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and created one himself. barbecuers beware. literally a ton of hot dogs are being recalled due to metal. we'll tell you which ones. the warriors sweep their way back to a fifth straight nba finals "early today" starts right now good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. a frightening night of dangerous storms has rocked the southern plains [ siren tornado sirens blaring over tulsa, oklahoma, where they are also enduring thunderstorms and heavy rain many areas are facing major flash flooding with a number of people in need of water rescues. nbc's kerry sanders joins us now from oklahoma. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. it has been a terrifying night, and there's no let-up this morning because forecasters say there could be more tornadoes touching down today. the twister hit north texas. minutes later, two near central

oklahoma >> folks, this is a significantly large tornado on the ground >> reporter: in the bull's-eye, the great plains on alert as destructive tornadoes, high winds, large hail, and torrential rains move in >> tornado >> reporter: this after twisters plowed through tornado alley all weekend. >> all of a sudden the roof was gone and you're looking up at the sky. >> reporter: from texas to nebraska, 85 reported tornadoes since friday 31 of those confirmed, leaving a trail of destruction >> this is all that was left of the walls in my room. >> reporter: in geronimo, oklahoma, charles mckinney is lucky to be alive. he slept through the emergency alert when the tornado hit. >> it's just a roar, and i just grabbed on to my mattress, and next thing i know i'm buried >> reporter: this outbreak on the anniversary of the massive tornado that ripped through

moore, oklahoma, in 2013, killing 24 rhonda crosswhite was a teacher there. she protected students on that terrifying day schools there closed, but she's still worried as the storm approaches. >> the anxiety is the unknown, you know what if i'm hit? what if i'm not, but what if someone that i love is also hit? >> reporter: emergency officials are encouraging residents who have underground storm shelters like this to make sure that they have food and water pre-positioned because when a tornado hits, it can often dump debris on the door, making it too heavy to get out, meaning that you won't get out until family or friends come to the rescue frances? >> kerry sanders for us, thank you. president trump adding another brick to his stonewall campaign against congress. the president directed former white house counsel don mcgahn to defy a subpoena ordering him to testify today before the house judiciary.

that stonewall not the only wall on display during president trump's rally in pennsylvania. he brought a man onstage dressed as a border wall, quipping, now we know who he's voting for. nbc's craig boswell joining us from d.c. with the very latest craig, good morning. aside from the red-state halloween costume ideas, the president had some choice words for democrats last night. >> reporter: he did, phillip good morning good morning, everyone the president calling out the democratic leaders by name, jerry nadler, house speaker nancy pelosi the president obviously speaking in front of a friendly crowd last night, but he's returning to a more hostile environment in washington today the president directing his former white house counsel not to testify at a scheduled hearing today, telling him to defy a congressional subpoena. don mcgahn is a key witness, democrats say, on obstruction. remember, don mcgahn sat for about 30 hours of interviews for robert mueller during that russia investigation let's take a listen to president trump speaking at a rally in

pennsylvania last night. >> when the mueller report was finished, it says no collusion they went crazy. but you know what? they knew it they knew it it's all a game. it's not like they didn't know they knew there was no collusion. they're smart people everyone from schiff to nadler to schumer to pelosi, they all knew there was no collusion. >> reporter: the white house says the ex-counsel has immunity from any type of testimony granted in a legal decision made public on monday now, the chairman of the committee says he will seek to hold don mcgahn in contempt if in fact he doesn't show today, and we suspect and we expect that he will not phillip, back to zbyou. >> craig, thank you. abortion rights protesters are expected to flood statehouses and courthouses today. more than 50 organizations including the aclu and planned parenthood are participating in the #stopthebans protest

advocates are calling for a day of action to protest a wave of extreme bans on abortion nbc's stephanie gosk is in louisiana with the latest. >> reporter: the fight over roe v. wade is quickly reaching a boiling point. state after state passing new restrictive laws next up is louisiana, on the cusp of banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest even though president trump embraced those exceptions in a tweet over the weekend the sponsor of the bill in this very religious and conservative state, a democrat. >> our view is that the correct moral response to sexual assault is not to execute the unborn baby who has done no wrong. >> doesn't this run the risk of traumatizing a rape victim twice? >> you know, we have got an obligation, i believe, to speak up for those who can't speak for themselves >> reporter: the governor, another democrat, says he's ready to sign it how would you describe the

