morning. at least 20 are dead and dozens injured in an overpass collapse involving train cars in mexico city. right now tracking a multi-day storm impacting 30 million americans with a threat that continues into the afternoon. as covid cases ease in the u.s., india just crossed the 20 million mark with new cases soaring as u.s. aid is trickling in. plus, our richard engel on the u.s. withdrawal from afgha afghanistan. what impact it would have on the

women and girls. it's "early today" on tuesday, may 4th. >> glad you can be with us, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. at least 20 people are dead, dozens more injured after a train overpass collapsed in mexico city. according to the city's mayor a support beam gave way leaving the metro car dangling from the crumbling overpass rescue crews are rushing to save passengers at least 70 people were injured in addition to those killed. the mexico city metro is one of the busiest in the world. after 27 years of marriage bill and melinda gates are calling it quits the power couple stunning the world with their announcement. our kate snow has the details. >> reporter: frances, the news came as a big shock. the couple has been married for almost 30 years and very public now announcing they're going to separate they've been a power couple for

decades. their global work carrying the stamp of their union they fought poverty, disease and inequity together as a team with their bill and melinda gates foundation. >> it's fun work that we've dedicated ourselves to. >> reporter: but the stunning news, the couple who had been rid for 20 years >> after a great deal of thought and work on our relationship, we've made the decision to end our marriage they will continue their work together at the foundation but, quote, we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives bill gates announced he would focus on fill lan throw think stepping down from the microsoft board. two years ago melinda gates wrote about gend deer equality. >> moments in our marriage where i was asking bill for more equality. >> back in joon on "today" she joked how they were splitting cooking chores during the pandemic. >> people can set the table and

both people can do the micro waiving and cleaning up. we're trying to, again, continue to role model that in our house for our children. >> with three children now in their teens and early 20s, the gates asked for space and privacy for their family as we begin to navigate this new life. >> bill gates became a billionaire at the age of 31 and recently "forbes" said that he is now worth $124 billion so a lot of questions about what will happen to that wealth but the couple has pledged they will continue their philanthropy. >> too many people benefit from that thank you. good news in america's fight against covid-19 vaccination numbers are up in the united states and while all u.s. adults are eligible to receive a shot, children may be up next. as "the new york times" reports, the fda is gearing up to authorize the shot for children.

covid is spreading through india. the country has seen 20 million covid cases and is second in global infections. nbc's matt bradley has more. >> nearly 7500 covid deaths, more than 360,000 new cases. medical experts say the real numbers could be up to ten times higher at this hospital in dehli, desperately old patients wait in cars to be seen. the icu is so crowded doctors can hardly move. open bed means hope for one family, it likely comes at heart break for another. >> losing patients here. >> reporter: many furious at the government saying they should have been better prepared. >> people are dieing because they are not getting medical care. >> reporter: doctors begging for supplies. >> i request you, please send oxygen to us. >> reporter: the u.s. sent the first four planes with supplies. many rushing to meet the midnight deadline.

that's when the u.s. border will close. >> every day somebody has lost their lives be it in your own family. >> reporter: less than 2% of indians are fully vaccinated without more vaccines and more help, the death toll is bound to continue climbing. matt bradley, nbc news. here at home san francisco has one of the highest covid vaccination rates in the country. so far 70% of its residents have gotten at least one shot nbc's jake ward joins us now from downtown san francisco. jake, the bay area starting to see some signs of normalcy here. >> reporter: phillip, san francisco was the first city in the nation to lock down and now it seems to be one of the first cities to be truly reemerging. civic life has resumed here in san francisco with the reopening of not just restaurants but perhaps bars next week the main public library just reopened and all of that because

vaccination rates are so high here n. fact, the cdc has been looking at vaccine hesitancy rates across the country whereas some states see a 30% number, in thes between 9 and 7% that means 93% is ready to get the vaccine and that may explain why we are coming out of this. phillip. >> ideal conditions to me. jake, thank you. president biden is hiking the number of refugees who can come to the u.s. after facing wide spread criticism from the party. he announced he would keep the historically low limit nbc's jeff bennett has more. >> reporter: president biden now raising the cap on the number of ref few gees from war torn countries allowed into the u.s. to 62,500 for the rest of this fiscal year. that's after facing fierce backlash from democrats over his initial decision to keep in place the trump era cap of just

