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good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this easter sunday, march 31st. i'm willie geist. a very happy easter to all of you celebrating today. pope francis is feeling well enough to preside over easter mass at st. peter's square just days after skipping good friday services amid concerns for his health. we'll have the latest in a live report just ahead. then we will turn to our sunday focus on the tragedy in baltimore this week after a massive cargo ship struck the key bridge. what exactly went wrong and how far reaching are the impacts to the american economy? then, a "sunday spotlight" on one of our own, the beloved harry smith, as he files one last report for us before moving on to a new chapter. and later, a new "sunday sitdown" with an american icon, carol burnett, on her new series, "palm royale," her ground-breaking career in comedy, and keeping in touch with the fans to this day.

>> one little girl just recently got the lead in "once upon a mattress" in her grammar school and left her phone number and address. instead of writing, pick up the phone and call her. she was shocked. >> a "sunday sitdown" with the lovely carol burnett. plus another "life well lived" later in the show. let's begin with pope francis presiding over sunday services, even as he's been battling health issues lately. nbc's meagan fitzgerald is live. very happy to see the pope this morning, i gather. >> reporter: willie, absolutely. the pope gave several readings. while he was mostly seated, we did see him stand a few times throughout the mass before greeting the faithful from the popemobile at the culmination of the busiest season for this 87-year-old pope. ♪♪ this morning the culmination in

the holiest days of the christian calendar, pope francis presiding over sunday mass with thousands gathered in st. peter's square hours after pope francis led a nearly two-hour-long vigil on saturday night marking the start of easter. despite battling colds and respiratory challenges throughout the winter, the 87-year-old pontiff looking determined but was led in a wheelchair before delivering his sermon. how does the pope look, and what does that say about his future in the vatican? >> the pope is always looking a little more weak, a little older, he has more trouble breathing. >> reporter: it comes after growing concerns for the pope's health. he was expected to take part in the way of the cross at the roman coloseum but canceled at the last minute, the vatican saying they want to preserve the pope's health ahead of events

this weekend. but after working nonstop, today marking the end of the sacred days, the faithful praying for the pope's health while the pontiff prays for world peace. and in the pope's address from the balcony of the basilica, he called for an end to wars around the world, again, calling for a ceasefire in gaza, the release of hostages, and an increase in humanitarian aid. he prayed for the syrian people impacted by a lengthy war, hostilities in africa and ukraine, a prayer that world peace will prevail. willie? >> indeed. the world at war. meanwhile, the british public got a glimpse this easter morning of king charles as he battles health concerns of his own. >> reporter: yep, that's absolutely right. in the most significant appearance since the king's announcement he's battling cancer, we saw him alongside queen camilla and other members of the royal family just a short time ago to attend easter sunday

services. the king has not resumed public duties since his announcement last month. prince william and princess kate were not there this morning as kate undergoes preventative chemotherapy treatments. willie? >> good to see the king looking well, though. meagan fitzgerald in london, thanks so much. unfortunately, our politics here at home have not taken a break for the easter holiday weekend. president biden's campaign is out with a statement this morning slamming former president trump for sharing a doctored video on social media that shows the president tied up in the back of a truck. nbc's ali raffa with more. >> reporter: the video shows two pickup trucks emblazoned with trump logos down a road ending with the rendering on the back of one truck showing president biden on his side hog-tied with his hands bound and feet also bound. the controversial video not the

first time trump or his campaign has used violent imagery to target those they consider rivals including president biden. lawyers and judges in his ongoing legal cases as well as former members of his inner circle. a biden campaign spokesperson saying this image from donald trump is the type of crap you post when you're calling for a blood bath referencing trump's comments from earlier this month. the statement adding, trump is regularly inciting political violence. officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on january 6th. the video comes as the trump team tries to surpass his rival's record-setting fund-raising haul featuring president biden with former presidents obama and clinton. mr. trump preparing for a major fund-raiser next weekend at his mar-a-lago estate where he'll raise money not only for his campaign but also his growing legal bills, willie. >> the biden campaign pushing back hard against that ugly video posted yesterday.

