anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain. Guys, the real threat here, especially overnight, we cant stress this enough, the danger of the tornadoes, especially longtrack ones. Theres a winter side to the storm, as well. Well check back in a second, al. News from overseas. The Syrian Government saying it accepted a halt to combat operations in line with the u. S. Russian plan for a partial truce. Syria would coordinate with russia to decide which groups and areas would be included in the ceasefire. Isis is not included in the deal. John kerry will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over enforcement of the truce. The ongoing battle over the u. S. Supreme court and efforts to fill the seat of the vacancy left by the death of antonin scalia. Biden was a senator 24 years ago. June of 1992, biden said the te he was speaking hypothetically. The senate wasnt considering a nominee at the time. Biden responded. As my record shows, i presided over the consideration of justice kennedy, reagan nominee, who was confirmed in a president ial election year. We have dramatic video out of australia. A construction crane was on fire in melbourne. That led to this. The arm of the crane crashing to the ground. Thankfully, no one was injured in the accident. The fire may have started in the motor of the crane. Huge waves are causing big problems in hawaii. A historic swell hit the north shore of oahu with waves jumping on to roadways and soaking cars. Transportation officials were forced to close the highway. Locals said the surf was the biggest theyve seen in a decade. A few daring surfers jumped in for a ride. Al is back with more on the weather. Quick look at the national forecast. Well show you we are the south. Beautiful weather along the west coast. We have snow out of the rockies. Itll make its way east later on. Well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Song for the day, raindrops keep falling on my head. That will continue through the morning rush and through lunch hour. Rain will taper back to occasional showers late this afternoon. Temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40 right now. Well inch our way into the mid40s later today. It will be chilly and wet through the course of snowy side of the storm will come up in ten minutes. Opening statements begin today and Sports Reporter erin andrews lawsuit. Was the hotel where she was videotaped by a stalker negligent . The vetting process in Companies Like uber in wake of the deadly rampage in kalamazoo, michigan. How do you know your driver is trustworthy . First, this is today on nbc. Just ahead, keshas dispute with the production shes accused of abuse. What hes saying about the allegations a t rallying behind her. The duke and duchess staff are threatening to strike. Well explain after your local news. 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Developing new charges could be announced against a former Prince Georges County teachers aide abused of abusing children. There will be a News Conference this afternoon. Shes accused of sexually abusing children and making pornographic videos. A reminder about some metro track work taking place later today. Just like yesterday, at 8 00 tonight workers will replace rails between the smithsonian and Federal Center station. Impacts to the blue, orange and silver li. Minutes. Lets start with Melissa Mollet and check first 4 traffic. Right now top of the beltway outer loop at connecticut avenue has slow downs because of a pot holes. It sounds like theyre going to be trying to patch this around 7 45 this morning. Big look at the beltway. No major problems on the beltway. Looking normal there. Otherwise, inbound 395 pretty slow. Thank you, well check on your forecast right after this. voand exceptional customerity preownservice,les. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Flip your thinking about buying your next one. Good morning, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. It raining all over the dmv this morning. All the rain in southwest virginia is coming in our direction. Heaviest rains will be in southern maryland. Youll need your umbrella all day long. Current temperatures are in the upper 30s to near 40. Its a cold rain. Road temperatures are above freezing. Kind of a wet stormy commute tomorrow and drying out for the weekend. The metro track work starts 7 30 now. Its tuesday morning, 23rd of february, 2016. Its like were at a rave here. Its studio 1a. We have a nice crowd outside. Well get out there in a couple moments. This is the lamest rave. I love you guys but as raves go, this is not a great rave. Back inside studio 1a, heres a look at the headlines. Republican president ial candidates are vying for votes in the nevada caucus today. Donald trump holds another commanding lead in the polls as he looks to make it three wins in a row. At a packed rally last night, even trump seemed surprised by his performance so far. Who knew this was going to happen . Middle of the pack and edge it out at the end, like a racehorse. We win in the end. But we have a big lead and we dont want to blow it. You know, frankly, weve got to go all the way. No republican has ever won New Hampshire and South Carolina and lost the nomination. A judge denied bail to the uber driver accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo, michigan. Jason dalton is charged with killing six people and attempting to kill two others. So far, no motive has been determined. And the white house has Just Announced that later this morning, president obama will make a statement on the detention facility at guantanamo bay, cuba, a facility hes vowed for years to close. Also this morning, Sports Reporter erin andrews and her 75 million lawsuit against a peeper tom who recorded her naked and the hotel she blames for allowing it to happen. The trial against it was a public personalitys most private moments. This morning, Sports Reporter erin andrews is going after not only her stalker but the hotel that put him in the room right next to her. Reporter sports caster erin andrews walks into a National Courtroom this morning, eight years after a man secretly recorded her naked in her hotel room, then posted it online. Looking for a payback, shes asking for 75 million from the stalker. And the hotel where it happened. In 2008, a man, michael barrett, became obsessed with her and followed andrews from city to city. At this Marriott Hotel in nashville, according to court documents, barrett requested his room be placed next to andrews and he was granted the request. The complaint saying barrett removed and altered the peephole of her getting dressed without her knowledge. Andrews emotions were raw still at the trial, agonizing over an embarrassing video that had been viewed more than 300 million times. I wont get this down in 30 years. My kids, my future husband, will have to deal with this. Reporter barrett pleaded guilty to stalking and shooting the nude videos and served 30 months in prison. Hes free now. In a civil suit, andrews is suing barrett and marriott. The Management Company at the time. Claiming the video caused and continued to cause her great Emotional Distress and embarrassment. Andrews telling oprah. I kept screaming, im done. My career is over. Im done. Reporter but she wasnt. Shes appeared as a host and contestant on dancing with the stars. Her career as a Sports Reporter thrived. If i run and hide, its showing the should be ashamed of yourself. I did nothing wrong. I should be allowed to live my life, but this isnt over. The jury of seven women and five men will hear Opening Statements this morning in a trial expected to last about two weeks. Andrews stalker will testify, but not in person. He will be on video. Back to you. Thank you. Now to more on the deadly shootings in michigan that killed six people and wounded two more. The uber driver now charged in the case picked up passengers during his killing spree. There were no apparent red flags and uber did run a background check on him. But some are wondering if more could have been gone to prevent the tragedy, and how Companies Like uber veterinary employ the. Tom costello has been looking into it. Uber doesnt plan to change any policies following the tragedy in michigan. In large part, because the suspect had n background. In this digital age of apps and ride sharing and home sharing, how do you know if youre totally safe . Reporter it takes just a click and these days, you can borrow a total strangers bedroom for a weekend get away, or summon a stranger to take you, even your kids, home. All you have to go on is the other persons customer rating. Every uber driver is rated. You can rate them on your app. They can rate you. Its like, its reliable. I trust them. Reporter uber says driver jason dalton had a close to perfect rating. 4. 