severe weather also breaking, the world's most powerful rockets, spacex's starship explodes a minute after takeoff. we'll get the very latest reporting on why that happened a legal showdown over abortion access. the supreme court delays a lower court ruling about a widely used abortion pill. what that means. plus, we'll talk to an obgyn about how abortion restrictions are affecting her practice plus, another wrong place, wrong time shooting. a 6-year-old girl shot while chasing a basketball into a neighbor's yard. and lawmakers left frustrated after a briefing on the massive leak of top secret intelligence documents. we'll ask congresswoman chrissy houlahan her take on the classified briefing. we begin this hour with the very latest from the central u.s. following a string of deadly tornadoes overnight, more than a dozen

tornadoes struck across oklahoma, kansas, and iowa, causing widespread damage and climbi claiming the lives three people. right now, more than 16,000 customers are without power across oklahoma as strong winds brought down trees and power lines. joining us now from oklahoma is scott gibbons. deputy sheriff, thank you for being with us. what are the conditions on the ground there this morning? >> much better than last night we got some visibility we got crews working to clear debris and power lines off the roadway, giving us access that we didn't have last night to some of the more rural areas, addresses and locations that we weren't able to check to our satisfaction last night. >> just how significant is the damage i know overnight there were concerns about people being trapped in their homes where does the search and rescue effort stand this morning? >> we don't have any outstanding

folks that we believe are still entrapped that we're aware of. that may change just based on the significance of what we know as far as damage goes. but we were notified last night of numerous folks that were trapped in their shelters, which was good news, because that means they heeded the warnings and they did go to their shelters and we were able to get them out safely. >> what resources do you and your community need now to be able to begin to recover >> um, right now, i think we're on track for what we need. we're still in search and rescue mode as we transition out of that, our needs will probably transition out of that as well we're going to have a lot of folks and citizens that are going to be in need of a lot of different things we just haven't got there yet. >> so, what is your message this morning to the folks that are listening to us and watching us, what is your message to them >> well, number one, we just appreciate the fact that the news media is giving out these alerts, especially in our area we know that saves lives

we know people getting off the roadway and finding shelter and getting to a safe place helps us all out tremendously and in response to that, secondly, we appreciate the community's response and support in our efforts and we appreciate that people have heeded our ask and they stay out of the area into the affected areas. >> any general -- sorry. i'm sorry, sir. >> no, go ahead. >> i'm just saying a general idea of the widespread nature of it, is it dozens of home how widespread is this damage? >> so, we're looking initially we were looking at a ten-mile path that will probably shrink as the day goes on. we're talking dozens and dozens of homes and countless vehicles that are completely lost >> deputy sheriff scott gibbons, thank you for being with us. i appreciate your time that extreme weather is still on the move today.

nbc news meteorologist bill karins is here to tell us what we can expect. i know you were on top of this, tweeting about this overnight. just give us the picture of what it is today and what happened overnight? >> this was just another strong tornado. this wasn't the tornado outbreak from the end of march, early april. this is more isolated, south of oklahoma city, south of norman it could have been a lot worse this was a strong tornado and i know we had three fatalities he said we had, you know, at least dozens of homes that are completely lost. we showed you pictures of businesses, one school that is completely lost. this was a strong tornado, likely somewhere maybe a strong ef-2, maybe low end ef-3 if it went through a city, we could have been talking a mass casualty event it is horrendous as it is, this just happened. if you get a strong tornado, wherever it hits, it is going to devastate that area. let me show you the areas that hit yesterday. we had 15 tornado reports. by the way, we call these a tornado outbreak when we get

over 12. this was just barely over a tornado outbreak eight were reported in that area with that one super cell south of oklahoma city numerous reports in kansas city. in the four that happened in iowa, they appear to be in very rural areas and did not do any damage that was good with these but this huge one down in oklahoma city was problematic. we had a ton of hail damage that was done we haven't talked much about it because compared to injuries and fatalities, it is secondary, but we had huge hail in northern illinois, southern wisconsin, 146 reports in all and the largest hail i saw reported in marion county, kansas, four-inch diameter think of four inches, that's a huge chunk of ice. that's a softball that fell out of the sky obviously numerous vehicles that were destroyed by the hail too now we're getting a little bit of a break we're not done we'll have a repeat this afternoon. we don't think we're going to have tornadoes like yesterday. but it only takes one as we saw there in oklahoma. as we go throughout the afternoon, the areas of concern

