just a day after his wife's funeral, 93-year-old former president, george hw bush finds himself in the hospital, battling an infection that spread to his blood. after an urgent man hunt, the waffle house shooter was arrested. >> i saw a lot of people lying on the sidewalk that were in pools of blood. i seen the stroller with a baby right about two blocks down fly engine the air. >> ten are killed, 15 wounded. a suspect in custody after driving his van in to pedestrians. this morning, a new theory for a motive. mother nature is kicking it in to high gear this spring.

more wicked weather ahead. and the latest on the newest member of the royal family. and possible names for the young prince. early today, starts right now. good morning, i'm philip, we begin with developing news out of texas. where former president george hw bush has been hospitalized after contracting an infection that spread to his blood. the spokesman reports, he is ponding well to medical treem troomts -- medical treatments and appears to be recovering. this was said about hw's will to continue on. >> this may be one of the few things in his 93 years that's maybe not in george hw a's hands anymore. he is a fighter. i think he is going to fight through as hard as he can. to stay on this side and stay

with his family. >> overnight, well wishes poured in from coast-to-coast. with current first lady melania trump offering her own playraye and dana cravey wished him a speedy recovery as he remembered his bond with the first family. >> he wro he note -- he wrote notes to me and she was witty and funny. i walked in to their bedroom, this is in '92, look it up. and with barbara and there's like ten tv screens, ross perot is on one sight and bill clinton is in the other, and she walked in and turned and said, i don't know which clown to look at. we will continue to monitor his health and give you updates as we get them. hours after the fatal van attack in toronto, security was heightened over the air canada

center. the facility went dark in memory of the victims. ten people killed and 15 more injured when a van rammed in to pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk in broad daylight. the images though the after math. pedestrians rushing to administer cpr to the victims on the ground. the suspect is in police custody and due in court later this morning. the attack was deliberate and say mental illness, not terrorism is a leading motive. nbc's ann thompson has the latest. >> reporter: he mowed them down. >> i saw a lot of people lying on the sidewalk that were in pools of blood. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver of the white van, identified by several u.s. law enforcement sources as 25-year-old alec minassian, started at 1:30, jumping the curve, hitting pedestrians and driving south for more than a

mile. >> i saw body bags. so far, i have seen three body b bags. >> i saw a stroller with a baby two blocks down flying in the air. i seen some, i mean, i cannot believe this. >> reporter: paramedics rushed the injured to hospitals. 90 minutes later a dramatic confrontation captured on video. police finding the suspect and his damaged rental van on a side street. taking cover as the suspect points something at them. >>gate down! get down! >> making the arrest without firing a shot. the vehicle attack reminiscent of those in niese, berlin and new york. officials are not calling it terrori terrorism. >> we cannot come to any firm conclusions at this stage. >> and an attack in the heart of toronto, breaking its heart. an thompson, nbc news.

>> the white house is preparing for the pomp and circumstance that comes with an official state visit as they are set to host their first state dinner honoring french president emanuel macron, this video released as the first lady prepares for the event. this will be more intimate than those past. it comes a dayer after the french president touched down in washington. we will to tracy pots for more, and how did macron's first white house visit play snout. >> certainly the pomp and circumstance that you would expect from the presidency here in washington. he has meetings and the state dinner today, on the first day he did a tour, with president trump, they also went to mount vernon for dinner. that's the home of george washington, the first american president. and they planted a tree together on the south lawn, it was symbolic of the relationship between these two countries.

