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Interview. Will he get the votes . Republican leaders working overnight to drum up support for her Health Care Bill, just hours before the crucial house vote. Will they get it across the finish line . The suspense on capitol hill. And thou shall not. A 3yearold gets a rare chance to meet the pope and seizes the opportunity. And that little one is headed straight to confession today, thursday, march 23rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Tod welcome to today on thursday morning. Three years old are just like us. If you look at the video carefully, she got his wallet, too. The hat was more of a distraction. More on lets get to our top story. So much happening overnight raids and arrest in connection with the disturbing terror attack near the british parliament. Four people, including the suspects, were killed. Forty others were injured, including an american. Nbc local correspondent bill neely in london this morning. Hi, bill, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah, from a city on high alert. Behind me Westminster Bridge and parliament where the attacker killed with a car and a knife, injuring, among others, one american tourist. Raids in two cities, eight people arrested. A dramatic day here at the very heart of british democracy. Terror outside parliament. This car a weapon used to kill and injury dozens on Westminster Bridge. The brutal attack caught on tv. The driver accelerating, a woman diving into the river the attacker was known but his name has not been released. Overnight police in birmingham north of london made an arrest. Homes in london raided, too. We continue with our investigation, the attacker acted alone, inspired by international terrorism. Reporter the murderous rampage struck at the heart of democracy. He crashed the gates of parliament before running in and stabbing a Police Officer. British junior foreign minister trying desperately to revive the policeman. He didnt make it. He was a 15 year veteran, a husband and a father. Among the 40 injured and hundreds running for their lives, many tourists shocked at the speed of the driver. Certainly very nervous. We are all from new york city. Were used though a lot of different activities and events. He had driven his suv across the bridge toward mounting the sidewalk to hit pedestrians, many students and tourists. He reached one heavily protected buildings in europe, parliament and crashed before stabbing an unarmed Police Officer. Armed police then opened fire. Shots rung out. A knife on the ground beside him. Fearing another attack, the parliament was in lockdown for hours. Suspended but please wait here. This Morning Parliament got back to work. We know the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. Reporter 29 people are still injured in the hospital, many more were shot. Among them dozens of tourists stuck on the london eye 100 feet above the attack, eventually rescued and rushed away. In london today, more police on the street but defiant, say among the injured are people up to a dozen countries. Like all these terror attacks, it has global echos. A few minutes ago londons mayor, himself a muslim, told nbc news we will not bow to terrorism. Savannah. We saw in your piece there, the photo of suspect. Where does the investigation go on that now . Reporter even though theresa may was saying there was just one attacker, intelligence officials will tell you there is no such thing as a lone wolf attack. So they will be looking and, indeed, questioning his family, his friends, his associates. They will be looking closely at other cc tv footage of where his car went, at his phone records, at his computer records. Theresa may also said just in the last few minutes that he was british born but he was known to the internal Intelligence Service mi 5 and for links to extremism. But this was an historic investigation and he was a peripheral figure, and he was not on the radar at the moment and there was no advance warning of this attack. Savannah, matt. The investigation really just Getting Started this morning. Bill neely, thank you. Also this morning there is new drama surrounding the investigations into possible collusion between members of President Trumps team and russian operatives during the election. This as lawmakers get set to vote on gop bill to repeal and replace obamacare. Complete coverage from capitol hill and well talk about all of this with one of the leading republicans on the hill senator john mccain. Lets start with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning. To you. New this morning, the top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is making his strongest statement yet. Telling nbc news, theres more than circumstantial evidence of collusion between Trump Associates and the russians. This also comes as lawmakers are a highly unusual backtoback news conferences by the Intelligence Committees republican chairman. This morning, a new partisan firestorm, after the public airing of traditionally secret information. The president saying he feels vindicated. I do. I very much appreciated the fact that they found what they found. Reporter the spark, this bombshell from the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, who advised mr. Trumps transition team. I have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president elect and his team were, i guess at least, monitored and disseminated out. Reporter devin nunes says it does nothing to say that the wiretapping was false. There never was. Reporter the intelligence was scooped up legally after the election, not collected spying directed at mr. Trump and his aides. And not related to the fbis investigation into possible ties between Trump Associates and russia. What he says is alarming that the names of some trump team members they have been improperly revealed or unmasked. Nunes taking that information to the president , before consulting with his committees top democrat, who fired back. The chairman will need to decide if he is the chairman of an inspect investigation into conduct or hes going to act as surrogate of the white house because he cannot do both. Reporter nunes defending his decision. Why is it appropriate for you to brief President Trump, given its his own administration or Campaign Associates that are part of this investigation . The president needs to know these intelligence reports are out there. And i have a duty to tell him that. Reporter the top democrat, amping up the stakes, days after saying this about the russian connection to Trump Associates. Ts evidence of collusion. Theres direct evidence, i think, of deception. Reporter the former prosecutor, going even further. Theres evidence that is not circumstantial. And is very much worthy of investigation. Reporter the high stakes back and forth, prompting john mccain to criticize the Intelligence Committees behavior as bizarre, and renew his call for a separate investigation. No longer does the committee have the capability to handle this alone. Reporter the white house is pushing back, that his former chairman, paul manafort, secretly worked for a russian billionaire, to help advance Vladimir Putins interests in the u. S. And beyond a decade ago. To suggest that the president knew who his clients were from a decade ago is a bit insane. Reporter manafort telling nbc news, he never worked for the russian government. Dismissing the report as spear and innuendo. Both parties are stunned by the head of the h statements about an ongoing investigation. They say id doesnt serve Public Interest and undermines the House Intelligence Committee and in the process of congressional oversight. Matt and savannah . Peter, thanks. The other big story playing out in washington, the showdown of the Republican Health care bill. The house is scheduled to vote on it today. And despite pushes from the president and House Speaker, one question remains, do they have the votes . Kristen welker on capitol hill this morning. Good morning. Reporter hi, savannah. Good morning to you. President trump worked late in the night to try to close this deal. White house officials tell me he reached out to lawmakers directly. And today, he will meet with key holdouts. But he still doesnt have enough votes to pass this legislation. But there is measured optimism this morning, with the white house offering a sweetener to conservatives. This morning a possible breakthrough reviving the the president and i came to an agreement in principle. Mark meadows, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom caucus, one of the main holdouts now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. I think what were trying to do now is to make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. Reporter later today the president will pitch the rest of the Freedom Caucus at the white house. Gop leaders and there were working the phones overnight, lobbying skeptical lawmakers in a last ditch effort to push the Health Care Bill through. The new health care plan, like the current one, is weighed down by too many regulations. To flip those no votes to yes, they are considering a change that would allow scaled back plans that wouldnt Cover Maternity Leave and Mental Health services giving consumers more choice. Critics argue that could lead pe moderate republicans. Still House Speaker paul ryan remains determined. The president has been a fantastic closer. Hes getting votes. To me its really encouraging. The vote today steeped in symbolism, falling on the seventh anniversary of president obama signing his Signature Health care plan into law. Former Vice President joe biden and other democrats wednesday still fighting to keep it intact. Thank you, mr. Vice president for helping to pass the bill and for being with us today and continuing the fight to protect our care. I aint going anywhere. This is not going to pass. Reporter and even if speculation swirled, it could get delayed or scrapped all together. One white house official insists that wont happen. The question for President Trump, can he close his biggest deal yet. Theres plan a and plan a. Were going to get this done. Reporter now by our count, 29 republicans are leaving or planning to vote no. President trump can only afford to lose 21 republicans. In addition to that, theres concern that this latest fix could create a procedural hurdle in the senate the drama is building with the vote expected in just hours. Matt, savannah. Thank you very much. Were joined by republican senator john mccain. Senator, nice to see you. Good morning. Good morning. You. Good morning. Good morning. You know washington. You know the role of oversight that congress has. Can you explain any reason why chairman nunes would have done what he did yesterday. Ive seen reports from the Intelligence Committee on this subject. And instead of discussing the reports with members of his own Intelligence Committee and the ranking democratic member, go right to the press and right to the white house . I have not seen anything like that. And im happy to say in the senate Intelligence Committee, theres a good working relationship between senator rr and ive not seen anything like it. And its very disturbing. Reporter you heard what adam schiff said. He said the chairman