lysol. what it takes to protect.® kendrick was definitely one of the people who should have survived. he out of everybody there, he was really the best of us. >> new details on the colorado shooting as students gather together to honor the brave students who stopped the attack. heroes among us. three people and their dog are lucky to be alive after first responders were able to rescue them from fast-moving floodwaters in texas as severe storms are headed east. president trump rallies the faithful in florida with promises of a half billion in aid as son don junior is facing serious subpoenas from the senate. lunch-shaming kids. a school district with thousands of students under fire for a program to separate kids who haven't paid their lunch tabs.

plus the perennial illustrated swimsuit issue. three separate covers but a whole lot of stories in between. our stories on "early today" start right now. great being with you. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. millions of americans are recovering after several rounds of severe weather. some of the hardest hit areas are in texas. the austin police department releasing this dramatic helmet video that shows officers helping three people and their dog to safety after their car was caught in fast-moving floodwaters. unfortunately elsewhere in austin, one death was reported when a man was swept away in those dangerous conditions. >> let's check in now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. in the shreveport area. numerous rounds of thunderstorms in the last couple days and torrential rain over that northwestern corner of louisiana and southern portions of arkansas. the maroon colors show you where

we have flash flood warnings under way. 4 million people at risk. this number will expand because the heavy rain over the next two to three days is going to get really heavy, especially areas around houston all through southern louisiana and southern portions of mississippi. we could see isolated totals, another five to seven inches. these are in areas that have been soaked over the last couple days. we expect more pictures like we just showed you with dramatic rescues. as far as severe weather, not many tornadoes. only four yesterday. houston all the way back up to louisville kentucky. waves of grief are washing over the denver area this morning as the two suspects of carrying out a mass shooting made their first court appearance. formal charges for defben erickson are expected on friday. meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered to honor 18-year-old kendrick castillo. it was his bravery and selflessness that saved the lives of countless others. nbc's dan scheneman has more. ♪

>> reporter: highlands ranch gathered one day after a school shooting left one student dead, eight wounded. the vigil a mix of sadness and frustration. >> one day when thousands of lives are changed, but one day when the rest of the world hears of another sad but expected event. >> reporter: just a few hours earlier, 18-year-old suspect devon erickson appeared in court. authorities say he and a younger student began shooting inside the charter school. while there is no word on a motive, classmates remember erickson making threats. >> he would whisper in my ear when the pencil hits the floor, shooting. then he's drop pencils randomly throughout the class. >> reporter: survivors now praising heroes like kendrick castillo who died fighting back. >> kendrick is an incredibly close friend of mine. >> reporter: brendan bialy charged the shooter with castillo and another student. >> kendrick was there. he was a foot away from the shooter andfns running the opposite direction, he ran towards it. >> kendrick's father says you couldn't find a nicer kid.

>> kendrick was a selfless individual, and he cared about people, you know. and that's -- that's how he lived his life. >> reporter: mourning a life lost while remembering lives saved. dan scheneman, nbc news. president trump is back at the white house this morning after visiting florida. he toured areas damaged by hurricane michael before speaking at a campaign event. then he traveled back to d.c. with senators rick scott and marco rubio, saying in a tweet that they discussed the crisis in venezuela. meanwhile back at the capitol, the fallout over the mueller investigation is now impacting the president's son. tracie potts joins us from d.c. this latest development is somewhat of a surprise. >> reporter: it's interesting, frances, because this time the subpoena is not coming from democrats. it's coming from a committee controlled by republicans. the senate judiciary committee, according to a source, has subpoenaed donald trump jr. according to our source, they want to talk to him about that trump tower meeting with a russianndaw

what thedent may have known about that. they also want to talk to him about how much he knew about the effort to build a trump tower in moscow and those negotiations happening during the campaign. he has said he knew very little, but the president's former lawyer, michael cohe t went to e had briefed donald trump jr. ten times about that. meantime, we're also following the president's comments last night at a rally in florida, a campaign rally. he talked about aid to florida after hurricane michael, saying that the federal government will pay for 90% of that. but he also said that puerto rico has no reason to complain about its hurricane cleanup. >> that's puerto rico, and they don't like me. i have a great relationship with the peopleey've treated all of the standpoint of their leaders because they complained. they want more money. they got $91 million. it's the largest amount of money

ever given for a hurricane. >> reporter: now, for florida's hurricane cleanup, the president says the federal government will pay, but they'll have to get some cooperation from democrats to get that through congress. frances? >> tracie, thank you. the battle between the white house and house democrats just hit a major turning point. the president asserting executive privilege using his presidential power to block lawmakers from seeing the full mueller report. nbc's blayne allaexdest on this power struggle. >> reporter: inn mueller's unredacted russia report, marking a dramatic escalation in the white house fight with house democrats. >> the president now t take a wrecking ball to the constitution. >> reporter: the president's decision giving new fuel to democrats on the house judiciary committee, voting to hold attorney general william barr in contempt for not complying with a subpoena for the unredacted report. that measure now going to the house floor. >> we've talked for a long time

about approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in it. we are now in a constitutional crisis. >> reporter: from the committee's top republican -- >> what a cynical, mean spirit the, counterproductive, irresponsible step it is. >> reporter: a justice department official told committee chairman jerry nadler his decision to move forward with a contempt hearing terminated good faith talks between the two parties. it was barr who urged the president to invoke executive privilege in a letter citing millions of pages of documents classified and unclassified, noting the committee's abrupt resort to a contempt vote does not give enough time to fully consider the matter. >> chairman nadler is asking the attorney general of the united states to break the law and commit a crime by releasing information that he knows he ha >> reporter: all of it fueling more impeachment talk, including this from house speaker nancy pelosi. >> every single day the president is making a case -- he's becoming self-impeachable. >> reporter: and likely setting

up a long legal battle over mueller's report. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. this morning a school district with thousands of students is under fire accused by parents of lunch-shaming kids. nbc's molly hunter has more on the controversy. >> reporter: students lining up for lunch next week at wauric public schools in rhode island won't all be served equally. starting monday, any student with unpaid lunch debt will be given a sun butter and jelly sandwich instead of a hot meal. the change comes after the school district says they're $78,000 in debt. but critics argue it's unfair. kids have no control over their parents paying their lunch tab on time. after the announcement on the school's facebook page, the response was overwhelming. children should not be punished for being poor, leaving them open to further bullying. and another person writing, way to single kids out. >> basically kids are knowing this kid can'tffeporter: a loca

owner tried to help, offering up thousands of dollars. >> everything that i said got shot down. every idea i had got shot done. >> reporter: the school district is meeting to figure out how to accept donations so they don't prioritize one student's debt over another. >> we have to take care of our kids. our kids are our future. >> reporter: a gofundme page has been set up hoping to raise enough so all kids get hot meals on monday. molly hunter, nbc news. denver is poised to become the first u.s. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms after initially trailing in the polls, the voter initiative passed with just 51% of the votes, making personal use and possession of psychedelic mushrooms to people over 21 denver's lowest law enforcement priority. before anyone can start tripping, they still have to wait for a final tally, and that will happen on may 16th. >> just when you thought howard stern had nothing left to hide, details of a previously undisclosed cancer scare broke wednesday in the hollywood reporter. stern says he underwent secret surgery in 2017 to remove a

growth on his kidney. it turned out to be benign. the king of all media promised to share more in his new book, howard stern comes again, to be released next week. >> he said he would be revealing something that he'd be lying to the audience about for a long time. bill karins, good morning. >> let's talk about the airport impacts. we're watching areas from houston to new orleans, memphis could have strong storms going through it. some delays definitely, maybe some cancellations. not bad in chicago. some of that bad weather will be heading through the ohio valley. interstate 70 will have some rain by the stormiest will definitely be on 10rning in are later today in areas of southeast texas right through

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year, mr. trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual american taxpayer. the paper adds he didn't pay income taxes for eight of those ten years. the president has boasted about his wealth on the apprentice and called it a major selling point during his campaign. >> i'm using my own money. i'm not using the lobbyists. >> reporter: he's blasting the "times" report as highly inaccurate, tweeting it was a common tax shelter tactic. quote, you always wanted to show losses for tax purposes. almost all real estate developers did, adding, it was sport. president trump has consistently fu returns w treasury secretary steven mnuchin rejecting democrats' demands to turn them over. >> i got elect the same exact issue with the same intensity because frank lip tly the peoplt care. just ahead, a big mother's day perk to tell you about next. plus the duel of directors over "avengers: endgame" promise to unveil an openly gay superhero

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elliott is being praised for his generosity. he has offered to pay for the memorial service of 14-year-old star football player jay lon mckenzie. he was killed by a stray bullet on saturday at a party near elliott's hometown of st. louis. jerry jones confirmed the news to reporters, telling them he's not surprised by elliott's gesture, adding that, quote, zeke has always had a wonderful heart. one of the rarest baseballs ever is going up for auction. this ball dates back to 1939. it includes 11 signatures from hall of famers. we're talking babe ruth, honus wagner, and walter johnson just to name a few. similar baseball fetched $623,000 at auction last year. looks just like the one from the sandlot. it is being dubbed as the biggest surprise in royal history. prince harry and meghan markle announced that they named their son archie harrison mountbatten-windsor. he made his historic public debut yesterday. let's turn to sarah harman in

london. talk about a royal twist here. no one really saw that archie coming. >> reporter: they sure didn't. that name took many people by surprise, but it will be familiar to fans of the archie comics or if you're a millennial, riverdale. lots of people pointing out that character has red hair just like prince harry. new mom meghan clearly could not be prouder of the >> it's it's pretty amazing, and i mean i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. >> it's amazing. it's only been what, 2 1/2 days, three days. >> yeah. >> but we're just -- we're just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy. >> and this morning it's already back to work for prince harry, at least for a day. he's traveling to the netherlands to launch the countdown to the invictus games, a sporting event for injured service members that he helped to found. so it's for a cause very close to his heart and, guys, here's hoping he gets a bit of sleep on

the plane. frances? >> that's going to be a tough one, your first business trip away from baby. thank you sarah. let sbraet some birthdays. rent actress and senator cory booker's girlfriend rosario dawson, 40 years old, john corbin, 58. billy joel turns 70, candice bergen 73. and james l. brooks is 79 years old. thanks for watching. keep it right

morning to you. a live look outside over san francisco. and a good morning. thanks so much for starting your morning with us, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. both teams doing what they need to do, the warriors talking about a big injury to kevin durant. we will have more injuries and all the highlights.

we need confetti in our studio as well. >> you just wait. >> a lot coming up at 5:00. >> get a look at what's happening outside. >> we have clouds outside, maybe a mist and drizzly. you can