Good morning. Tracking a few showers across parts of the sierra. For us a brief passing shower. Picking up a little green over towards the altyima pass. Not too bad in the 40s, near 50 degrees. Much cooler weather on tap for today. Out of the 70s, back into the 60s. More cloud cover. Again, the best chance of a brief passing shower across the east bay and south bay. Thats your latest forecast. Latest forecast. Dylan, thanks. In political news former new york city mayors kmeptcomments that obama doesnt love america are making headlines. Not everyone is quick to dismiss the idea. Chuck todd joins us this morning. Good morning. Governors are meeting in washington this weekend. Giulianis comments seem to be dominating the conversation there. Does this story, and do these comments have legs moving forward . Whats the lasting impact, especially on the Republican Party . The Republican Party is split about this in this respect. Some are like why, why is giuliani doing this . Why is he forcing the party to get into a semantics debate looking like theyre personally attacking the president , the issue of race popping in . Another part of the republican is angry at the media. Views this as a mediacreated fire storm. It fires them up a little bit. To say, this is the media out to get republicans, looking for any way to get republicans and playing gotcha with them. Thats why youve seen some of the candidates some are thinking about, what does this sound like to the vast middle of the country, and they want to denounce giuliani. Some say, what does this sound like to the base of the party, who say, fight the media on this. Dont take the bait. Thats why youve seen the mixed reaction youve seen among republicans. Chris christie is there. Hes never one to really lay low, as we know. Hes been keeping a low public profile this weekend. Were hearing more about jeb bush. Itd seem an odd time for Chris Christie to lay low. I think its because its giuliani. Theyre personally close. Its interesting, the leadership of the potential Chris Christie president ial campaign is similar to the former leadership of the giuliani campaign. I think that explains it. He doesnt want to be involved in this publicly because he doesnt want to offend giuliani or come across as antagonistic toward the president. So much to think about before you utter a word. Good to have you. Thank you. Well tune in later for meet the press. Homeland security secretary, jeh johnson as a guest. J 287the 87th Academy Awards. Theres been a lot of talk about the snubs. Well look at what might be one of the most controversial award shows in years. Reporter what is usually hollywoods golden night has a tarnish this year. Controversy surrounded the actors and films. It started when nominations came out. Heres a look at the 20 nominated actors and actresses. A lack of diversity sparking a twitter hashtag, oscars so white. I dont believe the membership of the academy is racist or there was any agenda at work here. But it was one of those things where there was a glaring omission and people called them on it. Reporter the issue hitting hard in a year that selma, a film about the civil rights struggle is among the best picture nominees. Unacceptable that they use the power and keep us voiceless. Reporter its director and actors were shut out leading some to an outcry. For others its marred by accusations as altering history, falsely portraying president johnson at odds with Martin Luther king jr. The imitation game, theory of everything and fox catcher are being called out for telling skewed versions of reallife events. Then there is american sniper. Perhaps the most con tro con tro controversial of all. The director was accused of whitewashing the story. People are using it to support the position they want. Reporter even the entrance to the Academy Awards will be debated this year. Outside of the theater, this lifesized oscar statue shows snorting cocaine, drawing attention to hollywoods drug culture. Drama before the stars stroll down the red carpet. Nbc news new york. We should note the statue has been removed. Up next, drayma at daytona. Another star is knocked out of the race after a big crash. Ive smoked a lot and quit a lot but ended up nowhere. Now. I use this. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. I want this time to be my last time. Thats why i choose nicoderm cq. I want my foyer to smell more like a foyer. I want his bedroom to smell like hes away at boarding school. Surround yourself with up to 6 hours of luxurious, longlasting scents. Introducing new unstopables air refresher. Think the tree we carved our names in is still here . Probably dead. How much fun is this . What . What a beautiful sunset. If you like sunsets. Whether youre sweet or salty. Youll love Nature Valley sweet and salty bars. Back now on a sunday morning, we are just a few hours away from nascars biggest race. The daytona 500 kicks off later today but it will do so without two of its biggers ersgest stars. Nbcs janet schamlian is on pit road this morning with more. Reporter good morning to you. On nascars biggest days the headlines are actually off the track. Kurt busch is out for alleged Domestic Assault and now his brother, kyle is also out after an accident last night thats raising serious safety concerns. This morning nascar says it made a mistake and the track is promising immediate changes. Its the