7:25, about a half hour. >> don't forget to join us for bay area news at 11:00 on this monday morning. make sure you get out and enjoy the day. good morning. why? new details emerge about that confessed texas school shooter. investigators now poring through his journal and computers looking for a motive as the first funerals for the ten victims are held. and texas native kelly clarkson makes an emotional appeal on music's big night. >> i'm so sick of moment of silence. it's not working, like, obviously. so -- sorry. spy games. the president tries to change the focus, claiming the fbi spied on the trump campaign. is it real or a distraction? new eruptions, new dangers.

lava from the kilauea volcano reaches the ocean, creating a toxic steam cloud. more homes consumed and the first injury reported. a man struck by flying molten lava. >> i took a pretty good hit to the lower leg. those stories. plus, under investigation. the nypd opens a criminal case against famed chef mario batali, accused of assaulting an unconscious woman. and the duke and duchess of sussex get ready for the royal engagement after the wedding of the year. and janet steals the show. ♪ what's my name, y'all? >> in her first television performance in more than a decade, janet jackson brings down the house with a performance at the billboard music awards. we have all the big moments and music today, monday, may 21st, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah

guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." thank you so much. nice to have you with us on a monday morning. we've been following what's happening in hawaii for weeks now, but can we show you the live shot that our correspondent, miguel almaguer, is at this morning? that is exactly -- >> miguel's getting in position there, yeah. >> he says it actually -- he's at a safe distance, but i think that really puts a fine point on what the folks in hawaii are dealing with. >> exactly, says he can definitely feel the heat from there. we'll talk to him in a little bit. >> we will. but let's get to our top story, the investigation into the school shooting in santa fe, texas. police are learning more about the confessed gunman as a still-reeling community remembers the loss. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more for us. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. school remains closed as investigators pore over the suspect's journals to try and find out exactly how long he had been plotting the attack. this morning, ten lives are

being remembered after the massacre at santa fe high school. >> it's been a nightmare. >> ashley perkins proudly wears her mother's necklace. ann perkins was a substitute teacher who is now being honored as a hero. >> she protected students, getting them out of there in the last moments of her life. >> reporter: sabika chic chshee exchange student from pakistan, also losr t her service for her at a local mosque. >> she wanted to be a businesswoman. she says she wanted to impact the world, and i think she's done that. >> so, i can't do gaming videos because of my computer -- >> reporter: shana fisher had just turned 16. her mother says she was the first student killed and had been harassed by the suspected shooter for four months, rejecting his romantic advances, although authorities have not confirmed the motive. she tells nbc news there were red flags. >> he had t-shirts on his website, facebook page, "born to kill." it had a uniform with certain markers that could be viewed as

potentially threatening. ♪ >> reporter: this video obtained by tmz shows the accused gunman, 17-year-old dimitrios pagourtzis dancing at a church event the weekend before the shooting. according to witnesses, he burst into a classroom friday wearing a trench coat and yelled "surprise!" even taunting his victims during the carnage, singing "another one bites the dust" in between shots. but his attorney says pa gourt zis is a teenager with no criminal record. were any red flags missed? >> we don't believe so. >> reporter: unlike park mend, this is not spurring morecals for gun control in deep red texas. >> you should never get rid of guns, because in my opinion, the officer in there, the only way he kept that student from harming and killing more kids was with a gunfire. >> reporter: instead, the state's lieutenant governor says teachers should be allowed to be armed and schools should have fewer entrances. >> there should be one or two entrances at most, and we should have law enforcement looking at

those entrances. >> reporter: overnight, singing superstar kelly clarkson, host of the "billboard music awards" and texas native, making an emotional plea against gun violence. >> and once again, y'all, we're grieving for more kids that have died. why don't we not do a moment of silence? why don't we do a moment of action? why don't we do a moment of change? why don't we change what's happening? >> reporter: among the 13 people wounded, officer john barnes, who confronted the gunman. this morning he remains in the hospital. authorities say if not for him, the death toll would have been much higher. savannah and hoda? >> all right, gabe, thank you. also this morning, we are learning more about just how long the special counsel's investigation of president trump could last, and now the president is demanding an investigation of that investigation. nbc national correspondent peter alexander's at the white house with all of this. hey, peter, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. president trump just weeks ago warned at some point he would no longer stay away from the justice department. well, apparently, that point just came with the president demanding that the doj examine

whether his campaign was infiltrated and, in fact, calling for his government to investigate the investigators. now g. facing mounting political pressure from the president, the justice department this morning says it's asking its inspector general to expand a review of whether the department and the fbi abuse their spy powers during the 2016 campaign. now it will determine whether there was any impropriety or political motivation. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in a statement, writing, "if anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a presidential campaign for inappropriate purposes, we need to know about it and take appropriate action." the announcement a swift response to a presidential demand. mr. trump vowing sunday on twitter, "i hereby demand and will do so officially tomorrow, that the department of justice look into whether the fbi, doj infiltrated the trump campaign for political purposes. and if any such demands or

requests were made by people within the obama administration." that demand following reports in "the new york times" and "washington post" that an fbi informant made contact with three members of the trump campaign as the bureau began investigating possible election interference. the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, who said that he and the president don't know for sure if there really was an informant in the trump campaign, speaking to nbc news defending mr. trump's position. >> all he's asking for is for them to investigate it. he's not telling them what to conclude, so it's perfectly appropriate. >> reporter: the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, dismissing president trump's spy claim as nonsense, describing the president's demand as an abuse of power and an effort to distract from his growing legal problems. the president also lashing out inquiry is expanding, tweeting sarcastically -- "the witch hunt finds no collusion with russia, so now they're looking at the rest of the world.

