Moonlight best picture. More like the ultimate winner after one of the biggest flubs in as oscar history. Governors come to the white house as President Trump touts his first weeks in office. Weve accomplished almost everything weve started out to accomplish. While a group of republicans launches a push to have a special prosecutor look into the Trump Campaigns ties with russia. Will the issue be front and center when the president speaks to a joint session of Congress Tomorrow night. A rare interview with former president george w. Bush as he joins us live in studio today, monday, february 27th, 2017. Nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the oscars with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. In honor of the oscars the producers of our show have decided to inform me who i am cohosting with this morning to give me this envelope to open live on air. Todays cohost is that cant be right. Seriously . It says Savannah Guthrie. It is. Yeah. Good morning, everybody. Hello. So good to see you. Id like to thank the academy, hoda, coameron, brian. It is so good to have you back. It is good to be back. How about those oscars . I went to bed saturday night to be ready for this morning. That was one of the craziest universe, that was nothing next to this. I cant believe it. I cant imagine who is waking up with a pit in their stomach. This should be our top story, but the other top story is going to be the awards moment talked about for years to come. Good morning. Im still shaking my head. Welcome back savannah. We missed you so much. Hollywoods big night filled with amazing moments and diverse winners leading up to the best picture announcement and in an instant pure chaos erupted on stage. It was an ended no one saw coming after 200 Million People waited for nearly four hours to hear the winner for best picture, a major mix up at the awards. La la land. Reporter the happened. The wrong winner was announced. Theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. This is not a joke. Im afraid they read the wrong thing. This is not a joke. Moonlight has won best picture. Moonlight, best picture. Reporter a shocked audience watched as the moonlight team gave a stunned acceptance speech in im n. Im not sure this is real. Reporter it was a show that got off to a rousing start with Justin Timberlake and jimmy kimmel tweeting at the president , asking trump you up . And bringing in unsuspecting tourists to meet the stars. I now pronounce you husband and wife. Its denzel so its legal. Reporter as far as the rest of the night, best supporting actor for moon light, becoming the first muslim actor to win an oscar and viola giving an emotional speech. I became an artist and thank god i did because we are the only professional to celebrate what it means to live a life. Reporter and kCasey Affleck. Some people were barred from entering the country. He had a visa and he tried to board a plane and he wasnt able to come. Reporter the big winner of the night was la la land, nominated for a record 14 oscars, the film took him six statu statutes. I just want to thank my fellow nominees. Reporter on a golden night where candy rained down from the sky, Price Waterhouse gave an apology. Two announcements for best picture, yet only one winner. Still there were no losers. God, i love moonlight so much. I am so excited and of course it was an amazing thing to hear la la land. I think we all would have loved to win best picture, but we are so excited for moonlight. I think its one of the best films. Those guys were extremely gracious in handing over and calling us up to the stage so much love to them. Reporter i got to say it was a night that even hollywood could not have scripted that ending. Truly unbelievable. Warren beatie was handed the wrong envelope. That happened in 1964 to sammy davis jr. Lets hope it doesnt happen again. Is there going to be a bipartisan investigation. Reporter theres going to be an investigation for sure. We found a photo that really kind of sums it up. It was taken as the confusion unfolded live on stage. In the star of it thats a stunned Warren Beatie being uniformed of the mix up and theres the expression on emma stones face, pure shock. The award for best poker face does not go to emma stone. Well have more on oscars throughout the morning. President trump meeting with the nations governors today and rolling out new budget proposals as w Media Reaches New heights. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Welcome back. Were glad youre here. A day before the president makes his first address to a joint session of congress, the new wall street journal poll shows hes the only president to begin his presidency under water. 