more news on the way he way. wild weather that just won't let up across the u.s. funnel clouds touching down across the midwest, killing at least two people, while in the rockies, snow still falling overnight with several feet already on the ground, leaving

drivers stranded meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all for us another guilty verdict ree re related to a school shooting at a michigan high school the gunman's father convicted of involuntary manslaughter a leitchive report to how il is responding to chuck schumer's stunning speech. calling all curl friends helping young girls learn to love their curls, one doll at a time and justin timberlake bringing a lot more than sexy back fans losing their minds and screaming hi, hi, hi, at a surprise performance of 'n sync. the debut of their newest song leaving them feeling like they're in paradise. it's friday, march 15th. "early today" starts right now good friday morning to you glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera

breaking overnight, deadly storms tore across the midwest and southern plains, knocking out power to tens of thousands and bringing tornados and massive hail at least two people were killed in ohio. emergency crews in one ohio county reporting a tornado and estimated half-mile wide, crossing the highway over 13 million were under tornado alerts with more reports of twisters in indiana, kentucky and texas. indian police according to the national weather service, weather service, the massive wreckage is likely from a tornado up to half of the buildings in nearby selma may have been damaged. giant hail fell thursday night in texas and residents in kansas dodged pieces the size of golf balls. for the latest on all of this and what to expect today let's bring in nbc meteorologist angie lassman. >> yesterday quite a busy

evening hours and into the overnight. of course we saw about eight tornado reports, and you can see the two that you just mentioned. winchester, indiana, the time frame was 5:00 to 7:00 we saw tornado warnings first for winchester at 7:39 20 to 25 minutes between both of these warnings being issued and the tornados moving through u the good news is we are aren't seeing any more of thoses watchs or warnings anymore. today's severe risk smaller but still not zero we have a bull's eye around austin and san antonio tuscaloosa to jackson, also the greatest potential's going to be for some of that large hail. and we'll watch for the wind gusts and of course a few tornados as well here's the deal. the system will continue to work its way to the east. we'll still be unsettled across

much of this region, watching this even as we get into the weekend. >> we'll hear from you a little bit more, a little bit later thank you, angie james crumbley, the father of ethan crumbley has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter a michigan jury found he was guilty for failing to prevent the rampage that killed four students in november 2021. crumbley bought his son the pistol he used in the shooting and failed to safely store it. now he faces up to 15 years in prison last month his wife jennifer was found guilty on the same charges. their son is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. in the shadow of war, a diplomatic rift is opening between the united states and israel senate majority leader chuck schumer, the highest-ranking

jewish ej jewish elected official. >> if he remains in power after the war begins to wind down and continues to pursue policies that test existing u.s. standards for assistance, then the united states will have no choice but to play a more active role in shaping israeli policy by using our leverage to change the present course >> schumer is the most prominent american lawmaker yet to hint at conditioning american economic and diplomatic support for israel let's go live to claudio lavanga, who's following the story for us good morning has netanyahu responded yet? >> reporter: good morning, frances. as far as weigh know, he hasn't responded, but the likud party responded that israel is not a banana republic but proud of its choice of prime minister benjamin netanyahu

other leaders have condemned schumer's remarks. first of all, benny gantz, the war cabinet said he erred in his remarks and wrote, and i read that israel is a robust democracy, and only its citizens decide its future and leadership any external interference on the matter is counterproductive and unacceptable also the former prime minister naftali bennett wrote on his own x account, we are an independent nation, not a banana public, with the threat of t threat of iterrorism on the west israeli politicians are not the only ones to criticize schumer also u.s. republicans have accused schumer of meddling with israeli affairs, while he got this report of key democratic senators, as per the white house, yesterday, john kirby held a press conference and said

the white house was notified about what schumer was going to say, at the same time, it is up to the israelis to decide the political future of their country. frances? >> claudio, thank you. the situation in haiti is growing more and more dire by the day, as the chaos and violence in the streets escalate among those scrambling to leave are hundreds of american citizens our gabe gutierrez reports from the neighboring dominican republic >> reporter: a catastrophe is unfolding in haiti each day people running for their lives. the gang violence in port-au-prince now trapping americans caught in the crossfire. hundreds of stranded u.s. citizens registering with the state department >> we just want to go home >> reporter: missionary jill dolan and her family are stuck in a makeshift motel near the shuttered main airport she's desperate to get back to the states in time for her daughter's wedding >> we did hear gunfire outside this gate, and it was very