oh, great." it comes as "the new york times" reports donald trump jr. hosted a meeting at trump tower a few months before the election with three men, including a representative of two wealthy arab princes, one from saudi arabia, the other from the united arab emirates, who said they were eager to help his father win the election. trump jr.'s lawyer telling nbc news "they pitched mr. trump jr. on a social media platform or marketing strategy. he was not interested and that was the end of it." >> peter, let's go back to rudy giuliani, the president's lawyer. he says he knows when special counsel mueller will be done with this investigation? >> reporter: yes, savannah, that's right. rudy giuliani telling nbc news that the special counsel, robert mueller's team told him that they're hoping to wrap up the investigation by september 1st. of course, mueller's team isn't commenting publicly. it's important, though, because the president's team is effectively here trying to publicly frame the expectations, in effect setting an out day. giuliani also tells us he plans to write a counter report that

may or may not become public, depending on what robert mueller's team finds. savannah and hoda? >> peter, thank you so much. now to the ongoing state of emergency on hawaii's big island. the volcano there continues to erupt. and take a look at what's happening behind our national correspondent miguel almaguer right now. he says he's at a safe distance from that molten lava. i'm glad to hear that, but i know you can feel the heat. >> reporter: absolutely, savannah. a spectacular, unreal scene as this massive fissure has broken open. we're a safe distance away. even several hundred yards away, you can feel the heat and power of it. this geyser here is shooting more than 50 feet into the air. all this lava is creating a river, and it's pouring right into the ocean. today, kilauea is erupting with vengeance, sending rivers of fiery, red lava pouring into the ocean. these new, dramatic images capturing the explosion of steam

when the two meet. towering geysers of lava are moving faster, burning hotter and more violently than ever before. with molten fireballs launching through the air, a soaring lava bomb has now struck its first victim. our crew was there as marc klaasen searched for his injured neighbor, putting out the home that caught fire after a red-hot rock shot into his friend's leg and rolled across the balcony. >> took a pretty good hit to the lower leg, and he's in the hospital now. and we'll see if he loses a foot or not. >> reporter: with new fissures exploding out of the ground over the weekend, a sea of lava is now pouring into the ocean. the steamy combustion when it hits water creating a new threat known as laze, hydrochloric acid gas mixing with tiny shards of

volcanic glass that drifts across the air. getting too close can irritate eyes and lungs. with at least four more structures destroyed over the weekend, a curtain of fire is now rolling over a highway, cutting off a vital escape route for coastal residents. >> we have two cats. they wouldn't leave, so i said good-bye to them. and everything else. >> reporter: as kilauea's crater erupted again saturday, a blanket of ash is creating even more health concerns on the big island. the volcano, a caldron of trouble, exploding into the air, across the land, and now out at sea. >> miguel, these fissures are massive. we can see on those big, wide shots, you're standing right smack in front of one. just give us a little bit more on what that is like. >> reporter: well, hoda, this fissure, which is certainly violent, has not been explosive,

but i want to show you our second camera to give you some perspective of the length of these fissures. the fissure itself runs a few hundred yards. that's those fountains of geysers you see flying into the air. but the river of lava actually stretches for several miles. it winds all the way down to the ocean. but hoda, i can tell you, at this location, they are not worried about the lava pouring into the ocean. they are worried about homes. we're not far from where several neighborhoods stand. if more fissures like these open up, more homes will certainly be lost. hoda? >> miguel, stay safe for us and thanks for everything. we do have a lot more to get to this morning, including a deadly crash in north carolina that poliel a driver ramming into a restaurant where members of his family were inside. here's nbc's catie beck. >> reporter: this morning, police are trying to determine why a man may have intentionally crashed his car into this north carolina restaurant. >> our initial investigation,

the officer got there, saw a car completely in the building of the surf 'n turf's lodge and saw multiple injuries. >> reporter: witnesses tell local affiliate wcnc that roger self walked into this restaurant with his family, then returned to his car and drove it right into the building at high speed where they were sitting. >> 249 to county, hold the channel. we've got -- >> reporter: self's pastor and good friend, austin rammel, telling wsoc tv that the suspect had been suffering from mental illness and had sought medical help after mental breakdowns in recent months. rammel also says self had all the guns removed from his house. among the dead, the suspect's own daughter, kaitlin self, an off-duty sheriff's deputy. she was a four-year veteran of the gaston county sheriff's office. her colleagues now in mourning, writing on facebook, "our hearts are broken and we ask for your thoughts and prayers during this

difficult time, not only for katelyn's family and friends, but also her brothers and sisters in uniform." >> this young lady started out as a detention center, worked her way up to deputy. tragic, tragic loss to life. so we're suffering a little bit right now. >> reporter: the other woman killed was amanda self, the suspect's daughter-in-law who worked as a nurse. several additional family members were injured, including roger self's son, granddaughter, and wife, who needed surgery, and according to police, is not in good shape. one witness, a young employee at the restaurant, was bussing tables right before the horrific incident and tried to help the injured. >> i was back there moving debris off people and helping any way i could. >> reporter: for "today," catie beck, nbc news. a manhunt is under way for two murder suspects who escaped a south carolina jail. officials say three inmates overpowered a correctional officer at the orangeburg county detention center on saturday

night and broke free. one of those inmates was captured last night, but the other two, 27-year-old tyshon johnson and 20-year-old curtis green are still on the run this morning. they're considered dangerous, and officials are warning residents in that area to be on the lookout. we're going to switch gears now. everybody seems to be still talking about the wedding of the year. prince harry and meghan markle tying the knot in an unforgettable ceremony at windsor castle, and today they are settling into life in their new home on the grounds of kensington palace. we are just off the plane. we are back, and so is keir simmons. keir, you might have had had the best spot. you were right inside the walls at windsor castle. >> what a weekend, right? what a weekend! and we have more details from the wedding for you, as harry and meghan delayed their honeymoon for at least a week to make more public appearances. and wait until you hear how the palace is describing meghan on their official website. the kiss, the quiet --

♪ stand by me the sublime choreography. harry and meghan's fairy tale wedding made history, rewriting 1,000 years of royal tradition, as the queen looked on. prince harry looked nervous, appearing to wipe a tear at the altar. his princess, stunningly confident. her mom, a picture of pure class. >> there's power in love. >> reporter: the soaring sermon by chicago bishop michael curry left some royals visibly stunned. the children stole the show. princess charlotte waving enthusiastically. mom dorenk now part of the family. from horse and carriage to vintage sports car, america's new princess changed dresses to stella mccartney. >> we had dressgate! >> reporter: talk show queen oprah changing outfits, too, at

the last minute, fearing her dress would appear white on camera, breaking wedding etiquette. the clooneys, the beckhams, james corden, friends from "suits," harry's ex-girlfriends, all invited. princess diana's close friend, elton john, sang. tennis royalty serena williams wearing sneakers to the evening reception, rumored to have won an impromptu game of beer pong. and guests say harry praised his wife for navigating everything with such grace. prince william reportedly giving a naughty best man speech. while in another break with tradition, meghan gave her own speech, thanking her new family. "avengers" star idris elba deejayed the couple's first dance, reportedly to whitney houston's "i wanna dance with somebody," rounded off with spectacular fireworks. this morning, the duke and duchess of sussex are a royal couple like none before them. the royal family website boldly quoting the princess -- "i am proud to be a woman and a feminist."

