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prosecuted. >> you failed his parents. no punishment will be enough. >> shohei ohtani is considered a victim in this case. this place will always be home to me. good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this april 14th. i'm willie geist. this morning israel is weighing a response after iran launched a direct attack inside of israeli borders for the first time ever. the united states and the uk helping to shoot down nearly all of the hundreds of drones and missiles fired at israel. this morning the white house is condemning the attack amid concerns over a wider war in the middle east. we'll have the latest in live reports from jerusalem and the white house just ahead. then, we will turn to our "sunday focus" after the death this week of o.j. simpson on what the obsession over the murder trial of a former football star revealed about america's culture, the media, and the legal system. plus, our "sunday spotlight" on a big boost for the los angeles repair shop where school

instruments are tuned up after a documentary about its story and its struggle won the academy award. and later, a new "sunday sitdown" with 16-time grammy winner alicia keys on the acclaimed new broadway show inspired by her own life. and a superstar's career that started with a little girl on the keys. did your dream begin when you first sat in front of a piano at 7 years old? >> yeah, because i was able to unlock a world that i had no idea what -- what doors it would take me through. >> a "sunday sitdown" with alicia keys. plus, another life well lived later in the show. let's begin with iran's unprecedented attack inside of israel with the world now waiting to see how israel will respond. let's begin our coverage with nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel who was on the ground during the attack.

richard, what's the latest there? >> reporter: there are concerns -- and good morning, willie -- that israel, particularly the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, could use this moment to carry out another strike against iran. even though the strikes that iran carried out overnight last night did very little damage here in israel on the streets today people are back out. the air restrictions, israel closed its airspace, have been lifted because many everything iran fired was shot down. and if you just look at the attacks, we're talking 300 missiles and drones -- more than 300 missiles and drones -- 170 drones, none of them entered israeli airspace. all shot down by israeli pilots or american and british military. 120 ballistic missiles, nearly all of them were shot down before they entered israeli airspace. but a few did manage to enter

israel and explode on a military base in the south of this country, but only causing minimal damage. and then 30 ballistic missiles, and according to the israeli military -- 30 cruise missiles, and according to the military, none entered israeli airspace. an attack that took place over the course of several hours during the period of darkness overnight here, almost no damage. but the main concern right now from diplomats and officials in the arab world that we're speaking to is that, despite the fact that this attack was stopped, that the israeli government could use this to continue this and carry out an attack against iran. >> we will see what happens in the hours ahead. richard engel in jerusalem, thanks so much. president biden is set to meet with g7 leaders later today amid fears of a wider war in the middle east.

nbc's ali raffah has more. >> reporter: a united diplomatic response to iran's attack on israel. the president also staying alert saying in a statement late saturday night that while we have not seen attacks on our forces or facilities today, we'll remain vigilant to all threats and will not hesitate to take all necessary action to protect our people. president biden adding that he ordered u.s. forces in the middle east to help intercept dozens of missiles launched toward israel. the president met with his national security team in the situation room for roughly two hours saturday before a phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in which a senior administration official tells nbc news the president reaffirmed his commitment to israel's security while making clear the u.s. will not participate in its response to iran. israeli officials now renewing vows to retaliate.

two senior u.s. officials telling nbc news some top officials are now concerned israel could react quickly, without thinking through the potential fallout from its actions. a senior administration official says, the white house believes the israelis are not looking for a direct war with iran, but u.s. officials can't be certain as sources familiar say president biden is privately expressing concern that netanyahu was trying to drag the u.s. deeper into this conflict. willie? >> thanks so much. let's bring in jeremy bash, a former chief of staff at the cia at the pentagon and now an nbc news contributor. jeremy, always great to have you with us. obviously iran has the capability to inflict more damage, more casualties than it did, 300 projectiles and drones were launched to israel, most of them as richard reported, intercepted with the help of the united states. what was the objective for iran? they might say it was retribution for the israeli attack that killed iranian

