♪ welcome to monday. dangerous flash flooding impacting four states over the weekend. now moving tore regions and setting flood alerts into tonight in many places. a vehicle and a body have been found in a lake near the last known location of missing teen kylie rodney. a press conference is scheduled for later today. america weighs in with the latest nbc news polls. some surprising outcomes, including the top concern that's not economic or money related. and an outraged community calling for the resignation of a

councilwoman after she hit a cyclist and left the scene, waiting six hours to call officials. the shocking boat explosion caught on camera one person was air lifted to the hospital, four others were injured. and streaming wars fighting for your time and subscriptions as we kick off the new week. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm erin o hern. >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with flash flooding that caused dangerous conditions across the southwest the river reached historic crest sunday afternoon in new mexico the national weather service warning major flooding is still possible in that area. and about 100 miles south of carlsbad cavern national park was closed sunday after surging water cut off roads to the caverns. nearly 200 tourists and worker rs were evacuated from the park spending hours waiting as waters

rose to 20 feet in some areas. our raf sanchez caught up with a tourist whose family was stranded. >> our oldest daughter, she is 10 she could understand what was going on, so it was very nerve racking for her. she was very scared. meanwhile in utah zion national park the search is under way for a graduate student who was ripped away by a current on friday. officials say he was swept away by the same current carrying this man who was later rescued by good samaritans after clinging on to a log. adrizona heavy rain forced flooding in tucson let's turn now to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman with the latest for us this morning. michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you both. we'll continue to see flash flooding today and also tomorrow events in utah, new mexico, colorado and arizona now we're seeing that system shift to the east, heavy rain in portions of the southern plains

and lower mississippi valley and rain in the portions of the northeast. this is our flash flood risk for today. lots of places under a threat for flash flooding where you see that pink, that is a moderate risk. that's very rare, including the city of dallas, portions of texas, into oklahoma and arkansas and louisiana and the northeast for the potential for some urban flash flooding as well here is a setup in the south looking at that area of low pressure move off to the east. continue to dump very heavy rain in the south with rainfall rates over 2.5 inches of rain. you guys, we could see up to eight inches of rain in some spots before it's said and done. we'll see more rain than they saw in two months. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> michelle, thank you. breaking overnight, police have recovered human remains that may be the missing 16-year-old kylie rodney rodney mysteriously disappeared after graduation party earlier this month she was last seen at that high school graduation party in northern california near lake

tahoe. yesterday afternoon, a dive team was searching a reservoir nearby when they made the grim d disc discovery. you can see the rescue crews here pulling that car out to shore. authorities have not confirmed if the remains are rodni's a press conference will be held later today hopefully with more details. in arkansas, three law enforcement officers have been suspended and are under investigation after they were filmedg a suspect sunday morning we must warn you, this footage is disturbing. two crawford county sheriff's deputies and one city police officer had been searching for a suspect who threatened a store clerk and spat in their face authorities say that's when they approached that man fitting the description. he soon became violent, injuring one of them leading to this scene captured on camera the man is identified as 27-year-old randall warchester,

hospitalized with minor head injuries he has been charged with seven counts including assault and resisting arrest crawford county sheriff promised to take appropriate measures they take the investigations very seriously and hold all their officers accountable for all their actions. turning to politics. new polling from nbc news the numbers paint a picture of american voters who are angry and pessimistic. 74% of voters say they feel the country is headed in the wrong direction. and 58% say they worry america's best years are behind us that's the highest number ever recorded in our nbc poll here is more on how these feelings may be shaping the midterms >> reporter: two months until the midterms, and american voters are angry >> i think both parties are not really addressing the issues >> there are some nasty division. >> reporter: 61% say they're so angry they would be willing to

hold a sign and protest for an entire day to do something about it the new nbc news poll also finds democrats upset at the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade may be closing what's called the enthusiasm gap. who is more excited to vote. republicans only lead by two points now in march, they led by 17 that energy may be pushing democrats within striking distance when it comes to general preferences in the midterms but our poll found republicans now holding only a slight edge the poll also indicating a shift in voter's top issue, worries over threats to democracy, overtaking the cost of living. that new level of concern as 57% of respondents saying investigations of former president trump should continue, including 21% of republicans. >> i think it's a poisonous toxin that is spreading everywhere, dragging politics down. >> reporter: voters across the country, detailing their driving factors. >> the gas is up the prices are high for

everything groceries, somebody has to do better. >> climate change is going to be like the most important factor of why i'm voting for the first time >>p and the border. >> president bidencaon on the h the 7 $00 billion inflation reduction act into law, his approval rating still stuck at just 42%. >> so many factors motivating voters these midterms. walmart is the latest company to expand abortion and related travel coverage since roe was overturned according to an internal memo, the company said it's healthcare plans will now cover abortion for workers when there's a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability. the retail giant employs over 1.5 million people in arkansas where is based, abortion is banned under all

circumstances. under this revised policy, walmart employees can now travel out of any state that bans abortion. well, a fiery crash on sunday killed three indiana state university students and seriously injured two other passengers the university announced it believes a total of five of its students were involved in that deadly crash, saying several members of the football team are among those involved >> can you report towards state road 46 main street. we have a vehicle on fire. person trapped >> the tragedy happened around 1:30 sunday morning, about ten miles from campus where authorities say a vehicle suddenly veered off the road in riley, indiana, slammed into a tree and caught fire the driver and two passengers could not be saved all three were pronounced dead at the scene while the other two passengers were able to escape alive but with very serious injuries a growing chorus of

residents in jersey city are calling on a councilwoman to resign this morning. she's under fire for hit and run incident earlier this summer as reported, the councilwoman has no plans to step down. >> if we can just take the conversations -- lower the conversations down. >> reporter: inside a packed jersey city council meeting. >> we have a list of 151 speakers. >> reporter: an overflow crowd spilling into the hallway, many eager to address this councilwoman >> council person. >> here. >> councilwoman amy degees charged with this hit and run of a cyclist this month but still taking her seat on the council. >> i'm here today to respectfully ask that council member resign. >> to do the right thing and to resign. >> please step down. >> reporter: the overwhelming chorus of those calling for her resignation stretching late into the night for the councilwoman who did not report the hit and

run until six hours later. >> you left a human being on the street and didn't check to see if he was okay. >> the bikist went against the light did, in fact, turn out to be okay. but since then, new information has surfaced about the councilwoman's long list of traffic infractions. >> 29 parking tickets, 4 accidents, 2 license suspensions. >> those who make our laws cannot flagrantly break them. >> her father is the hudson county executive previously said through a spokesperson she will not step down. only two council members called for her resignation so far critics calling out the rest of the council and the mayor, her one-time running mate for remaining silent. >> we will remember this spinelessness. >> she did have her supporters. >> she should not resign she is dedicated to this job >> without shame, those calling for her to resign believe they have the moral high ground. >> reporter: and others who say the city council should be focussed on more pressing

matters. >> i come to this council meeting for 50 years and never seen nothing like this do something better than what we're doing here tonight i have nothing more to say >> thanks for that report. let's get another check of your weather with michelle michelle, should we get our umbrellas how this week? >> yeah, we need the umbrellas especially in the northeast this morning we're hearing the rain falling. the southern plains the lower mississippi valley looking at a dangerous situation. 13 million people impacted by a flood alert. that's your flood watch. these will pop in and pop out because that's what's happening right now. we're seeing flash flooding in dallas remember, flash flooding is dangerous, life threatening. do not drive through we'll watch this with potentially eight inches orainf

rong storms and showers, heavy rain in the southern plains, temperatures in the 80s and 90s. >> guys, soaking rains today soaking rains tomorrow we'll look at the week ahead in just a bit. >> thank you sounds good. wnba playoffs now. teams are having a chance to sweep their first round opponents. let's start with sue bird who made history in her final playoff run. the storm guard finished with 18 points and 10 assists, becoming the oldest wnba player to record a post season double/double. the storm swept the mystics 97-84. the wings bounced back from a big loss in game one dallas outscored the sun 22-7 in the first and eclipsed the connecticut's fourth quarter comeback to tie up the series at one. the wings win it, 89-79. >> exciting stuff. five-time nba champ dennis

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♪ developing overnight, police have scheduled a monday press conference to offer more information after authorities have located a car and a body found near the last known location of missing teen kieli rodni. flood alerts issued for multiple states to monday night after a weekend that saw record rainfall in many places the daughter of one of vladimir putin's allies is killed in a car bombing. the question this morning, was it a contract killing? brand new nbc news polls reveal the top concern for mos