saturday's unprecedented service may be just the beginning. it is impossible to exaggerate what a change we are seeing within the royal family there. we have a live shot of kensington palace, where harry and meghan are back there. remember, diana lived there with her boys. and i think what you've seen at this wedding is diana's influence on harry. harry really showing. and think about this, too. when charles and diana got married, do you remember that charles said when he was asked if he was in love, whatever love is? >> yeah, i remember that. >> now we know what it is. >> now we know what it is! >> yes. >> now the bishop's sermon talking about love, love, love, in front of the royal family. >> the look on their eyes, that's what love is. >> that's what love is. >> i mean, it's beautiful. >> keir, we're going to have more on meghan's wedding dress, on our favorite memories of the weekend in windsor in just a bit. >> we're still on a natural high. let's go to al, who is of course with us this weekend. hi, al. >> thank you so much. and thank you for getting your

first weather from us. later.going to try to get that but in the meantime, we've got naughty weather for our friends in florida. it just keeps raining and will not stop. in fact, here's the pattern for today into tomorrow and really into the latter part of the week. showers on in. they keep coming, keep coming. and by the time we get toward the end of the week, we are looking at rainfall amounts from the panhandle of florida all the way down to the west coast of florida, anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of rain. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. rachel: shake it. dalencia: and sauté it. hannah: and with over 200 foods that are zero points®... rachel: we're free to lose weight like never before. join for free and get one month free. hurry, offer ends may 21st.

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>> we're waking up to sunshine in parts of the bay area. we can see the clouds rolling by as we look outside in san jose then as we look at the high temperatures for the afternoon, we'll be in the low 70s for south county and south bay. san jose 72 degrees. 74 today in walnut creek, 65 in oakland and 70 in palo alto. san francisco reaches in the upper 50s and low 60s with breezy winds and north bay at the time expect a high of 77 in santa rosa and 74 in napa. what's happening with the commute, mike? >> the south bay is seeing a little more traffic, nothing dramatic but we're looking at san mateo and dumbarton look slow westbound but all lanes are cleared from the westbound commute as foster city has a disabled vehicle a half hour ago. northbound 85 in the south bay, the worst traffic. right now heading towards sara towing ga and slows and if folks take fast track, going to the

bay bridge itself or towards the maze. back to you. >> another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then.

back, now, 7:30 on a monday morning. check out this scene with the waves rolling in on ocracoke island beach. >> it's beautiful. we get to the day's top stories and we begin with the investigation into the texas school shooting. community in mourning. >> it's been a nightmare. santa fe, texas, remembers the ten people killed in that school shooting, as authorities question the shooter in an attempt to find motives. >> he had a t-shirt on his facebook page, born to kill. he had markers that could be viewed as threatening. treasury secretary steve

mnuchin says the united states and china are putting the trade war on hold. a cougar kills a mountain biker and injures another outside of seattle. officials saying it's the second deadly attack in that state in 100 years. >> it's extremely rare for this to have occurred. trouble at the tank. skyrocketing gas prices leaving drivers on-edge, ahead of the busy summer travel season. the average price of gas in the country now costs about $3. and home, sweet, home. former president george h.w. bush greeting admirers as he arrives to his summer home. may 21st, 2018. >> great to see that. we're going to go into the investigation launched about famed chef mario batali. >> he stepped down from his

restaurant empire and his cooking show when women accused him of inappropriate conduct. now, more women are stepping forward with what they claim batali did to them. new allegations against mario batali. several women coming forward to "60 minutes," including one that alleges batali assaulted her in 2005, after inviting her to a party at the spotted pig, a restaurant he invested in. >> i remember a moment when i was on his lap, kissing him. he was kissing me. and i remember throwing up in a toilet. >> reporter: cbs concealing the identity of the woman who was an employee at a new york batali restaurant because she says she's concerned about future job prospe prospects. >> i woke up on the floor. i don't know where i am, of an empty room. wooden floor. i see broken bottles. the first thing i think is i had been drugged.

that was the first thing i thought. >> reporter: nbc news reached out to batali for comment but he declined. he vehemently denied the allegation to cbs. batali stepped away from his businesses late last year after several women accused him of inappropriate touching over the course of two decades. at the time, batali apologized in a statement, saying in part, much of the behavior described does match up with ways i have acted. that behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. i take full responsibility and am deeply sorry for any pain, humiliation or discomfort i have caused to my peers, employees, customers, friends and family. >> this festival wasisnd. >> reporter: it comes amid a jaw-dropping condemnation at the cannes film festival. >> in 1997, i was raped by harvey weinstein here at cans. cannes.

i was 21 years old. >> reporter: taking aim at disgraced mogul harvey weinstein. at the first cannes film festival in the era of the #metoo movement. >> i want to make a prediction. harvey weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again. he will live in disgrace. >> reporter: her boyfriend, anthony bourdain, calling her address a fearless off-script nuclear bomb of a speech to a stunned crowd. weinstein's lawyer saying in a statement in part, the allegations made are completely false. mr. weinstein and ms. argento had a consensual relationship. the statement says in 1998, argento starred in one of weinstein's films. she first accused him of assault in a bombshell "new yorker" article published in october of

last year. she's 1 of 95 women who have publicly accused weinstein of sexual harassment, misconduct or rape. weinstein has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. police in los angeles, new york and london have been investigating allegations against weinstein. no charges have been filed. >> have the nypd said anything about an investigation? >> reporter: right. into batali. we reached out to the nypd. a spokesperson confirms to nbc news, they are investigating allegations of sexual assault against batali. in december, nbc determine nated his relationship with him. he appeared on the show "the chew." they said they were unaware of inappropriate behavior involving him on that show. we're going to switch gears and talk to mr. roker about the weather. hey, al. >> our friends in the midwest and the upper ohio river valley, looking at strong storms. we are watching a slight risk