will need to decide if hes the chairman of an independent investigation into conduct or hes going to be a surrogate to the white house because he cannot do both. Has chairman nunes so damaged the credibility of the Intelligence Committee they should just shut down that investigation . Matt, i cant make that decision. Thats up to the leadership of the house. Its up to the house of representatives. I can say that theres so many moving parts here, including the latest news this morning, that supposedly, there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians, for which ive seen no substantiati substantiation. But it continues on and on. Thats why we need a select committee to clear this whole issue up. Committees and Armed Services committees always work in a bipartisan fashion. And im sorry to see whats happened over there. The president said, as you saw, he felt somewhat vindicated from the information he received yesterday. But lets back up. The claim that trump made was thenpresident obama surveilled him some way before the election at trump tower. What we appear to have learned yesterday is that trump or his associates were somehow incidentally caught up in surveillance after the election. Surveillance that was of other legal foreign targets. I ask you, should he feel vindicated . Is that accusation of wiretapping by president obama vindicated . I think the president , obviously, can express his views and emotions. But nothing has changed since the director of the fbi said that there was no evidence that trump towers had been wiretapped. This changing nothing . That has not been refuted. That had not been anyone. This new story, as you mentioned, apparently has to do with postelection things that happened. But i dont see where the director of the fbis testimony has changed the facts in the slightest way. This story of russian possible connections to Trump Associates during the campaign, you just alluded to this a second ago. A week ago you said this, theres a lot of aspects that requires further scrutiny. You went on to say, i think theres a lot of shoes to drop from this centipede. Do you think that when all of those shoes drop, that they may mortally wound this Young Administration . I have no idea because i dont know what those shoes are. But ive been around this town long enough to know that when theres something this consequences and this enormity, theres always Additional Information that comes out before its concluded. And were already seeing that, by the way. This allegations there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians. I have seen them before, matt. And so, theres more to come. Congressman adam schiff was the democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has said to nbc, theres more than circumstantial evidence of some kind of collusion between trump Campaign Associates and russia. Have you seen that evidence . Are you aware of it . Do you doubt it . Im not aware of it. I do know, for example, in the republican convention, there was to be included a provision that called for the provision of defensive lethal weapons to ukraine. Somehow that disappeared. Im curious how that happened. Theres lots of things going on. Let me ask you before you go about health care, senator. I know its happening down the hall from you. Its going to be a tight vote a, whats your prediction, will it pass . If it doesnt pass, how badly does that damage the president s ability to pass other aspects of his agenda . I dont know if its going to pass, matt. Your information is as good as mine. Do i know theres questions from members of states like mine that expanded medicaid, the bill as ive seen it, and they say there are changes taking place all the time, would have have Significant Impact on my state of arizona. So i dont know its going to turn out, but i do know this, that obamacare as it is is imploding. Its not working in arizona where premiums are going up over 100 . So weve got to do something. Yeah, but is this the bill to replace it . I dont know. All of us should wait until it gets over here, if it gets over here. We have an amending process. We have a where we will north dakoenact c think are necessary. Senator john mccain. Senator, i know how much you love these early hours so i appreciate you getting up and joining us this morning. Good to be with you. Turn to dylann once again and threat of severe storms facing people in the midsection of the country. Yes. Severe weather will spread east as we go into the weekend. Its the cold front moving eastward now. Today were going to see our biggest threat fire up not until later on tonight. Here you see 11 00 from dodge city stretching into the panhandle of texas. Large hail, damaging wind gust and isolated tornadoes. Although the threat of Severe Weather will continue tomorrow and expand a bit. This orange area including most of nebraska down through kansas and into parts of texas, too, where we are going to see that threat today, watch what happens tomorrow. The cold front moves eastward, evening time on friday, little stretching into houston, thats where we could see hit and miss tornadoes. Nothing too strong but still looking at a Severe Weather outbreak possible as we go into tomorrow. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Your local forecast coming up in 30 seconds. Good morning, everybody. Im form team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. A little breeze and temperatures have windchills back in the low to mid20s. It is a cold start this morning. Temperatures should be above freezing by 9 00 or 10 00 this morning at the right around 50 in downtown, 51 for a high today in fredericksburg. If youre wondering about the weekend, i think youre going to like it. Saturday nice and warm. 76 on saturday and late shower on sunday. All right, dylan, thank you. Coming up, the story weve been following, nationwide manhunt intensifying for tennessee teenager and the teacher accused of kidnapping her. This morning the students best friend speaks out. How about this. Scientists about to bring wooly mammoth back to light. Traveling around the world for revealing look at the state of clone wars, but first this is today on nbc. First, this is nbc. Theres work to be done. Its not going to be easy but theres grit inside of you. And if you need extra motivation the grad fund at Strayer University can help push you forward. Because up to your last year of classes could be on us. Today is the day. Strayer university. Lets get it, america. 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Now check the commute with Melissa Mollet, good morning, melissa. Inner loop hampshire avenue on the shoulder and braddock road crash on the shoulder. Upper marlboro 301 shut down, pedestrian struck medevac way southbound one lane buy. 270 before lane divide crash moved to the right shoulder. Eun. Thank you, melissa. Well take a break and check your forecast next. Stay with us. Bp engineered a fleet of 32 brand new ships with advanced technology, so we can make sure oil and gas get where they need to go safely. Because safety is never being satisfied. And always working to be better. Good morning, everybody. Its bright and sunny but oh so chilly star to the day. 30 at the airport. A little breeze have windchills back in the low 20s. Plan on a cold start, afternoon highs in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. Tomorrow much warmer. A little breezy tomorow 60s. There is a chance for a sprinkle or two in the late morning hours. Thank you. Another local news update in 25 minutes. For now back to the today show after this short break. 7 30 on a thursday morning, the 23rd of march, 2017. We had a couple of days, we felt we were in spring. We technically are. It feels like midjanuary again. 25 degrees on the plaza. Its a brisk one. So over it. Were ready for spring. Heres a look at whats making for med liheadlines. Eight people arrested for wednesdays attack outside of parliament in london. He was shot and killed by officers, after he drove into people on Westminster Bridge and fatally attacked a Police Officer. Four people, including a police officeer wisconsin. Officials say it began with a domestic dispute at a bank, followed by two other shootings at a nearby law firm. And apartment complex. The suspect was eventually arrested after an hourslong standoff. And the United States is celebrating its first world baseball classic title. Usa routed puerto rico in los angeles. It was the first time the United States reached the final since the tournament started 11 years ago. We have new information on the desperate search for a missing teenager. Investigators believe 15yearold Elizabeth Thomas was abducted ten days ago by her former teacher. Tammy leitner has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Were learning more about Elizabeth Thomas home life. She was home schooled until recently when she started attending Public School for the first time. Thats when she met cummins. New signs that 15yearold Elizabeth Thomas had a troubled home life long before she went missing. Her mother, Kimberly Thomas was arrested last year. Charged with child abuse and neglect of her children in 2014 and 2015. According to court records, elizabeth and Three Sisters were allegedly beaten by their mother. In some cases, until they bled. Elizabeth told investigators her mother threw her down the basement stairs and locked her down there. Did you know that elizabeth had a hard life at home . Yeah. She definitely did have a hard life. She would break down sometimes. Sometimes, she just couldnt stop herself from crying. Reporter ashley said she knew her best friend, elizabeth, was in a secret relationship with a guy she said was amazing and perfect. Ashley now believes that relationship was with 50yearold tad cummins, a teacher at her school. I never thought that a girl i had known for 12 years and fall in love with someone like that. The truth is, tad is a manipulative person that is narcissistic. Reporter he worked with cummins at two different hospitals, where cummins was a respiratory therapist before becoming a teacher. I thought it was a dangerous situation because heres someone who craves authority. And theyre going to be in authoritative role, around people who cant say no to him. Reporter the worry heightened by elizabeths chilling last words before she disappeared to her sister, sarah. She looked at me and said, im going to be back by 6 00. If im not back by 6 00, call the police. Reporter meanwhile, the case against elizabeths mother has not yet gone to trial. Her public defender says she does not have a statement at this time. Matt and savannah . Tammy lit let us check back in with dylan for al. Whats shaking . Its cold. Very chilly across the yesterday those windchills were down in the teens through most of the day. Take a look at where were at now, buffalo. It feels like 10 degrees. New york 14, cermse the lake, p feels like 3. Temperatures warmer than yesterday and a lot less windy. Were not looking at it to be as brutal as yesterday but still 30s and 40s so a little below average for this time of year. But a warmup on the way for the weekend. Look at cleveland friday 71, mid60s for saturday and sunday. Washington, d. C. , makes it up to 75 by saturday. Roanoke 69 by saturday. Even new york city mid60s saturday but mid40s on sunday. Thats a look at the weather across the country, now here is a peek out your window. It feels like the 20s right now at least but we will be warming up mostly starting tomorrow and through the weekend. Temperature in the district feels like 23. 