military leaders inside of syria, but what were they trying to do last night? >> well, first, i think they were trying to re-establish some deterrence and message to their internal audience, hey, we're not just going to take these attacks from israel against the israeli revolution guard corps. israel and the united states had several days of strategic and tactical warning, so israel was ready. the united states was ready. the air defenses were in place. unlike october 7th, and this is in some ways a tandem to october 7th with iran behind both attacks, unlike october 7th, which was a surprise attack, caught israel off guard, this one israel and the united states were ready. >> extraordinary defensive capability on display yesterday. now the question is, jeremy, what will israel do in response, if anything? what should we expect there? >> i think they have three options. the first a proportionate attack

back against iranian territory, in a sense, doing what iran did to israel, but israel would do it back to iran. the second would be a much larger attack to degrade iran's war-making capability, not waste the crisis, use this moment to really inflict more damage against iran and israel re-establishing deterrence. the third is what the biden administration is counseling, go slow. respond in the time and place of your choosing. do what you're already doing which is covert-style attacks against iran surrogates and proxies and focus on the war in gaza and defending the north of israel where hezbollah is a potent threat against the israeli population. >> we will see. jeremy bash, thanks so much as always. former president trump spoke about the attack at a rally in pennsylvania last night. and tomorrow he goes on trial here in new york city over alleged hush money payments to an adult film actress ahead of the 2016 election. mr. trump is the first u.s. president in history to face a criminal trial. nbc's vaughn hillyard is in

allentown, pennsylvania, where the former president held that rally last night. vaughn, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. former president trump here in battleground pennsylvania rallying supporters last night before the start of jury selection and his criminal trial in manhattan monday morning. this is the first-ever criminal trial for a former president over the alleged hush money scheme to cover up payments to adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. now nbc news has learned some 6,000 new yorkers have been summoned to appear before the manhattan criminal courts next week as potential jurors. they will be asked more than 60 questions, including what news sources they read and watch and whether they have attempted a trump rally and followed him on social media. the questions per the judge's instructions do not specifically include whether potential jurors have ever voted for or against trump in the past. now, as the defendant, mr. trump is required to be inside the courtroom for the trial which could last up to six weeks. there is a list of witnesses

expected to be called to testify by prosecutors including trump's former aid hope hicks, stormy daniels herself, and trump's one-time personal lawyer michael cohen, who has already served time for his role in the alleged scheme. the former president landing in new york city today suggesting he's willing to take the stand for his own criminal defense. willie? >> it all gets started tomorrow morning here in new york city. vaughn hillyard, thanks so much. kristen welker is moderator of "meet the press." kristen, good morning. it's great to see you. history tomorrow morning when the former president of the united states sits for a criminal trial for the first time in the country's history. how are both campaigns viewing not just this trial, kristen, but the myriad legal trouble in front of donald trump? who does it benefit on the whole? >> well, willie, we know that former president trump has used these moments, these legal travails, to try to energize his base. now we're in the general

election, so it could play quite differently. he has been very clear, yes, he's going to be in court, but he's also going to be out on the campaign trail. he'll be fund-raising off of his legal battles as well. for his part, president biden is going to be in pennsylvania three different stops this week starting with scranton, pittsburgh and philadelphia trying to put the focus on the economy. the other focus on abortion. no surprise there in the wake of the arizona state supreme court's decision to leave that 1864 law in place, that near total ban on abortion. democrats aiming to capitalize on this moment. one source saying the campaign thinks the abortion issue is the margin of victory they need. so don't expect biden to engage directly with the trump legal battles. but he will be talking about issues that he thinks voters care about. trump's trials are really the big x factor. willie, we are starting to see the polls narrow and, again, they helped him in the primary.

it could look a lot different in the general election to moderates and independent voters. we'll have to see how it all plays out. >> so interesting that arizona ruling, some democrats believe, puts arizona back in play for democrats. kristen welker, thanks so much. we'll look for more on "meet the press" when kristen is joined by national security council spokesman john kirby, republican congressman and chair of the house intelligence committee mike turner of ohio, good sunday morning. the time is 6:11, and our low pressure system is still spinning and bringing all that moisture inland, but now pushing further down into the central coast and up to northern california still. we're moving in a little bit closer to the bay, seeing rain develop over the santa cruz mountains and over into parts of 101. as we look at our day planner for san jose, a few spotty showers but some more breaks in that sunshine.

