good wednesday morning. here's what's coming up on "early today." the u.s. considers sending arms to syrian rebels and president obama says once again he'll focus on closing gitmo. a political showdown for senator kelly ayotte as gun control groups confront her on a no vote on the gun bill. >>o prescription need. the fda approved the morning after pill for girls 15 and older. plus atlanta's plans for one of the coolest stadiums ever. the world's smallest stop motion movie made with individual atoms. and weather that could pack a wallop. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for wednesday, may 1st. good morning, everyone. i'm mara schiavocampo. president obama is taking his push for immigration reform to mexico. here at home he says don't count him out on gun control and fixes

the budget as the president used his 100th day in office to define his stan on syrian intervention and guantanamo bay. tracie potts is live in washington with all the details. >> reporter: as you can hear, there's a lot going on with this second term agenda the president trying to deal with it all and in anticipation of this trip to mexico, immigration reform he thinks has a pretty good chance of passing unlike gun control, unlike the budget issue with those sequester cuts now in place. but the president also had some new challenges to deal with like syria. here's what he said about verifying information before we act. >> if we end up rushing to judgment without hard effective evidence, then we can find ourselves in a position where we can't mobilize the international community to support what we do. >> reporter: the president wants to go back to something he was unable to do in his first year,

something he had promised, closing the prison down at guantanamo bay. the president said he wants to take another run at that. >> guantanamo is not necessary to keep america safe. it is expensive. it is inefficient. it is a recruitment tool for extremists. it needs to be closed. >> reporter: in his 47 minus conference a surprise news conference with reporters the president dealt with a number of issues including defending the fbi in its investigation of the boston bombing. tracie potts live in washington. thanks so much for that. food and drug administration has approved a proposal to make the plan b morning after pill more accessible. girls as young as 15 will now able to buy the emergency con a contraceptive pill without a prescription. it will be sold on store shelves

making it available beyond pharmacy hours. new video has surfaced showing what appear to be the final seconds of a tragic cargo flight. a car's dashboard cam captured the plane crashing to the ground shortly after takeoff killing all seven members on board. the video is very disturbing. a military official say this appears to be the civilian cargo plane that crashed monday after takeoff from an air field in afghanistan. six of the crew members was from michigan the seventh from kentucky. now to the latest in boston bombing case. the nation's top intelligence chief is ordering an across the

board review in the wake of new accusations. director of national intelligence is directing agencies to look into the handling of information received prior to the attack. questions are being asked about whether the u.s. should have known one of the suspects older brother tamerlan tsarnaev posed a security threat. tamerlan's body has not been claimed. his widow catherine russell is asking for his remains to be released to his family. investigators spent hours interviewing the 24-year-old over the past week. a new poll shows an overwhelming number of americans favor public surveillance. cameras provided key clues in the case including identifying the suspects. after news the suspects learned how to make explosives on the internet more than two-thirds of americans say that type of information should not be allowed online. so even though it's may today parts of the midwest supposedly are still dealing with winter-like weather. >> are you sure?

>> that's what the calendar say. >> seven months in a row identify been talking about snow it started in the beginning of november. it's snowing good in wyoming. cheyenne, wyoming 28 degrees and moderate snow spreading out to scotts bluff. denver holding on to their 39 degrees. you're okay for your early morning drive in denver but cold air and snow will slide your way. you won't get the high amounts. you'll have enough to cover the ground. as advertised this will spread now to the plains. rainy morning in indianapolis. crazy day in the midwest. it's warm and then going to get cold and then snow tonight. now, again, this isn't a blockbuster snow event, high at the rain in denver. outside of denver six to 12 inches. in the plains you may have one to three inches on the ground in nebraska, iowa, southern portion of minneapolis and northern wisconsin. to show you the temperature

contrast. 83 and beautiful in chicago. while temperatures will be lucky to be in the low 40s in minneapolis with rain changing over to snow. one of those days in the midwest as they get crazy weather and that's what they have on this may that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. once again the temperature contrast, dallas is at 84 today while denver is at 33. 51 degrees difference as you go from denver down to dallas. enjoy it while it lasts. so, again, not a blockbuster snow event but the fact that we'll have snow on the ground and enough to shovel in some spots -- >> my heart goes out the our friends in those parts of the country. >> better than a tornado. >> that's true. coming up we could see a ruling today in the trial of a philadelphia abortion doctor. plus the car that gets about 1,000 miles to the gallon. and a break in the search for

the person who sent deadly ricin to president obama. "early today" is back in two minutes.

