forgotten. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." it's monday, may 9th. coming up on "early today," incredible images over the weekend of massive and violent tornadoes. the donald claims he was blind sided by the house speaker, but will a face-to-face meeting between the two gop leaders unify the party? a monster inferno destroys over 1600 homes and devastates a huge portion of wland in canada, but it's also causing the price of oil to rise globally. plus, "captain america" wows at the box office, a plane crashes on the roof of a building, and get ready for the invictus games. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm dara brown. a

blamed for two deaths in arizona and is now moving east. severe thunderstorms are threatening parts of the plains, midwest, and south this morning, putting millions of americans in the path of dangerous weather. nbc's sara dahl love has more. >> reporter: twisters rumbled across northeast colorado, sweeping up debris and darkening skies. this massive tornado was one of several spotted in re, colorado. >> it was one of the most pho photogenic tornadoes i've ever seen in 35 years. >> reporter: there were no fatalities, but at least five people were injured. debris strewn for miles, dozens of electrical poles were destroyed, leaving many without power. >> never been through anything like this. >> reporter: outside denver near the si of wiggins, a multivortex tornado lifted motor homes and uprooted trees. >> campers upside down, sideways, floating, a boat shed that's just been crusd.

winter blast in flagstaff. just an hour west, hail and rain were to blame for at least six injuries and two deaths on i-40, which closed for hours. arizona was one of ten states with reports of damaging hail saturday. as the storm pushes east, millions are in the threat zone. more tornadoes and halt possible in the country's midsection through tuesday. families urged to stay alert in the peak of tornado season. sara daloff, nbc news. and the fraying within the republican party reached a new level this weekend after presumptive republican nominee donald trump told nbc's chuck todd he was blind sided by paul ryan's refusal of support. >> your take to paul ryan is, hey, the voters have decided, get on board. >> well, i would say that's true. to be honest, i like paul ryan. i think he's a very good guy. he called me three weeks ago and was so supportive. it was amazing. i never thought a thing like this. i got blind sided. >> you feel blind

>> i would say stunned is a little -- it's politics. i'm never stunned by anything that happens in politics. yeah, i was blind sided a little bit because he spoke to e many three weeks ago. >> trump also hit back against former massachusetts governor and presidential nominee mitt romney who has said he would not be supporting trump. >> i'm never going to get romney's endorsement. he joked. he blew the last election. >> you think he's been ungrateful? >> he was. he's been ungrateful, which is okay, because a lot of people are ungrateful. he's been ungrateful. they did not respond accordingly. that's okay. >> it was then that former alaska governor and vice presidential candidate sara palin told cnn she was endorsing paul ryan's primary challenger and would do everything in her power to help end ryan's career. >> i think paul ryan is soon to be cantered as in eric cantor. his political career is over. >>

continued on, trump spent the weekend giving voters a look at what the election would look like, going after hillary clinton again and again and again. >> hillary clinton wants to take your guns away, and she wants to abolish the second amendment. on foreign policy, hillary is trigger happy. she is, she's trigger happy. she's got a bad temperament. by the way -- and her husband learned that a few times, didn't he? if he didn't play the women's card, she would have no chance. i mean, zero, of winning. she's married to a man and nobody, nobody perhaps in the history of politics was worse to women or abused women more than bill clinton. and hillary was an enabler and she treated these women horribly. just remember this. and some of those women were destroyed not by him but by the way that

them. >> and clinton appearing on "face the nation" responded to trump's attacks. >> i'm not going to run an ugly race. i'm going to run a race based on issues and what my agenda is for the american people. i don't really feel like i'm running against donald trump. i feel like i'm running for my vision of what our country can be. >> clinton also responded to reports that she would sit down with the fbi regarding her private e-mail server in the near future. >> no one has reached out to me yet, but last summer, i think last august, i made it clear i'm more than ready to talk to anybody any time, and i've encouraged all of my assistants to be very forthcoming, and i hope this is close to being wrapped up. >> so nobody said, hillary clinton, we'd like to sit down and talk to you. >> not at this point. >> clinton meanwhile had a

