returning home. the president back in new york for the first time since taking office. the receptireception was anythit warm. >> house republicans make goo on over 7-year promise to repeal obamacare. victors celebrate. fake news and hacking arrests dominate the french presidential campaign. floods affecting millions. are you ready for the kentucky derby? we are with mint juleps in hand. the girl whose new look made her a hit at the school and around the worl

i'm yasmin vossoughian. frances has the morning off. it was a feat republicans promised for over seven years, and this morning they are a step closer to making the repeal of obamacare reality after their plan passed in the house giving president trump a major lnltive accomplishment. more than a few republicans say the celebration could be premature. kristen welker has more. >> reporter: president trump taking a victory lap. >> this is a repeal and replace of obamacare. make no mistake about it. >> reporter: it's only a first step, but mr. trump turned it into a made-for-tv celebration flanked by republicans in the rose garden. >> how am i doing? i'm president. hey, i'm president. do you believe it. right. i don't know. i thought you needed a little more time they always told me. more time. but we didn't. >> reporter: the event came after a dramatic vote in the house that went down

wire. >> the ayes 217, the nay 213. >> reporter: republicans say the bill will lower premiums, but democrats lashing out, warning people could lose coverage. >> i guess their desire to give a tax break for the rich just trumped everything. >> reporter: on the house floor some even singing and waving good-bye taking they will now be voted out of office for supporting the bill. outside chants of shame. >> shame, shame. >> reporter: what does the bill do? republicans say it will lower the price you pay for health care, two popular obamacare provisions remain. children stay on parents plan until age 26 and caps are prohibited. what's changing, scraps the individual mandate meaning you are no longer required to have health insurance. it changes the way people with pre-existing conditions are covered. states can opt out of requiring

pre-existing conditions, $8 billion will help pay for increased cost. the controversial medicaid expansion which would be frozen immediately. instead, each state will get a fixed amount of money to help pay for lower income americans. >> under this plan the winners are younger, healthier and higher income people. the losers are those who are lower income, have pre-existing conditions and older americans. >> reporter: the gop vowed to overhaul obamacare for seven years. >> we did not have quite the votes to replace this. >> reporter: since then republican lawmakers faced fierce backlash from angry constituents at home. the president one step closer making good on the pledge that helped sweep him into office. >> thank you to kristin for that report. the president took his victory lap from washington to new york visiting sirs he was in office.

trump tower honoring veterans of world war two. the first fis to face meeting between both world leaders, while turnbull gave trump a warm reception demonstrators in the big apple were far from receptive. and as if all of that were not enough mr. trump made more news announcing his first trip abroad as president set for later this month. >> my first foreign trip as president of the united states will be to saudi arabia, then israel, and then to a place that my cardinals love very much, rome. >> the president is set to meet with pope francis when he visits rome. a senior official described the trip as, quote, a mission designed to reverse

disengagement from the world. voters in france are ang anxiously awaiting sunday's election which could make or break the european union. macron and ma lean le pen duke it out with less than 48 hours before the polls open. with insults, allegations of fake news and even a hacking arrest dominating the last hours of that campaign. we are joined with matt live. in the la days what is the feeling there? >> reporter: this isn't just the last days, these are the last hours of the campaign by midnight tonight the candidates are supposed to stop campaigning formally ahead of that vote on sunday. this isn't necessarily supposed to be a particularly close vote. all of the polls roo it now have emmanuel macron, he is the centrist candidate, beating far right populist candidate

le pen by about 20%. but we know that some of these populist votes as we've seen in brexit and with donald trump have a tendency to surprise. that's not the only thing about this campaign that is saturdaying to look a little bit american. barack obama yesterday obviously the former u.s. president, actually weighed in at the request of the macron campaign and endorsed him saying that macron is -- had been standing up for liberal values and he admired his campaign. again, the comparisons keep on going. there has been protests, bitterness and boisterousness that reminded a lot of french of the american campaign that happened just last year. these hacking alerts now, macron has submitted a complaint to the prosecutors oofs demanding investigation into fake news. walking around in mar sales, a divided city people are angry at both. they say that marine le pen is racist, that macron is too elitist, too close to banker

