Good morning to you, im richard lui. It was the oneyear anniversary at the scene of the terror attack. Tuesday a brazen hoax on the finish line of the boston marathon. The man you see here is in custody right now. Hes accused of dropping a backpack with a rice cooker inside. Police stopped him after an acting suspiciously. They say he was wearing all black with a veil over his face. He was walking down the middle of the street barefoot and in the pouring rain. Thats when he was stopped and told officers what was inside. Law enforcement officials tell nbc news a second bag was left behind by a media organization. Now, both were blown up in controlled detonations as a precaution. The drama unfolding just hours after ceremonies to mark the anniversary. Vice President Joe Biden praised the 36,000 who plan to run the marathon on sunday. We are boston. We are america. We respond. We endure. We overcome, and we own the finish line in washington, president obama remembered the victims with a moment of silence. Authorities saying two ethnic chechen brothers planned and orchestrated the marathon bombings that killed three and injured 260. 26yearold Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a shootout with police. Dzhokhar tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to federal charges. And awaits trial. He could face the death penalty. At least two people are confirmed dead after a ferry sunk off south koreas Southern Coast with 459 passengers on board including High School Students on a field trip there. Nearly 11 hours after the ship first sent out a distress signal, south korean officials report 292 people are still unaccounted for. A u. S. Navy ship is on the scene assisting the rescue operation which will continue into the night. Frances kuo has more. Reporter these are photos of the ferry on its side off south koreas southwest coast. Emergency crews on the water and in the air surround the sinking ship. The ferry was carrying more than 470 people, many of them High School Students on a field trip to the Southern Island of jeju. On their way there, Officials Say the boat began listing badly. A distress call was sent. Several helicopters and rescue boats raced to the scene. Its not yet clear what caused the ship to sink. Frances kuo, nbc news. Now to new video that appears to show a very large gathering of al qaeda members who recently escaped from a yemen prison. U. S. Counterterrorism officials are examining this 15minute video that was posted on youtube by the Terrorism Research and analysis consortium. Its described as showing dozens of militants who escaped from a yemen prison in february. U. S. Intelligence officials tell nbc news they are being greeted by al qaedas number two in command. A former Guantanamo Bay detainee and top official for al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is also featured. U. S. Intelligence officials tell nbc news the video seems recent and authentic, but that theres nothing to indicate the terror plot planning. They say drawing broader conclusions would be speculation. The video was posted on april 4th, but its unclear when the actual video was taken. Michael bloomberg is pledging some big cash to support gun control efforts. The former new york city mayor has announced a 50 Million Investment to unite several smaller guncontrol groups he already funds into one larger umbrella organization. It will be called every town for gun safety and will attempt to compete with the National Rifle association in passing gun legislation. 50 million will be bloombergs first Major Political investment since leaving office. And it is a big one. By comparison, the nra currently spends about 20 million annually on political activity. Oscar pistorius emotional and scathing crossexamination is over after five days. The prosecutor often calling the olympian a liar. Pistorius often fumbled and broke down into sobs. Pistorius had the last word on tuesday on questioning by his own lawyer who gave him a card to read aloud. It was a valentines day card that Reeva Steenkamp had given him just hours before he shot her to death. It says on the front of the card, roses are red, violets are blue. On the inside, she wrote the date on the left and then on the right, she says, i think today is a good day to tell you th that and then it says i love you. Pistorius is accused of premeditated murder. He claims he mistook steenkamp for an intruder. The trial is expected to hear testimony until midmay. A leisurely carriage ride in downtown savannah ended up giving tourists a story theyll never forget. This Surveillance Video shows something spooked a carriage horse so badly, it took off down the street plowing into several cars. The driver and five passengers went along for the scary ride, eventually hopping off. This accident doesnt bode well for opponents of new york mayor bill de blasios pledge to ban horsedrawn carriages. The fight in new york got new life tuesday when liam nielsen penned an oped in the times arguing against the carriage ban. If youre looking at the calendar, it is april 16th. There is snow on the ground in detroit to show you. Not only that, the motor city got nearly three inches, that breaks a 133yearold record for total snowfall in a year. The last time they had a winter this snowy, James Garfield was president. Did you know James Garfield was the president , bill . Yeah, of course you did. Not much relief down south either. Heres a look at snowfall in knoxville, tennessee. A dusting covering up some of the budding flowers there. You know, bill karins, knoxville, you can go skiing pretty close to there. Yeah, in the smoky mountains. Not in midapril. I tell you. Its just so strange. Yeah. Its been a rollercoaster ride. Well take it, though. Marquette, michigan, this morning, negative one. Holy moly. Thats their temperature. Can you imagine that . Midwest. Latest its ever happened in that area of the country