. >> mars: yeah. we had it all, you know. we had each other and it never felt like it was the end of the world. "it's all right we don't got-- don't got electric today. it's all right. it's temporary." sayin', "well, we're going to figure this out." maybe that's why i have this mentality when it comes to the music. because i know i'm going to figure-- i'm going to figure it out, just give me some time. >> logan: so he headed for los angeles, where he was quickly signed by motown records. gone was his given name of peter hernandez, branding himself bruno mars instead. "bruno," his childhood nickname, "mars," shooting for the stars. the name stuck, but the record contract didn't. motown dropped him. with no hit songs of his own and dead broke, he started over, writing and producing songs for other artists, with friends ari levine and philip lawrence. they were starving musicians. inspired by the hustle just to pay for food, they came up with this song: ( ♪ "billionaire" ) it led to another record deal

. >> mars: yeah. we had it all, you know. we had each other and it never felt like it was the end of the world. "it's all right we don't got-- don't got electric today. it's all right. it's temporary." sayin', "well, we're going to figure this out." maybe that's why i have this mentality when it comes to the music. because i know i'm going to figure-- i'm going to figure it out, just give me some time. >> logan: so he headed for los angeles, where he was quickly signed by motown records. gone was his given name of peter hernandez, branding himself bruno mars instead. "bruno," his childhood nickname, "mars," shooting for the stars. the name stuck, but the record contract didn't. with no hit songs of his own and dead broke, he started over, writing and producing songs for other artists, with friends ari levine and philip lawrence. they were starving musicians. inspired by the hustle just to pay for food, they came up with this song: ( ♪ "billionaire" ) it led to another record deal of his own.

i wouldn't, i, i used to want to go to mars. the only wray to go to mars is one way. i think i'm happier here on earth. in the current climate, maybe mars is okay. ashley: matt damon made it back. >> that is the movies. the real world is harder. ashley: it is. thank you so much, lawrence. appreciate it on this president's day. >> thank you. ashley: up next, where is rick grimes when you need him? some of america's most well-known retail chains resembling the walking dead. that is a reference. jeff flock on number of zombie retailers, jeff. reporter: i'm on state street in chicago. this is one of the nation's and the world's historic place for retail. and the zombies are coming. who are the zombies? i suggest you stay tuned. s did. at one point, i did change to a different company with car insurance, and i was not happy with the customer service. we have switched back over and we feel like we're back home now. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children, and that they ca

protesters like i said being kept back from mar-a-lago, itself. mar-a-lago is in sight, but may won't be getting near it where there's a tight and secure secret service presence. protesters have materialized here in palm beach, but nothing violent, all fairly calm out here. poppy? >> jessica, thanks for the reporting. let's go to sara sidner, sara, you're outside of the court there, this is one of three courts where the justices could move on this. help us understand exactly what happens now. >> reporter: so you have what will likely be the coming together in one form or another, whether electronically or in person, three judges who are every month decided who is going to be on the motions part of this hearing. what you're going to hear, or see, is that they're basically going to have to decide whether or not to either agree with the doj and stop, reverse what the judge did in washington, or they're going to agree or let stay what the judge decided in washington, in other words, keep allowing people to come in and stop the travel ban and then the

so you are growing a potato on what would be mars? >> correct. >> reporter: plants create vital oxygen so astronauts can breathe on a planet which at its closist is 35 million miles from mars. are we really going to mars? >> eventually we are. i think we can get there in the 2030s. >> reporter: that would mean if you have a newborn at home right now, by the time that child is in high school, they'll be launching rockets from here with astronauts, destination mars. kerry sanders, >>eath down in florida this morning where we were seeing some of those live pictures. >> pretty much everywhere. we have people chiming in from new york city even saying it's in the 60s here and that's what we're going to see today. >> yeah. we are launching into spring. quickly here. a lot of reports coming up. we're seeing daffodils. sprouts are coming up. even some daffodils blooming. this is certainly early. we're still in mid-february. there's a live view overlooking national harbor on this saturday morning. we've got bright sun pouring down there. just a