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nearly 30 years ago on the night of june 17, 1994, americans sat glued to their televisions watching a strange spectacle, a slow-speed chase with beloved former football star o.j. simpson in the back seat of a white ford bronco driven by his friend as a convoy of police cars followed and crowds gathered on overpasses to cheer on o.j. as if he were running for the end zone. turns out that night was just the beginning of a long saga that captivated the country. nbc's steve patterson has our "sunday focus" on this week when simpson died of cancer. >> reporter: it is a moment enshrined in american history, 95 million people tuning in to see that infamous white bronco, wondering what would happen next. >> o.j. simpson is in that car holding a gun to his head. >> reporter: what followed a seminole moment at the nexus of crime, race and celebrity. before the low-speed chase or

the high-stakes trial, o.j. simpson was an american hero. >> running left -- >> reporter: a heisman trophy winning sensation at usc followed by a hall of fame career in the nfl. his charisma off the field lead to go star roles in big commercial campaigns -- >> nobody does it better than hertz. >> reporter: and covering football for both abc and nbc sports. >> it's not always easy being married to a celebrity. >> reporter: on june 12, 1994, that all changed. simpson's ex-wife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend, ron goldman, found stabbed to death outside of her townhouse with simpson as the only suspect. days late they're infamous highway chase. nbc cutting away from the nba finals to broadcast it to millions. >> there is now a statewide man hunt under way for o.j. simpson in california. >> orenthal james simpson took her very life. >> reporter: for 11 months simpson's criminal case became known as the trial of the

century. >> i did not, could not and would not have committed this crime. >> reporter: covered gavel to gavel on cable with the biggest moments blasted over network television becoming a media phenomenon. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> reporter: all leading to the verdict watched by 150 million americans glued to their televisions at homes, offices and bars across the country. >> we, the jury, in the above entitled action find the jeft orenthal james simpson not guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: the trial and not guilty verdict exposing the country's deep racial divide. >> it started a conversation about race and race within the judicial system. >> reporter: in its wake an endless flow of books, television series and multipark documentaries -- >> you're a black man in america, fighting our war. >> reporter: the real legacy is in the way we consume media today. the proliferation of cable tv and the rise of true crime as mainstream entertainment.

the o.j. story didn't invent anything but the fingerprints of that story are still all over breaking news coverage to this day. >> reporter: news this week of simpson's death once again setting off a media frenzy. the family members of the victims thrust into the spotlight one last time. ron goldman's father, fred, saying in part, it's no great loss to the world. it's a further reminder of ron being gone. >> there are lots and lots of people for whom that coverage, for whom its penetration into the culture, causes a great deal of pain. >> reporter: the trial of the century still echoing today leaving its indelible mark on american culture and the lives of those lost. for "sunday today," steve patterson, los angeles. >> steve, thank you very much. as you heard there from fred goldman, simpson's death does not erase 30 years of pain for the families of ron goldman and nicole brown. coming up next here, on a much happier note, a new "sunday sitdown" with one of the most

talented people on the planet, alicia keys, as she prepares to open a new show on broadway more than a decade in the making p.m. and then a life well lived. the subject after joni mitchell song. and, as we head to break, our photo of the week is the stunning shot of an airplane flying past monday's total solar eclipse as seen from the ground in jonesboro, arkansas. the state saw a big influx of tourists over the last week as it sat perfectly in the path of it sat perfectly in the path of totality off since my citi custom cash® card automatically adjusts to earn me more cash back in my top eligible category... suddenly life's feeling a little more automatic. like doors opening wherever i go... [sound of airplane overhead] even the ground is moving for me! y'all seeing this? wild! and i don't even have to activate anything. oooooohhh... automatic sashimi! earn cash back that automatically adjusts to how you spend with the citi custom cash® card.