weekend as she won guam democratic contests with 60% of the vote ahead of tomorrow's west virginia primary. canadian officials will get a close-up glimpse of the wildfire ravaged city of fort mcmurray today. this comes as officials are warning evacuated residents that images from the scene may be emotionally disturbing. authorities had worried the fire could sped to more than a thousand square miles by this morning, but rain and snow helped quell the expansion. right now it covers more than 620 square miles, an area larger than oklahoma city. officials say controlling the blaze will likely take months. about 88,000 people have been evacuated since the fire ignited on may 1st. firefighters estimate more than 1600 homes and buildings in fort mcmurray alone have been destroyed. new bombshell details regarding the ongoing penn state sex abuse scandal involving jerry sandusky and famed football coach joe paterno. we now know penn state's legal settlements with sandusky's accusers cover

scandals dating back to 1971. that's some 40 years before sandusky's arrest. that's according to ap and espn. said a university spokesman, more than 30 settlements come to more than $90 million. penn state president said there's no way to know if coach paterno knew of the 1970s allegations, putting out a statement that said in part, quote, we cannot find any evidence related to a settlement or otherwise that an early alleged assault was communicated to coach paterno. in court documents released last week, it was alleged that paterno knew of the sex abuse claims regarding san dust i can as early as 1976. sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in october of 2012 for abusing 12 boys. paterno died in january of 2012 and was never charged with any crimes.

trial on criminal charges for their handling of the sandusky scandal. well, to north carolina now, where the clock is ticking on that state's controversial bathroom law. that rule, otherwise known as hb-2, requires people use the restroom corresponding to the gender of their birth. well, it's sparked protests throughout the state. last week the justice department classified the law as a civil rights violation and gave the state and its republican governor until end of business today to repeal it. the governor claims the federal government is being, quote, a bully. if north carolina leaves the law intact, it could move hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. a number of companies and celebrities have come out against the law and have boycotted the state. well, the 61-year-old pilot was air lifted to a hospital sunday after his four-seater crash landed on to the roof of a building near los angeles. the pilot told l.a. county fire officials that the plane los

he said to have moderate injuries, and officials say one other person was on board but was not injured. drivers who witnessed the plane going down called 911, and fortunately, no one was in the building at the time. the faa is investigating. britain's prince harry and first lady michelle obama helped kick off the second annual invik tunnel games in orlando, florida. former president george w. bush also attended the opening ceremony. more than 500 athletes will compete this year, including 113 from the u.s. prince harry is the founder of the games which are held for wounded veterans. this morning on "today," prince harry sits down with jenna bh hag hager, where he discusses the importance of the games. well, storm chasers captured this video as what they refer to as an elephant trunk tornado, forming in southwestern oklahoma. fortunately, no damage or injuries were reported. the area also saw heavy rains and golf ball sized hail. nbc meteorologist steve sosa is

>> good morning, dara. it was a busy weekend of severe weather across the country. what's left over from those storms this morning are across areas of nebraska. if you're waking up in oklahoma this morning with the sound of thunder and seeing flashes of lightning, that thunderstorm activity continues for the next couple of hours. the bull's eye of heavy rain was across central kansas, where we have flash flood warnings this morning in northern kansas. looking at the country for today, we've swept out the misery in the northeast. finally the sunshine back. a gorgeous day for many of you. the midwest is the problem for the next couple days. showers and thunderstorms from dallas all the way up through areas can like st. louis. west coast looks nice. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. looks like a nice pattern for much of the west coast. northern plains, we're going to be seeing a lot of chilly air. that's a look at the weather across the country. here's a look at the weather where you are. we're looking at a beautiful day across the northeast, with temperatures in the

a real nice break from the clouds that we saw last week. more showers and storms. looking out for severe weather across portions of the upper midwest with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. looks like another round of severe weather across texas today. >> well, it's going to be a busy week for that. steve, thank you so much. well, riders beware. uber and lyft threaten to pull out of a major american city. plus, more pain at the pump as gas prices continue to skyrocket. you're watching "early today." hey there, hi. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all (mimics a stomach grumble) no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah, happens to more people than you think... try lactaid, it's real milk, without that annoying lactose. good, right? mmm, yeah. i got your back. lactaid. it's the milk that doesn't mess with you.

