Injured. The latest this morning on their condition. And battling the bullies. An incredible outpouring of support for a man who was shamed on social media for his dance moves. Now a group of celebrities including pharrell and thousands of others promising to throw a party for him he will never forget. Today, sunday, march 8th, 2015. 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. Good to see we all made it. We all made it. Which is good stuff. The alarms work. Well get to that and lots more. Our top story the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 which vanished one year ago today with 239 passengers and crew aboard. Overnight we learned that the battery used to help find one of the planes black boxes was dead for more than a year before the jet vanished. Nbcs Kelly Cobeilla has more. Reporter one of the planes emergency black boxes may not have been sending out the signal because of a dead battery. The battery in the emergency beacon should have been replaced in december 2012 more than a year before that flight took off. The report blames a glitch in maintenance records. That expired battery may have made it tougher to find Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Search crews are still scanning the southern indian ocean for the wreckage. No sign as yet. The battery in the second black box was up to date. Its beacon should have been working, and both black boxes still should have recorded data. Another interesting note in that report along with the 239 passengers and crew on board, the report says the flight was carrying close to 500 pounds of lithium ion batteries, cargo that never went through security screening. The report however, sheds no new light on why the plane went down or where the wreckage might be. Craig . Thank you, kelly. Meantime in wisconsin, emotions are running high again today after police shot and killed an unarmed black teen. Nbcs Anne Thompson joins us this morning with the very latest on that story. Good morning. Erica. Wisconsin authorities want to avoid the massive and sometimes violent protests that we saw in ferguson and new york as they try to keep the state capital calm in the wake of this weekends Police Shooting. Protesters took to the streets in madison, wisconsin. Black lives matter black lives matter reporter after friday nights Police Shooting of at 19yearold Tony Terrell Robinson jr. , a young black man with no weapon. When do our children get to just be children i want to be very transparent. He was unarmed. Reporter madthe Madison Police chie who him is a 12year veteran, matt kenny. In 2007 kenny was involved and cleared, in another Fatal Shooting that was described as suicide by cop. Tapes of local police transmissions captured the start of the incident as officers responded to a complaint. Look for a male black, light skinned, tanned jacket hes outside yelling and jumping in front of cars. 19 years of age. Name it tony robinson. Reporter more police calls came in with reports robinson assaulted people before running into an apartment. The chief says kenny followed the suspect, heard a disturbance, and forced his way into the apartment where the suspect attacked him. Shots fired. Shots fired. 1247 copy. Shots fired. Reporter kenny is now on administrative leave. Robinsons family is mourning and calling for calm. Now im asking for peace. But im ask something you to stand and say this is wrong reporter the police chief calls robinsons death a tragic loss. We immediate to make it a very public show of our remorse and contrition for his loss. 19 years old is too young. In fact the chief met with robinsons grandparents Early Saturday Morning to convey his condolences in person. Under wisconsin law, when there is a case of Deadly Police force, the investigation is handled by an outside third party, in this instance the state department of criminal investigation. It is a tragedy for all involved. Anne thank you. Lets turn to a Dramatic Development now for the terror group boek hap boko haram. Is the grip of islamic terrorism may be significantly strengthened this morning. Boko haram, the nigerian extremist group, is responsible for brutal attacks, including the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls which sparked worldwide outrage last year. With this alliance eyeisis based in syria africa across the middle east as far as afghanistan. Police and University Officials are investigating the collapse of a roof full of partiers in San Luis Obispo in southern california. At least eight people were injured as a roof collapsed. Hundreds of students from poly Technic University packed the streets for a prest. Patricks day party. An 18monthold girl is in Critical Condition this morning after spending the night in a wrecked car. Her 25yearold mom crashed into utahs Spanish River friday night but it wasnt until saturday afternoon, 13 hours later, that a fisherman found the car. The baby was taken to a hospital and treated for hypothermia. The mother did not survive. Now to wisconsin where the warming weather spelled trouble for a couple of teenagers. Two young men wandered out on to the ice saturday but quickly the frozen surface began to break. They ended up on a tiny piece of ice helplessly floating 40 yards from shore. The racing Fire Department came to their rescue. They were okay. Cold but okay. March madness is just about here. The kentucky wildcats look to be the team to beat. They knocked off florida saturday to complete a perfect regular season. 