John stamos makes it official announcing full house is returning to tv. What hes revealing about the spinoff and whos already on board today. Tuesday, april 21st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Boy, its been some wrenching days in boston. We had the Boston Marathon finish yesterday. A lot of joy and resilience. Now a life or death decision in the courtroom. The penalty phase beginning this morning at the Boston Marathon bombing trial. The same jury that convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the attack now has to decide his fate. Justice correspondent Pete Williams is in boston. Pete, good morning to you. Matt, good morning. The jury must decide between two options. Death by lethal injection or life in prison without the possibility of parole. To choose the Death Penalty, the verdict must be unanimous. Boston prepares for the trials second phase with no overwhelming call for capital punishment. The parents of Martin Richard are pushing for a life sentence with no right of appeal saying now is the time to turn the page, end the anguish. A similar call from newlyweds who both lost legs in the bombing. They said, quote, we must overcome the impulse for vengeance. Heather abbott says it wouldnt fix anything. Its not going to affect me and not going to affect my life at all. Because im never going to get my life back. Reporter but karen broussard, permanently injured by shrapnel says tsarnaev does not deserve to live even in prison. He was grown enough, intelligent enough to make the decision knowing what was going to happen to people. Reporter defense lawyers will argue that he was 19 at the time of the bombings, a troubled adolescent dominated by an older brother who radicalized him. When Police Arrested him, they found he had written a message in the boat in watertown where he hid saying his older brother achieved paradise. Boston globe columnist questions whether jurors should give him that same outcome. It would be supremely ironic if a jury here in boston would do what he was not willing or not able to do that night in watertown and that is to make himself a martyr. Reporter unlike in a regular trial, there could be no hung jury outcome. If the verdict is not unanimous, the sentence is automatically life in prison. When you talk about life in prison, a lot of people not clear. Explain exactly what he would face if that is what hes sentenced to. Reporter well, we dont know what prison he would be sentenced to serve his life in. But it would probably be the super max prison in colorado where a number of other terrorist bombers having sentenced. So the jury has to think about what kind of punishment would it be for a 21yearold to know hes going to spend the rest of his life in a prison where hes in solitary confinement 23 of every 24 hours. That may weigh on the jury. Thank you very much. The second Boston Marathon since the attack was held on monday. An emotional moment caught our eye. 27yearold Rebecca Gregory who lost her leg in the bombing crossing the finish line after running the final threeplus miles after testifying at the trial she vowed to do that. Before the race, gregory posted on facebook, this is the day i take my life back. I love thats where the focus is this morning as it should be. Move down to baltimore where Six Police Officers are on administrative leave this morning as investigators try to figure out how a 25yearold man suffered a fatal spine injury while in custody. Tom costello is in baltimore for us this morning. What are you hearing from officials . Reporter the Police Commissioner here says freddy gray had no other injuries other than that fatal spinal cord injury. The question this morning, was it the result of an accident or did something criminal occur to cause his fatal injury . [ screaming ] reporter its been nine days since 25yearold freddy gray was arrested, then dragged to a Baltimore Police van at some point suffering a spinal cord injury that claimed his life a week later. The arrest captured on cell phone video provided by the family attorney. Now Police Acknowledge gregory requested medical help but they waited 40 minutes. He was having trouble breathing where we probably should have asked for paramedics. Reporter police now released Surveillance Video from nearby cameras but the moment of the injury was not captured. Monday evening protesters were again on the streets demanding answers. Were very, very concer that this is a pattern here in baltimore. Reporter in the past four years more than a hundred people have either won Court Judgements or settled with baltimore over Police Brutality and civil Rights Violations prompting the mayor to ask the Justice Department to investigate even before this incident. Does this city have a problem with Police Brutality . I think this city has had a history of that. I think this country has had a history of that. Reporter this morning baltimore is again on edge. Police say they initiated that chase with gray because he made eye contact with them and then began running. When he caught up with them, he had no drugs, no gun, just a single knife. And he had a minor rap sheet. Friends say he was not in any way a violent individual. One last point. The Police Commissioner said there was a camera inside the police van but it didnt record anything. It only allows the driver to see whats going on in the back. Back to you. A lot of questions. Tom costello in boston for us, thank you. Tension with cell phone cameras seems to be boiling over in communities. Take a look at this incident caught on video. A los angeles video shows someone snatching the camera