>> it's monday, may 18th. right now one u.s. marine is killed and 21 others take ton hospital when ands pray made a hard landing. in waco a meeting of criminal outlaw biker gangs turns deadly. >> this is the worst crime scene, the most violent crime scene that i have ever been involved in. >> plus a freight train hits a public bus injuring six. more extreme weather hitting large sections of the country over the weekend and a murder mystery that has the nation's capitol on edge. "first look" starts right now. >> good monday morning to you and thanks for joining us today. a marine training exercise turns

deadly in hawaii. it happened at bellows air force station. 22 marines were on board when it slammed into the ground. one marine died. this video is from the scene. the others were taken to the hospital. the unit was camp pendelton. a renowned daredevil athlete is dead this afternoon after a tragic base jumping accident. crews found the body of dean potter and another man. they were jumping from a point that is a 7500 point peak. they were apparently trying to fly between a gap but smashed into a rocky outcropping. their spotter recalls hearing two pops. he's known for his stunts. base jumping is illegal in yosemite, dean potter dead at

the age of 43. this afternoon, a return to full service for the 7 50000 daily passengers along amtrak's northeast corridor. for the first time since tuesday, a train will leave philadelphia bound for new york passing through the same area where the deadly derailment happened. late sunday in philadelphia, they honored the victims. >> robert, bob gildersleeve. >> that bell rang with the names of all eight two died in the tragedy. at the same time investigators were looking into new developments. a suspicious mark on the train that could mean the train was hit by something before the crash. the conductor didn't radio he'd been hit by anything. he says he doesn't remember what happened but two other trains reported being hit along the same route just minutes before. isis is grabbing more land

inside iraq. the terror group has taken control of ramadi. the u.n. says 114,000 iraqis are fled ramadi since april. all of this after a raid in syria. several isis leaders were taken out, including an isis money man. to atlanta, there was another incident involving a bus. scary, a train slammed into a city bus as it was waiting on the tracks as a red light. screaming passengers tried desperately to flee the vehicle before impact. six people suffered minor injuries while running for their lives. >> only two cars can sit before you cross the track and a lot of times a train shows up out of nowhere. in washington d.c., a murder mystery not far from the vice president's residence, a

multimillion dollar mansion torched, a couple, a son, and a housekeeper killed. police are zeroing in on a person of interest. we have the report. >> reporter: authorities say the man in this video is a person of interest in the fire that ravaged this multimillion dollar home in washington thursday. four bodies were recovered. savopoulos couple and their ten-year-old son phillip and their housekeeper. police spotted the person of interest on a surveillance video after discovering the blue por issue 15 miles way torched near the camera. d.c.'s police chief said the fire was set intentionally. >> we can say that there were at least on three of the four victims, there were injuries discovered. ate appeared to be blunt force or sharp object injuries.

>> reporter: a housekeeper said amy savopoulos texted her and told her not to come to work. they were active in the community. two daughters were away at boarding school. the home is four blocks from where the vice president lives and near a house owned by hillary clinton and her husband bill recently spotted on a jog nearby. neighbors are rottleattled. >> i'm shocked that something like this could happen. >> reporter: a mystery that has gripped the nation's capitol. >> five minutes past the hour. let's get down to business. >> good morning. the bird blueflu in the outbreak continues to spread. reports say cisco the biggest u.s. food distributor says bird flu will limit its supply of

eggs for up to 18 months. it's costing a bit more to fill up the kasgas tank. unled rising $0.22. they have risen largely because of the weaker u.s. dollar. and skies are a bit crowded this summer. airline trade group estimates 222 million passengers will travel from june to august. that's an all-time high thanks to the stronger economy. airlines are making more seats available to accommodate. >> let's go to texas. rival biker gankgs converge to talk turf and recruitment when things went wrong. police swarmed the scene. right now nine people are dead. jay gray reports. >> reporter: what one officer called absolute chaos started inside a restaurant where as

many as 200 members of what police call criminal outlaw biker gangs had gathered at high noon. it went from the bathroom to the bar and the parking lot. police who expected at least five biker gangs to converge here had a unit in place and when they were at shot at shot back. officers from several agencies converged. no police for injured and no bystanders. police confiscated more than 50 weapons. >> in 34 years of law enforcement, this is the worst crime scene the most violent crime scene that i have ever been involved in. >> reporter: a woman on the scene said her son was among the injured. >> nobody was doing anything and they went and started shooting people. >> reporter: police say otherwise. they say they appealed to owners of the restaurant to control their clientele. >> they failed to do that. >> reporter: police say they