area that has damaging winds from indianapolis to just west of columbus. could see an isolated tornado later this afternoon. this slow-moving system brings storms to chicago this morning into the afternoon hours. nashville gets involved later this evening, all the way down into the southeast. showers and thunderstorms pushing to the northeast here tomorrow morning. and we've got wet weather all the way down into the southeast, as well. localized flooding because we've had so much rain over the last week. we're looking generally about an inch or so. locally, could see upwards of three i we're enjoying sunshine around the bay area and it's going to be a beautiful day. in san francisco expect a high of 62 degrees and 72 in san jose. antioch 76 degrees and santa rosa up to 77. over the next several days, we keep the quiet weather with sunshine low 70s inland and the breezy wind as well. for san francisco, we'll reach

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when mike moore, the former attorney general of mississippi started his fight against big tobacco back in the 1990s, the percentage of adults who smoked was 40%. it's now 6%. and 38% of kids smoked back then, it's now 6%, too. now, a new epidemic, the opioid addiction. the u.s. has reached 60,000 americans dying from overdoses, the vast inmajority of opioids more than who died in the vietnam war. the man who won against big tobacco is taking on big fa pha. there's not many who played himself in a major motion picture. >> mike moore. >> reporter: the movie "the insider." how the lawyer took on the tobacco industry for lying about the addictive nature of

cigarettes. the judgment? >> $246 billion. >> reporter: $246 billion? >> $246 billion. >> reporter: something moore was plenty proud of. >> the most historic public health achievement in history. >> reporter: take me back. you're the attorney general of a little southern state. >> that's right. little bitty mississippi. 50th in everything. last in what you don't want to be last in. first in what you don't want to be first in. we had a high instance of lung cancer. why not mississippi? >> reporter: with all due respect, people must have thought you were nuts. >> everybody thought we were crazy. my mom called me and told me, it might be time for me to come home. she goes, suing the tobacco industry, nobody's been able to beat them. i told her and everybody else, what if we got the truth out about the industry and we saved hundreds of thousands of lives. >> reporter: what if, indeed. he is taking everything he learned to fight big tobacco and

using it to battle big pharma. charging that the pharmaceutical companies are responsible for the raging epidemic. and just like he did last time, he's corralling attorneys general from states around the country to join the fight. he has 23 states onboard so far. you called the tobacco industry the most corrupt and evil corporate animal that's been created in this country's history. >> that's right. >> reporter: what do you say about big pharma? >> they're pretty evil. they did the same thing. they lied about the danger of oip yo opioids. and they told doctors everywhere it's safe. it's created opioid epidemics. there's 3 million addicts out there. >> reporter: most began with prescriptions. >> 80% of them. >> reporter: moore calls out one company in particular, purdue pharma. >> if purdue pharma did not try

to grow oxycontin into this blockbust blockbuster, we wouldn't be here today. there would be no opioid epidemic in my estimation. he points to purdue videos like this one. >> the rate of addiction amongst pain patients who are treated by doctors are much less than 1%. >> reporter: was this a case when they went out and intentionally did this? >> when you train your workfo e workforce, thousands of salespeople, to go out and tell doctors there's less than 1% chance of addiction that you take this drug and you know there's no study that anybody has done that says that, of course, you're telling a lie. of course, you are. >> reporter: purdue told nbc news that moore's assessment is deeply flawed. that oxycontin represents less than 2% of current opioid prescriptions.

and today's crisis is driven by trafficking and fentaninntanyfe. moore crisscrosses the country recruiting his coalition. >> they're going to the street and getting fentanyl and heroin and overdosing e ining and dyin. >> if i'm big pharma, i think mike is the devil. >> reporter: chip robinson has joined moore's fight. >> people have thrown up their hands and said, we can't beat these folks. even the dea is apparently afraid of them. mike is not afraid of anybody because he believes he is doing the right thing. >> reporter: he's also calling on president trump to intervene. >> mr. president, is this really a national emergency? if it is, let's get everybody in the same room tomorrow and let's sit down and let's resolve this and see what we can do about starting a prevention education program, get treatment for people who need the treatment so they won't lose their lives. and in the middle, let's provide

the drugs to avoid overdose deaths. >> reporter: you started out life thinking you might want to be a priest? >> i did. doing things to help people drives me. i work on this seven days a week. i know at the end, maybe i'll be a little bit of a part of saving a lot of lives. >> reporter: you going to win this fight? >> i'm going to win this fight. i'm going to keep kicking until they give up. >> reporter: okay. mo moore says he has a sense of urgency with this fight. the impact can be 20 years down the road, opioids can kill the first time. >> it's incredible. it's a big problem. but he is a formidable opponent. when he says he's going to get it fixed, you believe him. >> i wouldn't want to be on the other side of the courtroom. >> great report, cynthia. thank you. coming up -- >> janet jackson's powerful return at the billboard music

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in towards the rest of the silicon valley. back to you. >> thank you very much. happening now, chp investigating a deadly crash involving a tesla. a car ended up in a pond after crashing last night in castro valley. images from the scene on the top of our home page. the new duke and duchess of sussex release official photographs from the wedding day. i'll try to retweet them as well. one word for the warriors, win. right now they lead two games to one with game four tomorrow at oracle.

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♪ a behind-the-scenes look at one of music's biggest nights. ♪ and happily ever after. from the dress, to the star-studded guest list and the other dress and the kiss. our royal recap breaks down the buzziest moments from the event of the year. and some things we are just finding out, monday, may 21st, 2018. "today," is throwing a prom. i think we need a dance-off. who has the best moves? ♪ we have it all. hair, makeup and the dresses. are you guys having fun? ♪ savannah, we found another savannah on the plaza. >> good morning. >> we have some friends on the plaza. >> meet your bestie. >> celebrating birthdays on the plaza. >> 60. >> 30.

