at no cost to them. learn more at rebuildingtogether.org/ veteransathome. breaking overnight, a ninth victim was just revealed to have died in the san jose railway yards when a fellow employee opened fire before taking his own life. president biden turns serious about getting to the bottom of the origins of coronavirus. did it come from a wet market or virology lab in wuhan. we're live in china with the latest. this morning we'll hear from a man accused in the stabbing and abduction of molly tippett. americans emerge from they in

a while. severe weather for many as we lay out the holiday weather this thursday, may 27th. "early today" starts right now. >> i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. just moments ago we learned that a ninth victim has died in a workplace shooting in san jose, california the city is mourning the lives of those senselessly killed by this uniquely american epidemic of gun violence. police say a worker at the silicon valley transportation rail yard shot and murdered nine of his co-workers before killing himself. this morning we are learning the names of those victims they are there on your screen. they range in age from 29 to 53 years old. most if not all were vta employees. president biden be flown at half staff he's urging congress to pass gun control measures our dan sheneman has the latest.

>> reporter: investigators scouring the scene of a san jose, california, rail yard after a gun man opened fire. >> this is an active shooter. >> reporter: it was about 6:30 a.m. when the shooting started the sheriff's headquarters is nearby >> they did not wait they went to the scene and rendered first aid and rescued victims out of the building as fast as they can. >> reporter: in all eight victims shot and killed. the suspected victim found dead. >> deputies exchanged gunfire and we're going with the guess it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the home of the victim up in flames identified as 57-year-old samuel cassidy. a worker at the rail yard. the motive, unknown. his ex-wife told nbc station

kntv she was in shock. near the rail yard. >> he's all right. >> reporter: friends and family of workers eagerly hope for news some after an agonizing wait, reunited with loved ones dan sheneman, nbc news. president biden and republicans will both lay out a roadmap for their infrastructure plans today but the sque whether both sides could break their differences to strike a deal tracie potts joins us. we're $700 billion apart here. >> reporter: right, frances. they're coming to the middle but not quite there yet. the $700 billion still separating the president's plan and republicans. republicans will unveil their latest version todayto be about $1 trillion paid for in part bd relief funds. the president wants to raise corporate taxes. republicans say that's a no with them the president says he will not

raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 there's also a disagreement over physical versus human infrastructure, things like child care the white house saying president biden is willing to compromise >> we understand this is a town that hasn't seen a whole lot of bipartisanship over the last few years, last four years to be exact, but this president is committed to trying to end that, which is why you have seen us continue to negotiate in good faith. >> if president biden wants to secure lasting solutions, build a lasting legacy and improve the lives of americans in practical ways, he's got the map in hand >> reporter: the senate democratic leadership says they will hold debate and a vote sometime in july meantime, the president's off to ohio today to talk about his infrastructure plan and how he plans to pay for affordable

housing highlighting that. >> working on that wiggle room so both sides can at least come to some agreement, tracie. thank you. president biden is ordering u.s. intelligence to increase its efforts to track the origin of covid-19. the white house wants a report within 90 days and it will include looking into the possibility that the virus came from a lab in wuhan, china janice mackie frayer joins us from beijing there is information they have not been transparent about this outbreak. >> reporter: there are always questions swirling around the lab. it houses china's only top security facility that is studying some of the world's most dangerous pathogens and that includes that coronavirus. when this theory first came up years ago, most scientists said

it was a natural virus, there was not a spillover from animal to human they don't know where and how. now president biden is urging the intelligence community to come up with something that might help explain covid's possible origins he's saying look at both avenues, that is natural and that there might have been a lab accident now what the evidence is is not yet clear. this is less about going and looking for the smoking gun, phillip. it's more of an issue around raising questions about china's transparency much of the international community believes that china has been lacking that necessary transparency in the global search for answers >> yeah, one would expect being thorough in investigations in an outbreak that shut down the world for so long. thank you. the murder trial of molly

