I do, my lady. And leader of the pack. A chimp uses a log as a ladder to scale a zoo wall, leading his buddies on an impromptu excursion. But they end up falling for the oldest trick in the book today, friday, april 11th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer along with al roker, natalie morales, and carson daly. Weve got savannah down in our Nations Capital. Hey, savannah. Good morning, guys. Beautiful morning here in washington. Ill tell you more about why im here later on. But weve got a lot to news to get to, matt. We certainly do. Lets begin with our top story on today. That tragic scene in california. A group of students involved in a deadly crash there. It happened on interstate 5 north of sacramento. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has the latest on this. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Nearly 40 students were involved coming here from Southern California to Northern California that were injured. Two are still in Critical Condition in the hospital. We now know at least ten people have died. This happened late last evening. These vehicles were traveling down interstate 5 late yesterday when the chp says there was a headon collision. A fedex big rig tractortrailer for unknown reasons, that tractortrailer crossed a Center Divide line and hit that bus head on. It was a fiery and horrific collision. Students told as they popped out of back windows, they scrambled for their lives as the bus exploded in that pieces. The remains are still being held on i5 as they work to reopen the highway. Investigators coming up from the ntsb to help look into the accident. As you mentioned, some 40 people have been injured. The death toll stands at ten. Two people are hospitalized at this facility. The investigation just beginning in the deadly crash. It will certainly take several days. Savannah, back to you in washington. Miguel almaguer, thank you. Earlier this morning, we talked to jonathan gutierrez. I asked him to describe what happened. Well, we were on the way to humboldt university. I personally was sleeping. I dont know the official story, but from what i heard, the driver in the fedex truck hit us and then we crashed. Can you take me back to the moments . What did you see . What did you hear . And what did you do . I was barely going to sleep, but i could still hear people. And then all of a sudden i heard people screaming and then when i woke up, thats when the impact hit. When the impact hit, i, like, flew from my seat to the seat in front of me and that caused the cut on my eyebrow. And then from there, i realized that we were in a bad cident and the entire aisle was full of smoke and thats when students were trying to escape the tour bus. And jonathan, i heard that you had to jump out of the bus, is that what happened . Yes. There was an emergency exit, but there was too many people in the bus that were trying to get out, so students that were there broke the windows and that helped a lot of us get out safely. Not safely, but get out of the bus. Yeah. It sounds like it was an awful, awful scene. What do you remember about what you saw when you landed, you looked around, was there fire . Was there smoke . And how quickly did the ambulances come . There was just fire in front of the bus with the fedex truck. There was people crossing the street to get to the other side with injuries. It was very, like, surreal moment. I couldnt believe it myself. But it was happening. And i think, like, ten minutes after the incident, the ambulance got there to help us. Well, youve been through so much. I know your dad came up from Southern California to come get you. What was it like when you saw him . You must have been so glad to see his face. Yes, i felt so relieved just to have him there, just to be able to, like, have someone to comfort me. Well, jonathan, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. We wish you the very best in your healing and appreciate you taking the time. Thank you. Youre welcome. Well go back to matt now in new york. All right, savannah, thank you. Now to the resignation of a key member of the obama administration. Word came late on thursday that health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius is stepping down. Her time in that role highlighted by the troubled rollout of the president s Landmark Health care law. Nbcs chief White House Correspondent and political director chuck todd has more on this. Chuck, whats the impact . Reporter well, matt, its going to be interesting. Later this morning, the president will make it official confirming that he has accepted the resignation of Kathleen Sebelius, hhs secretary, and hell be replacing her with his budget director Sylvia Burwell. Of course, sebelius, after five years on the job, its been the end of whats been a rocky tenure. 400,000 additional americans have signed up, and we expect that number to continue to grow. Reporter that was Kathleen Sebelius on capitol hill thursday, giving her a chance to turn in her resignation on a high note. While sebelius says she was not pushed out and that shes leaving on her own terms, there have been hints for months that her job could be in jeopardy after the rocky rollout of healthcare. Gov. In our interview back in november, while the president praised sebelius for the insurance product, he did question some of her management decisions. I think shed be the first to admit that if we had to do it all over again, that there would have been a whole lot more questions that were asked in terms of how this thing is working. Reporter after that rollout, she became a regular target for critics in congress. Why arent you losing your insurance . Because im