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Lives who do so much. Today, sunday, may 11th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. I want to say happy mothers day to you two, my wife, my mom, all the mothers out there. Happy first mothers day to you. Thank you very much. Very exciting. Youve had a couple. Any advice . Take full advantage of people wanting you to take a break. You are wearing a gift from yes. My older son weston made this for me last year. This year he made me this beautiful bracelet. And another pin which youll see later. So thank you. Very nice. Weve got a big day planned for moms. We do. We have quite a morning out on our plaza. Pampering. Youre seeing it happening right now. So weve got manis, massages. We even have a brunch planned for moms joining us on the plaza a little bit later. A big celebration to come. Before we get to that we do have serious news to start off with. That nasty weather system that could spawn a number of strong tornadoes later today. Kansas and missouri got hit on saturday when at least 14 tornadoes touched down. Luckily there are no reports of any serious injuries. As we said, theres more Severe Weather expected ahead. Dylan is keeping an eye on it for us. Dylan . Lester, it is going to be a very active day today. Even more so than yesterday. And todays biggest threat with the tornadoes that are likely in the iowa area, especially around des moines, its the long lasting tornadoes. The ones that stay on the ground for an extended period of time. And they cause the most damage. We could see ef3 or higher tornadoes develop. That means winds could be greater than 136 miles per hour. Its an area in parts of iowa where we are already going to see these storms continue to spread eastward. You can see some heavy thunderstorms developing right now. This yellow box here, thats your severe thunderstorm watch box. These will continue to move up to the north and east and redevelop later on this afternoon. From des moines right over into sali salina. Thats where were going to see our strongest threat of isolated tornadoes developing today. Besides that from san angelo, texas, southwestern michigan and into indiana, we still could see strong storms that produce Straight Line wind damage, hail and torrential downpours. But its right in through here, including parts of nebraska, into kansas and into iowa where we could see some of those long track tornadoes develop. Thats something well certainly be keeping an eye on later on today. Eri erica . Dylan, thanks. History was made in the nfl draft last night when michael sam was picked by the st. Louis rams. In that moment he became the first openly gay player to be drafted into the league. You see him there receiving the news. Heres Miguel Almaguer with more. Reporter he waited three days and nearly seven rounds. The nfl draft almost over when history was made. With the 249th pick of the 2014 nfl draft, the st. Louis rams select michael sam, defensive end, missouri. Reporter sam received the news over the phone. The emotions, the weight of the moment, nearly too much to handle. Surrounded by loved ones, sam, who came up publicly in february, is the nfls first openly gay player to be drafted. Late saturday, sam spoke to nbc affiliate ksdk in st. Louis. Im proud to give everything i got for st. Louis. So many people are proud of the st. Louis organization for being the one to make history. Reporter at missouri, sam was a Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year. An allamerican standout. But he performed poorly at the nfl combine where teams view prospective players. Sams stock appeared to drop. While many questioned whether a pro team would select an openly gay players. Others wondered how hed match up in the nfl system. With michael sam, the issue is where where does he fit in the nfl. There are questions that there isnt a clear position for him at the nfl level. I think that hurt him more than anything else. Reporter but sam has p persevered before. Today welcomed by new teammates and celebrated by those who call him a pioneer. Were going to rock it. Next season and all the seasons to come, were going to be rocking in st. Louis. Reporter hes made history. And now hes ready to play ball. For today, Miguel Almaguer, nbc news. Now to new details on that deadly hot air balloon accident in rural virginia. This morning we know what caused it to catch fire and explode in the middle of the sky. As we learn more about the victims onboard, luke russert continues to follow the story for us. Luke, good morning. Reporter good morning, lester. While two of the victims have been found, all three have been identified. This as we begin to learn more details about just what went wrong on that hot air balloon flight. Officials say the balloon was coming in for a landing when it hit a live wire, sparking a fire that set the balloon back up into the air. The fire spread quickly. Reporter with the flames cutting the balloon off from its basket, leaving its three passengers