are st. louis, little rock, shreveport, texarkana, waco, dallas and forth, the problem with dallas forth today is that the storms are going to form right over the top of you. you're not going to watch them coming in. so you have to keep an eye to the sky as you go throughout the late afternoon, kids are getting out of school and work that's the danger time main threat, huge hail two inches in diameter is easily possible today so that's tennis ball to baseball size and that's enough to damage your roof, your shingles, also injure you if you're outside in it that's one of the concerns today. here is the diagram. it is pretty incredible we had four inch size hail yesterday. very rare, doesn't happen often, softballs coming out of the sky. >> wow, bill karins, thank you very much. appreciate it. now to some breaking news, the world's largest rocket made by spacex blasted off on its first test flight, but the flight ended in an explosion, just a couple of minutes after liftoff. take a look at these images. no crew or satellites were on

board. the rocketship, designed to one day send people and cargo to the moon and mars. joining us now is nbc's tom costello good morning what happened? >> all right, well, let me just quote for you because it is a great quote. this is what exactly the company, what spacex tweeted in typical rocket speak they say the following, starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation in layman speak, it blew up. but we love that expression, rapid unscheduled disassembly. bottom line, it got four minutes into the flight and it did not separate the stages did not separate. and keep in mind, that this was traveling at -- it was supposed to travel at a velocity greater, a speed greater than the massive saturn five rockets that lifted apollo to the moon there are 33 engines on this rocket you mentioned it is the biggest most powerful every built and the most complicated 33 engines on this thing this was the first test flight

of the entire combined unified stack. it lookedgreat on takeoff, on liftoff. and then about four minutes in, it started going bad there are numerous reports from people watching, and i got to say i also thought i saw something that looked unusual, maybe one of the rocket engines did not fire or did not fire properly and it didn't take long, the entire thing came apart about four minutes into flight elon musk is saying, listen, it went as well as could be expected given the circumstances. they hope to try again in a few months they're trying to consider this as a learning experience as you know, nasa has had plenty of failures itself spacex had plenty of failures. that's how they learn and they build the next incarnation of the rocket, of starship. as you said, the whole plan is to use starship to send astronauts to the moon, land on the moon, and then eventually go on to mars one day so, this is a critical rocket. and they need to get this right and they will clearly be back

trying to make it right next time. >> so, tom, is this going to affect the schedule of future missions, tests, et cetera >> i think it is highly likely this is just me telling you what i think that because i know the schedule is pretty tightly wound for the artemis mission that would eventually land on the moon that was supposed to go earliest, 2025 that seems a bit aggressive right now, i think, given the fact they now got to figure out what happened here, do a full diagnostics and try to address it seems to me that manned mission or the crude mission landing on the moon may probably be delayed a bit, not as early as they hoped in 2025. >> and, again, now it is rapid unscheduled disassembly. >> i love this rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation. >> i love it >> you and i had a friday night like that, right >> many. tom, good to see you thanks. >> take care. still ahead, how education

officials in florida are expanding the law critics call don't say gay. that what means for kids in all grades we're back with sarah jacobs, the youngest member of democratic house leadership to talk about the latest on the abortion pill battle great to see you we'll chat in a minute u'yore watching "jose diaz-balart reports. in an app driven, multi-cloud world. that's why you choose vmware. with flexible multi-cloud services that enable digital innovation and enterprise control, vmware helps you keep your cloud options open.