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francisco's mission district continues to divide the community with merchants saying it's the reason their business has dropped. and now one is taking a stand. a hunger strike. he and his family own a mediterranean restaurant, as well as the gallery on valencia street, where the bike lane runs up the center of the street. a pilot project to protect cyclists. he says it's taken away more than 70 parking spots for customers. he says the bike lane is to blame for five nearby businesses closing in just the last week. he hopes his 30-day hunger strike brings attention to the issue. >> there's no more customers that want to come here. customers sit outside and ask me what to do, and it's frustrating. so there's a huge loss of business. >> is sfmta said it's working with businesses and plans to continue to collaborate on

solutions that protect businesses and cyclists. in the east bay, a fire truck was hit not once but twice by different cars while responding to a crash on 680. this happened yesterday in fremont. no firefighters were hurt, but as you can see, the engine had to be towed. the fremont fire department will use a reserve engine in the meantime. the cause of the crashes are under investigation. we're going to turn now to the forecast and cinthia pimentel. how is it looking out there? >> we still have this low pressure system spinning around california, kira. we're having mountain snow up towards the northern part of the state and parts of the sierra. that rain continues to come on land bringing more moisture than we want on this sunday morning. if i zoom on in and give us a closer look of the bay area, spotty showers through the city, the peninsula. we're really heavy through parts of the santa cruz mountains. as you are driving along highway 17 through the lexington

reservoir, you'll be met with more of that heavy rainfall along highway 1 in santa cruz and to the west out there towards here. as we look at our temperature, it's cooler with that absence of all the moisture and the clouds we had yesterday morning. some spots in the low 40s. 50 in santa mayo. san jose with a few sprinkles, but we will start to dry out through the rest of the week. we'll talk about the full forecast coming up at 7:00. >> cinthia, see you at 7. also coming up at 7:00 this morning on "today in the bay," a local artist says he's been ripped off. we'll tell you about the action he's threatening to take against san francisco's new dining hall. that and all the top stories

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♪ it was just you and me ♪ ♪ drunk on beer ♪ that is ryan gosling singing alongside his fall geico star emily blunt as they reminisce about the "oppenheimer" craze. gosling hosted with musical guest chris stapleton. the virtuoso we all know as alicia keys started out as a little girl whose mom made her take piano lessons. she had her first record deal at 16. a number one song and album at 20. and has 16 grammys to her name so far. alicia's mother was an actress who worked several jobs while living with her daughter in a new york building full of artists. now keys, who shares two sons with her husband, the producer swizz beatz, is going to open a

show where she had a hand in everything right down to the font on the marquee. alicia and i got together at the shubert theater where hell's kitchen will debut on saturday night. ♪♪ >> remember where dreams begin. hell's kitchen. i really feel like i'm dreaming. very highly likely this is a dream. >> you did it. >> willie! >> you did it. >> this is crazy. >> a dream more than a decade in the making. ♪♪ after a sold-out run off broadway "hell's kitchen," a musical inspired by the early life of alicia keys, has moved uptown. ♪ kaleidoscope ♪ >> what does it feel like to be here just a few days from opening night of your broadway show, "hell's kitchen"? >> i know the time we've taken