>> i'm 10. >> they are ready for -- >> prom. >> we're ready, too. look at those darling faces. >> we have another big surprise for them, which we're going to reveal. it is prom day around here with these amazing kids. it wouldn't be complete without a glam squad. our seniors from mcnair academic high school are getting their hair and makeup done as we speak, before they hit the dance floor. we will join you with terrible moves. we'll be there. >> what a treat. they deserve it. we'll have more on that in a bit. let's get to the news at 8:00. a moment of silence being observed across texas, as funerals began for friday's school shooting. gabe gutierrez has new details about the suspect and his rampage. >> reporter: this school will remain closed until later in the week.

investigators are poring over the suspect's journals to find out how long he may have been plotting this attack. this community is remembering ten lives lost. ann perkins was a substitute teacher. she is being heal hailed as a she is being hailed as a hero for telling students to run. shana fisher, her mother says she believes she was the first person killed after she had repeatedly rejected the suspected gunman's romantic advances for four months. dimitrios pagourtzis is guilty of capital murder. one witness says he burst into the art classroom and yelled surprise. among the 13 people wounded was police officer john barnes. he confronted the gunman, police say. he remains in the hospital. if not for him, authorities say the death toll here could have been higher.

>> gabe, thank you very much. the justice department is asking its inspector-general to expand a review of whether the justice department and the fbi 2016 campaign. in a tweet, president trump demanded to know if his campaign was infiltrated and if anybody in the obama administration requested it. the tom democrat on the intelligence committee dismissed the spy claim as nonsense. meantime rudy giuliani says the special counsel says indicated his investigation of the president could wrap up by september 1st. a north carolina man is facing murder charges after police say he intentionally crashed his car into a restaurant, killing his own daughter and his daughter-in-law. police say 62-year-old roger self seated his family at a window table at the surf and turf lodge and then went out and crashed his car into the restaurant. several people were hurt, including the driver's son, wife and granddaughter. the man has been charged with

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it was so exciting to be there in england. we brought keir home with us. >> he's our souvenir. >> i came in someone's bag. >> sheinelle, you have more on the dresses. >> good morning, team.an marklef them. one day, one night. both stunning. it's a cinderella moment the world will not soon forget. an american girl walking down the aisle, to meet her real-life prince charming. prince harry told his bride, you look amazing, after seeing her for the first time in her wedding dress. that glamorous dress, one of the best-kept secrets of the ceremony, was designed by waight keller of givenchy. she was working with waight keller to create timeless elegance, with emphasis on the

16-foot veil, featuring flowers from the commonwealth countries, as laborers meticulously sewing every and washing their hands every 30 minutes to keep the tools and threads pristine. >> i love the story of that. she said that was an amazing moment for her, as well, to have that idea of all of those countries walking with her through the ceremony. >> reporter: holding the veil in place, a spectacular diamond tiara, made for queen mary in 1932. markel borrowing the piece from queen elizabeth's jewelry vault. the royal wedding also included a wardrobe change for markel. before the evening reception, the new duchess of sussex, spotted wearing the same ring princess diana wore to an auction in 1997.

a stunning way to accessorize her gown, designed by stella mccartney, who released a stretch of the dress and told nbc news, i'm so proud and honored to be chosen by the duchess of sussex to make her evening gown and represent british design. it has been one of the most humbling moments of my career. mccartney also dressed some of the celebrities that attended the affair, including amal clooney, and oprah, who praised the designer's team who worked all night to help her avoid a faux pas. she needed a different dress when she realized her original choice would have photographed too white. >> we had dressgate. wrong color. we have the right color. i think we're going to do okay. >> reporter: several other famous guests like serena williams and chopra, posting their looks on social media. despite all of that star power, no one could steal the show from the bride. the duchess of sussex, although new to royalty, proving she can rule when it comes to style.

one other tidbit. meghan gave six of her friends, including duchess kate, gold bracelets like this one. she commissioned a california brand to make them. everybody is like, oh. >> keir can't handle it. he's crying again. >> can i finish? i have one tidbit. >> sorry, sheinelle. >> the designer name, kensington, in honor of the newlyweds. if you want one, 450 bucks. >> we're like cats. you can't hurd us. >> can we talk about our favorite moments? >> there's so many. >> the universal one is when the church choir played "stand by me." al, you were on the street when that happened, right? >> i took my phone out to shoot this. we could hear it on the speakers on the street. >> and people on the street were singing? >> yeah. here we go. ♪ stand by me

>> stop it. >> wait until you see when the horses come by. >> i was trying to download that version this morning. i got it on youtube. i was hearing we can download all of the music from the church, they're going to have that on itunes. >> when that played, we were at home watching. and calvin started swaying. he's into the royal wedding. >> i thought the moment that she walked in, of course, a moment with the veil and the dress. i mean, the angelic choir. i don't know if there's a sunroof in that chapel, but the sun, bathing her with light. and harry's face, i just died. >> that was everything. and one of our third moments we loved, was bishop curry. it was so rousing in that church and heartfelt. you had some observations on that, too. >> he was terrific. you know, i think the beautiful diversity of what you saw there, just both in sound and pictures. i want to say two things.

one is, meghan, wow. to walk into the royal family proud of her history as an african-american woman, as a feminist, she is not letting them change her. she is going in there as an equal to harry. and harry, as a young man who is prepared to marry a woman who is his equal. he is diana's son. i feel like diana kind of, in him, set a little time bomb. >> yeah. >> now, >> yes. i know. it's like shake it up, sweetie. shake it up. i love it. you need another tissue? >> at the end of it, i was with the people waiting outside. for me, it was a unifying moment. i had one person from australia and brazil. another lady from indianapolis. they chose to stay outside and not see the ceremony, just to get a glimpse of the couple with their own eyes. we were all waiting. if you blinked, you missed it.

>> the great thing about this wedding, when we cover big events, we talk a lot about the security and sometimes there is a political angle. this was like the old days, wasn't it? it was a beautiful ceremony. >> at the same time, it's breaking so many barriers. just even to have, one of our commentators said, to have an american accent ringing out in st. george's chapel. >> did you see the moment of prince charles who seemed to grab the hand of meghan's mom, who was there as the only member of meghan's family. just the little moments. >> when he walked her up and prince harry said, thanks, pop. >> yeah. it was big for all of us. it was a big highlight for the fans, you were talking about, we sent there. the lucky winners, we whisked them from the plaza to england. we want to thank virgin airlines for getting them there. they had a blast. our winners had a fabulous time. >> they had so much fun.

