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representatives to be vacant. >> it's great to be with a bunch of people talking smack about tom brady. good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this mother's day, may 12th. i'm willie geist. a very happy mother's day to all of you moms out there. this morning the israeli military is warning palestinians to evacuate parts of rafah, a city in southern gaza, where many of them have fled during the last seven months of war. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying his troops will continue the effort there to root out hamas terrorists who carried out the attacks of october 7th. a decision that has caused a rift with the united states and a threat this week from president biden to pause the shipment of heavy bombs. we'll have the latest in a live report from the region and talk to kristen welker just ahead. plus,a week of sustained severe weather across the midwest and south, our "sunday focus" is on the drift of major tornadoes to more populated areas. what is behind the unusual rash of storms? then, our "sunday spotlight"

on the small town in wisconsin that has been revived by beer. we'll pour a tall one and explain. and later, a new "sunday sitdown" with our 30 rock neighbor, jimmy fallon, as he celebrates ten years as host of "the tonight show," a job that still feels like a dream. >> my wife always says that she's so grateful for the show, just for my brain, therapy wise, because i'll have a dream, and i'll wake up in the middle of the night with my phone and be like -- [ inaudible ]. >> that came to you in a dream? tight pan? >> isn't that sad? >> you have a weird brain. a "sunday sitdown" with jimmy fallon late in the show. israel's preparation for what looks like a likely attack on hamas terrorists in the southern city of rafah. the military ordering hundreds of thousands of palestinians to evacuate to safety.

nbc is covering the story. what is the latest? >> reporter: 300,000 people are on the move in southern gaza, the population of pittsburgh, with people fleeing for their lives once again as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, appears to prepare for that offensive that president biden has publicly opposed for months. this morning panicked scenes in southern gaza with israel expanding evacuation orders in rafah. displaced palestinians fleeing once again carrying their few belongings. the idf issuing orders, telling residents to get out of the combat zone. and fears mount that israel's long-anticipated offensive in southern gaza is imminent. the impending assault leading to division with the u.s. president biden saying the u.s. would withhold arms shipments if

israel invades rafah. >> we've destroyed about 20 battalions of hamas' 24 terrorist battalions. we have another four to go. they're in rafah. that's why we want to go in. >> reporter: among those on the move, this mother, fleeing with her baby. "we are leaving for the unknown," she says, "and there are no safe areas at all." the idf has urged civilians to head to other coastal areas. it is hot and there is no water or electricity. israel has targeted the so-called safe zones in the past and air strikes have intensified in the last day and a half. aids groups say no supplies have made it in since monday. this u.n. warehouse in gaza sits empty, one of the few functioning hospitals with only 36 hours of fuel left. for the displaced, for the

bereaved, and the families of hostages, the next chapter in the gaza war could be the hardest one yet. meanwhile, the idf has increased its bombings in the north and east while also occupying the border crossing with egypt in the south. and that means, willie, no aid has come into the besieged enclave for almost a week. back to you. >> hala gorani on a desperate situation in gaza. thank you so much. kristen, good morning. always great to see you on a sunday morning. president biden, as hala reported there, threatening prime minister netanyahu that he's going to hold back on some of those heavy bombs, providing lots of aid to israel. but on the heavy bombs, if netanyahu does, in fact, go into rafah, which looks like it's going to happen. for president biden how much is this about the relationship with israel and how much about domestic politics playing to his progressive base in an election year? >> willie, it's a great

question, and i think it's a little bit of both. look, we know that president biden and the biden administration have grown increasingly frustrated with the way in which prime minister netanyahu and the israelis have waged this war. the fact the death toll continues to mount, that dire humanitarian crisis that hala was just talking about. so he has been warning him privately, it's now spilled out into the open in this stark warning that if he does, in fact, move forward with a full-scale ground invasion into rafah, the u.s. will withhold military aid to israel. here's the question. what is biden's red line? that's not clear. that's one of the things i'll be talking to the secretary of state about this morning, willie, when i have a chance to ask him some of these questions. there is a political component to this as well. this issue the middle east has divided as we've seen on college campuses. 26 house democrats sent a letter to the administration saying

they were concerned about the potential impact it could have, and we've seen the president's poll numbers start to drop, particularly among younger voters. so it is an attempt to try to address that as well, but ultimately this new warning from president biden has been met by criticism from a number of different sides. so a lot to talk about. we'll talk to senator bernie sanders, of course, an independent, and senator lindsey graham about all of this coming up on the show, willie. >> kristen, we'll look for more on "meet the press" when kristen is joined by secretary of state antony blinken, independent senator bernie sanders of vermont and republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. after weeks of protests of the war in gaza on college campuses across the country, a handful of graduations have been disrupted as well. on saturday a group of graduates at virginia commonwealth university walked out as governor glenn youngkin took the stage for the keynote address.

