good morning. unrelempbting. more heavy rain across texas and across the plains. the search continues for the missing. homes destroyed, highways shut down lives forever changed. this morning, the firsthand look at the devastation. battling over islam. anti-muslim demonstrators. while there was a lot of yelling -- >> shame on you! >> no violence broke out despite fears it could. screech convicted. dustin diamond the actor from the popular show saved by the bell convicted of two misdemeanor counts. this morning, why diamond is

likely feeling some relief. and ready for a close-up. reports that bruce jenner is set to appear on the cover of vanity fair as a woman and he may be close to revealing his new name as well. saturday may 30th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm carl quintanilla. >> it's nice to have you. >> one of the best giggs in tv hanging out with you. we have a busy saturday for you this morning. our top story, those

life-threatening rains that just won't stop across texas and the plains. more dangerous flash floods could be on the way. president obama has declared it a disaster area. >> reporter: erica, good morning to you. we were hoping to show the spillway the weather is so bad right now, there's lightning, thunder and we're under a flash flood warning. our team has taken coverage out of a covered entrance. for people who live in texas this is just unimaginable after a week of punishing rain and flash flooding that we have had here. another round of punishing rain for flood-ravaged parts of texas. south of houston, an mandatory evacuated. >> it's like a ghost town now. >> reporter: the deluge hit

dallas friday. the ground already saturated from weeks of rain. roads flooded in an instant. dozens had to be rescued. for some the only way out was to be air lifted. part of one highway will be shut down for days. >> this water will not disappear overnight. it could take days. we're asking for people to head home early. >> reporter: it's been the wettest month on record for texas. 35 trillion gallons of rain enough to cover the entire state in 8 inches of water. perhaps hardest hit the central texas town of wimberley. there's devastation in every direction. >> you see the damage that has been done not only to our house but the houses on this street i think we're recovering from the shock right now. >> reporter: the cleanup is stressful and could be dangerous.

>> the contaminants in the water. >> reporter: the flood waters washed away treasures that can never be replace. it also delivered something that no one wants, snakes turning up in an unexpected places. >> it's very frightening. >> reporter: so this weather is going to make cleanup impossible and it will take very little right now to start the flash flooding all over again. we're in dentdown county we're under a flash flooding warning. you can hear the thunder in the background. the storm sueewers are full. dylan, we wished we better news for the folks in the plains it's not coming yet. 25 straight days of rain. >> and the amount of rain that's

fallen in those days of rain. flash flooding watches in effect. now, we do some rain across the midwest. but it's this area right through texas where we're seeing those thunderstorms where janet is, we have flash flood warnings in red, that's where we're seeing our heaviest rain this morning. we're already looking at about 20 inches of rain in some areas. up into oklahoma this is for the month of may. 3 to 4 inches of rain. going through the today, this is going to trigger more storms. this setup and this pattern remains, they'll see future days of rain going into next week. former house speaker dennis hastert is out of site this morning.

the charges a shock to those who know him well. kevin tibls is in yorkville, illinois where he was beloved coach. >> reporter: dennis hastert was a very popular teacher and wrestling coach. revelations that he had been paying hush money to cover up past misconduct has this left this community stunned. he's not been seen just down the road in yorkville, where he was a high school history teacher and popular wrestling coach, disbelief. has tartt coach gary. disbelief. hastert coached gary matlock. >> he was a professionals a teacher and coach and as a >> i would refer to him as my second father. >> reporter: according to the federal indictment he agreed to

provide $3.5 million to someone in yorkville to conceal his prior misconduct. it doesn't reveal what that misconduct was or whom the payments were being made to. they were to a man and that the misconduct was of a sexual nature when the man was a student. student. prosecutors say hastert had already withdrawn $1.7 million from bank accounts and had broken federal banking transaction rules. political reverb rations traveled through illinois and beyond. >> i am saddened by this news and nobody wants to see a person's career of public service have this as their cap stone. >> it is surprising. that would be a universal response. >> reporter: speaker john boehner in a statement said the denny i served with worked hard

on behalf of the constituents and country. i am shocked and saddened to learn of these reports. the next phase in this is the legal one as early as next week where hastert will either plead guilty or not guilty to the charges against him. erica. >> kevin tibbles, thank you. let's get to sheinelle for more on the confrontation outside an arizona mosque. >> good morning. an angry standoff outside an islamic community center in phoenix. 500 demonstrators came face-to-face on friday. >> shame on you for believing the religion of lies. shame on you. >> the confrontation comes weeks after a violent attack in texas at a contest to draw the prophet muhammad. the two gunmen killed in that attack once worshipped at the phoenix mosque. no reported injuries or arrests. the democratic field may get a bit more crowded today.