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obgyn. thank you for being with us. laura, let's go over as you do so clearly and so effectively is explain to us where we are right now in this process. >> as of right now it is still status quo, nothing has changed as it relates to the availability of this pill. now, that could change very soon depending what the supreme court does i still think even despite this delay, there is a couple of different scenarios, ways this could play out they could grant the justice department's request for a stay, which means the pill would stay on the market, nothing changes they could deny the justice department's request for a stay, which in the doj's arguments here would cause massive chaos because what it would effectively mean is that every pill, every box that you see, right there on your screen, would be rendered illegal immediately. they would have to take it off the market, because of that lower court decision, doj is saying we cannot keep it legally on the market. pill manufacturer is also making this argument. they may not go that far

they could also decide the justices could take the case for themselves they could decide, you know what, there is so much complexity here, you have all the different lower court rulings, let's hear the case for ourselves. it will come our way anyway. they could come back to us anyway maybe they decide let's hear it and then it is a question of how soon do they want to hear it do they want to hear it right now or next term >> and if they hear that case what do they do with the status quo? >> if they are going to tate case, they would probably keep a stay in place to maintain the status quo they don't have to they could deny the stay, again, causing a whole bunch of confusion in the meantime. we just don't know which way they go. you would think they'll keep the status quo. >> so, doctor, tell us about how this whole issue and the drug that is used so frequently, how is it affecting physicians and their possibility or possibility of prescribing it. >> it is very confusing.

i didn't go to medical schools so i can get up in the morning and check the news to see if the medications i typically prescribe are still legal today. and patients who are trying to access healthcare, normal healthcare, are not supposed to have to check twitter before they go to their doctor's appointment to get their healthcare this medication is safe and we know that from decades of experience and literature. and instead of being able to trust a doctor and trust the fda to tell us what the right protocol and combination of medication is, we're turning to justices with no medication or medical experience or training to make a decision based on politics instead of on science >> you practice in indiana where an abortion ban is being challenged in court. how is the end of roe change how

you practice medicine. >> i spend so much of my time talking about politics with patients instead of chatting with patients about their families and about their careers, we talk about if this medical care will still be legal next week or tomorrow yesterday i spent ten hours providing abortion care in indiana, and most of that time was spent with patients calming them and reassuring them that the care they were getting that day on wednesday was still legal. and that they would not be pursued because of their choice. this is not normal this is not what you would expect when you go to a doctor visit or go to have a procedure. you should be able to go into your doctor visit and talk about your healthcare and what is important to you instead of what is happening in the courts that day and if it will impact your ability to come back the next day for your healthcare. >> so, laura, the fact that it

is state by state now, after the, you know, end of the federal roe v. wade, there is the issue and we have talked about it before on just the legal standing of this. >> of these groups to sue, yeah. >> so is that at all being considered >> it -- you might see that. you might see in the order from the justices saying we don't think that these groups have standing and so that's why we're going to issue the stay or they may not say anything at all. but even if they don't say anything at all, it might be because of standing. they may not say it. but, remember, the groups that are suing are not people like the doctor who are prescribing mifepristone, they are people who are against mifepristone and say they happened to have encountered people in the past who had bad side effects, they're worried about future effects. that's not typically a ground for standing future harm has never been the typical standing analysis. that's why you might see the justices decide these groups just simply don't have standing. >> and just the whole issue of whether you're able to legally

challenge the fda's decisions on pills or medicine and whether -- and who could and should be challenging those. because it is not unfair to challenge science for something, but it is who and where. >> and that's part of why i think you see the fda and so many former fda officials pushing back so hard what the court has done is gotten way down in the weeds here remember, if the lower court decision stands, it actually changes the dosage for this drug they have gone that far down you're now actually prescribing how much medication someone should take, which, you know, is pretty extraordinary a federal court has never done what we have seen here happen. and it is unclear what the supreme court will make of that. >> laura jarrett and dr. katie mccue, thank you for being with us joining us now with more on this is democratic congresswoman sarah jacobs from california congresswoman, great seeing you. i thank you for being with us. i'm just wondering,

legislatively and there you are on capitol hill, do you see anywhere that congress could play a role on this issue? >> you know, i think the key here is that congress and we believe that the fda already has the authority and has rightfully approved mifepristone. and we want to make sure that the fda remains independent and that decisions about drug approval are entirely about science and facts, not about politics and so what we're doing in congress is we have a bill that will affirm that the fda rightfully decided this, but we're not doing anything that could imply that congress should be the ones making these decisions, because we don't want, let's say a republican congress one day to start approving or not approving medicine instead of letting the fda have the independence and authority we believe they already have to make those decisions. >> and congresswoman, kind of boring down a little bit into the issue of abortion, "washington post" details the division within the republican party on this issue, noting that 2024 hopefuls are struggling to

