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Screened. Some setting off metal detectors, then boarding a flight. Why did the tsa fail to notify police for a full two hours . An investigation now underway. And emotional announcement. Former teen star David Cass Sid did i reveals hes battling dementia. What hes saying about his struggles and how hes coping on today, tuesday, february 21st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. As my kids would say, wait, what . Matt lauer alongside bryant g gumball who is filling in for locks. Its like riding a bike. Keep saying that. Keep falling off. Were going to have a lot of fun with you this morning. Busy morning. A lot to talk about including breaking news. Coming out of australia, a pilot and four american tourists killed when their plane crashed into a shopping mall. It happened in melbourne. Kelly has the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. This happened in full view of commuters this morning in australia. A devastating end to a dream vacation for these four americans. The state department confirming their deaths but not their identities at this point. And investigators are looking into whether a catastrophic engine failure caused their charter plane to crash into the roof of an outlet mall. Receiving multiple calls. Appears that this may be a plane crash. Reporter witnesses said it sounded like a bomb went off, and thats what it looked like from the hia cam. And on this one. The video obtained by australias channel 10 showing the twin prop plane flying low seconds before it went down. I saw the last sort of second of the plane banking and then it just hit. I dont think there was any time to do anything. Both the mall and the plane were engulfed in flames. The fire so intense rescuers couldnt get close. Its pretty much just a smoking wreck when we got there. There was pretty much nothing left on impact. The wreckage so badly mangled the aircraft was unrecognizable. Debris scattered on the highway. On board an australian pilot and four american tourists reportedly on their dream golf vacation. There were no survivors. Pretty horrible. Standing there couldnt do anything. Reporter investigators say the plane was a private charter flight, a twin engine beach craft similar to this one in trouble moments after taking off fr we understand that there potentially was a catastrophic engine failure but were unsure at this stage. Reporter it took hours to put out the flames. Now australias Crash Investigation Team is trying to figure out what went wrong. And one key clue this morning comes from the pilot himself. He was able to get a may day call off reporting catastrophic engine failure. Once again, thats now the focus. By the way, there were workers inside that mall this morning getting ready to open for the day. Matt and bryant, remarkably nobody on the ground was injured. Very lucky. Kelly cobiella, thank you. Now to the white house where the Trump Administration is busy working on new rules for immigration. This as the president settles on a new National Security adviser in the wake of Michael Flynns dismissal. Peter, welcome. Reporter good morning. Welcome back. The president will reconvene his National Security council with a new National Security adviser, its a pick drawing wide praise from republicans and democrats including some of the president s fiercest critics like john mccain calling it an outstanding choice. The president is expected to reset his policy cracking down on illegal immigration. This morning the white house is zeroing in on the border expected to unveil new immigration guidelines. Administration sources tell nbc news they could add 10,000 more immigration agents, update procedures to hold those illegally crossing into the u. S. And enforce penalties for parents who pay smugglers to bring in their children. Also this morning new details about the white houses plan to replace its socalled travel ban now held up in the court. One official telling nbc news the Trump Administration is backing off an explicit ban of all syrian refugees, but the new executive order will still halt travel from seven predominantly muslim countries. This after President Trump appeared between two his florida resort revealing his pick to replace Michael Flynn as National Security adviser. General h. R. Mcmaster will become the National Security adviser. Reporter a Senior Administration official telling nbc news the president chose hr mcmaster because he is a, quote, warrior and defense intellectual and mr. Mcmacmaster will be ablo choose his own team. Thank you very much. I want to say what an honor this is. Reporter he earned a reputation as a successful combat commander and strategic thinker. Hes been highly critical of some of americas past military leaders, even writing the book dereliction of duty where he criticizes the chiefs for the nor confronting president johnson. The announcement coming one month after taking office as demonstrators billed the day as not my president s day. In new york, chicago, and los angeles. In london thousands gathered outside parliament as the government there debated the president s official state visit. The president behaving like a petulent child. He is there, he is elected. We have to work with him. Reporter and as the new administration fights criticism, conservatives are fighting controversy. Has been lying to the lightning rod columnist from breitbart formerly run by trump strategist steve bannon. Free speech and free expression. Disinvited from speaking at cpac conference. After a recently unearthed video shows him making comments about under age sex, comments hes tried to explain on his Facebook Page saying i have never defended and would never defend child abusers. Reporter and following this latest controversy schuster are canceling his book. Overseas the British Government has said it will not rescind that invitation to President Trump for an official state visit scheduled for later this year. It will go on as planned even after 1. 8 million britts signed a petition opposing it. Bryant . Thanks very much. Let us bring in mark halpern. Good morning. I miss savannah, but this is awesome. Like old times. Thanks, mark. We spoke last week and we talked about this being a more pragmatic approach by this administration on this executive order. Theyre going to rewrite it as opposed to going to the supreme court. It covers the same seven predominantly muslim countries. There is an adjustment on the syrian refugee issue. No matter what, is it going back to court . It will go back to court. This is a better chance of surviving. A restart date. They remove some of the provisions that the court found objectiole politically was objectionable but it will be challenged. Lets talk about general mcmaster. As peter pointed out, the man who wrote dereliction of duty. He speaks from power. How is he going to square that reputation with a white house that clearly doesnt buy dissent . Its going to be fascinating to watch. You have the same thing with the secretary of defense, mattis, secretary of state, mr. Tillerson. All three of these gentlemen have a history, the Homeland Security secretary, all four of them are willing to speak up if challenged. The president picked someone so well thought of and will challenge power. Which begs the question, who is his patron . Who was his sponsor in this . Tom cotton, young senator from arkansas whos a military veteran whos gotten extraordinary sway on military as a firstterm senator. He recommended his former colleague, former boss and very much influential house. Watch tom cotton, somebody people think might run for president himself. Theres been so much discussion about President Trumps view on putin and russia. Mcmaster has an opposing view. He sees russia as a threat, adversa adversary. Might he be able to change the president s view. Vice president pence has that view. Weve seen the new u. N. Ambassador nikki haley speak out against russia. Like everything with donald trump, its a work in progress. He picks these people who were willing to challenge him and its counter to his reputation as someone who is obstinate. In fact, hes shown some flexibility. I dont mean to demean mcmaster in any way, but i believe hes the first active duty officer since colin powell. Did he have a choice of taking the job . Well, other people have reportedly turned it down. This is a guy with an extraordinary resume. You know, we all think we know donald trump so well. We all t this pick, the fact that he offered it, the fact that it was accepted is a great sign of stability. Just think a few days ago the main story line was this is a crisis of National Security. He needs someone in the job. Hes found someone. Lets see again how much authority mcmaster has. Let me take you back to the campaign and then candidate trump said some disparaging things about this nations generals. Now hes got three generals, mattis, kelly, mcmaster, in key positions in his administration. Sounds like hes trusting generals now after he said i know more about now he brought them in. Look, Mattis Mattis came out strongly against torture and the president said im going to defer to him. So on the National Security front, this is another pick that is not just well received on capitol hill from republicans but democrats. These picks are people who Hillary Clinton if she had won might have put in there. Again, though, lets see how much influence they have. This president , i think, tends to rely on people immediately around him having the National Security adviser right there down the hall from the president is a big deal. Reassurance for a lot of people. Mark, thank you very much. Good to have you with us on this time capsule edition of today. Lets get to a disturbing story where vandals caused extensive damage to a Jewish Cemetery. It comes amid a wave of threats all across the country. Now ivanka trump is speaking out. Nbcs blake mccoy has the latest. Blake, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Overnight near st. Louis you can see someone has placed a sign, stop the hate. Dozens of headstones toppled here over the weekend. Police not yet calling it a hatd crime but it comes as the fbi is investigating dozens of bomb threats made to Jewish Centers nationwide. Headstones toppled at a Jewish Cemetery near st. Louis. This morning family members with loved ones buried here are taking the attack personally. This is just awful. Occurring in a holy place like this. I feel nervous. I walk through there and i just felt that this was a senseless act, a faceless, cowardly, hateful act and thats unnerving. Reporter it comes amid a rise in antisemitic activity with the fbi investigating a string of bomb threats against Jewish Community centers nationwide. Since the new year Authorities Say 54 Jewish Centers have been targeted in 27 states. 