right now they are about one mile from mar-a-lago. this protest had to get shifted around a couple of times. the initial organizers failed bailed out after the members became too large. experienced organizers came in and they are shortened the route so it's not clear how close they are going to get. the protest today has been peaceful. they have stayed on the sidewalk. there has been a steady police presence at no sign of any of violence. the mood is festive and a lot of families are out here. there have been protests in other cities as well. philadelphia and houston as well and even overseas. in london several people arching in downtown london to protest not only u.s. immigration policies but also potential visit by donald sent to the uk sometime later this year. julie back to you. julie: thank you very much steve harrigan covering the protests in florida. this justin just minutes ago president trump tweeted and i will read it for you. the opinion of the so-called judge which essentially takes law enforcement away from our country is

trump bought mar-a-lago and turned it into a social club. but unlike palm beach's other infamously exclusionary clubs, mar-a-lago accepted gentiles and jews, african-americans, and openly gay members. as long as they could pay. what do you think motivated donad trump to do this? >> money. but he did it. i mean, a lot of people wouldn't do it. would they want to start a largely jewish club in palm beach? would you do that if you cared about social acceptance? you would never do that. >> reporter: along the way, mr. trump has picked plenty of fights, everything from the height of the flagpole on his club's lawn to the flight path over mar-a-lago that he wanted changed. excuse me, i have to interrupt for a moment. there's a plane. getting elected president solved that pesky problem. are you surprised this is now the winter white house? >> it's amazing. i wouldn't have dreamed it, but i don't think anyone would have thought that would happen. >> that he would become president this >> yes. and it shows in america anything can happen and it's a gr

trump bought mar-a-lago and turned it into a social club. but unlike palm beach's other infamously exclusionary clubs, mar-a-lago accepted gentiles and jews, african-americans, and openly gay members. as long as they could pay. what do you think motivated donad trump to do this? >> money. but he did it. i mean, a lot of people wouldn't do it. would they want to start a largely jewish club in palm beach? would you do that if you cared about social acceptance? you would never do that. >> reporter: a t trump has picked plenty of fights, everything from the height of the flagpole on his club's lawn to the flight path over mar-a-lago that he wanted changed. excuse me, i have to interrupt for a moment. there's a plane. getting elected president solved that pesky problem. are you surprised this is now the winter white house? >> it's amazing. i wouldn't have dreamed it, but i don't think anyone would have thought that would happen. >> that he would become president this >> yes. and it shows in america anything can happen and it's a great thing. it's

trump bought mar-a-lago and turned it into a social club. but unlike other exclusionary clubs, mar-a-lago accepted gentiles and jews, african-americans, and openly gay members. as long as they could pay. what do you think motivated donald trump to do this? >> money. but he did it. a lot of people wouldn't do it. would you do that if you cared about social acceptance? you would never do that. >> reporter: along the way, mr. trump has picked plenty of fights, everything from the height of the flagpole on his club's lawn to the flight path over mar-a-lago that he wanted changed. that pesky problem. are you surprised this is now the winter white house? >> it's amazing. i wouldn't have dreamed it, but i don't think anyone would have thought that would happen. and it shows in america anything can happen and it's a great thing. it's fantastic. >> reporter: this is the long-time managing director of mar-a-lago. he says mr. trump is continuing mrs. post's great tradition of hosting, with one significant difference. >> mr. trump, when he took over, he

trump made the announcement from his mar-a-lago club in florida. mcmaster replaces retired general michael flynn, who was forced to resign last week. meanwhile, two of the president's other top deputies are meeting with allies overseas. here's chip reid. >> reporter: while traveling overseas, u.s. officials are finding it necessary to go out of their way to calm our allies, reassuring them that our commitments are unwavering. >> president trump c full support to nato. >> reporter: on his first european trip as defense secretary, james mattis sought to reassure allies. >> i will also be requesting that all nato nations promptly pay their bills. the u.s. must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. >> reporter: this morning, general mattis touched down in baghdad for an unannounced visit to monitor the u.s.-backed war effort against isis. before his arrival, the defense secretary distanced himself from these remarks made by mr. trump last month. >> i used to say, keep the oil. i didn't want to go into iraq. >> we're not in iraq to seize