former maryland governor martin o'malley is expected to throw his hat in the ring. we have nbc's kristen welker can more. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. former governor martin o'malley is expected to announce he is running for president later in baltimore. now o'malley is running an uphill battle against the front runner hillary clinton. with low name recognition, he is in the single digits. the riots in baltimore could complicate his message with some critics blaming his tough on crime policies for the tension in the city. bernie sanders announced he is running earlier this month. the democratic field is getting crowded, but in the republican side, there are as many as 15. thank you. a case of road rage may have

cost the life of a petty officer. san diego police arrested a woman who they say rammed her car into the 39-year-old zachary beulb's motorcycle. and a jury found actor dustin diamond better known as screech from "saved by the bell." a man was stabbed in the bar fight last christmas. diamond pulled a pocket knife to protect his girlfriend. there is no date for sentencing but the most serious charge carries nine months in prison. the tampa bay lightning are headed to the finals. they shutout the rangers in game seven. they face either chicago or anaheim who square off on nbc at 8:00 eastern/5:00 pacific. a wedding day is something every bride remembers, but that

is not the case for a virginia woman. she was married to her husband jeremy last august but weeks later, she was in a car accident that erased her memory including her wedding. now footing the bill for a new wedding ceremony with all new memories. that is a fantastic story. isn't that wonderful? she looked through her wedding album and she could not remember that day. good memories for her. >> what a wonderful community. sheinelle, thanks. dylan is back now with more of our national forecast. >> yes. the east coast is actually looking okay today, but we have to watch out for the interior northeast for thunderstorms. of course we have heavy rain through texas and another 2 to 4 inches of rain is possible with this round of storms. along the frontal boundary we will see showers and storms redevelop through the midwest and up across interior new york

good saturday morning to you. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. waking up to cloudy skies this morning. north bay, east bay and peninsula. even the south bay this morning, we have cloudy skies. the big number here yeah big story is the number. 783 73 for the south bay. east bay 73. tri-valley, back into the 80s. staying cool today in san francisco. only topping out at 64. showers in the forecast tomorrow. join us at 7:00 and we'll talk about that. t's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thanks. catching you up on the week's biggest stories from the soccer scandal and the little girl that rocked the post game conferences. that is all ahead on "today" on nbc. rocked the post game conferences. that is all ahead on "today" on nbc.

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bring you the big stories. >> from a deadly anthrax headline to the little girl making post game conference highlights. a week of historic flooding in texas. >> the wall of water bursting through the door. rescue missions by the air and water. in the nearby town of divine, a funeral for 18-year-old alyssa ramirez. >> she is dead. my car is in the water. what do i do? i said back the car up. she said i can't, the car's tipping. a potentially deadly mistake by the u.s. defense department sending live anthrax via fedex to 20 military labs across the country and overseas. >> it came from the utah facility. >> there's no known risk to the general public. >> the deadly shipment came from a batch that was produced more than a year ago. but last week, a commercial lab in maryland discovered it was

live. >> i cannot believe that anthrax is being sent by fedex. fifa international, the soccer governing body. >> in switzerland, several top international officials were arrested in a pre-dawn raid. in miami, the fbi searched the fifa u.s. affiliate. 14 faced corruption charges involving more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks. >> they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer. >> we, or i, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. a question for the digital age. who owns the rights to photos on instagram. >> artist richard prince pulled photos from strangers' instagram accounts and used them in his collection. there were 38 photos. and guess what,

he sold each one for $90,000 each. since prince edited the photos to include his own comments, they are considered original works of art. >> many of the photos came from the instagram account of punk rock group website suicide girls. its founder says she will sell the same prints for $90. and the nba finals are less than a week away. the cleveland cavaliers led by lebron james will face the golden state warriors, but there's a new mvp in town. >> warriors' point guard steph curry has 26 points, but it was his 2-year-old daughter riley entertained with the post conference. watch the curtain. wait for it. hello! >> there she is. i love it. >> little miss riley. she is the best part of the playoffs. >> talk about a scene-stealer. i like the person who said she should have taken the microphone and said i would like to thank dora the explorer.