to a horrific fate. We have had reports, weve also seen video that people have provided us, that does appear to have two individuals who possibly leaped or possibly fell from the basket. Reporter carrie hagerbradley saw the balloon engulfed in flames. They were just screaming for anybody to help them. Help me, help me, sweet jesus, help me, im going to die, oh, my god, im going to die. One killed was pilot dan kirk, the owner of the balloon. Seen here in a videoposted on his companys website. The other two onboard were part of the staff of the Womens Basketball team at the university of richmond. With the university saying it extends its prayers and thoughts to the families of ginny doyle and natalie lewis. Seen here together on doyles instagram account. Before the flight in another photo posted on instagram, doyle wrote, quote, getting ready to go up in a hot air balloon today. Tried at 6 30 a. M. But it was too foggy. Well go up this evening. Anxiety. Crews are still searching for lewis with her family saying in a statement, we remain hopeful and ask for your continued prayers. Meanwhile, as for the investigation we will examine the man, the machine and the environment. Reporter now, lester, while hot air balloon accidents remain rare in the United States and the cause of this one is still unknown, interestingly enough, earlier in april the ntsb sent a letter to the faa recommending more oversight of the industry. Saying, quote, accidents highlight operational deficiencies in commercial air tour balloon operations. Such as operating in unfavorable wind conditions and failure to follow flight manual procedures. Something to keep an eye on as we move forward. Luke russert, thanks very much. We go overseas now where extremist violence rages on in nigeria as the search for those kidnapped schoolgirls intensifies. Rallies of support have continued throughout the weekend for the girls both here in the United States and across the globe. Stephanie gosk is in nigeria near the capital of cameroon. Good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. The Nigerian Government continues to be criticized for its response to this kidnapping. Rallies are still being staged in the u. S. And europe and in nigeria. In an effort to deflect some of that criticism, the defense ministry, a spokesman for the defense ministry, came out and said they are moving to battalions of troops into the northern part of the country. The same region where that radical group, boko haram kidnapped theekidnap ed these girls nearly a month ago. The spokesman also said theyve thrown 250 air force over the region. He didnt have any knowledge of the whereabouts. Violence continues. In militant attacks a key bridge in that area, there was an hours long battle and gunfight over the bridge in an attempt, it seems, to prevent the military from following them into a nearby forest. There was also an attack on the families of a Police Officer in cameroon in the north. They abducted that family. And consider this fact. The International Rescue Committee Says that hundreds of refugees are fleeing nigeria on a daily basis into neighboring niger. Of those, 80 are women. 80 . Erica . Scary, scary picture. Stephanie gosk for us this morning, thanks. Pope francis is the latest International Figure to add his voice to the growing plea to bring back our girls. He tweeted on saturday, let us all join in prayer for the Immediate Release of the schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria. Social media continues to play a pivotal role in spreading information about the crisis. But can a Twitter Campaign actually get results . Kristen welker takes a look for us. Reporter the hashtag bring back our girls has gone viral. With more than a million retweets, its now an international rallying cry for helping the missing girls in my jeer ya. But critics like conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh say it wont accomplish a thing. The sad thing here is the low information crowd thats puddling around out there on twitter is going to think were actually doing something about it. Reporter nigerianamerican writer teju cole is equally skeptical. Tweeting your new interest simplifies nothing. Solves nothing. But journalist and author Sally Armstrong disagrees. Armstrong points to the fact that in the days after bring back our girls began trending, nigeria accepted offers for help from the international community. This is working. Bring back our girls. You have now equipment in nigeria that they never had before. They didnt have drones. They didnt have the kind of strategies that the uk are bringing in. Reporter this isnt the first social Media Campaign for justice. Kony 2012 was tweeted more than 2 million times after a documentary was posted about war criminal joseph kony. The campaign eventually fizzled and kony is still at large. The problem with maybe a cam p pain like this, while it gets action now, the point of hashtags is whats trending, whats hot with the media. Reporter one thing is not up for debate. Social media can give a voice to people who are otherwise deprived of one. In fact the bring back our Girls Campaign back in nigeria. Cries for help that quickly went all the way to the white house. For today, kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. Time for a look at the rest of the mornings top stories. Jenna has those for us. Good morning again. Hey, guys. Good morning. We begin in Eastern Ukraine today where voting is under way on a referendum that would split part of the region from the rest of the country. Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in ukraine this morning. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning. The Ukrainian Government calls this referendum illegal. Washington has already said it wont recognize the results. That has not stopped people from coming and casting their ballots. Here in the city of mariupol weve seen thousands voting. They want to break away from ukraine. Many want to join up with russia. This is the prorussian community in ukraine. They say the governments in kiev, the Ukrainian Government no longer represents them and is, in fact, openly hostile to them. Theres been a lot of violence in this city. Just a few days ago ukrainian soldiers moved in and tried to drive out prorussian separatists. In the process they killed many civilians here. That antagonized a lot of the people driving them to cast this ballot today to separate from ukraine. The results are expected in a few days. But this entire process shows just how divided this country is right now. Jenna . Richard engel. Thank you very much. Six months after a shooting at one of new jerseys biggest malls, shoppers there are rattled again. A car fire in the parking lot of Garden State Plaza mall was mistaken for gunshots saturday night. The scare caused police and federal agents to swarm the area and force people to evacuate. Officials say the cars battery or fuel tank caught fire and caused a small explosion. Thousands of pieces of unidentified human remains from the september 11th terror attacks are now sitting in the space below ground zero. Draped in american flags, cases filled with remains were transferred saturday from the medical Examiners Office in manhattan to the same building that houses the 9 11 memorial museum. That museum is opening later this month. History is made at the u. S. Naval academy. The academy held its first ever samesex wedding saturday for one of its graduates and his partner. The couple tied the knot in front of their two children. And about 100 guests. But first, she had to take a selfie. Dont we all . First Lady Michelle obama delivered the commencement speech at Dillard University in new orleans. The schools class president introduced miss obama to the crowd and then oh, she did. She snapped a selfie with her. Why . Because she can. The first lady told the students to stay hungry for education. And breakfast. I added that last part. Im sure breakfast was important as well. Finally this morning Barbara Walters got a little revenge on saturday night live. After years of listening to jabs about her distinctive tv voice the veteran journalist, set to retire later this week, appeared on snls weekend update to get the last laugh. Heres her number one tip for finding success in the news business. Develop a signature voice that no one will forget. Wait. Is that not your real voice . No. This is my real voice. Hello, im bawa wawa. And, with that, she gained a lot of laughter. Probably a lot of popularity. Good for her. That was great. Its really great when people can come on, play around, make fun of themselves a little bit. What we do here sometimes. Every day. Dylan is back with a check for the rest of the countrys mothers day forecast. Besides Severe Weather in the middle of the country we have snow in denver. Could be up to seven inches of snow in the metro area. Aspen could get 10 to 12 inches of snow. How is that for a mothers day forecast . Again, the biggest area of concern, parts of eastern kansas, nebraska into iowa. Thats where we could see our strongest storms today including long track tornadoes. So something we certain and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thanks. Up next on today, pandas. Need we say anymore . We need to look at them every few months. Time again. Weve got some popular animals about to embark on a very big journey. Arent they fun to look at . My day is complete now. 