crown jewel of stock car races. But the suspension of kurt busch is a dark cloud looming over nascars biggest day. The decision handed down after a Family Court Judge ruled busch, more likely than not, choked a former girlfriend. I think what pushed nascar over the edge was the amount of detail that the commissioner in delaware released in his protective order. Reporter busch denies the allegations, is appealing the court order, and hasnt been charged with a crime. But its his third suspension from racing and follows charges that another sport, the nfl, turned a blind eye to domestic violence. Buschs younger brother, kyle is now also out of the 500 after crashing into a concrete wall saturday night. Driver Jimmy Johnson on twitter say saying man, i hope kyle busch is all right. Its beyond me why we dont have soft walls everywhere. Toe in i stew stewart is racing at daytona for the First Time Since an accident that killed a fellow driver last august. But the most watched driver of the day is certain to be jeff gordon. At pole position it will be his 23rd time in the 500 and his last. I wanted to be able to go out on top or as close to the top as possible. Reporter as he kicks off his farewell season. Gordon is the undisputed face of nascar with popularity thats transcended racing even hosting saturday night live. Every time i get in a car, there is a chance i could crash and burn in front of millions of people. So i guess i am prepared for this show. Reporter gordon has made three previous trips down daytonas victory lane. Ive been racing for a very long time. People maybe dont realize i started very young. So for me i feel like im 65. Reporter hes a long way from 65. As for the race today, the track says its going to replace all of the concrete walls with kind of tire pads. But longterm, theyre going to replace concrete walls with what is called a soft wall and that what exists at many other tracks. Erica, back to you. Janet schamlian this morning, thanks. Still to come on today can you guess which oscar nominee worked as a doorman at one point, which one was a cab driver before hitting it big . Weve got a fun little quiz for you. Plus information you can us nexium 24hr. 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The rain and snow is going to continue to fall as we head through the day down across southern california. For us a fine line of who actually sees the rain. Here it is. South bay east bay. If you live there, thats the best chance of seeing more cloud cover today and a brief passing shower. If you live in the foothills, once it gets into the valley you get that rain shadow effect. We are going to see more cloud cover today. Temperatures will be cooler. If you are traveling down 5 over towards monterrey, down towards sacramento and southern california, be prepared to run into rain there. They are going to have the best chance to see showers. For us we are going to get the tail end. If you have outdoor plans, still go for it. We may still see a brief passing shower. They took their talents outside. It is being called a success all around. More than 69,000 people gathered at santa claras levi stadium to gather. The new home of the 49ers was transformed from a football field into an outdoor ice rink. They say they enjoyed the room to roam giving tailgaters a chance to stretch out. They saw fireworks and Live Performances from bay area nay natives. League Officials Say it was a successful night for the sharks organization. More than a dozen people are picking up the pieces after a threealarm fire damaged three buildings in san francisco. It happened yesterday afternoon on the corner of 15th and church street. Thats near the castro district. Take a look at this video. You can see the smoke and flames engulfing the buildings. Firefighters say it took about 20 minutes to knock down the flames. It took another hour for them to put out hotspots. Many people had to evacuate and leave behind their belongings. A firefighter was treated for exhaustion and other than that no one was reported injured. They are helping residents during this difficult time. No word on what started that fire. After the attempted kidnapping of a 14yearold girl. Police released this sketch of the suspect. He is described as a his stanic man in his 20th. He is about 59. 150 pounds with short, brown, wavy hair. The girl told police the suspect tried to pull her into his white sedan friday afternoon and she was able to get away and ran for help. Many parishioners will be wearing black to mass to protect a con tro certification pamphlet. How they plan to use the collection plate to make their point. Back to the today show. We are back sunday february 22nd 2015. Were here in new york city. The cold weather hasnt stopped these folks from coming out. Kalamazoo, good to see you. Weve got to be careful. Maybe we should put our boots on ladies. Lets catch up on the headlines. 