>> that might be next. >> so innocent. how about instagram photos being able to be used -- someone else can use your photos? >> nobody liked me photos. >> i'll find a great picture and put some comments on it and then i sell it. >> now it is your original works. >> i think there is an expectation on the web, if you put it out there, you don't own it. but you think he would have shared some of the money with the original photo people. >> or give credit because you are blatantly ripping that off. >> and who is paying that much? and up next on "today," tracy morgan is appearing on nbc for an exclusive interview with matt lauer. but first these messages. for an exclusive

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i'm grateful the case was resolved. as you may remember, this stems from the crash last year. morgan and his friends were driving back from a comedy show when a walmart truck rear-ended their vehicle and left one passenger dead and three others, including morgan, injured. the "30 rock" star spend more than a month in rehab. tina fey and alec baldwin paid a special tribute to him at the "snl" reunion show. we'll remember him for his characters on "snl." and we will find out how he is doing now when he sits down with matt. we are certainly pulling for him. >> sheinelle, thanks. we are pulling for him and families involved. >> it's hard to believe that it has been almost a year. still to come this morning on "today," a court appearance for the woman accused of killing her fiance during a kayak trip.

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6:27 on this saturday morning. a live look at at&t park ahead of the giants game this afternoon. good morning. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at our microclimate forecast. what will the weather be like today? >> it's going to warm up this afternoon. kind of like what we have this morning is what it will look like this evening for the game. this is the golden gate bridge. little drizzle from the north bay bay. that is a little bit of an appetizer. a big storm system will bring some rain to the bay area tomorrow. we'll talk about that at 7:00. meantime today will be a dry day and lots and lots of sunshine through the afternoon hours. 78 for the south bay, 75 for the peninsula. east bay at 73.

the tri-valley inland spots will be 80 degrees. the only wild card today is it will stay cool at the coastline. bring a jacket if you're heading to san francisco. >> not very warm as we head into june. >> june bloom. >> anthony, thanks. >> yeah. scary scene last night in downtown san jose where a man was pinned down by a car. cell phone video of the accident near 1st and santa clara streets. the driver apparently lost control, drove off the road and trapped a man between the car and shopping cart. the driver was cooperative. it's not clear if he will face charges. 12-hour police standoff ended peacefully. a man who barricaded himself inside his home with his toddler surrendered about 10:00 last night. police first surrounded the home yesterday morning and put the entire neighborhood on lockdown.

rudy soto was wanted for several altercations. he was under arrest. the baby good news was not hurt. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," the biggest star in the bay area of sports took in a giants game last night at at&t park. we spoke exclusively to nba mvp seth cu are rrry. we'll have all that and the weather today at 7:00. just in a little bit. we hope you'll join us. right now we send you back to the "today" show.

♪ we're going to need a bigger boat. >> oh, yes, you are. hard to believe it has been 40 years since "jaws" hit theaters and probably changed the way you think of a great white. it may be back in the water as our own kerry sanders found out searching for that along the east coast. the great white sharks are closer than you realize. kerry sanders in a cage to find

out. >> bigger and more bars. >> kerry talked the same way. >> shocking. >> meantime we have a great enthusiastic crowd on the plaza this morning. may 30th, 2015. we will say hello in a bit. coming up, bruce jenner reportedly ready to unveil himself as a woman posing with "vanity fair" magazine with pictures taken by annie leibovitz. and the obsession with marilyn monroe remains decades after her death. kelly garner is bringing the bombshell back to life for a tv mini series. she is here this morning. and from "seinfeld" to the stage, jason alexander and larry david are teaming up. the man playing george costanza is talking about what it is like to get together with larry

david. and a young couple about to get married and turns to murder. we have nbc's ron mott with the story. >> reporter: wearing an orange jump suit 35-year-old anjelica pleaded not guilty in the death of her fiancee whose body was discovered in the hudson river after the kayaking trip. grasswald talked about the incident. >> he was trying to figure out how to paddle the waves. they were getting crazy. >> reporter: prosecutors say she admitted to removing a drain plug before the trip and moved his paddle away from him as he capsized. the motive? money from a pair of life insurance policyies. >> they argue reasonable doubt. i don't think this is a clear win for either side.