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That moment is here for 5yearold x e long and 3yearold po. The boys are going to china to breed. Reporter giant pandas nearly died out in the wild. To reverse the status, china loans out many of its pandas to foreign zoos. They and cubs they produce much return eventually. The captive population of pandas is doing well. Reporter their older brother made this trip to china four years ago. On a fedex panda plane. Panda express, if you will. The pair was scheduled to join them last year. But the zoo wanted to fatten them up before sending them home. Reporter for months its been pandamonium at the zoo. Its not a sin to adore cute. Reporter abigail came decked out in her panda hoodie. Even panda earrings. I adore pandas. I have a huge collection at home. Reporter but there will be no shortage of pandas here. Not going anywhere, their mom, who drew a lot of attention last year when she gave birth to twins. Theyre sticking around, too. For now. Were going to have to say goodbye to x elon and po. How excited are we to have these twins . First twin giant pandas to survive in the United States ever. Reporter you can see cuteness runs in the family. For today, gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. Still to come on a sunday today, the kindness of strangers and how it changed one homeless mans life. That story still ahead. Up next, well check in on our lucky moms out there on the plaza who are spending the morning with us getting pampered, as they should be. Thats right after this. You can hide uneven skin tone from here. And here. But what about here . [ female announcer ] neutrogena® visibly even daily moisturizer with a clinically proven soy complex. It diminishes the look of dark spots in 4 short weeks. And just like that your skin will look radiant and more even. Even from here. [ female announcer ] visibly even moisturizer and new bb cream. From neutrogena®. Were back on this mothers day. We are treating a group of moms to a morning of spa treatments right here at 30 rock. Thats right. The spa at the Peninsula Hotel has transformed our plaza into the ultimate relaxation zone. Jenna is outside with some of those deserving moms. Jenna, how is it going . I tried to work myself in. Everybodys extremely busy with all the reflexology. What did i just call this right now . The i the ipn . Whats that stand for . I forgot. Im glad we practiced that. Isnt this nice, right, ladies . All i care about is are you enjoying yourself . Its absolutely wonderful. Are you appreciating mothers day . Yes, i am. Lets walk over here. You look extremely well rested. Are you . Absolutely. Even though its early. Yes. Absolutely. Youre a mom, right . Who isnt rested with an 8monthold . Oh. Is it feeling good, though . Are you happy you came out . Extremely. Thank you. Do you want this to never end. No, never. Okay. Im going to spend some time with these guys out here. Were doing really important work. Well send it back inside. Jenna, thanks. We hope jenna can get a chair. Dont go too far. Our mothers day extravaganza is only beginning. As we head into the break, another look at the pictures as we head into the break, another look at the pictures youve been sending us thits not the limit yoursh hard earned cash back card. Its not the confused by rotating categories card. Its the nocategorygaming, nolookpassing, clearthelaneim goingupstrong, backboardbreaking, cash back card. This is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. Unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, every single day. Ill ask again. Whats in your wallet . So do tire swings this is our ocean spray cranlemonade. Its good, oldfashioned lemonade. Only better whoa [ splash ] ocean spray cranlemonade. A bold twist on an old favorite. From the big screen to Small Screens near and far twizzlerize your entertainment every day with twizzlers. The twist you cant resist. Welcoheyback. Really . Kiss your abs goodbye. Cardiologist to check stand 1. Crystal geyser Alpine Spring water . Touce. Crystal geyser. Always bottled right at the mountain source. Good sunday morning. And happy mothers day to you. Were looking live at the eastern span of the bay and the port of oakland. Im kris sanchez along with rob mayeda. You see a camera bounce around. A little bit, but notice the temperature there. 60 in san francisco. The winds are now starting to pick up out of the north and turning offshore, which means a warmer day today. Unlike the ocean air conditioning on overdrive we saw through the afternoon yesterday. Those winds begin to change direction, well see our temperatures warm up about 5 to 10 degrees versus the high temperatures we saw yesterday. Despite the chilly start, a few spots in the valley, well be in the 80s for the afternoon, and the winds will pick up as we head to sunset tonight. These will be north winds, which means the temperatures outside looking warmer. Were talking 80s around sarah toga and morgan hills. 