A baby bump the first time in public, today, tuesday, february 19th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im David Gregory in for matt this morning. That hearing for Oscar Pistorius is unfolding at this hour, the star weeping at times when hearing details about his girlfriends death. Prosecutors casting doubt on his claim that the shooting was an accident, saying there are telltale signs of premeditation, that he actually had to put on his artificial legs and walk across the floor before opening fire. Michelle kosinski is seated right behind him and will have details for us. What caused adam lanza to open up his killing spree . And new details are coming to light. Have you ever been busted by one of those red light cameras . Oh, yeah. Im guessing you have. Those are for speeding. Not the red light district, david, red light cameras. Why are some lawmakers trying to get them taken down . I think theyre wrong just for the record. You like the red light cameras . No, i think theyre wrong, the cameras are wrong. Okay. Of course, that bail hearing for Oscar Pistorius is going on in south africa right now. Michelle kosinski has been inside the court all morning long. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. As we speak, up in that courtroom, Oscar Pistorius is inconsolable. A statement by him is now being read to the court in which he denies the allegation of murder against him in the strongest terms. A judge just decided that his case, from here on out, at least for now, will be considered premeditated murder and that affects things like whether or not he will be let out on bond. That will also be decided very soon. I was actually seated directly in front of pistorius, about a foot away. I could hear him crying. When i would turn around, i could see his body shaking. In fact, throughout this hearing, every time lawyers would detail the alleged crime, he would break down, hiding his face in his hands. Oscar pistorius faced the court and the global scrum of media hes used to, but never like this. His family held each other and prayed. Immedia the court would not allow the media to take any pictures during the hearing. Showing little if any emotion he could barely control during his first appearance. But it was there. He stood before the magistrate who asked him if he was well. His eyes filld with tears, he shrugged barely uttering, i guess. Prosecutors laid out their case, accusing pistorius of shooting and killing an unarmed, innocent wom woman, his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. She came to his house between 5 00 and 6 00 that evening planning to stay the night. Her makeup bag in the bathroom, her overnight bag in the bedroom. He armed himself, attached his prosthesis, walked 20 feet to the bathroom where he believed reeva locked herself inside, and fired through his gun four times through the door. He broke through the door, carried her downstairs where he encountered a Security Guard and a friend, who he told him he thought was a burglar. She locked that door for a purpose, they said, and saying theres no possible explanation for his actions, that even if he did think it was a burglar, this would be a clear intention to kill the burglar while the burglar was harmless in the toilet and that would still be a premeditated murder of a defenseless burglar. Nothing remotely indicative of premeditation his lawyers say. Emotions flow from a different set of loved ones and supporters at reevas funeral. We are here today as a family. But theres only one thing miss i ing. Reeva. Reporter next, the judge will decide whether or not pistorius is released from jail. If he is not, he is expected to be transferred and held in a prison. Back to you guys. Michelle kosinski in south africa for us. Michelle, thank you. Now heres david. Mary carillo is also at the courthouse this morning, a correspondent for rock center with Brian Williams and covered Oscar Pistorius for nbc sports at the london liolympics. Mary, good morning. Good to see you. Good to see you, david. The nation is so divided on so many levels. This man was a hero, an idol to so many people. I was one of those people who put a halo over his head like so many others. Now hes doing a perp walk. Its so hard to reconcile. What is the mood like . Its got to be all anyone is talking about. Reporter it is all over this entire country. Obviously, you know, reeva steenkamp, her Memorial Service was today in port elizabeth. Here in johannesburg, since Early Morning demonstrators from the asc Womens LeagueHolding Placards saying things like Oscar Pistorius should rot in hell. These are people who embraced this man in so many ways and now they want to see him basically they want to see him go away, go to prison. Again, its still surreal for someone like me. I spent about a week with him here last summer for rock center. He was heralded a hero. I went through his house where this horrible tragedy took place and, surely, he was jumpy even back then. We had kept open the garage door because before he was home he had allowed us to set up and bring in equipment, lights, cameras, all of that. And the garage door was still open when he came back from training and he started yelling at the housekeeper it wasnt the housekeepers fault. It was our fault. Clearly, this guy worried about his safety, worried about security. He was a gun guy. Thats very, very clear. And now it looks like his entire legacy i had this guy as a noble peace prize winner one day. Now he could be spending the rest of his life in jail. Not to ask you to play investigator here, mary, but you did spend time with him. Were there any clues you could glean with that time profiling him as you did last summer . Theres talk about not only his state of mind now, but how jumpy