>> sheinelle hung with them so much. >> they didn't sleep and they didn't care. thank you virgin atlantic. they had a great time. dylan, you have more on "pop start"? >> if you thought we were done talking about the royal wedding, we're not. we have a royal roundup of the moments you might have missed. did meghan markel curtsy at the queen? that's a big question. they stood before the queen and protocol says you're supposed to curtsy in front of her royal highness. it looked as though meghan missed the cue. but she did not. the camera cut away to this aerial shot as meghan curtsied. you see her take a slight bow. she did not disrespect the queen. many people were curious as to why there was an empty seat in the front row. many thought it was done intentionally as a way to honor princess diana. the seat was kept empty so the queen could have a better view

of the nuptials. as mentioned earlier, rumor has it that the couple's first dance was that '80s classic, "i want to dance with somebody." >> i love it. >> get the party started. >> you know that nobody was sitting. >> not at all. >> we love it. >> that's how they dance. yeah. switching gears now. chrissy teigen and john legend have announced their son to the world. this is miles theodore stephens. they released the first picture on instagram. the house feels overwhelmed with love. she shares the not-so-glamorous side of motherhood, posting this photo holding miles, in postpartum underwear. she compared the mesh undergarment to fruit packaging. "the voice" tonight has

finale of season one. we have one of blake shelton's rehearsals. take a look. >> you're here in the finale. from day one, i said, she's my girl. for the first time in my life, >> okay. >> i've been wrong a lot. i'll send a picture to gwen. >> tell her i said what up, girl? >> what up, girl? i put g-u-r, no "l." >> be sure to watch "the voice" tonight and tomorrow, at 8:00 right here on nb

slightly warmer temperatures compared to over the weekened. san jose, 72 degrees. 74 in livermore. 74 in napa. san francisco, a high of 62. inland area, low 70s over the next few days. and really no change here. we continue on with some very pleasant weather, morning temperatures in the mid-50s for san francisco. we'll get some more sunshine through the rest of the week. >> and that's your latest weather. boo? >> you're so cool. music's biggest names flocked to las vegas for the billboard music awards. natalie was in london with us. she got on the plane and went to vegas. >> from royal wedding to music royalty. it was the women who ruled the stage at the billboard music awards with incredible performances from j. lo, christina aguilera and demi lovato. and janet jackson, first tv performance in nine years.

but the show kicked off with kelly clarkson paying tribute to the school victims in santa fe. >> i want to honor them. tonight, in your community, where you live, your friends, everybody, let's have a moment of action. let's have a moment of change. >> reporter: after paying tribute to the victims of the santa fe school shooting in her home state of texas, the pop star changed gears and belted out a medley of some of the chart-topping hits. ♪ clarkson, setting the stage for a fierce lineup of female artists who kept the vegas crowd rocking. ♪ christina aguilera and demi lovato teaming up for a powerful performance. ♪ with the premiere of her new song. >> throw your hands in the air. wave them like you just don't

care. >> reporter: while rap legend salt-n-pepa making everything old new again. as for the guys, dad john legend kicking it up. khalid, last night's winner of the top new artist award, performed with shawn mendez. they were joined by a choir from marjory stoneman douglas high school. ed sheeran wracked up six awards including top male artist. after two years absence, the billboards had the return of taylor swift. >> i want to thank all of the female artists who paved the way for us to do what we do the way we get to do it. >> reporter: janet jackson performing on television for the first time in nine years. the legendary singer was awarded the 2018 icon award, the first

african-american woman to win it. >> at long last, women have made it clear that we will no longer be controlled, manipulated or abused. i stand with those women. and with those men, equally outraged, by discrimination, who support us in heart and mind. >> let's welcome the biggest boy band in the world. ♪ >> reporter: but it was k-pop group bts, that brought the house down. it was insane the amount of love for bts last night. anytime the cameras panned over to them, the crowd would erupt into loud cheers. i've never seen anything like it. unbelievable. also, savannah, yours and my favorite, mr. december spacito,

home five awards. >> an empowering night, too. >> and the person with the most energy and stamina, natalie morales. >> thanks, guys. dylan in the orange room. >> it was a big night for the artists and for the fans following along at home. taylor swift's return to the carpet was a huge talker. donatella versace revealed it took 800 hours to make taylor's dress. take a look. >> excuse me, miss. miss, i can't see. i'm trying to watch shawn mendez. >> john legend took to the stage just days after his son was born. and the first person to shame him was his wife, chrissy teigen. she tweeted from home, wow, didn't you have a baby, john? shaking my head. take care of it. disgusting. natalie mentioned the running theme of bts, which was popular

there. >> that was our -- >> okay, john? >> i didn't knowinvestigators -g good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marcus washington. investigators not yet saying what may have caused a deadly crash last night in castro valley. chp says the tesla model s veered off of crow canyon road, plowed through a fence and wound up in a pond. the video shows the heavily damaged car after crews pulled it from the water. the man driving that car died. there were no other passengers. chp says officers found no signs of skid marks, likely meaning the driver never took a brake, or never braked. we still don't know if the driver was impaired or if the car may have had mechanical issues. chp is supposed to give an update any time now. right now, let's get a look at what's going on trafficwise here in the bay area. mike.

>> crow canyon road did reopen just about 8:00 this morning so that has been all right as far as driving through the area. south bay, a slower drive north bound. the build holdi ining steady as travel now. at the peak of that commute. westbound 84, dumbarton bridge, to the facebook side, the lighter flow across the san mateo bridge right on schedule. we have a crash approaching that richmond toll plaza. it's on the shoulder, it's just a distraction. >> i'll have another local news update in 30 minutes.

♪ welcome back. we are back, you guys. it is 8:30 on a monday morning. i don't know if you can see us. we are arriving in style. okay? we have a prom on the plaza. >> this is unbelievable. >> hello. >> that's how we roll. >> this is how all of our students from high school -- come on, guys. this is the way to show up to a prom. come on, everybody.

