today, a dangerous mistake, lethal, live anthrax was accidently shipped by the military to nine states and overseas. extreme rain. and the latest in the fifa dragnet. as law enforcement lay out the case against the world's most poplar sport. "early today" starts now. it is a dangerous and frightening mistake by our government. today the pentagon is fessing up. live samples of anthrax was sent around the u.s. and as far away as south korea. they were radiated. supposedly inactive, but they

were found to be live. and since all the shipments are from that same stock, they fear they have live spores. no one has been infected. and they don't suspect any risk to the general public, but they were sent via fedex and handled by lab workers who weren't fully protected. now to the onslaught of severe weather still walloping the south. this is live in oklahoma city where lightening was bursting across the sky over few seconds. in the texas panhandle, a tornado touched down and damaged a gas drilling rig. you can hear the force of the wind. in kansas, a slightly different sound. that's not wind. it is golf ball sized hail.

look at this falling through a walmart roof. severe thunderstorms moved through that area. but it's disastrous flooding that has people across the south searching for nine still messing. at least 33 people are dead from texas to oklahoma. and gabe gutierrez spoke to a family at the center of the tragedy. >> reporter: a massive search effort is growing. authorities in hays county identify another victim. 42-year-old michelle sharba. we spoke with her sister and brother-in-law just before the tragic news. >> my sister, my best friend. we're three years apart. she's just the most outgoing, gregarious, sweet, wants-to-be everybody's friend. >> reporter: she's still searching for other family members.

>> we used to sing song and make up his own words to songs. >> reporter: around 11:00 saturday night, her mother texted this picture of the rising water. it was around 1:00 the home was swept away, the families inside. neighbors say her father had run out to start the suv found still running the next morning. when she found the property this wasn't what she expected. >> she fell down, crumpled her knees. >> we never thought that the house could be knocked over, ever. >> reporter: she has spoken with the lone survivor so far, jonathan mccomb, devastated. the search for his wife and two children continues. >> we're going to survive this together. as a family. we have faith that we will get through this. and we're praying for miracles.

>> that was gabe gutierrez reporting. we are still learning more about those massive corruption allegations on an international scale. fraud and bribery against top bosses at fifa. and it's the united states blowing the lid off all of this with a slough of federal charges. nbc news peter alexander has the story. >> reporter: in switzerland, seven of the top officials were arrested in a pre-dawn raid. in miami, the fbi searched the headquarters of fifa's u.s. affiliate. 14 face corruption charms involving more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks. >> they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. >> reporter: fifa is the international soccer what the ioc is to the olympics, regulating and promoting the sport worldwide. awarding sponsorships and tv rights worth millions. and picking hosts for the world cup.

>> the game, according to the allegations in this indictment, was hijacked. that field that was so famously flat was made tilted. >> reporter: among those pleading guilty, chuck blazer, blazer who pocketed millions, cooperated with authorities, wearing a wire to help implicate others. >> with the charts that the fbi and justice department trotted out, it looked like a mafia case. >> reporter: none of this is surprising to soccer fans. the allegation of bribery date back. but what is surprising is that it was the u.s. that finally took on fifa. separately, swiss officials say they're investigating fifa's awarding of the 2018 world cup to russia. and 2022 to qatar, over the u.s. and other nations. fifa's president welcomed the actions. hoping it will root out corruption in the sport. >> once money is threatened, that's the only language they

understand. >> reporter: a scandal knocking the world's favorite sport off its feet. peter alexander, washington. it's still early in the race for the white house, but the stage is already being set for major battles in 2016. gop underdog carly fiorina criticized hillary clinton who just happened to be across the street. meanwhile, rick santorum announced he would once again seek the gop nomination. nbc's tracy potts is live for us. it seems like the race is getting crowded and colorful on both ends of the spectrum. >> reporter: no question. we have 529 days to go as of today. that's a really long time. it's still early, well over a year to go. but things are heating up, egg personally in battleground states. >> hi!

