♪ we will we will rock you >> nuance and sophistication are just two qualities of the most effective costume design. ♪ far from the shallow now >> a night of firsts in hollywood as ts hostles academy awards seemingly wft without a hitch and managed to spread the oscar glory around. but there were some upsets and controversy too. withcking off the wee some wicked weather around the country, from heavy winds, blinding snow, and even flooding. bill karins is here with your travel forecast. president trump preps for a meeting with north korea's kim when the house will try to stamp

out the president's national emergency for a border wall. former trump fixer michael cohen testifies before congress. > nearly 12% of americanus hoolds don't get enough food to eat, while we waste billions of pounds of good food yearly. we'll introduce a person who may have a solution to both problems. inside the mar-a-lago estate for a rare and exclusive look as we kick off monday. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning, i'm marlie hall. >> i'mes rivera. we're learning about the devastation after storms swept acro the countr heavy rain has led to severe flooding in the southeast and a state ofrg ecy in tennessee. police in knoxville say a man died after driving into floodwaters. the rain has caused multiple mudslides. a restaurant in chattanooga was crushed when a hillside gave way. fortunately no one was inside. ande sinkh opened up in western tennessee and swallowed this car. local media reports that the three passengers made it out to safety just intime.

>> further south in columbus, mississippi, a tornado killed a 41-year-old woman and left a path of destruction. the twister smaed into a commercial district causing extensive damage to a church and siltiple sses. in the north snowy conditions led to a massive pileup involving over 100 vehicles that shut down parts of interstate 41 in wisconsin. officials confirm that one person was killed and 71 people were hurt in the collision. for more let's goo nbc's bill karins for our forecast. good morning. >> good mondaymorning. active weekend for nasty weather across the country from this big storm. th o last impacts it are going to be the high winds today in the northeast. flights will be deled significantly, maybe even cancelations. 80 million people are at risk everywhere in the purple under high wind warnings. reason it's windy is the bigt storm tent through the plains with the blizzard conditions on saturday and yesterday through the great lakes with high winds is moving through areas ofer sou quebec and toward nova scotia at the

same time high pressure is building in. those equal lines of pressure, isobars, the yellow lines, the closer they're packed thtogethe windier it will be. it will be very gusty through the northeast. we could see guests up 50 to 60 miles per hour. when we get gusts t 30, 45 miles per hour we get objects that are getting blown around.et when we up to 45 to 60 miles per hour, that's when we get the difficult driving inditions. th where we could see up to 60-mile-per-hour winds today. >> it's going to be tough for some people. all right, bill, thank you. a whirlwind week for the white house. president trumo will head hanoi for a second historic summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. back at home his former attorney is set to testify before three congressional committees. nbc's susan mcginnis is in d.c. with a preview. >> reporter: there's even more than that. washington is really in overdrive ttas weeking off, as you said, with the president leaving early this afternoon for hanoi for take two of talks on denuclearization

with the north korean president, kim jong-un. this is after the first summit in singapore back in june did not he'd to any change. however the president last night at the governor's ball sounded optimistic. >> we're going t thavenk a very interesting two and a half days in etnam. total a chance for the denuclearization of an area of the world that was very dangerous.>> ow intelligence officials here do not believe north korea will make any move toward denuclearization as they see their nuclear arsenal as critical to the survival of the regime. he's what is going on. the president's trip coming one day before three days o testimony by michael cohen here on capitol hil talking to congressmen on different committees. wednesday's testimony will be made public. lawmakers want to grill him on many, many issues including he evidently made false statements to the committee in his last appearance. meanwhile in washington, fixated

on the muell report. special counsel mueller's russia report due out any day, democrats pushing for that to be made public. tomorrow the house votes on a resolution t block president trump's emergency declaration to build that wall on the southern border, frances. they a not expected to be successful, the president's expected to veto any resolutn that passes. >> all right, susan, a lot to watch and we'll cover it thank you. hollywood has made it through its biggest night of the year. broadway star billy porter made quite an entrance wearing a one-of-a-kind tuxedo gown hybrid crted byesigner christian siriano. selma blair made her first red carpet appea since revealing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis using a customme monogr cane. rachel weiss made a statement in a bright red two-piece gown with shiny latex top. here are some of the biggest moments of the show which kicked off without a host. >> welcome to the oscars!

>> we are not your hosts. but we're going to stand here a little too long so that the people who get "usa today" tomorrow will think that we hosted. ♪ in the shallow shallow shows in the shallow shallow ♪ ♪ in the shallow shallow f ♪ we' from the shallow now ♪ >> it'not about winning, but what it's about, it's not giving up. if you have a dream, fight for it. >> after 30 years and five nominations spike l took home his first win for cowriting the adapted describe play f "block klansman." "black panther's" hanna biegler

took home best production in designer design. >> with support from captain america, gina kinst won her fir oscar. best supporting actress for her role in "if beale street could talk." best supporting actor went to mayr shal may her shall la ali for "green book." rami mall lick checked out by paramedics after he tumbled off the stage. he had just accepted his first oscar f r hise in "bohemian rhapsody."ia olivolman took her first academy role home? inn a surprise win namedr est actress he favourite." and the top honor for directing wento alfonso caron for "roma" which wonest forei language film. "green book" followed up its success at the golden globes b taking home best picture again last night. breaking overnight, multiple people were killed en a car was hit by an amtrak train. this happened just west of kalamazoo, michigan.

the train was headed for chicago. amtrakra tweeted that the involved was the wolverine 355 and that there was a vehicle incident. a spokesperon a confirmed no crew members were injured. a local fire chief says in the car was killed but has not confirmed an exact >number. n the final day of his four-day clergy sex abuse summit pope francis had strong words for clergy members and promised to review the current guidelines used to preventanbuse punish perpetrators. but some survivors say his words weren't enough. here's nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: calling predator priests tools of satan, pope francis demanded an all-ou war on the abuse of children. >> translator: the church will spare no efforts to do all that is necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes. >> reporter: but his powerful condemnation disappointed survivors who want the concrete and effective measures promised by francis at the summit's

opening. what was missing from the pope's speech? >> action. quick, swift action. >> reporter: mary dispenza says she was raped by a priest at age 7. the former nun from seattle and fellow survivors want the vatican to adopt zero tolerance. >> not one more child is safer after four days. because talking doesn't do it. >> reporter: the vatican says the pope will issue a new law to protect children and create a task force and handbook toelp bishops with less experience deal with abuse clays. chicago cardinal suppage says at puts the onus on bishops. >> if people don't go home and reale that they are personally responsible for this and are going to be held accountable, change won't happen. >> reporter: juan carlos cruz says his struggle to survive abuse has been a journey thrhegh . >> i tried to kill myself when i was 20.

>> reporter: but he's encouraged by the vatican's focus. >> it might not be at the speed that we want. butf we look at this past year, it's been, like you say, pretty fast. so i don't want to lose hope. saturday eight college basketball players from ole miss taking a knee during the national anthem. the action was in response too pro-confederate rallies going on outside the arena on thele misscampus. the two confederate groups reportedly gathered at the same time as t game and the players say they wanted to let people know they would not tolerate hate at theiriv sity. the original six players who knelt at the start of the anthem were later joined by two more of their teammates in the final moments. the team's coach says he wasn't aware the players would kneel, but he fully supports them. starting this monday off with a little bit to watch when it comes toweather. bill karins keeping a close eye on it all. >> good morning. we're stuck in the northeast and the great lakes. not only is it windy but a lot

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