73 stars and he passed the uber background check. No criminal record. In a situation like this where a background check comes back completely clean and the Motor Vehicle checks are completely clean, we cant always prescreen and predict all behavior. Reporter to become an uber driver, an applicants must provide name, address, Social Security number and insurance uber vets them through local and international databases. Uber has been accused of not doing enough elsewhere. Prosecutors in l. A. And San Francisco last year said the background checks missed criminal records of 25 drivers. Including one who spent 26 years in prison for Second Degree murder. And uber doesnt run fingerprint checks of potential drivers like Taxi Companies do. Because uber does not use fingerprints, it cant be sure the information on the background check belongs to the applicant. Reporter one challenge, Services Like uber are growing too fast to thoroughly check everyone. Youre not sitting next to the person who is going to hire you and looking them in the eye and convincing them to hire you. Reporter uber drivers themselves have been targeted. Beaten by enraged or drunk passengers. Some violence caught on camera. From ride sharing to home sharing, its a brave new world. For millions is no substitute for safety. So in this new economy of sharing, the question is whether simple arithmetic would suggest bad actors will get through, as they do in every business. In education, schools, in industry. As one uber rider said to me, i believe in what Ronald Reagan used to preach. Trust but verify. Back to you. Tom costello, thanks so much. Uber saying this guy had no criminal record. We couldnt have caught him in the first place. 4. 75 rating, so he was good to that point. Tragic situation. Lets talk about the weather. Were talking about the winter side of the storm. Now, we have Winter Weather watches in effect from champagne, illinois, up to michigan. 11 Million People under these watches. Were watching this storm system push up through the ohio valley. Rain will change to wet snow in ohio and indiana. We expect it to continue east into the appalachians tomorrow. Parts of the northeast. Snowfall is basically going to be really confined to northern michigan, where we could seee cr a foot up near saginaw. Youll see four to six inches of snow before its all over. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. A couple of wet snow flakes along the blue ridges. Temperatures are in the upper 30s to near 40 and the roads are warm. Plenty of rain today. Take your umbrella with you. Temperatures wont budge. Were in the upper 30s to near 40. Were stay in the low to mid40s today. Milder tomorrow, but a chance thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Coming up on trending, surprise stowaway. What a gorilla is doing aboard the International Space station. What . Got first, why members of the Kensington Palace staff are threatening to go on strike and what it can what if there was another way threatening to go on strike and what it can to look at relapsing multiple sclerosis . This is tecfidera. Tecfidera is not an injection. Its a pill for relapsing ms that has the power to cut relapses in half. Imagine what you could do with fewer relapses. 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Theyre among those who work at william and kates home, Kensington Palace. Royal employees fear theyll lose 5,000 a year. The salaries cut by a charity that manages the palaces. Former staff say when you work with the royals, you dont do it for the money. Youve worked for the royals. Why does someone work for the royals . The reason is, there is this privilege, the idea that im working next to a royal. Reporter it cant help that Kensington Palace just had an upgrade, costing 23 million. Those staff that are closest to william and kate, the guys thut poured their tea are not involved. But the royals are famously frugal. The queen is said to walk around Buckingham Palace switching off the lights to save electric. True story. She turns the thermostat down. True story. A lot of places dont stand with the refrigerator door open. Keir, thank you so much. Just ahead, what is that . The massive fish the size of a car. What . It has the internet buzzing. 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Again all year long you worked hard to take care of business and take care of the people who matter most. So when your tax refund arrives, make it go a little further at walmart. From electronics, to home decor, even tires, get low prices on everything you need to get more fun out of your tax refund. Walmart. Were back at 7 49 with whats upset a lot of starbucks customers today. Carson is in the orange room with that story. Wish me luck. Starbucks announced on monday what they called exciting new changes to the rewards program. Many on social media were not so thrilled. Heres the deal. Right now, you basically, no matter what you order, youre earning points toward a free drink. Come april, the focus shifts. Youre going to get points based on how much you spend instead. If you are like me and get a simple coffee every day, itll take 40 more to reach the free beverage each time. If you spend more, youll get there faster. Starbucks said this was the number one request heard from customers. Tim wrote, thanks starbucks for punishing those of us that like regular black coffee. Steven wrote, now i have to spend three times as much to gain any rewards. Sincerely, a tall dark roast drinker. Starbucks are encouraging people to hold out for whats to come. They tweeted, well be introducing new ways to earn stars so the majority of members will earn stars just as fast, if not fast as before. It remains to be seen if this will have loyalty. Well find out in april. You lost me at, try to follow this. All the time at starbucks and not getting the rewards, ive been missing out. If this is our biggest problem, were doing great as a country. Thanks, carson. Coming up, natalies Devil Wears Prada moment as cosmopolitans newest intern. First, your local news and weather. A warm sun. Lots of water. Nutrient rich soil. Thats how you grow the best, tastiest vegetables. And thats how you make it progresso. 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Things are loosening up a little bit causing real delays this morning. The rain and that pot hole, lots of people pulled over top of the beltway. 95 coming into 395 is slow this morning, top of the beltway. 270 also pretty slow. Thanks, melissa. A big rally about your privacy and your phone. Demonstrators are taking their protests to fbi headquarters to say apple should not be forced to break into the San Bernardino shooters iphone. Thats at 5 30 tonight. The protest is one of dozens all over the country happening today. The government says its request is a response to terrorism. Apple says it raises major privacy issues. Your soggy out the door forecast is next. Stay with us. For a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid 20 less than a man for doing the same job . Ill fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda. More proof that we just need more women in congress. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. Good morning, rain all over the dmv this morning. One of my weather watchers said there may be sleet trying to mix in with the raindrops. Dont surprise if you hear a rattle of sleet in the higher elevations. Temperatures low 40s now. Staying in the 40s today. Warmer tomorrow with a risk of thunderstorms, windy and chilly to finish the week. Dry for the weekend. Another news its 8 00 on today. Coming up, the angelina effect. A new Study Reveals more women than ever are opting to undergo preventative mastectomies. Is it the right decision . Then the pop star versus the producer. The man behind keshas biggest hits breaks his silence after she accuses him of rape. The High Court Battle that has some of the biggest names rallying behind the singer. Up for the job. Cosmopolitan, here i come. Natalie finds out if she has what it takes to be an intern at cosmopolitan magazine. First off, tea, little bit milk, no sugar. Today, tuesday, february 23rd, 2016. This is how we do wanna know what it is, make the boys want more were from san diego and we love today. Hey, mom and dad are in new york city. Hi, we love you. Good morning happy anniversary to my wife back in virginia. I love you. Its 8 00 on today. Its tuesday, february 23rd, 2016. I know i say this every day, but its true, we have the best crowd. Everyone is so excited and happen phappy to be here. Its chilly on our plaza, but good day for a selfie. Al and i were doing joke. Matt is a little under the weather. Hell be back soon, we hope, but we have willie filling in. Coming up, celebrity style for the rest of us. Well show you how to tackle some of the seasons hottest trends that you think you cant pull off. Willie, you could pull that off. You think so . Absolutely. First, lets head inside with natalie for a check of the top stories. Donald trump boasting a big lead but playing rough heading into nevadas kcaucuses. Trump said hed like to punch a protester in the face. Cruz fired a top aide on monday for tweeted an inaccurate video that falsely accused rubio of brushing off the brieible. With jeb bush out of the race, rubio is hoping to get Establishment Republicans, backed by a new endorsement by iphone of one of the San Bernardino terrorist attack shooters. There were protests organized by tech freedom groups. Over half of americans back the fbis effort to force apple to help investigatorinvestigators. Microsoft founder bill gates has come out in support of the fbi, saying this is a specific case and not a general rekwex quest e agency. A new report finds more women are opting for preventive mastectomies than ever before. Dr. Natalie azar, nbc medical contributor, is here to help us make sense of the study. Good morning. Women between the years 2005 to 2013 are getting, by more than 1 3, more mastectomies than ever before. At the same time, the rate of cancer remained unchanged. Yeah. What does this tell the immediate interpretation is women are being more aggressive about their care and theyre being more proactive. But according to experts, the biggest risk for a woman in terms of recurring cancer or cancer in general Breast Cancer has to do with their genetic predisposition, as well as family history. According to studies that have been done, what seems to be driving this more aggressive approach is more fear and anxiety. Maybe some misperceptions about what their actual risk is. Because the studies would suggest for many early stage cancers, a more conservative approach has the same outcome astha as mastectomy. Whatever alarming is according to the same period, the women getting double mastectomies tripled. Are they taking off more than they need to . If youre isnt strong, you outcome would probably be similar if you do a more conservative approach. Researchers are slightly alarmed at the trend. This study isnt taking into account the angelina effect because these were the years 2005 to 2013. Right. She had her procedure in 2013. Which is a perceptive point. I think if this trend continues, we might see a higher number in the next five to ten years, if the effect actually comes into play. Dr. Azar, thanks so much. Charlie sheens revelation here on today that he was hiv positive may have had a lifesaving impact. More people googled hiv and related terms after sheens appearance than ever before. Researchers at San Diego State University Say the number of searches for hiv information jumped by 2. 