11 new threats called in monday. This Jewish Center in birmingham, alabama, forced to evacuate for the second time in a month. So far no actual attacks have taken place and no bombs have been found. If the intention was to scare us, these bomb threats have failed. Reporter President Trump was asked about the bomb threats by a reporter for a jewish orthodox newspaper. There are peo c very simple, easy question, and its not. Its not. Not a simple question. Not a fair question. Okay. Sit down. I am the least antisemitic person you have ever seen in your life. Reporter trumps daughter ivanka and her husband are jewish. She tweeted monday after the cemetery vandalism, america is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. We must protect our houses of worship and religious centers while the white house added the president has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable. Reporter police here are reviewing Surveillance Video from the cemetery. Its unclear if it captured anything. This morning no arrests have been made and the cemetery is closed. Matt and bryant . Blake mccoy. Thank you very much. This morning an Investigation Underway into a serious Security Breach at jfk airport here in new york. It resulted in 11 people getting through security without being checked. Nbc s with new information. Good morning. Reporter bryant, good morning to you. These 11 passengers had their tickets and i. D. Checked, they had their carry on baggage screened and checked, but when they got to that metal detector no one was there and three of them triggered the alarm. Now when authorities at the airport found out there was a scramble to find them. New details this morning into how 11 passengers managed to walk right through a precheck lane without being screened. Three of them set off metal detectors and were given no secondary screening. Two of the three shown here. Those three passengers were later identified. They boarded a flight to california where they were checked upon arrival. The incident took place at 6 00 a. M. Monday morning at jfks jetblue terminal, but two hours passed before the tsa notified the airport police. By then the passengers were gone already on their presumed flights. In a statement the tsa said a checkpoint at the time of the incident and the tsa works with a network of security layers, both seen and unseen. We are confident this incident presents minimal risk to the Aviation Transportation system. Travelers learned of the breach monday. I dont know how that happened. Seems like theres pretty tight security here. I find it shocking given how tight security is these days. Reporter nationwide the tsa screens 2 Million People at 440 airports each day. The role of the tsa chief is still vacant until President Trump appoints one. Veteran deputies are running the agency which has been under public scrutiny. Nearly two years ago a devastating under cover test found agents failed to detect 90 of state weapons and explosives. Tsas biggest challenge, guarding against complacency as airports remain a top target. The passengers arent suspected of any wrongdoing. The tsa says inquiry that could lead to disciplinary action and some retraining. Matt and bryant, back to you guys. Stephanie, thanks so much. We are learning more now about the deadly attack on the half brother of north Korean Leader kim jongun. Kim jongnam died after apparently being poisoned in kuala lumpur. Malaysian Health Officials said today they will not release the cause of death until the lab tests are all completed, but they say the autopsy showed no evidence of a heart attack or puncture wounds. So far police have arrested four suspects including two women who were allegedly seen approaching kim as he stood at an airport ticketing kiosk. Now to some frightening moments just a few blocks away from here in new york city. Seven kids it seems were rescued by a couple of Good Samaritans last night after they fell through the ice at a pond in central park. Seems by the time the firefighters arrived the kids had been pulled out of the it has been unseasonably warm making the pond more dangerous. There are warning signs posted in case you were wondering. Officials say all the teens are expected to be okay. Time for the weather. First, katie, come on out. Come on back here. Lets make this official. Wheres willie . Wheres jean . Come on. Unusual, isnt it . It is. It is different. It is fun. Its good to see you, bryant. The folks out west dont want to see anymore moisture, but there is that Atmospheric River weve been talking about. Give you an idea how much moisture is in this thing. Consider this, 26 billion gallons of water flow through the mountains of mississippi every hour. Theres 15 times that average flow flowing into the pacific right now into the west coast. In fact, its represented by the rainfall. The rainfall here goes from october 1st into september of the next year. So far since october 1st, san francisco, sacramento andos average rainfall for the year. Theyve gotten it just since october 1st. We can see the heavy rain continuing from southwestern oregon into the sierra foothills. Another one to three inches of rain coming today and then finally it tapers off. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, everybody. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. We have temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40 area. A bit of a chilly start but well get just enough sunshine with the mostly cloudy sky. Just enough sun to warm it up from the mid to upper 50s. 59 in washington, 60 down towards charlottesville. Tomorrow there might be an isolated shower. Mostly in the first half of the day and mostly south of washington. Folks want to know when were going to lunch. Al, thank you very much. Coming up, a day after falling off stage during a concert, former teen idol David Cassidy reveals hes battling dementia. Well hear from him. Special delivery. Bao bao is set for a one way trip to china. Well check that out coming up live. This is today on nbc. Nda, b bow b bah bah, on his way to china. First, coming up o perfect shot. 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A wheel came off the track and the load shifted. If you need to get around that problem you can use the green line or yellow line. In the petworth neighborhood in northwest Washington Police are blocking off several streets where a building caught fire. It appears firefighters are still putting out hot spots ninth street northwest near New Hampshire avenue. They believe the fire started on the back deck. Lets check in with melissa mollet. Northbound 28 right now clear. Everything is open now. We were diverted there at the dulles toll road. Southbound looking quite good. Thats a big relief. Pretty big delays there. Southbound 270 at West Montgomery avenue, main lane is what is happening there. Inner loop before pennsylvania avenue, crash there in the right lane. In bound 395 is closed. So is southbound 95 getting on the beltway. Thanks, melissa. Well take a quick break now. Your forecast is next. Stay with us. Good morning, everybody. Youll need a light to Medium Weight jacket on your way out the door as temperatures are upper 30s to 40 degrees. Wont be cold but it wouldnt be quite as warm as yesterday. Partly to at times mostly cloudy skies. Afternoon temperatures topping out in the mid it will be back to the warm stuff again tomorrow. Tomorrows high 68 with a slight chance of a shower or two and 70s for thursday and friday. Chuck, thank you. See you in 25 minutes. For now, back to the today show. 7 30 now on a tuesday morning, the 21st day of february, 2017. Back to work morning after a long Holiday Weekend for a lot of these folks and a back to work morning for my dear friend, Bryant Gumbal, filling in while savannah continues on maternity leave. You have more paperwork. I picked up the phone and he said, you have me at hello. Lets start with a check of the headlines. Investigation is underway into a tragic plane crash in australia overnight. Four americans and a pilot were killed when their plane slammed into a mall in melbourne. Officials say there may been a catastrophic engine failure. President trump has named h. R. Mcmaster as his National Security adviser. Mcmaster replaces Michael Flynn who resigned last week amid allegations he misled the administration about his preinauguration contacts with russias ambassador. A levy breach in Central California along the San Joaquin Valley forced people from their homes. It was repaired but they left the Evacuation Order in place. Rivers across california have been reaching flood levels with a series of storms that have been pounding the region. Now to an emotional announcement from David Cassidy, the singer and Partridge Family star reveals hes in the early stages of dementia. Natalie morales out in los angeles with more on that. Natalie, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Yes, it is sad news. David cassidy is no dementia. His grandfather and mother suffered from the disease. The 66yearold entertainer confirming his own diagnosis to People Magazine after a report suggested he had started drinking again. I think i love you reporter David Cassidy became a teenage hearthrob in the 1970s on the Partridge Family. Difficult news from the 66 actor and musician. Telling people hes suffering from dementia, the same disease he saw erase the memories of his grandfather and mother. Cassidy said i was in denial but a part of me always knew this was coming. It is hard for me to sing. Reporter the revelation coming one day after tmz posted this video of cassidy. Appearing to slur his speech and forget lyrics at a show near los then the frightening moment when he tumbled from the stage. Cassidy has publicly battled alcoholism over the years, he said he wanted news of his diagnosis to set the record straight after news suggested he suffered a relapse. That wasnt the case at all. He was actually dealing with the symptoms of a progressive degenerative disease. Its very important to him to get out the truth about what hes going through. Reporter before revealing what he describes as his battle with dementia, the star discussed his long struggle with addiction during an upcoming interview on access hollywood. Ill always be an adduct. There will always be that in me, but im just not drinking. Reporter cassidy addressing his recent decision to retire at the end of the year after touring for nearly 50 years. I just dont have it body any longer, but i still have it here and in my heart and i think am better than i ever have been. Reporter this morning cassidy receiving well wishes from his longtime friend danny bonaducci. In a statement bonaducci saying, quote, over the years David Cassidy has been extraordinarily kind to me, especially when times have been rough. As the poster boy of the 1970s now becomes the face of a i disease affecting millions of americans. Ed and cassidy tells access hollywood doctors diagnosed him six months ago. He is reportedly receiving treatment at the cleveland clinic. The entire interview will air on tonights access