welcome back. a tragic accident in kentucky. authorities say a 5-year-old boy was playing with his .22 caliber rifle when he shot alibi killed his 2-year-old sister. his mother said he received the gun last year as a gift. a visibly angry michael bloomberg is defending the nypd controversial stop and frisk policy. on tuesday he accused people playing politics. the policy is currently the subject of a federal lawsuit over illegal searches. george zimmerman decided to take his chances with a jury. the 29-year-old waived his stand your ground hearing. he'll stand trial this summer for the shooting death of teenager trayvon martin last february. investigators say the man accused of sending letters laced

with ricin to president obama and others ordered a key ingredient for the toxin over the internet. traces of ricin were found at his former business. today will be the first full day of jury deliberations in the jury trial of a philadelphia abortion dock, dr. kermit gosnell faces the death penalty after prosecutors say babies were born alive and then killed at his clinic. the daughter of the slain sandy hook principal confronted new hampshire senator kelly ayotte at a town hall meeting in warren. ayotte a republican voted no on expanded background checks saying it would burden gun store owners. >> i'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down isn't as important. >> the legislation that was on the floor and the background check system was, as i understand the facts, certainly, you know, wouldn't have solved this. what we need to do is pull the

mental health. i understand but i respect you have a different viewpoint. ayotte is one of a handful of senators including jeff flake and heidi highcamp who are facing criticism. turning now to wall street the past three years have seen investors selling day and go away. this years stocks said good-bye to april on a high not with all three major indexes up for the year. the fed promises to continue easy money that streak could continue. tuesday apple held a record $17 billion bond auction to help finance $100 billion pay out to shareholders. dream works is said to be close to a work to acquire a youtube turns v. the white house will hire veterans over the next five

years. yahoo!'s president will couple maternity leave. "consumer reports" claims more than half of hundreds of ground turkey samples tested contained fecal bacteria while 90% contained disease causing or jannisms. the fix federation calls the study alarmist. ray lahood is assuring lawmakers that 149 small airport towers slated to be closed in june as part of faa sequester cuts will remain open. memorial day air fares are down slightly this year to an average $241. april gas prices were the lowest in three years at an average of 3.55 a gallon. just how far will 3.55 get you if you drive one of these concept cars at the 18th annual super mileage challenge in indianapolis one gallon of gas will take you well over 1,000 miles. may go slowly.

coming up, tim tebow's offers are coming in. plus danica patrick's talents go beyond racing. and why made in detroit means more than of these days.

through the years detroit has seen its economic ups and downs especially the latter over

the past three decades but now the city once ruled by the auto industry is beginning to attract some unlikely investors and entrepreneurs. >> reporter: a ping pong table, bean bag chairs, screens full of computer code, it looks like silicon valley but it's the motor city. nathan and jay grew up in the detroit suburbs. >> four in professionals. >> reporter: last fall they moved their website from san francisco, seeing better opportunities for growth. >> a ton of talent here. not a lot of web companies like us competing for their services. >> reporter: this city has rich history of quality manufacturing and design and these days it's not just automakers who are boasting their product is made in detroit. in the building where gm engineers designed the first corvette a new company with an old name. in the 1940s shinola was a shoe

polish now it's high end bikes and wrist watches. five years ago assembly line worker lost her auto industry job to automation. >> i don't think a machine can do what we do. i mean it takes -- machine don't have passion. >> reporter: a passion to do the pain staking work of building watches and rebuilding a city. john yang, nbc news, detroit. turning now to sports. overtime for the blues and kings. l.a. goalie went behind the net to play the puck but alex from st. louis stole the puck and backhanded it into the net. blues over the kings 2-1. between periods of blackhawks game danica patrick was on the ice in a chicago jersey taking a shot on the goal and it went in on the first try. the omaha beef made an offer to tim tebow after he was cust by the new york jets. the beef offered him 75 bucks