310. That gives them the chance to win a National Championship with no losses. No one has done that by the way, since the indiana hoosiers erica, in 1976. The pressure kentucky will probably do it. Ya think . No. It is an impressive squad. I have to tell you, i close my eyes and fill out brackets for fun. Usually i do okay. Right . Im sure well because you take hours. I do. I take it very seriously. How do you do . I typically do not do very well. Dylan dreyer has a check of the weather now. You pick a few colored jerseys. Whatever works. For the first time i am not talking about a major snowstorm. Weve just got rain to talk about down through texas. Below average temperatures. You see we have this rain just to the north of the houston, it is really heavy at times. It is heavier back to the south and west near san antonio. It is going to exit here and move to the northeast. We will see a period of perhaps torrential downpours that could produce as much as three to four inches of rain in and around houston. A little more a little further to the north. This will spread through the gulf coast, through new orleans, we could see and inch or two, up into mississippi and alabama, we could see an rnlg asinch as well. Warmer temperatures will start to move in. 52 degrees in the Northern Plains today. 46 in minneapolis. Also looking at 40s today in the northeast. 50s in washington, and a good sunday morning. Im meteorologist Michelle Grossman. Continuing to melt that snow. A mild one today. Right near 50 degrees. Not as cold and breezy. Winds gusting 20 to near 25 miles an hour. Another mild one on monday 49. Clouds give way to sunshine. By tuesday, tracking the chance of an afternoon evening shower 48 degrees. Wednesday, a leftover morning shower but mild by the afternoon. Up to 55 degrees. Thursday, nice one, breezy 50 degrees, and then into the 40s with some showers on friday and saturday. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Now to selma, alabama. Where a rally is scheduled today to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. Saturday president obama joined tens of thousands to remember one of the seminole moments in this countrys civil rights history. Reporter people will be back out here again today to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge one final tribute to bloody sunday. It comes after an emotional commemoration yesterday that drew two president s. Civil rights leaders. And 40,000 people from all across the country. A poignant moment as the nations first africanamerican president crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge walking in the footsteps of those who paved the way for him. We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chase entening rod. Reporter memories of that day are still fresh for those who were on the front lines, including congressman john lewis. This city on the banks of the alabama river, gave way to a movement that changed life forever. They started wading into our factory just a short period of time. Beating you. Beatings riding horses, with the teargas. Deborah was 19 when she traveled here from minnesota. There was a mission. And if it meant we had to give our life up to do that then i was willing to do that. Reporter and now they say the march continues after the Supreme Court altered the Voting Rights act and after crises like ferguson. But the progress is undeniable. Whapdz int happened in ferguson may not be unique but it is no longer endemic. Reporter now the next generation is taking up the fight their forefathers started. A humbling experience to know that im standing feet away from someone who sacrificed their life so that i can stand here. Reporter now, president obama also called on congress to pass legislation that would restore the heart of the Voting Rights act. Meanwhile, there was a small group of protesters here yesterday. They were calling for reforms to Law Enforcement in the wake of ferguson. But overall, yesterday was a day of national unity. Craig . Kristin welker for us this morning in selma, alabama. Thank you. President obama speaking out this weekend about that email scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton. Take a listen. Hillary clinton is and has been an outstanding public servant. She was a great secretary of state for me. The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and joins us this morning. Chuck, good morning. Good morning, erica. So the president was asked aboue emails there. He addressed the situation. Hillary clinton was at a Clinton Global Initiative event over the weekend and did not address the emails at all. As we hear this though and you see what the president said how is it that someone is secretary of state for four years and no one notices that shes using a different private email not a government issued email. Has that been tackled in washington at this point . You know and i actually talked to a whole bunch of obama officials from that first year in 