russia's s.e.a.l. time performed flawlessly. long way you wave. >> it's tuesday, may 12th. bye bye brady. the nfl comes down hard on super bowl mvp. does the punishment fit the crime? wicked weather so bad horses had to be lassoed for rescue. an balance caught in the rising waters and the massive tornado cleanup continues. what are the best and worst mid sized suvs? the the test results in in and we have them. this picasso sold for around more than the asking price of $140 million. and a tour bus miracle. >> thanks for joining us. we want to begin with breaking news this morning out of nepal. another strong earthquake has

shook the country. the u.s. geological survey estimates it was a magnitude of 7.4. at least one red cross worker told us they were triggers were big to scare the daylights out of everybody. a spokeswoman for care international based in kathmandu told nbc news her whole building was shaking and swaying and everyone rushed outside. she said it went on for a minute or two and there were intermittent aftershocks. it was felt more than 500 miles from the epicenter. this comes after a devastating quake killed people and hundreds of thousands of buildings were destroyed. in the u.s., the verdict is in. the nfl has suspended superstar quarterback tom brady for four

games for his role in the deflate-gate scandal. that includes the first game of the season. his lawyer declared it ridiculous and said they will appeal the punishment. as it stands the boston globe says he could lose about $2 million in salary. the patriots will be fined and lose two draft picks in the next two years. the league is siting substantial and credible evidence saying he was at least generally aware two team employees let air out of footballs before the game. league v.p. says when brady refused to turn over e-mails and text messages he abouted contradictory. bob costas says all of this could set audiotape big ticket event if they can hold on without tom brady. >> if he serves the four games,

they have their by early in the season. the sixth game is week six. he would return against the indianapolis colts, the team that blew the whistle on him in that game the very team that started the whole thing. also, get used to the game jimmy garoppolo. he is the second round pick out of eastern illinois where he broke all of tony romo's records. they open against pittsburgh and they're at buffalo and buffalo is pretty good. they should beat jacksonville at dallas. by the time tom brady gets back they could be one and three. >> the owner says it exceeds any expectation and the team gives support to tom brady. the country's tornado outbreak has turned deadly. five deaths. one in arkansas and four in

texas. from the air in van texas, it looks like a bomb went off. a twister packing 155 miles an hour winds hit the team. >> this is something you only see in movies. seeing where these homes stood. they're not there anymore. >> and just east of dallas this remarkable video. >> ride up a little, buddy. >> in texas a ranch owner saves 31 horses from rising waters. this morning almost the entire state is under a flash flood watch. in parts of colorado there's this. flood waters swallowing up an balance. a week of rain and snow is to blame blame. the crash test results are in and the best performer

overall, the nissan mir raun know. naming it the top safety place. ford flex earned an acceptable rating. the dodge durango and hundred day santa fe earned marginal rating. the journey was giving a poor test. it shows what happens and a vehicle collides with another object. >> this will be a first meeting since the crisis in ukraine began. they are expected to discuss that. tracie potts has more on what to expect from today's meeting. >> reporter: despite tension over krairn the white house sen secretary kerri sits down with vladimir putin today they'll agree on cushing iran's nuclear

program, keeping peace in yemen and defeating isis in syria. >> it is not in their interest to be a war torn country where extremists could seek a safe haven. >> reporter: back home the white house is down playing the fact that four of six arab leaders, include included saudi arabia's leader won't attend a summit. >> i think it's an indicator of the lack of confidence that the saudis and others have. >> reporter: the state department says they'll make progress with the lower level delegations at camp david sunday. tracie potts nbc news washington. >> now to the art world. two art pieces have broken world records. picasso picasso's painting sold for $179

million at christies in new york. that is nearly $37 million more than the previous record. alberto ja ka menty's sculpture sold for a cool $120 million. >> someone has been involved in another shooting. according to police zimmerman was injured yesterday in a shooting involving a man. they say he did not fire any shots. video of the scene shows a bullet hole in the side window of his truck. jimmerman was hit in the face with glass and debris but has been released from the hospital. police say zimmerman had a road rage encounter last year in the man. no one has been arrested or charged in yesterday's incident. caught in camera a tour bus

exploding into flames. the new york city bus was headed to boston. the driver smelled smoke and pulled over. all 47 people on board were evacuated. traffic was backed up for miles. so far no word on what caused that fire. time to get down to business with landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning to you. mcdonlds moves ahead with plans to revamp the menu. they will display only top selling menu items in the drive through. also they will have items between $3 and $5 and they'll sell fresh and frozen lemonade this summer. star bucks is giving a more modest serving size. a drink with 124 grams of sugar. if you won't add whipped cream. the small frappuccino as 186

grams of sugar. steve jobs w three of the late apple ceo's cards were sold for $10,000. back over to you. >> better keep all the business cards. you never know. thank you. it is the ohsama bin laden issue that has capitol hill asking serious questions. then a miracle medical for an olympic medallist.