allie, thanks so much. kristen welker is moderator of "meet the press." kristen, good morning. it's great to see you. as allie said, both campaigns raising a ton of money. president biden had that event at radio city music call with presidents obama and clinton that raised money. trump selling sneakers and now bibles and using some of the money to pay his legal bills. so who has the fund-raising advantage at this early stage? >> willie, happy easter. at this point in time, look, president biden has the fund-raising advantage. he also has more money in his war chest, but we know that money doesn't always translate into victory. what was significant about what we saw this week is it was clear that this is now going to be an all hands on deck effort by democrats to try to get president biden re-elected. the fact you had former presidents obama and clinton joining him for that fund-raising event clearly aimed at energizing the base. and i go back to 2012 when then

president obama was in the political fight of his life and former president clinton came out on the campaign trail to make the case for him, that made a difference. my question, willie, how frequently will we see these presidents out on the campaign trail? can they help to energize moderates and independent voters? i think that's where the difference could be made, willie. >> clearly democrats trying to show united front there the other night at radio city. kristen, thanks so much, and a very happy easter to you. we will look for more on "meet the press" when kristen is joined by james clyburn of south carolina and republican congressman don bacon of nebraska. this morning at&t is warning more than 70 million customers, both current and former, their personal information may have been leaked on the dark web. after discovering the leak at&t sent out a notice to customers on saturday saying their passwords should be reset. the company says it is investigating exactly how the

breach happened and offering free credit monitoring to those affected. by the end of the day, the men's final four will be set. the dominant defending champion uconn and impressive alabama teams already have punched their tickets to phoenix next weekend. on the women's side caitlin clark and the iowa hawkeyes did their thing yesterday and now are gearing up for a highly anticipated rematch with lsu in tomorrow's elite eight. nbc's jesse kirsch is in cleveland, site of the women's final four. jesse, good morning. great day of action yesterday. >> reporter: willie, good morning. we're expecting even more today. the men's tournament says less than 6% of brackets picked alabama making the final four. the crimson tide is rolling somewhere it's never been before. >> rebound inside, spencer! >> reporter: this morning the men's final four is coming into focus. >> uconn is going back to the

final four. >> reporter: the uconn huskies and alabama crimson tide are moving on in the men's tournament after big wins overnight. for alabama, it's the school's first-ever appearance in the men's final four. for the huskies, another blow-out win. the two teams will tip off next saturday for a spot in the men's national championship game. >> the hard work always pays off. i wouldn't be here without the hard work. >> what you learn when you win the way we've won, it really is about the work, the journey, the process with the group. >> reporter: still to come today, purdue and tennessee square off as duke takes on cinderella nc state. >> the three, the defending champs are not done yet. >> reporter: meanwhile, the women's sweet 16 wrapped up last night with lsu, iowa, usc, and uconn all moving on to the elite eight. >> no rebounds, no rings. we knew we had to rebound.

to be composed, this game was important. >> and now superstar caitlin clark just one win away from back-to-back final four appearances. >> get your popcorn ready, iowa/lsu, the rematch, is happening. >> reporter: but first, they need to get past lsu on monday night, the same team that beat iowa in last year's national championship game. >> what they're doing for women's basketball and the way their fans support is tremendous. we couldn't be more excited. >> reporter: iowa/lsu, the rematch, tomorrow night and the winner of that game plays here on friday in the women's final four. then the championship is here in cleveland on sunday. whether she is in those games or not, willie, no question caitlin clark has left her mark on the game of college basketball. and to say that even feels like an understatement, willie. >> yeah, the men's tournament has been fun, but everybody is looking forward to that iowa/lsu

game tomorrow night. a couple of good games today on the women's side, too, but begin how chippy that national championship game was, how much trash talk there was last year between iowa and lsu, cannot wait to see those two teams get together again. jesse kirsch in cleveland for us this morning, thanks so mu straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week including the number one team in the country and the favorite now to win the big dance getting an

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this morning the long, arduous task of removing the wreckage of the francis scott key bridge is unway. demolition crews started the job on saturday. they will painstakingly cut the wreckage which then will be removed piece by piece, a process that will take months. as the families of six construction workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed grieve this easter sunday, investigators continue to look for answer to the question of what exactly happened to a fully loaded ship that tragically lost control? nbc's senior correspondent tom costello has our sunday focus. >> reporter: it was pitch black as the "dali" left port heading out to sea traveling at 8 knots, more than 9 miles per hour, a mere four minutes elapsed from the first sign of trouble to the moment the ship crashed into the bridge. at 1:24 a.m. the lights suddenly went out on the ship's deck.