he was about intruders, how security conscious he was. The defense now is saying how this was a terrible accident. Reporter i never i didnt sense it in those ways. Again, theres a high crime rate here in south africa. Theres no denying that. A lot of people here own guns. I sure look, i fell for him. David, ive been covering sports for 30 years. I dont like getting spun. I dont like getting shined by people but i truly believe that Oscar Pistorius was every kind of good. So, again, this is very hard for me to make sense of this at all. This has got to feel a lot like o. J. Simpson who was, of course, criminally cleared, found not guilty of murder charges, later found civilly liable for killing his exwife. In terms of the public response and the circumstances, it feels very similar to you . Reporter the thing is, o. J. Simpson never admitted anything. Thats not whats happening down here. Oscar pistorius clearly was the man who killed reeva steenkamp. Thats not even being argued by the defense team. The big question is whether it was, as the prosecution is trying to allege, an execution, or if it was just a horrible, horrible tragedy. But, again, i liked o. J. I had met him before as well. I never got the sense that this was, you know, a very, very special guy who was going to do great things and create a legacy of honor. Thats what i thought about Oscar Pistorius. Right now all that seems to be going away. Mary carillo, thank you very much for being with us this morning. Appreciate it. We want to get a check of the mornings other headlines. Very busy morning. Natalie morales is here. Good morning, everyone. U. S. Security firm is pointing the finger directly at the chinese army in 141 cases of computer hacking. American computer Securities Firm says it has traced the hacking of american and Foreign Companies plus Government Agencies to one specific Chinese Military building on the outskirts of shanghai. China says the charge is groundle groundless. U. S. Coast guard says a leak in a fuel oil line was the cause of the fire that left that Carnival Cruise ship powerless and adrift in the gulf of mexico last week. Officials say they do not suspect the leak aboard the triumph to have been caused intentionally. Sad new details of Country Singer mindy mccreadys final days. Bil she was allowed to leave rehab after 17 hours. Her body found shot dead, next to the body of her dog. Mcknight said the Country Singer had threatened suicide after losing custody of one of her sons earlier this month. Disappointing news on the employment front for veterans. Young americans who served in the military following the september 11th attacks topped 20 last year. That is much higher than their nonveteran peers and the National Average of 7. 9 in january. Now lets head to wall street. Jackie deang list elis is at th York Stock Exchange for us. Good morning, natalie. Two of the nations Largest Office suppliers, office max and office depot reportedly in talks to become one. This deal would help cut costs but consumers worry less competition could increase prices. Meantime, dell reporting earnings, losing ground to apples sleeker products for years. Things so bad that Founder Michael dell recently announcing his intentions to take the company private. Natalie . Jackie deangelis at the new York Stock Exchange, thank you. Dare devil stunt, the first of its kind. Firstever 360 back flip in a car. Sped off that 25foot high ramp and went trunk over hood some 25 feet in the air over the french alps. It took him years to prepare for the stunt in a custom built. Landed it perfectly. Are you sure thats not a tonka car . It is not. I was going to do that and then i found out he was already do i doing it. All right, why dont you do it . Since he did it already in the minivan next weekend. I didnt mean to do it. Thats incredible. Amazing. Mr. Roker, tell us about the forecast. A big storm is moving in for our friends out west. This storm is eventually going to make its way across the country, bringing a lot of snow. In the in the meantime, as we show you, weve got wind weather advisories. You can see two systems making that i way into the Pacific Northwest and california. Weft wind weather advisorieses, snow advisorieses as well, winter storm warnings, even some blizzard warnings as the system makes its way through. Snowfall amounts anywhere from 6 to 12 inches in the sierras. Rainfall about half an inch to an inch of rain. Well get to your local forecast, but first this mechanic. Message. Clouds rolling over the metro area and temperatures approaches us above freezing. Mid and upper 30s most of virginia and most of maryland. As precipitation moving our way, mostly just a few sprinkles of rain into Frederick County and western maryland, by mid to late morning, into midafternoon, then ending. Windy and colder tomorro thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thank you. Former South Carolina governor mark sanford is hoping for a Second Chance in politics in the wake of a personal scandal that cost him his marriage. Well talk to the governor exclusively in a moment. First, his story. In a new campaign ad, mark sanford takes on his biggest hurdle, past scandal. Ive experienced how none of us go through life without mistakes, but in their wake we can learn a lot about grace, Second Chances and be the better for it. Four years ago, san tls ford was a rising republican star, governor of South Carolina, with an attractive wife and family. But that promising political career was derailed by an affair with a Television Reporter in argentina. Ive let down a lot of people. Sanfords staff said he was hiking the appalachian trail but he had lied to his staff and was actually visiting his mistress in argentina. Ive been unfaithful to my wife. Ive