Transcripts For WRC Today 20160403

Other, amazingly, no serious injuries. The final two, the ncaa Basketball Championship now set. Villeneuanova crushing oklahoma 44 points. Five seconds. Can you believe . Number one seed North Carolina letting number ten syracuse know whos boss. The dribble. Maybe they should do more of that. Oh from 64 teams down to just two and the excitement at a fevered pitch today, sunday, april 3rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin with sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer here, lots of you probably sleepy because the games were fantastic. Second game was fantastic. The first game not so half my neighborhood went to villanova, they were very happy. You knew what happened with that without turning on the tv. You could hear it down the street. The North Carolina game were showing you there. North carolina heading to the big dance, beating syracuse. That oklahoma and villanova game, i think chuck todd put it best it was as if oklahoma just stopped playing, worst blowout since they started the final four. A rough way to go out. Well get to more of that in a bit. To our top story, though, thats that bitter blast of cold expected today in the northeast. Part of that same storm that caused some significant damage in the midwest on saturday. This morning there are more than 300,000 people without power from new york all the way back through indiana. Dylan is following it all and has a closer look of what we can expect today. Talk about a rude awakening. Especially in april. Go figure. There were those power outages, traffic accidents, downed trees everywhere. It was not a pretty scene in the midwest. We already have seen some of th cold air, snow and winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour battered the midwest saturday. Ripping the roof off a house on chicagos south side. Gust of wind came through and it slung it up in the air like a tarp before it landed here. Reporter Tropical Storm force winds Strong Enough to uproot a 50 foot tree. I started screaming and yelling, oh, my god. Reporter the Power Company tweeted it had hundreds of damaged poles and wires, 6,000 customers lost power there. 54,000 more without power in indiana. 53,000 are in the dark in ohio. Spring storms brought surprisingly heavy snow. Wisconsin drivers in spring mode were caught by a wintry surprise, authorities reported almost a dozen accidents within hours saturday morning. I43 in milwaukee was shut down for a time. Our own Kerry Sanders covered with snow while covering the wisconsin primary. Whipping winds blew more than 9 michigan and rare thundersnow outside our nbc affiliate. High Wind Warnings overnight for new york city. Any loose items really need to be tide down or brought inside. Reporter whiteout conditions near niagara falls, new york, as the storm moves east and temperatures plummet. With more extreme weather expected today, our eyes are seeing winter, but our hearts assaying spring. It is tough, especially considering friday it was nearly 80 degrees in new york city. In the lower 80s in washington, d. C. And now the winds are kicking in, but they will ease over the next several hours. Here is that first storm system. This is the one that produced that quick burst of snow. And the very gusty winds that were dealing with right now. This will pull away. Then were going to see the next storm system sweep right in here. Damaging winds, still a possibility this morning and youre seeing a lot of the snow fall in southern new england. But it will wind down t feels more like february out there, though. Thats why it is a bit of a shock to the system. As we go through the next several hours, we have high wind city until 2 00 in boston in effect until 7 00 p. M. We have the potential of gusts near 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour, causing some delays this morning and some of the big airports in the northeast. We still have the snow falling across eastern long island. All across rhode island, in the boston were seeing some heavier snow as well. But as this pulls away, we will notice those wind gusts instead of 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour, well drop down to 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Still very windy. And we are looking at additional snowfall off of lake erie where we could end up with another 6 to 8 inches of snow. This one will continue to pull away. The next one will continue to move in here. Thats the one that is also going to produce another burst of snow. But this time for the monday morning commute, especially up into boston. It is not going to be a lot of snow, but it reduces Visibility Like we saw in this area this morning and that could cause some problems for the commute. All right, dylan, thank you. To politics now and just two days to go until the crucial republican and democratic president ial primaries in wisconsin and both frontrunners are in trouble there. This apologizing for retweeting that unflattering photo of ted cruzs wife a couple of weeks ago. Were covering both sides. Lets start with nbcs Kerry Sanders in milwaukee, wisconsin, covering the republicans. Good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. Donald trump, the candidate, is known for making bold statements and trying to