they came back one minute later as dark smoke started billowing from the stack. at 1:26 a.m. the "dali" appeared to turn, but at the same moment, the lights went out again. the ship's pilot made an urgent distress call for any nearby tugboats to assist. two minutes later, 1:28 a.m., the ship collided with the bridge. the super structure quickly crumbling into the river below. police dispatch audio shows officers radioed to stop traffic less than 30 seconds after the distress call. >> hold all traffic on the key bridge. there's a ship approaching that just lost their steering. >> reporter: dash cam video shows workers on the bridge before the tragedy struck. >> the whole bridge just fell down. >> reporter: engineering experts calculate the "dali" hit the bridge with roughly 30 million pounds of applied force. >> we do know a bridge like this one completed in the 1970s was simply not made to withstand a direct impact on a critical support pier from a vessel that

weighs about 200 million pounds. >> reporter: while the key bridge was built in 1970s standards, those standards changed after a freighter hit the sunshine skyway bridge over tampa bay in 1980 during an intense storm. 35 people died. today bridge support structures must be protected with barriers like reinforced islands on the new skyway bridge. >> i believe that if the bridge had been designed to the revised specifications that took into account the ship collision conditions for that bridge, it would not have collapsed. >> reporter: the main span of the bridge is more than a mile and a half long, named after francis scott key, who wrote the national anthem. about 31,000 vehicles use the bridge every day adding up to more than 11 million per year. the focus now is shifting to reopening the vital port of baltimore, the ninth biggest in the u.s., and the biggest in the nation for car imports and exports handling more than 750,000 last year alone. the port employs more than

15,000 people a year generating more than $3 billion in annual revenue. we traveled with the army corps of engineers out on the water to get closer to the debris field that they need to start clearing out. you see that piece of steel that is right will crushing the front, the bow of the ship? that alone weighs 3,000 to 4,000 tons. they've got to cut that into pieces to remove it, and that's just for one stretch of the bridge. >> this work is very unforgiving, and the planning has to be done in extreme detail. that's the work that's going on today. >> reporter: potentially very dangerous? >> incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: experts warn the snarl of traffic on the roads and in the water could make shipping even more expensive in the coming months, driving up inflation. >> this is not just about maryland. this is about our nation's economy. >> reporter: for the families of the six construction workers lost, the heartache will linger forever. among those lost miguel luna from el salvador who just

celebrated a gender reveal party for his unborn grandchild. a tragedy that will echo for generations. for "sunday today," i'm tom costello in baltimore. >> tom, thank you very much. our thoughts on this easter sunday are with the families of those men who died while working on the bridge this week. coming up next here, we will turn to a new "sunday sitdown" with the one and only carol burnett on her rise from a difficult childhood to become one of the funniest and most influential people in the history of american culture. and then "a life well lived." the daring climber and filmmaker who scaled mount everest five times and was a hero on one of the mountain's most infamous days. and, as we head to break, our "photo of the week" is a national holiday in its own rite. thursday's opening day is shot from great american ballpark in cincinnati where the reds hosted the washington nationals getting a win in front of the home fans.

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the ceo of boeing announced he's stepping down in the wake of the company's ongoing safety issues, and on his way out, he held up a bunch of nuts and bolts and said, good luck figuring out where these were supposed to go. >> from "the weekend update" desk on "saturday night live." comedian and actor ramy youssef hosted the show with hip-hop

superstar travis scott as musical guest. we have been fortunate over the years to welcome as guests on this program some of the biggest names in movies, television, music, sports, business and politics. but every so often, even in that company, one name really stands out. carol burnett is one of them. the mountain of emmy awards, the grammy, the tony, the mark twain prize and the presidential medal of freedom only begin to tell the story of burnett's impact on american culture over her 70 years in show business. "the carol burnett show" made her an icon. nearly half a century after the end of that program, the 90-year-old remains every bit a star. now in the apple tv+ series "palm royale." carol and i got together for a "sunday sitdown." ♪ good morning ♪ it's such a thrill, carol. the story of carol burnett's

long and legendary career begins at the movies. ♪ good morning to you ♪ >> my grandmother and i would save our pennies and go to the movies. that was my outlet, my fantasy, watching mickey rooney and judy garland up there singing. i was so naive that good things would happen, because they always happened in the movies. so i never doubted that i wasn't going to somehow succeed. >> success came first on broadway and then famously on television. >> i just couldn't resist -- >> where "the carol burnett show" ran for 11 seasons. to an average audience of 30 million viewers. >> any other questions? >> including a special one -- her grandmother -- who got a tug of the ear at the end of every episode. today a few weeks shy of her

91st birthday, burnett still commands the small screen in the splashy new apple tv+ series "palm royale." burnett plays norma, the matriarch of glorious palm beach society in 1969. >> shake me another martini and let's play doctor. >> there's just one catch -- >> in the first three episodes, poor norma is in a coma, but it was kind of strange for me as an actor. i would get up at 5:00 in the morning, go to the set, get made up, and then go back to bed. and i got paid. >> easy money. >> just to do this. >> allison and ricky martin round out a cast led by "snl" alum kristen wigg who cites burnett as a hero. >> you don't have the guts or

pizzazz that do or die sparkle. >> but i could have it in me. >> it's a comedy but it gets dark -- >> there's a darkness, yes. >> -- which is a lot of fun. people who weren't very nice, it's kind of fun to play them. >> i bet. >> like miss hannigan in "annie," she wasn't very nice, but i liked playing her. why any kid would want to be an orphan is beyond me. >> burnett's life is its own rags to riches story. born poor in texas to alcoholic parents, she was raised by her grandmother in hollywood where the pair shared a one-room apartment. >> she slept on the murphy bed and i slept on the couch for 21 years, and then i went to new york and got a cot. >> burnett's move east was funded by an anonymous donor who you burnett, then a theater student at ucla, perform at a party. on her first night in new york burnett got a sign she had come to the right place.

>> then it started to rain. good things had happened to me a lot when it rained, and i turned on the radio, and it said, hurricane carol is hitting new york. >> no? >> look it up. august 1954. i got here and i was lucky enough to get a cot at the rehearsal club. >> the rehearsal club is just a couple blocks or was a couple blocks from where we're sitting right now. >> and the rehearsal club was a boarding house for young women who wanted to be in the theater. each one of my roommates was like out of central casting, and i was the hick, but i learned from these girls how to pursue auditions and so forth. >> within five years, burnett had a starring role on broadway in "once upon a mattress" and a spot on "the garry moore show" on cbs. >> say something. >> anything. >> howdy.

>> her performance on that program earned burnett her first emmy in 1962. it also earned her a ten-year contract that stipulated burnett could host 30 one-hour episodes of her own variety show. when she called in that clause, a cbs executive balk. >> he said, you know, carol, comedy writing is a man's game, milton burrell, jackie gleason had just started, and i said, well, this is all i know. they didn't have any faith. okay, it's only going to be 30 shows. wound up 270-some-odd shows. >> "the carol burnett show" premiered in 1967 and went on to win 25 prime time emmy awards. i was watching old clips of your show -- >> why don't we have another kid?

>> it just looked like you all were having so much fun, the way you would break each other up. >> i never wanted to stop tape. we never broke up on purpose ever. most of the time it was tim conway's fault. >> yes. >> look at the dentist sketch. that's maybe 45 years old. and i dare anybody to watch it today and not lose it. funny is funny. >> the united states honors carol burnett for enhancing the lives of millions of americans -- >> reporter: burnett has been honored by presidents and last year at a star-studded 90th birthday special on nbc. but her favorite interactions with fans are the ones the rest of us don't see. >> i'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds. sometimes i'll call them. >> really? >> one little girl just recently got the lead in "once upon a mattress" in her grammar school, and she left her phone number and address.

so i thought, instead of writing her, i'll pick up the phone and call her. she was shocked. >> of course. if i were to say to you, carol, your legacy, not just in comedy but in american culture is blank, how would you answer? >> okay, there's a quote. people may forget what you said, forget what you did, but they'll never forget how you made them feel, so i'm hoping that i made them feel good at times when they were down. they needed a laugh. >> and, boy, has she done that. i cannot say enough about how warm and funny and razor sharp carol is. it was a joy to spend the day with her. "palm royale" is streaming now on apple tv+. our big thanks to so and so's, the soon-to-open piano bar in new york for hosting our conversation. don't forget to subscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hear the full extended interview with

carol burnett. well worth your time and full of great stories from a lifetime in the spotlight. you can find our conversation on apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. and next week we are very happy to announce a new "sunday sitdown" with larry david on the day of the last ever he soaped of his iconic series "curb your enthusiasm." talking about a life in comedy and why in the world in this final season he gave the host of this show a role on his. larry david

ahead on "sunday today," our highs and lows of the week including the story behind the viral close call with a runaway saw blade that has one man counting his blessings this morning. but, up next, a bittersweet signoff from the great harry smith as he moves on to the next chapter in his legendary career. we're back in just 30 seconds. zyrtec allergy relief works fast and lasts a full 24 hours so dave can be the... deliverer of dance. ok, dave! let's be more than our allergies. zeize the day with zyrtec. it ain't my dad's razor, dad. ay watch it! it's from gillettelabs. this green bar releases trapped hairs from my face... gamechanga! ...while the flexdisc contours to it. so the five blades can get virtually every hair in one stroke.