so you are actually growing a potato on what would be mars? >> correct. >> reporter: plants create vital oxygen who they can breathe on a planet which at its closest is 35 million miles from earth's atmosphere. are we really going to mars? >> eventually we are. that's the ultimate destination. i think we can get there in the 2030s. >> reporter: that would mean if you have a newborn at home right now, by the time that child is in high school, they'll be launching rockets from here with astronauts, destination mars. kerry sanders, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >> you said elon musk just posted on ins gra m. >> he did. says they're counting down getting ready for the launch. hopefully all systems are a go. >>> meanwhile back here at home, tom kierein says it's going to be a nice day. >> we're launching into spring here. >> all right. we'll take it. >> unbelievable. the temperatures are cold now. youv it is feeling like winter on this february morning. and we are about a half an hour or so away from sunrise. the pre-dawn glow getting brigh

well, he has just spoken to cameras at mar-a-lago. of course he's attending the international red cross ball. he spoke very briefly, very succinctly, talking about the fact that the justice department has appealed that to the 9th circuit. donald trump has been tweeting about this all day but saying to the cameras just a few minutes ago about that appeal, saying we will win for the sake of our country, we will win. so again, president trump briefly addressing the cameras as he made his way into the international red cross ball, saying something very short, very sweet, something along the lines of what he said throughout his tweets -- throughout the day. saying again we will win for the sake of our country, we will win. so now back out here outside mar-a-lago i'll set up the scene for you. just in the past few minutes the protesters here have dispersed. and you can see why. there is a blockade that has been in place for the duration of this protest. police have -- now they're about to reopen this road. so the protesters have dispersed.

trump made the announcement from his mar-a-lago club in florida. mcmaster replaces retired general michael flynn, who was forced to resign last week. meanwhile, two of the president's other top deputies are meeting with allies overseas. here's chip reid. >> reporter: while traveling overseas, u.s. officials are finding it necessary to go out of their way to calm our allies, reassuring them that our commitments are unwavering. >> president trump came into office and has thrown now his full support to nato. >> reporter: on his first european trip as defense secretary, james mattis sought to reassure allies. >> i will also be requesting that all nato nations promptly pay their bills. the u.s. must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. >> reporter: this morning, general mattis touched down in baghdad for an unannounced visit to monitor the u.s.-backed war effort against isis. before his arrival, the defense secretary distanced himself from these remarks made by mr. trump last month. >> i used to say, keep the oil. i didn't want to go in

out here at mar-a-lago, we are seeing protests. just behind me, just outside the gates of mar-a-lago in this general vicinity, we're seeing a lot of supporters for trump out here, but just across the intercoastal waterway, there are a few hundred protesters out here, as well. they're kind of taking on the same vein as we saw with the women's march, and that we saw in those subsequent protests throughout the past two weeks. they aren't allowed to come close enough to mar-a-lago, because of space and security concerns, but really, a lot swirling out here, as the president gets ready to host that annual gala, the international red cross ball, that is happening at mar-a-lago tonight. a lot going on. the white house responding, and of course, president trump respondent i responding, as he tends to do, directly on twitter. >> jessica schneider, thank you very much for that reporting, as we see the video from some of those protests tonight as well. the president taking to twitter multiple times this evening, criticizing that federal judge

it is only eight months to mars. i think it is going to be a female commander, it will be a mixed crew, it is going to be fantastic. we are going to study mars for 500 days, it is fantastic. we are looking for the evidence of past life. a female commander, the mentioned, doctor newman, but there are also plans to send astronauts back to the moon in the 20 20s. will that also be led by a woman?|j back to the moon in the 20 20s. will that also be led by a woman? i think so. it will be, again, global exploration. the current nasa, the most exploration. the current nasa, the m ost rece nt exploration. the current nasa, the most recent nasa astronaut was four women and four men, and now we are undergoing another astronaut selection now. in this collaboration between nasa and hollywood, and i watched martians, which starred matt damon, was that a realistic way of looking at a trip to mars? yes, it was excellent. the book was great, but they did great research so they got almost all the technology is right, and what inspira

we can help to prepare to go to mars. to sydney now where the future of a building in one of the city's more prestigious addresses is causing a bit of a row. the sirius flats are a concrete tower block overlooking the harbour which were built for social housing in the 1980s. the state government wants to sell the site off and use the money elsewhere, but that's angered residents. hywel griffith reports. 0ld, beautiful, just plain brutal. the sirius buildings are concrete example of what state architecture used to look like. designed in the 70s to provide social housing for sydney, its facade has fallen out of fashion. it faces being sold and torn down. this 90—year—old is just one of two residents left. she is blind and lives alone on the top floor. she says she has not been offered a suitable alternative. she is battling to stay. we need to fight. if i is battling to stay. we need to fight. if i did not speak out, you know, you would be crushed. this will be the only city in the world without social housing in the in

