forgotten. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." it's monday, may 9th. coming up on "early today," incredible images over the weekend of massive and violent tornadoes. including one that stretched over half a mile wide. the donald claims he was blindsided by the house speaker, but will a face-to-face meeting between the two gop leaders unify the party? a monster inferno destroys more than 1,600 homes and devastates a huge portion of land in canada, but it's also causing the price of oil to rise globally. plus, "captain america" wows 'em at the box office. a plane crashes into the roof of a building. and get ready for the invictus games with more than 500 wounded warriors from 15 countries competing. "early today" starts right now.

good morning. i'm gig stone woods. a slow-moving storm is being blamed for two deaths in arizona and is now moving east. severe thunderstorms are threatening parts of the plains, midwest, and south this morning, putting millions of americans in the path of dangerous weather. nbc's sara dallof has more. >> reporter: violent twisters rumbled across northeast colorado, sweeping up debris and darkening skies. this massive tornado was one of several spotted in re, colorado. >> it was one of the most photogenic tornadoes i've ever seen in 35 years. >> reporter: there were no fatalities, but at least five people were injured. debris strewn for miles, dozens of electrical poles were destroyed, leaving many without power. >> never been through anything like this. >> reporter: outside denver near the city of wiggins, a multivortex tornado lifted motor homes and uprooted trees. >> campers upside down,

sideways. floating in the lake. a boat shed that's just been crushed. >> reporter: in arizona, a rare winter blast in flagstaff. just an hour west, hail and rain were to blame for at least six injuries and two deaths on i-40, which closed for hours. arizona was one of ten states with reports of damaging hail saturday. as the storm pushes east, millions are in the threat zone. more tornadoes and hail possible in the country's midsection through tuesday. families urged to stay alert in the peak of tornado season. sara dallof, nbc news. the fraying within the republican party reached a new level this weekend. presumptive republican nominee donald trump told nbc's chuck todd he was blindsided by house speaker paul ryan's refusal of support. >> your take to paul ryan is, hey, the voters have decided,

get on board. >> well, i would say that's true. to be honest, i like paul ryan. i think he's a very good guy. he called me three weeks ago and was so supportive. it was amazing. i never thought a thing like this. i got blindsided. >> you feel blindsided by him? >> i would say stunned is a little -- it's politics. i'm never stunned by anything that happens in politics. yeah, i was blindsided a little bit because he spoke to me three weeks ago. >> trump also hit back against former massachusetts governor and presidential nominee mitt romney who has said he would not be supporting trump. >> i'm never going to get romney's endorsement. he choked. he blew the last election. >> you think he's been ungrateful? >> he was. he's been ungrateful, which is okay, because a lot of people are ungrateful. he's been ungrateful. they did not respond accordingly. that's okay. >> it was then that former alaska governor and vice presidential candidate sara palin told cnn she was endorsing paul ryan's primary challenger and would do everything in her power to help end ryan's career. >> i think paul ryan is soon to be cantered as in eric cantor.

his political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the will of the people. >> while the intraparty feud continued on, trump spent the weekend giving voters a look at what the election would look like, repeatedly going after hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton wants to take your guns away, and she wants to abolish the second amendment. on foreign policy, hillary is trigger happy. she is. she's trigger happy. she's got a bad temperament. by the way -- and her husband learned that a few times, didn't he? if she didn't play the women's card, she would have no chance. i mean, zero, of winning. she's married to a man and nobody, nobody perhaps in the history of politics was worse to women or abused women more than bill clinton. and hillary was an enabler and she treated these women horribly. just remember this. and some of those women were

destroyed not by him but by the way that hillary clinton treated them. >> clinton appearing on "face the nation" responded to trump's attacks. >> i'm not going to run an ugly race. i'm going to run a race based on issues and what my agenda is for the american people. i don't really feel like i'm running against donald trump. i feel like i'm running for my vision of what our country can be. >> clinton also responded to reports she would sit down with the fbi regarding her private e-mail server in the near future. >> no one has reached out to me yet, but last summer, i think last august, i made it clear i'm more than ready to talk to anybody any time, and i've encouraged all of my assistants to be very forthcoming, and i hope this is close to being wrapped up. >> so nobody said, hillary clinton, we'd like to sit down and talk to you, from the fbi?