to build this. it's not a rush job. it's been years and years of development. and i feel proud of that. i feel like you can't rush greatness. >> at the center of the story is a young woman growing up in the hell's kitchen neighborhood of manhattan while discovering music, navigating a first love, and pushing teenage boundaries with her mother. so, to be clear, this is not auto biographical. people might come in and say, i'm watching the story of alicia keys' life. it's not. where are the differences as you see them? >> allie is a little more gullible, naive even. a 17-year-old girl trying to find her way, feeling rebellious looking for her muse, her passion, raised by a single mother who is quite overprotective in new york city, which you can understand why. she's been quite protected, and so she's just starting to find her wings and her space. it's intentionally not

autobiographical. ultimately it is a love story between a mother and a daughter. >> how important was that relationship to this story? >> telling a mother/daughter story is really, really important. there are many father/son stories, not many mother/daughter stories. if you think about it, it's such a special relationship, such a unique relationship, so telling that story is dynamic. ♪ you learn the hard way ♪ >> keys wrote new music for the show, but rest assured the hits find their way in. ♪♪ >> i love the way you rearranged the songs that we all know and love. how did you think about incorporating that into the story and into the dialogue? >> i love that you said that, because it's very intentional, and everyone had their eyes on the music. of course, putting it together i intentionally wanted to deconstruct the expectation of

what you might get from the song. i didn't want to you come in here and just kind of think were you going to get what you thought you were going to get. you're not musically, actually. and so there's so many ways the songs are arranged and composed that tell the story of what you're experiencing, that even i'm like, why didn't i think to do the song in that way before? i performed it hundreds of times, but i never thought for it -- it never meant that to me before. and that's what i think has been thrilling as the songwriter. ♪♪ >> and how far is the building you grew up in from here? >> a couple avenues over, a couple blocks down. >> a universe away. >> a whole universe away. >> the 43-year-old keys was born alicia cook and raised by her single mother in hell's kitchen, a then gritty new york neighborhood just steps from the

glittering lights of broadway. >> growing up in new york city, i walked all of these streets, all of these blocks. they were unattainable to me. how could i ever imagine as a 7-year-old or a 9-year-old or a 10-year-old that this could be possible? i couldn't. we would stand on the tkts line and get the inexpensive tickets to see different shows, and i remember seeing shows that really opened me up to so much of what broadway is. >> did your dream begin when you first sat in front of the piano at 7 years old? >> yeah. because i was able to unlock a world that i had no idea what it was going to be able to -- what doors it would be able to take me through. that's the reason why i chose keys for my last name, because i played the keys and the piano,

keys, but because they open doors. >> keys graduated from her performing arts high school at 16 as class valedictorian and began to pursue a career in music. >> no one knew what to do with me. they didn't know how to -- what is this? how do we break this? how do we get this on the radio? what do we do? so it was a journey of divine timing and people who cared to make it all come together. but you never know how it's going to happen. >> in 2001 the world fell for alicia keys. ♪ i keep on falling ♪ >> her debut album "songs in a minor" went to number one and earned her five grammy awards. combining classically trained piano talent with the r&b influences on win she grew up, keys has become one of the best-selling artists in the history of music with anthems about her hometown. ♪ new york ♪

>> and empowerment. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ >> now all of that work and that dreaming had brought her back to broadway. >> we love you, alicia! >> some of them lined up at the tkst booth with your mom, it's almost like you've stepped on the other side of the mirror, and now you're on this stage. you're not out there. >> the tag line is, remember where dreams begin, and i really love that, because everybody can remember where their dreams began. even if it was just yesterday. your dreams begin somewhere, and that is something you have to hold on to forever. ♪ to be alive and just to be living ♪ >> she is amazing. "hell's kitchen" is in previews and opens at the shubert theater on broidway this saturday, april 20th, and is really good.

our thanks to the crew for hosting our conversation. don't forget to subscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hear the full, extended interview with alicia keys on apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. and next week a new "sunday sitdown" with emmy winning "ted lasso" star and the role alongside ryan gosling and emily blunt in the new movie "the 6:38 on our sunday. we have rain for the santa cruz mountains, so stretching from felton, bolder creek through santa cruz, and up towards and approaching los gatos. in napa, mostly cloudy and temperatures in the upper 50s there this afternoon. we'll continue to watch the chance of spotty rain but dry and warmer next week.

ahead on "sunday today," our highs and lows of the week including horse on a train. we'll tell you how this four-legged commuter ended up on the platform. but up next, our "sunday spotlight" on the only shop in america that repairs school instruments and the oscar-winning documentary that may have saved it. [kids laughing in the background.] excuse me. yeah? what's going on?