70s today in san francisco. If you head to the north bay and trivalley, two locations in the 80s today that could be approaching 90 tomorrow and upper 90s, by the way, in the forecast as we approach wednesday. Thanks, rob. New this morning, San Jose Police shot a teenage suspect who officers say tried to ram into them with a stolen car. Police say the juvenile was driving a car that was reported stolen when he was spotted near story road and mccreary avenue just before midnight. Officers say when they tried to pull the suspect over, the driver ran the sedan into the patrol car. One of the officers fired her gun at the suspect, hitting him at least once. The teen was taken to a nearby hospital. A teenage girl who was a passenger in the suspects car at the time was not injured but was also taken into custody. Police have not released the suspects condition. The wife of a man who police say was shot and kill because of road rage is speaking out this weekend. Fuclam was shot several times. He and another driver nearly collided before lam got out of the car to talk to the other driver and thats when the passenger in the suspects vehicle fatally shot him. Her husband, who would have turned 38 this week, was the sole bread winner of the family and she doesnt know how shes going to be able to support two children, including one who has severe autism. San jose officers wanted to help support the family. We have a link to that page on our website. Just go there and do a search for donation. This morning, were hearing from the chp officer who rescued a tiny dog from the middle of a busy freeway in the east bay. They tweeted this photo of the officer and the chihuahua on interstate 680 in walnut creek on friday. They surrounded the dog so he didnt get away and get hurt. The dog is now safe at the contra costa animal shelter, ready for a forever home and plenty of people lined up to adopt it. Coming up, from joe cool to joe tech. A new team and a new challenge for 49ers legend joe montana. All the days news coming up for you right here at 7 00. To all the moms out there, have a wonderful mothers day thanks to my mom, carry, for being the best mom ever. And my wife, i love you so much for all you do for our kids. You rock, mom mama told me thered be days like this. She never said theyd be this good. My mom told me to fight for anything i want. I want to be on the today show and im here. Happy mothers day i think were missing a party outside. I know, we are. Were back on a sunday morning. It is mothers day, may 11th, 2014. What a gorgeous day we have here in new york. Perfect day. Weve got moms on our plaza. Weve got the crowd starting the celebrations off. Were going to head outside to see them in just a little bit. Were really thrilled everybodys come down. It worked out really well. Were going to pamper a lot of these moms. First the mornings top headlines. A serious storm threat today with the possibility of dangerous tornadoes across this countrys midsection. This just one day after more than a dozen touched down in kansas and missouri. Tornadoes, that is. Officials say a live wire is to blame for that hot air balloon explosion and crash in virginia. The balloon hit the wires as it was coming down for a landing. Michael sam becomes the first openly gay player to be drafted in the nfl. He was selected late saturday by the st. Louis rams. Still to come in this half hour, dylans turn to spend some quality time with one of her biggest fans. We had such an incredible day on the golf course. Im not saying we had an incredible round of golf. No. We had an incredible time. Brian and i had a blast. I cant wait to share this whole story with you. They are such an amazing couple. It was such a fun day. Its fun, isnt it . Its really great. A good time. Our mothers day would not be complete without a brunch just for moms. Celebrity chef danielle fonder is whipping up lobster and shrimp. And a champagne cocktail. Some of our moms from the plaza are going to join in on the fun. Plus, the man handing out roses. You may have seen mark rivera. Hes billy joels saxophonist. Were going to get a Live Performance from him coming up in a little bit. We got to hear a little preview earlier this morning. Fantastic. Youre really in for a treat. We begin this half hour with a story that is sure to put a smile on your face. A man who was homeless for 20 years waking up now in a place of his own. Thanks so an internet frankster a prankster and a bunch of people who wanted to do something good for somebody else. Reporter lucky wasnt always a word you would use to describe eric orsby. Just a few weeks ago he was homeless. And could never have dreamed of this. This is yours. Youve got to be kidding me. Reporter a new house. And over 7 million youtube views. Thanks to a story that has touched hearts around the world. Magician prankster rohad hossain. Usually known for pranking throughthroughs with a driverless car. Or seen walking on water. Picked eric for a new kind of prank. Im going to give him this supposed winning lottery ticket. 1,000. 