settle on a position and party leaders are meeting to discuss their path forward what role do you see this issue playing at the ballot box next year >> yeah, look, i'm a 4-year-ol woman. so basically all i talk about with my peers who is who is having a baby, who wants to have a baby, who doesn't want to have a baby for people my age, for young people and in particular young women, this is a kitchen table issue and i think it will continue to be until everyone across the country has access to reproductive rights. >> so, i get a chance to just kind of get to meet you a little bit more i wonder what are the things that drive you and what are your priorities going forward there on capitol hill? >> yeah, well, thank you for asking as one of the few women of reproductive age here in congress, protecting reproductive rights and expanding it is incredibly important to me. it is why i introduced a bill called the my body, my data act, that would protect reproductive

and health data from being sold or shared or used to prosecute a case against you i think this is really important. we know people are using google searches or abortion medication websites to access these kinds of things. i also do a lot of work around childhood poverty and around making sure that our foreign policy is actually reflecting the world we live in and our values. >> sara jacobs, good to see you, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. the florida board of education bans lessons on lgbtq issues in more classrooms. we're live in tallahassee next you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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out their budget proposal, that's what they say they want to see from republicans. instead, republicans are putting out what they want to see from this debt ceiling deal, and neither party is going to get what they want here, but at least we have a better sense of where the positions are. in this bill what we're seeing is mccarthy wants to cut federal spending to 2022 levels. he wants to repeal parts of previously democratic passed

bills like repealing enhanced irs enforcement funding, clawing back on spent pandemic relief money and getting rid of the plans to currently forgive student loan debt. so all of those are pieces of this republican plan house republicans are on board, but certainly democrats are not and the white house is saying this is not something that they would agree to either. it is back to the drawing board as time ticks ever closer. >> it does indeed. coming up on summer. ali, also this morning, the house just approved a bill that would ban transgender women and girls from competing in women's and girl's high school sports? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. this is once again another example of republicans using their majority to leverage it into policy that benefits the larger culture wars that they are fighting with the red meat of their base. this is certainly something to appeal to them in terms of where this bill goes, it is a messaging bill house republicans, of course, were able to pass it, but in the senate it is going nowhere and of course the president would veto it.

nevertheless, it is something powerful for them to take back to their districts and show they're trying to legislate for their majority around issues that their base cares about. >> we learned that the florida congressman michael walz, who remembers the district that ron desantis once represented in the house, endorsed donald trump how significant is this endorsement? >> reporter: look, to the extent that endorsements are significant, it is significant i think what is more important here is looking at the fact that in florida, where desantis is trying to trumpet his blueprint, trying to say that the things he was able to do by running up the margins in the state legislature and turning the state even more red, that's part of his national pitch. but now what we're watching is former president donald trump, the other florida man in this race, seeking to shore up his position in the sunshine state, he's now got 11 of the 20 congressional lawmakers that represent that state backing him. i'm not saying that endorsements directly move votes, but certainly it is a way to track the tone and tenor of republicans here in washington, in terms of the way they see the

2024 field, which is to say that even if desantis is seen as someone who could be the future of the party, many folks here at least are still doubling down on trump, making it seem like they think he's going to be the nominee at this very early point in the race. >> ali vitali on capitol hill, thank you so much. the florida board of education approved an expansion of the parental rights in education act, which critics call the don't say gay law, which will now ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades k through 12 expanding on the current ban of kindergarten through third grade. it was put forward by ron desantis last month as he gears up for an expected presidential run. joining us now is nbc's gabe gutierrez in the florida capital of tallahassee how are educators and students reacting to this new law >> reporter: hi there, jose. good morning as ali just mentioned, the legislative session here in tallahassee is just rolling