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>> reporter: it's also the only one of its kind left in the country. this must be your happy place in here? >> yeah -- well, to be honest, the whole shop is my happy place. >> reporter: supervisor steve says for a district where 87% of students live at or below poverty, it gives so many young people a chance to pick up an instrument and play music. >> this is a jewel for a parent not to think, where am i going to get $200, $300 to repair my child's saxophone. >> reporter: it's huge. before cutbacks, there were 30 technician that is worked here. now only ten. the hope is one speech might help change that. >> and the oscar goes to -- >> reporter: when a documentary about the shop recently won an academy award, director chris bauers used that stage to shine

a light. >> you are thanked and seen. >> reporter: those words resonating with so many, school superintendent alberto carvalho says donations have come in. >> we've raised over $100,000 in one week. people have understood there was a need, and they have stepped up. >> reporter: an investment in the future. >> it filled me with such joy knowing people want to support kids in the arts. >> in the process of repairing the broken instruments, we're repairing human beings. >> reporter: it's something truly music to steve's ears. >> see how open the sound it? i'm glad our taxpayers know where the money goes. i always said that because it's so important when people say, oh, you know, we don't know where the money goes. and now here you see where your money goes. >> reporter: and it's making a difference. >> it's making a difference in kids' life and will continue to. >> reporter: the plan is to now staff up and start an apprenticeship program to teach

students his craft, which he calls a dying breed. what's your vision for this place in the future? >> i see a full shop, and i see the shop keep going, because we can't stop. when music stops, everything stops, right? >> reporter: a shop that not only fixes instruments but changes lives. >> it's special when you see that smile on the child's face. that's the oscar for us. >> reporter: for "sunday today," liz kreutz, los angeles. the success of that documentary prompted the los angeles unified school district to launch a $15 million capital campaign to invest in the shop and a new generation of instrument technicians. this week we highlight another life well lived. in 2017 wonderwoman was a cultural sensation bringing in more than $800 million at the box office. ♪♪

the hit movie directed by patti jenkins was heralded for its message of female empowerment. 31 years earlier an artist named trina robbins made a wonderwoman breakthrough of her own, becoming the first woman to draw a full issue of the superhero's story. in 1986, robbins also became the first woman ever to draw a full run of a "wonderwoman" series with the legend of wonderwoman. born to immigrant parents, robbins was a fan and drawer of comics as a little girl. she grew up to be a fashion designer and opened her own shop called broccoli in new york's east village outfitting music stars like donovan and mama cats in her stylish hippy designs. in her free time, robbins subminuted amateur comics to the east village other. and after moving to california became one of the creators in 1970 of "it ain't me babe," the

first comic book produced exclusively by women. that same year robbins was the subject of a verse in joni mitchell's song "ladies of the canyon." ♪ trina feels her drawing book with lines ♪ >> in 1989 a group of women creating a new "wonderwoman" comic paid tribute to the pioneering robbins by drawing her into a scene with the superhero she helped bring to life. trina robbins, a ground-breaking artist and writer, died on wednesday in san francisco. she was 85 yea rs welcome to the wayborhood. with wayfair, finding your style is fun. [ music playing ] yes! when the music stops grab any chair, it doesn't matter if it's your outdoor style or not. [ music stops ] i'm sorry, carl. this is me in chair form. i don't see you. -oh, come on. this one's perfect for you. but you. love it. i told you we should have done a piñata.