pro-palestinian chants broke out during several commencement ceremonies at uc berkeley, and pomona college's graduation ceremony to be moved off campus after pro-palestinian protesters set up an encampment on the ceremony stage. one of the star witnesses in the criminal hush money trial of former president trump is expected to take the stand tomorrow. trump's one-time fixer and lawyer michael cohen is at the center of the prosecution's case. the former president spending his weekends on the campaign trail rallying saturday on the jersey shore in a state that hasn't gone republican since 1988. nbc's dasha burns was there for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. today the former president is preparing for a courtroom face-off with michael cohen. but saturday on the campaign trail, he was focused on november's election, telling rally goers he believes he can win the garden state while dropping hints about the stakes.

former president trump holding a rally in wildwood, new jersey, saturday. a blue state that he's bullish on turning red. >> we're expanding the electoral map, because we are going to officially play in the state of new jersey. we're going to win the state of new jersey. >> reporter: a surprise guest speaker, a dark horse vp contender, north dakota governor doug burgum. >> who are we going to send back to the white house in november? >> trump! >> reporter: mr. trump dropping some hints. >> you won't find anybody better than this gentleman. so get ready for something, okay. doug burgum has been incredible. >> reporter: the rally a reprieve from his manhattan hush money trial which picks up again tomorrow with one of the prosecution's most anticipated witnesses, former fixer turned foe, michael cohen. the jury has already seen evidence that cohen paid adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 to keep her story

alleging an affair with mr. trump under wraps in order to protect his campaign for president. but cohen's testimony could directly tie the former president to the scheme and the crime of falsifying business records to influence an election when he repaid cohen that money. mr. trump has pled not guilty. cohen was once among mr. trump's most loyal protectors. now a constant detractor on social media and beyond. the judge asking cohen to refrain from publicly discussing the case or the former president. meantime, mr. trump's defense team has been laying the groundwork for a tough cross-examination looking to undermine cohen's credibility using his own criminal past and history of lying under oath. and, willie, the prosecution says after cohen, they have one more witness and could rest their case by the end of the week. then the big question remains, will former president trump himself take the stand in his defense? willie? >> back in court tomorrow. we will see. dasha burn, thank you so much.

many of you have been lucky enough to witness an incredible show in the sky this weekend n. a rare sight with the northern lights visible to tens of millions here in the united states. nbc's george solis has more. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. >> reporter: it's the stunning and rare sky show captivating the nation from coast to coast. >> i can't believe what i'm seeing. >> reporter: the aurora borealis lighting up the night sky from wisconsin to the arizona desert and even as far south as florida. >> this is insane. >> reporter: the vibrant greens, purples, pinks popping up across the planet are being caused by this, a massive geomagnetic storm on the sun. >> the sun is really active right now. >> reporter: the director of the edelman planetarium. we're seeing it really far south. why is that? >> the northern lights are pretty common, but this particular storm that's hit us is so big that it's sending so many particles down to us, that

it's pushing that circle of light all the way down as far south as florida, possibly even hawaii. >> reporter: taking us inside the planetarium to show us a real-time photo of the sun. >> you can see that huge one right there, that's the culprit. that's what's causing that huge storm. >> reporter: that sun spot, 16 times the size of earth, and could cause chaos across the globe but hasn't yet. noaa reports minor power grid irregularities and high frequency gps. elon musk saying his star link satellites are under pressure but holding up. we're not talking global shutdown of services, right? >> no, there's not going to be a global shutdown. >> reporter: as for the astronaut aboard the international space station, nasa says there is no risk to the crew. back here on earth, stargazers treated to a rare spring light show, well worth staying up for. experts say that solar storm is

no threat to humans. as for the dazzling display of the northern lights, there's still a small chance you might be able to see them tonight. your best odds for viewing is to get far away from city lights for that picture perfect moment. willie? >> they are beautiful, george. thank you very much. the northern lights spectacular and so, too, is the glow of the television during the playoffs. in the nba celtics stars jaylen brown and jayson tatum helped boston to easily defeat the cleveland cavaliers on the road, 106-93. boston up 2-1 in the series. dallas mavericks guard kyrie irving sealed the win for the mavs in a 105-101 victory over the top seed, the oklahoma city thunder. dallas now leading that series 2-1 games. two more games today, defending champion nuggets and the timberwolves and the knicks and the pacers in their game four. let's