for negative temperatures. We mentioned how cold it is. Snow this morning coating the ground from boston to new york city. Out in the west, some of the warmest air in south florida and phoenix, two areas youd expect it. Temperatures arent really the problem in the west, but we are watching the rain continuing to pour on washington state. We have a little bit of a warm front thats kind of caught up in the region. And thats just providing the lift and giving us this moisture thats just coming on shore. And it looks like we will see a cold front coming across the region thursday. We hope to clear it out by friday afternoon. But for the next two days, on and off periods of rain. You can see the light green is the light rain, and it continues pretty much over the entire puget sound all the way down now towards portland, too. Have that umbrella with you the next two days. We could get as much as one to two inches of rain. Especially the higher elevations. A soaking rain in the northwest. We are still dry and very warm. Phoenix up to 93 degrees today. Thats your national forecast. Now her we clear it out, as i mentioned, for friday. Weekend, questionable. Yeah, im looking towards may, bill. May . Im wondering whether were going to get showers in may. Who knows . All right. Hes not going to comment. As long as theres no snow. Zpr exactly. The new York Police Department disbanding its spy unit. If you think smoking marijuana is okay, we have new information for you. And a 3yearold goes missing, but where hes found, ive got to tell you, just priceless. Weve got that next. Welcome back. For years, a st. Louis man sexually tortured women inside his apartment using threats to keep them from going to police. According to prosecutors, the 29yearold raped and assaulted five women over eight years. He faces 19 felony charges. Ukraine military forces fought back tuesday, retaking an air strip from prorussian separatists. This after prorussian groups have been seizing government buildings with the Ukrainian Government now taking action, russian president Vladimir Putin is calling on the u. N. To, quote, condemn these anticonstitutional actions. A major outbreak of the ebola virus has the attention of officials throughout the world. In the past several weeks, the virus has spread throughout western africa, killing more than 100 people. Right now Health Officials just trying to keep the incurable disease contained. The nypd has disbanded a special unit that used undercover officers to spy on muslim civilians. This is one of the first signs that new commissioner William Bratton is moving away from the citys post9 11 practices. A new study from Northwestern University shows casual marijuana use is linked to abnormalities of the brain, specifically in the regions responsible for emotional and motivation. Researchers say the drug caused abnormalities in the smokers working memory. Two lucky boys got to ride in the pope mobile. How about that. Pope francis picking the two 11yearolds from a group of fifth graders who presented him with a tshirt from their school. One of the boys told the a. P. It was the ride of a lifetime. At that page you love any sort of mechanical thing that moves around. Youve got the pope as well. And youve got to see this story. This 3yearold really wanted that prize. So much that he left his mothers apartment and made his way to the Bowling Alley arcade. It didnt the take long, though, for the police to realize the missing boy had climbed right into the claw machine. With all those neat toys inside. The tricky part getting him out, no doubt. Lets get you business. Cnbcs seema mody joins us now. Good morning. Gms Ceo Mary Barra is creating a Product Development group focused on safety as the automaker continues to respond to the recall of ignition switches in millions of vehicles. Gm is also asking a judge to shield the company from any legal claims before it filed for bankruptcy in 2009. Ford will sell a special Edition Mustang to mark the muscle cars 50th anniversary. It comes in blue or white and has special features such as chrome highlights around the grille and windows. Ford will only build mustangs. And google is planning a modular smartphone that consumers with customize with various features such as a camera or blood sugar monitor. Google will also open an Online Market where you can buy hardware just like an app store. Richard . Seema, im going to call that the lego phone. You like that one . Appreciate that. Careercast. Com looking at 200 jobs in america, and theyve compiled the ten best and ten worst in the country. The best jobs starting at number ten, speech atologist, occupational therapist, Computer Systems analyst, software engineer, dental hygienist, autoologist, actware, statistician, tenured university professor. And the number one job in all the land with an income of over 100,000, a mathematician. Hmm. The worst jobs out of 200, by the way, corrections officer, firefighter, garbage collector, flight attendant, head cook, broadcaster, yeah, taxi driver, enlisted military personnel, newspaper reporter, yeah, double doozie. And the worst job on the survey at 24,000 a year, lumberjack. But have you ever met a lumberjack that isnt happy . They kind of enjoy the job. Just ahead, one of the most frightening things for any parent. A burglar standing over your sleeping baby. Plus, tracy morgan has some advice for alec baldwin. Youre watching early today only on nbc. This morning on today, cyndi lauper celebrating 30 years of musical success. The legendary singer performs one of her classics live on today. Take you to sports. Tuesday Baseball Players in all the league paid homage to the leagues first black player, honoring jackie robinson. Cleats and jerseys had his number 42 yesterday. It marked 76 years since the great first took to the diamond. Celebrations began back in 2004. New yorks Carmelo Anthony could be done as a knick. He