steer the conversation and he doesnt disappoint this morning. Firing back at president obama saying that he knows more about Nuclear Weapons than the president does, that nato is obsolete and this morning, telling the Washington Post he sees our country heading toward a recession, and that he could solve eliminating the National Debt in eight years. But there is one issue that continues to dog his campaign, one that is deeply personal to women. Abortion. I think were going to have a very good day on tuesday. Reporter across wisconsin nobody has greater respect for women than donald trump. Reporter in city after city. Thank you. Reporter donald trump trying to regain momentum, briefly addressing his rapidly evolving position on abortion. You could debate that subject for years to come. Reporter first he said a woman getting an illegal abortion should be punished. There has to be some form of punishment. Reporter then that abortion should remain legal. Then that abortion is murder. Some donald trump voters not phased. I think he said the right thing. I dont think this is going to hurt his campaign at all. Reporter in wisconsin, recent polls show trump trailing ted cruz by double digits. In this mornings new york times, a rare trump admission of a mistake. Regarding that much talked about retweeted heidi cruz picture, telling columnist maureen dowd if i had to do it again, i wouldnt have sent it. Asked about the apology you know, its gotten to the point where i could not care less about donald trump. Reporter women are likely pivotal here as voters party lines in tuesdays primary. And if trump slips with women voters in wisconsin, it could prove to be a weakness, that the gop establishment can use against him. If you live here in wisconsin, youre as likely to bump into a candidate a few miles from your house the next couple of days. In fact, as likely as an april snowstorm. We may see it again today. Kerry sanders in milwaukee this morning. Kerry, thank you. We felt for you in those pictures yesterday. Now to the democrats where Bernie Sanders is hoping to pull off another victory over Hillary Clinton. It would keep his winning streak alive as he tries to cut into clintons delegate lead. Both appeared at the same dinner last night. Kelly odonnell has more on that this morning. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Safely inside with the coffee brewing, we can tell you that tensions here in wisconsin between the campaigns are definitely rising. They are debating o debates and the rival teams are battling over when and what time and should they have more debates for the next Clinton Sanders faceoff. With the usually private negotiations spilling into public, clintons team says that what sanders offered is just playing games with the schedule, while the other side says what clinton offered is ludacrewudic. Crisscrossing, wisconsin, Hillary Clinton is pointing out to voters she has been a long time democrat, battling for the issues important to the party. While sanders who has been an independent is suggesting she is suggesting hes a newcomer. Bernie sanders, who has been touting his supporters big energy and pointing out a record 6 million individual donations. And as you mentioned, both were in milwaukee for a democratic dinner last night. And that is one place where they could find at least one issue of unity and that is battling donald trump. Erica . Kellyd kelly, thank you. Chuck todd is nbcs political direct and moderator of meet the press. Chuck, good morning to you, sir. Good morning, craig. I feel like every week we ask you variations of the same question. Is this the week that the rhetoric catches up to donald trump . It was, of course, a no good, very bad week for him. But was this week any different than weeks past . Well, well find out tuesday. Thats always been the the pattern has been this, right, he has one of these weeks, says a lot of controversial things, people that are trying to stop him inside the Republican Party get excited, think theyre going to be able to beat him at the ballot box and then voting happens and his voters show up and he wins. Thats what could be different this time is on tuesday, in wisconsin, instead of the voters bailing him out of a bad week, and winning and him being able to say, see, none of this affects me, he could lose by ten points or more and then all of a sudden you got to wonder is this a you have cause and effect. Bad week, bad results. So if he does, in fact, lose wisconsin on tuesday, chuck, is a contested convention at that point inevitable . I think it becomes more likely. I dont want to say inevitable, but it becomes more likely. A few other things happen this weekend that indicate donald trump is getting outorganized and is not prepared for contested convention. There were some battles for delegates in north dakota, battles for delegate slates in tennessee. The tennessee thing was very instructive. Donald trump won the most delegates, most votes in that primary, he has the most delegates, but he didnt get to pick the people that will represent him at the convention. And legally, those tennessee delegates only have to support him for two rounds of balloting. You look at the list of names, these arent people that are going to stick with him through thick and thin. Democrats