2009. I asked them did you guys get any heads up . Did you know she was setting up a private email system . This is not about a private email account. Thats what people need to realize. This is not about having a yahoo. Com or email account. They set up an entire private email system. It appears to be the only motivation is to control the disclosure process. So they followed the letter of the law, but did they follow the spirit. What i found re in that comment by president obama, that was not exactly a whole defense of what secretary clinton did. He was basically saying while im going to praise her time here im glad shes disclosing everything shes doing, but notice he didnt judge the decision to have this private email server which i am convinced that, had they asked for permission for it it wouldnt have been granted by the obama administration. So then moving forward, how does this affect potential president ial aspirations . Well look. I think it doesnt really hurt that much among democrats. With the clintons some of this stuff is built in with democrats. Theyve had transparently issues for decades and its not something that is impacted their popularity over the years, though i could argue candidate obama used it effectively to defeat Hillary Clinton back in 07. But where this has an impact erica, is that republicans on capitol hill feel vipd katedndicated. Theyll keep going. These investigas will be active and i think it will be a thorn in her side all through until november of 2016. May just shall the very beginning, chuck. Thanks. Well look for more of your conversation about the 50th anniversary of bloody. Sunday with congressman john lewis coming up on meet the press. Upn today, were talking a baby boom in china. The best possible kind of baby boom ever because, yes, we have pandas for you. Yeah. Lots of cuteness. I know you missed an hour of sleep. Were making up for it with cute before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids ice time. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time. And 2 back at the grocery store. Even before she got 3 back on gas all with no hoops to jump through. Katie used her bankamericard cash rewards credit card to stay warm and toasty during the heat of competition. Thats the comfort of rewarding connections. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. At subway, a great meal starts with a great sandwich on the new simple 6 menu. 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Reporter researchers spent three years counting pandas trekking through 12 million acres of mountainous forest collecting evidence and concluding that 1,864 pandas remain in the wild. There are also a record 375 in captive breeding programs. Among them this famous trio. The worlds only known surviving panda triplets born last summer. I got to meet the adorable cubs when they were just 2 months old. He looks pretty contented. This Breeding Center in the mountains is home to 18 young pandas. Where we joined them for an afternoon snack. Most of the pandas in this kindergarten area are between 1 and 1 1 2 years old and they have an anor mussenormous appetite. Experts hope theyll further be able to boost the population buy releasing cautiously some of those released in captivity. Step by step. Slowly and slowly. Reporter while the news is mostly good experts are stepping up protections against a new virus thats killed more than four pandas in china and prompted an emergency meeting in beijing this coming week. Experts say there is now in china an unprecedented level of public support for conservation. For an iconic animal which while not out of danger may well have turned an important corner. For today, ian williams nbc news china. Pretty cute right . Yeah. Who doesnt love a panda. Maybe you are over pandas right . We acknowledge people out there might be getting over selfies. Well turn that all around this morning. Here is perhaps an exception to cute animals and cute selfies. They go together really beautiful. These are selfies with a marsupial found in parts of australia. Known as the happiest animals in the world. Dylan dreyer known as the happiest meteorologist in the world over in the orange room with the new social media invasion. Oh yes. When the quokkaselfie started trending we needed to investigation. We may have found the cutest selfies of animals ever. Tourists are visiting australia and posting in twitter and instagram. This quokka is almost legally exting the. You are not allowed to touch them but apparently you can take selfies with them. Cly this he to be in these selfies. They smile for the pictures. They were more than happy to oblige. They are just so adorable. We couldnt help but notice the resem bransblance with the gopher from caddy shack. Maybe ill get a quokka. I didnt know anything about them. Now that we do theyre super cute but dont touch them. And dont feed them. But other than that take a selfie. Debbie downer here. Still to come on this sunday edition of today, did you remember to spring ahead . Weve got some Daylight Saving time nightmares. But first these. Youre all excited to book that vacation flight. Plenty of seats to choose from right . 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