75 million. After years of waning interesting, news reports mentioning hiv increased by 250 on the day of sheens exclusive interview wit november. A fish getting revenge on a young hockey fan . It is the university of New Hampshire tradition. You toss a fish on to the ice after the home teams first goal. When the tradition called, this guy flopped. He couldnt heave the heavy, Slippery Fish over the glass. Took him three tries. Disgusting. His embarrassing performance, now a viral sensation. Floppy fish. Not sure what to make of that. Wow. Howd the fish get there . Its a tradition. They bring it into the arena. If you dont get it over twice, quit and put it back in the bag. Bring it to dinner. You could do that, too. Now to a heated case pitting kesha against a producer. Shes fighting to get out of our recording contrast. This morning the man at the center of the dispute is speaking out for the first time. Dont stop, make it rock, blow my speakers up tonight reporter the high profile between a pop star and hit producer is turning into a trial by twitter. Kesha getting a flurry of support from fellow singers and celebrities after her defeat on friday. A judge denied the singers bid to be released from a recording contract with dr. Luke, the producer shes currently suing, alleging Sexual Assault. Her allies used the hashtag, free kesha. Ariana grande, my heart is with kesha rose. Taylor swift is donating 250,000 to help with legal bills. Kesha is going to have a difficult road ahead of her to win in the court of law. However, she seems to be winning, big time, in the court of Public Opinion. Reporter in 2014, kesha sued dr. Luke, the man who disre physically, verbally and emotionally abused her. She alleges dr. Luke continuo continuously forced himself on her while she was intoxicated and drugged. Monday, dr. Luke also took to twitter, echoing denials hes filed in court. Saying i never raped kesha and never had sex with her. Weve been friends and shes like my little sister. Kesha and her council are accused of ruining his career for financial gain. Dr. Luke is suing kesha, claiming she made up the allegation so she could get out of her recording contract with him ask so and sony music. Keshas attorneys argue her career is at a stand still because she wont work with dr. Luke as the contract requires. His attorneys say kesha is free to record and release music without working with dr. Luke as a producer if she doesnt want to. He cla to say she didnt free is a myth. Both sides are digging in, fighting in and out of the courtroom. For today, joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. Lets bring in our legal analyst, lisa. We havent gone through trial. This is the beginning of the case. Shes saying he abused me, i dont want to work with him. Therefore, i want out of the recording contract. Sony is saying, you dont have to work with him, but you do have to be bound by the contract. Importantly, this is a preliminary injunction hearing, which is an early hearing in the case. Its not trial yet. Her lawyer had to meet a high legal bar. The judge said he didnt meet it. The claims werent specific enough and he didnt bring forth evidence in support of her allegations. This is just the first step and she lost the first legal battle. It doesnt prevent her from Going Forward with the case. Right. What happens to the claims that she makes of all kinds of ab b what happens in the Court Process with those . Does she have to prove them . Eventually, there will be a trial and her attorney can bring worth witnesses and evidence, and any corroboration that they have. At this point, the judge said, look, there is no irreparable injury paubecause you dont havo work with dr. Luke anymore. Shes claiming maybe sony wouldnt promote her in the future. The judge said thats not enough at these stages. Dr. Luke, the producer, says she gave a statement, kesha, under oath at a previous deposition, saying it didnt happen. Is that a problem . She was an adult when we made the statement. The Sexual Assault survivors tend to say it didnt happen before they come forward with claims. Its tough for her to overcome. Is it a problem for her that she apparently never went to Law Enforcement and reported it . Thats less of a problem. Most re erkrape victims dont g Law Enforcement. You see the celebrities and theyre saying, free kesha and sympathetic to her a claims, but she is free to record as long as she stays with sony. If these allegations were proven, if she ultimately prevailed at trial, would that be enough to get her out of the contract with sony . I think its a winning point for sony, that she does not have to work with dr. Luke anymore. They point out that pursuant to the contract, theyve lived up to their end. They spent millions of promoting her music. They want to promote her music. Sony and kesha want to make music. The court of Public Opinion is in full swing. Girl power supporting her. Thank you so much. Coming up next, how do you handle it when youre at a restaurant and your order is messed up . The sneaky way one ceo puts job candidates to the test. Interesting one. Plus, pigs in space. How about gorillas . Well explain this sight on the International Space station. The not so fabulous side of the fashion world. Natalie takes on an at with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. To me, that was normal. Until i talked to my doctor. She told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications havent worked well enough. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening Heart Failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Raise your expectations. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, control is possible. Listen up and give her the strengthof the and energy to stay healthy. Whos with me . the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. With 9 grams of protein. And 26 vitamins and minerals ensure. Take life in everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Always be real. Dont be artificial, but always be sweet. Nature valley granola bars. No artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners. Just good. 8 14, otherwise known as trending time. Weve all been on job interviews and know the question, where do you see yourself in five years . The ceo of Charles Schwab takes a different approach. He takes the person to breakfast. Its not scones and green tea. Beforehand, he tells the restaurant to mess up the job applicants order, to get something wrong to see how they react. Do they get upset, frustrated, are they understanding, solutionoriented . He told the new york times, well all make mistakes. The question is, how will we recover and will we be respectful to others when they make them . Its a way to look inside someones heart rather than just their heads. Great idea. I like it. Its interesting. On the other hand, if you were on a job one has to do with the other. If you were on a job interview. Apparently, it goes on to say that some bosses think if youre not assertive and dont say, i ordered the salmon, not the chicken, it says something negative. I think if i were on a job thing. Id just eat it and concentrate on the interview. Usually, youre too nervous anyway. Not me. I wonder if anybody has shown up and gotten so mad and flipped the table order when the order was wrong. Thats my guy right there. Youre hired all right, the words mo mola mola. Its this massive fish captured on video off the coast of portugal. It translates to ocean sunfish. It is the largest bony fish in the world. The species can weigh up to 5,000 pounds. The size of a small suv. This video is up to more than 4 million views. So cool. Mola mola doesnt translate to terrifying fish . No. Giant forehead. Look at the shape of that thing. Translates to a special at red lobster. Wow. Rare mola mola. Creature, at least in space. What is king kong doing aboard the International Space station . Of course, its not king kong, its astronaut kelly having fun, chasing around a fellow crew member. Where did he get the gorilla suit . Acme. No, a care package sent by his twin brother, mark kelly. Scott kelly wraps up his yearlong experiment in space next week. Thats what happens when you spend that much time in space. Great excuse to play benny hill music. Theyre american heros but it might be time to come home. Its their entertainment. Now to the pop star who just outdid the king of pop. A fictional president gets a real honor. Rihanna is first up this morning. Wheres the tequila . Oh ill try and make it here. She has a new song called work featuring drake. Topped the billboard singled chart, giving her her 14th hit. She has one more than michael jackson. Theyd been tied at 13. With the new honor, rihanna is only behind the beetlebeetles. Celine dion getting back to her residency where shell honor her husband, who died after battled cancer. The show will kick off at 10 30 eastern time. If youd like to see it, the concert will be live streamed on her website. Finally, a big honor for one of the nations most respected and feared leaders. You respect president frank underwood, right . Of course. The military vet from South Carolina who is not above mau niplati murder . Kevin spacey played him. Its part of a publicity stunt for the series which debuts march 4th. Pretty good. Thats your pop start today. Tequila less. You keep a little flat today. Thanks a lot. Al, how is the weather looking . We have we have Winter Weather to talk about in this area. Again, want to reiterate the threat of Severe Weather down south for today. This afternoon weve got a risk, strong risk from new orleans to hattiesbu hattiesburg. 