>> not at this point. >> clinton meanwhile had a good weekend as she won guam democratic contests with 60% of the vote, keeping sanders from notching another win ahead of tomorrow's west virginia primary. canadian officials will get a close-up glimpse of the wildfire ravaged city of fort mcmurray today. this comes as officials are warning evacuated residents that images from the scene may be emotionally disturbing. authorities worried the fire could spread to more than a thousand square miles by this morning, but rain and snow helped quell the expansion. right now it covers more than 620 square miles, an area larger than oklahoma city. officials say controlling the blaze will likely take months. about 88,000 people have been evacuated since the fire ignited may 1st. firefighters estimate more than 1,600 homes and buildings in fort mcmurray have been destroyed. new bombshell details regarding the ongoing penn state sex abuse scandal involving jerry sandusky and famed football coach joe paterno.

we now know penn state's legal settlements with sandusky's accusers cover alleged abuse dating back to 1971. that's some 40 years before sandusky's arrest. that's according to ap and espn, citing a university spokesman. more than 30 settlements come to more than $90 million. penn state president said there's no way to know if coach paterno knew of the 1970s allegations. he put out a statement saying, in part, quote, we cannot find any evidence related to a settlement or otherwise that an early alleged assault was communicated to coach paterno. in court documents released last week, it was alleged that paterno knew of the sex abuse claims regarding sandusky as early as 1976. sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in 2012 for abusing 12 boys. paterno died later that year and was never charged with any

crimes. three university officials await trial on criminal charges for their handling of the sandusky scandal. to north carolina now, where the clock is ticking on that state's controversial bathroom law. that rule, otherwise known as hb-2, requires people use the restroom corresponding to the gender of their birth. it has sparked protests throughout the state. last week, the justice department classified the law as a civil rights violation. it gave the state and its republican governor until the end of business today to repeal it. they called the request unrealistic and said the federal government, quote, is being a bully. if north carolina leaves the law intact, it could move hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. a number of companies and celebrities have come out against the law and have boycotted the state. well, the 61-year-old pilot was air lifted to a hospital sunday after his four-seater crash landed on to the roof of a building near los angeles. the pilot told l.a. county fire officials that the plane lost power and went down. he is said to have moderate

injuries. officials say one other person was drivers who witnessed the plane on board but was not injured. going down called 911, and fortunately, no one was in the building at the time. the faa is investigating. britain's prince harry and first lady michelle obama helped kick off the second annual invictus games in orlando, florida. former president george w. bush also attended the opening ceremony. more than 500 athletes will compete this year, including 113 from the u.s. prince harry is the founder of the games, which are held for wounded veterans. this morning on "today," prince harry sits down with jenna bush hager, where he discusses the importance of the games and why they mean so much to him. storm chasers in oklahoma captured this video of what they call an elephant trunk tornado. fortunately, no damage or injuries were reported. the area also saw heavy rains and golf ball sized hail. nbc meteorologist steve sosa is tracking this severe weather outbreak. good morning, steve. pretty wild stuff. >> yeah, wild stuff over the

weekend. we'll be looking for more wild stuff this afternoon. eastern areas of texas, louisiana, arkansas, you're under the gun for severe weather later this afternoon. even this morning we've had loud thunderstorms roaring through northern texas. you're hearing it this morning outside of dallas-ft. worth, where we have a nasty line of thunderstorms. if you're traveling this morning, you may encounter some delays in dallas as the planes try to circumnavigate those storms. a beautiful day after what was a great week last week. heat and storms across texas and meanwhile the west coast is looking very nice for today. we're looking at morning clouds, giving way to sunshine for many places from los angeles through san francisco. that is a look at the weather across the country. here iature notice 90s in

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grand. stargazers, get your telescopes ready, mercury is expected to pass directly in front of the sun for the first time in a decade. this happens 14 times every century. it starts 7:00 am eastern time and will continue for about seven hours. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning to you. wall street is coming off a down week after friday's somewhat disappointing jobs report. s&p 500 falling for the second straight week. nasdaq down three weeks in a row for the first time since january. this week on retail sales and inflation. meanwhile, prices at the pump continue to rise. average price of regular jumping nine cents in the past two weeks to 2.29 a gallon. gas prices have risen 50 cents in the past three months.

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