scary, and we all went running and turned out the lights and hid in our room until it went away >> reporter: amid concerns of a mass exodus from haiti, the dominican republic is increasing patrols along its border and the u.s. is considering temporarily housing haitian migrants at guantanamo bay like it's done before in the dominican republic border town, haitians were briefly allowed to cross into this close closed off market. but we saw bus after bus deporting them if they went too far. this mother of six told us she was desperate for food we don't have work we don't have a president. we have nothing, she says. the oou.n. announcing it's launching a humanitarian bridge in the sky to bring in aid across the border into haiti we also met a man who says he's from miami but as he recently visited family in haiti, a gang overtook his bus, leaving him with no

passport and no way out. >> they took all my stuff, my documents, my bags, my phones, my money that i had in my pocket >> reporter: this is the edge of chaos. humanitarian crisis at yet another border >> and our thanks to gabe for that report. former president donald trump spent much of thursday inside a florida courtroom, where his lawyers tried to get the criminal charges related to classified documents found at mar-a-lago thrown out, but the federal judge denied the motion. mr. trump maintains he did nothing wrong. >> i took them very legally. and i wasn't hiding them we had boxes on the front of, and a lot of those boxes had clothing, we're moving out, okay, unfortunately, we're moving out of the white house. >> meanwhile, in new york the district attorney's office says they do not oppose waiting 30 more days to start mr. trump's hush money trial court filings show thousands of pages of documents were only recently turned over to trump's

attorneys. that trial is scheduled to start later this month turning to colorado where the biggest snowstorm to hit the state in three years dumped two to three inches per hour it left drivers stranded residents were working overtime to clear the rapid snowfall from driveways, sidewalks and even trees. >> i think i'm going to be out here two more times. >> reporter: today >> probably. >> it's very stiff there's a lot of water >> and a bus carrying 60 women on a ski trip from denver was stuck for more than 15 hours on the highway. some without their medicine. by thursday afternoon, the group was finally back on the road let's check back in with nbc meteorologist angie lassman, who is tracking this storm for us. this is something else at this time of year, too. >> yeah, it's a march snow winter wonderland across parts of colorado as they're waking up this morning good morning to you, frances we do have 5 million people

under these winter alerts this morning. the snow had slowly start to taper off. but we could pick up maybe another 6 inches or so in some of these spots across the region but for the most part, people in denver will see it wrapping up meanwhile, feeling like april. baltimore, 73 degrees. new york is going to hit 66 degrees. we keep it feeling like april as we get into tomorrow and we'll slowly see our temperatures get back to normal as the end of the weekend and early n roanoke today. we head to the 40s for cleveland, and detroit hits 53 degrees. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you coming up, why lyft and uber

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♪ ♪ >> reporter: justin timberlake's show in los angeles, california, making 'n sync fans' wildest dreams come true [cheers and applause the crowd erupting in screams when the curtains behind j.t. opened to reveal j.c., joey fatone and lance bass. >> we are 'n sync. >> reporter: marking the group's first live performance together since 2013 ♪ bye, bye, bye ♪ >> reporter: lighting up the stage with favorites like "bye, bye, bye", and "it's gonna be me". even debuting their brand-new song "paradise "."

super fan! >> we are like, what this boy band ended 20 years ago. >> reporter: the iconic boy band stepping onto the scene in 1995, becoming a global sensation with hits like "i want you back". ♪ and i want you back ♪ >> reporter: "tearing up my heart ♪ ♪ tearing up my heart when i'm with you ♪ >> reporter: and "pop" ♪ what's the deal with this pop ♪ >> reporter: dominating the pop music world for years, until going on hiatus and eventually disbanding in 2002 after timberlake began to pursue his solo career. >> who's ready for a reunion >> reporter: the pop legends came out of their 20-year-long break last year. ♪ let me take you to a better place ♪ >> reporter: with their song for the troll movie "better place.

the surprise performance reigniting their fan base who apparently never said bye, bye, bye to their favorite boy band >> really just brought me back to being a kid my big sister in the car with her friends it was nostalgic best night ever. >> all right, could a reunion tour be next i don't know i don't think that's too much to ask. our thanks to ellison barber for that report. and thanks to you for watching "early today." i'm frances rivera, as we were saying, yeah, bye, bye, bye. have a great

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