per-game compared to the $2 million tebow just earned with the jets. the atlanta falcons are building a new stadium in atlanta and proposed designs include a futuristic domed stadium. seats for fans will vibrate with a big hit on the field. the place where joe fraser changed will be a park. on tv in puerto rico sports casters report ad new career record for three-pointers in their pro basketball league and got a little bit excited about it. [ speaking foreign language ] in baseball atlanta pitcher tim hudson was a dual threat as he hit a long drive for a home

run and the braves beat the nationals 8-1 for hudson's 200th victory. in college baseball, a squirrel led players on a merry chase. the critter was scooped up by tyler baker from wichita state and safely carried off the field. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray never all. just ahead, "iron man" robert downey jr. makes some kids very, very happy.

welcome back. we talked about the snow in the midwest but we'll have a few strong thunderstorms. not widespread not an outbreak, not many tornadoes. we could see large hail and damaging winds in a large area here pretty much every west of oklahoma city, dallas from austin back here towards central texas including abilene. large hail the biggest threat. temperatures today wild ride all the warm air pumps to the eastern half of the country, very nice for atlanta up through boston today but look at the midwest. we really have about 40 degree temperature difference in a small area from minneapolis to chicago. chicago by the way goes from 83 today to 66 tomorrow as the cold air begins to push your way. >> what a dip. turning now to entertainment, dalton abbey fans can dress like their favorite character.

the producer announced they are working on an entire range of products to be released. jamie foxx has been offered the daddy warbucks role in the "annie" remake. he won't be daddy warbucks. he'll be named benjamin stacks. the paramedic who tried revive michael jackson after his fatal overdose was called as the first witness in the ongoing wrongful death case recalling the scene in chilling detail. he said jackson resembled someone at the end of a long stage disease process. hundreds of dancers descended on new york to audition for the rockettes. robert downey jr. continued the press rounds for iran man 3 by

ringing the bell at the new york stock exchange. he surprised hundreds of hurricane sandy victims by an early screening. >> daddy warbucks that series is doing really well. >> he's benjamin stacks. are you and "iron man" fan? >> i saw the first one. >> it's good. >> i'm mara schiavocampo, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

this video just into our newsroom. protesters taking over the streets in bangladesh. this in response to the building collapse. >> welcome to news4 today. the live desk also monitor iingn earthquake. >> the rain has cleared out. also when will we see the sun. good morning. >> sunrise is a little past 6:00. we have a party cloudy sky now. the drizzle has ended. we have cleared out quite a bit. we have cleared out around much

of the metro area we can see a beautiful half moon. we are starting off with drying conditions. i'm back in a couple of minutes with the look at the morning. >> pedestrian accident southbound 301. only one lane getting by. but now all lanes are open. northbound wasn't affected traveling northbound in the area, it is clear. checking that as well. the trip on i-95 easy. continuing northbound and southbound no accidents to report. >> it isis 4:28. >> into the newsroom.

we have learned a man in his early 20s was killed after being struck by a driver. that pedestrian was trying to cross highway 301 and he was indeed at fault. the driver did stay on the scene and the roads right now are open. >> a dc jury will begin it's first full day in the case of the man beaten in a dc market. she says her husband may never fully recover after six surgeries and rehab. branch is one of three men charged in this case. >> we want to play you a recording from the interrogation

of a dc man convicted of killing a teenaged mother. prosecutors say he killed the 18-year-old in 2010. they beat her, tied her up and left her in the closet of apartment. >> it was like man, yeah, up she ain't breathing. it was like what you mean she ain't breathing? and then the girls they were hitting her and i blacked out. and she wasn't breathing. it was like i think she dead. >> sweet is the second person convicted in this case. five others already plead gui y guilty. he faces up to