44 of americans approve and 48 disapprove of his job so far. President trump is going to outline his budget priorities. Senior officials tell me that will include a massive hike in military and homeland spending made up by cuts to the state department and epa while protecting Social Security and medicare. At the white house sunday the glits and glamor was reserved for americas governors. After four weeks its been fun, but weve accomplished almost everything we started out to accomplish. Reporter it comes as the president is attacking reports that am so had improper contacts with russia officials, President Trump dismissing it as fake news to mask the big defeat. Some republicans are calling for a special prosecutor, not the attorney general, to oversee the russian investigation. You cannot have somebody who was on the campaign and who was an appointee. You need to use the special prosecutors statute in office. Reporter republican tom cotton briefed by james comey argues thats unnecessary. Theres no allegations of any crime occurring. Theres not an indication theres criminal investigations under way by the fbi. Reporter sean spicer is cracking down on White House Leaks with increased security measures including random phone checks of white house staffers. Spicers efforts to shut he didnt respond to a request for comment. Bill owens, father of the navy killed in yemen last month, said he refused to meet with President Trump. He criticized the white house for calling the mission a success. I think anybody who undermines the success of that rage owes an apology to the life of chief owens. Reporter telling the miami harold the government owes my son an apology. President trump dined at a washington hotel. After wrapping up his attacks on the media. They are the enemy of the people. Reporter the people says hell skip the white house Correspondence Dinner this april. The last president to miss the annual event, Ronald Reagan in 1981 when he was recovering from an assassina democrats electing a new party chair main, tom perez. President trump tweeting i could not be happier for him or for the republican party. Per perezs response, dont get too happy. Democrats united across the country will be your best nightmare. The Trump Administration is looking for a new Navy Secretary after the present pick said hes withdrawing from consideration citing privacy concerns and concerns about separating from his business interests. Hes the second secretary to withdraw his name before going through the confirmation process. Thank you. Lets bring in nicole wallace. Good morning. Welcome back. Over the last several weeks your enthusiasm level for an investigation into the trump team seemed to be tied to your party official. Now enter a prominent who says we may need a special prosecutor. How does that change things . That is completely reorders the defense that the Trump White House has deployed. So far every time the topic of russia and Donald Trumps apparent affection for all things putin has undermine his electoral victory. You cant say the same thing now. He has long been suspicious of Vladimir Putin. I think this is a game changer for the white house. Their arguments cannot mimic their attacks on the media. Do you think that opens the flood gates for other republicans . They sent out their surrogates on the sunday shows and they werent tight in their common sense reasoning for why not. When the public starts to think why not prove that youre and prove that youre clean, when it gets easier to make a case for getting to the bottom of it then against, then the white house is in trouble. Sean spicer is conducting a leak investigation, trying to figure out who in my office is talking to a reporters in a way that is not authorized . Is that significant . Is this white houser any leaker . It is, but leaks are in any organization. Leaks are a symptom, not a cause. Its a symptom of a lack of leadership and the way their boss hears from them. He doesnt hear from them in a strong Central Management level. Sean spicer said hes doing spot checks on staffers cell phones to find out. Can i see your please . Thank you very much. Thank you. Coming up, former president george w. Bush will give us his take on all things washington and hes going to introduce us to some terans prashes brought along with him. Tomorrow well be live on capitol hill ahead of President Trumps speech. A driver was intox kated. Reporter 21 people were taken to this and other hospitals. Incredibly no one was killed. Were learning what the suspect did after the off duty firefighter who pulled him from that pickup truck. The 25yearold is being held on 125,000 bail charged with multiple crimes. Police say his pickup truck plowed into a crowd saturday night injuring 28 people. How no one was killed is a miracle. Reporter an off duty firefighter saw the horror unfold and ran to help. When he sped up, people were bouncing off the hood of his car like bowling pins. Reporter he said a Police Officer tried to open the drivers side door, but it was jam. He ran to the passenger side. He was curled up facing the drivers side. So i reached in and yanked him out and he flew on to the ground. The thought crossed my mind is that he realized what he did and he was so scared he was like a scared little child. It could a mass casualty incident. Reporter police say his blood alcohol content was. 23, nearly three times the legal limit, but some who live and work along the parade route say the street should have been closed. This sends a clear message this has to be done. Reporter do you believe that street should have been closed off. That street 100 should be closed off. If they dont close it off for next years, theres a problem. Reporter also among the injured, a 1yearold child. Everyone is expected to survived. More charges are possible as this investigation continues. Thank you. Just before the oscars last night movie fans were stunned to learn of the death of bill paxton. The fa complications