momentum of some of the anti-abortion legislation that we're seeing in the last few weeks, especially here in louisiana? >> i mean i think in one word, terrifying. >> reporter: michelle erinberg runs an advocacy group for women's health. >> the maternal mortality rate for women in louisiana is extremely high women don't have access to adequate health care >> reporter: abortion rights groups wouldn't ant to take bace spotlight with a nationwide protest. stephanie gosk, baton rouge, louisiana. a stark escalation in saber rattling between the u.s. and iran this morning. tehran overnight announcing plans to push past the limit on enriching uranium imposed by the iran nuclear deal. the move comes after a stern warning from president trump nbc's ali ruezy is in tehran this morning good morning this is a bold step for iran >> reporter: phillip, it's not exactly a major breach, but it is a provocative step that threatens to further strain tensions with the united states

in this game of brinksmanship as iran seems to be digging in deeper every day now, yesterday we heard from an initial at the nuclear facility that they have increased by fourfold the rate of enrichment of low-enriched uranium, and that came just weeks after iran said that it was rolling back some of its commitments under the nuclear deal now, under the terms of the jcpoa, known as the iran nuclear deal, tehran was allowed to produce a maximum of 300 kilograms of low-enriched uranium. any excess was supposed to be shipped out of the country now they're saying that cap no longer applies because the united states withdrew from the deal, and iran is not seeing any benefits from abiding by it. now, the surprise we'pplies we'g about are not weapons grade uranium. however it does put iran on a slippery slope as they drift further and further away from

the nuclear deal >> ali, thank you. now to texas where the 51-year-old man accused of abducting an 8-year-old girl from the street as she walked with her mother is now being held without bond on charges of aggravated kidnapping. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez with more on this miracle in motion >> reporter: after a mother's frantic cries for help. >> help me help me, please! my daughter just got kidnapped >> reporter: relief. >> it's every parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: church pastor jeff king watched that video showing the terrifying moment saturday when a car sped away with the 8-year-old girl inside a man had ripped the child away from her mother. this is where it all happened. a quiet neighborhood in broad daylig daylight it was all captured on that doorbell camera. police issued an amber alert, releasing this photo of the suspect's vehicle. pastor king and another good samaritan searched for hours by chance he says stopping outside this hotel 12 miles

away. >> i slammed on the brakes real quick and turned in and we started looking at all the cars in the parking lot. >> reporter: there it was. officers moved in. >> we got her, we got her, we got her. >> reporter: 51-year-old michael webb is now behind bars, facing a charge of aggravated kidnapping while questions swirl about his motive, and the young girl is safe thanks to this pastor >> we were open to being used by god. >> reporter: his reward, he got to call the grl's father with the good news. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, fort worth, texas. we turn now to a troubling story out of philadelphia. a daycare is under investigation and one employee has been fired after this disturbing video surfaced of a young boy being tied to a chair with shoestrings and forcefully shaken. the worker had reportedly been trying to get the 4-year-old ready to watch a movie the boy's mother contacted police and took her son to the hospital for an evaluation that fired daycare worker has

not yet been charged with a crime. turning now to the golden state warriors who are headed to the nba finals for a fifth year in a row they swept the portland trailblazer in overtime. portland's meyers leonard had 25 points in the first half, helping the home team to an early laid but the warriors fought back and with 40 seconds left in o.t., draymond green sank a three-pointer, securing a close 119-117 win for golden state they will face either the milwaukee bucks or toronto raptors on their quest for the fourth nba championship title. >> they did all of that without their mvp too. bill's tracking some dangerous weather today. good morning, bill. >> we're continuing with our life-threatening flash flooding. our tornado threat is diminishing a little bit these are slow moving storms through areas of oklahoma and especially oklahoma city another couple of hours before we can get rid of the heavy rain this is the risk area for today.

it includes much of northern arkansas from little rock to st. louis with that enhanced risk isolated tornadoes today, wind damage and hail and goes all the way back up through kansas and even includes areas around tyler, texas, to shreveport. if there's life-threatening weather going on right now, it's happening between oklahoma city and tulsa. in tulsa, we've had a flash flood emergency in place overnight, water rescues, water in homes we know damage is being done that continues into areas of missouri and even in abilene, texas. we're notso dning, one of the we've ever had there on record other areas still very warm in the south. this is the additional rainfall forecast too more problems ahead, especially in missouri. >> bill, thank you in today's quick hits, sesame street is continuing to showcase different types of

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welcome to tuesday morning. take a look at that radar this morning. because guess what's coming our way once again? the rain. spotty showers to greet you on your tuesday morning. plus, the "today in the bay" team. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. >> off and on rain is pretty much what we will see throughout the day. expect cloudy skies. at times wet weather coming down. a live look at san jose with our temperature trend and day planner for sunnyvale. we will see at times rain once again. make sure you're ready. we'll take a look at our