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it is time for the highs and lows of the week. our first high goes to the sun and the moon getting together to put on quite a show for millions of us in those cool glasses down here on earth. monday's once in a generation total solar eclipse where the moon covers the sun was a big draw from the beaches of mexico to central park here in new york city. the luckiest eclipse fans were in the path of totality where they saw the incredible sight of the moon blocking out the sun

completely for several minutes. rochester, new york, was in that prized path. a retired teacher there named patrick held an eclipse party nearly half a century in the making. back in 1978, mr. moriarty told the ninth graders in his earth science class to mark april 8, 2024, on their calendars so they could get together to watch the total solar eclipse. if you thought they were joking about that, check this out. mr. moriarty reunited 46 years later with more than 100 of his former students who traveled from all over the country for the celebration. >> it's not about the eclipse, it's about you guys being here to share this time with my family. i wish every educator had this. i am so privileged and thank you so much for being here. >> it is so great and i love a good science teacher. in arkansas animals got in on the festivities.

a man named todd and his pet chicken gertrude with matching pairs of eclipse glasses. he says gertrude was so excited about her first solar eclipse, she laid an egg. the united states will have small peeks at a total eclipse in 2044. the next comes august 12, 2045. mark your calendars. our first low to an unruly commuter engaged in horse play on a train platform in australia. in fairness, the commuter in question is a horse. a race horse, to be exact, that apparently escaped from a nearby stable and made its way into the station near sydney. security footage shows the horse trotting up and down the platform in his raincoat, much to the surprise, as you can imagine, of his fellow travelers. when a train fully pulls in, our equine friend appears to consider boarding before hoofing it out of there.

he was returned safely to his farm. it's wild but it would be about the seventh wildest thing on the list of strange things on the subway here in new york. our next high on this masters sunday goes to the breakout young star making a name at augusta national. 9-year-old dakota, daughter of bubba watson. dakota put on a truly dazzling display of putting while caddying for dad at the annual par 3 contest. >> just nudge it. >> phenomenal year from tee to green. >> yeah! >> nice touch there. dakota waving to the crowd after a beautiful putt, but she's just getting started. rolls in another long one. the crowd goes wild. now dakota couldn't do it the third time, could she? >> barely tap it. >> dekoda watson, who has already holed countless feet of

putts today. >> 3 for 3. proud dad and caddie, bubba watson, said later dakota just might be a golfer when she grows up. she has dreams of competing at the augusta national women's amateur. she's well on her way. to do that on those unforgiving greens at augusta very impressive. dakota, we will see if world number one scottie scheffler can putt like that today and hang on to his one-stroke lead to win another green jacket. our final low goes to the sudsy pitfalls of bad packaging. camera jane shared this video on tiktok of a beautiful meal her mother made. just look at that tuscan chicken simmering in the pan. looks delicious. cameron's mom whipped up the dish with greek olive oil she bought online. says so right there on the label. but she was horrified to discover the packaging was a little, well, misleading. >> and only after she finished did we discover that it's shower

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we've got more of your "sunday today" mug shots this week, and there was a theme. starting across the top in south orange, new jersey, with mae and claire checking out the total eclipse with their mom adrienne. love it. how about jeff and artie in indiana using some advanced

equipment, taking in the solar event with a professional telescope am now that's impressive. there are high school sweethearts michael and laura celebrating their 40th anniversary and the eclipse with family and friends in hunt, texas. congratulations, guys. mike found himself in the path of totality in missouri for monday's big moment. that's a great shot. down along the bottombottom, fr, indiana, to see that eclipse. looking good, guys. check this out, andrea, hannah, linda, lee ann, jean, steph, mary, another jean, patti and mo celebrating their 60th birthdays with an eclipse viewing party. what a crew there. and we told you a moment ago about former science teacher pat moriarty telling his school in rochester, new york, about the 2024 eclipse back in 1978 and promising a viewing party. well, mr. moriarty, turns out, brought his mug when the gang showed up on monday, 46 years

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