hollywood. Our thoughts are with him, natalie. Thanks very much. Now to a potential scandal facing the possible Ride Sharing Service uber. Theyre ordering an claims from a former employee. Joe lynn kent has that story. Reporter bryant, good morning. A former engineer is going public with what she said is a frequent problem inside uber. Sexual harassment and sexism. Its an organization in chaos. This morning the ceo says he hears her and hes taking action. Engineer susan fowler joined uber for what she called the opportunity to work with some of the best engineers around, but within weeks of arriving in 2015 fowler says her direct supervisor made unwanted advances. In a blog post on sunday fowler wrote, my new manager sent me a string of messages over company chat. It was clear he was trying to get me to have sex with him. Fowler says she immediately took screen shots of these chat messages and reported them to uber Human Resources but she claims upper management tried to sweep her complaint under the rug calling her supervisor a High Performer and saying they wouldnt feel comfortable punishing him because it was, quote, this mans and probably just an innocent mistake on his part yet fowler says other women engineers later told her they had the same problem with the same individual. This morning uber hiring former u. S. Attorney general eric holder to lead an urgent investigation into fowlers claims as well as diversity and inclusion more broadly. Ceo Travis Kalinick abhorrent and against everything uber stands for and believes in. Adding that anyone who behaves this way or thinks this is okay will be fired. Today uber board member Arianna Huffington is participating at a meeting to meet with employees. They say fowlers experience is not unusual. Its a shame that it takes someone taking the bold personal risk that susan did to attract National Media attention to something that happens on a daily basis in the workplace. Reporter a recent survey found 60 of women in techrelated jobs reported 60 also said when they reported those sexual advances, they were dissatisfied with the course of action to resolve them. Fowlers supervisor is no longer working at uber but the company has not confirmed that. She left, too, starting a new job in january. Reporter this is the latest major issue plaguing uber. Its two weeks after the companys ceo stepped down from President Trumps Economic Advisory council after uber users protested that. Now kalinick says its his number one priority to come through this a better organization. Guys. Jo ling kent, thanks very much. Mr. Roker here now. We have a gorgeous weekend here in the northeast. Warm temperatures. Its going to continue for some people. Forget about cds, downloads, were going back to records. Spring pattern is here. Look at this. Were going to set a record most likely minneapolis, des moines, as far west as east as detroit were going to come awfully close. Tomorrow records will fall in chicago. Fifth day in a row chicago has been at 70 degrees or better. That sets a record. 75 at kansas city. 71 comes close to a record. By the time we get to thursday it makes its way east. Providence and charlotte, cleveland breaking a record as well. So all in all these nice, warm temperatures right on into the weekend. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. And not as warm here as it was yesterday, but still unseasonably warm today. Temperatures are cooler this morning. We have many 30s on the map. 37 in gaithersburg and dulles. 31 degrees in the district. We will see these numbers all rising later today but the clouds will stick around. Cloudy skies for most of the area now. Expect mostly cloudy skies today. 59 for a high though. Normal high is 49. So we stay warmer even tomorrow. Thursday and friday were looking at the mid 70s right need it at the Weather Channel on cable. And heres your record. Guys at home are saying first Bryant Gumbal and then records . You do have a turntable at home . I use it all the time. Im a vinyl guy. Coming up, the very public split between the stars of hg tvs show flip or flop. This morning they fwlark silence after filing for divorce. Next up, byebye bao bao. Why one of washington d. C. s most high profile residents is getting a new home today. First, its 7 39. Lets check these messages. Introducing otezla, apremilast. Otezla is not an injection, or a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. Some people who took otezla saw 75 clearer skin after 4 months. And otezlas prescribing information has no requirement dont take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. 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This is part of a long standing agreement between the governments of United States and china. 3, 2, 1 yeah the national zoo because its star attraction, bao bao, is about to ship off to the moment shes never known. She is moving back to an area where theres the best bamboo in the world. Reporter that trip, not a slow boat to china. Instead, this plane dubbed the Panda Express takes off today with just one package on board, a 200 pound piece of precious cargo. Bao bao is chinese for the word precious. She will not be sedated for the 16 hour flight and with plenty of space for carry on. Try some sweet potato. Reporter shes bringing sweet potato, apples, honey, 50 pounds of bamboo plus a vet from the zoo and her favorite keeper. Im a very emotional person so im sure the last day i will be with her there will be tears but i couldnt be be more prouder. Reporter from the moment bao bao was born, thats her, the size of a stick of butter, cuddling, crawling. Lets reporter on birthdays, in the snow. Pandas tend to be pretty funny in the snow. They really like rolling around in it. Reporter with a nose for curiosity, through her first steps and stumbles weve known wed eventually have to say byebye to bao bao. Thats a good girl. Reporter the point, to make more pandas. Shes going to, you know, meet a boy panda and have cubs on her own. Reporter while the giant panda population rose 17 from 2004 to 2014, now vulnerable, no longer endangered. But that wont make it bearable for anybody here at the national zoo. So just to make sure you got it, bao bao is going byebye but there is still a panda here named bae bae. Plus bae bae is a boy, not a girl. Their father is tien matt matt, are you ready for whos on first . Bry, bry. I hope bao bao didnt get a boo boo. Kerry sanders, thank you very much. A day after opening up about her divorce for the first time, Angelina Jolie digs into her sense of adventure. Were going to have that on popstart. 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Expect mostly cloudy skies through the day today. So your planner for the day, by lunchtime right around the low 50s. 4 00 p. M. , upper 50s. Right around 60 for a high. As we go into tomorrow, upper 60s. Chance of an isolated shower. Look at the 70s thursday and friday. 25 degrees above normal. Rain chance really increases as we go into saturday. Eun . Thank you, sheena. Another local news update in 25 minutes. Well see you then. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, youre hired. A man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. President Trump Names Army Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster his National Security adviser as the Trump Administration is set to roll out tough new immigration rules as early as today. Were live at the white house. Then breaking his silence. The star of hg tvs flip or flop speaks out about his very public split from his wife christina. As time went on we got distant from each other. Theres a lot going on in our lives. The number one goal is to coparent our children. Well talk to family, his recent health scare and the future of their hit show. Plus, sky high selfie. The heartstopping moment a model hangs off the edge of a skyscraper in a daring photo shoot. The backlash its causing and how shes responding. Today, tuesday, february 21st, 2017. We love today. Welcome to our friends and family in boston. Saying hi to everyone in st. Louis. Sending love to florida. The real housewives lake willie drive. Celebrating my birthday on the plaza. Hi, there. 8 00 on this tuesday morning. Its the 21st day of february 2017. Big crowd on the plaza to welcome back Bryant Gumbal to the coanchor chair on today first time in about four years. In about four years, yeah. We were here on your birthday last time. Thats right. You can remember. Why am i standing out here in the cold without a coat . Its fine. Its not fine. Its cold. Meanwhile, its beard day on the today beard day. Beer or beard . Never mind. No need. 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Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous chapper here at the white house. This morning the administration is expected to roll out tough new rules on immigration which could call for 10,000 more immigration agents and the release of those captured at the border and penalties for terrorists who pay smugglers to transport childn. Meanwhile, the white house is reworking a new executive order of the socalled travel ban. One official tells nbc news a rough draft halts travel from the same seven countries as the initial action but the new version would not ban all syrian refugees. This all comes as President Trump is filling a Critical Role in his National Security team. A man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. Reporter unveiling his new National Security adviser, Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster, the first active duty officer to serve in the role since colin powell. I look forward to joining the National Security team and doing everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. Thank you very much, sir. Reporter at 54 years old mcmaster is highly decorated, having served in both iraq wars and in afghanistan. The president s pick winning bipartisan praise. President obamas National Security adviser susan rice tweeting congrats to Lieutenant General m i wish you every success as National Security adviser and john mccain calling mcmaster an outstanding choice, adding, i could not imagine a better, more capable National Security team than the one we have right now. At nato headquarters in brussels Vice President mike pence addressed the controversy over mcmasters predecessor, mike flynn, fired for misleading pence about his contacts with russia. I was disappointed to learn that the the facts that had been conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. Reporter the Vice President also trying to reassure european allies facing questions about President Trumps views about nato after he called nato obsolete. And the president directed me to go to munich and come to brussels with a very specific message the United States is expressing strong support for nato. Reporter and a reminder, the president still has challenges in terms of unifying the here at home. Thousands marked the president s day holiday with a new round of marches against him called not my president s day. Today the president will visit the National Museum of africanamerican history. Meanwhile, the white house is expected to unveil that new extreme vetting executive order by the end of the week. Matt . Kristen welker at the white house. Sad story to tell you about now. What was supposed to be a dream vacation ended in disaster today for four american tourists in australia. 