it was a wicked weather weekend for millions with dozens of tornadoes touching down the day ahead is looking downright dangerous. >> an 8-year-old girl kidnapped while she was with her mother is found. we'll talk to those involved >> a trooper's squad car leading people on a high speed chase reaching up to 150 miles per hour >> a republican congressman makes the case for impeachment of president trump >> a programers to go to college >> a billionaire who wiped out college loans for one particular graduating class of 2019 "early today" starts right now good monday morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. spring continues to bring destructive storms to millions

of americans many communities are facing an upgraded forecast of high risk of severe weather today after more than 50 tornadoes have reportedly touched down. tornado alley is living up to its nickname with violent storms ripping through nebraska and kansas spawning dozens of twisters there. many of them caught on camera. for an even closer look we go to nbc's tammy lightener. >> tornado >> reporter: a rare look inside a tornado with winds up to 135 miles an hour. it hit friday night in nebraska. accuweather storm chaser tim got caught in the middle >> it formed so quickly, i was actually on foot outside of the armoured vehicles. >> reporter: remarkably, no one injured. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> reporter: but the ferocious winds pushed this semi off the highway. dozens of violent tw across then in giranamo, oklahoma.

>> the whistle is gone, look up at the sky, it was quick >> reporter: in abilene, texas, major damage there, too. the community torn apart by a twister. the mayor signing a disaster declaration. lightning, hail and heavy rain also battered the area 80 miles away in san angelo, flooding where another tornado hit. winds more than 100 miles an hour ripped apart at least ten homes. a dangerous weekend as twisters roared across tornado alley with the southern plains not yet out of the storm's path. tammy lightener, nbc foot ball coach tackles an armed student to the ground saving hundreds of live walked into a classroom wi a shotgun underneath his trench coat before anything could happen, he was taken down diaz is due in court later to y

today. >> reporter: police released a photo of the student who brought this shot gun to school friday >> an active shooter at park rose high school >> reporter: he never opened fire and no one was hurt >> he walked into the classroom with a shotgun said he was struggling with a truant officer >> reporter: the attack thwarted "o" when keenan lowe tackled the 18-year-old suspect. lowe also a former star wide receiver for the university of oregon says he lunged for the student, wrestled the gun away, handing it off to another teacher. >> in that moment i was called upon and i just reacted. and like i said, instincts kicked in. >> reporter: lowe tweeted i would no idea i would have to put my life on the line likey f. adding, i'm blessed to be alive and extremely happy that the students are safe. >> reporter: the school's junior/senior prom went on as

n though it was a really bad day, we're still park rose. we're still strong >> reporter: and classes will resume as normal at park rose high school. the school says there will be additional counseling and enhanced security on campus. also monday that 18-year-old suspect will be in court >> all right, molly hunter for us thank you. >> president trump is firing back at the first republican to break rank in the wake of the russia investigation michigan congressman justin accused the president of impeachable conduct after reading the full mueller report while several top democrats cheered the move, no other republican has backed the congressman. nbc's matt bradley has the president's er >> reporter: the president firing back, slamming the first republican lawmaker to call for his impeachment, calling congressman a total lightweighte that it was nevertheless strong on no collusion and ultimately no obstruction but he said he had read the

448-page report. in a 13-tweet thread, the michigan lawmaker argued special counsel robert mueller's report into russian interference documented impeachable conduct by the president and accused attorney general william barr of having deliberately misrepresented the report when he summarized it in march. contrary to barr's portrayal, mueller's report reveals the president engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment, the congressman wrote. he even accused his fellow republicans of not having read the report he is a member of the freedom caucus, a right leaning group who typically backs trump. but he always blazed his own trail, frequently criticizing the president and fellow republicans. mitt romney said he reached a different conclusion than he did on impeachment >> r case for obstruction of justice, you just don't have the elements that are evidenced in this document. >> reporter: but he still standing apart from his party. y

reporting. >> a girl who police say was snatched while on a walk with her mother in fort worth, texas, has been found and is now safe police say a suspect is also in custody. and two local good samaritans helped find the girl and the suspect. nbc's dan scheneman has the story. >> reporter: saturday night, police say 8-year-old salem sabadka was snatched while working with her mother. a neighbor's doorbell camera captured her as she was thrown from the car a little girl and suspect were found by police at a suburban fort worth, hotel. >> he breached the door of that hotel room and found that male located inside >> reporter: police were helped by two community members who went out on their own and found the vehicle that matched the description of the suspect and then called police >> i wasn't sure i mean, if i thought i wasn't going to find her ob >> reporter: 51-year-old michael webb is in custody and charged with kidnapping. >> it happened three blocks from my house, and it's scary to

think that something like that could happen to your kids. >> reporter: hours after the little girl was found, neighbors marched through fort worth, a sign of support and strength dan scheneman, nbc news. >> a plane plummeted into the ocean off of the coast of honduras leaving five tourists dead including four americans. the single engine plane went down near roten, island, a popular vacation destination rescue boats found thosecrash. officials say the four americans appeared to have died on impact. the canadian pilot was taken to the hospital and died of internal injuries. they have not released their identities and authorities are now investigating the cause of the crash. >> a at least 17 people were injured as the bus was traveling near the grand egyptian museum next to the giza pyramids. the road side bomb caused the blast and windows of the bus to