for a second here. On tuesday in wisconsin, it appears as if right now bernie if Hillary Clinton loses in wisconsin on tuesday, what then what then does that mean for her in new york . Well, it just puts pressure on her to win in new york. You know, it is an adopted home state for her. Obviously it is the state shes represented while serving in the u. S. Senate. And so there would be a symbolic problem for her if she somehow lost it. I think just sanders winning i think margin of victory matters on tuesday. A narrow win for him and i dont know if really a lot of things change. But a big win, you know, something high single digits, double digits, something that looks more like the New Hampshire victory, than michigan, then i think that could give him some momentum in new york. So thats what the Clinton Campaign is so worried about, that wisconsin, if they do too badly there, that it gives sanders an opening in new york. Chuck, thank you. And we will look for your exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton later this morning on meet the press. Get you caught up on some of the other headlines on this sunday morning. The Brussels Airport reopened today nearly two weeks after it was shut down because of the terror attacks. First of three flights taking off just about an hour ago. No planes will land at the airport today. The dee parting passengers were shuttled through a temporary terminal. Full airport is not expected to be operational for several months. Meanwhile, a terror scare here in new york city last night. Police cleared out a section of times square to inspect a suspicious vehicle. The bomb squad was called in when patrol officers saw a truck with wires out of the dashboard and gas canisters behind the seat. That vehicle was deemed safe. So far they have not filed any charges. In philadelphia, a scary scene on an escalator after a flyers game there. The down escalator malfunctioned, catching people off guard, throwing them on top of one another as you see in the video. Escalator was immediately shut down and amazingly no serious it was a much happier scene in boston last night. For first time in ten years, an American Woman finally won a medal at an International Figure skating championship. Ashley wagner pulled off an incredible performance at the figure skating worlds, winning the silver medal and ending a long drought. No american had won a medal at the world figure skating championships or the olympics since 2006. Russian skater won it all. American competitor grace gold finished fourth. Dylan is back with the look at the rest of the countrys forecast. That was good. Tough to do on the fly. Sounded natural. Well done. Thank you very much. We have got some very unseasonablelike temperatures in the forecast in the northeast. Again, about 10 to 20 degrees below average, feeling more like february than april. It was so warm, not that long ago. As we go thr boston drops into the mid30s where snow is falling about its accumulating up to 2 to 4 inches is possible. Washington, d. C. , at 54. But thats not even taking into account the windchill which makes it feel about ten degrees colder. Out in kansas city, 80 for a high take, oday, 18 degrees abo average. Chicago mid60s. So you can see the dividing line between the warmer and colder air. The lakeeffect snow has kicked in. This area of low pressure here, that will be the second clip every system that will race through, bring floor snow to the same areas that saw snow overnight last night and were also looking at that to affect the monday morning commute. So a bit tricky across southern thu new england. Tuesday, well about the out with highs in the northeast stuck in the 30s. Now here is a peek out your right now and that wind gusting up to around 40 miles an hour makes it feel like the 20s throughout much of the region. At or a little below freezing Shenandoah Valley right now. Most areas are above freezing. The winds are be gradually diminishing throughout the day. Highs reaching hoe 50s with lots of sunshine. Then tomorrow increasing clouds, breezy, highs mid60s tomorrow. And likely rain showers afternoon and evening. Drying out and chillier weather moves in and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thanks. It may not feel like baseball weather now, especially after dylans forecast, but today is opening day for the 2016 season. Tens of thousands of fans expected to pour into stadiums across the country this week for first taste of baseball. And it is in those stadiums that one of the true classics of the game goes front and center. The hot dog, of course. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles has more. Reporter opening day is here. The crack of the air. We love hot dogs. Reporter and so is the scent of summer. And what better place to celebrate this all american staple than chicagos vienna beef, where the dog is king. Here at vienna beef we relish our customers buns. Mark reitman instructs students on how to open their own stand. Helping customers unleash their taste buds. When i hear the crack of the bat, i want to have a hot dog in my hand and a cold beer in my other hand. Reporter and chicago dog is, well, a masterpiece. Must tard, neon green relish, onions, tomatoes, peppers, a pickle and a dash of celery salt. Ketchup, folks, is a nono. I got to have ketchup. If you have to have ketchup on your polish, you put it on. Most people talk mouth full. Reporter students are gobbling up the course. When you take the hot dog, there is just a snap to it, there is a flavor to it unlike any other hot dog you can get. Reporter do you think youre going to eat your profits away . I hope not. If i do, my wife might leave me. Reporter you can get romantic about a hot dog . Oh, yes siree bob. Reporter you have to learn the art of the cart, running your own Small Business and dressing the dogs in a steaming hot bun. That is a thing of beauty. When you see that guy walking down there, yelling red hots, red hots, what else can you do but grab a hot dog . Red hots. Reporter Graduation Day arrives not a moment too soon. Here you go. Could someone please pass the pepto . For today, Kevin Tibbles, nbc news at hot Dog University in chicago. We didnt get the side of pepto. These are chicago style hot dogs. Yesterday, i said, we should have hot dogs, kind of regretting that decision now. You are . Im not. This is covered in onions and i dont know. Chicago style, the key is the tomatoes. Tomatoes, pickle. That makes it healthy. Got your vegetables. Brilliant point, erica hill. Salad and a hot dog. I love a hot dog from time to time. The only bad thing, if it is baseball, you need beer. Got to have a beer. It is early. Thank you Kevin Tibbles for doing that story on hot dogs for us. Saturday night live takes on donald trump again and it is getting physical this time to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like. No. Seriously . Well give it a 6 for composition. Scary. Wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle price on the window . Sometimes the best deals are pretty plain to see. Sweet sun no artificial flavors. Philadelphia® strawberry. Rich. , creamy. And delicious. Nothing else tastes like philadelphia® welcome aboard my starship. Ahoy, mateys its full of things i love. And free of things i dont. Just like chex cereal. Its full of stuff we pirates need. No artificial flavors, and its glutenfree. Eat up, me hearties keep it down arrrr. Every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer wont last long come seek the Royal Caribbean book today at 1800royalcaribbean. So we got our new he washing machine but it took forever turns out it wasnt the machine, it was our detergent. So we switched to tide turbo clean. Now we get way cleaner clothes way faster he turbo clean. 6x the cleaning power in 1 2 the time mabecause its thee only almondmilk made with californiagrown blue diamond almonds. Of course, if you ask one of our almond growers. Theres no maybe about it. Almond breeze. The best almonds make the best almondmilk. Hi dad. Uh huh. Yeah. Sorry about that. Think about it there must be higher love down in the heart what do you think . And in the stars above we think youre going to like these numbers. Bring me a higher love i could rise above still to come, a Small Plane Crashes into a busy highway. Well tell you the latest of what went wrong. How giving students a few minutes of calmness and zen is helping them inside and outside the classroom. And harry smith introduces us to the newest adorable members of the bronx zoo after these messages. A little hot dog in your te well this a predicament. Homestyle sounds good. But country style, not without its charms. Who says no to hickory . Singleserve vegetarian . Sure there are no rules here. No rules on aisle four with 17 delicious flavors cooked according to our secret family recipe, bushs has the variety you cant resist. Did you get a can of bushs beans . Yes, yes i did. Bushs beans. Whats your favorite flavor . Dont let dust and allergies get and lifes beautiful moments. With flonase allergy relief, they wont. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. When we go to the store, i find my box of honey bunches of oats and im checking to see if i packaged it. Best cereal in the world right there. If the last 3 letters were p22, thats me and now in delicious chocolate. Narrator all that political mail mlets simplify. Lming. Only one candidate has been endorsed by the Washington Post Kathleen Matthews. As a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. Emilys list praises matthews as prochoice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and Health Research Kathleen Matthews to move the ball forward. Kathleen im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. 8 26 on sunday, april 3. Good morning. In the news today, the wind causing lots of trouble for many of you in our area. Were talking downed trees, it is a weather alert day. And for that reason, lets start things off with tom kierein who is tracking the latest conditions. Gusts are still pretty strong, but the high wind warning has been canceled. Gusts have been 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour, but enough to still maybe bring down small branches. So i would wait to clear the tree debris, give it a little more time because yyou dont wat to get bonked on your c ochlcon. Wi winds will settle down this afternoon. Only breezy and in the mid60s. Rain showers likely monday afternoon into evening. Turning chilly again, tuesday afternoon sun any near 50. Looks like rain may spoil the nationals home opener. And then a