firing mr. mueller blows up on the whole town and that's the end of governing and the presidency as we know it. >> let mueller be. lawmaker on the hill are coming to the special council's defense, urgenting president trump to not fire him. >> opioid plan revealed, he unveils the proposal to combat the epidemic that is gripping the nation, including the death p penalty. >> the spring is bracing for another major storm. >> running for office, one of the stars of sex and the city makes an announcement. >> and the sling shot that went

viral. >> good morning, spring, officially kicks off today, and no, we are not going to enjoy it. winter is not letting up. 10s of millions of americans are in the path of storms. the east coast is bracing for the fourth nor oofter of the month that could bury the region in up to a foot of snow. in southern california, not so easy there. mandatory eevacuations take effect at noon. ahead of what could be the strongest storm of the system that could unleash flash flooding and debris flows. we will get to the latest on the storms. >> we are finaling wrapping up the weather from last night. three reported tornadoes and the university and texas, and state university in alabama, one dorm with a roof torn off and there's roofs where there's extensive hail damage. now, they have a wind damage

threat heading towards coastal south carolina and north georgia as we go throughout the morning and then later today, new storm reece develop. we have 14 million people in the slight and enhanced risk from central florida, including the i-four corridor, up the coastal areas of i-95. and then, tomorrow, we get our nor'easter portion of the storm. snow later today in areas of the ohio valley. we get the 6-12 inches that goes from northern virginia through washington, d.c. to philadelphia. and new york, heaartford to boston. this is a wednesday impact snow event and how about areas of southern california, the burn scar areas could get five inches of rain in the next 48 hours. we will get mud and debris flows in the area. that's why the eevacuations have been ordered. >> so much to watch out there. >> following a fourth explosion that injured two people and has left the city of austin on edge. police are warning of a serial bomber on the loose. it's believed that the device

was detonated when the victims walked on a trip wire. they believe the bombing is connect to three our explosions. two of them deadly and they hesitate to classify them as terrorism. >> we were not willing to classify this as terrorism as hate, because we just don't know enough. what we have seen now is a significant change from what appeared to be three very targeted attacks. >> the unpredictable attacks have sent neighborhoods in to lock down as authorities try to understand the motive. the fbi is offering a reward for information. >> there's $100,000 reward out now for anyone that can give us information that can lead us to stop the bombings. >> republicans on the hill are seemingly coming to a special council robert mueller's defense. urging the president to tone down the attacks. president trump's weekend

twitter storm leading to worry that trump may try to fire mueller. the twitter attacks continued monday, and he said, a total witch hunt with massive conflicts of interest. we have the latest from washington. good morning, tracy. >> it was not only the fact that the president called it a witch hunt, but he is also now called out special council robert mueller twice by name for the first time on twitter. the president getting closer to this investigation obviously very frustrated with the pace of it and here he ignored questions yesterday, shouted at him about whether or not he will fire robert mueller. the white house continues to deny that. but democrats and republicans here on capitol hit, they are worried, warning the president, hands off mueller. >> i feel confident that he will not be fired. i don't think the president is doing to do that. >> i think anything, directed at firing mr. mueller blows up the

whole town, and that becomes the end of governing in the presidency as we know it. >> i think that we should say it again, don't do it, don't go there. that's a red line you cannot cross. >> behind the scenes a bit of a shake up. he is bringing on form federal prosecutor joseph dejenava, pushing the idea that the fbi is trying frame president trump and clear hillary clinton and overnight, a trump lawyer denying that another member of that legal team wants to quit and that the president is considering firing a third. >> strong warnings. thanks. the college sports trip turned tragic after an american student was found dead in be r bermuda. he was on the island for a

sporting event. >> investigators in bermuda, trying to unravel a mystery. what happened to a 19-year-old american college student found dead on the top lpopular touris island. >> foul play is not ruled out. >> st. joseph's student was there for a rugby tournament. surveillance tapes show him half a mile from the bar, the last time he is seen alive of. >> mark was seen alone at 1:09 a.m. >> his family that flew in after his disappearance, said that what they saw was a young man that appeared to be in pain from a shoulder injury and eager to get home. >> he was not in a celebration