for the ultimate gillette shaving experience. the best a man can get is gillettelabs. when we set out to create this program eight years ago, one of the first things i said to our producers was, we've got to get harry smith. harry, of course, had a long, successful career as a network morning news anchor. but what he really loves is to get out in the country telling the stories of everyday people with his endless curiosity, warmth and humanity. no one does it better. before harry moves on to his next professional chapter, he leaves us this morning with a look back at some of the people he has met along the road. >> reporter: our first story on "sunday today" was about tourism in cuba. ♪♪ we've gotten around quite a bit since then. the dalton highway in alaska,

like being in your own nat geo episode. it's an amazing country. it's an amazing place. do you want me to hold it? glacier national park, where what you've heard is true -- they are disappearing. skip gates taught us about the parallel cultures, white and black, separate and identical. school kids in utah were riding bikes in gym class, a calming factor, the founder of specialized bikes says his data shows rides are better. on a sunday near napa -- >> come on, be cool. >> reporter: three men, strangers just a year before, ran a half marathon -- a surgeon, his patient given a 2% chance of walking again, and the man who hit him. a story of triumph and forgiveness. doug hanson builds stage coaches in south dakota.

authentic, impressive. the caddie school for soldiers made camp at whistling straits. >> i want you on the safe side. >> reporter: where vets found a comfortable fit by serving and leading. marine vet, jake wood, helped found team rubicon, finding purples by doing the hard work after disasters. rick ryan, a veteran, too, is the walking man of murphy, california. how long are you going to keep going? >> as long as i can. >> reporter: his daily strolls have earned him hundreds of thousands for operation mend, healers who work wonders. ♪♪ kelly hall tomkins is a concert violinist who stars across america and the world. and on days off plays in homeless shelters. photographer jen buckley insists attention be paid to missing native american women by posting her work on billboards.

my gosh. we cuddled with ma layian tiger cubs and bronx zoo. paddled with dave and amy freeman in minnesota's pristine boundary waters. we swam with pam and brenda gallagher in lake winnipesaukee. met a man who called himself cargo who walked from the southern tip of south american to dead horse, alaska, no town further north. and we found the center of the universe, locals say it's a manhole cover in wallace, idaho, and who are we to dispute such a claim? if you're looking for the luckiest man alive, he's been right here many a sunday. thanks, willie. thanks, "sunday today." >> oh, man, thank you, harry. for those of us who for years have looked up to harry smith as a writer, a storyteller and a man, the luck of working alongside him has been all ours.

harry's next stop is at his alma mater central college in iowa where he will teach a class about, what else, curiosity. in the meantime, harry, i'll see you and andrea at the lake. this week we highlight "another life well lived." in may of 1996 a filmmaker named david led an audacious trek to the summit of mount everest while lugging an imax camera and packs full of film. >> on top of the world where the wind is fiercest, desolate place, where humans cannot live. >> breashears documented the climb in "everest" narrated by liam neeson, which was the highest grossing imax of all time with $128 at the box office. that 1996 season on the world's tallest mountain is remembered for the blizzard that struck on may 10, killing eight people, an

ordeal chronicled in the best-selling book "into thin air" by jon krakauer. he rushed to help stranded hikers offering up his oxygen, food and supplies. braeshears grew up in colorado dreaming of being a climber. he made the first of his five trips to the 29,000-foot summit of mount everest. two years later he became the first american ever to get there twice. >> it was about having a dream as a young boy about self-reliance, about excellence. it's about human striving, about our need to go to the ends of the planet and explore. >> with his rare combination of talents, he was a sought after cameraman and consultant on movies like "cliffhanger" and a director of photography on "seven years in tibet." he also founded the nonprofit

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son luke for the huskies. the native has been an illinois fan over the years but had to choose family in last night's elite eight win over the illini. now bill and luke headed to the final four after the huskies' blow-out victory. uconn riding that murray magic and one of the best lineups in the history of college basketball. our first low goes to one man's strange, harrowing trip to the convenience store. shane rempke had strolled in in eugene, oregon when a four-foot con treat saw blade spun into the entrance seconds after the door closed behind him. in slow motion you really can see the chain enters the store out of nowhere. the runaway saw slams into the door behind him. video shows the building shake. shane, considering his luck afterward. >> obviously wasn't my time, but probably the closest i've ever

experienced it. tears all night. it was petrifying. >> yikes. a contractor who witnessed the incident said a lost bolt and possible operator error saw the giant saw blade fly in the store from a nearby construction site, went two feet into the wall of that store. so glad he's okay. our next high goes to philadelphia eagles' guard landon dickerson dreaming big after signing a massive new contract. dickerson's four-year extension has a max value of $87 million making him the highest paid guard in nfl history. that kind of cheese gets you just about anything you can imagine. so what will it be, landon? >> i have a financial adviser for a reason. i don't know, i may go get a new lawn mower. something i've been looking into. >> riding? >> zero turn. >> so not a house or a boat or a

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