>> how beautiful y'all look. by the way, as we said, we are throwing a prom on our plaza for these wonderful, deserving kids. and, you guys, we want to let you know, that we actually have a big surprise for you, that we're going to reveal a little later. a big surprise deejay. >> i love your yellow. we're seeing so many beautiful guys and gals. get ready to party. so much fun. >> hi, you guys. >> okay. we want to talk about our surprise. thank youo much.hi guys. >> wow. that was pretty cool. >> is that how you walked into your prom? >> we didn't roll in like that. >> we want to extend a huge thank you for the prom fashions and the floral for the corsages. >> we've been teasing this all morning. >> are you ready?

this is a big one. we're about to announce your surprise deejay. >> do you want to meet your prom deejay? >> it is, ready? on three, we're going to tell you who it is. one, two, three. qwest love. ♪ >> yeah. >> yes. >> qwest love. >> that's amazing. ? looks like i'm going to stay for this party. the great octavia spencer is here. she has a touching and timely new movie coming out. plus, a special birthday this week. megagyn is back from the rol wedding. >> so are you. we're going to debrief our

favorite moments. it has me thinking about life and love. it's an inspiration. and we have a couple with a simple tip on the one thing you can do to make yourself happier. it's really simple. and it's the key to joy. we'll talk about all of it. also, in addition to mr. roker doing weather duty, he has another new book out, which we think you have written overnight. you're going to talk about that, right? >> the johnstown flood. we wrote it on the way from the wedding. first, a check of the weather. >> first of all, we start off with the week ahead. a lot of wet weather in the ohio river valley down to the gulf. heavy rain through the southwest. sunshine along the west coast. by the midweek, it's pleasant in the northeast but more wet weather coming through the gulf coast and into the southeast. and a midwest monsoon. friday, sunny and warm in the northeast. we're going to be watching the tropics in the gulf. plenty of that's what's going on around

the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. skies are clearing as we take a live look outside in san jose. we will keep that sunshine throughout the afternoon. slightly warmer temperatures, too. and in the south bay, expect a high of 72 degrees. 70 in palo alto. livermore, 73. 77 in santa rosa. san francisco, 62 degrees, with some breezy winds. it will be slightly cooler the rest of the week as we get a stronger ocean breeze. 70 degrees tomorrow. we'll see that throughout much of the week. >> all right, so that's your latest weather. all right, you guys, ready to get this prom started?that's yo. you guys ready to get this prom started? i said, are you ready to get this prom started? questlove, hit it. ♪ ♪

♪ >> all right. you guys having a good time. are you surprised about questlove? >> yes. >> i love questlove. that's my boy. ♪ >> back inside. ♪ >> al, thank you. we're sorry, but octavia was just cutting a rug here. you have a mean chair dance, octavia spencer. we're here with the remarkable oscar winner. >> her new movie shows the challenge of parenting a person

with gender differences. >> he is tasked with concerns and his placement in kindergarten may be in jeopardy. take a look. >> i'm very sorry this is not the news we were hoping for. >> of course. i know how many kids you have to place. >> i'm not sure what you're implying here. you know i care deeply about jake, which is why i'm doing everything in my power to place him somewhere where he feels safe and comfortable enough to -- >> to dress like a girl. >> octavia spencer, good morning. >> first of all, you look beautiful and rested. >> so do you. >> we were impressed by your dance moves. i can't get that out of my head. >> thank you. >> we should bring back "american bandstand." and octavia and hoda think they should host it together. >> we could start a revolution. >> don't we all think we can dance? >> and i know i can't. i've seen it. >> let's talk about this film.

it's very modern. it's very forward-thinking. when you picked up that script, did you say, yeah. it's time for this one? >> absolutely. you know, even though i'm not a parent, i realize there's a lot of parents who are facing this in their household. it's just a way to open dialogue, so that children can be in an environment where they can blossom. >> bring us into this story. it's a little boy who may or may not be transgender. i mean, it's that moment in his life where his parents aren't sure. and then, they're trying to get him into kindergarten in new york city, which we all know is like crazy. >> and competitive. >> exactly. pick up the story from there. what is it about? >> i play the educator who sort of enlightens the parents that their child is different. and i use it as a positive to say you can put this on

applications because everybody is looking for diversity. and neither of the parents recognize any behavior they thought that was different. it was illuminating to them in a way. and the film really looks at their marriage and how they deal with that news. >> we were watching you as you were watching the billboard music awards piece that we had. it was about woman power. your eye s lit up and you were nodding your head. we were reading how you and jessica chastain teamed up to make sure that pay was on the right scale for you. talk about what you've been going through on that front. >> jessica had this idea a few years ago. she's been at the forefront of the movement about pay parity. i talked to her and said, we have to have a deeper conversation. and i told her what it was like for women of color. she was quiet. you know, i understand that white women want to make what

white men make. but women of color don't even make what you make. and she real ly -- she was very shocked. as a friend, you want your friend to say, i'm with you. as a producer, she did more than -- >> what did she do? >> we pitched a project that she came up with, to several studios. everybody wanted it. and part of the bargaining was we would be paid as equals. and we were having that national conversation. and i thought, i need to introduce this into the narrative so we know the way forward. i am a beneficiary of jessica doing the right thing. >> well, she's the beneficiary of you, illuminating her. you stood together. is the movie going to get made? >> we're doing it this winter. >> of course you are. >> octavia, thank you for joining us. >> you should come dance with us on the plaza for the prom. you do have it. >> "a kid like jake" opens in

theaters june 1st. al, in addition to forecasting the weather is writing books. he has one of the most gripping looks at a big chapter in american history. american history. first, this is "today" o

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we're back with one of the worst disasters in history. >> the infamous johnstown flood that claimed the lives of 2,200 people. 20 million tons of debris down a mountain at 40 miles per hour, decimating that western pennsylvania town. it changed the town forever. >> the weather was story about that event in 1889. let's go to the forecast on that fateful day. >> it was unbelievable. we had a big storm system, a weird year of weather. heavy storms made their way across the country.