>> reporter: officials say grasswald said she was trapped in the relationship and waited a half hour to call for help. with such detailed information, authorities were searching for clues from the public when announcing charges this week. >> we are looking for any information regarding this crime. people may have seen the deceased and defendant prior to them going out on april 19th or know circumstances regarding their relationship. >> reporter: grasswald's attorney says statements may have been made to questions she did not fully understand. >> an accidental drowning that leads to homicide. that she is a victim here and this was an accident. >> reporter: this morning, she remains in jail on $3 million bail. for "today," ron mott nbc news. let's get back to dylan for a final check of the weather. >> i'm chatting with everybody out here. we have a group of people from

40 miles south of erie pennsylvania. my first market in tv was in erie, pennsylvania. we have two girls celebrating their 10th birthday. where are you from? >> syracuse. >> awesome. let's take a look at the weather. it is beautiful in new york city. we have to focus on the rain down through texas. we have possibly up to 2 to 4 of rain with the downpours. the cold front will produce showers in erie, pennsylvania and in and around the great lakes. the front will shift east tomorrow. we have a better chance of rain through the mid-atlantic. finally, texas will start to dry out, but we are still looking at showers and storms down through the gulf coast and western half of the country on sunday is nice in the 60s and 70s. hey, good saturday morning to you. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. waking up to cloudy skies this morning.

by this afternoon, we'll see plenty of sunshine. close to 80 degrees. nice full day in the south bay. the east bay will be at 73. inland valley ss, like the tri-valley, you'll be in the 80s for today. san francisco will stay cool today and a little bit cloudy as we head toward the next few days. we have showers in the forecast arriving sunday night into monday morning. we'll talk more about this coming up at 7:00. hope you can join us then. and take a look at this beautiful sunrise outside lake ray roberts. you always get the most beautiful sunrises and sunset around the time of the storms. we are seeing that today. erica. dylan, thanks. as the weather warms up and you head to the beach, apparently so do the sharks getting close to the shoreline. as close to 20 yards. our intrepid kerry sanders went to a diving expedition to find them. >> kerry, how is it going?

>> reporter: broadcasting live from a shark cage. >> i think you can tell from the size of my eyes that i'm certainly aware that there are lots of sharks here. >> reporter: our goal to find a great white. maybe the famous kathryn. she and mary lee tagged by researchers. now she has a following of 20,000. and a rare dock sighting. a six-foot bull shark. we got off to the spot off jupiter, florida where two great whites were spotted weeks ago. >> kathryn is supposed to be here. i think she stood us up. >> reporter: we encountered 20 bull sharks. following great whites the ocean's predators, bull and hammerheads are the most aggressive. >> 20 bull sharks and one great white. >> reporter: the most dangerous

part of the dive. >> i'm somewhat protected in the cage. we will exit because we will make our way to the boat. i don't think i ever really seen anything quite like this in the wild where i'm so close. >> reporter: and if you are wondering why veteran under water photographer becky was so relaxed outside the cage with sharks feet away. >> i don't have to worry because sharks are man eaters and i'm a woman. >> reporter: all my legs are there. my fingers are there. it worked well. thankfully. >> reporter: for "today," kerry sanders, off the coast of jupiter, florida. >> would you like to get out in a cage? >> i would like to do it but once on the boat i would chicken out. >> i would get into the cage. i want a more secure cage. >> i am fascinated by the research done. it is not like the sharks are going after us.

that's the thing. i don't want to be there in case the shark changes its mind. >> that's not far at all. >> i'm not doing it. i'm not getting in the cage. let's go to sheinelle in the original room with the plaza fan of the day. >> we are bonding with loretta from west virginia and debbie from ohio. did you drive overnight? >> 12 hours. >> just to be with us on the plaza. go ahead. take it away. >> still to come on "today." >> the "full house" reunion just got bigger for netflix. ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪

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we don't know if he will reveal his new name but that will be the next headline. as of right now, he. he still wants to go by he. >> the picture will be stunning. >> you know what? we will cover it. >> yes, we will. moving along, the news gets better for fans of "full house." danny tanner is coming back to the spinoff "fuller house." uncle jesse broke the casting news on twitter saying this it completes the perfect reunion. saget responded, how did you get this information? kidding. now the olsen twins will not reprice their role. we have lots of tanners to look forward to. what other shows would you like to see come back? >> that is a good question. >> we can do that now. >> that's true. probably a lot of actors and

actresses that would be willing. >> i would like everything they did not have back then for "seinfeld." >> i'm glad you brought up "seinfeld." we will talk jason alexander. he is synonomus with his character and now he is teaming up with larry david. he is stepping down and asked jason alexander to step in. why am i telling you this? jason alexander might be the only individual on the planet who truly understands what goes on inside larry david's head. >> what's it like being inside the mind of larry david? >> it is very confuseing in there. it is also very liberating. you can say or do just about anything. it is the land of the uncomfortable. you put on horns and run through the china shop. >> he also told me larry david is very sweet.