political junky there is a lot to reminisce about in this upcoming vote in france. back to you. >> it's going to be fascinating to see the results. matt bradley, thank you. areas of the south and midwest remain under water this morning as torrential rain that led to massive flooding in the region affecting millions of people. at least nine flooding-related deaths reported and hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged. blake mccoy has the latest from hard hit missouri. >> reporter: parts of flood ravaged, rain prolonging the agony for homeowners like john with a mote around his home he is keeping faith the water will stay back. >> the river is a half mile away. >> yes about a half mile. >> now? >> now i got lakefront property. >> basement after basement flooded, 90 state highways shut down in missouri alone. in arkansas, breached levees have sent

higher ground. severe storms have also toppled trees across the south. satellite images show the incredible ground saturation these storms have caused. flood records are still being broken. in eureka, missouri this is what it looked like as volunteers scrambled earlier in the week to protect homes and businesses. this stretch of the merrimac river has finally begun to recede. >> on this side water was to about here. >> relief for one town as swollen rivers creep ever so slowly south. >> thank you to blake for that. i want to go to bill karins who has another soggy forecast for us. hi, bill. >> same storm system is moving through the east. not so much with flash flooding though there is a threat in the mountains of virginia. a tornado watch for eastern north carolina, vong storms blowing through the raleigh area shortly. and we're drying it out in missouri and arkansas, a little rain over the mississippi. so the rain is going to move up the east coast. i'm going to give you the

throughout the morning commute baltimore, washington, d.c., richmond, some of the heaviest rain. thunderstorms in eastern north carolina, new york city looks like the middle of the day. and then for the evening commute in areas of southern new england, by the time everyone wakes up saturday morning the heaviest rains will be gone. then a lot of showers throughout our saturday. it's also derby day. that's a look at the story of the day. here is a closer look at your day ahead. so worse travel delays at the airports early today in d.c., and then possible lin areas of new england and the evening. we're going to watch chilly temperatures this time of year all the way down through alabama only in the 50s. here's a cute story. utility worker saved a baby otter struggling to get out of a canal near phoenix. the pup was dehydrated, flea infested. but workers nursed it back to whelt a diet of kitten's milk and trout mash. no one knows how it

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delta outrage in the past month bumping a family with two toddlers, even threatening to have the parents arrested and the children sent to foster care. tom costello has this. >> reporter: brian's wife captured the incident on video posting edited portions online. >> i paid for the seat. i bought the seat. >> the family bought a ticket for their teen son but put him on another flight. they claim agents agreed and scanned the ticket. on board with other passengers on the standby list, delta agents said the toddler could not stay, then threatened with arrest for not obeying. >> you and your wife could be in jail. >> then another employee said incorrectly that faa rules don't allow 2-year-olds to sit in car seats. >> we cannot sit in a car seat. that's the purpose. you have to sit here in your arms the whole time. >> not true. the faa

children to sit in car seats, there is no age restriction. the family then told to leave. >> i got two infants, nowhere to stay, there's no more flights. sleep in the airport? >> when you're a mother and you have your 1-year-old and 2-year-old and they threaten to take your kids away from you it made my heart drop. i was shaking the rest of the time. >> they ended up paying for a hotel and another flight home. in a statement delta apologized for the unfortunate experience and said it's reached out to them to refund travel and provide additional compensation. it's the latest viral incident giving the airline industry a black eye and on the second day of congressional hearings. >> if we required all executives to fly on their planes in the back of the plane, the consumer experience would be much better. >> the latest mess coming weeks before the start of the summer travel season when millions of families will try to fly together. hoping for friendlier skies. tom costello, nbc news, washington. just ahead double the stars,

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and help make tomorrow possible. ♪ you're only a day away. it's that time to break out the fancy hats and don't forget the mint juleps. tomorrow the 143rd running of the kentucky derby and jay gray is live at churchill downs with a preview. looking good, jay. >> reporter: yes, where do you start here. well, i'm not sure about that. look, jockeys, owners, trainers say this is by far the biggest event in their sport. for fans, the derby's not just a race, it's a two-week festival and the ponies, they are only part of the show here. it's about horses, hats, the odds, and