sunday, the storm system started in california on sunday the 26th of may, 1889. by monday, it was making its way across the country, causing massive problems, intense rain in nebraska. kansas had violent winds. and wednesday, the 29th into thursday and friday, the system continued to the east. severe rain, wind from michigan to tennessee. thursday into friday, the system slows up, parks itself over pennsylvania because of a high-pressure system that blocked it. now, we're talking about more than a foot of rain falling on this western pennsylvania area after melting snows. it was a torrential downpour that caused a massive failure of a dam and the rest is history. >> we know it captivated you because you wrote a book about it. it's called "ruthless tide: the heroes and villains of the johnstown flood." congratulations on writing the book. i don't know how you do it. what about this caught your

attention and make you want to delve into it? >> i heard about the johnstown flood. more people died in that flood than any time since that history. it was an unbelievable amount of rain. it was also the carelessness of a group of 1%ers. they wanted their getaway in the mountains of pennsylvania. they created a manmade lake with a dam that was inferior. and people said something bad was going to happen. and may 1st, 1889, it did. >> they didn't have the weather tools to predict things. did they know it was going to be this bad? >> not at the beginning. they just had installed telephones at this point. there was nobody at the club to make a phone call. there was a telegraph operator who sent messages because somebody rode from the dam down there. once they got word down to folks in johnstown, nobody believed it. when this dam broke at 3:10 in

the afternoon, 20 million tons of water left that lake in 30 minutes. and within an hour, made its way down, destroying the towns. >> you look at the big story. you focus on some individual stories. there's a 6-year-old survivor who had an epoch tale. >> gertrude was on this river of debris and flame and fire, by herself on a mattress. >> wow. >> she happened -- there's a guy who is an ironworker who sees her. he has been riding on a roof. somebody said, throw us the baby. he jumps into the flaming water, grabs the baby and tosses her to the other people as he continues downriver. and they both survived. >> you wonder how min sanyone survived. i hadn't heard of this. it wasn't one of the weather events that your average person has heard of. >> clara barton, who just started the red cross, came into prominence because of this.

they changed liability laws because of this. it really was a watershed moment in american history. >> al, thank you. your book is called "ruthless tide." for more, go to today.com/shop. outside, questlove is spinning the tunes. we're going to make some memories, folks. first, this is "today" on nbc. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message.

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go ahead. >> let's get a check of this morning's headlines. our top story, prom is just a few weeks away. and mohammed would like to ask you to go to prom. >> we have another promposal. it's for everybody that's here from mcnair. we're inviting your entire senior class back here because we want to throw you a prom. will you be our dates? ♪ and now, it's happening. the prom is happening. hoda, where else would she be? out on the dance floor. what? >> oh. okay. i got to tell you, this is our promposal duo. how is it, babe? >> it's been crazy. keeping the secret was so hard. essentially now i can enjoy all of my classmates. i can enjoy all of my classmates. it's amazing. >> this is for you. what do you think? >> i was so surprised by the

promposal. and the fact we get another prom is awesome. >> ready to show your moves? ready? ready? ready? come on. ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> all right, al. where are you? >> we're over here. i got alazar, justin and mohammed. you guys are looking stylish. what does this mean to you? >> i mean, it's anma experience. you don't get to experience often. we come up is like a special moment. >> what is it like having questlove as your deejay? >> it's exciting. he is playing the lit music. i just want to dance. >> okay. go dance. dylan? >> so, we've got beautiful ladies here. we got uchi, edda, and ijana. how much sleep did you get last

night? >> i got four hours of sleep. >> okay. >> i got no sleep. i was so excited i couldn't belie sleep. >> do you have to go back to school? >> yes. who needs sleep when you're on the "today" show. >> very excited that program right here on the "today" show plaza. savannah? >> all right. these party animals are out here. kate mccade, mcnair's academic principal. what does it mean for the students? i know what it means to hoda and al. >> the students of mcnair academic work very hard. they've worked so hard for the last four years to graduate from mcnair. and their teachers and their families and i are so very proud of them. and for them to be able to celebrate in this way, there's no words. >> tel a life and joy and happiness. give us a little about them. >> they are very sweet, very hardworking. they are incredibly polite and respectful. they are the pride of their families and their community.

and i could not be happier for them to have this opportunity. this is beyond once in a lifetime. >> we're happy for them, too. i'm sure they want to see the principal get out there and dance a little bit. anybody feeling nostalgic? >> i love prom. i went for the wedding look at my prom. a nice, white wedding dress. >> you look like meghan markle. >> that's the look i was going for. savannah, how about you? >> i didn't go to my prom . but i went to the ninth grade dress. i was so proud of that dress. >> i couldn't get a date. >> look at how handsome. >> how could they turn that down? >> hoda, you were homecoming queen, weren't you? >> i had no prom date but i was the homecoming queen. >> i love it. >> hey, questlove. >> how was your prom? >> my prom was all right. it was good. it was all right. all right. >> you got any advice for these

kids before they graduate? >> my advice for the kids out there, basically, to just get out of your comfort zone, take risk and reward. meet people that you don't normally socialize with and mix it up. truly become an adult, now that they're in the next phase of life. be it college or military. >> and in fact, you have a special graduation, giving every one of these kids a copy of your best seller "creative quest." >> i'm giving all of them a copy of my book. yes. >> i love it. >> and mcnair seniors, we have one more surprise for you. >> one more surprise. >> can i have the envelope? >> you ready? >> guys, target is giving you each a $100 gift card to kick off your college shopping. >> all right. >> thank you, target. >> questlove, hit it. ♪ >> hey.

i think we need a conga line. >> i think hoda's going to start it. >> happy prom, everybody. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. ♪ go, go, go.

and the prom is rolling on. thank you,still good morning. it's 8:56. i'm marcus washington. still no word on what caused the deadly crash reported last night involving a tesla in castro valley. chp released that the driver plowed through a fence on crow canyon road and the car ended up in a pond. the driver is now identified as keith lee young, 34, from danville. there were no passengers. happening now, authorities are giving an update.

our bob riddell is there. he'll have live report in our midday newscast. we're also posting updates on our twitter feed. the new duke and duchess of sussex released official photos from their wedding day. we posted a snapshot of that on our twitter feed. one word for the warrior, the game, blowout. more details coming up in an hour. marshall tuck will change that. in california, 3 million kids can't read at grade level. tuck turned around struggling schools, raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck.

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