and polite and that is why i am not a spelling bee champion and one of those awesome kids will be as of tomorrow. the fact that this spelling bee is one allowed to start over the way he did when he said can i start shipped by the u.s. military to nine states and overseas. extremewet frer hail raining down inside of a kansas walmart to texas tornado hitting a gas rig and more casualties from the onslaught of flooding. the latest in the fifa dragnet. "first look" starts right now. good morning. thanks so much for waking up with us. it is a dangerous and frightening mistake by our government. this morning the pentagon is fessing up. live samples of the deadly bacteria anthrax were

accidentally sent to as many as 20 military and commercial labs around the u.s. and as far away as south korea. they were radiated supposedly and active but last week a commercial lab in maryland found the samples to be live and since all shipments from the past year are from that same stock, defense officials fear all contain the deadly spores. they tell nbc news no one has been expected. here is the concern. the samples were shipped via fedex as inabout iveand hand handled by workered that were not fully protected. in the texas panhandle a tornado touched down and got a gas drilling rig. over in kansas a slightly different sound. nope. that is not wind.

it is golf ball-sized hail falling through a walmart roof. severe thunderstorms moved but that area but flooding has people across the south searching for nine that are still missing. in an nbc news exclusive, we spoke to a family at the center of the tragedy. >> reporter: a massive search effort is growing. efforts in hays county identified another flood victim. 42-year-old michelle sharba. we spoke with her sister and brother-in-law just before the tragic news. >> my sister is my best friend. we're three years apart. she's just the most outgoing, sweet, wants to be everybody's friend. >> she's still searching for her parents. her brother-in-law and her

nephew six-year-old will. >> loves to sing songs and make up his own words to songs. >> reporter: around 11:00 saturday night her mother texted this picture of the rising water. it was around 1:00 a.m. officials say the home was swept away the families inside. neighbors say her father had run out to saturday the suv found still running the next morning. when she couldn't reach her parents, she didn't know what to expect but it wasn't there. >> she fell to her knees, and i could only imagine what she was going through. >> we never thought the house could be knocked over. she has spoken with the loan survivor badly injured and devastated, the search for his wife and two kids continues. >> we're going to survive this together as a family. we have faith that we will get through this and we're praying

for miracles. >> tough story there. let's get the latest on the weather outside. bill karins has been watching it all week long. >> i'd like to say the threat is over but it's returning back to areas in oklahoma. oklahoma had a little bit of a break over the last two days. we were mo more focussed around the austin areas. this is the area of threat this morning. we don't have too many flash flood warnings that's the rectangle boxes you see. as far as the worst storms they should be approaching areas around wichita falls and oklahoma city. hopefully it will weaken a little bit but they're showing a little bit of boeing segments. that's again, a minor threat this morning. the problem is going to be we're going to do this day after day and night after night. we have flash flood watches from dallas to central kansas. the areas that have been hit so hard this may are going to end may with rounds of thunderstorms

that could drop around 1 to 2 inches. widespread flash flooding and besides the rain threat you also have a severe weather threat. the next three days about 1 to 3 inches of rain. and as far as the severe weather threat isolated tornadoes just like yesterday, western askansas and north texas. the ground is so soaked. one thunderstorm and you get a flash flood in five ten minutes in. >> and after all the flooding we've seen and the damage it's cause for concern. new this morning 11 individuals have been banned from football-related activities as we learn more about the massive allegations on a national scale. soccer's global governing body and the united states has slew of federal charges. peter alexander has the stoir.

>> seven of the top officials were arrested. in the miami they searched the fifa u.s. affiliates. 14 people faced corruption charges including bribes and kickbacks. >> they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to enrich themselves. >> reporter: fifa is to international soccer regulates the sport worldwide. picking host countries for the super bowl of soccer the world cup. >> the game according to the allegations in this indictment, was hijacked. that field that is so famousfully flat was made tilted. >> reporter: among those pleading guilty chuck blazer. blazer who pocketed millions cooperated with authorities wearing a wire to help implicate others.