part of the federal employees why arent you in the exchange . Youre in charge of this law. Will you admit it will have a higher premium . No, i do not. Reporter in addition to the management issues, the white house also lost confidence in her ability to sell the product publicly. Senior aides were not happy with how she struggled in what should have been a friendly interview with jon stewart. Businesses dont get subsidies. So they get to delay because theyre not going to get any extra money, but individuals dont, because they will . Again, theyre in the market already. Let me ask you this. Am i a stupid man . Reporter after that episode, sebelius was only seen and rarely heard. The president didnt even praise her when he claimed victory on the launch of obamacare just last week. As for Sylvia Burwell, shes likely to get confirmed. Thats not going to be the hard part. The hard part for her is shes going to have a tough confirmation process because republicans are going to see an opportunity in an Election Year to launch, once again, a campaign against health care. Chuck todd, thank you. It is a big story here in washington this morning. Thank you. Meantime, we are learning more now about the 16yearold charged in connection with that mass stabbing rampage at a pittsburgh area high school. But the question of why still remains. Nbcs Peter Alexander is following this story. Hes got the latest on the investigation. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Police investigators tell me they are still interviewing witnesses. Were here at forbes hospital where three students remain in Critical Condition. At a separate hospital in pittsburgh, the most severely wounded student, 17yearold jared boger, he is on life support. That the knife narrowly missed his heart and spine. A Community Still struggling to come to grips, an investigation still searching for answers. Sources close to the investigation tell nbc news at this time theres no evidence the suspect, 16yearold alex hribal, was the victim of bullying and no reason to believe he was targeting anyone in particular. Hribal faces attempted homicide charges. His attorney and parents met with him behind bars thursday. Hes upset. He knows hes in a world of stuff right now, and how serious it is, and he cant believe he did this, to tell you the truth. Reporter a former fbi profiler insists theres a significant difference between mass shooters and mass stabbers. For a stabber, its usually a lot more emotional. Its a lot more rageful. Its a lot more personal. Where a firearm allows you a real standoff capability, to be relatively unemotional. Reporter sophomore jeff la salle is healing at home. It just went in and out like that. Reporter moments after the attack, this lacrosse player was pulled into safety in a classroom by a teacher and another student. I thanked her so much that she was there, that she saved my life. Reporter this morning, brett hurt is finally home from the hospital. I didnt know what was going on. And the pain in my back, i realized something happened. Reporter the 16yearold sophomore was stabbed trying to protect his best friend, tracy evans, who stayed with him until help arrived. We were invited for their emotional reunion. Ive got your back always, you know that. Reporter its nice see them together again. Hribals Attorney Says he has hired a psychiatrist, matt, for a psychiatric evaluation to check out his mental state. He says when he first met with the suspect after the attack, that he was like a deer in headlights. Peter, as always, thank you so much. Natalies here. Shes got some new developments in the hunt for Malaysia Flight 370. Officials are revealing that latest signal detected in the indian ocean was not likely from the planes data recorders, but they are confident that crews are still looking in the right area. Nbcs katy tur is in perth, australia with more. Katy, good morning. Reporter hey, natalie. You are right. A little bit of housekeeping to report. The pings we were talking about yesterday were confirmed to not be part of mh 370. But still searchers say they are undeterred. The australian Prime Minister tony abbott visited shanghai today on a diplomatic mission. He told reporters out there that they are pretty sure they know where the black boxes are within a few kilometers. Now, the head of the search party Angus Houston refused to confirm that today. He refused to go that far, saying that he had no major breakthroughs to report. But they are still searching 1,500 miles northwest of where we are standing right now in perth, australia. They will continue to listen, continue to look out there. Probably for the next few days, well into next week. And thats when theyll start deploying that underwater submarine. The unmanned submarine. Bluefin21, which will start scanning the ocean floor. Natalie . Katy tur in perth, australia. Thank you. The suspect wanted in wednesdays hitandrun crash at a Daycare Center is in custody. 28yearold Robert Corchado turned himself in thursday afternoon. Hes being held on 100,000 bond. Police say corchado hit another vehicle with his suv, which then sent it crashing into the Daycare Center. The crash killed a 4yearold girl and injured 11 children. 