along on many of these culture war issues significantly the one you just mentioned, the so-called don't say gay bill and now advocacy organizations are trying to fight back one of them is trying to organize a student walkout among high school and college students for tomorrow to protest what it sees as an authoritarian takeover republicans are moving through governor desantis' priorities as this legislative session rolls on for the next several weeks. in terms of reaction, another advocacy group is saying, quote, free states do not wage war on lgbtq people to score cheap political points for a man desperate to be president. shame on the desantis administration for putting a target on the backs of lgbtq floridians now, the florida board of education as you said put forth this expansion, approved it of the parental rights and education act. before it was kindergarten

through third grade banning instruction, now that will extend all the way through 12th grade with some caveats, of course the florida board of education saying that it will fight to keep indoctrination, something you hear over and over again from republicans here in the state legislature as well as governor desantis, to keep indoctrination out of schools as they see it. jose, this is part of a broader push nationwide, "washington post" noting that four months into this year, state legislatures across the country have put forward and passed more bills, targeting lgbtq rights than in any other point in history, jose. >> gabe gutierrez in tallahassee, thank you. up next, wrong door, wrong driveway, wrong car. details on yet another child shot after this time she just ran into the wrong yard.

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35 past the hour now to what appears to be another senseless act of gun violence caused by a seemingly harmless act authorities in north carolina say a man opened fire on a father and his 6-year-old daughter on tuesday night after they entered his yard to retrieve a basketball. their neighbors, apparently. both of them were hit. the father still in the hospital his daughter was treated and

released the suspect is now wanted on several charges including attempted first degree murder. this is the latest in a series of incidents in the past week in which what seemed to be harmless acts ended in gun violence more now from nbc' chesky >> reporter: three shootings in one week, missouri, new york, and tonight elgin, texas, all tied to seemingly innocent mistakes, approaching the wrong car or home. >> i'm paige washington. >> high school cheerleader peyton washington, the latest victim after a stranger opened fire on her and three friends in the parking lot of a grocery store outside austin. >> it was unfortunate. these girls were just trying to get home. >> reporter: the girls traveling home from a late night practice. to where they had all parked their cars >> the guy got out and saw he had a gun and so they tried to

speed off and he shot his gun, like, five times or so >> reporter: police arresting pedro rodriguez jr., charged with deadly conduct, a third degree felony. as washington remains in the icu. >> she's won every title there is to win in all-star cheerleading she's literally a role model for the kids in this industry throughout the country everybody knows her. >> reporter: the latest shooting comes days after a kansas city teen was shot in the head after going to the wrong home to pick up his younger brothers. the 84-year-old suspect pleading not guilty and was released on $200,000 bond. the family pressing for additional hate crime charges. ralph yarl is now out of a hospital, his family releasing this new photo, calling him a walking miracle, adding had the bullet hit his head a fraction of an inch in any other direction, he would probably be dead meanwhile, in upstate new york, kevin monahan pleading not guilty to murder and remanded

into jail without bail he's accused of fatally shooting kaylin gillis, in a car that accidentally pulled into his driveway look for a friend's house. the suspect fired two shots from his front porch, killing gillis. >> for this man to sit on his porch and fire at a car with no threat is just -- it angers me so badly >> communities grieving after common mistakes ended with violence and three separate shootings. >> thank you to morgan chesky for that report. with us now is fred guttenberg, his daughter jamie was killed in the february 2018 shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. he's been fighting for gun reform in our country. thank you for your time. when we're seeing these pictures, fred, you know, of

ralph, of washington, and little girls, the cheerleaders, the girls in the sweet 16 party, boys at the sweet 16 party, and it is, like, why is this happening more and more? >> yeah. listen, we should all be angry, sad, h sad, horrified and upset i've been talking to you now for five year and i've been warning this is where we're headed none of this is surprising to me when you go back to when jamie was killed in 2018, therewere 300 million weapons in america when you fast-forward to today, there is 400 million plus. let me cut that one more way when jaime was born, there were 200 million weapons in america and at that time, ar-15s were

about 1.5% of weapons sold today, they're 25% of weapons sold america has been conned. we were told lies by a lobby that told everyone more guns makes you safer. the problem is there is no requirement for safety along the way. and we now have guns in the hands of far too many people who shouldn't have them and making a mistake in america is now deadly it is the american carnage that i write about. it is deadly now >> it is you know, just listening to the numbers you're giving us, it is just -- my question, so, all right, fred, with that reality, what do you think can, could or should be done >> yeah, well, and that is the question i think, first things first, stop listening to the liars.