that is something people don't know. as for jason alexander's children they have only seen four episodes of "seinfeld" ever out of 180. >> you know what they will do on the next rainy day. >> now we do have to say, this is the last day we will see you on pop start. you may have noticed that joelle is expecting. we are happy for her baby girl. >> there is no crying in "pop start." >> what you may not know is joelle here has a theme. she is one of the hardest workingaff. she is the most positive person you will ever meet. she is responsible for the open at 8:30. she picks the songs and makes us dance and she edits it. this is music for you and the sweet baby girl and your husband, chris. >> i'm new here to the crew on weekend "today."

joelle has been a hug from heaven. as soon as i walk through the doors, you know they are genuine and have a genuine spirit. i think i'm great, but if my daughter has a spirit like hers i'm good. >> i am going to cry on air. you guys have been so wonderful to me and this little girl. she is coming into the world filled with so much love and you made it impossible for me to leave. literally. until my water breaks. >> the champagne's for later, by the way. >> oh, okay. >> something to celebrate the arrival of your baby girl. we love you. >> i adore all of you. you have made a tough pregnancy really easy at 4:00 a.m. >> which is not easy. >> we are looking forward to the big day. >> we will think of you. >> we need names. girl names. >> okay.

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♪ diamonds ♪ still fascinated by the legendary marilyn monroe. her life and legacy lives on as hollywood tries to bring the original blonde bombshell back to live. marilyn monroe, an american icon. ♪ diamonds are a girl's best friend ♪ >> a movie star like no other. more than 50 years after her death, she remains a captivating presence channelled in music videos. ♪ i still believe ♪ >> honored on the big screen. >> surprise. >> and imitated in countless magazines. most recently by one of this generation's well known sex symbols. kim kardashian. and now kelli garner is playing marilyn monroe in the latest movie involving her mother's mental illness. her own demons.

>> nothing. oh i can't do this. >> and her troubled marriage to joe dimaggio. >> that was the first time and the last. >> and kelli garner is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> this is very exciting. "variety" called it a knockout performance for you. you were apprehensive to take the part? why? >> i'm apprehensive. it is marilyn monroe. those are really big shoes. i wasn't sure i could pull it off. >> what made you say yes? >> i knew it would make me a better actress. it was a challenge and a study and myself as a performer. >> in terms of the challenge, you played her through a significant period. from the age of 16 to 36. a lot going on there. >> absolutely. >> was it exhausting or fun?

>> it is exhausting and fun. i think we shot a mini series. i don't remember it. you go into work mode and it is long long hours and somehow you get it done. >> this is "the secret life of marilyn monroe." it morphs into the relationship with her and her mother and about the men in her life. what is interesting to you to play that aspect of it? >> one of the things is the plot we use to tell the story with the therapist. i found that fascinating. it is important to talk about mental health. i have been in therapy myself. to play such an icon and such intimate sounding board moments of trying to figure out what's going on was really fascinating. >> you got to work with susan sarandon. what was that like? >> it was wonderful. i had to test with her here in

new york. in 24 hours. it was extremely intimidating. she is really cool. you could not ask for a better woman to calm your nerve. >> more than 50 years since marilyn monroe died. why do you think it is we remain so fascinated by her? >> i wish i could tell you. i wish i had a good answer for that. as i'm watching her, she's so epically beautiful. something extremely sincere about her. she lights up. she's accessible in her beauty. i think that's just everlasting. >> she's adore able. >> great to have you here. congratulations. we look forward. kelli garner thanks. we are back in a moment but first this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning, i'm kira klapper. if there's one guy in the bay area that knows what warriors star clay thompson is up against, it's giants star belk. we talk to him about his experience. plus where you take your dog. a brutal virus has sickened dogs across the country. now there's fear it's coming here. it may not look it now but there's a warm start to your weekend in the bay area. rain could be around the corner. anthony slaughter will have your full weekend forecast.

it is 7:00 on saturday morning. this is a live look at cloudy skies over downtown san jose. i'm told this is little italy in san jose. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has our forecast. it doesn't look warm now but you say warm