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>> reporter: -- to iowa -- >> did you see it? >> reporter: -- to tennessee, scenes of devastation across the country this week. americans have always been fascinated by the power of tornadoes from the blockbuster hit "twister" in 1996 -- >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: -- to the "twister" spinoff at that looks like it could be the movie of the summer. but the tornadoes we've seen day after day have been all too real. >> that's a tornado, a large tornado, right here in view. >> reporter: six weeks of punishing storms have left a trail of destruction thousands of miles long. >> where around me is a war zone. it's all gone. >> reporter: people across the country wondering, are tornadoes more common, and are they getting stronger? >> when you look at the number of days with 30 or more tornadoes occurred on a given day, which would be outbreak days, those have increased. >> reporter: steven strader is an associate professor at villanova and studies climate and natural disasters and those tornado outbreaks he's talking

about are responsible for 80% of all twister deaths. one of the reasons? more tornadoes are touching down further east, outside the great plains, hitting towns and cities not used to seeing them this often. >> there's many more people in those rural areas in the southeast where vulnerability is heightened, a lot more nocturnal tornadoes, more tree cover, all of these influence the vulnerability and exposure. >> reporter: is climate change to blame? the answer is complicated. scientists are hesitant to make a direct link between climate change and tornado activity. for one, tornadoes are too small to accurately model. a warming climate provides the fuel for super cell storms, the massive systems that can spin off these twisters. >> in the future, we expect to see more of those events. that fuel that feeds the thunderstorms is fueled by heat and moisture at the surface, and those are expected to increase as we go through the next 30, 40 years. >> reporter: experts say as storm patterns continue to

shift, humans need to adjust as well. >> as cities grow and expand, there's more targets to hit when a tornado occurs. think of "wizard of oz" with the tornado dancing behind dorothy as she runs to the shelter. it's not going through a field anymore. we have to beware how we build is just as important as how strong the tornado is. >> and angie joins me live. angie, good morning. it has been a relentless six weeks or so for millions of people across the country. so how unusual is the tornado activity we're seeing right now? >> reporter: good morning, willie. it's been quite an unusual start to the year. since then there have been more than 6,000 reports of large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes, including more than 260 twisters across 19 states in just the last few weeks. in fact, this past april entered the record books as the second most active april in terms of tornadoes behind only 2011. and there have already been two violent ef-4 tornadoes in oklahoma, the strongest to strike the state in eight years. and this severe season is far

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good morning. it is 626 and it is sunday morning. i'm chris chmura sitting in for kira klapper. happy mother's day happening today. glide memorial church will be packed to celebrate the life and legacy of

the late reverend cecil williams , the longtime leader of san francisco's glide memorial church, died last month at the age of 94. he was a champion of racial equality, lgbtq rights and the poor. reverend amos brown is among those speaking at the public memorial. brown and williams had a friendship spanning nearly 50 years, he says. what williams built at glide will last far beyond his remarkable lifetime. that church was about being concerned about justice and opportunity and food, clothes and housing for the others who have been marginalized, brown added. vice president kamala harris sent a letter. he's going to read at the memorial, the celebration of life for reverend cecil is happening today at one glide church on ellis street. we'll also be streaming it live on our website, nbcbayarea.com and our

other streaming platforms. cynthia is awake early this morning to good morning cynthia. good morning chris. good morning everyone. ready to, you know, tackle this huge day that is mother's day. but we do have to slow down on the roads a little bit. we are dealing with some low cloud deck this morning affecting our visibility through parts of santa rosa along 101, and it's also a little bit chillier compared to yesterday 51 down here in san jose, though it is mild and we are seeing those low clouds right there through the valley should mix out here as we go on into the later part of the morning. as far as some visibility elsewhere, if you just drive a little bit south into morgan hill, our readings there are going into less than a mile, so just be careful there. we go up into parts of san carlos and the peninsula, half moon bay, also less than ten miles there, as well as up in santa rosa. this should mix out as we go throughout the day in our inland valleys. but i'm going to give you a little bit of a taste of our microclimates here with our mother's day planner. as we go on into the coast, we're going to continue to see that fog till