21 Million People at risk. Overnight were concerned mobile to crestview to tallahassee. Significant overnight tornados. But were also watching wet snow developing in parts of the northeast. It will start around noontime. As it makes its way to the north, stay snow around boston, changes to rain along the coast. Winter weather advisories vermont. Heavy storms on wednesday in the afternoon. We look for some places picking up two to three inches of rain in the northeast. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Weve got a lot of rain, were looking at the rain streaming in, unfortunately, just in time for that morning commute. Rain will continue, maybe even a little bit of wet snow mixed in in the shenandoah valley. Headed up to i 81. Just light stuff. If youre seeing it out there. Not light rain well continue to see moderate rain throughout the morning. It will be stormy tomorrow. Were in a weather alert day. We can get sunshine back as we thats your latest weather. Willie . Al, thank you very much. Day two of our up for the job today series, where we put our skills to the test by being interns. Al tackled the San Diego Zoo on monday. Natalie, its your turn. Ive always loved fashion and had the opportunity to work at cosmopolit cosmopolitan, the best selling young womens magazine in the country. Sounds like a dream, doesnt it . I filled in for the executive assistant to the editor in chief. What a day it was. Cosmopolitan, here i come. Oh, my gosh. I feel like im in my dream right now. Im living my dream. I like that one. I like that one. I like that one. Little bit like Devil Wears Prada. Hello. How are you . Natalie morales. Im your assistant for the day. Good. My boots have got dog hairs on them. Can you find a lint roller . Sure thing. Ill be in with a lint roller. Thank you. Where is the lint roller . First off, tea, little bit of milk, no sugar. Lipstick, i cant remember the color. I need endless supplies of it. The fruit bowl behind you, the banana looks like its going give off poisonous gases. Get rid of it. These shoes, i want to meet the designer. Try to get them in this afternoon. Okay. That should do for now. Is that all . It is for you, but ill have more things in a couple of minutes. Okay. Tea, tea, tea. She likes earl gray. There is none. Theres english breakfast. This is her cup but it doesnt fit. Okay. Natalie, natalie, when city for a cup of tea, i need it immediately. Otherwise, had i been in a desert, my inner organs would have shrivelled to the size of a walnut and i would have dehydrated. Ill get it first next time. Fancy, look at that. Can i take a message for her . What is the chefs special in the cafe . Grilled chicken. I need more tickets f hamilton. Shed like to see, if possible, if you have four Tickets Available for fridays show. This friday . I need some jewels. She would like to see if she can borrow jewelry from sydney garber. Friday, four tickets. Lipstick, i need to reapply. Needle in a hay stack. I think i found a lipstick. Long earrings, feathered. Natalie, try this on. Cuffs. Sensational color. Too matchy . No. Could you get that out . Where do i begin . Armani, we want the gown. 3 00. Think we got hamilton for friday. Amazing. Im so good at my job. The perks of the job. Look at that. These are what are you doing . I just wanted to make sure these are the jewels. I wanted to model them for you. You did, did you . I would take them off now and put them somewhere. Then will you disinfect the earring, natalie . Sure. I just got in trouble. Lets go down to a shoot later on. I want some help. Little lower. Bring it down a little bit. Natalie . Sure. It was super fun, ladies, thank you, but i have to get back to the office. Bye. Bye. You called . I just wanted to let you know my actual executive assistant is back, heather. You are relieved of your duties. I thought you did a good job. I thought you did a good job. I wasnt expecting a lot and, actually, you exceeded my expectations. If you need a reference, you can give me a call. Yours now. Thanks. Im job. Obviously, a lot of that was did you get a ticket for hamilton . No. But thank you to joanna and her staff. They were sweet to let me tag along and pretend to be their assista assistant. If you want to be an intern there, you have to be in college to receive credit for it. She is tough but is a great boss. She didnt notice you never got her the tea. Dont tell the secret. Too late but youre out. Her assistant said, i switch it on her all the time. No idea. Sorry you threw her under the bus. Thats her last day today. Thank you very much. Seriously, howd you get hamilton . Know a guy at the front office. Very resourceful. Had to do something for my job, right . Working hard. Tomorrow on up for the job, its carsons turn. He went to the airport. Had a great time. The men and women at delta work hard. You get on a plane and assume itll get you men and women and what they do in between to get the planebagg incredible. Cant wait to see that. Good morning, its 8 26 on this tuesday february 23rd. In our headlines today, new charges could be announced against a former Prince Georges County teachers aide accused of abusing children. The states attorney will hose a News Conference this afternoon. She is accused of sexually abusing students. We want to check on the commute with Melissa Mollet. Southbound Georgia Avenue we have a crash here. They flipped the camera so youre not seeing the actual accident. Slow, 270 southbound, all of the green, that is radar. Rain is falling across the area right now. Really making for a nasty morning come. As well. Really slow. 395 inbound inner loop coming across the American Legion bridge. Top of the beltway slow, and inner loop coming around to 50. Well have a look at your forecast next. Could be bad. Could be a blast. Cant find a single thing to wear. Will they be looking at my hair . Wont be the same without you bro. When its go, go to choicehotels. Com. The site with the right room, rewards and savings up to 20 when you book direct. Book now at choicehotels. Com well, rain continues to move through the region. Thats the way it will be through the morning. Turning to more showers as we get into the afternoon and evening. So the evening commute not well still have a little bit of rain around, just not that steady rain. Not looking too bad for today, but we have a weather alert for here we go 8 30 now. Its tuesday morning, 23rd of february, 2016. Starting to see the clouds roll in in the northeast. Well get some rain over the next few days. Some storms in the south that al has been telling us about. Good day, nonetheless. Look at the biggest loser. He was just crowned the biggest loser, live on the finale last night. Hes here and well talk to roberto hernandez. Also, were catching up with Debra Messing. A lot to talk to her about, from her hit show to dirty dancing. Whats going on there . Youll find out. The martian was a hit at the box office but before that, hottest reads before they hit the big screen. Also, tailor made celebrity styles you can pull off yourself. Dont forget to pack your bags, bring a friend and be on the plaza friday morning for a chance to win a spontaneous trip to los angeles over the long leap day weekend. Make a creative poster to show us how youd spend your extra 24 hours. The trip includes three nights at the line hotel, a bike tour on the beach, dinner and much more, courtesy of discover los angeles. You have to be over 18. Dont forget, come to the plaza an friday and rsvp at today. Com plaza. Now lets say hello to roberto hernandez, the 36yearold who lost 160 pounds and crowned the biggest loser. Roberto, good morning and congratulations. Thank you. What a whirlwind. You were just crowned last night. Were you shocked . You know what . Ive been busting my butt since september 9th was i surprised . Yes and no. I was working to it and i was a finalist. Your brother. You lost almost half your weight, 160 pounds or so, down to 188. Yes. How do you feel physically . Amazing. My body felt beat up because i was working hard. At home you wake up, go cycling and during lunch, i would run three miles. After school, i would go and do a crazy workout. You know, workout constantly every day. I took off maybe four days from the time i begun. How did it change your life . It was amazing. My little boy jacob tells my wife he misses the fat daddy because i would play with him more i wont work out four times and he will get more of my time. Congratulations to your brother, as well. Its awesome. Backstage, i was like, yes, yes hugging strangers. I didnt care who it was. It was amazing. You look great. Congratulations, roberto. Thank you. Now lets get a check of the weather. Way to go, roberto. Lets show you what we have going on for today. Going on for today. Severe weather through the gulf, were watching that for tornados possible and strong storms. Icy mix here in the northeast, look for sunshine out west. 58 in seattle, for tomorrow. Were expecting that sunshine to continue in the southwest. 