shatter sending debris into the road most of the injured were foreign tourists a witness said he heard a very loud explosion while sitting in traffic near the side of the blast. the u.s. embassy in cairo said it was not aware of any american citizens among the injured >> what a weekend of weather we've had. what d >> good morning. dangerous days is it's one of those days lives and towns could be changed forever. we have the possibility of not just tornadoes, but strong tornadoes that could be on the ground for many minutes. we'll call them long tractor nad owe, a half hour, hour two rounds of storms, first one hail then damaging winds the second one this afternoon will be the tornado possibility. this is the area of greatest concern. we kind of go from the yellow which is a slight risk all the way to the pink which is the high risk. the high risk is where we think the most dangerous weather will be dallas, you're not in that oklahoma city you're in the moderate next to the high risk. witch that falls, same for you lubbock and amarillo in the

moderate small towns in between there we're most concerned with the chance of dealing with not just tornadoes, but even strong or nad oesz that includes childress, texas, guthrie, and elk city, too storms will head towards wichita falls, oklahoma city later this evening. this is the way our computers are looking at this. storms are devin today. inorth texas into oklahoma. that's by noon today then round two develops on the tail of this and we'll watch those storms about 4:00 p.m. that's when we'll have our chance of getting those tornadoes and the possibility of those long tractor nad owes. i know a lot of schools in this area already canceled for the day today. they don't want those kids anywhere near the severeareas oy down through oklahoma and north

texas at greatest risk well, coming up we also have to deal with the possibility of early summer heat wave we'll have details about that coming up. >> all right, bill, thank you. a question have you ever seen two deer fight? have you ever seen two deer fight? me neither today is the day, everybody. a woman in tennessee spotted these two brawling in their yard she posted the whole rumble on facebook the video is gettingn their hin looking like kangaroos than dear slap boxing each other on the lawn she caption the the video, i didn't expect that >> are they even hitting each other? >> if they hadthey're hurtg >> looks like it still ahead, chicago's new ma mayor prepares to make history officers are led on a 150 mile an hr asouche down the highway police timely caught up with him next he thinks it smells fine, but his mom smells this...

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promising sweeping reforms >> president trump traflds to joe biden's old stomping grounds, northeast pennsylvania this evening mr. trump will hold a make america great rally in montresville >> the voice is wrapping up the next two nights. the final four artists will perform tonight hoping to win enough votes to win this season's crown >> in florida, a man steals a patrol car taking troopers on a >> where are you >> reporter: 22-year-old shane ns car on may 2nd this newly released video shows the dramatic chase on the turnpike it all started with the trooper noticing a shirtless man who appeared to need medical help on the side of the road the trooper talked to him for a few minutes, then goes to speak to a road ranger suddenly jensen sees an opportunity and jump for the driver's seat. >> hey, hey!

where are you going? hey, hey get out -- >> reporter: the suspect speeds away about ten minutes later troopers set a roadblock stifling traffic and stuck in a gridlock three law enforcement officers approach the cruiser with guns drawn. one tries opening the passenger side door, and jensen accelerates through the road shoulder to escape he comes across the roadblock and make dashboard camera show the alleged car they've weaving through traffic 120 miles per hour while troopers chase him from behind. at one point he hits 149 miles per hour the accused thief regains control and about a minute later jensen drives the cruiser over a stop strip and swerves to a stop he jumps out, hops a meetian and runs through oncoming traffic and into the woods troopers say they eventually caught jensen in that wooded area fortunately, no one was hurt >> that was something else >> he was desperate to get away. >> what a saga almost did, but they got him

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welcome back as gang-related violence and other crimes rise, the dire need to keep gang members off the street is a challenge. one group in boston is take an innovative but controversial approach to solve the problem. nbc's steve patterson has more >> reporter: giovanni morris is doing something he never could have imagined just a few years ago. he's in college. are you happy to be here >> of course i'm happy to be here i'm blessed to be here >> reporter: he's enrolled at boston's bunker hill community college hoping to one day work with at-risk kids. surprising because this former gang member spent time behind bars i used to do little stupid stuff. >> reporter: now morris and dozens more caught in rtf a prod

boston uncornered, a nonprofit focused on getting gan part, by it founder mark admits it's a controversial idea >> we pay young people $400 a week, about $20,000 per year, to give them the opportunity to make the choices that we believe and we know that they want to make >> i still think you're going to have people watch this and say, hold on a minute you guys are paying criminals. >> it's not enough to say, come on, get in there you can be great you need a way to focus on education. you need a way to get out of the crew and the gang and the activities you're involved in. >> reporter: the stipend is funded mostly through private donations and continues as long as it takes for students to pass their high school equivalency exams and enroll in and graduate from college >> out here y get support from former gang members like luis rodriguez >> i got tired of going to

funerals >> reporter: he was shot ten times and spent 11 years behind bars do you feel like you're making a difference >> absolutely. >> reporter: the goal a gang-free boston in five years >> i'm doing this for my family and people who said i couldn't do it. >> reporter: for guys like morris, it's a rare chance for change did you ever think people would be referring to you possibly as mr. college grad >> man, those words, man, it sounds like win being the lottery. >> reporter: a winning idea and hope for a brighter future steve patterson, nbc news, boston >> a woman in alabama, she got a big surprise when she went to go start her car. she discovered a stray dog stuck under the hood right there by the engine birmingham health officials say the pup who they named pippy chased a cat right into the engine block thankfully they were able to free little pippy in need of a forever home officials say it's like a bad marriage, easy to get into, hard

to get out of. >> she'll find out sometime >> thank

breaking overnight today's severe weather upgraded to high risk an increased likelihood of strong, long tracked tornados that are often the most deadly the teen suspect who brought a shotgun to his portland high school is identified as the relieved community hails the coach who wrestled the student to the ground. having student loan debt erased to the tune of $40 million. arnold schwarzenegger is kicked from behind how the former governor is responding good news for drivers planning for the holiday weekend. "early today" starts right now good monday morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. several stat a