about seven, 8:00, mixing out to some higher clouds and temperatures. only in the 60s there, as you make your plans to take mom out to the coast, make sure she brings a jacket too. but if you're heading inland, making those plans, maybe a barbecue or any outdoor plans, we're going to need some sunglasses out there. going from the 50s this morning to some low 80s by this afternoon. so just a touch cooler than where we were yesterday for our saturday. but overall, over the next couple of days, we're going to stay nice and dry. it's going to be a gorgeous day for mom. a little bit cooler if you decide to extend this weekend on into monday. but overall we are going to see a lot of sun icons in that seven day and i'll show you the range of temperatures coming up at 7 a.m. chris, back to you, cynthia. guarantee a mom has the sunscreen and the jacket. good, good. ready for anything. appreciate it. coming up this morning on today in the bay, a san francisco community takes a stand against hate. we'll show you how a neighborhood is making sure a beloved resident is safe. we're going to have that. plus all your top stories coming up at 7:00, please do join us. but right now we're going to head

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rudolph as she returned to host last night's new episode of "saturday night live" with musical guest vampire weekend. during her run on the show, rudolph was a castmate of another "snl" hall of famer named jimmy fallon. fallon was a boyhood fan of "saturday night live," who grew up to become one of its biggest stars over six seasons including co-anchor of "weekend update" with tina fey. lorne michaels saw a future for fallon in late night on the iconic "tonight show" led through the years by names like allen, carson and leno. jimmy and i got together for a "sunday sitdown" and a look behind the scenes of the show he has hosted for ten years now. ♪♪ so this is my dressing room. you open this door here and you go into the backstage, and you press this and the wall opens. >> come on. >> here we are.

we're on stage. >> jimmy fallon has spent a good part of the past decade on this stage and behind this desk in studio 6b. >> do you want to sit behind -- >> i can't sit in the chair. >> people want to see this. >> are you sure? >> you're up a little higher now, aren't you? >> i'm getting shorter and shorter. you want to be higher than the guest. >> back in "the tonight show" offices, fallon's real desk is surrounded by memories of a 30 rock tenure that began with "saturday night live" and ultimately landed him the most prized job in late night television. i have to start with congratulations on ten years of "the tonight show." can you believe it? >> i can't really believe it. we're editing the best of special which is airing this tuesday. i forget half the things i've done. that scene where carol burnett slaps you -- carol burnett slapped me?

what was that scene? we have a whole montage of people slapping me. >> the 49-year-old fallon is the sixth person to host "the tonight show" carrying on a 79-year legacy as a must-stop destination for celebrity guests. >> can i date nicole kidman? he also has made it his own thanks to charming interviews, absurd games and original sketches that go viral online. ♪ i have my tight pants on ♪ >> my wife always says she's so grateful for the show just for my brain, therapy wise, because i'll have a dream and i'll wake up in the middle of the night my phone and be like -- everybody is talking -- >> so that came to you in a dream, tight pan? >> yeah. isn't that sad? >> you have a weird brain. >> why can't i just guess the lottery numbers, who will win the world series? >> do you have favorites of these bits?

>> metallica with classroom instruments. or keith richards playing the guitar. >> you are living out a lot of your boyhood dreams, and now you're playing in the sandbox with them. >> all in the name of comedy. >> pointing at you! >> in 1998 lorne michaels hired fallon, a 23-year-old doing stand-up and improv in los angeles, to join the cast of "saturday night live." fallon became a fan favorite. when a post-"snl" career in movies didn't pan out, he was approached again by michaels to take over for conan o'brien as host of "late night." >> i said, yeah, i have to ask my wife. i've been married now. honey, do you think i should do this? she's like, you have to. even if it doesn't work -- i'm not saying it won't -- you're on

the list with david letterman, conan o'brien and you. >> music is central to fallon's comedy, so he needed a good house band. after some aggressive courting, he found one in the philadelphia-born hip-hop group led by tyreek and amir. >> i asked them and didn't hear anything back. went to the concert. after the show i was waiting around and hanging out. hi, guys. and quest went into his trailer. when he came out, i was in a cheerleader pyramid and they were on my back, we were doing a triangle. and he was like, are we going to be stuck with this guy? he's charmed my band. yes, now we've been family now for 15 years. >> this is a four-leaf clover. i need all the luck i can get.