chance of showers friday mid50s and chilly on saturday in the 40s. Nd virginia dough minute i dont know reporting 24,000 customers in the dark. Pepco 2100 outages. Bg e, 3600 at this hour. Well continue monitoring those for you. And the wind changing the course of the Cherry Blossom 10 mile run today. The kids run portion we can tell you has been rid of all of the signage and overhead structures it at the start and finish lines. We are back at 9 00 with full 90 minutes we are back on this sunday morning, april 3rd, 2016. Its a tad chilly here in the big apple. A little blustery. We got some incredibly brave souls taking some time out of their morning to spend it with us here on rockefeller plaza. And a big thanks to all of them. I think that energy kind of warms you up. By the way, we should point out, sheinelle has been handling it so well, it was a lot of work for sheinelle to get out here, but she wanted to make sure to say hello too. I got one good foot. Thats what happens. You were having way too much fun on vacation. I she comes back with a sprained ankle. No, were not going to tell the story it too long, too elaborate. Shes okay and shes going to see savannahs doctor tomorrow. Who may have stayed up late to catch the basketball games. I dont know if you guys were up late watching, a little action. The second game. A little bit of saturday night live always a good laugh. Snl tackling politics again, looking back at Donald Trumps week that was. Heres just a little snippet of that. But there has been a lot of violence at trumps rallies recently. His Campaign Manager was arrested for assaulting a woman, a young girl was pepper sprayed. Donald trump does not personally condone violence. Really. Okay. Well, lets just randomly see what is happening right now at his rally. Im voting okay, clearly that man had a bee on his face and donald was just trying to punch it off for him. Ten times. The host was peter dinklish. He took on quite a bit from playing winniethepooh to doing a sketch about his own show game of thrones and gwen stefani was the musical guest. Why you have to go and make me like you why you have to go and make me like you im so mad at you now you got me missing you hes fantastic. Hysterical. And winter is coming. Winter is here. Freezing outside. Well played. Well played. Lets get another check of the mornings headlines. Sheinelle has those for us. Speaking of the fact it is freezing outside, the weathers cold air today from boston to new york city. We can see temperatures that are up to 20 degrees below normal. The midwest meanwhile is recovering today from the same system that left them with lots of damage and power outages. Dylan will have more in just a minute. Investigators in california are still trying to figure out what caused a small plane to crash land on a highway north of san diego on saturday afternoon. One person inside the car was killed. The pilot, his passenger and several of the cars passengers were all injured. Some people who saw it happen say it appeared as if the plane was having mechanical issues. And it all comes down to two, villanova is ready to take on North Carolina tomorrow nights ncaa championship game. A lot of fans out here on the plaza. Iing oklahoma. And North Carolina took down syracuse by a final score of 8366. Sheinelle, thank you. Dylan dreyer, so thats a look at the weather across the country. Now a peek out your window. And we still have winds gusting, but the peak gusts have diminished. Peak now around 30, 35 miles an hour unlike last night when we had peak gusts near 60 Miles Per Hour. Later today with a lighter winds, lots of sunshine, increasing clouds on monday into the mid60s tomorrow afternoon. Likely some rain chances tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours, as well. A little breezy tomorrow and chillier weather moves in on tuesday and wednesday. Rain looking likely on thursday. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Still to come, how students in some schools are now using meditation to help them deal with the stress of their daily lives. Hey dad. Hey sweetie, how was your first week . Long. Itll get better. Im at the edward jones office, like sue suggested. Thanks for doing this, dad. So i thought it might be time to talk about a financial strategy. laughing you mean pay him back . Knowing your future is about more than just you. So lets Start Talking about your longterm goals. Multiplied by 13,000 financial advisors. Its a big deal. And its how edward jones makes sense of investing. Hannahs recipe for a successful bistro. Feed the garden all year long. Feed people all year long. Hire cute waiters. Miraclegro. Life starts here. Miraclegro. Only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. It penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. Dont tough it out, knock it out, fast. Abreva. Before it was honey in these honey nut cheerios, it was honey being collected. And honey getting made. And honey that was just beginning. Karl, dont you have fryeah, so . Ng over . Lets wash it with febreze. For all the things you cant wash, use. Febreze fabric refresher whoa hey mrs. Webber inhales hey, it smells nice in here and try pluggae febreze. To continuously eliminate odors for. Up to 45 days of freshness pluggable febreze and fabric