picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. ♪♪ ♪ let's go out of town for the summer ♪ ♪ i wanna go across the trees ♪ ♪ just take my hand ♪ ♪ we will have fun till the sun goes down ♪ ♪ and we'll start over again ♪ ♪♪ damian: we're gonna go back to our interview now with the sister of the late cesar chavez. here is rita chavez medina. ♪ and we'll start over again ♪ rita: thank you. damian: rita, we were talking before the lights came on that it's like yesterday you were gathered here celebrating last year's cesar chavez holiday, and here you are. rita: i missed last year 'cause i had surgery. and i barely got out of the hospital a day before the breakfast, so i missed the march, the breakfast, everything. damian: now, in 1993, i was a senior at san jose state when we lost cesar. but a lot of the kids nowadays, they didn't grow up knowing about cesar, but yet they did. because talk about the inspiration that cesar was for even the younger generation now, the kids, you see them in alum rocdoanwhatnot, and carrying the button that you h up the torc

. ♪♪ picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> 4:56 this morning. for soccer fans around the globe, today is a huge day. today we find out the groupings for the world cup, which takes place this fall in qatar. the u.s. returns to the tournament after missing out the last time in 2018. telemundo's carlos eustice is in doha to explain how it works. >> reporter: we're hours away from the final draw of the fifa world cup. for those not familiar with international soccer, for the past three years a total of 210 countries have been competing against each other to punch their ticket to the final tournament held here in qatar in november. there's a total of 32 spots available for the final tournament, and the last three will be known in june, one of them being e crane. that game had to be postponed because of the conflict going on, so we'll see if they make it to the world cup. what we can expect from the draw, teams are divided into four different pots and from those pots they'll be distributed into eight different groups. for mexico and the u.s., mexico a

"access hollywood" starts right now. ♪♪ from universal studios hollywood, welcome to the weekend edition of "access hollywood." i'm scott evans. >> and i am zuri hall. let's go ahead and begin with our big katy perry exclusive. >> let's do it, zuri. kit hoover and i had a great time talking to katy, who welcomed daughter daisy dove with fiancé orlando bloom in august of 2020. now, she normally is very private about her little one, not even sharing photos on instagram and social media, but katy opened up more than ever about life as a mama. >> how is it? because you're glowing. >> it's like all the love that like i ever lost in my life or was kind of unrequited or i didn't get all came rushing back to me in an instant and i was full of true love. and so it felt like my life has

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. ♪♪ picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. test. test. up. >> he got it down to the wire in the nit championship until 7 footer jack comes up to win the tournament 73-72 it is the musketeers second nit title. >>> and the women's final kicks off tonight and uconn's paige becker partnering to give away 6,000 free meals >>> the men's final four tips off tomorrow night in new orleans. some of college basketball's most storied programs are vying for the national title, but who is going to cut down the nets? well, a few puppies on the "tonight show" seem to have the answer >> please, release the puppies oh, it's a nail-biter. kansas and north carolina sneaks in there, yeah and gets in there. it's north carolina for the win. >> there you have it the puppies say unc is winning the title. they reignite their rivalry with duke tomorrow night. >>> now to wall street where a meme stock is about to take off big time with a major split, plus a somewhat more affordable way to get behind the wheel of a new tesla. hi, geoff, good morning. >> hi, frances,

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> a year ago, it seemed impossible. but today tiger woods returned for his first major competition since his near-fatal car crash. here's morgan chesky >> reporter: tiger woods back in what could be one of the biggest comebacks in sports history the five-time masters champion now trying for number six flanked by an army of fans at augusta national >> can you put into words just what his presence does for this >> oh, it brings a different level. >> reporter: different because while we've seen him play through pain in the past, last year's car crash nearly cost him his life, shattering his right leg. >> it's been a tough, tough year >> reporter: but tiger soon reminded us his story wasn't over. but still, few could have imagined barely a year after the accident we'd hear this >> do you think you can win the masters this week? >> i do. >> reporter: at times today, he played like it, almost making a hole-in-one. >> we were all wondering, you know, what would this tiger look like after having to put his body back together ev

but flights have since resumed as normal universal studios. hollywood is looking into mechanical issues that stalled to ride yesterday. >> afternoon, the first one happened just before 4 o'clock when 11 people became stuck on the harry potter and the forbidden journey ride. first responders carefully removed all the riders. no injuries. there. another malfunction that happened on the transformers. the ride. 3 d riders were stuck for some time, but they were also freed. a power outage was reported near the park at the time of the stalls. but it's not clear that is the issue. >> still ahead, it was wild one inside oracle park. when we return kron. 4 sports reporter kylen mills will join us with all >> now that's the way to start of baseball season, right? oracle park. it was rocking today's. the giants ended up getting it the did they ever it was an up and down game that went into extra innings in a thrilling finish. >> and it up the way we like it. kylen mills live in a with some of the details. hey, kylen. >> hey, vicki and grant. this was a t

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> now to what may be the biggest fraud in american history. scammers stealing billions of dollars in pandemic assistance our lester holt sat down with deputy attorney general lisa monaco who's busy tracking down those fraudsters >> even i was surprised at the sheer brazenness of some of these fraud efforts. >> reporter: deputy attorney general lisa monaco is the top cop charged with prosecuting perhaps the biggest fraud in american history, pandemic relief fraud >> there is something that is truly corrupt about somebody or an organization that would go after and try and line their own pockets and take from people who -- can't think of something that's more corrupt. >> reporter: over the past year the department of justice has charged more than 1,000 people and seized back more than a billion dollars in cash and luxury items like homes, cars, even a valuable pokÉmon card they say thousands of cases are underway, though, that is likely just scratching the surface of the total amount of fraud suspected to have occurred the goal

. ♪♪ picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> right now on "california live," from the big fashion to the historic wins. we're dishing all the memorable moments from last night's grammys. >>> then sweeping news from the san francisco bay. malou checks in to the hole the a-list has loved. >> reese witherspoon, brad pitt. >> plus, reduce, reuse, reinvent the way we grocery shop. i uncover this sustainable store, saving the plane

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> finally tonight, there is a changing of the guard in college basketball the coach for south carolina leading the way, and winning national championships. stephanie gosk on a role model who is inspiring america. >> reporter: the university of south carolina did not just win the ncaa national championship they put a point on it actually, 15 points. over longtime basketball power house u-conn coach dawn staley after the game >> they were determined to be champions. >> reporter: coach stalely was determined to be a champion herself from the moment she took over the south carolina coaching job in 2008 while she had her eyes on toppling the u-conn huskies from their pedestal, her success, now two national championships, has meant much more. >> i hope i have given a beacon of hope for other black coaches because you can snatch success at this level when given an opportunity and when you work hard. >> reporter: staley was a star basketball player in her own right, playing for the wnba and winning three olympic gold medals. but a go

coming up, stranded on some popular right several park visitors got stock at universal studios, hollywood. >> plus, what's holding up state leaders from helping california drivers deal with >> gas is still high. the governor and state lawmakers are on spring break and there's still no deal to send money to californians after they promise those payments to californians when gas prices recently soared. yeah, crime for actually zavala explains the status of the proposed plans. >> including an update on the bill to suspend the state's gas tax. >> for the legislature to say no, we're going to continue to keep california's gas prices higher than any other state. and then we're going to go on vacation. i think that it shows just how out of touch people here are assemblyman. kevin kiley says he's not giving up his push to suspend the state's gas tax even as the governor and legislature take off for spring break course, gas tax holiday bill 2 weeks ago was verbally got it and changed in the assembly. transportation committee. >> democrats there made it into a proposed new tax on gas companies to p

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picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> the war in ukraine reaches the 40th day as russians are accused of genocide with new horrific images emerging. >>> and president zelenskyy addresses america during a videotaped message during the grammy awards. >>> plus, a deadly shooting and multiple ones over the weekend, the worst in sacramento. at least 18 de

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. ♪♪ picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> welcome back. it's 5:57. san jose mayor sam liccardo has had his twitter account hacked. but he's back in control of it this morning, at least. the account was taken over by a shoe enthusiast, social media account focused on selling nfts or non-fungible tokens. the press office tweeted they have gained control but many of the spam tweets remain on his account. >>> one of the three men charged in the shooting and robbery of lady gaga's dog walker was mistakenly released from jail. james howard jackson was freed after a court appearance because booking records showed that charges against jackson were dismissed. the l.a. county district attorney's office says the dismissed charges were supposed to be replaced by a superseding grand jury indictment unsealed during a hearing on wednesday. that didn't happen. that's why he walked free. jackson and two others were charged in connection with the shooting of lady gaga's dog walker, ryan fisher, last february. >>> a little later this morning, tiger woods begins a make-