mood, he wanted to get back. >> the initial investigation does not show had he was inc intoxicat intoxicated, and they are not saying how he died. >> we dearly love our son and cherish our son. >> now a family's nightmare. >> a tragic accident in arizona is raising new questions about the safety of self driving cars. the self driving uber struck and killed a pedestrian in tempe, the first uber accident of it's kind. here is nbc news national correspondent. >> a 49-year-old woman was struck and killed in this intersection in tempe, arizona, police say she was not using crosswalk when hit by a self driving uber like this, undergoing testing. investigators say the car was in autonomous mode, with the safety

driver behind the wheel. >> it did not show that there was significant signs of the vehicle slows down. >> this is the first with an autonomous vehicle. the company said our hearts go out to the victim's family, we are cooperating with tempe police. >> we are moving more quickly in terms of getting them on a road in a location, where you have people pushing their children? strollers. with the ntsb, set to investigate. uber self driving vehicles are out theed as safe. >> no matter their surroundings -- >> while self driving ubers have been involved in accidents like this one. this is the first tatal ie a--

fatality. all right. turning now to our weather, on this first day of spring that bill, we are far from tulips and sunshine. >> it's sad. and even behind the storm, it does not warm up soon. 65 million people at risk. winter weather advisories later today. and also, pittsburgh, winter storm watches, extend from boston to d.c. and back down the spine of the appalachian. as we get closer, the bigger city totals. once you are in the higher elevation, no doubt about it, have you the best chance for power out angles. that includes hagers town, 8-12 and d.c. in the 3-6.

these are on the grass surfaces and the roads will be less than had this. some of the latest computer models are pressing it further to the south with a colder solution. we will continue to chance for and damaging wind and an isolated tornado. we will take a look at what the winds will do later. >> a lot to take in. all right, bill, thank you. >> washington, d.c. has another new baby eagle. it was born and it's the parents

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now to a boy that is being called a wizkid, the 5-year-old has a photographic memory. >> he can name every u.s. president, the states and the capitols and now all 64 teams playing in the ncaa tournament. had now, reporter erica gonzalez is reporting. >> he is 5 years old and his favorite food is pizza. this is joaquin francis. don't let it fool you. he is not the least bit shy. he is like most kids his age. except for this one thing. this student has the most incredible photo graphicmemory. his favorite thing to learn right now? >> ncaa basketball teams. >> that's right. >> umbc, right there.

>> he is all about march madness. >> he can name each of the 64 teams. >> arizona wildcats. kentucky wildcats. >> by lookingal their logo. his dad said it started when he was little. he knew the alphabet at age 1 and states and cities and their capitols by age three and then came the presidents. he knows every u.s. president. and on a good day, can rattle them off in under a minute. believe it or not, it did not take long for him to learn. a couple of -- >> he owns an ipad like other kids, but i think it's his passion to learn things.

>> college basketball teams, states, presidents. anything else i forgot? >> nothing, that is good. >> for now, at least. >> i love him, he is adorable. >> yeah. >> go home and teach my kids more. thank you for that report. >> now to two friends that had different reactions . this is in south carolina. >> do you know when we are going go? [ screaming ] >> the one on the right, all right, florida state university soccer players, she is on the left and megan conley is screaming on the right. they were shot nearly 300 feet in the air. according to the ride's website, the video has gone viral and been viewed over a million times. i think i may be more like the one on the right. >> good for her allowing the video up there. i would be more shy about it.

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ad lib live picture - dublin camera no rain yet-- but it )s on the way.. it is now tuesday morning. we are looking live from our camera over dublin. no rain just yet, but it is on the way. we have the proof. thanks so much for joining us, i'm kris sanchez in for laura again today. >> and i'm marcus washington. of course, who brings the sunshine on the first day of spring, meteorologist kari hall. >> love it. >> i'm trying to do something because i know yesterday was so perfect everyone was like i wish this would hang out a little bit longer. today we know that the rain is coming back. that is what we have in the forecast today. we are going to start to see that rain moving in later this morning. storm ranger tracking it all. that's the red beam you see, it's parked on san bruno mountain. the rain is very close to the