82 in la, 79 in phoenix. But then the eastern half of the country, if you are flying or driving, it is going to be a real nightmare. Windy and snowy, could be blizzard like conditions in the up of michigan and parts of the upper great lakes. A risk of strong storms along the midatlantic coast southeast. Western third of the country looking pretty darn good. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, weve got a lot of rain in our area right now. Weve been talking about this for quite some time. But that rain is going to continue to move through. Again, pretty heavy in some spots around 695 and baltimore. Again, this is all moving up from the south and west. We will continue to see some of that cold rain, only not for the morning commute but also for the evening commute. This evening, i think it will be shower activity rolling across our area. Tomorrow, more storm activity for the afternoon. It will go away thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thank you so much. Emmy winner Debra Messing is a new york city detective in the mysteries of laura. When her sister looks to be in trouble, she pledges all she can do to help. Take a look. If you want to avoid going to jail for murder or being i will protect you. Pinky swear. Debra messing, good morning. Good morning. Are we going to have a cli cliffhanger . Were almost to the end of the season. Tomorrow is the first half of the twopart finale and itll be major. Dont miss it. Your sister is in a little trouble. Youd think from that clip that we were close, from the pinky swear, but not so much. Is she like the dark side . Shes the dark side. Shes the bad one, obviously. I know she has her red hair just like you. She does. You look like sisters. It was actually my 11yearold son romans idea. Really . They were like, we want to bring in a sister. He was like, deb would be great. Hes like a casting agent now. We watched jesse for years. The show is doing well. I was thinking, if you could invent a show, wouldnt you have made this up . Its funny, quirk i cy, mysteryu have romantic tension with the exhusband. It has a Little Something for everybody. It does. It has everything, for me. It really does keep me on my toes, and it keeps me creatively interested. You know, i love really difficult murder mysteries, to figure those out. I love that we keep the audience really questioning up until the last minute. You know, the characters that have been created, theyre accessible, quirky and people you can care about. We have a lot of fun. You mentioned your little boy, hes 11. Is it a good mom job, being on a regular show like that . Are you able to spend the time you want to spend with him and all that . Well, doing an drama is pretty brutal. Yeah. But the great thing is, hes literally grown up on the set. Thanks to will and grace. Its his second home. After school, hell come over and hang out. He knows everyones name and says action and cut. And casts your sister, apparently. Very well, also. You put a cute picture up on social media of his backpack, which is enormous. Come on. Look at that thing. I mean, its insanity. You said it was like a microwave oven, from the 70s. What does a 6th grader need that requires that much . Youre going to be crippled by the time youre 12. Youre going to have a back back like your mama. I have to ask about dirty dancing. There is an abc remake and youll be babys mom. Are you flipping out . Totally flipping out. Its been interesting. You know, singing, dancing, its dirty dancing, come on. Choreographer from hamilton. Really . Yeah i mean, come on. Did you love dirty dancing . I loved it. It was the thing that kept me on my path to being an actress. It was the first time i remember sitting in a Movie Theater and seeing a character and saying, i could see myself playing that character. Like, shes quirky and not traditionally beautiful. No one puts her in a corner. No one puts her in a corner. Debra messing, thank you so much. Youll be back later with kathie lee and hoda. Mysteries of laura, Season Finale tomorrow night, 8 00 7 00 central on nbc. The remarkable life story of the 106yearold woman who danced her way through the white house and stole hearts. First, this is today on nbc. Were back at 8 41. Looking back, moving forward. Our series in honor of black History Month. Monday on trending we introduced you to the 106yearold who fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the white house. Hoda has more of her story. Youre welcome. This is a good one. You cant help but smile when you see the video of virginia mclaurin, dancing with the president and the first lady. The meeting was part of a black History Month reception following a letter and even a phone call to the white house. For virginia, it was a moment of joy after living through some of the darkest times in our nations history. Hi how are you . Im fine reporter a meeting for the ages. You want to say hi to michelle . Reporter at 106 years old, virginia mclaurin becoming meeting prompted her to start a dance party in the white house. Whats the secret to dancing at 106 . Reporter stunned by her newfound fame. I didnt think id ever be this famous. I said, why didnt they do it when i was young . Reporter an accomplishment she once considered unthinkable. I thought i would never live to get in the white house. I am so happy. I just started dancing. I said, im here to represent black History Month. Look at him right there. A black wife. Thats me. Yes reporter virginias visit to 1600 pennsylvania avenue marked a milestone along a difficult journey that began in a segregated South Carolina. Born in 1909 as the daughter of a sharecropper, she married at age 14 and had three years later, she became widowed and moved to washington, d. C. Where she worked as a nanny. She lives there today and volunteers as a foster grandparent to Elementary School children. With no signs of slowing down, she not only serves as an inspiration to the students, but to all of us. Including the first family. I want to be like you when i grow up. Reporter from only knowing a world of black and white, to one now allowing us to celebrate all colors. I didnt think itd ever happen, but it sure did happen. And i got a chance to see it. Are you so happy right now . Mclaurin thought it was time for a Career Change at 55 a seamstress. In 1994 she started volunteering at schools because she loves the education aspect. She did this writein campaign since 2014, trying to get into the white house. She said, dont worry, ill come to you if it now shes the star. She upstaged everyone. I love her. Shes seen a couple world wars, civil rights, and now an africanamerican president. Thanks. Great story. Nine books to read before they hit the big screen this year. First, this is today on nbc. all with worryfree ownership. Colors in your neighborhood. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the than anyone. Shift your thinking about buying your next one. We are back at 8 46. Hollywood hit the jackpot in 2015 with book to big screen adaptations like mockingjay part 2, insurgent and the martian. This year, theres a new crop of literary movies heading to th r theaters. If you want to read before you see them, we have your guide. Welcome to the today show lounge. Ive never seen these chairs before. We should have some scotch. We should. Theres an idea. Lets go through some of these. People need to read before they hit the theaters. Well start with kids. First one, the bfg. It tells the story of sophie as shes taken to the land of giants by a big, friendly giant. Its directed by steven spiel bu Steven Spielberg and has been in the works forever. How about the jungle book . Everyone is in this movie. You have bill murray. So many people are involved in the story. It was all cji, except for the actor, and itll be this visual masterpiece. We have this one with alice, through the looking glass. This hasnt been a movie before . No. You had lal alice in wonderlan johnny depp is returning as the mad hatter and this time, alice is helping the red queen. Its a twist. Lets move to young adults. This is a huge business for hollywood. Hung er g you have the hunger games, twilig twilight. So this is the fifth wave. Its this story of basically one woman from ohio trying to make her way and find her brother. How about allegiance . So exciting. This is the third basically taking the third book, like with the hunger games and harry potter, and dividing it in half. This is the first half of the end of the series. I get excited when i hear tim burton is directing something. So this was on the top of the y. A. Best sellers list for so long. Its a creepy, awesome book. Thats what teens love. They want a little goth. They want to look at the dark side. Theres not a lot out on this movie yet. Theyre keeping it under lock and key. Im excited to see what they do with the story. Nobody better to do that than tim burton. Absolutely. Highly adults. Girl on the train. Its this years gone girl. Im just going to say it. Incredible thriller. You have emily blunt in the starring role. Shes taking this train every day and looks at this couple who seems perfect but theyre not and she gets involved. Cant go wrong with dan brown, inferno. And my man tom hanks. Going on a wonderful adventure. Trying to find his way and figuring out, always trying to solve the puzzle. Last but not least, for the whole family, j. K. Rowling, fantastic beasts and where to find them. This is the one everyone is excited about. Returning to the wizarding world. Its here in new york city. Wizarding world comes to america. Its j. K. Rowlings first screenwriting credit. This is a textbook. This is one of the books that harry potter would read at h hogwartz. Her screenplay is one youll have to go to t my friend. Keep reading, willie. See ya. Fashion looks from hollywood, how to pull them off without fear. First, this is today on from sky high to head to toe denim, there areot mastering it is not always easy. We have today. Com style editor emily here to show us how its done. Good morning. You see things celebrities are doing and go, can i pull it off . Thats what this is about today. Exactly. I think its 90 confidence. 