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Some guy is hanging her over the edge. Her followers loved her, dubai police didnt. Oh. They brought her in. They made her sign a statement. I know. Just the grip of this friend. Yeah. Hope he didnt use the friend. I dont know. Hes got to mean something to her. To hold her up like that. Even tom cruise is like, i didnt do that stunt. Thats the same building. I know. Police were really not happy but she said they should thank her for exposing some Security Issues with that building. That was her main thought. Yeah. Im going to go off script here for a second if you dont mind. Okay. A lot of people have noticed that hoda has been gone for a while. Oh, really . She was off last week and shes taking a few more days off this week. During her time away hoda has kept up her tradition of posting inspirational quotes on social media. She posted one day, and suddenly you just know its time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. Heres another one. May the next few months of your life be a period of magnificent transformation. Theres a trend here. How about this one . For all the things my hands have held the best by far is you. Hoda trying to tell us something . Maybe. Shes joining us by phone right now. Hoda, we miss you. How are you . Hi, hoda. Hi, guys. I miss you, too. I do have something to tell you, but you know what, how about this . Instead of telling you, im going to show you something, all right . Do you have a picture you can put up for me . Oh. Wow oh, my gosh a baby. You have a new hairdo youve got a dog . Is it yours . Talk to us. That little girl, haley joy im crying. Shes crying. Is my daughter. No yeah wow. Congratulations. Wow. Oh, my gosh. I hear her. Thats her crying. How old is haley . Shes a valentines baby so shes a little nugget. Shes tiny winy. She is the love of my life. Oh, my gosh. Do you know how hard it has been to keep this secret . Ive got the biggest mouth in the world. I said zilch. Youre already sleep deprived. My mom was here with me. She just got here a couple of days ago. My mom was here. My mom goes, hello, miss haley. Weve waited so long for you. Hoda, i dont know if you can see, but weve got jenna crying like a baby over here. Kathis crying. This is such fantastic news. This little girl haley is the luckiest girl on the planet. She is. One of the most fantastic moms i can ever imagine. So happy. Hoda, we are thrilled for you, sweetheart. You were made to be a mom. For sure. Youre going to be an incredible mother. You thought you drank a lot of wine before. Just wait. I love you guys. Love you hoda woman. Congratulations. Wow. Thats awesome. This has turned out to be the best day ever. Oh, my gosh. You didnt know, right . No idea. How did you keep that from me . Matt was told recently. I did know. I did know. And, i mean its amazing. You know the tears you just heard from hoda, for the last several weeks every time you talk to her, that is it. Youve got a big mouth. How did you keep a secret . No, im good at keeping secrets. Beautiful. Haley. Can you show us pictures . No, i cannot. Cant wait to meet her. Thats for hoda to do. I know, hoda, youre going to call back in in our 10 00 hou with kathie lee. The real question is when are you actually coming back . Not because i jenna wants to know. Yes, when are you coming back . Shell tell us soon. We absolutely adore you, hoda. We love you, darling friend. Yeah bye, mama. Bye. Another trend. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Theres nothing that can top that. Quite the nice baby boom here. Something in the water. Jenna, is there something you want to tell us . Im pregnant. Yeah. No, no. Well, i know im not. All right. We want to do a little check of the weather. I guess we will. Not after that. My gosh. Oh, how wonderful. Well, weve got some more wet weather. The system that caused all the storms back through texas 24 hours ago is now making its way to the east. Luckily not quite as strong, but as it pushes east its going to bring in moisture from the gulf so thunderstorms, some heavy rain, gusty winds making their way al so were looking anywhere about half an inch to an inch in florida as you get into the panhandle of florida into central alabama. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, once again. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Quiet and mostly cloudy start to the day today. Dont need the umbrella. Well be dry today. Tomorrow will be our next chance to have a shower or two but not a big rain chance on your wednesday. Today though just a mix of clouds and sunshine. Temperatures well above average. Just not quite as warm as yesterday. Well be in the mid to upper 50s and 60 degrees. Then for tomorrow, a chance for a shower primarily in the first part of the day but it will be warmer. Tomorrows highs, 68. Thats the latest weather. Dont forget, take us wherever you go check out our today sirius xm channel 108. Talk about an important question now. Parents face this all the time. When do you start sending your kids to school . Study suggests that while preschool does have its benefits, they fade quickly. Heres nbcs gabe gutierrez. Use your numbers. Reporter these kindergarten students have something in common. Five is an odd number. Reporter theyve all been to preschool and their teacher at glenwood elementary outside atlanta sees a different. If youre coming to kindergarten and you dont have any experience with letter sounds and being able to stress and sound out words then, yes, youll be at a disadvantage. Reporter each year states spend 15 billion on preschool education, but now researchers from the university of california at irvine and Duke University are questioning whether those investments are worth the money. I think what surprises people is that prekindergarten programs can be very successful in the short run but have impacts that fade out over the next few years. Reporter they reviewed data from 67 that much of what students learn are skills the kids typically pick up in kindergarten or first grade anyway. Still, many parents are skeptical. Reporter raise your hand if you think preschool is worth it . Rachel lockmans older children didnt go to a fulltime preschool but her daughter did. Reporter what is the biggest difference that youve noticed between your kids that went to preschool and your kids that didnt go to preschool . I think its that emotional intelligence. The anxiety is decreased because for my daughter because she was more familiar. Reporter do you think that the events could fadeaway quickly . I think it depends what benefits youre talking about. Really at the end of the day what you want kids to have is a love for education. Reporter the longterm impact of preschool education has been debated for decades. Early childhood programs like head start have found evidence of longterm i think we should give the kids everything that they need and all of the support that they need to succeed. Why make it any more difficult for them than it already is. Reporter the researchers dont argue we should give up on Early Education programs but instead focus on other factors, too. A lot of it depends on what takes place in the family environment. Reporter sometimes the most important lessons, they say, are taught outside the classroom. For today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news, decatur, georgia. Going to make a little turn right now and tell you about a popular reality star whos breaking his silence on the end of his marriage and what that means for his show. Nbcs joe fryer is here with that. Good morning to you. Good morning. Even though Tarek El Musa is filing for divorce, theyre still taping the show. For the first time hes revealing that Thyroid Cancer is not the only cancer he has been for seven seasons they have been flipping distressed homes on hg tv. The bigger the disaster, the better the makeover. Reporter but in recent months its their lives that have been flipped. As time went on we got distant from each other. Theres a lot going on. We tried the counsel and it wasnt working. Doesnt mean were not going to remain friendly because the number one goal is to coparent our children and we have to make sure we remain friendly because we know how important it is for them to have good parents. Reporter news of their marital trouble surfaced last may. It was for a possibly suicidal male with a gun. Authorities were told tarik grabbed the gun from his house and ran to a hiking trail but he says the weapon, which he had a permit to carry, was simply for protection while climbing. Theres mountain lions, bobcats, i went up for a hike. It wasnt a big deal. I didnt understand, you know it got really blown out of proportion. Reporter you werent no. No. Never. Never. Absolutely never. What is that . Flipping fun. Reporter despite their separation, tarik and christina are still shooting episodes of the show. Reporter she posted a picture saying i never met a more group of positive, funny, fun loving guys. This has been a breeze because of them. Unlike a lot of couples who separate you are still hosting a show together. What has that been like . I mean, im not going to lie. Im not going to say it was easy. Its like anything, theres challenges of life. We love filming. Thats our job. Weve been doing it a long time and we love releasing a good product for our fans and just had to plow through it and do the best we could. I think it turned out great. Reporter its the show that may have saved his life. In 2013 he was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer after a viewer spotted a suspicious lump on his neck. Around that time he also learned he had testicular cancer. Getting the thyroid out i had testicular cancer, i thought i was going to die. Reporter you were open about the Thyroid Cancer. Why was the testicular cancer different . I didnt want to come out with it. For me, the main reason im coming out is to create awareness. A lot of people had Thyroid Cancer. I feel like its something i had to do. Tarik says both cancers are now in remission. His stepfather is battling testicular cancer. As for flip or flop he says he and christina would like to continue filming the show. We reached out to them and they declined. They said they respected any decision made by the couple and that the show would air as scheduled. Joe, thank you very much. By the way, we should mention tarik will be here in our next hour. First live interview since that split. And just ahead, weve got some great star