. ♪♪ picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. as a small business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving with comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to $500 a year. so boost your bottom line by switching today. get the new samsung galaxy s22 series on comcast business mobile and for a limited time save up to $750 on a new samsung device with eligible trade-in. globe, today is really a huge day. today we find out the groupings for the world cup which takes place this fall in qatar. >> so the u.s. returns to the tournament, after missing out last time in 2018. telemundo's carlos eustice is in doha to explain how today's draw will work. >> greetings from the capital of qatar, where we're hours away from the final draw of the fifa world cup. for those of us not familiar with international soccer, for the past three years 210 countries have been competing ag

. ♪♪ picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. as a small business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving with comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to $500 a year. so boost your bottom line by switching today. get the new samsung galaxy s22 series on comcast business mobile and for a limited time save up to $750 on a new samsung device with eligible trade-in. >>> right now at 5:57, you're watching "today in the bay." let's turn to our climate in crisis. we just had that april 1st snow survey and now we're seeing how big the impact of the drought is. 44 million people across the west are experiencing a very severe drought and we currently have the lowest snowpack in over 70 years. you can see all of these red dots indicating the groundwater drought indicator and how severe it is not only in california, but all across the west. and so now that we take a

officials rescuing 11 people from the transformers ride at universal studios hollywood after they were stranded on the attraction for 2 hours. universal studios's is a power outage because the issue, no one was hurt, since than the power has been fully restored in the park remains open. that is scary and tiger woods will play at the masters this weekend. the golfer making the cut to continue playing in the tournament after overcoming a rocky start in windy conditions yesterday. it is his first major tournaments and seriously hurting his leg in a car crash last year but woods is back in the game. he finished just 9 shots off the lead behind world number one scotty scheffler and those are your headlines. >> tiger has played the masters 22 times at now has made the cut 22 times and i haven't told you yet that right is nothing but i was stuck on a plane for 7 hours thursday night and i slept on my couch because i didn't get to new york until 2:30 in the morning. with the sound drops, they dropped me off in philadelphia, the show is in new york. i. like ipod a flight to new york, why am i i

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> this morning on the third hour of "today," more destruction in the south. powerful storms toppling home, tossing cars. a rare tornado emergence in south carolina. and we're tracking the threat of more storms today. then back on the prowl. >> i don't show up to an e event unless i think i can win it. >> reporter: tiger woods announcing his return to golf planning to play the masters just 14 months after a deaf staying car crash. >>> plus our new series flee market finds. jill martin taking us treasure hunting, meeting a

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> this morning on the third hour of "today," he's back. tiger woods taking the course at the masters less than 14 months after a crash that nearly cost him his life and career. we're live with the fan frenzy. >>> plus, our series crypto universe, meet a 13-year-old artist whose drawings have turned her into a crypto millionaire. >>> and jill martin introducing us to a jewelry designer who's gone global, and it all began at her local flea market, today, thursday april 7th, 2022.

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this morning on the third hour of "today," a march madness finale. >> south carolina has captured its second national championship. >> the new women's national champs joining us live with their road toictory. and we're going to take to you new orleans for the men's match-up tonight with the man in khaki, steve kornacki. >>> and later music's biggest night. the performances from the grammys. >>> and our jill martin sharing her relationship journey and the ne

picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> this morning on the third hour of "today," roaring back. tiger woods beginning his incredible comeback at the masters. we're live with what to expect on day 2. then a new frontier. we'll go live to the launch pad, where space history could be made today. plus on the job with a sleep consultant. find out about the abcs of good night zs. and joy bauer making an excellent brunch at home.

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picture the best day ever at universal studios hollywood. >>> this morning on the third hour of "today," relief at the pump. president biden taking unprecedented action to lower gas prices but when can we expect relief? and how much could it actually save us? and later, steve kornacki holding court for march madness breaking down an unprecedented streak and historic match-up. the men's is and women's final fours. >>> and then, courtney b. vance filling us in on his intense new

universal studios hollywood is converting those world famous tour trams to electric vehicles. guests now will experience all the movie making action propelled by the latest energy efficient technologies, just one example of nbc universal and comcast parent companies making a commitment to help the climate. >>> and al, are you -- mr. al roker featured in yet another video? >> could be. >> yeah? >> i've got great people and tell them about the tram. >> you're the tram video guy >> i'm the tram video guy. just as they pull up to jaws the shark. and of course the big flood is also a big -- a big seller on the tram >> thank you, al coming up next, like it or not, it's time to get our taxes done. if you have waited this long, you need one person, her name is stephanie ruhle. she's here, she's got the comm mistakes to avoiond. >>> we are back with your money, the tax deadline is coming monday, april 18th, and the irs says more than 90 million returns have already been filed, which means tens of millions are still out there. if you're in that group, nbc's senior business analyst steph