welcome. i'm jimmy fallon and will be your host for now. >> do you stop and think at this moment right now, ten years, that first show, what it felt like to walk out on that stage for the first time? >> it was emotional because everyone i knew in my life was there. they're here tonight to see me, mom and dad. i love you, guys. my dad heckled me. i love you. i know, dad. i go, why would you heckle your son? this is my debut of "the tonight show." thanks, dad. itches so nervous. every executive was there. did we make the right decision? do we bring leno back? what do we do? >> hi. >> here i am 15 years later, i'm friends with all these people. i've seen their biggest movies, their biggest flops, i've seen their wives, i've met their bad boyfriends. we're getting to know each other, growing old. >> fallon's decade on "the

tonight show" has coincided with an age of heated politics. over the years he has slipped in the ratings behind "the late show with stephen colbert" and "jimmy kimmel live," both take a more confrontational approach to the news. >> i wouldn't say our show is a political show. the other guys do that better than i do. they're great at it. >> but fallon connects to his audience where it lives these days, online and on social media. "tonight show" clips rack up hundreds of millions of views baiting the late-night competition handily. >> we're going to entertain you, make you laugh and forget about what's going on with your life, with work, with whatever is happening in the world, politics. i'll make you laugh. that's my job and hopefully i do my job. >> what have you learned over the last decade about being a leader in the face of the show, in your case, kind of the face of nbc? does that feel like a burden at any time? >> that's not why they hired me. when you get hired, you're hired

as the entertainer not the boss. i don't know what i'm doing. it's interesting to learn that part, oh, yeah, i've gotten better at that stuff. i surround myself with really good people to worry about that stuff, take care of all of that. >> with a 50th birthday coming in september and a decade on "the tonight show" under his belt, jimmy fallon is dreaming about the next ten years. >> look who we have on the show coming up. will is coming back. i'll do a bit with him. >> for the summer? sure. >> something like that, i don't know where it goes, but this came to me in a dream. >> it feels like you have very, very strange dreams. i'm not your therapist. >> will you be my therapist? >> i'm afraid i can't help you. >> i need another ten years, man. get me through. >> our big congrats to jimmy and

his team on ten years at "the tonight show." "the tonight show" tenth anniversary special airs tuesday night on nbc and of course you can see jimmy on "the tonight show" every week night on nbc and streaming on peacock. by the way, jimmy will co-host the closing ceremony at the paris olympic games. 's busy man. don't forget to subscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hear the full interview with jimmy fallon. he veers into several impressions during our wild conversation. can you find that on apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. and next week another new "sunday sitdown" with glenn powell on the recent run of movies that has made him one of hollywood's most in-demand stars from "top gun: maverick" to the romantic comedy "anyone but you" and now the new movie "hitman "he co-wrote and stars in. glenn powell next week on

ahead on "sunday today," our highs and lows of the week. a mama bear leading her cubs through a well-deserved spa day in one california neighborhood. but, up next, the story of revival in small town wisconsin as a long shuttered brewery once at the heart of the community is pouring again.

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they love their beer in wisconsin. cheese and the packers, too, but beer holds a special place in the state's history. famous brands like miller and pbr were born in milwaukee where the baseball team is named the brewers. now a smaller old brewery a couple hours west of the city has come back to life bringing a town with it. nbc's maggie vespa has our "sunday spotlight." ♪♪ >> reporter: inside this factory in rural wisconsin, with its hum of heavy machinery, lies the sound of a small town. this story best told over a pint began in 1852 with the potosi brewing company, a major employer until the 1970s when stiff competition led the

company to turn off its taps. >> almost everybody in potosi had a relative who had worked there. >> yeah, and it was in existence for 120 years. no one dreamt that would die down. it was the fifth largest brewery in wisconsin. >> reporter: soon potosi's population plummeted, its brewery crumbled in the '90s going up for auction. local artist gary david bought it for $6,300. >> i have a very fond memory of the forefathers that came before us, a lot of respect for what they had accomplished. to see that totally disappear, something we all grew up with and took pride in, i thought it was worth the effort to acquire it. >> reporter: what happened next would take the village. >> this looked like a bombed out in a village. >> reporter: nonetheless, he wanted to bring the brewery