now, moving forward, today, this afternoon in facts, we will see meetings between the two presidents and the staff. expected to focus on the iran nuclear deal that president trump wants to pull out of. macron is here on behalf of european allies like germany to try to convince president trump not to. >> and tracy, we are also hearing word that the president's pick to lead the va is not getting the congressional reception that maybe the administration was hoping for, what can you tell us about that? >> looks like they had hit a snag. ronny jackson, the president's personal doctor that he has nominated to be the next secretary of the va, he had a confirmation hearing scheduled, it's now been postponed. according to two source on background, there's unspecified concerns among lawmakers about something in his had background. some reporting, yetting a hospital i'll work environment,

or citing a hostile work environment, with accusations of excessive drinking on the job and improperly dispensing medications. this, according to cbs news, but the official word is the reasons are unspecified. it looks like dr. jackson's nomination process is on hold for now. >> startling revelations if confirmed. still another of the president's nominees is making progress, mike pompeo survived a critical test on a party line vote, as rand paul switched his vote at the 11th hour. and another republican senator changed his vote now in favor of the cia chief. at issue, pompeo's controversial past statement on muslims and a hawkish world view that makes democrats question his ability to lead. the full senate will vote on

pompeo's nomination by the end of the week. residents in the nashville, tennessee area are breathing a sigh of relief after a suspect has been captured after a man hunt. police believe that the suspect killed four people and wounded two others. he was armed and hiding in a wooded area near his apartment lfr being on the run for more than 24 hours. that was after a tip from the public led to his arrest. we have the latest. >> reporter: after an urgent man hunt the search is over. a tip from the public leading investigators to the 29-year-old who gave up. wearing a backpack with a loaded gun inside. >> he was taken to the south precinct. he stormed in to a waffle house

nearly naked and opened fire with an assault rifle. killing four. his brother was with him inside the restaurant. >> we just ran. all i could think of while i was hiding, where is my brother. you know. and it's a blur. >> the death toll would have been higher, looes spolice say. >> my instinct was telling me to live. to fight back. days before the shooting, reinking stole this bmw and led police on a chase. the officers cannot connect the vehicle to him until after the massacre. >> he shows signs of significant instability. he once called himself a member of the sovereign citizens. an anti-government group. last year the secret service

arrested him fortress passing around the white house and several wps were seized, but they were given back to his father, who then returned them to his son. >> we have to make sure that it's more difficult for people who have these mental illnesses to get ahold of the weapons of war. >> our thanks to gabe for the report. video captured a powerful water spout as it churned near the florida panhandle on sunday. the twister started and tossed debris wildly making its way up the water before making land fall. it caused serious damage as it went over resorts, homes and condofully no injuries reported. they are so dangerous. >> that was a full blown tornado. once it was other land, it was a tornado. but the intensity was impressive. the storms that produced the tornado is lingering on the eastern seaboard, we are

watching rain from lexington to louisville to cincinnati. the carolinas will see the bulk of the rain. charlotte, in and out of the showers. by the time we are at this evening's rush hour, we have after school activities, the rain arriving, heavy rain around 6:00-or it's the mid atlantic with the possible delays. florida, a chance of a storm. and we will track the storm as we go through northern new england and slow mover. >> all right, bill, thank you sir. fast forwarding in to tuesday, courtney kardashian will be on capitol hill to testify before a house committee on cosmetics

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baby. >> that's right, philip. anxious royal fans, they didn't have to wait long yesterday. just five hours after going in to the hospital, kate gave birth to a boy. a big boy, 8 pounds, 7 ounces. william and kate were just beamibeam ing when they emerged. the die hard royal fans could not get enough of the pictureperfect family. that picture complete with prince george and princess charlot charlotte, he they were walked in to the hospital later that day by their dad to meet their little brother for the first time and later that day, the official announcement was made on an easel outside of buckingham palace. plenty of congratulations coming from across the pond. with michelle obama saying, we hope to meet him soon, for a kensington palace pajama party, i will wear my robe be and the

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a massive fire in the heart of downtown concord. . breaking news right now at 4:30, a massive fire in the heart of downtown concord. good morning thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. this is not too far from clayton road and not even too far for the b.a.r.t. station as well. >> you can see it from a lot of areas. they had to evacuate some areas overnight. we don't know of any injuries or how it started right now but you see the pictures of the massive apartment complex. it was under construction. it is completely destroyed from what i understand so far because of this massive blaze that caused numerous firefighte