15,000 adds mmissions the biden administration will reunite four migrant families torn apart under president trump's widely condemned family separation policy but at least 1,000 families still remain separated and immigrant advocates say it needs to move faster to reunite them. >> thanks to jeff benenett for that update. >> there are fears that the departure of american troops could prove dangerous, especially for the country's women and girls. richard engel is there. >> reporter: the school is part of the new afghanistan boys and girls learning together for 20 years the american security envelope had allowed education here to flourish but as u.s. troops leave, the taliban could return with all of the oppression the islamic fanatics did not allow girls to go to school and

despised girls with ambition the 17-year-old wants to be a gynecologist and treat women for free. >> what does this mean for you >> taliban, people don't understand the future. they don't go to school. i'm just worried about that. >> reporter: the taliban forced women to stay at home and if they had to go out, to wear a berka, defined men beating or death by stone. >> the taliban music, too, especially for women this would have gotten you whipped but at the afghan music institute today they're determined to keep playing. >> no matter what, i will play i will have other girls to play music. >> reporter: mina korini composed a work for women. it moves to hope

she hasn't finished it yet on pur purpose. it's wonderful. >> thank you. >> i can't wait to hear the end. >> you want it to be a happy ending, right? >> yes. >> reporter: they began handing over bases and contractors are told to leave and packing up their offices and everyone here is watching the taliban very closely. frances, phillip. >> we're watching from here. richard, thank you. investigators are watching how a boat smuggling 32 people capsized off the san diego coast. highlighting the growing danger of human smuggling gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: the human smuggling investigation is underway. authorities say this boat carrying 32 people smashed into a reef near san diego. three people are dead, dozens injured, one in critical condition. >> this was a mass rescue

operation that turned into a mass casualty incident. >> life guards purushed in pulln out survivors. >> 31 right here. >> reporter: over texas we saw this year's surge in border apprehensions firsthand. more than 172,000 in mara lean a 70% jump from the month before they've rescued more than 4700 hieg grants since october. last week more than 90 people were discovered in what authorities say was a human smuggling operation in houston and in a separate incident last week also near san diego, cbp says 20 migrants were found on this boat. >> a lot of confusion on who is getting sent back and who doesn't and that does create an environment for smugglers to thrive. >> reporter: in california authorities say they believe to have a person in custody talking

with federal agents. so far no charges have been filed yet. >> thanks to gabe gutierrez for that report. 30 million americans are still in the path of dangerous weather this morning overnight in texas multiple semitrucks came crashing down because of a tornado people were taken to the hospital but no word yet on any possible injuries. earlier this massive tornado caught on camera just south of dallas there are reports of widespread damage in north texas and that weather turned deadly in georgia. a tornado was confirmed in the atlanta area at least two people were killed as trees fell on cars and homes. let's turn to nbc meteorologist janessa webb tracking the path of these storms janessa, good morning. >> good morning. you know in the last two days we've almost seen 40 reports of tornadoes across the deep south and these storms, they are going to continue this afternoon into your evening the unfortunate situation is

that most of the heavy els weather that we'll see today will happen overnight into early evening. so dark situation where these tornadoes could possibly come down right now watching the texas area to the upper tennessee valley, lightning show happening for memphis with the severe thunderstorm watch currently in effect so 30 million people across the deep south, southeast, even the carolinas need to be on high radar today with damaging wind gusts, also hail and a few cooler for the great lakes into new england. upper 50s, chicago noaa has released their may

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1300cases. refusal to wea intimidation, excessive drinking, verbal and physical assault. >> it is not permissible and we will not tolerate interfug with a flight crew in the performance of their safety duties, period. >> reporter: now a zero tolerance approach they face potential criminal charges, fines of up to $35,000 and banned for life by the airlines one flight attendant tweeting she resigned because of the constant arguing and push back. >> we've seen flight attendants being physically assaulted, pushed, choke. we've had a passenger urinate and physical and verbal abuse has been way off the chart. >> reporter: with passenger levels expected to explode, they're watching for any behavior that threatens other passengers or crew members >> thanks for tom for that report before the pandemic we were

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