developed a relationship with a started out as a dear, dear friend from argentina. That admission led to his censure, resignation as head of republicans governor association. My important job right now is our children, his career is the least of my concern. Campaigning on his fiscally conservative record. Ive cut spending, reduced debt and made government more accountable. Now the frontrunner in a 16person republican field for the march 19th primary. He recently became engaged to his former mistress, whom he has called his soul mate. Former governor mark sanford is with us now exclusively. Governor, good morning. Good to see you. You as well. Lets cut right to it. A lot of people are watching saying, you know, everyone does deserve a Second Chance. Everybody deserves a chance to rebuild their life, but not everybody is entitled to run for Public Office when it relies on public trust especially at a time when our washington institutions have lost so much respect. What would your response be to that . Twofold. I have had conversations with a lot of friends back home. The reality of our lives, if we live long enough were going to fail at something. I absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. But one place i didnt ever fail was with the taxpayers. If you look at my 20 years in politics, what you would see is a fairly remarkable consistency in terms of looking out for the taxpayer. The ill thats before us as a civilization, if we dont get our financial house in order, there will be incredible consequences for the dollar, american way of life, all that and more. Couple of things about that, though. Number one, you paid a fine. Ethics charges related to misusing taxpayer funds. You dont have to get into the nitty gritty about it. Sure. But doesnt that go against your no. If we were to get into the nitty gritty, you would find there was no admission of guilt with any of that. In many ways a lawyer would settle a case youre a lawyer by training this happened but by no means did we agree this happened. And the house, by no means fans, absolved us of all of that. To the larger issue, do you really need to run for Public Office . What is this about . You care about debt and deficit. These are issues well discussed in washington. Thats just the problem. They are well discussed but all too often too few choose to take real action. And i was actually rated number one in the United States congress by the taxpayer union, citizens gest against government waste, raised the most fiscally conservative governor in the United States. It points to one thing. Many people talk about our spending problem in washington, all too few are trying to do something about it. The price of reentering politics is drudging up all the things we saw. It may be embarrassing to you but to the people around you, including your exwife, your family. Is it worth it . No. Theres definitely pain in the clips you were just showing. But i sat down with the boys. We had a conversation. I said what do you want me to do . If you dont want me to do it, im out. Their point is no, dad, youve long cared about this stuff. You ought to do it. I also would say ive been on something of a personal journey. I believe if you live long enough, you will fail at something. The higher you rise, the bigger you fall. I failed. In some ways ive come to learn that ultimately our brokenness as human beings is ultimately our connection. And that goes to a larger article of faith and a lot more. And you have been very introspective these past few years. Youve talked about that. Have you asked yourself, what is this really about . Is it about these issues of debt and spending or is this about seeking some kind of personal, political redemption . I think we all hope for redemption in our lives. That is one of the great journeys of our respective lives. But i would say my focus is crystal clear, which is, is part of the cost of reentering politics a discussion about my personal failure and the consequences thereof . Yes. Is that painful to me and a lot of others that i love . Yes. But i keep going back to we are at a Tipping Point as a civilization. If we dont get our financial house in order, there will be unbelievable consequences to the folks watching this show right now. Mark sanford, its great to have you here. Thank you for being here. Appreciate it. Now heres david. Switching fweer ining gear morning, the duchess of cambridge is making her first public appearance. Reporter this is the first time weve seen the duchess in public since christmas, officially at least. She is now very visibly pregnant. She appeared wearing a figurehugging dress and holding her hands protectively in front of her. A blossoming duchess of cambridge, showing off her baby bump. Now around 4 1 2 months pregnant. This morning she visited a center that treats women with addiction. Its one of her charities. Kate, back at work after a vacation with william. Shes had a relaxing and wonderful holiday in the caribbean with her husband and family. I think shes raring to go, to show shes not ill. Shes pregnant, but like many women wants to continue working until she doesnt have to and the baby is ready to emerge. The palace was far from relaxed about photos on the beach last week, First Published in italy, an invasion of privacy, they say. The same treatment that Princess Diana had. Too invasive. The palace said she suffered early on. Shes going to be under the spotlight all the time. I would strongly advise her if she wants to avoid this getting worse again that she stays aaway from stress as much as possible. Reporter kates next public appearance is in march, but as she gets more visibly pregnant, its the pictures of her in private that the palace is determined to fight against. Now the duke of