believe other bikers are on their way to get involved but police warn they have plenty of reinforcements and they are ready. nbc news. >> coming up on eight minutes past the hour. sports action. a comeback for the rockets down three games to one. harden they head to the western conference finals for the first time since 1997. houston takes on golden state tomorrow night in oakland. the world's top ranked golfer proving why he's number one. rory mcilroy. his second victory in the past three weeks and his 11th on the pga tour. atlanta pitcher shelby miller is one out from a no-hitter but justin bore breaks up the party with a sharp single up the middle. he pitched a two-game shut out.

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. s are cleaning up after dozens of tornadoes pounded parts of the u.s. in united kingdomoklahoma storm chasers captured this. >> you can see it clear as day on there. >> reporter: massive tornadoes sliced across oklahoma.

this wedge tornado struck near broken arrow. >> the roof is gone. it's chaos. >> reporter: trees were uprooted and power lines downed. at least 29 reports of tornadoes nine states from texas to minnesota. >> folks stay alert. this is a violent tornado and it is big. >> reporter: another round of lightning strikes outside oklahoma city. and more hail and flooding in north texas where the national guard helped rescue the ten people from their homes and cars. outside kansas city missouri residents were evacuated when this river flooded leaving homes under water. the severe weather there postponed a major league soccer game. in eastern kansas strong winds derailed this freight rain. in oklahoma, a state where twisters are, residents are cleaning up. >> let's get the latest on the storms. bill karins is here with a look

at that. hopefully they are dying down as the week begins. >> flash flood threats still exist but the tornado threat is pretty much over. no tornadoes on sunday. there's about 34 they estimated happened on saturday. no fatalityiesfatalities. a flash flood warning for the shreveport area. the green is a flash flood watch. memphis going until 8:00 this evening. a lot of heavy rain throughout this region. we would get 1 to 3 inches of heavier rain. a chance of thunderstorms right now friday every day. heavier rain earlier around mem mis. the white flashes are lightning strikes within the last ten minutes. there's about 100 or so lightning strikes south of the

shreveport area. that's the worst part. we could get possibly another 2.5 inches of rain with this. .5 inches of rain in mississippi. d.c., atlanta, chance for showers. cooler in new york city. as far as the violent weather, not many tornadoes or wind damage. that settles down this week but a lot of heavy rain. >> another major republican candidate is under scrutiny after struggling with questions about the iraq war. it's not the way senator marco rubio hoped to make headlines as republicans converged on iowa. our senior white house was there. >> reporter: it was marco rubio's turn to get tripped up by what's been called the most obvious question of this election. >> was it a mistake to go to war with iraq. >> it was not a mistake given what the president new at the time. >> after jeb bush stumbled over questions over the war, marco

rubio found himself doing the same thing. >> it was not a mistake because at the time he was told. >> i'm not asking you that. >> in hindsight. the world is a better place because saddam hussein is not there. >> a blunder. >> we can beat hillary. we must beat hillary. >> if she ever takes any questions, someone needs to ask hillary clinton, was it a good idea to topple gaddafi and libya. the theme firing a debate to beat hillary clinton. from rick perry to scott walker 11 presidential hopefuls plugged activists in iowa with everything from cheese to ice cream. donald trump was pedaling a photo on with donald. the glad handling followed speeches.

each candidate got ten minutes to sell themselves and their plan. but hillary clinton beats all of them in head to head matchups. >> i think republicans have been disappointed that some of the stumbles that hillary clinton has encountered over the past couple of weeks do not seem to have wounded here in a serious way. >> can you beat hillary? >> we don't know whether she's going to be a nominee or not. if there are many more scandals even the the democrats will sour on that. >> reporter: wishful thinking? >> and in case you missed it mitt romney showed up in a suit to face off against evander holyfield in the boxing ring. he went two rounds with the heavy weight champion been throwing in the towel. the event raised more than $1 million for a charity which provides eye surgery and