power in studio 1a. Were going to catch up with those two. Allison williams. Show and nascar great Dale Earnhardt jr. Going to put us to the test out on a race course on the plaza. First, your local news. This is is a news 4 today news break. Good morning, 8 26 on tuesday, february 21st. Im aaron gill crest. Right now we want to get a check on the morning commute. Good morning, good news on the red line. No longer single tracking there. Had earlier delays because of a problem with a derailed work cart this morning. Southbound kennel worth avenue. Crash blocked two right lanes there this morning. Westbound 50 at west ox road crash reported there in the right lane. Right now northbound rock creek parkway after virginia avenue still have that lane blocked. A check on your forecast right after a quick break. Y25eiy y16fy good morning, everybody. Off to a cool start. Temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. It will be mild enough today but not quite as warm as yesterday. Up to 59 degrees this afternoon. Back to the upper 60s that would break a record at dulles airport. Thank you, chuck. You can get the latest news and weather any time and open the nbc washington app. Back to today. [ cheers and applause ] all right. Back, now, 8 30 on a tuesday morning, february 21st, 2017. A little chillier than we thought. Come on. It is chilly. You look like the michelin man. Im trying to stay warm, getting ready for my big race against mr. Daly here in the soapbox derby cars. Courtesy of mr. Dale earnhardt jr. You said you were going to do a little strategy here. I had some of charlies kibble. I was lying it down on the lane here. In case your wheel hit it. Looking at the car, it slants off at each side. I was going to say, its not dont you have an advantage if youre a wow. Matt talk. Im hoping my youth will take me to the finish line. All righty. Coming up, shes got a new movie and a new look. Were going to catch up with our pal Allison Williams with the movie get out girls and much more. Ever wish you could recreate your new restaurant dish at home . Bryant will head into the kitchen. Peanut butter and jelly. Mr. Gumbal, you have a new edition of real sports tonight working on its 750th emmy. We have a new one coming up with spring training. I got a chance to sit down with chicago cubs joe madden. Threetime manager of the year opens up about breaking the 108yearold world series drought. This is not your usual line do not permit the pressure. To perceive the pleasure. Youre playing a game. Im going to go out there and not have fun with it . Youve got to be kidding me. Whats in the middle . Be present not perfect. If youre in the presence tense, man, youre not worried about whats happening. Youre staying right here all the time. Yeah, man. Different kind of dude, man. I like it. Got some success under his belt. Again, you can catch real sports with Bryant Gumbel on hbo. Mr. Roker, check of the weather. All righty. As you know, its the arctic here. Record highs from the western great lakes into the central plains. As we move into tomorrow that wet weather moves down to southern florida. Record highs into the mid plains. Mountain snows into the rockies and cascades. Plenty of sunshine to the thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Kind of a cool start this morning. Some areas are still in the 30s like frederick, 34 degrees. 42 in the district surrounding the area. As we go through the day, 59 for a high. Not as warm as yesterday but still about 10 degrees above normal staying mostly cloudy but also staying dry. Tomorrow were in the upper 60s. Thursday and friday were in the 70s. Rain returns as we go into saturday, dry and for sunday looks like the coolest day. A heck of a race getting ready to get set up. Make sure you get your weather any time you need. Go to the Weather Channel on cable. Al, our 40th president ronald regan was a conservative icon. Were getting new insights with his closest confidantes. Natalie is back. Reporter hey, guys. In her n former assistant to ronald regan takes you behind the scenes with a very personal look into the president s life, his relationship with first lady nancy reagan, and his struggle with alzheimers disease. When you go out there and win one for the gipper. Reporter he was known as the great communicator, inspiring millions with his warmth, and every day demeanor. You cant help be changed by ronald regan. Reporter few knew her. In her new memoir the president will see you now she recounts her time with him through his passing. Reporter you say in the book you got to see his true self. It was wonderful to see there werent two ronald rag gans, whether it was with World Leaders or interacting with my own children or ordinary americans. He loved them all and really just had a gracious. President ial libraries, right . It is. Reporter we spoke at the ma guess particular Reagan Library in seemy valley, california. Home to his air force one and member beal yeah from his life. You talked about how close you were. Show up in bel air. I drove up to the house and here he is in his monogrammed bathrobe and his pajamas. I was horrified. He didnt seem to be bothered. He had that warmth and sense of humor. His critics, some of them called him an amiable dunce. A lot of times he used that to his advantage. He was able to go around them and out smart them. Reporter now inevitable comparisons between president s reagan and trump. Both voted in to shake up the status quo. Donald trump the way he talks to the american people, now he uses twitter. We didnt have to believe that ronald regan would have been a tweeter. Reporter really . I do. I do, because it was important for him to talk to people, not about people, not above them, not beneath them but right to them. Reporter what advice do you think he would give President Trump now . I think he would remind President Trump that its all about the people. Ronald regan just never thought it was about him and so as long as were listening to we the people, as long as we are empowering we the people, we cant go wrong. Grande says the greatest person in his life was his first lady, nancy. Their love deepening further after he was diagnosed with alzheimers disease in 1994. Reporter how did she handle that . With strength, like she did everything. With a grace and a poise and an elegance that we all looked to to keep us strong. Being so close to the president you saw some of the first signs. What were they . He was such a great story teller so it was Little Things like getting caught up in the middle of a story i knew he how the story should go. It was things like that that i thought, hm, i with under if somethings changed. I wonder if somethings going on. Reporter grande said despite his memory fading his warmth and charm fading. She was by his side as he wrote his letter. They thought it was important to use their platform as somebody very visible and public to use it for good. Reporter you asked him at one point, can i give you a hug . And that was the first time you had ever hugged him. Yeah. I said, mr. President , would you mind if i give you a hug . I felt like it was a way to say, im here for you and were in this together. I will stick with you. Reporter when was the last time you saw him . It was probably a couple months before he passed away. I was just at his bedside and talking to him and enjoying being in his presence and it just gave me an opportunity to tell him how grateful i was for everything he had meant to me and say goodbye. Reporter and, again, the book is the president will see you now by its a fascinating read with so many great stories. Thanks very much. Thank you, natalie. Up next Allison Williams will stop by to talk about the last season of gerls and her feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Gerls and her fe film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Igerls and her feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Rgerls a feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Lgerls a feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Sgerls a feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Gerls a feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. And her feature film debut but, first, this is today on nbc. Back now. 8 40 with Allison Williams, one of the stars of hbos acclaimed series girls which ends its sixth season run. She plays Marty Michaels a type a gallery rep turned singer songwriter with a life that seems to be a bit in shambles. Take a look. Good morning to you. Yeah, sorry. I just have a million things going on. Thats okay. Ive got a bunch of things to do. Baby, youve got to go. Im not going to be in your way. No, i cant have you sleeping ive been talking about this with my online therapist. Shes obsessed with me getting back into all of my old routines. I am in the middle of a divorce, this is not about you, this is all about me. As it should be. Allison, nice to see you. It will be its all about me. I love your hair, by the way. Thank you. Whats the reaction been about that . People dont recognize me and its hysterical. I get to see what i know what people do when they hug someone warmly. Does your husband like it . Yeah, he does. So when do you think i love it. When do you think youre going to go back . Thats a sure sign. Yeah. So we got a glimpse as to where marty is with season six. Not great. Shes a mess. Shes a mess. She is sleeping with her exboyfriend. Exhusband. And exboyfriend. Both of them. She has this online analyst . Yes. What is happening . Is this where would be at this time . No, but shes just grasping at anything. She is as lucky as i am. She has no ability to ground herself. Shes reaching for boys to do that for her. Her mom is played beautifully. Her dad is absent. We imagined it was tom hanks because that was fun. Its not. He would never be like that as a dad. Like my parents have been saying for years they wish they could have raised marnie and i feel that, too. You say that. Ive known you for years. Yes. You were never this person. No. You were never really part of that generation. I hope you take this as a compliment. You were always a little older than your years. Yes. My mom was reminding me recently. She was like, i was wearing makeup first thing in the morning or something and i said, well, if i run into someone on the street or whatever. She goes, oh, no, you used to put on a full face at 3 00 to leave the house, like a full not 20 something. Most 20 somethings dont care that much. Definitely not. At the time you did. I had a funny experience with you last year. We sat next to each other at a big gala of some kind. Yes. Somewhere in the middle of dinner the waitress said i cant have dessert because i have a full day of sex scenes tomorrow. The way it came out of your mouth so naturally i was like, ill take her dessert. Exactly. Did you also want to do my sex scenes for me . No. Interesting. Youll have the dessert and not the you know, its very weird like