>> it's high energy. i think it's the history of it all. i mean it's a magical event. our super bowl. >> reporter: kickoff for the kentucky derby isn't until saturday but the excitement and party here builds all week jockeys say even the horses can sense during training. >> they are pretty fired up when they step on the track. you know they feel the energy. >> reporter: energy from a crowd that is not always focused on the track. >> the horse racing part is secondary. it's a place to see and be seen. >> reporter: and what you see is, well, unique. >> there is so much pageantry and tradition. >> topped off by a hat. at the derby bigger is always better. >> you need something that's larger than life, whether it's like the size of it, or you know, or like the color of it. you need something that's going to pop above like your normal

>> reporter: there is nothing normal or every day about the run for the roses. >> thank you to jay gray for that. looking so good. don't miss the most exciting two minutes in sports. coverage begins tomorrow 2:30 eastern here on nbc. and besides the outfits and the hats and the dresses and everything that everybody is wearing, bill, people are worried about the weather. >> i know. >> spending a lot of time outside. >> a rainy day today for the oaks. that's a big race for the female horses during the day. tomorrow for the derby there could be a shower or two, temperatures are comfortable around 60 degrees. that's not too bad. thunder snow is my horse. don't bet it. i want good odds. >> bet thunder snow. someone bet thunder snow for me. thanks, bill. we'll be right back. come. explore a place where you can fly on the back of a banshee.

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now at 4:26, flames erupt at a home in northern virginia sending one firefighter to the hospital. the latest pictures and information coming in from the scene. another show of support and solidarity. how a hate crime will once again bring the american university campus together today. wall. lebron. >> oh, yeah, the wizards turning things around in game three of the nba playoffs. the spell they put on the celtics to win. news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> that is because it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. talking about the

apparently it's only going to get worse. good morning, i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. >> let's start off with chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> already here in many spots. boy, is it going to be an ugly commute. >> looking at heavy rain and one line of heavy rain around roanoke. that could be here for most of the commute this morning. >> certainly could. area of low pressure down to our south is throwing an enormous amount of moisture up in our direction. there's a lot of wind energy. this is an opportunity for strong thunderstorms. the first big line of storms which is bringing severe weather in raleigh. racing northbound. getting into the areas of modern rain now. areas of heavy rain are likely to move in.

gusty winds. some places have over an inch. flash flood warnings over parts of pennsylvania. we'll have more of that. let's go over to sheena. >> chuck, you know this morning we're watching the heavy rain approaching the beltway. there's more down to the south. watching it very closely. i mention the line of heavy rain. there it is, i circled it in white from roanoke to raleigh. there's thunderstorms here. pretty strong to severe. that could be mainly heavy rain. we cannot rule out embedded thunderstorms. we'll zoom in locally. fairfax right around 495 down 95 for fredericksburg, rain here, too. not a bad l

check in with melissa mollet. >> good morning. going to be a yucky one out there. northbound 95 before 294 at dumfries road, you have a crash. taking a look at the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no issues there at all. no construction even. lots of rain. take a look at the radar over our traffic map. southbound 27 after 355 frederick road left lane getting by the downed tree. that was really pretty. livingston road between oxon hill road and harmony any hall park. water main repairs. 4:29. we want to continue our team coverage of the rain that could impact your commute. >> news 4's molette green is heading south near arlington. how is it going? >> reporter: oh, it's on now.

the rain is coming down pretty steady. six minutes ago it's pretty steady. you definitely need your wipers and you need to head out early if you're going to get through this morning drive. there's a lot of rain on your commute on the drive this morning. we are riding along with the morning rush headed 95 south. we're going to stay with you for updates throughout the morning. >> molette, a lot happening. don't worry about it. if you haven't downloaded our storm team 4 watch app, this is the time to do it. get alerts on when the rain is moving through your area. 4:30. a delaware state police officer laid to rest. corporal ballard shot to death responding to a call. ballard was 32 years old and leaves behind a wife