from heart surgery. We have more on his life and career. Reporter bill paxton drove us through the eye of the storm in twister. He helped bring us home after a failed mission to the moon in apollo 13 and he said what we all were thinking in aliens. Whatever the role paxton showed he was a versatile player. He found his niche as a character actor. I like playing these guys from the heartland that are c conflicted. Reporter costar tom hanks tweeting he was a wonderful man and kevin bacon, some of my favorite memories are floating around with a brilliant bill paxton. And you were a me, bill, and one of the finest actors to share a set with. Paxton found success on tv playing on hbos big love. Two weeks ago paxton recalled a conversation he had with an agent early in his career. He said what kind of career do you want. I said i want to work in features. She said if you stick to this it will pay off and she was right, it really did pay off. Reporter now hollywood is showing big love for this admired actor. For today, nbc news los angeles. Such a great body of work and such a sudden death. You look at him and its like his face matches the kindness he exuded. Al, whats been going on in the weather . Recap the last 2 1 2 months. Ill send you a link. Youll love. We have some pretty strong storms firing up through northern mississippi and this is just the beginning. Its going to push through the southeast and then another round of showers and thunderstorms fire up today and tomorrow morning and then tomorrow we have an enhanced risk, 26 Million People under the risk of severe weather. Little rock, springfield all the way up into parts of western ohio and during the afternoon tuesday you have chicago into the mix. We move into wednesday from new york all the way down to new or le orleans possible tornado in kentucky and mississippi and well see that pushing east. New york will get into strong storms by late tomorrow afternoon all the way down to new orleans. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning. Its a cold start to a february morning. Temperatures are in the upper 20s and low 30s so you need your winter coat. You wont be needing it for long with temperatures in this afternoon getting up into the 50s again. A lot of clouds around. Sunshine between now and noon time. Later today mostly cloudy and there will be a chance in the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Maryland a better chance for light rain showers there. You may want the umbrella today. And thats your latest weather. Al, coming up, a community in shock after a a bar in kansas. The fbi is investigating this as a possible hate crime. This morning well hear from the widow and witnesses. Former president george w. Bush is joining us live. Well have a discussion about his time in office, the Current White House and what hes doing to honor our nations veterans. Its an inspiring project. Hes just arriving at the studio, but first this is today on nbc. E back. This is today on nbc. Honor to have former its an honor to have former president george w. Bush in studio. Rheumatoid arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you. Xeljanz is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. Xeljanz can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as urther joint damage. Xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. 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And utter loop at little river turnpike the right side blocked by a crash. Thank you. Well take a break and check your forecast next. Stay with us. Good morning. Hope you have your winter coat ready to go. The temperatures in the 30s this morning. A cold start to the day. It wont stay cold all day long. Clouds are on the increase and theres a slight chance of a few showers. Better rain chances up near i81. Tomorrow a 60 for showers early and late in the day and wednesday will be a weather alert day, a cce thunderstorms wednesday afternoon and evening turning breezy and cooler for thursday and friday. Thank you. Back to the today show. 7 30 n 7 30 now on a monday morning. It is the 27th day of february, 2017. A lot of those people on the plaza are excited this morning because we have the return of Savannah Guthrie. You think im not going to say what happened right there. Roll the shot back. You know whose turn it was to read that . 7 30. Im used to reading it by myself. Its not a solo. I have a speaking part now. Its great. Mo coming back at the end of the week, but when you saw the oscars you were like i need to be there. We have a lot going on this morning. Lets start with that awkward moment at the oscars. La la land was announced as best picture when they were told they didnt win. Im sorry. No, theres a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won best picture. Moonlight won. This is not a joke. This is not a joke. Im afraid they read the wrong thing. The official Accounting Firm released an apology saying Warren Beatie and fay dunnaway were given the wrong envelope. South korea claims the death of kim jongnam was ordered by kim jongun. They said the two women involved in the killing were recruited the country. A new woarning about pot. The group says it opposes recreational and medical marijuana for use. They say its important to get the word out. A navy veteran is due in court to face charges in a