now looking at the rest of whatever happens in my career thinking i now have these very odd peculiar set of skills that will help me. It doesnt mean im not going to sift through scripts and ask to take out the sex scenes. It will mean im very awkward when im supposed to look like im enjoying myself. Dont people tend to confuse you and the character . Very well. T sex scene and youve always heard people call it the Allison Williams sex scene. Its annoying. When they want to theyll separate us. If i were to do Something Like that, which i dont think i would but, hey, you never know, i would probably not televise it. Its just my guess. Yeah. Based on prior behavior. Knowing your parents, that would be true as well. Get out is your first feature film. Congratulations. Thank you. Was it a big choice . It was. Also because i hadnt done a movie. The longer it went, the more pressure i put on myself for it to be something exciting, new, good. I got the script from jordan peel, it wasnt a comedy. Immediately i was in. I thought it was going to make people talk, think, it will probably rub some people the wrong way. Im really proud of it. Im really excited for it to come out. Suffice it changed your life. Youll be seeing a lot of scripts. I hope so. I dont know what it would be like without it but im just so grateful. Its been the most amazing experience. For me its been fun to watch you come along. Shes back with kathie lee and jenna. Girls hairs on sunday nights and get out opens on friday. Up next, bryant gets cooking tips from his favorite chef. This morning on this morning on today food. Mike is the chef and partner of the porterhouse bar and grill. Great to see you. Good to see you. What do you have going . These are porterhouse pork chops. Heritage pork. Whats that . Berkshire pork, really flavorful, chops with vinegar peppers which is a favorite. Sort of the Southern Italian cooking style, this is really great. Peppers with anything, its fabulous. Vinegar peppers, broccoli raab, greens. Paint this . Put a little oil on there, sure. Were going to grill them. You can do it on a saute pan, outdoor grill. Put a little salt and pepper. We want to make sure they get cooked sufficiently, about 150 degrees on the internal temperature. This is where we part, you and i part company, because my problem is i always want my pork rare. Yes, you do. And you can do it that way, right . Yes, you do. Exactly. They have lowered the changed the cooking temperatures that they feel pork should be cooked at and 145 degrees we no longer have the fears that we had as a kid. No. You can have this as you do a steak . Yes. Many people do. Its very, very common. Cooking it medium. Grilling it here. If we ha oven for a few minutes, well do that. Well let it grill. Resist the temptation to keep flipping it. Leave it alone. The meat will release on its own. Exactly. The whole flipping cools things off. Vinegar peppers, cherry peppers cured in vinegar. We make our own peppers which we pickle our own peppers. So we have italian peppers, hala jalapeno. Thats an anchovy. Nothing wrong with anchovies. It will melt into this olive oil. It will disappear. It adds a great flavor level. This is where all the vegetables are going in. Little bit of garlic. Dont let it brown. No, dont let it brown. Were going to put our peppers in. The anchovy adds block ri raab chopped up. Bitter greens, the spicy peppers and the canoli on the back end. Yes. We roast them and let them cook a little bit. Lets show what it looks like over here. Chicken stock. Chicken broth or not. You know. You can use beef broth or even water if you wanted to. But you want to maintain the color of the peppers. You dont want to leave that on too long. Exactly. Here we have some butter. The guys are downstairs enjoying this. Whats it taste like down there . Its terrific. Good. Delicious. Good to hear. None of them want to speak. Come up for air, someone. Its great its delicious. We like the hot peppers. I like the hot peppers. Theyre pickled. Not too spicy. Nothing is ever too spicy. We add a little butter to make it creamy. Here we have a chop. Its fully cooked. You can slice it and we can plate it up. You know, porterhouse chop is the loin and the fillet of the see the fillet, thats the fillet portion right there. We can just slice this and we can add it to a plate with some of our peppers. Its phenomenal. This is like my this is my sunday night go to dish. You and i are going to eat while we take a break. Michael, thanks very much. You can find the recipes at today. Com food. Up next, were going to help Dale Earnhardt jr. Get ready for his big nascar comeback. Matt against carson. This i want to see. First this is today on nbc. To. At dominion, were putting our energy to work creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Depend on us for more than energy. Im sorry. Im sorry. What up, dale. Good to see you. How you doing, buddy . Alls good . Obviously had to run down from the kitchen. No problem. We have transformed the plaza in honor of our next guest. This weekends daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt jr. Has been side lined for six months while he recovers from a concussion. First of all, how are you feeling . Im feeling great. Been a long recovery but i was with some great doctors up in pittsburgh. Feeling good and ready to go racing. Choosing the daytona 500, why . Its the biggest race of the season for us and im very had a lot of success there so if theres a track that i could choose to come back at, daytona is probably the one i would pick. When you were sitting out for that time did you give any thought at all to just going carl edwards way, no, im done, thats it. Certainly you have to ask yourself the pretty tough questions but i still have some racing left in me, didnt want to have any regrets. I feel great. My doctors gave me a lot of confidence that i could come back and be healthy and continue to compete. You couldnt find two better drivers . I think were going to be okay. This is going to be competitive. I hope somebody has a picture of you in this helmet. He out weighs me by 30 pounds. Were playing for pinks. If i start to lose im taking out your rear wheel. You wave the green flag and when you wave it, im going to turn them lose. Okay. Whos letting carson lose . Come on looks like carsons got an early lead. Hes going to get there. Yeah checkered flag. I love it carson won. Carson won. Carson is the winner. How does that feel . Oh, it feels great. Youve got to win everything . Is that what it is . Having a heck of a month. Heres your jacket. Thank you so much. Thank you. Look at that. Thats awesome. Dale, thank you so much wherever you are. Really appreciate it. Dale, thanks very much. Appreciate it. Good luck. Do we have a close here . Can we do a close or is this it . I dont know. Youre in charge. Im just a guess. How about Bryant Gumbel filling in. Thanks very much, buddy. Thank you so much. Thank you. Were going to have much more ahead on this tuesday morning. I want a retc Justin Hartley from this is us going to be cohosting us. And were going to do a rematch with justin and chanelle racing out here. Oh, yeah . Dale earnhardt. Chanelle, take the blue car, the hot car. Good job. This is a news 4 today news break. 8 56 is your time now on this tuesday, february 21st, 2017. Good morning to you, im eun yang. Right now we want to check on your commute with melissa mollet. Hi, eun. Gw parkway, a new crash there. You can see some of the slowdowns. No major problems southbound. Thanks, melissa. Well take a couple of questions. Good morning. Were off to a cool start this morning but everybodys getting back into the 40s now for the most part. Fredericksville at 37 but in the district were now at 44 degrees. 43 in manassas. 43 in quantico. Later on mostly cloudy. 59 for a high temperature. Not as warm as yesterday. Still about 10 degrees above normal. 68 for tomorrow. Thursday, 74. We jump to 74 again on friday. Rain comes on saturday. Eun. Thank you, sheena. Get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. Well see you in 25 minutes for another update. This this morning on today, nascar superstar Dale Earnhardt jr. Ready for a big comeback. Then flip or flop star opens up aboutns up about his split in a first live tv interview. And from this is us, Justin Hartley. Our celebrity cohost, coming up right now. From nbc news, this is todays take. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. All right, charlie. In just a little bit, charlie will be replaced by sheinelle. And weve got a call for Justin Hartley, too. Will hook up with Dale Earnhardt jr. , as he tries his comeback at the daytona 500. Going to be racing those bad welcome to a tuesday morning. A freebie tuesday morning, february 21st, 2017. Listening to call on me, by starly. And we called on welcome, justin. Thank you so much for havin me. I love being here. I first met you at the. Thanksgiving day parade. Yes. The show was the just kind o. Taking off. Did you guys have any idea what. Kind of a juggernaut this thingf was going to turn out to be . Turn boy, i dont think you can predict Something Like that to k be honest with you. Somethin when i read the script i knew ii was special. I connected with it right away and i you just sort of hope, you know, the unknown is hoping that people will watch it. Ing you never really know. They watched. You nev in fact, justin, were takesing a look at the scene. I was telling you off camera this morning, everyone is alking talking about it, the most recent episode. You look at the screen. This was a scene between you and randall. Can i talk about it . This is al,is im taking my eyes thats fine. Lk. I watch the show. I watch the show on dvr so the next morning i go to facebook an andd im like, no everybodys giving it away. Givg this was a hearty, meaty episode for you. Al bugged out. He was legit. A he bugged out. Ged he doesnt want to know. O that scene was special to me for a couple of reasons. Sterling k. Brown, my cohost iy special to me. He gives so much to everyone. All of our actors do. I love kevin, the character i. Play, i really do. Love i love that guy. You know, as an actor sometimesj its your job to take care of the characters that you play. Ero our writersu sort of do that fr us. In this scene is it okay to say that randall has panic ox attacks orie anxiety attacks. We dont learn that until pretta recently. Yeah, he has a his history ow that. We tell th two brothers how kevin reacted to that when they were y growing up and now you see how e hes sort of grown from when we met him as how hes becoming a man. Hes about to have a huge moment of his grown. Hes about to transition from the nani. Youre on a stage play. Be it was about to be your Opening Night inin new york city. Lights go out. S wai everybody isti waiting for his g moment and you see him cut to him running to help his twin, randall. Your twin, triplet, your something . Look at al. At were all good. Good