37 people are dead after this latest round of weather. The siberian express weve been covered for you. There have been countless Car Accidents and spinouts from the icy conditions on the roads. The majority of them in tennessee, which is under a state of emergency today. Also this morning families of the three british girls who are believed to be on their way to join forces with isis are begging for the teenagers to come home. The girls have not been heard from since tuesday. Thousands of inmates at a texas prison will have to be moved after a riot there on friday. The prisoners started fires and broke into the prison yard. Still to come, they stole our hearts 35 years ago with their victory in the miracle on ice. Now 35 years after that on ice. Now 35 years after that incredible day, the men of team usa are back together and reminiscing about their amazing win. Well talk to them about it. I cant wait for that. Then coming up the red carpet is ready for hollywoods biggest night from the frontrunners expected to rirn. Lets do one more of these. Which best actor nominee worked as a cab and Ice Cream Truck driver . You want to take a guess . I say steve carell. He would be great from an Ice Cream Truck. Or as a cab driver. Are you ready for the answer . The answer is Michael Keaton. How about that. He was also working on comedy at the time. Hes going to have a big night tonight. All good stuff. How about a check of the weather . I also started as an ice cream salesman. You got fired. Lets get into all of that. Thank you very much. Lets celebrate birthday. Youre turning 10 today. Yeah. Where are you from . New york city. From right here. Is this your sister up here . Yeah. You have a brother. Thats named tristin. I have two brothers. Very cool. All right. Were figuring out everybodys relationship here on the plaza. Lets take a look at the weather going on across the country where we have ice to worry about down south. Also some snow in denver. Up north we are talking about more frigid cold temperatures working in. We could see 10 to 15 inches in the denver area. It will be a very icy commute in dallas tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning we are also looking at windchill warnings and subzero windchills down through chicago and also into the northeast as well. It is all behind this cold front thats trying to move through. Icy conditions today from western texas into dallas. Snow is very much needed out towards vail and telluride. We also look tomorrow for some of that ice to continue to expand across texas, moving into northern louisiana. It is going to be very icy through the morning. Just keep that i good sunday morning to you. Im meteorologist, anthony slaughter. We do have showers falling this morning, snow showers and rain showers. South of tahoe stretching down towards yosemite. If you are doing any traveling down towards 5, over towards monterrey, running into a brief, passing shower. Overall, most of us will stay dry. That brief shower across some of the foothills. You will notice the temperatures, chilly. You will need the jacket. This afternoon, temperatures come down about 5 degrees back into the mid60s with more cloud cover today. Thats your latest forecast. Latest forecast. It is one of the greatest moments ever in the history of american sports. 35 years ago today, a group of College Hockey players beat the russians at the olympics in lake placid the miracle on ice. Nbcs ron mott caught up with the hometown here rose thisoes this weekend. Ron, good morning. You are a lucky man to get this story. Reporter great assignment. It happened right back here 35 years ago today. Some people actually called it divine intervention. If you ask some of these players, they say, well we had a Little Something to do with it. But nevertheless what happened at the 1980 games changed america. They were mostly a bunch of college kids and amateurs facing the soviet union. But in shock being the world and their opponents, 43, these now middleaged men, some grandfathers other business leaders, left their nation awe struck even still 35 years later. Im surprised its lasted this long. Its got a lot of legs. We touched the country, touched the world. Reporter the team was honored in the arena where they pulled off the improbable renamed for their late coach, herb brooks also paying tribute to a fallen teammate, bob sutter who died in december. When did you no he that you had the game or did you ever feel when the buzzer sounded. Reporter while the soviets were considered one of the best teams ever assembled, the captain who scored the game winner said the americans werent intimidated. It wasnt a fluke. We were pretty good. We werent like a bunch of guys that got together on a saturday and said hey, lets play on an olympic team. Reporter goalie jim craig swatted away 36 of 39 shots gaining immediate hero status from coast to coast. We had a coach who had a plan. We had guys who believed in the plan. We trusted everybody. Everybody did their job. Reporter the american victory was more than a sporting accomplishment. It boosted the nations ego at a challenging time. Seems like it is a book that doesnt want to have an ending to it. Unbelievable. Reporter now a lot of people forget that the soviet game was not the gold medal game. Two days later the u. S. Squared off against finland and won 42. Players last night talked about coach brooks coming in for his pregame motivation speech. About 30 seconds. He simply said this lose this game and take it to your grave. Oh ouch i guess that will get you going. Ron mott thanks. Proud Boston University graduate member of bu guys on that time. I was lucky enough to meet mike e e eruzione a couple years ago. Such a great guy. Great stuff. Up next just who is going to walk away with an Academy Award tonight . Get out your crystal balls. 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