>> with the charts that the justice department and the fbi trotted out, it looked like a fauf ya case. >> reporter: none of this is surprising to soccer fans. what is surprising is that it was the u.s. that finally took on fifa. separately swiss officials say they're investigating the 2018 world cup to russia. and 2022 to qatar. fifa's president welcomed the actions claiming fifa will help root out corruption in the sport. >> once the money is gone it's the only thing they understand. . >> it's still early in the race for the white house, but the stage is already being set for major battles in 2016. carly fiorina criticized democratic candidate hillary

clinton who just happened to be across the street. and rick santorum announced he would seek the gop presidential nomination. tracy pots is live for us. it seems like this is getting crowded and colorful on both sides. >> it is and as you said it is still early. 529 days to go. we're well over a year but the candidates and the races are heating up especially in some battle ground states. >> reporter: if you're hillary clinton and you lost south carolina last time here's the strategy hit the local bakery and slam republicans on the economy. >> are we going to hand over our country once again to the people and policies that crashed our economy before? >> reporter: if you're carly fiorina polling at 1% a different strategy. show up outside her speech and hit her weak points, foreign do

nations, e-mails and benghazi. she has company. rick santorum just announced he's joining the crowded republican candidates. >> working families don't need another president tied to big government or big money. >> reporter: in chicago rand paul took a totally different approach going after republican's weak spot the black vote. >> when i hear people say that black lives matter i think of freddie gray. we've got some kind of thing going on in our country that we need to come to grips with. >> my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: bernie sanders also jumped in the race this week. the strategy on both sides for the democrats and the republicans at this point, a large part of it seems to be target clinton. >> hearing a lot of that. thank you. let's get down to business now.

>> good morning to you. americans are feeling more apt mystic about their financial well being. 29% expect higher paychecks versus 21% last year. two-thirds of adults say they're doing okay but many aren't ready for retirement. and google holds its annual developers conference today. reports say the company is overhaulging the mobile payment products. they can send money directly to each other and college students may not have to leave their dorm room. taco bell is considering deliveries to college campuses. it couldn't be every day. just thursday friday and saturday night. where was this when we were in college? >> i'm just wondering if they can deliver to tv studios. that would be great. thank you.

the nbc finals, they are set. last night a do or die situation. first quarter steph cuffrry nailing three of his 23 points. the mvp runner up had a tough night coughing up the ball 13 times. in the end the clippers ran away with the game and the series. they reached the finals for the first time in 40 years. game one against the cleveland cavaliers is june fourth in oakland. now to baseball and an aquarium. >> cruz to center. this racing back. it's over his head and it's in the pool. the sting rays will have to take over. we've got a floater here in tampa. >> that three-run blast in the ninth with two outs that was enough to give seattle the win

and help baseball's winningest pitcher improve to 8-1. and rodriquez had a three-run homer. he's now third on the rbi list. 12 min you woulds past the hour. walmart settles with tracy morgan. and a family is looking for answers and $10 million after their daughter is beaten aboard a school bus. "first look" is back in three.

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this is word this morning that tracy morgan has reached a settlement with walmart. he was badly injured last year involving a walmart semi truck. someone the tells us he's doing better but still recovering and walking with a cane. he has no plans to return to work soon. we have more.

>> reporter: it was a horrific traffic, a luxury bus carrying tracy morgan and six others was slammed by a walmart tractor trailer. morgan suffered a severe brain injury, broken nose, leg and ribs. terms of the settlement remain confidential. the star said walmart did right by me and my family. i'm grate tfl case was resolved. retailer said our thoughts continue to go out to everyone involved in the accident. walmart already had settled with the family of the james mcnar the man killed in the crash. his children reportedly receiving $10 million. the driver said the truck hit without warning. >> it was unreal. i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: morgan was returning home after a performance. the truck driver accused of driving some 20 miles per hour too fast and with too little