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a lovely concept and would be a great point of national pride if we could go to mars but we have mars but we haveon the 7 billion people on the planet. space,ill go out in let's do something, do not trap and astroid or some mission that we have already done redundantly . we need to do something big. if it is not big, why do it? we reach this area of technology, does everyone really need a cell phone, nasa claims ever piece of technology invented since the 1960's on the space program. we do not know that without a space program what the other developments would have been, would we still have a cell phone and investments in medicine? what there has been -- have been an assailant without the space program, i bet there would be, some of those arguments are there was a great marginal return from the space program and no one can argue that technology was not advanced. host: north carolina, our line for those who oppose exploration and the cost. hi. caller: hello? host: you are on. caller: i am opposed to the space station because we need work on earth and to take care of home. charity start

trump has stayed at mar-a-lago every weekend since his inauguration. some club members have bragged about their access to the workings of state. when north korea tested a ballistic missile during visit,e prime minister's witnesses say 2 leaders gathered with advisers openly in front of other guests. it is not unusual for presidents to have retreats, and mar-a-lago was destined to be one. its original owner was herself a business tycoon who wanted it to be a presidential getaway. pay aump: we really reference to mrs. post in which he was able to do. reporter: she left it to the government in her will, but the united states couldn't pay the bills. it took a future president to come along and make mar-a-lago his own. ethiopia looked as if it had survived the worst food shortage in decades. but there are warnings of major food shortages. the government is appealing for nearly billion dollars at it -- as it scrambles to deliver food and medical aid. the bbc reports from more than -- one of worst affected regions in the southeast of the country. reporter: it

there's nothing difficult about securing mar-a-lago. there's some logistical hurdles, getting hotel rooms in the area. but if you're the president of the united states, this is whether under barack obama or george w. bush. it's obviously a very stressful job. if he's more comfortable in mar-a-lago, whether than camp david which is more isolated. i think he should focus on being the president and worry about that, not so much the logistics of the secret service getting a few hotel rooms. >> when it comes to the price tag, as tom pointed out, you had bill clinton going to mar-a-lago. you had president bush going to kennebunkport and so forth. but every weekend when it comes to taxpayer dollars can you kind of give us perspective going to mar-a-lago, rather than a camp david? >> well taxpayer dollars we should always be concerned about. the issue came one barack obama and president bush as well. it should come up, it's our money. but it's really not that overwhelming for the secret service, nor is it going to be in the long run that expens

trump made the announcement from his mar-a-lago club in florida. mcmaster replaces retired general michael flynn, who was forced to resign last week. meanwhile, two of the president's other top deputies are meeting with allies overseas. here's chip reid. >> reporter: while traveling overseas, u.s. officials are finding it necessary to go out of their way to calm our allies, reassuring them that our commitments are unwavering. >> president trump came into office and has thrown now his full support to nato. >> reporter: on his first european trip as defense secretary, james mattis sought to reassure allies who heard this repeatedly on the campaign trail. >> i will also be requesting that all nato nations promptly pay their bills. the u.s. must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. >> reporter: this morning, general mattis touched down in baghdad for an unannounced visit to monitor the u.s.-backed war effort against isis. shortly before his arrival, the defense secretary distanced himself from these remarks made by mr. trump last month