were all good. You can comegood. Back. Back i can. Come back now . Thats great. Come back in . Hes not kidding. Al l when ieave cohost the toda show al leaves. No, i didnt. My last co h host. My daughter lela is the one who turned me on to this. Leila, we have to watch this. T we started watching it together. This weekend but i havent seen it since tobys heart attack. Right. Do you know what happens . Ta. This kidding. Anyway, one of the things that i love about the show, i hs mean, from the very getgo, i g dont know how many people knewt it was a flashback in the beginning of that first episode, but we want to take a quick a flashback and look at some older pictures of you. This is your life. Were going to have a sneak peak coming up later. There you go. Hisus. All right. T oh its kind of timberlaky. I was playing a character that had that hair. I that was a character. Was this ha inir green arro . Yes. Thats a character i was a playing. That was a new look . T youot i im not going to lie. I think i liked it at the time. I think it was appropriate. How about this . Lord. Oh, dear lord. Its getting wilder. I i think t that was basically that was back before i knew better. To tell people like get the blow dryer away from me. You were an artist. No . I think i was lost. You know those hats that they wear that have the hair stickins out. That was my hairstyle. I ought to nee get one of th. We have a little game. We wan we want to find out about you a little bit more. Eokay. Ve we have these questions in bl the fish bowl. Heart to hartley. Get it . Yeah. All right. So if you just our producer, gavin, even put the arts and crafts, put the Little Hearts oi it. Nice. Valentines. Fromearts. You jump in and answer some. Questions. Lets dodo it. Okay. Starting passions. Whats the secret to creating on screen passion . Theres really no secret. You have good costars. Pretty much thats what its all about. Goodcret. Costars and trust. Absolutely. T. I trust you. All right. Trust theres your cast right there. Oh, yeah. Heres most romantic gesture youve ever done for your fiance . Well, lets see, we just bought a house. That was pretty g romantic. Congratulations. I proposed to her. Tic where did you propose . I did it in the kitchen. Id it was a whole thing where, you know, i kind of surprised her. Were very lucky and we get to e travel quite a bit so i didnt want to make a grand thing aboua it. Nd wanted to like do something so sort of simple, but i wanted tod surprise her. Ising so i ended up surprising her ano she said yes. Even more of a more surpriy one more. Ou she didnt see it on coming . No, she didnt. Not at all actually. No. I n shes like, i need to walk t the dogs. For shes like, i have a question for you. Dogs. Shes like, but the dogs. Qu i have a question. Chemistry. If you could time hope to any past era, which one would it be . Man. 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In the greatest of ways. Haley joy, isnt that a cute name . So so perfect. Rf another thing weect. Have a of joy for. The live action beauty and they beast remake coming out. Comin were getting our first look ata emma watson as belle singing th. Opening number belle. Take a look. Sad how sad is that, you know the words. We know the words. These two people are weird. No, youre great. Soso exciting. I think this is so great. So i have to tell you, a lot of people haveen how you become an animated so m character. Theyve been doing a greatpl job of it. These movies, kind of a little spoof there on that line. They basically have done such a terrific job. Terri i cant wait for this movie. What will they think of next . This is genius. So many of us love it. Hter its interesting,s to me. My daughter, i can take her to it. Its new for. You. Exactly. It will be your kids generation beauty and the beast. Very true. Speaking of something that o belongs to everybody, star wars. 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Right in the nose. Oh. So, wait, you have to deal with this in a sense. Everybody wanting spoilers. Weve been peppering you all throughout the commercials. I appreciate it. People are interested in the show, right . Thats what that shows. You say we dont want to know, i want to know. Heres the thing, you think you want to know. I know you think you do, but what happens is i made the mistake one time to a relative of mine, my mother thats a relative. Fair enough. Shes the closest relative i have, my mom. A relative. My mom. Hello, jackie. I made a mistake one time. Shes like what happens here. I tell my mom. We talk all the time. Oh, mom, youre never going to believe it. Its this. Shes like oh i thought that way. And i ruined it for her. So, ive learned that when people ask you for spoilers and they think they want them, they dont want them. No. I dont give them. I dont give them. Its such a burden to carry, i feel like for you. You know what is a burden . When we have a week or two off. When were weektoweek, everybody is talking about the show, its okay. Speaking of spalspoilers, wee one. Tonights sneak peek, this is us. Take a look. Where is he my father doesnt have a lot of time left and hed very muchy like to show me where hes from, maybe even introduce me to some extended family, which for me m, would be a really big deal, you know . Now my wife is naturally and adorably concerned. Curious your thoughts on the matter. Curi i saw this. Wait, whats going on . On whats going on . Yeah. So this you know what, actually, you probably could wt have watched that. Yeah. H. Probably. Its its kind of a a lets roll it. Rol no. I dontt want to call it a stand alonene episode, but its special very special episode. I love that in the promo. A very special this is us airs tonight at 9, 8 central right here on nbc. I love it so much. Thank you. Love im going to do a thiss us weather. Dont do usit. I want to see that. See im going to flashback to do the weather in the 70s first and then ill do the weather for today. It will be amazing. Lets show you what todays weather is like. Pacific northwest and california but it is starting to slacken off. Were also looking at heavy showers and thunderstorms making their way through the central gulf. That wet weather will continue to make its way east. Look at the temperatures. Record setting temperatures from texas to the central plains, cooler in Northern New England and a longs the west coast where its raining. We have plenty of sunshine along the eastern seaboard. Rain, wind out west. The sunshine continues from the southwest from texas into the mid plains. Record highs stretching from denver all the way to chicago today. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, everybody. Its a cool morning outside. Temperatures are in the 40s right now. 44 in warring ton, arlington and also in gaithersburg. 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Its happening at the guy lord resort and convention center. Vice president pence and President Trump and Reince Priebus are among the speakers. Were going to take a break and well check your forecast when we come back. Stay with us. Good morning, everybody. Certainly a mild enough day coming your way. Temperatures well above average but temperatures as of now were still in the low to mid 40s. Feels a little cool outside. You might need a Medium Weight jacket for the next hour or so. But eventually well get into the mid and upper 50s. Even though well have a fair amount of clouds around forpt next several days it wont be anywhere near cold. Well be in the mid to upper 60s with an isolated shower. Thursday, dry and warm. 74. Fridays rain chances and primarily friday evening and friday n on saturday. Blustery and cooler weather returns on sunday. Chuck, thank you. Get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. Well see you in 25 minutes for another news update. It is a big weekend for millions of nascar fans, and this man right here, Dale Earnhardt jr. , after being out for six months recovering from a concussion, dale is returning to the track. Hell be looking for his third daytona 500 win. In honor of dale and the big event well be doing some racing of our own on the plaza. Sheinelle and justin facing off. In the meantime, dale, its so good to see you. Were so happy for you. Thank you. Congratulations also, you just got married. Yeah, we did. We got married on new years eve, me and amy. Shes going to waive these guys for the checkered. You say she is one of the reasons you were able to make suh really hard through my recovery making sure i was doing all the things they required to get well. I have to thank her for all the help and support. You scheduled a come back at the daytona 500 . Is there a special meaning to you . First race of the year, biggest race of the season. Feel good and healthy. If i had to pick a track to come back to it would be daytona. I feel the most comfortable there as anywhere else. Do you have any tips for our soon to be racers . Hold the wheel steady. To go fast, dont turn the wheel. Dont mash the brakes. I cant reach the brakes. He said mash the brakes. Dont mash here we go. Dales going to do the release. Here we go. The flag. On your mark, get set, go whew. All right, here we go. Oh. No. I dont know whats going to here we go. Looks like brake, brake. Impressive. Thats 20. Wow, that crushed me. You crushed me. Unbelievable. I dont know what this is going to do. Number 88 seems to be the lucky winner, dale. Absolutely. Earlier it was the fantastic carson daley winning. The cup goes to you, sheinelle. Almost as tall as you are. Well share it. Youre so generous. Only because i love your roll. Thank you so much. How did they do, dale . They did great. The 88 seems to be the better car today. Its won two races tomorrow. Could carry over all weekend. Have your name on it. We like the sound of that. All right. Dale, thank you so much. Thank you. We want to also have a special thanks to the new roichelle firefighters for helping us with the soapboxes. Who are you most concerned about as the daytona 500 . The gibbs teams has been really strong the last several trips to daytona and talladega. The penske cars are good. Obviously joey logano won the clash. Theyre strong. Were all hendrick front row me and Chase Elliott starting the daytona 500 sunday. Be sure to tune in. Worried about the weather at all . I dont think the weathers going to be a problem. We have all day long, weve got lights. Well get it done. Dale, thank you so much. You can watch dale and the others compete in the daytona 500 this sunday. Nbc groups coverage of the 2017 nascar cup series season kicks off saturday, july 1st on nbc. Coming up next im ready to do my victory lap. Go start. 