back. >> it was about the jobs to me. communities are trying to bring industry into communities. it's tough, competitive, and the best way is to take something that's already here and make it work. >> reporter: a way of keeping a small town alive? >> absolutely. >> reporter: through beer. for years they fundraised and renovated. in 2008 came the tap room. five years later a new factory. this facility is capable of packaging more than 80 million cans a year. industry honors followed. potosi is home to the national brewery museum named in "forbes" magazine as one of four best in the world. the buzz sparking festivals. potosi gets 70,000 tourists a year? >> yes. >> reporter: that's a lot of people. >> it's my first time here but it looks nice to me. >> reporter: how good does that beer taste after driving 100 miles? >> really great. >> reporter: the taste of a town's comeback.

did potosi save its beer or did the beer save potosi? >> i think it's a little of both. >> reporter: for "sunday today," potosi, wisconsin. >> maggie, thank you. and cheers to you, potosi. this week we highlight another life well lived. hollywood stunt performers are having a well-deserved moment in the spotlight right now thanks in part to ryan gosling's portrayal in "the fall guy." >> i'm just a stunt guy. i want to look cool in front of the director. >> the men and women who take the lumps for highly paid actors, on set are stars. a groundbreaking stuntwoman named jeannipe epper was the greatest. jeannie set out on a legendary 70-year career highlighted by her work as the stunt double to linda carter's wonder woman.

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it is time for the highs and lows of the week, and our first high to the unsung heroes of the famous red carpet at the decadent celebrity met gala. the annual event at new york's metropolitan museum of art arrives like the daffodils on the first monday in may with celebrities dressed in high fashion. zendaya, jennifer lopez, brad bunny co-chaired the gala. the dress code was the garden of time in celebration of the met's new exhibit sleeping beauty's reawakening fashion. a singer turned heads in this dress made of sand. a dress so snuck, she could not climb even the most gentle of stairs, so, yes, a team of gown handlers swept in and carried her up the stairs every time she

needed to walk. like the queen she is. rapper cardi b's massive black gown engulfs the steps entirely. the size of an oil spill. she was on the move, she needed a detail of at least seven handlers, even more there, to escort her. and sydney sweeney had some celebrity help with her gown. on the bottom right corner of the screen, that is our pal, jimmy fallon fluffing the train. nice work. i did not require any handlers as i watched the knicks game in a pair of jeans i got for christmas four years ago while eating an entire box of wheat thins. our first low to the false pandemonium alarm caused by a strange new exhibit at a zoo in china. out to the thai zoo and a pair of adorable pandas. social media went nuts for the cuteness, but, look a little closer there. those black and white animals

actually are dogs died to look like pandas. still adorable, just not pandas at all. they are, in fact, chow-chows. the tails are a dead giveaway. when criticism flooded in, the zoo said it clearly calls them panda dogs, so just get over it and enjoy. just got us thinking about that bear last year at another zoo in china that the internet swore had to be a person in a bear suit after she stood and waved to the crowd. i don't know. i still take angela the waving bear but it does look like a guy in a bear suit. loving those cubs even after all they put you through, this mon in monrovia, california, took hers on a little adventure, strolling into the back yard of a man named ricky martinez. the mama bear peers inside the window to decide the coast is

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grand cayman on a trip with daughter erica, granddaughter amanda, and grandson-in-law. a strong crew there. check out angela and pam on a mother-daughter trip to niagara falls in new york. that is a beautiful shot. how about newlyweds shea and nate in aruba with nate's proud parents celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary as well. a lot to celebrate for that family. looking good. down along the bottom at the mayan ruins in mexico, eric, amanda, lilly, rick and carol on a family spring break trip. happy mother's day to you, amanda and carol. love this one, joanne and cameron on the famed route 66 in amarillo, texas, taking a mother-daughter cross-country road trip from new jersey to arizona. how cool is that? and look at this, tracy and beth with their mugs on a gondola ride in venice, italy. thank you for bringing us along and a very happy mother's day to all of you wonderful moms out

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good morning. it is 7:00 on the nose. it is sunday, may 12th, and it's a beautiful start to this mother's day. thanks for joining us. i'm chris chmura, sitting in for kira