so it's only eight months to mars. i think it's going to be a female commander, it will be a mixed crew, it's going to be fantastic. we're going to study mars for 500 days, it's really hard. we are looking for the evidence of past life. a female commander, you mentioned, dr newman, but there are also plans to send astronauts back to the moon in the 20205. will that also be led by a woman? i think so. that's my bet. it will be mixed, again, global exploration. the current nasa, the most recent nasa astronauts was four women and four men, and now we are undergoing another astronaut selection now. and of course this collaboration between nasa and hollywood, and i watched martians, which starred matt damon, was that a realistic way of looking at a trip to mars? yes, it was excellent. the book was great, by andy weir, he did great research, so they got almost all the technologies right. and what inspiration. so the martian really was fantastic, so we worked with them closely. it's nice to get all the technology right. as an

trump has mar-a-lago. it is his adult kid, his wife. it's a lot following him around. >> with trump, everything is bigger, right? it is is just a fact of life that presidents and vice presidents go on vacation, they go on trips. obama went on trips. so did bush. it is the scale of them that is sort of mind boggling. while the president is heading down to florida with a whole secret service detail in tow, his boys are going to dubai to open a very lavish golf course with their own contingents. and the price tags for these climb really, really quickly. they are incredibly detailed operation. >> give me numbers, drew. how much are we talk something. >> we're talking $3 million a weekend for every time trump goes down to florida. so we are up to $10 million already. for a context, president obama, who was criticized routinely for his trips, was something like $90 million over eight years. so we are quickly getting to that pace. and the trips don't come cheap. >> because a lot of these -- you mentioned, the sons, i know they're in pwadubai.

seem possible. >> reporter: musk wants to send an unmanned mission to mars in 2020. >> they have to be able to show the falcon 9 rocket is a safe and reliable launch vehicle, and with every successful launch, confidence is going to go up that they can, in fact, deliver on these big promises. >> reporter: that cargoship that's in orbit now, planning to dock with the space station this wednesday, will deliver 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments. anthony? >> mason: glad baby came back. thanks, jim. still ahead, a security breech as one of america's busiest airports. e. my tip is; it's hard to serve your country when you're to weak to put on your uniform. (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now. or is it your allergy pills? holding you back break through your allergies. introducing flonase sensimist. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six i

destination mars. kerry sanders, nbc news at the kennedy space center. >>> if you ever thought of becoming a police officer, now is a good time to take that step. the philadelphia police department is looking for good men and women to join the force. joining us now are two officers. welcome to you both. officer cortez, i want to start with you. you're giving me the pitch. give me your best pitch to become a philadelphia officer. >> well, the first pitch would be it's a great career. the salary is great. the benefits are great, and we're able to serve the community that we love. >> tell me how the recruitment drive is going so far. >> it's good. very good. we have over 5,000 applicants coming in, getting ready for orientation day. >> sergeant ryan, tell me one of the steps people will go through in order to become an officer, become a candidate. >> the first thing is applying online. that's the most important thing. once you apply online, you'll get a confirmation number. then you can contact your recru

but this is why trump calls mar-a-lago the winter white house. a lot of people don't know this. but since coming into office, trump's florida resorts have been outfitted with state-of-the-art facilities so he can handle any global crisis with the utmost security and privacy. i'm [bleep] with you. >> the president responded to north korea's test launch with urgent talks on an open terrace at mar-a-lago in palm beach where patrons were in earshot snapping photos and posting them online. >> the dining room at mar-a-lago the president's private estate became sort of an open air situation room. >> that's the kind of conversation you would normally have in a classified environment. >> they began consult ising their aide, consulting document, the aides using iphones to offer them more light to see the documents because this was a candle lit dinner. >> to see it happening in such a public setting with lots of eavesdroppers, it raises some genuine questions. >> trevor: now trump responded to north korea after this. but part of me goes thank god shinzo abe was there. because reportedly he

seem possible. >> reporter: musk wants to send an unmanned mission to mars in 2020. >> they have to be able to show the falcon 9 rocket is a safe and reliable launch vehicle, and with every successful launch, confidence is going to go up that they can, in fact, deliver on these big promises. >> reporter: that cargoship that's in orbit now, planning to dock with the space station this wednesday, will deliver 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments. anthony? >> mason: glad baby came back. thanks, jim. still ahead, a security breech as one of america's busiest airports. e. my tip is; it's hard to serve your country when you're to weak to put on your uniform. (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now. ugh your allergies. introducing flonase sensimist. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy