hi, everyone. i'm kate snow. >> and i'm savannah sellers. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, thursday, april 27th,

and unrelenting, the historic flood threat in the midwest getting more dangerous by the hour forcing utilities shut off service as a new round of severe storms is on the move across the south. breaking news, captured. one of the three escaped inmates in mississippi taken into custody. the all-out search for the remaining two and where the investigation stands right now. >> final thought. former politician and talk show host jerry springer dies at the age of 79. the arizona lawmaker caught on tape stealing and hiding bibles around the state capitol building. why she said she did it. we begin with that severe storm system threatening millions across the gulf coast and southeast. large hail, damaging winds are the biggest concerns today. it could resemble what mother nature did to florida yesterday. take a look at this large tree toppled uprooted and toppled over.

>> raising fears of flooding in florida. that's what states along the mississippi are dealing with. in many areas floodwaters have already risen and gotten so bad a utility company in iowa is shutting off gas in submerged areas as a safety precaution. nbc news meteorologist bill karins is tracking the storms for us but first to maggie vespa along the mississippi river. >> this is my third day in a row talking to you and you say it's risen a city block. how concerned are people getting? >> reporter: it's dramatic as you say, our climate team has been calling this the slow-moving disaster and that is coming to fruition here in davenport and up and down the mississippi river, here you've seen the video. we have sort of neighboring towns and cities especially neighbors that are along the river, those lower-lying areas already flooded and people evacuating by boat and got an update from the utility company in the pleasant valley area.

115 customers and counting have now had their gas shut off. something residents tell us they've never seen before and this is an area that goes through floods. it will be a huge one, they say, but it's not like they haven't been through them before and never had a gas company preemptively shut off their gas. people here starting to realize this could be a historic one and it could very well be dangerous. take a listen. >> what actually is your biggest fear with this flood? >> that it's going to get in the bar. yeah. how long are we going to be closed for, you know? last time it cost me almost $90,000 with income and all that so i don't have any flood insurance. it's too expensive. >> reporter: of course, you guys we've been talking about the cost associated with floods, a huge concern and that includes people evacuating saying we have to stay in a hotel for who knows how long and who will pay for it? it's coming out of their own pocket and we point it out it

will be a days' long road with water expected to crest here in davenport as late as monday. guys. >> oh, man. days away. all right, maggie, thank you. bill, let me go over to you. in addition to the gulf coast, i know you're starting there, there's also another system moving toward the southern plains. can you time it out for us. >> an active spring weather event. heavy rain going up the coast. two separate storms. immediate concerns is the severe weather in the florida panhandle and now we have a new severe thunderstorm watch that goes from savannah, georgia, all the way down to port st. lucie and one strong storm that's just east of panama city. that one does have a radar indicated tornado with it. so we'll track that. that's probably about a good 45 minutes away from the tallahassee area but that's the storm to watch around the country. so here's the areas as risk, memphis to tupelo and mostly a large hail risk. i don't think we'll have a lot of tornadoes today. large hail possible south texas, talked about this area here and

then the east coast of florida, tomorrow with a brand-new storm system where once again going to head into areas of texas, especially the dallas-fort worth area. southwards heading towards austin, large hail against the biggest threat, isolated tornadoes and that will eventually head to san antonio and tomorrow evening all the way to houston so this active weather pattern as i mention will ruin a lot of people's plans into the weekend. >> all right, bill karins, maggie vespa, thanks to you both. to that breaking news we mentioned at the top of the show. one of three escaped inmates from that mississippi jail has just been captured. you're looking at a photo of him there. catie, what do we know about how they tracked down jerry raynes. is that correct. >> reporter: yes, just apprehended by police. he was spotted in texas on sunday morning on a surveillance camera video and police have since zeroed in on that area assuming he is still there.

they also found an abandoned vehicle that was taken from mississippi and left there in that houston area. so they knew that spring valley, texas, was likely where he was and they had really dedicated a lot of resources to try and find him and just moments ago the sheriff confirming for us that he has been apprehended. >> yeah, wow, seen on surveillance footage on sunday and now capturing him thursday. they must have been following that basically for the last four days, where does the search effort stand for the other two inmates who are still on the run? >> reporter: well, the sheriff expressed confidence yesterday that they were on the right track to getting those individuals apprehended as well. he's not giving specific details but there is a lot of law enforcement activity, a lot of agencies that are putting their resources towards finding the remaining inmates, they escaped through the roof of this fall and a big topic of conversation today has been whether or not that facility is adequate and what improvements need to be

made to prevent something like this from happening again. they have had multiple escapes over the past several year, even some talk about the state taking over that facility because of its age and because of the lack of personnel. they are actually short 50 positions right now at that jail which the sheriff said is certainly a contributing factor to how the inmates got out. >> catie beck, thank you so much for following this breaking story. wnba basketball star brittney griner spoke to the media today for the first time since her release from a russian prison. griner was arrested at a moscow airport in february of last year on drug possession charges. she was then convicted and then released in december in a prisoner swap after spending ten months in russian custody. well, today she spoke during a media briefing with her team, the phoenix mercury, as she and her teammates prepare for the upcoming season and niala charles is out in phoenix, was at the press conference today and joins us now. niala, what did we hear overall from brittney griner today?

>> reporter: well, brittney griner got emotional at time, sometimes tearing up but she spent a lot of time talking about hope. while she was in prison it was the hope that she would be one day reunited with her family, one day able to play again here at the footprint center with her team that got her through her darkest days but now she's bringing attention back to the americans that are still being wrongfully detained abroad, at least 53 of them outside of the stadium here where she plays, now a mural dedicated to them with her in the center. this has at least 13 people that are being detained abroad. the one person, though, not pictured here evan. she wants to bring attention back to them. she credits a lot of the attention around her to helping her get back home. kate. >> and i understand that brittney griner spoke a bit about how she's changed. about what the detainment did to her. can you talk about that.

>> reporter: she didn't get into the specifics of what she went through while in russian prison because she says of security concerns but she did say it has helped her get through what now she says are difficult practices because she says even through the difficult moments here at the court she knows it's not as bad as being where she was. take a listen to what she told me. >> entering this season how did your mindset change? >> going into the season just appreciating everything. i mean, you know, the things they say, appreciate every moment, you know, don't take it for granted but it's so true. once something like this happens to you, you -- it hits home. so taking it all in. i mean, just walking in to the arena. >> reporter: so brittney griner thankful for all the support and even had a special message to those that are still detained

abroad and says for them to stay strong and to keep on fighting. back here the home opener for the phoenix mercury set for may 21st and she will encourage fans to write letters to those being detained because she says that's what helped her get through her time there. kate. >> using her platform. niala charles, thank you. the american economy grew more slowly than expected and ride share company lyft is laying off a significant number of employee. >> this is a story we keep seeing. morgan brennan joins us with cnbc's "money minute." >> we have been covering it a lot. good afternoon. gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and services in the u.s. slowed considerably during the first quarter as high interest rates and inflation impacted the economy. gdp rose at a 1.1% pace. that is down from 2.6% during the fourth quarter of 2022. ride hailing app lyft is laying off over a thousand employees which makes up over a quarter of its workforce and

won't hire an additional 250 positions. that's according to an s.e.c. filing. lyft shares are down nearly 70% over the past 12 months. new ceo told employees the cuts will help the company better focus on meeting customer and driver needs. draft kings is reportedly planning to launch a new free streaming video service. bloomberg saying the service will be ad supported. will feature podcasts with sports media personalities. more evidence perhaps, guys, of this convergence between sports betting and media. >> wow, yeah, yeah, it's a big brand, right. kind of makes sense they're try to advertise and get as much -- >> everybody has a streaming service now, right? >> i do feel like there's 6,000. >> many billions of dollars tied up in this. more content to bet on. >> doesn't it feel like there are 6,000 streaming services now. >> how many more can we sign up for? >> yeah.

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years ushering in a new genre of talk shows that were a hit. let's bring in shaquille brewster. he's at our chicago bureau. what do we know about his passing? >> reporter: well his publicist confirmed to nbc news he died in suburban chicago peacefully at his home. you mentioned he was 79 years old. his spokesperson is saying or his spokesperson for the family is saying that he died of pancreatic cancer. now, you mentioned jerry springer is known for "the jerry springer show." some 4,000 episodes over the course of about 27 years. known for the drama, the chair flipping, the intense arguments between families, those salacious stories, also the roar from the crowd that beared his name, jerry, jerry, but he also started in politics. he was the mayor of cincinnati back in 1977. he ran for congress, he later ran for governor and joined our cincinnati affiliate and was a political reporter and also a

commentator. his family is saying today funeral arrangements have not been set just yet. but they're saying in the spirit of his personality, they're asking that folks instead of sending flowers that they commit to an act of kindness or donate to a charity that's for a worthy cause, kate. >> a nice idea. i know we're starting to get reaction, shaq, from his friends, from his colleagues in the entertainment world. what are we hearing. >> reporter: one thing we heard in the statement from the family earlier today announcing his death is that something that was special for him is that he connected with people and we're starting to hear from the people who he connected with. people like maury povich who he was also a '90s television personality or daytime host in a statement maury says, he's shocked and saddened by the passing of jerry. he says jerry was joyful, smart and in his own way a unique showman and heard from the security supervisor at the "jerry springer show." steve wilkos.

what we heard from him today. >> we live in divisive times but, you know, jerry is the kind of guy, you could have opposing views and different opinions, but he'd listen to you, you know, and he wouldn't get m madt you or have -- get crazy or -- he just was a guy that really, really cared more about other people than he did himself. >> reporter: if you look online you're hearing so many tributes from people pouring in. it's very clear that jerry springer, yes, he might have been controversial but he will be missed by so many people. >> yeah, he did sort of help create a whole new way of doing television, that's for sure. shaq brewster, thank you so much. see more of that emotional interview with steve wilkos on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. we're hearing from the two former cable news stars who were fired earlier this week. both tucker carlson and don lemon are addressing what's next after their sudden departures. nbc news correspondent stephanie

gosk has the latest. >> reporter: overnight two men known for speaking their minds talking for the first time since losing their jobs. >> good evening, it's tucker carlson. >> reporter: carlson posting a video message to his 6 million followers. he did not address his exit but was critical of tv news. >> the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. trust me as someone who's participated. >> reporter: fox recently settled a defamation lawsuit with dominion for nearly $800 million that alleged the network repeatedly lied about debunked election fraud claims. private techs and mayors from carlson emerged including redacted messages about fox news executives. "the wall street journal" reporting according to people familiar with the matter that one referred to a female executive by the "c" word. this morning "the new york times" reporting according to two people with knowledge of the discussions that top fox

executives learned of the contents of many of the private messages the day before the lawsuit was settled. "the times" reporting highly offensive and crude remarks in the messages set off a crisis at the highest level of the company. "the times" also reporting it has obtained a video of carlson discussing his postmenopausal fans and referring to a woman as yummy. nbc news has not independently verified "the journal" or "times" reporting or seen the video. carlson's future is uncertain but suggests he will take his show somewhere else. >> where can you still find americans saying true things? there aren't many places left but there are some. >> reporter: don lemon spoke for the first time at a star-studded event appearing on the red carpet at the time 100 gala in new york city. what is next for you, don. >> i don't know. sitting on the beach with this gentleman all summer and having a great summer and i'm going to have the summer of a 12-year-old. >> reporter: the now former cnn host upbeat alongside tim ma long, longtime partner.

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june and july for the first time in many years because of all the rain and snow this past winter. later in the year, we could be in trouble because of the brush and grass that's flourishing as a result of those. >> we are focusing on is the increased amount of vegetation we are seeing because of the increased weather patterns that we saw over the winter. we are seeing a larger grass crop. right now, it's green. as the weather continues to get warmer, it will start to dry out. >> cal fire is working to reduce vegetation throughout the bay area and in contra costa area, they are repairing 200 miles of fire road to make sure firefighters have access to areas that are prone to burn. bob redell, nbc bay area news. a man accused of beating a former fire commissioner is set to be released from jail. the case will continue.

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evacuate continues. more than 400 have been killed in the nearly two weeks of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary group. they are locked in a power struggle that threatens to destabilize the wider region. a new north dakota law will limit bathroom use for transgender people. under the law transgender kids and adults will not be able to access bathrooms, locker rooms or showers that match the gender they identify with, however, this would only be in specific state-run facilities like certain college dorms or jails. the aclu says sea far this year more than 450 bills to restrict their rights have been introduced in state legislatures. michigan seventh grader is being called a hero. he brought his school bus to a safe stop after the driver passed out at the wheel. look at all this praise pouring in from strangers on social media as well as, of course, the parents of other kids on the bus. the school superintendent said

the district could not be prouder. >> way to go. the air national guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified documents is back in federal court this afternoon. the justice department has now revealed new details about its investigation. it includes a history of violence and racist remarks. courtney kube joins us now from washington. what happened in court. >> reporter: the judge did not rule on whether his detention would continue or not. that's what this was today was both sides presenting whether he should be held for continued detention and we do expect to hear from the judge about that but not -- that was not ruled on today. so as you mentioned, we did get some of these documents that had some new information that the prosecution is using in part as reason why they believe he should be held for continued detention. including the fact that he had according to these documents he

had weapons near his bed including a bazooka and that there was some concern that he may still be able to leak additional information, classified information if he were released. now for the defense side, they claim that his family would have control of him. he would not have access to the internet and that he doesn't pose a flight risk but, again, kate, no decision made today in court. >> and, courtney, we know that two leaders of teixeira's unit have been suspended by the u.s. air force, right? what more do we know about why. >> reporter: so it's relatively common when you have a case where there is some sort of a wrongdoing alleged in a unit and there's an investigation that people would be put on a temporary suspension here. what we're talking about here, otis air national guard base, the 102nd intelligence wing, the commander of that wing put the squadron leader who was in charge of this squad, the squad gone that teixeira was a part of, he has temporarily suspended him pending the outcome of the

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has been made. tell us what you've heard. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, savannah. the governor not having any of it, any of this speculation as he calls it but as you said, nbc news reporting spoke with four gop operatives who say that they are familiar with the discussions and the governor could jump in as early as mid-may into the presidential race. one source saying that it would likely be an exploratory committee first followed by an official announcement soon after that. but, again, the governor coming back and saying that no decision has been feed for awhile now. he has been stressing that his focus is on the florida legislative session which wraps up in early may and, of course, this overseas trip which he is continuing rounding out tomorrow in the united kingdom, savannah. >> gabe, i know you also spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he met with desantis this afternoon. what do we know about the

meeting between the two. >> reporter: well, savannah, benjamin netanyahu very politically savvy, of course, and is reluctant to weigh in on his choice for a potential u.s. presidential race, especially since it is so early but he did meet with governor desantis this afternoon and said that the meeting focused on the escalating tensions with iran. take a listen to some of my exchange with the prime minister. >> president trump has been a great friend of the state of israel as well and he did great things for the state of israel like recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital, moving the embassy here, recognizing our sovereignty in the golan heights and walking out of the disastrous iran deal. i appreciate all of that. the other people including governor desantis are great friends of israel. >> reporter: and that is the prime minister's answer to when i asked which administration would you prefer, a ron desantis administration or a donald trump administration? of course, he tried to walk a fine line there saying both were

friends of israel. savannah. >> all right, gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. a california police department is facing new allegations of racial bias. the fbi is investigating the antioch police department over a racist text message scandal. that same department is being sued by a man who claims officers engaged in racial profiling and used excessive force during his arrest last year, nbc news correspondent kathy park joins us now. katy think, there's cell phone video of this arrest. what does it show? >> reporter: well, kate, good afternoon to you. it essentially shows an arrest in progress. the man was speak on the ground being pinned by.yough police officers. he said he was waiting outside last year in february for an uber along with his fiancee when a couple of officers approached them asking if they were doing okay. they replied, yes, we're doing fine, however, some of the officers wanted to question laspot a bit further. he walked away and said shortly

after that things escalated. that's when she's officers approached him, pushed him to the ground, punched him and eventually arrested him and he believes that they were being targeted because they identify as being latinx and that's why they decided to pursue legal action and file a lawsuit. >> what is that man's lawyer saying about how the arrest ties into the text messaging scandal that we knew about last week? >> reporter: yeah, the lawyer who is representing juan lasada as well as his fiancee, he was saying they were profiled and this kind of speaks to the culture that currently exists with the antioch police department. they're embroiled in a separate text messaging scandal and the district attorney's office launched an investigation and unearthed several text messages, a chain within several officers

in the department and they were congratulating each other when their arrests and some of those comments were homophobic as well as racist and as you can imagine, this spurred a lot of anger within the community and angry residents, they stormed city council meetings and it led to action among local officials. take a listen. >> what we need to do as a system is fix any harms to individual that occurred because of racism and bias. >> reporter: and, kate, in the wake of this investigation, the antioch city council unanimously approved an audit within the police department and the police department itself, they've established a hotline as well as a separate email address that folks can actually reach out to, provide sort of feedback because they want to hold the department accountable moving forward and offer more transparency. >> kathy park, thank you.

an arizona lawmaker is now apologizing after she was caught on video hiding bibles at the state capitol. it was all captured on a hidden camera inside a private capitol lounge as you can see here on your screen showing the democratic lawmaker picking up and hiding two bibles that have been on tables. joining us is reporter braham resnik. who is this lawmaker and what is she saying about why she did this? >> reporter: this is stephanie stall-hamilton. she is an ordained minister and attended the princeton divinity school but has not worked as a minister over the last several years and said she did this because she wanted to make a point about the separation of church and state. i'll also add on social media about two, three years ago she posted her -- she expressed her dislike of the fact that when you walk through the house, the house of representatives here, you see a lot of bibles on desks. she posted a picture of donald trump holding up a bible in

front of st. john's church in d.c. you'll remember that scene and expressed her complete disdain for that. so there's a history here of her and bibles. she acknowledges it was sort of a prank to make a point but it didn't work out very well. >> i also understand there's some commentary, maybe a little controversy over the fact that it was a hidden camera that captured this. tell us about that. >> reporter: sure. so when the missing bibles were first noticed towards the end of march, the sergeant of airports got together with the speaker and agreed to put a camera inside this private members lounge, a lounge for representatives, they can invite in lobbyist, family members, reporters but it's a private lounge. so they put a camera in there at the end of march to try to figure out who was doing this. by april 10th, i'm told, they discovered it was stephanie stall-hamilton. seeing the video right now. they discovered it.

it was made public just a couple of days ago and once it was made public she really had no choice but to apologize and she did that first thing yesterday morning. >> all a little bizarre, especially given that it was on that hidden camera. bram, thank you very much. coming up, what new data is revealing about a new diabetes drug that could be a game changer in america's fight against obesity. first before we head to break we want to show you today's daily snapshot. look who is asking the tough questions, children, if you can look closely, journalists and staff took over the white house briefing room because, guess what, today is national bring your child to work day. >> yeah, we've had a lot of children in the newsroom here in the studio. well, during the show we've had a couple of visitors. so they got a real perk, though. those kids -- those parents don't get that kind of access. >> and, and i guess they were given hershey's kisses.

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come, i'm sure, berkley love lace, thank you so much. we have a startling new report out from the cdc that finds one in three high school girls considered suicide in 2021. really think about that number, 33%. that is a sharp increase since 2019 before the pandemic. we have nbc news health reporter arya bendix with us. hi there. just so troubling. we have had quite a few studies similar to this come out fairly recently and each one seems almost scarier than the last, a staggering number. tell us what else the study show. >> this shows it's not just an increase in teen girls considering suicide from 2019 to 2021 but making plans to commit suicide and attempting suicide. at the same time we did not see that trend among teen boys, no marked increase in suicidal thoughts or behavior so there's a clear pattern associated with teen girls and the study. >> when we talk about which groups of teens have been most impacted, is it girls? does it break it down in any

other way, any other demographic? >> this startling trend of the one-third that applies to teen girls of several different races so hispanic, black and white teen girls and know that the ninth and tenth grade is a particularly vulnerable period so between the ages of 14 and 16 and then data consistently born out lgbtq plus teens are at increased risk of considering or attempting suicide. so it's really important for schools and high schools in particular to keep that in mind when educating teachers or thinking about what resources to provide to students. >> so, aria, i know there's a lot of factors we talk about when it comes to mental health. social media. i've had countless interviews with teens about the anxiety and stress of school shootings, sexual violence on the rise. does this study break out why we are seeing this troubling trend? does it account for what's happening to our girls? >> yeah, so what the cdc points to in this report is increased feelings of social isolation and anxiety during the pandemic at a time when many teens don't have

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the lack of housing permits may be contributing to the housing crisis in california. data shows california approved housing permits at a lower rate than other states. that's from a report from the u.s. census bureau. between 2013 and 2022, california approved 2,600 new housing units per 100,000 residents. that's below the national number of 3,900. now the numbers have gotten better in the last five years. we have seen a 20% increase in approval since 2018. since then, the state has approved over 500,000 units. take a look at texas in the same time period. it approved more than a million units.

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