1,000 . Youre kidding me, right . Reporter but eric soon had a surprise for the prankster. Perhaps it was that moment that inspired generosity in others. Here. As soon as i uploaded that video, i started getting emails and messages asking, oh, where is his fundraiser page . Hey, how can i donate to him . Hossain set up a fundraiser online and collected more than 44,000 for another surprise. This is erics new house. Reporter he rented a house for a year. F furnished it. And gave eric another shock. To everybody thats helped me out, i thank you from the bottom of my heart. Reporter he now has a place of his own. And money in the bank. But the same great attitude. This is just an overwhelming thing to know that i have somewhere to lay my head because of good people. Reporter he also now has a friend for life. The magician who inspired millions, simply by giving one man a chance. For today, kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. Such a great story. Lets head outside now for a final check of the weather from dylan. And dylan, i know you have a special guest with you this morning for that upcoming forecast. Oh, yes. A very special guest. You know, sometimes making the forecast by myself is too hard. This is brian cramer. I cant wait to show you the golf story we had together. We are going to show you that in a second. You are going to love it, too. Even though we had a terrible round of golf. Thats beside the point. Lets take a look at your forecast. We do have to keep an eye out for stronger storms, especially as we go into this afternoon. Right across parts of iowa and into nebraska and kansas where we could see some of our strongest storms. Thats where we could end up with long track tornadoes, ef3 or higher. It could be very active in that zone later on today. Well focus on that. In red from texas into parts of michigan we still could see strong storms, Straight Line wind gusts and also the chance of some hail. And in denver were talking about snow. Perhaps up to seven inches in the city of denver itself. The east coast, though, will enjoy a really nice day for mothers day. Temperatures look nice and mild in the 70s. Stays warm tomorrow. Still almost in that same general area we are still going to see the chance of some very strong storms. Now, brian, its your turn. You did so well. Im just going to let you finish. Head on over to erica . Yeah. Thats your local weather. Lets head on over to erica. Thank you very much. Just ahead, were going to take a look at how that day of golfing went for dylan and her biggest fan, brian, right after these messages. Hey, whats that . Jif whips whipped peanut butter, maam. Oooh. [ store manager ] fluffy, dippable, and ohsodelicious people love it. I got one [ female announcer ] give your day a lift with jif whips. We cant keep them on the shelves. I got one we kicked it off ralast wee. We continue with dylans turn. This is brian cramer and his wife, cindy. You guys are incredible people. I was excited to spend the day golfing with brian at the Desert Willow golf course in palm desert, california. We had some highs, we had some lows. And we had a lot of laughs. I thought because were doing a Big Ad Campaign for my high school, what the hell is going on . The camera person is there just to do some footage. And dylan came on the screen. Hi, brian. Your wife cindy wrote in to tell us how amazing you are. She also mentioned that youre obsessed with golf. Like myself. So pack your bags. And join me in sunny california. I nominated my husband as dylans biggest fan. Shes real. She just seems like somebody you could sit down and chat with and have fun with. We lost our house during a major flood three years ago. Got back in november. And cindy was diagnosed in december. Three battles with cancer. Hed been there with me through everything. We started golfing as a bit of a relief and a way to get our mind off of treatments and the illness. You made me think positively. Knowing that it was going to be okay. Reporter cindy had gone through such a challenge. And there was just something so unselfish about her wanting to give back and say thank you to her husband. I love golf, regardless of how bad i am. Im going golfing with dylan. Reporter okay. Finally going to meet brian. Hey, brian hi, dylan reporter its about time. Yeah. Reporter finally get to meet you. Nice to meet you. Reporter how you doing . Great. Here. Reporter for me. Gift from cindy and i. Reporter thank you so much. Ready to go . Yes. Reporter all right. Here we go. This is going to be excellent. Reporter hole number one. Wow. Thats the best drive i have ever had. Reporter all right. No pressure now. Because that was unreal. Well, i got it on the fairway. So we just teed off. Didnt have to drive too far to get to my ball. All right. It moved. Uhoh. Uhoh. Reporter my husband is sending me tips right now. What does he say for in the sand behind a cactus . Reporter the rabbit doesnt seem too concerned. Aw, shoot. Gosh darn it. Yay. Reporter oh, shoot. Oh, brother. Yep. Reporter go did you get that . Reporter guess what . We didnt lose a ball. No. I got the same ball. Itll be dark soon. And i suppose we should get to hole 2. Now we got in our groove. Reporter yeah. We found our groove. Cheers. Cheers to three good ones. Being in a course like this and in this environment is just once in a lifetime. Despite the tough shots, it was a ton of fun. Reporter now were wbuddies. Weve been driving around for the last three, four hours. Has it been that long . Reporter thats how much fun you were having. Its gone fast. It was a lot of