21 gaithersburg. Feels like warm through the afternoon. 50 for a High Temperature, not as windy but nice and sunny across your afternoon. 53 tomorrow, slight chance of shower in the morning. Saturday 76, near 70 on sunday. And thats your latest forecast. All right, dylan. Thank you very much. Coming up, the story behind this tennis loving iguana. Can i say it . It caused quite a racket, guys. Get it . I did. Want to say it again. One is enough. Clone wars. Youll be surprised where things stand two decades after dolly the sheep right after this. And i smoked while amanda my i was pregnant. This is the view i had of my baby in the nicu. My tip is, speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. announcer you can quit. 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We traveled thousands of miles around the world to investigate the world of cloning. Meet millie, officially the worlds smallest dog. Her folks from puerto rico cant live without her. Now they hope they wont have to. We love her. So girl. Reporter so special they are paying 100,000 to clone her. Weve felony to south korea where nbc news has been granted exclusive access to what amounts to a cloning factory. The doctor behind the operation rarely gives interviews but hes cloned nearly 1,000 dogs. 884. Today the doctor is implanting a labrador with embryos from millie. In 2005, dr. Wong was at the center of a scandal for falsifying human research. Since then hes built his business, evening spanning into cosmetics. Do you think people deserve a Second Chance . Hopefully. Reporter hes begun cloning cows to produce highquality steaks at a lower cost. Yes. Better steaks. All of these. Yeah. Are all clones . Yeah. These mammals to larger extinct ones. In this lab they are trying to extract dna from remains of prehistoric mammoth. Whether successfully, he wouldnt tell us. But around the world in russia, i meet this scientist. All mammoth bones. He searches for mammoths frozen in ice and time. The professor is collaborating with the korean trying to bring the long extinct species back to life. Mammoths lived during the last ice age, only existing today in movies. A whole baby you could clone from an animal. Real hair and hair, by the way, is one of the best sources of dna. Reporter the plan asian elephants as surrogate mothers. It wouldnt be easy, may never happen, but youd like to see thousands of these roaming russia again . Yes, of course. You must be mad. No, no. So could cloning one day be applied to humans . We traveled to scotland, the birth place of cloning. It was here 20 years ago that scientists first cloned a mammo mammoth. Dolly the sheep. Dollys creator said since then human cell cloning has helped the study of diseases like parkinsons. But cloning humans would simply be unfair. Clone major baseball fan, youd expect him to be that. He might not want to. He might want to play soccer. The scientist who has made cloning his business. Do you hope one day to be no, absolutely not. Reporter human cloning, scientists say, would be extremely difficult. It is also illegal in many countries. As for mans best friend, the technology devoted to reuniting companions changing their world right now. The thing you need to know, they say they have 40 success rate at cloning those puppies. Even if you do get your pet cloned, it may not be successful. The results you get may not be exactly the same as your original pet. It may have different colors on his fur. Can we go back to the wooly mammoth for a second . What are the potential consequences of Something Like that . Its really difficult to do. Even if they manage to do it, how many of those can you clone and what affect would it have on the planet . Theres so many why would you do that . Yes. I guess for some people its just a question of being able to do it. What kinds of things can they discover as a result of that. Many people are opposed to it. As brian gumbel would say, why . Why . Up next. What you do when you meet the pope. Carson introduces us to the little girl who made her chance unforgettable right after this. Rightabreva can heal itold sore, in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Learn how abreva starts to work knock it out, fast. With abreva. cover of chainsmokers dont l me down the issues we care about can weigh on us. 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From all of us at delta, because the ones who truly change the world, are the ones who cant wait to get out in it. Hi. Were back on a thursday carson is in the orange room with a little girls unforgettable encounter with the pope. This is cute. Meeting the pope, a big deal for anybody of any age. Heres 3yearold estella westrick. Wanted to make sure her moment was memorable. The little girl came facetoface with pope francis. She reached in and grabbed the hat from his head. Lets se lets see that from another angle. Everybody had a good laugh. Thankfully she handed the cap right back. Still smiling, the pope placed it on his own head and went back to greeting other visitors. Her grandfather shared that clip online. Its been retweeted 50,000 times. This is the best tweet of alltime. Childs actions, carefree and love that smiles all over. Donald writes, that will cost her a couple of hail ry estellas mom said this. I thought it was a cute, personal family moment. Then, all of a sudden, it kind of went crazy and everybody saw it. I loved it. Its been amazing. This happened on estellas first day in rome. No telling what she will be up to today. Im a little disappointed. About a year and a half ago, up the street, matt and savannah, you had that opportunity to grab the hat. If i could turn back time, carson. Would have gone viral. I just spilt tic tacs down the aisle of the church. Cardinal dolan would have loved that. All right, carson, thank you. Just ahead, brace yourself. Were showing what happens when you dont use a toilet seat cover. Really . And jill is back with a grea is whatever makess you feel beautiful. Wear that shade. Wear that shade. Throw shade. Nice. No makeup monday or definitely makeup. Its monday. Go natural. Go big. Go bold. Ladies, dont let anybody tell you what makes you beautiful. At walgreens, weve got the Beauty Products to help you be you. Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. 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Good thursday morning. It is cold outside. 30 degrees is the actual temperature in the district. Feels like 23. Its not even that windy out but any breeze is going to make it feel colder. Sunny skies for today, thats going to stay the forecast. High temperature 50 degrees but not as windy. This afternoon not going to feel as cold as yesterday. 70s as we go into the weekend, eun. Thank you, sheena. Another news update in 25 minutes. Its 8 00 on today, coming up down to the wire. President trump using the final hours before todays big vote to convince holdouts to back his obamacare replacement. The president and i came to an agreement in principle. Will he get the votes he needs . Were live at the white house. Plus how sweet it is. Girl scout cookies. Were celebrating 100 years of Girl Scout Cookies and learn how they plan to tackle the next century as we meet the young scout who broke the record for the most cookies ever sold. Feeling the love. First official trailer for love the cast back together. Some of them actually look better today, march 23rd, 2017. Tennessee loves the today show. Good morning, dallas. Its my birthday. Good morning, vegas. From north carolina. Sweet 16, here we come. Go, k. U. Baylor. Were in new york for the sweet 16. Go, badgers. Good morning, everybody. Its 8 00 on today. Thursday, march 23rd. A pretty day on our plaza. Its pretty. Pretty cold. Dylan dreyer, it must be said. Someday. Eventually. Just not today. Coming up, well help you live the sweet life, with recipes for the perfect spring desserts. What . Beautiful voice. Thats great. It is the official song of rokerthon. Sleep no more my lady . Thats right. He set a record for delivering the weather for 34straight hours. For number two, that doesnt sound right, he delivered weather from all 50 states in just a week. Al is doing Something Special for rokerthon iii. In honor of march madness, hes going to do five college s campuses in five days. And each day, they will attempt to break a Guinness World record. Its hard to keep tng to the mornings top stories. Heres your news at 8 00. Reporter good morning, everyone. Im bill neely in london. A city on high alert. And shaken by a terror attack. But defiant. In the last few minutes, Britains Queen elizabeth has sent her sympathies after an attack that she called awful, shocking events. It all happened on Westminster Bridge and at parliament behind me. Four dead, dozens injured, eight, now, arrested in raids across two cities. All of this, at the very heart of british democracy. This morning, in birmingham, north of london, the hunt of accomplices of the man who carried out the deadly attack. Police arresting eight suspects so far. It continues to be borne out by our investigation, this attack eer acted alone and was inspired by International Reporter this car, a weapon. Used to kill and injure dozens on Westminster Bridge. The brutal attack caught on cctv. The driver accelerating in a cycle lane. A woman diving into the river thames. The car swerving on to the sidewalk. The driver, crashing at the gates of parliament before running in and stabbing an unarmed Police Officer. A british junior foreign minister, tried desperately to revive the policeman. He didnt make it. The attacker had driven his car across the bridge, towards big ben, mounting the sidewalk to hit pedestrians, many students and tourists. He reached one of the most heavily protected buildings in europe, parliament. And crashed before stabbing the Police Officer. Armed police opened fire. Crowds running, as shots rang out. I looked arnold, heard four shots. Maybe three or four. Bam, bam, bam. Sounded like. Reporter Antiterror Police say t them. But his name has not been released. Today, Parliament Got back to work. We know that the victims include three french children, one italian, one american. Reporter in london today, more police on the streets. But defiance, too. Well, here at parliament in the last hour, britains prime minister, theresa may, says the attacker was british. Born. Years ago, he was investigated by the internal Security Service mi5, over what she called concerns about violent extremism. But she said he was a peripheral figure and he wasnt part of the current intelligence picture. She said he acted alone. But police are now questioning eight people about this brutal and deadly attack. Savannah . Bill neely, in london, thank you. In white house, the Health Care Bill and President Trumps ability to close the deal are on the line. Hallie jackson is at thehi hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. And right now, drama is building ahead of this critical vote on health care, with the president working the phones overnight to close this deal. Now, a possible breakthrough. With just hours left until the highstakes vote, one last highpressure pitch from President Trump, looking to convince conservatives a no vote today could cost the gop their shot to kill obamacare. The president and i came to an agreement in principle. Reporter mark meadows, the chairman of the House Freedom caucasus, one of the main holdouts, now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. What were trying to do now is to make sure that our agreement is actually something that can be executed in a way that passes the senate. Reporter now, a possible breakthrough, with compromise maybe on changing Insurance Regulations for socalled essential health benefits. Cutting back o emergency room visits, Maternity Leave and Mental Health services. That modification may be enough to get the plan over the finish line in the house, where our nbc News Analysis shows six republicans would need to flip their positions or the Health Care Bill will flatline. The white house, confident. Theres plan a and plan a. Were going to get this done. What does it say to you if the president cant get this done this week . This is at the feet of paul ryan. And paul ryan will have to come to conservatives and ask what we want. Reporter the Health Care Battle comes after another bombshell, as the head of the House Intelligence Committee says he sees reports showing intelligence, scooped up from people involved in the trump transition. Something called incidental collection. What i have read bothers me. And i think it should bother the president himself and his team because i thi to be inappropriate. Reporter the president , feeling vindicated, he says. I must tell you, i somewhat do. I very much appreciated the fact they found what they found. Reporter but chairman devin nunes, who worked on the transition, briefed the president before telling members of his own committee. Im mystified by chairman nunes actions. This is not the way you operate an independent investigation. Ive been around this town long enough to know when theres something of this consequences and this enormity, theres always Additional Information that comes out before its concluded. Reporter now, another twist. Stronger accusations from the top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee that members of the president s campaign coordinated with russians to help him win. Something the white house has denied, repeatedly. Theres more than circumstantial evidence now. Again, i think you have i dont want to go into specifics. But i will say there is evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation. Reporter new this morning, in an interview, just out with time magazine, the president talked about his wire capping claims against president obama. Reiterating he meant surveillance. He didnt back away from another unproven claim that 3 Million People voted illegally. Something of which theres zero evidence. And in answer of questions of his credibility, he responded to the reporter, i guess i cant be doing so badly because im president and youre not. Matt . Savannah . Hallie jackson at the white house. Thank you. A suspect who is under arrest this morning in a story weve been following, last weeks kidnapping, of an alabama Nursing Student who made a dramatic escape from the trunk of a moving car. Manuel towns was captured last night. Hes charged with kidnapping, robbery and towns approached brittany diggs, forced her into the trunk and tried to get money out of atms using her card. She used the light on her insulin pump to find and pull the trunk latch. Lets check in with carson over in the orange room. Jill has been giving us incredible bargains all week long in our spring steals series. The response online. Just crushing it. Monday, she had deals under 100, it was the mostviewed story on today. Com. Tuesday, the deals were back. Deals under 50. A huge clicker. And again on wednesday, our top story, for jills finds under 25. Thats totalling close to 243,000 page views from all of you eager to get in on the bargains. Give the people what they want, jill. Whats your deal right now . My biggest challenge today was 10 and under. Going with spring essentials for men and women. This one is from the retail is 19. 99. Were offering it for 9. 99. This is a great sweatshirt with pockets. Comfortable. Soft inside. It has pockets. They offer it 10 . The hero discount for First Responders and military service members. A really great deal. They have great deals instore. And thursday is a great day to shop. If you like my outfit, thats available, too. Well get to that in a second. Just Getting Started with jill. Back in a moment with more deals, for 10 and under. Well keep the deals going this week. Guys, back to you. All right, carson. Need a reason to make your bed . We have a untmillion of them. 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Save on musthave trends. s pair pleats with a feminine top and pick up an offtheshoulder dress. Plus, get 10 off when you spend 75 or more and get kohls cash too. Kohls. I had a wonderful time tonight. Me too call me tomorrow . Im gonna send a vague text in a couple of days, that leaves you confused about my level of interest. Ill wait a full two days before responding. Perfect were never gonna see each other again, will we . Nono. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . The citi double cash card does. 1 when you buy and 1 as you pay. The citi double cash card. Double means double. [ cheers and applause ] 8 15. Time for whats trending. Have you wondered, whats the secret to success . Right place, right time. Hard work. The the wall street journals an idea. Make your bed. If you want to be a millionaire, make your bed. They talked to a sociologist who discovered certain traits that successful people share. Making your bed because it starts a productive mindset. They wave to their people. Friendly people, more successful. They connect with others. How about this . They dont yell at other drivers. Keeping the Emotional Intelligence in check is good. And finally, youll like one, matt. They pick up trash. That helps to be successful. It shows you dont think any job is beneath you. I got two of four. Stop making my bed. I try to think of when i stopped making my bed. I pick up trash. And wave to your neighbors . Yeah. I wave to my neighbors. I cant make the bed. Brian is still in it. Would you make the bed if you could . No. I make it the second i get back home. But i dont make it at 4 10 in the morning. Too early. Thats cool. The questions keep coming. When you go to a public restroom, do you opt for one of the toilet seat protectors . I hover. This little slice of heaven right here. A marvel of engineering. With the hole down the middle. You flush the toilet, do they really work . Its a barrier. A layer of protection. Yeah, no. Public Health Experts tell usa today those do not stop bacteria. They say youre not likely to catch an infection from a toilet anyway. That was an excuse a lot of people used to use in years gone by. If youre touching the toilet, i understand that. But i dont really understand how you would watch something. Its your legs. From the toilet seat. But the handle. Sometimes the toilet is more filthy than the toilet itself. What i do. I go into a stall, i wrap my hand i look like the mummy. I look like i have a cast on of toilet paper. And i give a wipe of the seat. When do you do the radioactive soot . The blue light. Have you been in the one where the toilet seat rotates and it has a plastic cover on it . I dont like that one, either. Theres holes in this thing . It ees it was all eyes on the scoreboard of a miami tennis match because of this unexpected visitor who dropped by. Take a look. An iguana, right up there on the scoreboard. Brought the game to a halt. Some brave people stepped in. They tried to catch him. But he was not ready to leave. He ran on to the court. Yeah. Newsic iset music to that. Look at him. He is like a ball boy. Can you grab it . Do they bite . I dont know. Hes a big guy. Long toes. The tennis player, tommy haas, did not win the match. But he got a good healthy. Do we have the selfie . Im ready. We begin with love actually. Theres a lot of buzz around the charity reboot. We have an official trailer teaser. And the cards are back. Have a look. What do you think . People are passionate about this reboot. People look amazing in that. They all look the same. Look great, right . Red nose day, actually. You can watch that special here on may 25th, on nbc. And we have to introduce you to this next item, with some music, if you could play it. Some music, billy, please. Ghostbusters. Were a big fan of the film. Came out in 84. Thrilled about the reboot, as well. I wish al was here for it. Al had a cameo in the movie. Good news for al and ghostbusters fans. While the reboot didnt do as well as he hoped, he jumped into two projects, an animated and a liveaction film could be in the works. And finally, jimmy fallon. Let me introduce you the a student that went above and beyond on his internship application. He was rapping why she should get the jab. Here it is. Archives of steve allen around the internet studio 6b, with jimmy fallon next to me do you need an intern because im getting a degree this communication nbc is the station a view from the Comcast Corporation heres my dedication get that kid in hamilton. Pretty good, right . Thats jake syrian. That did that . Jakes video caught Jimmy Fallons eye. Thats amazing. Jake, if youre watching, and you better be watching, the answer is yes. I cant wait to meet you, man. Get ready to work. So, congratulations to jake. He has his internship with the tonight show with okay. Weve talked enough about cold temperatures, lets talk about a warm up. Into the plains well see it warm up quite a bit especially if we go into friday and saturday and sunday. Amarillo 83, little rock 79. Thats almost 20 degrees above average. It starts to spread into the midwest on friday and eventually works its way into the midatlantic and northeast friday but does cool on sunday. Thats a look at the weather across the country, now here is a peek out your window. Good morning, im storm Team Buildings chuck temperature at the airport still only 30 degrees with windchill near 23. Warm weather cold weather gear. Afternoon high, 40 to 50. All sunshine all the time today. Tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy. There could be an isolated sprinkle or shower late morning into lunchtime. Most of friday dry, saturday dry and warmer, too. Thats your latest forecast. Savannah. All right, dylan. Thank you. Weve waited long enough. Lets get a spring steal. Shes been outdoing herself. First under 100, then 50, then 25, its thursday so now 10 or less. How are you going to do that . This requires to you pack your patience on the way to the store. My mom and i went shopping for deals. We did it for you. Im going to give you tricks and top deals. All on today. Com. Take you to the website. These are all about spring sinks where you dont have fortune. Modal, 19. 99, now 9. 99. Becaus the new merchandise. They have to put stuff on sale. H m, 70 off many of the items in the store and on sale. The tanks, two for 10. The tshirts, two for 10. My outfit is 10 and under. This is the sweater. The denim is 9. 99. Skinny jeans. And my bracelet, coming up. Everything you see. The scarf, awesome. The flats. Things ontrend, theyre getting new stuff in. Went to target. This is womens activewear. You can penalty is 40 or 50. Look at everything you can get. These are from champion. 10 and under. And i got some of this stuff for 5. Look at all these floral, these are the stahorts with the little shorts underneath. You dont have to spend a fortu fortune. You have to really pick through the clearance. You got to be ready to weed through it. Old navy. Im all about mix and match bathing suits because many of us are not the same on the top and the bottom. Go in for 10, each piece, plus plus free shipliping. If youre different sizes. 10 per piece. If you want a whole suit, jill, its 20. Depends on where you live. For the most part, yes. The money saved, you can go to france. Or if you have something you already have. Dip into pretty nail polish sets. 18. 99. Our price, 9. 50. You get thi you know when you go and you get a special spa pedicure . Each one goes between each toe. And it spreads them out. Thats cute. You put it between like this. They dont interfere. We have 30 seconds left. Forever 21. When you buy costume jewelry, you dont have to spend a fortune. This is unbelievable. 10 and under. And the sunglasses are about 50 off. Oh. Im going to put one on. I didnt know which one to pick from you. You know im looking for aviators. Again, spring essentials. Dont look good on you. Everyone is having sales. Thursday, a great day to shop, if you have time today. Love it. I have to put my glasses on. For these deals and special online only offer on a kitchen staple, go to today. Com. Jill is back tomorrow for the that sounds re savannah, look. Coming up, celebrating 100 years of Girl Scout Cookies with a girl that sold more than anyone ever but first your local news. Is there anything better than a thin mint . Announcer this is a news 4 today newsbreak. Good morning, its 8 26 on thursday march 23rd. Im aaron gilchrist. Melissa mollet standing by with first4traffic. Melissa. Good morning. Couple of problems on the beltway. Let me step aside so you can see them. Inner loop 95 crash three lanes getting by. Inner loop local lanes 295 blocking that lane there. Northbound 301 Village Drive northbound lane shut down because of pedestrian struck earlier. Northbound indian head fort roadblocking left lane. Aaron. Melissa, thank you. Well have a check of your forecast ene meac stay witu trbreast cancer are helped byof woplanned parenthood. R, jamie one day, i found a lump on my right breast. So, i called planned parenthood and they got me in that day. Within two and half weeks, i had a complete radical mastectomy. Trump one of the candidates, i wont mention names, said were not gonna spend that kind of money on Womens Health issues. I am. Jamie had planned parenthood not have gotten me that appointment, i probably wouldnt be around. Vo President Trump stand with survivors. Protect planned parenthood. Sunny and cold all the way through the remainder of your morning hours. It will get a little milder by late this afternoon, up near 50 degrees for today. Tomorrow a little bit more cloud cover, slight chance for a little light rain near late dry for your friday afternoon and friday night. The weekend looks awesome, especially saturday up into the mid70s. Another update here in 25 minutes. For now back to the today show. [ cheers and applause ] back, now, at 8 30 on this thursday morning. Its a chilly day here in the northeast. 23rd of march. Big crowd out on the plaza. Were a little late getting out this morning. Took a little longer to bundle up. Meanwhile, you know what today is . What is today . It is National Puppy day. Thats right. Its a big day. Celebrating with our puppy with a purpose, charlie, here. He was one of six in his litter. With his five sisters, when they were weeks old. Were doing something cool. Tomorrow, charlie will reunite with his siblings and his parents inside studio 1a. Thats so cute. Charlie family reunion. Just ahead, a sweetness overload. Were celebrating spring with great desserts featuring re ini raspber raspberries. Who doesnt love Girl Scout Cookies . Well have a chance to buy som its going to warm up. Thats the good news, the 60s. On the west coast, another source moving in, cold rain San Francisco even stretching down into the central valley. We could see some stronger storms especially as we go into friday as well. Look at all that rain. 1 to 2 inches of rain, especially northwestern california. We also have a second cold front moving through the plains states today. Well see storms mainly overnight, some could be severe with isolated tornado or two. Windy conditions. That could lead to red flag warnings as well because it is so dry. Winds could spread fire quickly. Frigid, temperatures 30s and 40s, southeast temps in the lower 60s. Again, we are looking for a warmup this weekend. Thats a look at the weather across the country, now a peek out your window. Good morning, were feeling like 20s, 23 in the district, 23 leesburg, 23 frederick. So it is a very cold start to the day. Clintonville like 20 degrees. This afternoon not as windy as yesterday. Sunny, 50 for High Temperature. The warmup starts tomorrow really. 63 for friday, isolated showers first half of the day. 76 on saturday, nice and dry. Sunday will be mostly drive rain. And thats your latest forecast, matt. Thats your l. Matt . Dylan, thank you very much. More of our series, taking care of mom dad today. The caost of health care is twie as much after the age of 85, than before 85. Financial health can be every bit as important as physical health. Jean chatzky is here with strategies for affording your parents care. We talked about downsizing. Moving your parents into a different home. Today, we talk about a different thing. A reverse mortgage. I see tv commercials for this all the time. What is it . Who is it for . Its for people over age 62. Essentially, you are borrowing the equity back out of your home. All of the mortgage payments you made through the years, youre pulling that money back out. The loan comes due when the homeowner dies or moves out after a year. And the amount you can get in reverse mortgage varies based on your age, the amount of equity that you have in your home and interest rates. Lets say i take one of these out. How do i get paid . Do i get paid over time . Do i get a lump sum . How does that work . You can take an annuity, a paycheck that comes to you every month. You can take it in a lump sum. Or you can take it as a line of credit. I like the last option because as your portfolio goes up and down with the market, this is a back pocket emergency cushion. What should people look out for . Continue to play the insurance and the taxes on the property. Take your spouse into consideration if theyre not on the reverse mortgage. And watch out for that lump sum, it can let you spend through the money too quickly. Lets say borrowing on your own home makes you queasy. You can get Financial Aid for care you can get Financial Aid. Maybe you can look at the veterans administration. If youre a veteran thats done 90 days of active duty, one day in wartime, honorable discharge, youre eligible for two programs. One is called the aid and attendants benefit. This pays a care giver if youre not able to perform the functions of daily living, like getting dressed or feeting yourself. Its worth up to 25,000 a year if you have a dependent. And it comes into play if youre at home, in a nursing home or in an assisted living facility. The housebound benefit is worth 20,000 a year. Are spouses of the caregivers eligible for this, as well. Absolutely. Thats something to keep in mind. What do care givers, Adult Children need to know about medicaid . Medicaid may be able to pay you for caring for your parents. This is something called a cash and counseling program. Not every state has it. But if youre the one who is taking time off work to care for your parents, you may be able to get cash for that. Contact your state Medicaid Office to see if its available. And if your parents have purchased longterm Care Insurance, you may be eligible to be paid out of that policy, as well. Should Adult Children looking at the possibility of taking care of their parents in the future go ahead and buy that longterm Care Insurance . If theyre parents cant afford it and you can, absolutely. Its something to look into. It can put off a hassle and expense down the road that you may not be able to come up with the money for later. You may want to look at something called longevity insurance, which is a deferred annuity. It doesnt kick in until your parents are 85 years old. Buy them a benefit that will pay them essentially an income by the time good information, jean. Thank you. Thank you very much. Up next, going to switch subjects. Sweet treats, that are perfect for spring. You like raz burraspberries, yo going to love this segment. First, this is to this portion of today food is created with our sponsor, citi. Citi is sponsoring with no kid hungry to end childhood hunger in america. Visit citiprivatepass. Com kids to learn more. This morning on today food we are celebrating the Spring Season with raspberry sweet treats. Joanne chang is coowner of flour bakery in boston. We have two here already to taste. Raspberries are in season. We have a couple of recipes im here with the no kid hungry campaign. We do an event across the year, where we gather chefs together. And you get to eat great food and help raise funds for child hunger. One in five kids is food insecure, meaning they dont know where their next meal is coming from. These are sweets for a really good cause. Yes. I have two great recipes here. Starting with raspberry cheesecake. We have Graham Crackers and cream cheese. And raspberries and saour cream. How is everything . Really good. You we have melted butter and sugar into the food processor. And its super simple. Youve ground up your Graham Cracker crumbs. Okay. And give that a pulse. Uhhuh. And then, we take the Graham Cracker and pour it into here. You are using we use a smaller pan to make a cute, little cheesecake. You press it in. Or use a bottom of a cup. And then, we have the filling. We have some sugar. And again, this recipe is so straightforward. Some egg. A little vanilla. Lemon juice. And what makes it really creamy is the sour cream. We use creme fresh, as well. Theres not sour cream in every cheesecake recipe. It makes it so light. We have fans over here. Were in a timeout. I know. Lets see. We make the filling. It will look like this. How do we incorporate the raspberries. Were going to put this into the baked crust. The crust bakes about 15 minutes at 350 degrees. And then, im going to have you help me make the swirl. You just squirt some of raspberry coulis, and take a toothpick. Like that . Should i get it looking swirly, like mess it . Up . Beautiful. It bakes for a really long time. And in a low oven. You turn off the oven and let it sit in the oven and cool down. That keeps it from cracking. And you have a beautiful cheesecake. Carson cooks his in a water bath. What . I do . You read the book. You cook them in a water bath, it takes it really creamy. What does that mean . A water bath . From a water bath, if you take this and put it in a roasting pan and you put the whole thing in the oven. Matt is showing off. How low is the heat of the oven . 90 minutes for 350 degrees. Not super low. Like your recipe. Really good. W the next recipe is just Graham Crackers. Egg whites and sugar and raspberries. We beat the egg whites until they reach soft peak stage. It takes about two or three minutes. Okay. You see, its not very voluminous. But after two or three minutes, it looks like this. And we add the sugar. We add sugar in about three inscrii increme increments. And once its added, you get this. I wondered. I do occasionally bake. Excuse me. Your nose is growing. The looks im getting. I do. Sometimes i do. Easy bake oven thing. Pretty much. Why do you have to do it in installments like that . Why cant you just dump the whole thing in . You can dump it in. It makes the meringue not as soft. It allows the sugar to incorporate. Everything in baking being patient. Thats probably why im not good at it. Now, we take the meringue and we make these little clouds. This is the best part. Im going to make some divots. And you just pour some of the raspberry into the divots. Is this the same raspberry mixture we made over there . Yeah. Just raspberries and sugar. Do i want it to overflow . Just fill the little hole. Perfect. We figured out a trick to make chopsticks. While we have a few seconds left to show. Youre going to dip in and sweep out and go around until you get a swirl. Just like that. Looks like vale helped her out. Yours doesnt like great, either. Okay. You bake them. . A low oven. Dont laugh. Its hard to do this. Its fun watching you cook. Watching you bake is on a whole other level. But she bakes a lot. Big baker. You can get these recipes at today. Com food. If you go to the today facebook page, you can watch her bake one more treat. Coming up next, another way to temp your sweet tooth. 100 years of Girl Scout Cookies. First this, is todayn nbc. O we are back at 8 47. Its one of our favorite times of the year when the girl scout cookie orders start rolling in. This year its extra special because the girl scouts are celebrating 100 years of selling these great treats. Here is nbc reporter iconic cookies, an american institution. Their numbers, hefty. Every cookie season, about 50 million households snap up roughly 200 million boxes generating some 800 million in sales. The scouts say girls represents gogetter, innovator, risk taker and leader. What i discovered was Girl Scout Cookies taught me how to create your own opportunities. Reporter opportunities that propelled scout ceo Sylvia Acevedo since she was a young member. Taught me you could study science, one day launch a rocket. Is it true as a child you said girl scouts taught me im going to the moon . Absolutely. I decided to make a rocket for my science badge. At that moment, i had that aha moment. At a time when a lot of girls like me werent taking math, werent taking science, i li had done it in girl scouts. Like her rocket, she soared, as a scientist working on Voyager Mission to jupiter. As commissioner of white house commissioner for excellence for hispanics. So Many Organizations have popcorn and bake sales and car washes. How has cookie sales sustained 100 years . Because its not just about selling cookies, its about teaching life skills. The girls set goals, make business decisions. Thank you very much. They decide who they are going to sell to, how they are going to sell. Its about customer service. What started with a few girls in georgia has grown to 3 million today in 92 different countries. 11yearold julia is a top cookie seller from connecticut. I want to open a business when im older. Learning all these Marketing Sales is really going to help me. She mixes door to door with continuing tal using social media to showcase her skills. I was wondering if you would like to buy some Girl Scout Cookies does this help your young women how to start managing money, what saving is . Absolutely. Its allencompassing teaching Financial Literacy to the girls. Not cheap, some wonder where the proceeds go and if the girls are getting shortchanged. What does the money go to, 5 and 6 a box. Thats kind of expensive. Does it really get to these girls. Absolutely. It doesnt come to corporate. All the cookie sales, money stays local so it can power the girls to take action projects. I talked to a girl doing Sustainable Food bank in her community because she knew there were people who were hungry. Ill take a couple of thin mints. How about the fact girl scout cookie selling changed. The Digital Cookie online. Theres business models, we want to be relevant to todays girls. We know have you to do that to be online. An original twist to girl scout recipe, courage and confidence. Jealous . They havent. Katie francis just broke the record for selling the most Girl Scout Cookies ever. Shes here along with fellow girl scouts, getting in lastminute sales. Theyre here with the official cookie taster, susan lucci, here in the center. We have kathie lee here. Good job. When you say Girl Scout Cookies, the whole gang comes down to get into it on. How did you do this . How did you reach this milestone . It took lots of time. What i did, was i went out and had fun, selling my cookies every day. Rain or shine, i guess is your motto. Can i say, shes an excellent saleswoman. He doesnt like cookies and she just sold the Peanut Butter cooki cookies. Did you go doortodoor . I went everywhere. All around my area. And one of my favorite ways of selling cookies was setting up in front of a booth sale, like in front of grocery stores. And i sang and danced. Thats fantastic. The oldfashioned way. Your favorites . The thin mints. Ill take two. And for my people, what the proceeds go to. Where does the money from this go . A little bit from each box sold goes to our troupe. We choose to spend the money how we like. My troupe is going to give back to the community that helped us so well on our cookie sale. Were going to be volunteering. And were one of my favorite things is were going to be mentoring a troupe that has mostly lowincome families. Were going to be providing opportunities for them. And then, were going to be going to volunteer in barbados. I brownies. True story. Can i share your joke. When you started eating Girl Scout Cookies, they only had one kind. Yeah. Who is taking the money . Susan and i are here. Two boxes, okay . Can i take one box from you and one box from you . Yes. And you save the extra. Okay. All of her cookies. Thin mints. I would like lemon and the thin mints. Or graham crammers, please. What are the new ones . Smores is up there. Katie, congratulations. Thank you. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Ill take the Peanut Butter ones. Okay. Eah. Il yl. Its been bedlam here, everybody trying to grab cookies. Keir, youre here for the 9 00. Here for another morning. Susan lucci. Going to be with me for the 10 00. Were going to put on a show, baby. Cant the girls have been sampling the merchandise shall we say, research for the product. Whats the best cookie . Tagalong. I agree. Back with much more on thursday morning but first your local news and weather. This is a news 4 today newsbreak. Hi, good morning, everybody. We are just a few minutes shy of the 9 00 hour on this thursday march 23rd of 2017. Im erika gonzalez. Melissa mollet is tracking your commute in traffic. Inner loop local lanes at 295 still have that crash blocking the right lane, inner loop arlington boulevard crash blocking express la erika, southbound 95 after Prince William parkway, slow. This from 301 Village Drive a pedestrian struck earlier this morning. Again, that is now out of the way. Thank you, maam. Well get a check of your forecast coming up next. Good morning. It is still cold out there. Still feeling like the 20s. Mostly mid to upper 20s across the area. Today sunny, High Temperature right around 50 degrees. Tomorrow were in the 60s. 63 degrees, chance of an isolated shower much warmer as we go into the weekend. Erika. Thanks. You can get news any time with nbc washington app. Good morning on todays take, oneonone with Woody Harrelson. Find out what the actor is saying about his new movie and a cheers reunion. Then serve up some chips. Emma roberts is here. All that and more coming up now. From nbc news, this is todays take. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this march 23rd, 2017. Im dylan, with keir and al is off with sheinelle. They let me come back. You are back. I appreciate you coming back. Er coffee after the show and get to know each other. We go down for coffee. And i forget my wallet. Keir, can you buy me a coffee . That was a good trick. And you told me, i never had to carry a show on my own before. And of course, every knows ive never done this before. So, our producers walking the halls of nbc with terror in their eyes. We have no idea how this is going to go. Keep watching this broadcast. We dont know whats going to happen. Anything can happen. Yes. We dragged you back on for throwback thursday. I love throwback thursday. My mom sends me shoe boxes of old pictures. I have a treasure trove to choose from. Today, i chose this picture. Is that true . Thats me. My first hand at makeup. You have some work to do there. The light blue eye shadow. I dont know where my cheeks were. But they were by my jaw. And the outfit. I have no idea how to put on makeup. I cant laugh because ive never seen a throwback picture of keir before. You had blonde hair . The guy on the right is me. The other guy is my dad. And so, i send a message to my dad, honestly, about 40 minutes ago. Can you send an embarrassing picture of me . And this is the picture he sent. The embarrassing picture of him for the short shorts . And the hair . This was 1970s. It was very cool. When did your hair go from blonde to brown . I dont know. I cant remember. I seem to be thinking quite seriously there. Were you fishing . Do you remember that picture . I dont think it was fishing. Sitting there thinking. I dont remember doing fishing. Thats embarrassing. Nice. I like that. Thursday is fun. You never know what were coming up with. Talking about embarrassing people. We embarrassed gavin, our he took a picture that he posted up on instagram. Can we have you come on over . Did you take the hat off at all . I havent taken it off in 24 hours. Good. Its hard to sleep dylan dr would never take it off. Whatted when you posted this picture on instagram . I posted it. And to my shock, i had 99 likes. Really . Whats normal for you . Up in the 40 to 50 range. Okay. 99 was huge. Im at 99. Im thinking, this is my shot. Triple digits. This is awesome. I realize im probably out of friends. I can still like it. I double tap it. And, boom, triple digits. You did it. Congratulations. We want to keep this going. Lets do somng i need you to know, that gavins Instagram Account is geelastic. Yes. Lets up the likes on gavins birthday picture. Well check back in. A lot of pictures of my daughter, quinn. And a couple of my dad, jay. You know . The whole family. Breaking news, you have 107 likes already. Whoa. This is crazy. Thats good, though. People. People. Were going to keep checking back throughout the show. I want to keep refreshing and see. Geelastic. It will mean a lot to the whole family. You will rock gavins world here. We want to get 1,000 likes. Is that up to 264. 609. Wow. You guys should be watching more intently and not just on your phones the whole time youre watching the show. Hes so excited. Were over 1,000. Gavin is actually losing his mind over there. Look at that. Thats incredible. The candles on top of gavins hat are going to explode in a second. Wow. 1,900. 1,990. Its like the eagle cams, you want to keep watching it and keep refreshing. Were going to leave this picture up for the rest of the show. Yes. Thank you, everybody, for this is amazing. Now, talking about things getting buzz online, did you see the video of the little girl with the pope . Oh, my gosh. Cutest thing. This is 3yearold estella westrick, she made her most of the meeting with the pope. She goes in. He goes in for the kiss and she swipes the hat. I spent a month covering the pope when he was first selected. I never thought to grab his hat. I dont think you could have go did. Look at him laughing . Estellas godfather shared the clip online. It has been liked and retweeted, 50,000 times. Im sure its going to keep going. Do we have an update . 4,800. Thats amazing. Almost 5,000 likes. Gavin is so happy. Were doing it, people. Its happening. We have gavin cam. This is horrifying. Truly horrifying. So, you travel all over the country. You do live shots for the today show, all around the world. All different time zones. Have you pulled an allnighter and gone 24 hours . Ive done it. I traveled and had to get off the plane and do a story and keep going. And not sleep. And i am usually all over the place place. I think this goes a long way to explaining me, really. Thats why you are the way you are. Its mostly because i havent slept. Yeah. St yes . You were going to say . Were learning here. Were figurie ining out how banter works here. It turns out, scientifically, if you dont sleep, you are a mess. You are a mess. S its similar to being drunk. I can see that. According to the National Sleep foundation, going 24 hours without sleep, is like having a 0. 1 blood alcohol content, which makes you too drunk to drive. I dont see you as getting irritable, do you . I try not to. I try not to. I can say anything. Im never irritable. Can we ask your wife . You had your little gorgeous baby. You know about not sleeping. I know about not sleeping. But calvin is great. He gives me four or five hours at night. There he is. I love seeing pictures. I got less sleep doing storm coverage, bouncing from one snowy place to another snowy place. Like you. Getting the live shots. Thats harder. I think sometimes it is, yes. Okay. Tell us about the weather now. Weather is later. Coming up next, remember this kid we showed you yesterday, who tried to land his dream job at the tonight show . We got an update. Yeah, at first i thought it was just the stress of moving. [ sighs ] hey, i was using that. What, you think we own stock in the Electric Company . 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The tonight show with jimmy fallon. It turns out, his plan worked. It worked. Last nights show, fallon took notice of jakes application. Thats amazing. Jake, if youre watching, and you better be watching, the answer is yes. Pack your bags, buddy. I cant wait to meet you, man. Get ready to work. Like a proposal. And jimmy fallon said yes. Good for him. Yeah. Do you think that will probably be the pinnacle of his career on the fallon show for a while. Now, making the coffee. Get an internship that you wanted . Are you creative like that that you could have put something together . No. Lets be honest. Not really, no. I wouldnt be able to compete with all of the other people coming up with the crazy stuff. Im impressed with the way people do things now, right . When i got into this business, when i got into this business, it wasnt like that. You didnt have all these things. You kind of came and did things with tv cameras. And that was it. If anybody saw the tape that got me my first in tv. I have a feeling it will get dug up by the end of the week. Anytime now. Theres an awesome building thats signed by an architect. Who is trying to rival st. Louis st. Louis arch. We may have an arch of our own in new york city. Look at this in manhattan. A giant u. Its a glass building. It would feature an elevator that can travel in curves, horizontally and in a loop. That would be Something Like charlie and the chocolate factory. Are you going to have an office on the curved part . With the windows on the floor or something . Maybe an apartment would have a curved roof. I dont know if i like that. I wouldnt want to be on the top one with nothing below. Knowing there was nothing below. Exactly. That would freak me out. It looks pretty. You know the buildings when you have a piece of glass and you know its glass. But im frightened. You dont trust that its going to support your weight. Well see if it gets built. We have the voting open for our ultimate family give away. One of these families is castle. Brought by homeaway. Well start with the gilaski family from washington. They are taking on jack and the bean stalk. I like that. Photo shopped by dad, david, who looks like he put himself in the picture, too. I love it. Next up, the Hughes Family from knewtown, connecticut, taking on the wizard of oz. Their great grandmother lives in the u. K. , where i am from. She hasnt met 3yearold violet yet. They get to get together if they win. Yes. Our next finalist, sisters from south carolina, with their take on rapunzel, making good use of the playhouse there. And our last finalist is a greek and sinld relacinderella and th wicked stepsisters. They e playing along. They are tugly stepsisters. Head over to today. Com and vote for your favorite picture there. When are we going to announce the winner . Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. By the way, we have Girl Scout Cookies here, celebrating 100 years. 100 years of girl scouts. Do you have girl scouts in the u. K. . Yesterday, she asked me, do you have money in the u. K. . I meant it more like, do you use money in the u. K. . Which still sounds weird. I do everything with a credit card. You know about the weather. Im going to stick to we are looking at a pretty decent day this morning across the plains. Storms will increase into the afternoon and mainly overnight. 11 00 there you see the line of storms moving through the central plains, they could produce large hail, damaging winds. Cant rule out isolated tornado. Tomorrow were going to see that threat expand a bit and move into the midwest and parts of the south. We could again see more widespread tornadoes but they dont look like they will be that strong. Still, we have 17 Million People at risk for storms tomorrow. Thats a look at the weather acro across the country, now a peek out your window. 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My doctor told me that movantik is specifically designed for oic and can help you go more often. Dont take movantik if you have a bowel blockage or a history of them. Movantik may cause serious side effects, including symptoms of opioid withdrawal, severe stomach pain and or diarrhea, and tears in the stomach or intestine. Tell your doctor about any side effects and about medicines you take. Movantik may interact with them causing side effects. Why hold it in . Have your movantik moment. Talk to your doctor about opioidinduced constipation. Astrazeneca may be able to help. Welcome back. Emma roberts has been in the mood to scare people lately. Playing Sorority Sister turn hospital worker in the comedy horror series, scream queen. Now, emma is bringing suspense to the big screen, in the black coats daughter. She is a married woman that seems to be hiding a troubling past. Can you please pull over . What was that . I think im going to be sick. Are you all right back there . Please, pull over. Hold on. Hold on. Please, just go past it. Were not stopping. Hold on. Hold on. Emma, good morning. Its so nice to have you here. Nice to be in pink and not scary. I thought i would lighten the mood. This is different from scream queens. This movie is actually terrifying. Scream queens is fun scary. This is a psychological thriller. I read the script. I knew i had to do the movie because it kept me up that night and i started to get scared. More so after i read it, it stuck with me. Thats how you know its going to be scary. Do you like scary stuff like that . Do you like being kept awake at night . Not particularly. I get so scared so easily. Its funny im involved with scary stuff. Me and my little sister is scared, too. She was at the premiere and she had to leave the movie because she got so scared. She had to leave. Thats how scary it is, in a good way. I hate being scared in movies. We just met. You dont know me. I go to one of the scariest places in the world for my real movie. If i watch a to be frightened. I havent watched a scary movie since jaws. The psychological thrillers freak me out more than anything else. You have to see this one. Will you come with me and hold my hand . Sure. I guess its better if you are scared of scary movies, you know youre okay. Its never scary when youre making anything scary. I was never scared on scream queens or American Horror story or black coats daughter. My friends are making fun of me. Why are you covering your eyes when youre watching yourself . You do each piece of the movie. I have respect for you guys. You folks dont know, when you make a movie, you do the scene again and again and again. And they get every shot right. Over and over and over. Right. You dont really get to see the whole thing put together until its actually put together. No. I think were the most in the its a nice surprise to see everything put together. It worked. Thats a relief. Do you feel like you come from an acting family. Do you feel like that helps . Do you go to, you know, julia roberts, for example, shes your aunt, is that right . Yeah. Do you ask her for tips and things . I feel like i spend a lot of time with her on set. I learn from that. But every movie or tv show is so different, you learn from being around it and experience. And to expect the unexpected, because things go wrong all the time. And you can never really anticipate what a day at work is going to be like. You have to go with the flow. Are you on instagram . Yes. Do you know our friend, gavin . Your what . Our friend, gavin, our producer, he is building followers. Come on, emma. Where is he . I need that like, emma. Hes in the orange room. And he is building followers on his Instagram Account. Would you mind giving him some likes . Sure. Thanks, em. Hes so excited. Poor gavin, his head is going to pop off. 9,000 likes. Thank you so much. 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Im northbound through e elesyan ponch is southbound. Thats like the c. H. I. P. S. I remember. It was big in england, no . You were practicing your english accent, right . Its an interesting accent. It doesnt sound english. Thats it, man. Pair you up. Thats good. Yeah. Giving me some problems. Ive worked with cockney film crews at different parts in the world. They have all of the sayings. Everything is a little cute saying. And they all know it. And puddin and pops, and everyone laughs. They know why they do that . So police couldnt figure out what theyre talking about. You must have the worlds dumbest police, because if everyone else knows. What we do have in britain, we had or lipps . London Highway Patrol . It was big in england and in the country, for an hour, you got to go to california. There was palm trees and a weird duo on motorcycles. It was appealing. Im from detroit. Mikes from chicago. Its equally miserable there. We have better food. It was like from another planet. I come from a miserable, miserable place. This is a passion project for you. You wrote, directed and star. Im in it. An e go maniacs dream come through. Motorcycles are my first passion. Michael pena, my second. How can i combine these two things . Theres one guy that could have played ponch. Erik estrada was the king. Is there p recreate . I didnt try. Together, me and dax. Look at their star power. They were 25. Were in our late 50s. Look at the haircuts. I wish the buns were on the screen. They had impeccable gluts. Speaking of, dax, youre not always wearing a lot of clothes in this film. Was that an ego thing . An ethical decision. Theres some female nudity in the movie. And i didnt feel right asking them without myself having done it. I knew what everything was going through. My nude scene got cut out. I dont know why. Youve been training, duet. You look good there. If i looked as good as that, i would be naked on television. I would be here naked if i could pull that off. I should be naked in this part. Was it awkward for you, mike . On your second day of shooting . I get in the show. Yeah. It was a little awkward. And then, plus, hesea had a sixpack. I have a fourpack going strong. Weve been touring the country, showing people the movie and going q as. What we like to do is eat until we get in a coma. We take all of the local food items. Yeah. In philadelphia, i had two cheese steaks in under a minute. Two cheesesteaks. A foot long. And you look like that . I dont look like that. Thats what im saying. I had to take advantage of that. Keep up, simmons. Your brother is a cop . My brother is a cop. Did he help you in this role at all . Not at all. He he saw the movie. He moves it. Hes a gearhead like you are. He said, you were really good at pretending to be a cop, mike. Im the real thing. He is. He works at a correctional office. Not he works in a jail. Hes in jail. An older brother, that you can be the f an older brother is, its okay. 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Reporter in his latest role, Woody Harrelson is wilson. Adore the character, even though hes neurotic . Brutally honest . I think brutallally honest i the truth. We have moments in life, where we get the thought bubbles. But we dont express whats in them. And thank god. We would be in deep you know. Reporter in wilson, harrelson stars alongside laura dern, who plays his estranged wife. Sam she makes pippy wonderful. Hey, claire. Jenny craig is over here. Reporter do you find yourself in the wilson character at all . Is theres a brutally honest aspect to you . I think i am like him. Im not that extreme. I do find myself saying things. Like, if only i can pull that back. If youre wondering about the lack of family resemblance, she used to be a real hippo. I got distracted from the comedy thing. Its nice to be back in. That feels like my roots. I think gary is playing with us. Like a rat with a mouse. Cat and mouse. Reporter it was his comedic role of woody boy, the young bartender on cheers that transformed harrelson into a bona fide star. His role ear h awards. Do you keep in touch with your castmates . I saw rhea last night. She came to the screening. That was awesome. I dream of having a reunion. Not a reunion where we do another show because i think, you know, that could turn out bad. Reporter a nice offcamera reunion would be nice. Since cheers, hes proven hes more than just the guy behind the bar. Im talking here. Reporter from a basketball hustler in white men cant jump. To an eccentric mentor in the hunger games series. Theres no role that woody cant c conquer. If you get the first time to direct, why make it so hard . Reporter one camera and one take. In his directorial debut, he broadcast his film, lost in london, live to cinema across america and the u. K. That idea has cost me endless amounts of stress and lack of sleep. I love how it turned out. 24 hours before, i was certain absolute disaster. Reporter how were you feeling . I was psyched. Isnt he awesome . Just want to listen to him talk. Wilson opens in theaters tomorrow. Are you doing weather . I was going to wait for you to toss to weather now. Time for the weather. Exactly. We are looking at a chance of some storms today right through the middle of the country. As we go into friday and into saturday and sunday, those storms will continue to move eastward. Large hail, damaging winds. Cant rule out tornadoes. Severe storms again you see on saturday slowly moving to east. Spotty showers and clouds to the east, temperatures warm up. Sunday cooler day, eastern third of the country will be under a lot of clouds and scattered showers and some isolated storms, too. On the west coast the rain is continuing. Lots of rain expected from washington through the coast of northwestern california, too, where a couple of inches of rain are possible. Thats a look at the weather across the country, here is a peek out your window. Good morning, everybody. Late day showers on sunday but most of your sunday morning and afternoon plans will be uninterrupted by raindrops. Right now sunny and cold outside. Current temperatures only in the upper 20s and low 30s, headed in the upper 40s to around 50 for a high today. Tomorrow a little more cloud cover but noticeably warmer. Highs tomorrow up near 63 degrees and clouds around, a slight chance for shower or sprinkle there in the late morning to around noontime. The weekend is looking very nice. And thats thats your latest forecast. Coming up next, mirror mirror on the wall displays music and can take calls. The coolest new gadget for spring after this. Discover new hydra genius by loreal. The genius of liquid care. Daily hydration thats super lightweight with aloe vera 72 hours of intense skin looks instantly fresh, glowy and ready to go. New hydra genius daily liquid care. 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So, were going to show you some cool new gear you want to pack on vacation or a trip to the beach. Katie is here with some spring gadgets. I go to buy headphones and i never know which ones to buy. Test a lot of headphones. This is really co headphones. Theyre warehouse arcs. They are a marshmallowy comfort feel. I can change the l. E. Dechld. Fe app. I call them great for relation trips. You can share any of the audio or music with the person next to you without having a cable. Awesome for being able to share your music on the go. Can it connect on the plane . A lot of money, 200. Headphones, thats a good price point. Ones that are comfortable and the will last you. Are they noise cancelling, too . They have good noise cancelling features. Moving on to bags. How exciting can bags get . Pretty cool. These are from matador. Go ahead and hold this. Start to unravel it. This is these are actually packable bags you take with you. How many times you go on a trip and you have all of the stuff you have to bring back. You can pack the bags that fit in the palm of your hand. 24 liters in here. Water justice e waterproof. They have tiny ones that fold out. Only 14. 99. What is that . That is this bag. Put it on your key chain. You need an extra bag, no problem. Bags get cool. Move on. The crew loves this. These are hot heads. These are from firebox. Com. And its a little cold out. It will get a little warmer. Works for any season. Hot heads under 19. You upload a picture of a face or a bpet. What do you do with it . You put it in the microwave and it will be a compress. It has wh you put it in. It smells good. And you put it in the freezer, too. Hot heads, great for anyone with an ego. You have a crush on someone, you can put your face on that. Is that a little weird . I like it. A little weird. Calculator. This is unique and interesting gadget. This is called tip and split. How many times you get a bill at the restaurant. And youre like, my gosh. Basic math becomes the hardest thing ever. When people are look over your shoulder. Painful. Especially when you split it with 15 people. It has a magnifier on it. You enter the bill amount, and the tip amount and how many people you want to split it with. It will tell you how much. A cool gadget that has a light on it, great for a restaurant and a dim light. That can be the most embarrassing part of the meal, when youre trying to split the bill and someone is going through, i only had the coffee. The person who wants to itemize their bill. Painful. People need to do that. Money is tight. Exactly. We saw you using this in the tease. This is a vio mirror. This is super hightech. Not only is it durable, but it has bluetooth. You can make calls from it and play your music from it. Im playing my music from my phone. And it has l. E. D. Controls and antifog controls. Hightech mirror, welcome to the future. Thats so fun. I love when youre here and seeing all of the latest stuff. Were going to be back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com all right. Gavins instagram is all the rage. Do you like your newfound fame . This is bonkers. 9,736. Trying to get to 10,000. My head is just growing. You yes . From me and sheinelle and you on the show yesterday. Yes. Only 250 likes. Huge. I dont know. I mean, gavin could be the new star here. Can i ask you to please help keir out. Come on. I need all of the help i can get. In so many ways. Im a little nervous when you turn on the comments. Yeah. So am i. So close. Were going to get there. Keir, thank you so much. Thank you for looking after me. Great to have you he on the beltway. Prince georges county Police Officer lost control of the cruiser on the beltway near pennsylvania avenue. This is just before 3 00 in the morning. That car hit a guardrail. Nobody was hurt and that has since been cleared up. Meanwhile want to check in with meteorologist Sheena Parveen no, excuse me, chuck, the very handsome kmuk bell with how things are looking. I stepped in for sheena, she was out doing a prom okay, National Puppy day. Go pet your puppy. Temperatures still struggling to get above freezing mark, upper 40s to 50 degrees. Much milder weather comes in. After that freeze, no other freezes in sight except downtown, some suburbs could be freezing tomorrow, though. Thank you, chuck. Coming up news 4 midday well have more on a big vote happening. See you then. Ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. Welcome to thirsty thursday. Were so happy youre with us today. Its march 23rd. Hoda mama is off. Look who is sitting next to me. Daytimes alltime leading lady, emmy winner susan lucci. Regis called her affectionately la lucci. Weve been catching up on old times. So much fun and all the best to hoda. This little baby is just precious. Im going to get a gander at her again next