refresher. [inhale exhale mnemonic]. , two more ways to breathe happy were back on a sunday morning with a new program being used in baltimore schools to help kids cope with all the stress that happens outside the classroom. Baltimore is a city with deals with crime and poverty. Over the last year, at times social unrest as well. That can take a toll on people, especially kids. So doctors in that city are now looking at whether a form of meditation could help and so far it seems to be working. Lets take a nice deep inhale in. Reporter for 12 weeks these inner city students have sat in this circle. And exhale slowly. Reporter focus their breath and work to calm their minds. They are kids learning to cope. What is happening. It was chaotic. In the middle of that, can you stay focused . I had a lot in my mind. And in my heart and it was a big relief. Reporter doctors at Johns Hopkins hospital in baltimore launched a Program Teaching mindfulness meditation, seeing too many young people saddled stress, brought on by living in a place where crime and poverty have soared for years. Then any violence and unrest in the wake of freddie grays death a year ago made it worse. My neighborhood there is a lot of fights and violence up there and i just i dont come outside. They already feel a lot of stress and a lot of weight on their shoulders. They worry about what they might find out when they walk out their door. Reporter erica studied the practice at two baltimore schools to see if it could help. The results were significant. In a recent study published in the journal of pediatrics, sabinga saw students that meditated saw fewer signs of stress and anger. It gives them the space to understand what is making them angry, giving them the tools so they understand that i dont have to react immediately in a moment of anger. Square school, their program called destress not only teaches middle School Students and journalists how to focus your mind, but also how to react to situations more positively, a lesson this 13yearold needed. He used to get in fights at school. Now hes almost mastered selfcontrol. The breathing technique, just to calm myself down and walk away. Reporter courtney can tune out her surroundings to concentrate on school work. It made me felt like i could do other things to help me calm down and stop being stressed out. One of the things that those kids told me over and over is that the techniques aside, they really learned to stop before they act. Like to think before they act. It is good. Yeah. For a lot of these kids, like, this has been a saving grace. Ive never heard of toxic stress. It makes sense because stress is toxic. You think about what the kids are dealing with, some of them day after day after day, it makes sense. To see the difference it made for them in impressive. Good. Great story. Thanks. Lets send it to dylan in the orange room with todays plaza fans of the day. Good morning. We have a nice group of girls here in the orange room from rhode islandish. From new england area. We have jamie, shirley, brenda and tiffany here. What are you doing in new york . Were here on a girls weekend celebrating my sisterinlaws birthday, my motherinlaws and a little broadway last night and shopping today. A girls trip, there is shopping involved. Still to come on today, theyre cute, theyre cuddly, theyre baby tiger cubs and harry smith is getting up close and personal with them. But first these messages. The citi double cash® card comes in very handy with cash back twice on purchases. Earn once when you buy, and again as you pay. Thats cash back now, and cash back again later. Its cash back deja vu. The citi double cash card. The only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem one sided. Only kraft natural cheese has a touch of philadelphia cream cheese, so whatever you make, is creamier than ever. I get out of work and i go to the store, and somebodys, smellin around, mmm i smell cookies. I say, oh no, you just smell me. I just got out of work. Thats honey bunches of oats, thats all. And now in delicious chocolate. Time magazine called Chris Van Hollen a hero to environmentalists, education groups, and gun control advocates now a respected leader in congress and key ally of president obama, protecting planned parenthood and social security. Chris van hollen is the only candidate who fought the wall street banks and the nra. And won. Thats why hes endorsed by the post as the talented successor to senator mikulski who will deliver results. Im Chris Van Hollen, and i approve this message. Im Chris Van Hollen, narrator all that political mail mlets simplify. Lming. Only one candidate has been endorsed by the Washington Post as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. Emilys list praises matthews as prochoice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and Health Research Kathleen Matthews has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward. Kathleen im Kathleen Matthews and i approve this message. This morning on sundays with harry, undeniably the most adorable story harry ever covered. I thought you were going to call harry adorable for a minute. That too. There is some invitations you just dont say no to. When the folks at the Wildlife Conservation societys bronx zoo asked if i wanted to meet a pair of