from her hands, smashing it to the pavement before kicking it toward her. Law enforcement agencies were in the area responding to a call at a local bar where members of a motorcycle gang were said to be meeting. But nbc news has not been able to confirm what the woman was recording or why the officer got so angry. But clearly its a tense situation on streets in many communities across the country. Absolutely. Meantime, if you have blue bell products in your refrigerator, youll want to listen up. Amid growing concerns over listeria, the company is now recalling all of its products nationwide. Craig melvin is here with what we need to know about this. Reporter good morning to you. Blue bell makes everything from ice cream to frozen snacks and issued its first ever recall last month when several deaths were connected to ice cream. That illness was connected to texas and initiated a new program that has uncovered even more contaminated samples. The Blue Bell Creameries nationwide recall includes ice cream, frozen yogurt, and frozen snacks. Distributed in 23 states and international locations. Mondays decision was prompted by a test that revealed the Chocolate Chip Cookie dough half gallons contained listeria. It was said the plant in texas was the source of the outbreak that infected five adults in kansas, three of whom died and has sickened another three adults in texas. Blue bells chief executive and president apologized in a videotaped message on the website. We are heartbroken over this situation and apologize to all of our loyal blue bell fans and customers. Reporter the cdc estimates about 1600 cases of listeria happen every year in the United States resulting in about 260 deaths. Symptoms include headaches, nausea, fever, abdomenal pain, and diarrhea. It can be especially serious in young children, the elderly, or anyone with a weakened immune system. Meanwhile blue bell is still trying to track down the source of the contamination. Our entire history has been dedicated to making the very best and highest quality ice cream we possibly could. And were committed to fixing the problem. Reporter so few takeaways. If youre worried how your family might be affected by this recall, consumers who bought blue bell products are urged to return products for a full refund. If you ate anything and are exhibiting symptoms, get to the hospital for a full checkup. And make sure to clean any surface in your home that may have come in contact with any potentially contaminated products. And the old adage is if youre worried about it, throw it out. Better safe than sorry. Thank you very much. Lets turn to politics now. Hillary clinton is pushing back hard against questions about her familys charitable foundation. This as she campaigns in New Hampshire for a second day. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has the latest on that. Good morning. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning to you. Hillary clinton resigned from the Family Foundation when she became a candidate for the presidency last week nap has not stopped all those questions about the Foundations Fund raising. In New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton tried to stick to her lowprofile campaign plans but faced questions about whether she to donors for her Family Foundation and people who hired her husband to speak. Well, were back into the political season and therefore, we will be subjected to all kinds of distraction and attacks. And im ready for that. Reporter the upcoming book clinton cash by a former bush aide cites two examples. Earthquake reconstruction in haiti and the Columbia Free trade agreement. The Clinton Campaign says those were obama policies. He cherry picked information thats been disclosed and woven a bunch of conspiracy theories about it. Reporter before she was confirmed as secretary of state, the white house said the clintons agreed to disclose foreign gifts and bill clintons paid speeches for review. I know theres been a lot of accusations made about this. But not a lot of evidence. Reporter republicans are not letting up. They seem to be capitalizing on their service in government. It reminds me of people using the system to enrich themselves and it looks unseemly. I think a lot of americans are in. Agree with me. Reporter bill clinton tries to keep working for the foundation. Monday night he was spotted near their Washington Home in distinctively pink running shoes. And the foundation did last week stop taking money from arab countries that discriminate against women after criticism of that. And the questions do continue. Andrea, thank you very much. Now to natalie whos still following that disaster in the mediterranean. Good morning, everyone. Prosecutors now starting to build the case against the traffickers responsible for what might be the mediterraneans worst migrant disaster after a boat carrying hundreds of people capsized this past weekend. Richard engel is in italy again with the latest for us. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. A prosecutor said the captain and the first mate of that ship that capsized over the weekend have been arrested. They were found among the very few survivors. Theyre being charged with multiple counts of reckless homicide. Anywhere between 400 and 900 deaths. This is the area of lampedusa. One of the front line positions as it searches for mie. Grants. After midnight the boats pull into lampedusa off the coast. This italian ship is loaded with around 90 people from syria and africa rescued from a rubber dinghy just hours earlier. Italy is the gateway for migrants into europe. Every week thousands arrive just like this. Rescued in boats, loaded into buses. Now being taken off to be processed and they hope to start new lives. To get a seat on one of these buses, they take huge risks. A boat ran aground yesterday in greece crashing in Shallow Water near the coast. Three died, 90 rescued. It was one of just three migrant ships in distress at the time. For europe this is a politically charged Immigration Crisis and a moral dilemma. Some argue the rescue mission encourages those to take the journey with the hope theyll be found, saved, and taken in. Without patrols, migrants have still been coming and drowning. More than 1500 so far this year. In the wake of all these recent disasters, Officials Say italy plans to increase patrols. Richard engel for us, thank you. Growing tensions in the middle east this morning after a u. S. Aircraft carrier was sent to the waters off yemen to block any iranian weapon shipments to rebels. The uss Theodore Roosevelt is on its way along with normandy. In response to reports that iranian ships are heading toward yemen. The drummer for ac dc pleaded guilty today to a charge of threatening to kill. The 60yearold has been out on bail since his arrest last november. He court heard he was unhappy about his album and asked someone to be taken out. Rudd will be sentenced in june. Some dramatic moments on a texas highway caught on a dash board camera this past weekend when Police Officers found the man unconscious with his clothes on fire inside a burning suv. Take a listen what happens. Okay, come on, man come on, man come on stay with us stay with us come on, man pull him back. Pull him back. The man remains hospitalized. He is alive thanks to the heroic action of those Police Officers. And a frightening moment on monday when a fan was hit in the head by a foul ball. The video is tough to watch. It happened between the pirates and the cubs. The ball youll see goes off the bat straight back there into the net behind the home plate and hits the woman in the head. The net there to protect fans, but it does have give. So if youre standing next to it, youre not totally protected. The game was delayed 23 minutes while she was taken to the hospital. She was conscious, alert, and talking so some good news. And a much lighter moment at the ballpark monday night. This one in seattle. Mariners second baseman hits a foul ball down the line. Take a look. The ball girl gives it to that young mariners fan in the front row. But he throws it right back. Sometimes fans throw the ball back when the opposing team hits a home run. That wasnt the case here. The girl gave it back to him. And he held onto it the second time around. Finally said this is a keeper. You could see his mouth go oh. Oh, thats what you do. I didnt realize those screen hs that much give you could get hit behind them. Thats a good thing to know. Thank you so much. Mr. Roker is back. Hello. Thanks so much. Were back also with more bad weather in wyoming. For the second time in a week, i80 closed because of a multiplecar accident. Take a look at this video. Were not going to show it. Okay. There it is. As you can see, were talking about multiple injuries. One person killed, at least 25 vehicles involved. Icy conditions and fog. Somebodys been arrested for vehicular manslaughter charged with that because of their reckless driving. Now here in the northeast, were watching these showers and thunderstorms push through. More rain in boston as it continues. Yesterday a rainy day for the Boston Marathon. But by afternoon, youll be looking at sunshine. This pesky upper level low causing snow around the great lakes. For us it spawns another system, brings more rain again tomorrow. Look what happens to the temperatures. Warmer than usual for today, but then that front moves through. We start to stay mild along the coast but cools down inland. By the time we get to thursday, anybody anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees below average. By friday were in the low 50s to upper 40s. Its like spring just cant get a grip on things. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Dark enough. You can see the stars. One bold choice leads to another. Toyota. Lets go places. Happy tuesday to you. Im meteorologist Christina Loren. This is the Santa Clara Valley from atop mt. Hamilton. We have wide spread low cloud cover standing all of the way inland this morning. A little bit of drizzle out there. We are expecting some light shower activity as we head throughout the day today. Temperatures are in the mid 50s. Its not too cold. We are on our way to low 70s for the north bay. 69 degrees in the south bay. Then as we head through tomorrow better chance for showers. Hope you have a great day. And thats your latest weather. All right, al. Thank you so much. Coming up should John Hinckley jr. , the last man to shoot a u. S. President , be permanently released from a Mental Hospital . Why he could be closer to freedom. Plus were they misled . The couple suing a sperm bank after what they uncovered about their donors background. And tamron get ready for a fuller house. John stamos breaks news that fans of his sitcom waited 20 years to hear. Well have more. First this is od coming up on trending, are men actually more cliquish than women . Probably. Plus grab the tissues for day two of our make your today week of surprises. This morning were fulfilling under loud music this is the place. Their beard salve is made from sustainable tea tree oil and kale. You, my friend, recognize when a trend has reached critical mass. 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