and stop giving the legislators who unfortunately are connected to the lobby that put us in this place any say in this matter there is a lot we can do, jose red flag laws should be the law of this land we need to know that anyone who is a risk to themselves or someone else that there is a due process in place to ensure they don't have weapons we need universal background checks without loopholes and i would say not just on guns, but let's pass jaime's law and put that on ammunition as well with 400 million weapons in america, much of that is in the hands of people who shouldn't have them, so let's pass background checks on ammunition as well. there is so much we could do that the majority of america agrees with, the majority, over

75% of america agrees with this. stop letting a minority of legislators hold our safety hostage. >> and, fred, i want to -- we were talking about it in the meeting this morning, with my extraordinary staff that i'm privileged to work with that a few things one is that we're seeing that in these recent cases, it has been long weapons, but it also has been handguns. and so, you know, there is that issue. and then, fred, i also kind of was looking forward to the opportunity that i always take very much as a privilege to speak with you because i want you to talk to the guttenburgs of 2023, you know i think about those -- that -- that young child that knocked on a door going to pick up his siblings and by a miracle he got shot in the head and in the

chest and ralph and yet there are these precious young people who didn't survive, and they were, you know, cheerleaders and people with dreams and aspirations. and just so, fred, what do you say to the parents of those kids >> well, you know, listen, there was another shooting in the past week also in alabama at a party. where people did die and i actually have been messaging with one of those fathers. and i tell him to hang on. that each day, second by second, minute by minute, you will go forward. and you will be forever changed, but you will go forward and you will find a path but for now, most immediately, be around those who you love and who love you and focus on

nothing else >> fred, thank you i say it to you every single time, but the word thank you is little compared to what i want to, you know, we're grateful to your words and i, you know, we will never forget your daughter and those that lost their lives and marjory stoneman and every single case. fred, thank you. >> thank you thank you. up next, we'll talk to congressman chrissy houlahan about the briefing she just attended on that huge leak of classified intelligence documents. did she find it as frustrating as many of her colleagues did? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. (vo) verizon small business days are coming. april 27th through may 3rd. now is the time to partner with our experts. get started today with verizon business. it's your business. it's your verizon. you need to deliver new apps fast

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dom chu is joining us. what is behind the earnings drop >> tesla and elon muk say they are willing to sacrifice profits and margins to sell more cars. so in order to achieve the goals, tesla has cut prices on products half a dozen times over this past year in an effort to make its evs more affordable, stoke demand from other customers. the most recent price cuts happened this past tuesday for example the model 3 has dropped by 11% in price over this year, the model y utility vehicle has seen its price drop 20%. so a lot of this is a deliberate move by tesla to sacrifice revenue gains in order to gain market share, that is the reason why the drop is there. >> and in the last couple minutes we learned buzzfeed has decided to shut down its newsroom >> yeah, this is no doubt a rough day for the news business.

in an email sent to employees, the ceo laid out the cuts and implications there buzzfeed will layoff about 15% of its staff and complete will he shut down the news unit itself it will am to around 180 people losing their jobs.shut down thef it will am to around 180 people losing their jobs. just a year ago cnbc reported that some buzz feefeed investord been pushing the company to exit the news business. and now all of the news content at buzz need willfeed will be w into its huffington "post" unit. and this is all on the same day that other digital platforms business insider announced that it will cut 10% of its staff citing economic head winds so we're trying to figure out whether the broader economy will

have a real jobs effect and it is happening right now >> dominic, thank you very much. and that wraps up the hour for me you can always reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart and thank you for the privilege of your time an trdrea mitchell picks it up. the supreme court resets the countdown clock on their abortion pill decision keeping the nation guessing and raising new questions over what is going on behind the scenes also this hour the debt ceiling drama escalates as speak are speak are mccarthy rolls out a plan that slashes biden programs >> we just rolled it out yesterday. we want you to write stories like i'm teetering whether i can win or not and the whole world hangs in the balance and then i want you to write a story after it passes would the president sit down and negotiate.