tiny baby tiger cubs, of course we said yes. At first, the 12 seem to have their doubts about the stranger in their play room. Nada and ozul keep their distance. Ow but soon they got used to us. Catherine works with the cubs every day. And when she let me hold the bottle oh, my gosh their concerns seemed to slip away. How are they doing . Wonderful. Theyre doing just great. Theyre gaining, eating well as you can see. Reporter theyre so gorgeous. The cubs are malayen tigers, a slightly smaller version of what we recognize as bengal tigers. Pat thomas is the general curator and associate director of the zoo. That noise what is that . Thats their greeting call, it is called a chuffle. From an early age, they will normally be calling to their mother or their siblings, but thats a very comforting call. You should be honored theyre calling reporter i am. There you go. Reporter were communicating. Feels pretty good. How big will these guys get . Anywhere from 225 to maybe 250 pounds. Reporter and these feet . All of the tigers strength is in their front part of their body, so these enormous paws they will use to grasp prey. Reporter the tiger is disappearing. Pat says once there were as many as 100,000 of these majestic anim animals, now perhaps 3,000 total and 250 of the malayen tiger. The problem, is it habitat . Poaching, loss of habitat and with these tigers in particular, loss of prey. Reporter these animals are in a lot of trouble. Huge amount of trouble. They require a lot of space. So we have to conserve vast tracts of territory to have viable populations in reporter maybe they sense a friend. I think so. Reporter along with the bronx zoo and other facilities, the Wildlife Conservation society runs hundreds of programs all over the world, teaming with local groups to restore habitat, stop poaching, and create safe spaces so cats like this can live free. Im guessing im past the smell test. You want to come home with me . You may think you want a tiger. You probably really dont. Reporter probably. Oh, my gosh. Im sorry, they are wild animals, but they could not be any more charming. At this age. Reporter just another day at the office. Right . What is that little noise . One more time. Youre supposed to do it back. There we go. Okay. 2 Million People go to the bronx zoo every year, nobody gets to do what i got to do. And i feel so lucky and thanks to those folks. Going to go back and visit your friends there . Harry smith, thank you. You bet. Were back after these fortifying the were back after these gravitydefying. Adventurecollecting. Friendconnector. Fortifying the goingplaces. Offtotheraces. Dayseizing. You. Youre strong. And were here to help you stay that way. New special k nourish. Multigrain flakes with quinoa, apples, almonds and raspberries. New special k nourish. Fortify. Trustit powers. Sher with cascade platinum. Through. Your toughestuckon food. Better than finish. Cascade. Get 30 off every guest every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer wont last long come seek the Royal Caribbean book today at 1800royalcaribbean. Wall street. The nra. Theyre powerful. They usually get their way. But not with democrat Donna Edwards. She wont take cash from wall street banks. And when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, Donna Edwards said no shes fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. Because to democrat Donna Edwards, the special interests arent special. We are. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. Companies must adapt. Changing environment, but one thing should remain constant a financial relationship with someone that understands and cares about your business. Pnc corporate and Institutional Banking offers strategies tailored to your companys needs. Know that our dedicated teams of local experts offer insight to help you achieve your business objectives. Can help your company grow at pnc. Com ideas but jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress whos authored landmark progressive laws marriage equality, equal pay for women, green maryland act, assault weapons ban, and more. Raskin im jamie raskin, and i approve this message. We are back on a sunday morning, and as many of you have likely noticed, erica hill has been pulling double, often triple duty over the last few months, not only hosting and reporting for this show, but also anchoring regularly on msnbc and and that has led to a very difficult decision for you. Its tough. I love, love, love this crew so much and i always say im not going to get emotional, but since i have kids, it is very hard. We work with truly such a talented, smart, fun group of people on weekend today, but that triple duty had me here six and even seven days a week and i had a lot of talks and this is going to be my last weekend at the weekend today anchor desk, but i am not leaving this family. In fact, im moving my home base across the street. So monday through friday, i am going to be focused on anchoring at msnbc with my good friend craig melvin who is there most days too. And also reporting for nightly news and today and all the other platforms. Im excited about that. And im excited that, you know, were all still together. Because we are. And it also gives me some more time, some much needed time with my husband and my kids. He needs some car pool help, frankly, because if anyone else has children, the number of birthday lacrosse games, the t ball my kids, my husband, you cant do five jobs . There is a precedent. I need better instruction on handling it, my friend. How are you . Good to see you. Were making this about you . I was just walking i was just walking by. This one still this is so fun. Congratulations, but it is our gain because were going to be seeing more of you at nightly news. The moment you start here, the tape is rolling for those moments, you want to roll the tape . Lets roll the tape. Lets look back at some of our fond moments. Welcome to today. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Welcome to today on this easter morning. Im erica hill. That is our top story this morning. The aftershocks shaking the region. So many people trapped in the rebel. There say glimmer of hope for some migrants who had been stuck in hungary. Overnight many refugees were able to make it into austria. The latest on the crash this morning. New reports emerging about the final moments of the doomed german airplane. We do begin this half hour with an average day at a school that changed into a day that will be forever remembered for both its horror and its heroism. She was found protecting her kids, doing instinctively that she knew to do, trying to shield them from the spray of the bullets. A night of sheer terror left at least 128 dead. Over 200 injured, and the toll continues to rise. Not too far behind us, the music venue. And you made it out. You were able to run and your friends were okay too . We are following the very latest on the attacks in brussels. Isis has claimed responsibility for a trio of explosions. Ei their best not to fear the worst. Tomorrow is a big day for erica as she runs in the new york city marathon. Each athlete has a reason to run. For me, that reason is my dad. Steve hill, who died four and a half years ago. We met some great people in baltimore. Some quinoa. Okay. This is a trick i learned. In one week, tonys corner store is transformed. They put tony and mary, but one important word and thats community. Pranks giving, a bike ride, food drive all in one. Were here with our joining us this morning with special guests. Your boys are so cute. Thank you. These are my kids. You made a great bunny head. When we were given the assignment of an experience to share with our moms, the first thing i thought of was including my sister. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Well be with you shortly. Were going back in time with prom scene cult classics. This is going to be the best night of our lives and we wont regret anything. The crazy thing is, they thought no, no, no. Did you prank yourself . Im new at this. You might want to keep oh. In my eye. Welcome to the blind auditions of season nine of the voice. My name is carson daly i know shell be the death of me tell you what, man, that was incredible. Thanks, guys. How much fun have we had . I love you guys. We have the best time in the show. We get to do what we all love and thats cover the news and thats thats my passion and thats why im here. But, god, we get to do cool things. Dont you want to change your mind after seeing that . Im excited about brunch. I thought we wereoi like, noon. It is such a treat to have you here. We juggle so much on the show that when you see a piece like that, you realize how much you do day in and day out there are days where well work together, ill look up and shes on nightly news and then youre ankering on ms. So cheers to you. I know your boys are going to be so excited. They get to see mommy. They said, really, mommy, we get to spend more time with you . So nice. I have to say, i have adored working with you. It is so much fun. Even when you made me sleep in an ice hotel, i know i bailed halfway through the night, but you didnt stay in the ice hotel. Still a fun just and if you dont know, erica will always say these kind of little side comments, you know, usually between commercials, but im always listening because theyre hilarious. Ill give you a good hearty har har and shes, like, thanks. A toast to a dear friend. And a toast to my dear people i ever worked with in television. High winds and bitter cold on this sunday morning. The wind whipping through and leaving a mess. And storm team 4 is tracking trouble spots across our region. Several trees toppling over on to roads achd cars. The big problem this morning, power outages. Weve been looking at the numbers. Do dominion virginia reporting 20,000, pepco 2900 outs. And bg and either, 3900. And two people are lucky to be alive after this tree came crashing in to their car. Prince georges county fire had to cut two people out of the car on 49th and hollywood flattened. Its been a busy morning for tom kierein. Whats the latest . Peak gusts near 60 Miles Per Hour overnight, but the winds have greatly diminished after sunrise this morning. Still flapping that flag near upstation with gusts up to around 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour. Temperatures feel like winter. Were just a little bit before freezing Shenandoah Valley. Near 40 around the chesapeake bay. But with the wind, it only feels like its in the 20s about the windchill. These are the latest wind gusts. Peak