>> nice to meet you. >> reporter: if you're hillary clinton and you lost south carolina last time, here's the strategy. hit the local bakery and slam republicans on the economy. >> are we going to hand over our country, once again, to the people and policies that crashed our economy before? >> reporter: if you're carly fiorina, polling at just 1%, a different strategy. show up outside clinton's speech and hit her weak points, foreign donations, e-mails and benghazi. >> how can we trust mrs. clinton? >> reporter: fiorina's got company. rick santorum just announced he's joining the crowded field of republican candidates. he also targeted clinton. >> working families don't need another president tied to big government or big money. >> reporter: in chicago, rand paul took a totally different approach, going after republicans' weak spot, the black vote. >> when i hear people say that black lives matter, i think of freddie gray. we've got some kind of thing

going on in our country that we need to come to grips with. >> my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders also jumped in the race this week. >> reporter: republican or democrat on both sides, the big strategy seems to be target clinton. >> we'll be watching it very closely. in the meantime, we are watching this. the weather outside. meteorologist bill karins is here. >> all eyes on texas. texas over the next couple of days and same areas that we have been all may long. warm weather in the east coast, and the middle is where the action is. the line of storms rolled in a little bit ago and now down to interstate 35. even kansas city looks like there's a little bit of rain as you go through the morning

commute. a few strong storms and it's back here. you could see an isolated tornado or two. that's where we had the one from yesterday and a heavy rain threat as go all the way back to dallas. flash flood watches are up. this is not just for today. this is until sunday morning. that's how soaked the soil is. there's going to be rounds of storms and no one round is going to be a huge problem and it's going to be worse as the days go on here. we will watch for the rivers to go up and the areas caught under the big storms. the computers are only saying one to three inches but isolated spots could be more than that. it's getting warm today. triple digit for phoenix. fist time

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>> the nba finals are set. we pick up the action and curry nailing three of the 2 points in the night. james harden doing all that he can. but the mvp runner-up had a rough night, coughing up the ball, a playoff record 13 times. in the end, the clippers ran away with the game and series. they reach the times for the first time in 40 years. game one against the cleveland cavaliers is june 4 in oakland. to the nhl playoffs. game six, chicago facing elimination. a scoreless first period. but in the second, a flurry of goals from blackhawks. two minutes later, patrick kane has a third goal. the hawks force a game seven on saturday.

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he received an award in 2008 for live event work. bono posted a message saying we've lost a family message. he wasn't just a legend in the music business he was a legend in our band. at the sold out show they paid tribute and calling him a member of the youtube family. he was 68 years old. lindsay lohan has finished more than 100 hours of her community service. she had 115 hours left in the beginning of may. a judge gave her until the end of this month to complete them. the stars of the comedy "spy", which i can't wait to see, were at the london premiere. melissa mccarthy talked about the challenges of filming. >> it was great. i have a lot of bruises, i pulled a lot of muscles, but i loved it.

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leading the news from nbc chicago, photos show chicago cops posing with a black man wearing antlers. the photo prompted an investigation that led to one of the officers being fired. the other is serving a 12-year federal prison sentence on an unrelated case. from nbc washington 1 hundred s.a.t. tests missing. and now students are being asked to retake the test.

the suspect surrounded to the police. now they're suing for 10 million dollars. and a jewelry store owner in florida took matters into her own hands when masked men stormed into her store. >> i had a metal stick on the floor. i grabbed it and i hit them. but, so many of them. i don't know what to do. i'm hitting all over, here and there. >> she hit them all right. they began grabbing gold chains from the cases, and she fought back indeed. but the men got away with about $200,000 worth of jewelry.

a chinese man just set the guinness world book of records for carrying the heaviest weight of bees on a human body with 240 pounds. all he needed was a cigarette and honey. as he was covered with over 1 million bees. yes, he was stung more than 2,000 times. his body temperature reached 140 degrees at one point. you'd think he want add cold shower after that, he wanted a hot bath for the stings. >> there's a lot of people hanging around there. i would have the suit on and the smoke. >> we will put you up to that one. celebrating birthdays, carrie mulligan turns 30. marco rubio, 44. and the empress of soul, gladys knight turns 71.

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. glorious in gold. the warriors take the next step towards an nba championship with only one more team standing in their way. back in handcuffs. ray mcdonald arrested for the second time in three days. ball of tar popping up on a southern california beach. is there a link to last week's oil spill? live look outside right now, downtown san jose. it is thursday may 28th. you're watching "today in the bay." a very good thursday morning. it's 4:30. i'm sam back. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's first check that forecast with meteorologist rob