sat out yesterdays game against brooklyn. The future free agent tore his shoulder. Hell be out through the playoffs. Team doctors say he wont need surgery. New york still wins, 10991 yesterday. Portlands Damian Lillard has a new commercial. Its part of what espn says is a 100 million sponsorship deal. Just picked up some fresh adidas gear from foot locker. Look good, play good, right . The last thing i want to be is one of those gs who never win a ring. Burgers are ready. Yeah. Karl malone and others who defendants exhibit get a ring. Shes the alltime leader in blocked shots and twotime National Player of the year. Britney greiner did that at baylor while on a roller coaster of emotions. In her new book, the lesbian wnba star says encouragement to hide her sexuality and weak coach support made it difficult for her. Griner was just named to out magazines power 50. As the puck drops on the nhl playoffs tonight, so does a new lawsuit. Retired players accuse the league of promoting fights. They want a deal like the recent nfl 765 million concussion settlement. The league plans to fight it out in court. Which team pays the most in all the land . A fiveyear study shows soccers manchester city. Each player averaging over 8 million. Next is baseballs new york yankees and l. A. Dodgers. Real madrid and barcelona. Heres the latest from caleb watson, the adopted 2yearold son of recent masters winner bubba watson. Man, hes got a swing. I think we should start measuring him for a green jacket. What do you think . Just ahead, miley cyrus hospitalized. Dena lohans latest criminal closeup. Plus shes got the moves like jagger and then some. Youre watching early today. Welcome back. Were continuing to watch the cold weather in the east. In the west, were watching more status quo. Were still kind of cloudy and damp in the northwest. Two days of rain coming your way. Were not bad. Just kind of typical areas in many areas of california. Not too hot, not too chilly. Dealing with morning clouds, maybe fog, too. Maybe medford sneaks in with wet weather on thursday. Looking ahead towards a holiday easter wooeb e eer weekend. L. A. , not too bad. More of the same. No wet weather. Not too hot, not too cold. Easter really creeped up on us this year. Yeah. The First Quarter of the year just gone. Miley cyrus has had to cancel another concert for sickness. This one puts her in the hospital. Fans excited for her kansas city show were disappointed to learn they would not be seeing the pop star. Instead cyrus tweeted a photo of herself in a hospital bed. Her rep saying that she suffered a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. The fast and furious Facebook Page revealing paul walkers brothers cody and caleb will step in for him and will help him finish some of the last shots of fast furious 7. Chelsea chandler is making waves thanks to this tweet. Look carefully. The photo shows the latenight talk show host reading over paperwork with the cbs logo on it. Maybe chandler is getting ready to follow up Stephen Colberts late show with one of her own. Now its time for lindsay loh lohans mom to get a mug shot. Why not . She pled guilty in new york tuesday to drunk driving and speeding charges. And then tracy morgan had some wise words for 30 rock costar alec baldwin about dealing with the paparazzi. In a New York Times interview, morgan saying chill out, raise your family. And that the paparazzi have a job to do, too. Morgan is no stranger to controversy, as many of you know, having made gay slurs on stage. And simon cowell getting quite the surprise after this 79yearold grandmother wowed the britains got talent audience. Take a look. Thats exactly what i was saying. 79, man. She was holding on around the guys neck all on her own. Oh, no problem at all. You would consider that youd be worried about how strong her joints were at 79, going on 80, lut bo look at her. Fantastic. Im richard lui. We hope this is just your first stop of the day here on nbc. When youre 80, can you do this, you think . Leading the news in the uks telegraph, vials of deadly sars virus go missing in france. More than 2300 tubes from a highsecurity lab in paris evidently. The man in charge says they, quote, looked for boxes everywhere. From nbc philadelphia, a male officer dresses as amish woman to scare flasher. Sergeant chad adams went above and beyond after he learned a man was exposing himself to amish children on their way home from school. No arrest was made, but adams believes he scared away the perp. Indias top court has decided to officially recognize a third gender. Its a landmark verdict that allows people to identify as transgender on official documents. The court ruled its the right of every human being to choose their gender. An estimated 3 million indians are transgender. The ncaa has announced College Athletes can now receive unlimited meals and snacks. The new rule applies to both scholarship athletes and walkons. This changes an old rule which only allowed scholarship athletes three meals per day. And a hair salon in london getting a surprise visit from two north korean officials recently. They were from the nearby embassy and upset with the haircut. No, it wasnt theirs. It was the one on a poster out front. Now, the poster showed leader kim jongun with the caption bad hair day . 15 off all gents cuts through the month of april. Cant do that to the great leader. Must not. Well, caught on tape. Burglar with a baby in the room. A 2yearold was sleeping in his crib when the intruder climbed in from the window. The parents were sound asleep but were mortified to later watch the intruder keep their baby company. The intruder watched the baby sleep from the cribs side, shining his flashlight and later rob from another home. Whats the guy looking for . Youre in the babys room. What are you going to steal . Diapers . Hes hanging out with a baby on top of that. No reason, no rhyme, my friend. He