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here is your first look at thursday's dish of scrambled politics. joe biden has written an on ed entitled let's keep the momentum going after a win in ireland. he writes we've gone from six states recognizing marriage equality to 27 states. the it is about love and equality and dignity. gop presidential candidate is taking a shot at hillary clinton and her private e-mail server. if you head to his official website and wind up on a broken link you'll see this error message. it's a picture of clinton with a

caption we're sorry but we couldn't find that page but we do have this search you know for convenience. meanwhile in south carolina yesterday hillary clinton poked a little fun at herself. she said she would not go gray in the white house like system of our past presidents. hillary clinton said she has an advantage. >> i have one big advantage. i've been coloring my hair for years. so you're not going to see my turn white in the white house. >> clinton will be heading to south florida today for a couple of fundraisers. president obama is also in south florida raising money for the democratic campaign that will succeed him today. today he'll visit the national hurricane center.

and an article was written call the first lady the hugger and chief. he's been photographing her and she's been hugging people all the time. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. 2 2 minutes past the hour. i'm joined in washington by bob frankel. a big hugger himself. >> no hugging one liners today. we have the thought police out there. >> let's jump into this. this guy recently jumped into the presidential race and rick santorum is blaming paul for the rise of isis. >> first of all, you have to consider the fact that you have pick santorum and rand paul. some people would call that a battle of intellect wall titans but the truth of the matter is that rand paul has probably antagonized just about every republican who is a national

security type of person. rand paul of course is running an anti-campaign, and anti-national security campaign such as it was. i don't think it's going to either help him or hurt him. >> that touches on my next question does his accusation hurt gop hopefuls as a whole. santorum said this was a comment he would have expected from someone like bernie sanders. >> that is going to be the tactic that a lot of people in the party use against rand paul that is he in fact is very nonmainstream and in fact is pushing policies that would be more at home in the democratic party. >> is this going to help or hurt rand paul words like what he said? >> i don't think it's going to be either. i think he's been very aggressive and i would expect that kind of response from the republicans whether it's rick santorum or some of the others. >> do people like hillary clinton sit back and go, let them do the fighting among themselves? that makes our work easier.

>> yeah. i mean, right now the democrats can benefit from an aggressive primary but on the other hand the republicans have the chance to keep their names and faces out there so the eventual nominee might have more name recognition than he might have with a campaign against a democratic party with little intrigue. >> there's a lot of gop names out there floating right now. we'll see how it winds down. bob, thanks so much. too bad you're not a big hugger. >> i am but i'm also somebody who doesn't want to say anything very, very smarmy about it. >> all right. big hugs to you. talk to you later. thank you. just ahead it is the world record that's generating a lot of buzz but it's not for the faint of heart.

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from nbc washington. 100 sat tests missing. no one knows where the tests are. the students are being asked to retake the exam. i feel sorry for them. those tests are hard. >> and stressful. >> the next story is stressful and a little buzz. a chinese man just set the world record for carrying the heaviest weight of bees on a human body. 240 pounds of bees. all the 55-year-old beekeeper needed was a cigarette and some honey. yes, he was stung more than 2 2,000 times. >> the people that put him in the water didn't even have gloves on. you'd think he'd want a cold

shower. he jumped into a hot tub after that. all for the record books. >> when was the last time you were stung by a bee? how long? >> last year i got stung. >> you got one? >> yeah. it was not pleasant. thanks for watching. "way too early" starts right now. >> american soccer fans have stood by while the media stands by. finally soccer is getting its perp walk. seven high ranking officials of the governing body are under arrest. >> it looks to me like they're going to money for all the money they stole. >> good morning. the latest developments in the fifa corruption scandal as the president of the organization faces reelection tomorrow. and step right up. the republican presidential field gets even more crowded with the arrival of rick santorum. we'll tell you who's also joining the race today and care to buy one of the largest hopes in america? no problem as long as you have

half a billion dollars. yes. this is "way too early." >> good morning. it's thursday may 28th. welcome to "way too early." we're live in washington d.c. our top story this morning, they thought it was inactive but they thought wrong. live anthrax went out to research facilities in nine states in a military base in south korea. the mixup came when an army lab in utah sent what they thought were inactive samples of the deadly bacteria. a lab in maryland discovered it was actually a live and still deadly. defense officials stress there is no risk to the general public and no confirmed reports of anthrax exposure. four civilian lab workers in the u.s. are taking medication as a precaution. along with 22 in south korea who the air force