fun. That was gorgeous. It was beautiful. We did get better. That was the first hole. I love watching the sunset throughout we lost a lot of daylight while we were playing. But did you have fun . I had a blast. I really had a lot of fun just sitting down and having lunch and getting to meet and talk to you. Obviously, my first shot on hole 1 was the highlight for me. He started out real strong. Yeah. Then your long pitch on 9. Went right at the pin. That was good. It didnt make it on camera. But the word shoot is apparently a part of golf. Sometimes it was shoot. Sometimes it was something more foul. Cindy, i was certainly touched by your story. How you feeling . Im doing well. You have some good news recently. We got good news this week. Had a p. E. T. Scan and blood work and my blood work shows that i am cancer free. Thats fantastic. So nice to have you guys for this morning. You were right. Exactly what you said. Why you wanted to hang out with dylan. She is so real and shes so fun. Were so lucky to hang out with her every weekend. I was the lucky one in this story. It was such an honor for me. Welcome to our today family. Now youre stuck with us. Were not done this morning. Just ahead, well continue to celebrate mom with a special brunch. First here are more picturing you sent in for this mothers day. We are back after this. Number 1 of my 20 is for chacne. You know, chin acne. Uhhuh. Not to brag, but i have the chin of a teenager. Here you go. Dinges for everyone when i get hangry anything within arms reach could be part of my number 20. Hm, this is potpourri. Mmmm. The new amex everyday credit card, with no annual fee. Its not food. Make 20 or more purchases in a Monthly Billing period, and earn 20 more rewards. And a coat. Its membership that rewards you for the things you already buy, everyday. Whats your 20 . She walked into the room, stumbled on the stairs so i looked were back on this mothers day. You are listening to mark rivera. Hes the saxophonist for billy joel. Now hes breaking out on his own. Were going to have a performance from him in just a few minutes. Enjoying a little preview there. First its time for a mothers day brunch. We brought some of our moms from the plaza inside here to share this meal with us. Its all coming from celebrity chef danielle saunders. Dani danielle is a winner of Food Networks chopped and chopped champions. Shes also mary j. Bliges personal chef. Thank you so much for having me. You have an appreciative crowd already. I dont think they even started digging in. Go ahead and dig in. Feel free. Eat. Your style is called soul fusion. A modern and healthy take on traditional soul food, right . Yes, it is. Tell me whats on the menu. First a southern inspired dish. A lobster shrimp and grits. A take on a southern classic. I do it my way. Its a little elevated. Theres no butter. We use coconut oil instead. Highlighting ingredients that elevate it but dont alter the taste of the dish. No cream. Again, no cream, no butter. Just an elevated way to serve this southern classic. What are they drinking . Theyre drinking a fresh press juiced cocktail. Made of ruby red beets. Ginger, mint, green apple and carrot. Fresh pressed. We top it off with a champagne. Really good champagne, i should say. We see erica partaking. Ingredients, dried nuts, dried fruit. The highlight, again, theres no butter. Theres no sugar. Well, there is sugar but its a better version of sugar. Coconut palm sugar. Coconut oil which speeds up your metabolism. Full of vitamin c so its really, really good for you. These are sugar and oil alternatives. That will help make the granola . Absolutely. Mix these ingredients together. Pop it on a sheet pan with par shment. Put it in the oven at 250 degrees for 45 minutes. Thats the finished product. We have our granola. Were going to start here first. Lester, would you mind helping me you can zest or squeeze a little fresh lemon in here. Ill zest. They told me you were lester the zester. I love that. Would you mix that up for me, please . Sure will. Dylan, i need you over here if you dont helping me here first. Put a little coconut palm sugar in there . Just a little bit. Sparingly. Can we dig into the main courses . Absolutely. Feel free. Its so good happy mothers day, lester. Thanks. Happy mothers day, lester. Both of these for sweetness. A little lemon juice. All of that . No. Thats good. And a pinch of mint. Of the minced mint. Oh, this is minced mint. That adds such a nice pop of flavor. It does. It makes it really light and refreshing. Fold this in for me. Fold this with a little bit of love. So we dont break it up. Show the food some love. Its mothers day. Come on. You feel the love . I feel it. I feel it. Absolutely. All right. Were going to move down here. Youve already started. Lester, why dont you come around me so that you can start to put this together. You can actually follow the example, if you like. Its however you like it. We can drop in . You can drop some in. You can use a spoon. I dont know if thats love. Its all right. Good way to do one particular layer of you should do. You can take the other one. You can dig in as well. Doesnt matter the order. Excuse me. Again, as long as its made with love, thats all it is. Were feeling the love on this. This is really healthy. Really, really healthy. Again made with coconut oil. Coconut palm sugar. A little agave nectar. No white sugar whatsoever. That is greek yogurt. Low fat greek yogurt. It doesnt you feel not guilty cheating. You know what i mean . Our moms are chowing down and enjoying it. Grits and bacon, you need this. Its amazing. Chef danielle, great. Thank you so much. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Its been a pleasure. Ladies, enjoy your brunch. Thanks to the spa at the peninsula here in new york for making our spa day on the plaza possible. And to brooklyn dogwood for the beautiful flowers. Were not done. Coming up a special sunday morning performance from mark coming up a special sunday morning performance from mark rivera soof our new bushs bakednk beans video game . I think im getting the hang of it. Okay, now pick up the specially cured bacon hit it with the brown sugar now roll that beautiful bean footage yes bushs baked beans are slowcooked according to our secret family recipe for a big flavor. High score you get to put your name on the wall of fame whoa game over. Aww, youre no fun. Enjoy bushs baked beans. Still made from our secret family recipe. [ male announcer ] celebrate mothers day with a 4piece patio set. Now just 248 at lowes. Back now on a sunday morning with some great pictures youve been sending us. We love seeing you and your moms and your children. Keep sending them in. You tweeted out a great one of you and your mom earlier this morning. Check out lesters twitter feed for that one. Our next guest, mark rivera got his start in the professional music world playing backup saxophonist for the band foreigner. These days youll find him on stage with billy joel. Also a little bit on the side. Hes venturing out with his first solo cd. Common bond. Mark joins us this morning along with a couple of friends. Great to have you guys here. Thank you for having us. Happy mother is day. 32 years with billy joel. Whats that been like . Unbelievable, to say the least. Its a great ride. Im very blessed. You guys have been really busy lately. Weve been very busy. Hes in a great place right now. Its a very special time. Good for you. But you are sort of branching out now. Now youve got your own cd. Yes, i do. Which is pretty exciting. What made you decide now is the time for that . Its been in the works for a long time. Its not like, oh, now is the time. A couple of the songs were written quite a while ago. The most important thing, it felt like this is the music part of my life. Thats where the common bond is like all the inspirations that ive had throughout the years, throughout the decades. Were totally thrilled to have you here. Were going to let you guys take it away. Youre going to play lorraine. Lorraine. Mark rivera. Lorraine, where you gone now, my imaginations running wild ill say what you want to hear, darling if you lay your body down take the highs, take the lows, just take me home ill take all your pain and lies, if only you will let me make you smile because love is only true when im making love to you and love is only true in your blue eyes ill take the highs, ill take the lows, just take me home ill make your misery my own, sweet lorraine sweet lorraine come on down and put that record on sweet lorraine ooh, sweet lorraine, yeah you got to take me high, got to take me low, lorraine you got to bring me, only you can take me home now sweet lorraine my sweet lorraine put your records on mark rivera. That was fantastic. So great. Were you at all nervous coming out as your own solo artist . Absolutely. A little bit, yeah. But i was actually pretty geared up for it. I waited long enough. I figured may as well give it a shot. Awesome. Such a thrill to have you here. I think our moms certainly appreciate it. Theyre enjoying their brunch. We have great music here on a sunday morning. Were thrilled you came by, guys. Were you guys nervous . I play three songs. Oh, thank you thank you, my love. My 7yearold son weston came to help out this morning. Thank you. Great to have you here, weston. Thank you so much. We really appreciate it. Thats going to do it for us on a sunday morning. Thanks, everybody, for watching. Happy mothers day. Have a great day, everyone. Good morning. Im kris sanchez. Today in the bay off to an early start this morning. We have overnight news out of san jose where a Police Officer shot a teenager who tried to ram officers with a car. Plus, how San Jose Police are also trying to help a san jose mother as they search for her husbands killer. The road rage incident that moved officers to not just fight crime but to raise funds as well. And we hear from the Football Player who made nfl history off the field. 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