con tibbets took an unexpected turn. >> what did these men say or do? >> translator: that i shouldn't do anything stupid and everything was going to be okay. >> reporter: in his testimony he said that he found two masked men with a gun and a knife standing in his living room. the men told him to get into his car and drive towards brooklyn one of the men got out and was gone for 10 to 12 minutes. came back and put something in the trunk of his car he was told to keep driving eventually arriving at the cornfield where molly was found. the men then gave him a warning. >> translator: before they leave one of them tells me not to say anything about what had happened

that they knew iris and they knew my daughter that if i said something, they will take care of them. >> reporter: that's when he says he got molly's body out of the trunk and covered it with cornstalks. >> you led officers to molly tibbetts' body, is that correct? >> translator: yes. >> reporter: during cross examination they questioned his story. >> you told officer ramiro that you confronted molly tibbetts on 385th. is that correct? >> translator: yes >> you never mentioned two other men, is that true? >> translator: correct >> you told officer ramiro that you were angry at molly tibbetts, is that true

>> translator: i think so. >> that was darby sparks reporting. new polling reveals some startling numbers about the number of americans who believe in qanon conspiracy theories the study found that republicans are more likely to believe in them a shocking 20% of americans agree that a storm was coming that will sweep away leaders and restore power to rightful leaders. 15% overall agree that american patriots may have to resort to violence to save our country and 15% also believe that this country is controlled by a group of sane worshipping peds doe files who run a trafficking operation. one storm hit manassas, vir virginia, and brought serious hail the tristate area had storms as well the strongest storms wednesday evening bringing down trees, wires. it wasn't just the east coast that saw extreme weather

storm chasers captured this dash cam footage of a tornado crossing a road there and dissipating. it is astounding the power here. >> like the movie, right >> twister, exactly like it. >> we are grappling with severe weather ahead of the weekend nbc meteorologist bill karins discusses it further good to see you. >> it was incredible we had 28 tornadoes reported yesterday. thankfully a lot of them were like that one, over farmer's fields and didn't do too much damage no reports of injury or anything let's get into the holiday weekend forecast the get away day is the worst. storms from nashville, lewiston, back into pennsylvania friday evening all of that rain heads into the northeast late day airport delays are possible d.c., philadelphia, new york saturday, not a beach day for

new england. mid-atlantic region, even the carolina coast light rain clouds temperatures will be kind of cool on sunday things begin to improve a little bit still kind of chilly only 66 degrees in d.c here's the next storm in the middle of the country, problems in texas, oklahoma and we'll sey thunderstorms and even the potential of tornadoes watch out oklahoma, texas and arkansas. we'll discuss today's severe weather threat coming up more tornado in the afternoon. >> more important stuff to cover there. thank you, bill. the cast of "friends" are back for their reunion and it's

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"cruella" premiers tomorrow. a bunch of new flicks. so much fun. >> with the two emmas. all right. meet america's newest chess master making all the right moves and e story of how he gots even mor lester holt sat down with this fifth grader to talk about his inspiring life >> reporter: tani adewumi is always thinking about his next move what's your grand goal >> probably be world champion. >> reporter: you're thinking big. i love that. the 10-year-old just became the nation's newest chess master ranking in the top 1% of all players in the country. >> the game is life basically. there could be a move that leads to good and a move that leads to bad and it's a life choice. >> reporter: life hasn't always been easy for the fifth grader his family left nigeria in 2017. christians fleeing persecution

he lived in a homeless shelter with his family. the place where he first learned chess. we met tani two years ago when he just won the new york state championship at the age of 8 now the u.s. chess federation says he's risen to the top faster than any other chess master his story shared in books and a movie in the works what do you think other children and even adults can learn from your story >> that hard work brings success and hard work beats challenges and challenges are always hard work. >> reporter: now a master inspiring so many. >> our thanks to lester holt for that whoa it's incredible watching that. how poised he is. >> right >> scary smart the wisdom there clearly a beautiful mind i think he's going to be one of those people you're only going to know him by tani.

>> first name. to be in his mind, but what a great way to put it, that every move he makes is a life lesson, right? it's true. >> he's got it. >> lessons we can learn from, too. >> that's right. >> thanks for starting your thursday with us i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm phillip mena. we wan ♪♪ reynolds wrap makes this whole cooking and cleanup thing so easy. it speeds up this... so i can get to them. easy prep, cook and clean with reynolds wrap.

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