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severe thunderstorm warning goes a couple minutes here and hopefully the system will be kicking off the coast. as far as the flooding that's the bigger issue with this. flash flood warnings continuing in the region. we've picked up a couple inches in the corpus christi area. we're watching it continuing through corpus christi. this area in south texas is going to get the rain and then it goes north later tonight. it goes through south texas. addition additional 1 to 3 inches possible. the east coast is warm and beautiful, no problems. all texas and oklahoma lately. >> for days too. >> yes. >> thank you. the white house is striking back against an explosive new claim that the obama administration was not totally truthful about the u.s. military raid on so psalm ma bin laden's compound. nbc chief foreign affairs

correspondent has details. >> reporter: this is the hollywood version of the hunt for osama bin laden. the white house claimed it was a u.s. operation, under the radar, so pakistan wouldn't know. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. now investigative reporter writes the white house was lie light. he claims the intelligence knew where bin laden was hiding all along. new seal team six was choppering to his hide out. no need for stealth helicopters and the navy s.e.a.l.s threw his body parts out of the helicopter on the way out. no islamic u.s. military as the u.s. claims. >> the story is riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods.

>> reporter: last year mike mullin said the head of the military knew nothing. it was pretty embarrassing for lots of reasoning. the pakistanis would usually tip off the people we were going after, and they were gone. and so we decided we just can't trust them. >> reporter: even one of the president's frequent supporters refutes the account. >> i have never heard of anything like this and i've been briefed several tiles. this is a great success on the part of the administration and something that we all admire the president's decision to do. >> that was an dreedrea mitchel reporting. we have learned that a pakistani intelligence officer did tell the u.s. where he was hiding before the raid. something the white house also disputes but that does not necessarily conflict with the white house version of what

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using alternate wordings. hillary clinton uses the words every day americans. rand paul says he speaks for people who work for the people who own businesses. and bernie sanders talks about ordinary americans. the department of health and human services is saying they must cover one of the 18 approved birth control methods. a senator is asking a judge to move his federal corruption trial from new jersey to washington d.c. his legal team says pervasive pretrial publicity makes it hard to find a fair jury. the strangest video of the day. rand paul's political director licking the camera. let's put that in slow motion for a democratic opposition research firm, american bridge. that is just dirty politics wouldn't you say? and remember this famous moment from kanye west during a

hurricane katrina relief special? >> the drurks of the people of louisiana and mississippi may not be. >> george bush doesn't care about black people. >> yesterday while receiving an honorary dock rat, he teased the audience. >> george bush -- has some very cool self-portraits. i didn't know he was an artist. >> you know he's right. the self-portraits are pretty good. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. 21 minutes past the hour. i am joined by a political analyst, good morning to you. >> bridging the great political divide. i like that. that's nice of kanye. let's talk about the president. there's a bit of a dust up with

him and democratic candidate elizabeth warren. where is the rub? >> a lot of candidates don't agree with the president. there's great suspicious about these trade deals. a lot of democrats are saying no to the president. >> people are accusing him of hiding parts of the deal. >> it's getting a little bitter and throw in hillary. a lot of this has to do with her. there are a lot of liberal democrats who would love elizabeth warren to run. >> she's not going to do it? >> i think she's not going to do it. there's a little surrogate fight as they fight about trade, really, they're arguing about will there be a progressive challenge to hillary and we don't have one. bernie sanders is as close as we have. >> the president said warren is

attacking this deal for political reasons, which is what you were leading to. is this infighting possibly alien tating democratic supporters of this trade deal? >> we're on the fresh hold. keep an eye on oregon. he holds the balance. it's going to be a squeak and the president may lose today on that. >> you think this is going to get ugly? >> this is about as ugly as it's going to get but the president does not like when the democrats abandon him and that may happen today. >> we'll see how it plays out. high drama now. thank you, ellis. we appreciate it. just ahead, one of the most successful tv shows ever it gets cancelled. plus surprising numbers on the state of religion in america and a heart warming surprise for the nation's oldest working nurse.

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a vigil was held in mississippi to honor two police officers who were shot and killed during a traffic stop an thursday. the governor had this to stay about the policeman. >> they made the ultimate sacrifice to protect people of this city. some they did not and would not ever know. >> four suspects have been arrested in connection with the officer's death. a new poll reveals that the u.s. is becoming less christian and more nonreligious. the number of christians fell from 78 to 70%. while those who are not affiliated with any faith jumped

from 16% to 22% over the same years. a surprise 90th birthday party for the oldest working nurse in the u.s. the washington state governor even sent her a letter honoring her for six decades of service. >> imagine all the patients she's helped? >> yes. thank you for your help. >> american idleol is ending after next season. >> i also like clay aiken. >> kerri underwood. >> she's okay. >> at its peak they through 30 million viewers a week. it was down to 9 million this week. judge simon cowl responded saying looking back at my time we had a great time. we found great blast.

>> when he left and paula an dull. >> and they haven't had any huge artists. you haven't tried out late di? >> thank you for watching. we appreciate it. stick around. "way too early" is up next. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. it's tuesday, may 12th. welcome to "way too early." we're in washington d.c. we begin this morning with breaking news. there has been another earthquake in nepal this morning measuring 7.3 in magnitude. the red cross reports at least two people dead so far and a lot of new injuries with expectations that the casualties will rise. there have been at least seven earthquakes already in the area

today. it comes on the heels of a devastating earthquake that has left more than 8,000 people dead. much more as it comes in. now to the new england patriots and their star quarterback tom brady. he has been suspended for the first four games based on the league's investigation into the deflation of footballs used in last season's afc champion game. the team has been fined $1 million and docked two draft picks. one in 2016 and one in 2017. the fine is the largest the league has ever handed out. there is a substantial and credible evidence to conclude that we are at least generally aware of the actions of the patriot's employees involved in the deflation of the footballs. your actions as set forth in the report clearly constitute conduct