10 knowhow. Just wear the trend or have it wear you. Okay. You are wearing the first friend, a beauty trend, blue makeup. You have a little blue mascara going. Can you see it there . We see it on some of the stars. Kerry washington. But not as scary as the 70s powder blue. Its a metallic blue. Mascara, maybe an eye liner, just a touch of blue. If you have blue eyes, do more of a purple, they say . Just so your color really pops. It doesnt compete again its color of your eyes. Would you do it with your nails and match or is that too much . Fun colors for the nails is always a good choice. Another trend, wide leg pants. Weve seen it on a lot of celebrities. Its especially people who are petite, they often think, i dont know if i can do this. Thats the question. Even Nicole Richie pulls it off. The vertical lines make it look long and lean. This is our model corrin. Shes rocking the look. Its about the fit. High wasted pant, hug the smallest part of the body and skim all the way to the floor. Heels are a must. They are. Maybe after the boot. Exactly. Any height ladies should wear heels with it, to keep the leg long and sleek. If you are petite, do you want to do the fitted top as opposed to Something Like a blouse . Absolutely. Shes wearing a body suit. You dont worry about the top coming out. Its completely going to stay exactly where it is. It is nice with the back of your body suit, it has a wide hole to add a fun element. Pretty. Thank you so much. Lets show celebrities because weve seen this look a lot. It can be very, very chic. Sure. Olivia wilde is wearing a big 70s bows. She can wear this to work at a law firm and go out afterwards and look trendy. Whats fun is wearing it a little to the side. Its pinned a little off kilter. Wearing like a trendy mini skirt keeps it modern and sleek. How do you make sure its not too, i guess, like too pris sy,i guess . Its about keeping the shape, hugging the waist, long mini skirt and heels. Keeping the hair down so it doesnt feel too pilgrim and covered up. No age limit on wearing bows. You can even do a bow in your hair. Its a trend, wearing a little ribbon, maybe a loose, low ponytail. Not a grease ponytail. Denim on denim. You have to get this one right. Here, we see, is that kate hudson . Gwen stefani. Its a great airport look. We have janelle modeling it. Its about two different washes. Dont watch the two of them. Also, treat denim as a neutral. Add a pop of color with your lips or earrings or a fun pattern. Shes wearing the leopard flats. Its like wearing black but better. Basically, you dont want to have the denims watch completely. Have two colors or textures. Also, dont stick with jeans and a button down shirt. A skirt. Lets bring the models back out for one more look. Ladies, terrific. You, too, emily. More fashion tips, including how to pull off a hat, head to our pinterest page. Cas first, your local news and weather. Good morning, im Melissa Mollet. With your first 4 traffic. A couple of problems probably can attribute to the lovely rain you see all over the place this morning. All of that green here, radar over the roads this morning showing where its raining. Its raining almost everywhere. Outer loop 95, crash blocking the right lane. Same thing 270 southbound. That problem. You can see inbound 395 also slow. Well be back with a rain, rain go away. Its not going to go away thursday afternoon. We are just in the wetness right now. The rain continues to stream in. Its moderate in some areas. I do believe once this gets in here it will be more shower activity into the afternoon. Evening commute still wet, but not moderate rain were seeing out there. What a terrible looking day. 38 is the temperature. You know its a cold rain. Well warm up through the 40s today with rain continuing. Bring the umbrella with you, and possibly thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon. Breezy but everything should be this morning on todays take, oscar winner adrian brody is here talking about his new thriller backtrack. Casey affleck on playing the good cop in triple 9. Plus, the gadgets that will get you looking gorgeous. All that and more coming up now. Announcer from nb news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its tuesday morning, february 23rd, 2016. Im willie along with natalie and al. Tamron on assignment. My morning jam takes you back to middle school, the marley marl and the juice crew. 89, i think it was, great video. Fantastic. I remember that. Great bass line. Terrific. Lets talk about this apple story. It keeps getting more interesting. A new twist, the fight between the fbi and apple over unlocking an iphone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino mass shooting. Microsoft founder bill gates weighed in, siding with, surprisingly some people, the f fbi. Saying Tech Companies should be forced to cooperate with Law Enforcement in terror investigations. I do think people want the government to act on their behalf if they feel like the safeguards are there. Historically, the government has gone to phone companies and banks and lots of companies to gather information. People feel like the government not being blind and being able to try and stop bad things before they happen, its a good debate to be having. Interesting because so many of the o executives immediately side with apple and tim cook. Including facebook and twitter and google, as well, actually came in on the side of apple. Hes an outlier and one of the founding the fathers of Silicon Valley taking this position. He says there is a risk even among Silicon Valley, as theyre having the debate we are having. Slightly more than half side with the fbi as opposed to apple. On the flip side of it, general michael haden, the head of the nsa and cia says apple has the right idea. You cant predict where people are going to come down on this. Its fascinating. I think bill gates said, it is a good conversation to be having. Absolutely. We have the freedom, and its protected by our constitution. Like the freedom to look like an idiot when youre texting and walking. Ill refrain from using the word idiot because ive been known to do this. Into a sculpture . Not into a happens on rock center on a daily basis. Not only me but ive seen people walk into pillars. This is this giant sculpture in england, called the kiss. The problem is, its in the walking path. Thats not going to present a problem, is it . Well, it sure did. This is 20 feet high. They say within hours of installati installation, they had eight people walk right into it. How do you miss that . It is giant. But it is right in the walking path. Over the path. Not in the path. In their defense, the people who walked into it. No. This hits close to home for you. I nearly walked into a table. Dont move it. Enough of ythis. Put a camera on it. Epic fails. Fantastic. Apparently, they had to remove it. They put it to the side. Oh, apparently were not looking, of course, while walking. There you go. The huge sculpture is part of their every day routine, like in that walking path. I cant believe they caved to texters. Come on, guys word gets around. Stand your ground. I love this next one. If youve got more than one kid, you have them together, something is going to happen. Check out this little girl who had some fun with her baby sister. With a permanent marker. Oh, boy. Uhoh. What . I did what . [ laughter ]. I love it. Later in life, the little sister. She doesnt say anything. Looks at her mom like, whats your problem . Even her face. Thats the best part. When the little one turns around. Front and back. Binky in her mouth. With her little butt. I love it. Zebra. Come on, zebra. I love zebra. And the lady gaga, covering the one eye. Is that a sharpie, a permanent marker . Thats my question. Permanent marker. Its not going to go off easily. The cheek, the face. Oh, my gosh. Clearly mom isnt that upset. Coming in with the camera and asks the question. I cant wait ten years from now what the payback is going to be. Alltimer. Its great. Itll be one of those where dad and mom embarrass the younger sister by whipping that out to a date. Look what the girls did back then. Coming out at the rehearsal dinner. Sibli r you had a late night. A citizens brigade . The upright citizens brigade, the improv group here in the city and now across the country, its started by amy poehler, and they do night late, like a late night show, in front of a live audience. This Amazing Group of young actors and writers at ucb write the material, they produce the show. They did all