4yearold lily quintus was sitting at a table waiting for a snack at the time. Her mother describes her as beautiful, passionate and innocent. Some new details this morning following that dramatic rescue of a kidnapping victim in atlanta. Federal authorities are now saying a prison inmate used a smuggled mobile phone to direct the kidnappers. The victim, frank arthur janssen, is the father of a prosecutor who helped put that inmate away. Authorities said the kidnappers took a picture of janssen tied up in a chair and sent it to his wife and sent her a text message saying we will send mr. Janssen back to you in six boxes if she went to police. Five people were arrested following a late night raid wednesday by the fbis elite hostage rescue team. Hillary clinton had some luck on her side in las vegas thursday when a woman threw a shoe at her during a speech. Take a look. This came just after clinton took to the stage at a Solid Waste Management meeting in mandalay bay casino. The woman walked down the aisle and threw that shoe, but as you saw, missed the former secretary of state. She then turned around and ran for the exit. The woman was arrested, of course. This isnt the first time that a highranking political figure has been involved in a shoe incident. You recall in 2008, an iraqi journalist also threw a pair of shoes at president george w. Bush at the time during a News Conference in baghdad. And mrs. Clinton had good reflexes and really quick on the quip as well, saying is this part of the Cirque Du Soleil act. I will say, president bush, much faster. Impressive. She was excellent. Youve been tracking a weather system on your phone this morning . I was playing words with friends. I cant believe you admitted to that. Must be friday. I was setting you up there. Things are a little quiet today, so we like that. Our friends in pittsburgh, shower activity making its way through ohio. Were going to be looking at rain through the afternoon. Then cloudy as we move in to the afternoon and evening hours. This thing is a quick system, it moves through bringing some showers into the northeast and new england late tonight into tomorrow, and then dry out relatively quickly. Again, a gorgeous day as you make your way out to the west. Down to the south, going to be fabulous. 72 and sunny in atlanta. 75 in denver. Going to be in the next half hour, telling you about a tale of two cities almost with denver at 73 and sunshine in los angeles. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. But ill settle for a toddler yogurt facial any day. All done, mommy. Hey, love that yogurt. Its good stuff. You uh, you got a little something. Hmm, it happens. Yogurt is number 14 of my 20. The new amex everyday credit card with no annual fee. Still good. Make 20 or more purchases in a Monthly Billing period, and earn 20 more rewards. Its membership that rewards you for the things you already buy, everyday. Whats your 20 . 7 15, happy friday to you. We do have a storm system driving up some clouds from the south that are moving to the north. Painting a really pretty sunrise out there. Overall well see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day today. Temperatures right now mostly in the 50s and headed towards the mid70s. Inland valleys today, that means comfort city. 74 degrees along the peninsula and 76 degrees for the east bay and staying pretty much level as we head throughout the weekend. Hope you have a great one. Already because we love this story. A wild one out of kansas. Clever chimpanzees making a bid for freedom. Gark, good morning to you. Matt, a group of chimpanzees decided to do exploring at the zoo yesterday sending zookeepers on a chimp hunt to bring them back. The zoo entered something called a code red lockdown for a few hours but staff said there were never any danger to visitors. A group of chimpanzees made a break for it thursday afternoon at the kansas city zoo. Around 4 00 p. M. One of the chimps broke off a 6foot tree limb in his enclosure and used it to scale the wall. We were like are they supposed to do that . Reporter the ring leader convinced six others to join him. Only two came along for the great escape. Chimps are so smart. They live in this social group. Hey, i found a way out. Come join me. Reporter Officials Say the chimps did not escape into a public area and no one was in harms way. I felt safe. We were pretty far away. Reporter as a precaution employees herded families in secure areas like bathrooms. They put us in the penguin exhibit. We had 40 people in there. Reporter after an hour and a half all chimps returned, lured to safety with malted milk balls. Reporter the primates will get the day off to think about what they did. Zookeepers will scour the enclosure looking for anything else that might be used as an escape ladder. Thank you very much. No, you figure out the log ladder thing, you dont fall for the malted milk balls. I would. That chimp is responsible for the heartbleed bug. All right. Meantime, David Letterman has announced his plans to retire and now we know who will replace him. Its Stephen Colbert. A lot of reaction. What did you think . Fantastic. Smart move. Pretty good choice. Lets see what people are saying. Stephen colbert when letterman leaves, probably 2015. The hand shake there. Jimmy fallon writes in id like to welcome the great stephen at home to network and congratulation him on his new name jimmy colbert. A busy landscape. Neil Patrick Harris wrote im thrilled. Hes a fantastic choice. Im a huge fan. Here is mindy kaling. A classy and hilarious person constantly trending on twitter. People very happy for stephen. Much more on this in our next half hour. And he says he is going to be himself, not the character. Is it colbert or colbert . Interesting. I think he has to go to colbert. Coming up the mistake that Oscar Pistorius made on the witness stand this morning, is the socalled pit bulls grilling taking a toll on the olympic sprinter . And from here in washington t mounting pressure on a married republican congressman to resign after he was caught on camera kissing a staffer. 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