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i need to look for a used car. but i just keep putting it off. it's daunting. what if i make the wrong choice? it's like, if i buy a t-shirt and then change my mind i can return it. but a car? you don't reeeaaa eeeeeaaaaaly know until you've driven it a few days. i just want to be sure. ♪ ♪ as long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. let's kick off your week with a fresh helping of skroipgs. lindsey gram is teasing an important update on his 2016 plans today. here's the weird part. kelly o'donnell says it won't be

be an announcement for a presidential run. scott walker says he will make a decision at the end of june after the state budget is finalized. still no word on when jeb bush declare but he doubled down on his belief that there should not be a constitutional right to marriage equal thety. and this might help senator bernie sander's case. the independent will announce legislation tomorrow making public college tuition free in the u.s. maybe we're reading too much into this but did joe biden drop a hint on his candidacy to yale graduates over the weekend? >> ambition is really important. you need it. and i certainly have never lacked in having ambition. but ambition without perspective can be a killer.

>> congresswoman loretta sanchez is apologizing for an invitation from someone within the indian community. >> i'm going to this office thinking that i'm going to go be with blah blah bl. right, because he said indian american. >> whoa. okay, she has been serving in the house since 1997. nhl scouts, here is your next big prospect, vladimir putin played this weekend in an exhibition game. he scored 8 goals. it's back. kate mckinnon's hillary clinton impression. >> may i have just a moment of your summer? hello. i'm clintonhillary clinton. i'm running for president of this united states. >> that's not for a long time. now it's summer vacation.

>> my last va kigs was in 1953. i played one round of hopscotch with a friend. i found it tedious. i mean, why hop when you can march straight to the white house. >> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. all right. 23 minutes past the hour. i'm joined by jane tim. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> that's funny, right? can't help but laugh. some people aren't laughing about jeb bush. he hasn't officially announced he's running but he's taking a hard stance saying businesses can refuse same sex major. does that work? >> it's necessary for jeb to make that stance to get through this primary. he's seen as moderate or soft on the issues between same sex mainch advocates and the religious right. he really needs to push this issue forward because otherwise the base says maybe you don't share my values. he has two top aids who believe

in same sex marriage. >> that's why we're seeing him double down. >> he's going to push this. he's looking to scott walker saying he shares my values. what about you? >> are we hearing any word at all on when he is going to announce? it seems like it's inevitable? >> he's not in a rush. he has no problem raising money. i think towards the end of the summer. june a lot of the governors will get in. their legislative sessions end. i think close to the midsummer we'll start seeing him get in. he's not going to have a chance to wait. >> in the meantime bernie sanders is expected to announce free college tuition for everyone at a public college. >> i think the idea is to try and make it more like the european model which they seem to be without too much pain. this isn't going to go anywhere

with the gop controlled legislature. it's going to push hillary clinton to the left on issues like education. she's going to have to make a stock stance was someone is in the left. >> it could help her? >> if she comes out strong and she can make a case that the way she wants to do it is better than bernie sanders, a lot of critics are say you're going to drag us down and ruin the kids in the end. i think it's how she spins it and how she comes out strong. i think coming out with a lower student interest rate plan would look good for her. >> when you hear something like free college tuition for everyone. how do you pay for it? i'm betty nguyen and this is "first look." stick around. "way too early" is coming up next.

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♪ good morning. it's monday may 18th. welcome to "way too early." we begin this morning in waco, texas where at least nine people are dead and 18 more injured after a confrontation sunday between rival biker gangs and a police shoot out. it happened outside the twin peaks restaurant in waco texas. police say eight people died at the scene and one more at a

nearby hospital. no police officers or bystanders were injured. the fight apparently broke out in the bathroom before spilling out into the bar and finally into the parking lot where the shooting began. waco police learned beforehand at least five rival gangs and 200 members from across texas were gathering at the restaurant. they had officers nearby in case of violence. >> our officers were here within seconds. when they approached the scene, there were multiple people on the scene firing weapons at each other. they then turned on our officers. our officers returned gunfire, wounding and possibly killing several. i don't know at this point. it'll be a while before we're able to determine that. i will tell you that in 34 years of law enforcement this is the worst crime scene, the most violent crime scene that i have ever been involved in. >> the sergeant went onto say that at least