the hard work. Theyre so funny and talented. Theyre the future. Theyll be the next snl wri write writers. Its like a talk show. I did a monologue, had a side kick. Nicolle wallace was my guest, talking about the campaign. This man killed it. Listen to this. Oh, no. 24 hour mcdonalds in south korea will try serving beer to attract customers because if theres one thing ive thought whileti 2 00 in the morning, its, boy, i wish everyone here was more drunk. I wrote some monologue jokes and they wrote some. You have a future, my friend, willie. Ive always said, youll go places someday. Ucb is awesome. If you get a chance to see a show here, l. A. , wherever, check them out. So much talent in that place. Well played. Were asking, we got this shoutout going. Moms, send us their wildest first concert looks. Dads cannot apply. Why . I dont know. Its what they said. Not fair. I dont think it is either but thats what this is. For a chance to be flown to new york and win a head to toe makeover, courtesy of jcpenney. Natalie shared her wildest first concert look when she was 14 and went to spandal ballet. Share your throwback pictures. Well pick a winner at the end of the month. Go to facebook. Com todays take and tell us why we should tell you rock your style. Speaking of going to our facebook. Com todays take page, today is day 20 of our 25 days of give aways. What do we have, britney . A cook ware set. Worth 500. We want to break 300,000 today. What are we at . 296,000. Come on, people. Facebook. Com todays take. Check it out. All right. Also, check this out. Whats going on here. Somebody hit my button. There you go. Now weve got heavy thunderstorms pushing through galveston, houston moving into louisiana. For today, weve got a tornado threat. Stretching from new orleans up to hattiesburg. 21 Million People at risk. Large hail damaging winds. The big concern is later tonight into tomorrow morning were looking for the risk of long track tornados, a significant threat overnight. This is really dangerous. Were going to be watching this very, very closely. System would be pushing up and through behind it snow from chicago, st. Louis, all the way into detroit. We are expecting to see the rain change to wet snow there. But heavier showers and thunderstorms, the rain may end to snow for interior parts of the northeast. Some places picking up upwards of a foot of snow before its all over. Thats whats going on around the countries, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, we continue to watch some of this rain moving through our area. Look, it is heavy in some points of our region right now. Its going to continue to be like that as we go throughout the morning commute. So your morning commute is messy out there today. Its messy out there right now. Its cold and wet. Wednesday the morning commute will be all right. Heavy rain and thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon. With that system that al was talking about in texas, then thursday well clear out by the time we get to the facebook. Com todays take. Getting awfully close. Guess what, guess who is at our todays take table. This guy. Youngest person ever to win an Academy Award. 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Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. 13 years ago, adrian brody shot to super stardom after winning the Academy Award for best actor in the pianist. Now, adrian sees dead people in his new thriller backtrack, about a psychologist haunted by the loss of his daughter. Take a look. [ screaming ]. Okay, im out. You can let go now, willie. Sorry. I was like, its coming. Something is going to happen. Heres the thing, you know its coming. I know, but it still happens. Adrian brody, what was this like, shooting this thing . It was its lots of fun. I mean, interesting thing about shooting anything scary is its much less scary when youre making it. But i love the world of the super natural. I love its the beauty of film. You can really get to a place that can actually be frightening and exciting. And its safe. Tell us about your character. You play a right . Yeah, i play a psychologist who is going through a traumatic time, where his he recently lost his daughter, and hes mourning. He realizes that all of his patients are deceased. Oh. Thats frightening. Thats hard to bill. Exactly, it is. Al gets to the heart of the matter. Never going to see any money with that. Very true. That was the least of his concerns, by the way. Wasnt thinking about accounts payable in those moments. So youre restoring or you have restored this 1800s stone barn, basically, in upstate new york. Mmhmm. Youve made a documentary about it, which is a story to itself. Any creepiness there, in something that old . Its interesting. I actually, when i into the house, it was an enormous process, to rebuild this place. The first few nights of living there, which was after a sevenyear journey, so it was only a i managed to live in the main house, and i was in bed, trying to go to bed, and i heard what sounded like snoring. It was coming from the second floor. I crept downstairs. Literally, the house was snoring. I was scared. It was my own little and you still want to live there . I have no choice. I spent seven years working on the place. Im living here. How do you get a breathe right strip for a whole house . Open all the windows. Wow, crazy. Yeah. It went i still dont know what it was. It was the first night. I thought it was some strange thing with the pipes but it wasnt. Somebody just let you know. I woke him up and he stayed awake, i guess. Youre a braver man than me. Thank you so much. Backtrack is available on directv until it hits theaters this friday. The good guy in the new action film triple 9. Well catch up with casey action film triple 9. Well catch up with casey hey, youre going to do great. Hi. Choose your match new revlon colorstay™ 2in1 compact. Choose love new revlon colorstay™ 2in1 compact. This is ti love bread i love bread. I now just manage it, so i dont deny myself bread, i have bread everyday. 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Morning. Youve got a hell of a cast, between anthony mackie, aaron paul what was the you raced through that one. Its how we do it. I was counting on you carrying me through. Norman. What was it like on the set with all that acting power . I was the pain in the ass. Theyre all so good. You know, this movie, i didnt always see them. They werent always on the set when i was there. Woodys first day, he is a nut, he showed up and he got an easy scene. Driving down the street, park his car, get out and walk up the steps to see me. Thats fairly simple. Woody takes the first take, races down the street and hits a tree, jumps out of the car, head is bleeding and runs up the path to me. I figured everyone would descend and stop and lay woody down for a okay, i guess thats how we play it here. Oh milli, my gosh. Did it make it into the final cut . Yeah, it did. Thats always better, the unexpected, right . Who is your guy in this landscape of characters . Who is your character . Where does he fit in . I play sort of the only im the good guy. A bunch of bad guys. Hou hows that . Thats good. You play a lot of different and intense roles. What drew you to this, besides an incredible cast . Well, you know, ive played a lot of bad guys, and i wanted to do this was kind of different. He was he has a simple, moral code, simple sense of right and wrong. That seemed appealing to me. I wanted to play a police officer. I liked the script. The director is really talented, sweet guy. You got a lot in the your latest film at sun dance, manchester by the sea, has a lot of buzz. Tell us about that. That is written and directed by kenny and it was one of these it was a beautiful strict. Everything he writes is exceptionally well written. I dont know what else to say. It was a small movie, and it ended uptu turning out great. Took it to sundance. Ive been in a lot of small movies that didnt turn out great. This one turned out better than i could have imagined. A lot of good talk about that. You worked with your brother ben quite a bit. Youve said hes your sounding board when youre considering a role. Have to ask you about that. He is. Have to ask you about batman. Are you as excited as his fans are . Havent theyre excited. I am very wants to see. Batman versus superman. Versus deadpool, yeah. Exactly. Im excited. I want to see it, yeah. He sounds excited. Thrilled. Let me try that again. Im so excited to see this movie. Much better. Barely contains himself. Drive a car into a Olay Regenerist renews from within. Plumping surface cells for a dramatic transformation without the need for fillers. Your concert tee might show your age. Your skin never will. Olay regenerist. Olay. Ageless. And try regenerist microsculpting eyeswirl. It instantly hydrates to plump and lift. Ifor all the wrong reasons. Gical you may be muddling through allergies. Zyrtec® is different than claritin®. Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Good morning, its 9 26, im aaron gilchrist. In the news, an update to metro track work to let you know about for tonight. Work will begin at 10 00 p. M. Instead of 8 00 p. M. Trains will be single tracking from Mcpherson Square to southwest. Youll see 28 minute delays in each direction. Silver line trains will run between the boston and wheelie east. D. C. Mayor bowser will tour two high performing schools in cuba. Well have an update on your forecast right after this. Well that steady rain continues to move through at a moderate pace. You can see heavy rain towards baltimore. I think it will be more showers by this afternoon. But, again, temperatures are going to stay in the 40s. Cold rain. Tomorrow, weather alert day because we have stormy activity by tomorrow afternoon. Everything out by thursday afternoon. Aaron . Lauren, thank you you can keep an eye on the forecast and ne taking a look at the headlines. New developments today in the fight against the zika virus. The countrys first hospitalbased rapid test for the zika virus is now available. The announcement comes via collaboration between two texas hospitals. Itll provide results within several hours. Before developed, physicians faced the possibility of long delays of testing in local and state Public Health laboratories and the centers for disease control. The food and Drug Administration will begin testing some foods for traces of the weed killer roundup. The agency plans to check soy baen beans, corn, milk and eggs. Its the most widely used weed killer on farms. Scientists have debated whether it has roundups maker is confident the testing will reaffirm the safety of what it calls the vital tool used by farmers and homeowners. Encouraging news for people struggling with their weight. A new study found obese people can significantly improve their health by losing just 5 of their body weight. A small weight loss not only reduced total body fat but cut the risk of type two diabetes and cardiovascular disease in obese adults. While losing more weight helps cell function and muscle tissue, there were no further benefits for liver tissue. Every dog has its day, and today belongs to the laborador retriever. Its in its 25th year as the top u. S. Dog breed. Other breeds have a lot to bark about. German top five list. The happiest city on earth is naples, florida, according to the latest rankings. The report measures how residents feel about their physical health, social ties, Financial Security and communities. Salinas, california, was runner up. Lets get a check of the weather from al. If youre in the southeast, youre not happy about where youre livinging because we have a lot of wind, a lot of rain. Severe weather possible, especially right along the gulf. Icy mix in the northeast, snow through the rockies. Sunshine out west. 81 in la. As we move into tomorrow well be watching more wet weather and a risk of strong storms along the southeastern midatlantic coast. Icy mix to the north with rain everywhere else. The eastern third of the country will be a mess for travel tomorrow. 66 in houston, look for a high of 82 and sunny in la. Thats whats going on around the countries, heres whats happening in your neck rain pulsate through the region right now. Heavy out towards baltimore. Its moving in from the south and pretty much moving to the north and east. By this afternoon, it could be a little bit more spotty. I know were seeing the moderate rain out there now. Were seeing a cold rain. Look at the temperatures in the upper 30s. Well top out around 40 for a daytime high today. Near 60 tomorrow. That means the rain in the forecast possibly storms in that is your latest weather. Natalie . Thank you, al. Now to the brains behind the beauty. Hightech apps and gadgets to get you glowing and gorgeous. We have katie here with her favorites. Good morning. This is a segment youll like. Im obsessed with this already. We have britney here modeling something for us, which is lifechanging for those of us who have fought for our lives to find the Perfect Foundation match. There is an app and a Makeup Company that are now doing that have the matching correct foundation. Yeah. Now you can actually use the app. You scan your face with the app. Whats the app called . Matchco. Basically, in a few camera shots, you can calibrate to get your perfect skin tone. Then sent to you is this bottle with your name on it. And the foundation that matches you perfectly. Its unreal. 49. It seems like its a little expensive, but actually, a lot of foundations are more than that. Absolutely. 60, 65. This gets to you in 48 hours. Britney is wearing it on one side of your face. You have great skin to begin with so you dont need foundation. I cant tell. Which side has its seamless. You can barely tell. And the bottle has her name. Ama amazing. And the date so you know when you purchased it. What i love, im going through th it has a satin finish and doesnt have the cakey feel. Awesome foundation. Itll be my new favorite thing. Lets move on over here. This is a pure vaporizer . Yes, this is going to refresh the air and moisture rise it. Whats cool is you can go into whole foods or drugstore and purchase any natural essential oil. Theres also an l. E. D. Button. If you circle through l. E. D. S to change the mood. It permeates it, whether its lemon, lime, petri oil, sweet orange. I have cinnamon in there now. Giving the air a fresh feel and makes you feel good. Freshen up an area, if you have a smokey area. Cool for a nursery, yoga studio, anything you want. Whats this . In the summer when you have your medication, snacks, and this is a beauty segment so makeup, all the stuff is hot and and itll keep things cold for four to seven hours. You can have this on you all day. Whether its your lotions, makeup, whether it is the medication, not a problem. Put it in the cool it caddy. They make it for guys and girls. Good technology. What is going on here . Cleaning the brushes, right . High tech. This cleans your brushes in 15 minutes. It goes through a soap cycle, two rinse cycles. Ive never seen anything like this before and its thorough. Typically, you clean the brushes fast. All of us have so many. This goes through a process and its amazing. I guess its important to clean your makeup brushes regularly, right . Absolutely. Reason for having this. I almost bought this at the airport the other day. I said this when i walked up, i almost bought this. The lay n go cosmetic bag. My sister got me this for christmas and it was my goto travel bag. The best part everything is laid out. You can see everything. Zip it up. It has a draw spring. The cool part, you go to the hotels and lay this on the counter. Dont fuss with anything. Im always in a rush. I take it and go on your way. They have a wired version, so there are compartments for your technologies. Fantastic. Starting at 25. What do we have here . Nail polish colors. This is a free app called superduper. Its all about finding inexpensive, highend nail polish. It can cost up to 15 for nail polish. Its horrible. You can choose your favorite color and from there, itll tell you which shade has the appropriate color. You can go to the drugstore and buy the 9 knockoff version which is awesome. Looks the same. This is a phone case that lights up for the perfect selfie. It has three different light options. Made by beyonces come in here. You can see the difference. Look at the lighting. Lets cut off willie. Hey you had me at beyonces stylist. 80. Its also protective, too. Cool stuff. Katie, thank you so much. Coming up, handbags to hope. How one woman turned her loss into a gain for fam we invited women to a spa to test a new body wash. Hi. Welcome. Dish soap . 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Should you use your tax refund to, this or that, pay down debt, this, or put it in your retirement account . Willie is going with the debt. Al is going with the retirement account. We want to pay down debt. Its because the Interest Rate on the debt is probably higher oh, my goodness. Throwing away the money. I was celebrating my win. The interest on the debt is probably higher than the return youd get in the reti dollars in the retirement account, thats the way to go. Always for the matching. Thats what i was thinking. Question two, getting a refund this year, like you do every year, is this, good, or that, not so good. How could getting a refund be bad . Al is the winner. Its not so good. It means youre giving uncle sam an interest free loan on your money. What you should do, go to Human Resources or adjust your withholding. If youre not putting 100 of the max in your retirement account, bump up that contribution at the same time. Okay. Win all around. Question three, if youre looking to add value to your home, should you use your refund to do this, get a new front door, or that, get a new garage door . Both of you going with the front door. Yes. A new front door will cost you about 1,200. You get 100 of the money back if you sell. Paint it red. Thats my opinion. Work exclusively at home are afraid of taking the Home Office Deduction because its an audit flag. Should you take it or should you skip it . Feels like a trick question. Willie is going with that, skip it. Al said take it. Al is correct. Take it. Trick question. If you truly have a home office. It has to be pay attention, class. It seems obvious. I didnt think itd be the answer. If you ever a home office and you dont take the deduction, youre leaving money on the table. But it has to be a dedicated home office space. Interestingly, the irs is only auditing about 1 of filers, except for people who make over 1 million a year. Theyre auditing 7 of those. Okay. This or that . 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Then we head into overnight and tomorrow morning. Some storms by tomorrow afternoon as the storm team 4 weather alert day. We will clear out just in time for the weekend. Getting some sunshine. Thank goodness. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. It is booze day, tuesday. It is february 23rd, also spanky tuesday. That means thrills with sia. In our kitchen is the always fun Debra Messing. Debra is not just hanging around the kitchen doing nothing, shes live tweeting our chat