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For nearly four years hg tvs flip or flop has been entertaining viewers. The hosts bringing to each episode their real estate expertise. What are we going to list it for . Reporter along with a glimpse of their real lives as husband and wife and parents to two young children. If the tv show is the result of our life. This is what we do all day every day on a daily basis. We buy, fix, sell the image of their marriage began to crumble. In may christina called 911 after tarik was seen leaving their home with a handgun heading for hiking trails nearby. Deputies located tarik and escorted him back to the house where he told them he wanted to blow off some steam and took the gun because of safety because of mountain lions and rattlesnakes. In september they announced their separation after seven yearsof marriage. Last month hg tv telling us it respects any decisions that tarek and christina make about their personal relationship. Flip or flop will continue to air as scheduled. While tarek filed for divorce, they are busy filming season 7 and sharing photos from the set last week proving while their marriage may have ended, the show will go on. We want to mention we reached out to christina for comment but she declined, tarek is here. Most importantly, how are your kids . Your daughter is 6 years old, your son is 18 months. How are they doing . Theyre absolutely fantastic. Theyre getting accustomed to the situation. Christina is being a great mom and id like to think im a great dad. Taylor is doing great and brayden is young. Youre in the middle of taping season seven. Yes. How difficult is that . To be partners on screen but off screen theres all this tension plus the added pressure you know everybody else knows about. You know, weve been flipping houses and not only flipping houses but doing it on tv for a very, very long time. So like anything, theres going to be challenges, right . But through this entire pro me and christine are professional, we know we have a job to do and we know what we do and we want to deliver a good product to our fans. Through this process weve done a good job. Your show has such a huge fan base. Willing it beyond season seven . Right now we are filming season seven. Season six is on the air. Thats our hope. You want to keep going as long as you can take this . Absolutely. We love what we do. Weve been doing it for a long time. Thats our job. We dont want to stop doing our job. Were looking on moving forward, yeah. You know, we mentioned in the story that sheinelle just did. There was that incident involving the gun. Do you want to clear that up once and for all . I would absolutely love to clear that up. I live in california back to chino state park. We have mountain lions, i have a ccw, a california concealed carry. Which means im legally able to carry a threw the firearm in my backpack, couple bottles of water. The rest is history. The phrase blow off some steam, people are saying you were running with the gun. Is all of that gossip . Was that not true . Its absolute gossip. I was hiking in the mountains by myself. The sun was going to be going down soon. Why wouldnt i go out with protection if i have legally gone through the courses to be able to do so . Lets turn to Something Else thats probably more important, youre a cancer survivor. You had Thyroid Cancer but at the same time you were battling another kind of cancer . Yeah. This is the first time the world is going to find out. I did battle Thyroid Cancer in 2013. Literally a month after i found out i had Thyroid Cancer. I was at the hospital and they say, hey, i hate to tell you, you have testicular cancer. So the second i heard i had testicular cancer knowing i already had Thyroid Cancer, i thought i was going to die. I thought i was rotting inside. I was so scared to lose my family. Why did you decide to talk about it now . I wanted to make people aware of it. Right now my stepfather was just diagnosed. He went through surgery and hes going through chemotherapy right now. He was a super healthy guy. He lost all of his hair. He lost 20 to 30 pounds. It hit close to home. I do know with my Thyroid Cancer people reached out and said, hey, if it wasnt for you exposing your cancer i would never have known. We have a little bit of time left. I was thinking this morning. You cant go to the Grocery Store these days without seeing your face or your exwifes face on the cover of all the magazines in the checkout. There are rumors all over the place. Everybody is obsessed with you two. In this moment what do you want people to know . Well, first of all when i walk to the magazine stands i cover my face so nobody can see me. Has that ever happened when youre at the checkout where you kind of look like that guy. Yeah. I get that all the time. Im sorry. Weird gossip and fake news out there, i try to ignore as much as i can. And im really just focusing on my kids, number one, myself and my future. Im moving forward on my own. Anything you want people to know . I want people to know 23no matter what happens, the most important thing for myself and christina is to coparent. At the end of the day thats all that matters. Thank you very much. Very nice to meet you. Give those kids a kiss. All right. Ive got to go over here and do a little weather. Ill scoot over. Youll scoot over and ill scoot over here which works out pretty nicely. We are looking at more wet weather making its way through the gulf. Heavy rain there. Record highs stretching from the western great lakes, chicago 50 degrees. Above 70 degrees. Rain, wind, mountain snow out west will continue. As we look ahead for tomorrow we expect to see more rain in the southeast. Heavier rain down in southern midatlantic states. Mountain snows continue into the Northern Plains as well. 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What, im helping her save money shh men are talking. Thats it, im out. Taking the meatballs. Lets just say jason jones, i like his last name, is no stranger to the absurd. For ten years he entertain you had on the emmy winning program, the daily show. Now hes on the show the detour. The Family Vacation didnt go as planned. Even though theyre moving to a new city, this one, things are not getting any easier. Is it bad . Its fine. Okay. Relax. Wheres the fire . Looks like that way. Jason, good morning. Good morning. True story. True story. I watched some of the episodes already. Very fortunate. This is i mean, it just takes uncomfortable and all sorts of problems to a new level rchltsz that. Thats what we do. Thats what the purpose of the show is to take you out of your comfort zone watching a family and to spin that on its head. Thats great. I ran into your costar last night at the airport, natalie. Shes in town . What . Hanging out at the airport. Leaving. No. Kind of like it mirrors the box. Shes traveling. Tell us a little bit about where the Parker Family is. At the end of last season it was quite a cliffhanger. Robin is wanted by the government. Can i say im not going to tell you which part of the government. The government is a big beast. Many different intelligence agencies after her. Its not the one you think of. Oh. It comes in episode eight. Last season we found out that she was wanted and this season is really me unpacking that story and realizing who the hell did i marry . I thought i knew you and you are now this complete stranger who nags at me. Are you drawing this from your own experiences . I am. Yes, yes. One day im not joking. One day when we were in bed together, hey, tell me about something bad you did and i went, oh, i dont know. I used to torment mall security guards by pretending to steal but not actually stealing. Thats funny. Yeah, it was funny. She leans over to me and she said, i stole a car. I went, what . Thats a little different. You committed grand theft auto . What . Thats a little different. Amazing. Thats 15 years in jail difference. Right . No, its criminal. I married a criminal. She was like, i was just joyriding, you know . Its a victimless crime. Except for the victims car you stole. What is your deal, wife . Were still married. Youre both so good. You both have your shows. You work on each others shows, too . We have two shows and three kids. Thats a lot. It is. Lets just say the shows get more attention. Speaking of kids, you have kids in real life as well and you have kids on the show . Yes. Very honest with his children on the show. Zblekt are you like that in real life with your children . Are you very up front, honest, heres where it is, youre blunt . To a fault. Yeah. Yeah. Whats your theory behind that . Because theres no point in lying or sugar coating things. Theyre going to find out. How old is your youngest . Shes six. Thats fantastic, jason. To google. She gets it from me or she gets it from urban dictionary. Daddy said mom stole cars. Do they think you guys are funny . They think im funny, yes. Gotcha. The wifes a little too political for that. Jason jones. Jason, thank you so much. The detour returns tonight on tbs. Commercial free. Were back in a moment but first this is today on nbc. First, this is today on nbc. At ikea, we believe everyone should be able to afford a well organized closet. Mama, my throat hurts. And a few extra minutes in the morning. Youve got ten more minutes. Make room for what matters. At ikea, we believe everyone should be able to afford a well organized closet. Mama, my throat hurts. And a few extra minutes in the morning. Youve got ten more minutes. Make room for what matters. We just want to thank Justin Hartley for being here. So great. Youre a natural, cookie. We have a little news. Were going to be talking with miss hoda woman. Mama hoda. Mama hoda. But its all about hoda. This is a news 4 today news break. 9 57 is your time on tuesday february 21st, 2017. Good morning, im eun yang. In a few minutes bao bao will leave the national zoo for good. Theyll use a special forklift to move her crate out of the national zoo and drive her to dulles airport. Bao bao is expected to arrive at the airport shortly before noon and 1 30 wheels up to china. The nonstop private flight will take about 16 hours. Plen o play. You can watch that journey on Facebook Live at 10 00 a. M. Now lets check the forecast with sheena. I did everything i could, but shes got to go. I think theres still room for you on the plane though. The weather today though is going to be good for flying. 59 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies when bao bao gets up into the air. So at least good weather for that. Good travel weather. Tomorrow warmer upper 60s. Look at the 70s thursday and friday. Rain returns mostly as we go into saturday. Sunday night dry but cooler and not too bad next week. Eun . Sheena, thank you. Coming up on news 4 midday at 11 00, well have the latest on bao baos trip to china. See you then. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. This might be one of the best days ever. Its booze day tuesday, spanky tuesday and it might as well be mothers day. Its february 21st. Jenna bush haggar is in for our hoda woman who has some very, very, very, very exciting news for us this morning. Right now weve got her on the phone. Hoda woman. Girl, hi. How are you . No,