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welcome back. no surprises at the box office this weekend. "captain america: civil war" was number one with movie goers pulling in an estimated $181.8 million. the opening was so massive, it bumped "iron man 3" out of the top five all-time debuts, and it's already earned almost $700 million globally to date. singer lauren hill is trying to explain why she showed up two hours late to a friday concert in atlanta and played for only 40 minutes. in a facebook post, she said, quote, the challenge is aligning my energy with the time, taking something that isn't easily classified or contained and trying to make it available for others. oh, okay. well, she promises to make it up to her fans in atlanta. and say it isn't so. e! news is reporting ozzie and sharon osbourne are breaking up after 33 years of marriage. justin bieber posted a selfie on instagram over the weekend, and it shows

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good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. he's a man who set off a massive manhunt after allegedly gunning down six, killing three. now he heads to court. and metro's new general manage are speaks out, what paul wiedefeld has to say about the struggling interview. and storm team 4 radar is pretty clear now, but that storm you see to the west is heading our way. when we could see the first raindrops. first want to check in with angie goff at the live desk. >> yeah, breaking news that could affect how some of you get to work. d.c. fire how investigating a fire on the blue and silver

morning. there was a fire near the tracks at the benning road metro station. we have called metro. haven't heard back. but we can guarantee we will stay on top of it. also molette green is headed to the scene. chuck has our first look at the forecast. chuck. >> thanks, and good morning. welcome back to a monday and back to work and school chances. and oh, my goodness, seriously, another soggy week of rain chances. today likely to be the 14th kof consecutive day with measured rainfall. rain chances remain fairly high through much of the week and courtesy of the clouds and return of the rain chances likely to be cooler than average. just ground clutter early this morning, but there are likely to be showers coming our way, so you'll need the umbrellas. 40s in the suburbs to near 50 in town. get your jackets on, temperatures will be back up into the 60s today. we'll time out the rain chances coming up. for now it is a monday

good morning. of course we're keeping an eye on the situation on metro and we'll keep you updated from the live desk and here once we know a little bit more about the problem on blue and silver. 95 south after 100, we do have a crash there that is being reported. if it lasts too long, you might also see delays headed northbound here this morning. outer loop after new hampshire avenue, two left lanes getting by that work zone. 66 and 95 rolling along just fine. live look at beltway at central, no problems. we'll have a big look at the beltway coming up. now to the latest on the deadly shopping center shootings. the victims were doing the things so many of us do every day. picking up the kids from school, going to the grocery store, grabbing lunch. thousand t now the suspect eulalio tordil is headed to court to face first-degree murder charges. in all three people were killed and three were injured.

officer on administrative leave. he was under several protective orders and his guns were con if i caould be physical indicated. he was arrested after police watched him come out of a restaurant.indicated. he was arrested after police watched him come out of a restaurant. shootings began this high point high school where he shot his estranged wife glad dwis. on friday the carjacking was the motive for the other two shootings. first stop was montgomery mall where malcolm winffel was killed. he and a friend were trying to help the another the woman after she called out for help. are tordil asked if that was her car and said he'd shoot her, he did soot all three people. winffel died. just minutes later, claude w c

somebody fall and then i was afraid to come over because i thought somebody was still shooting. >> tordil was taken down at a shopping center just miles away from the last shooting scene. as his car was being towed, he told police there is no one in the trunk, just a golf bag. tonight there will be a prayer vigil for all shooting victims. it is happening at the goshen united methodist church at 7:00 p.m. ♪ this week police officers will honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. national police week begins today. at 9:00 a.m., u.s. capitol police will hold a memorial service to honor four who died on the job. the 37th annual law enforcement officers memorial service happens at 11:00 a.m. it will be at the national law enforcement memorial in northwest d.c. and tonight at 7:00, there will be a memorial service for fallen prince william county police officers in