to grow back and mommy's okay. i'm taking a shower to get ready for my one of the world's most beloved ka thee dralz engulfed in flames, but saved froal t destruction. this morning we'll get our first look at what remains of notre dame and what lies ahead as authorities vow to rebuild the 850-year>>ld landmark. thursday is the day the public wil get as close as we can to the full release of the mueller report. at least what attorney general barr does not black out. >> just weeks from graduation, the college senior who fell 30 feeto her death in a sort of rite of passage after climbing the university's off limits clock tower. >> it would be ass woman with a hidden crossbow at her home.

police are frantic lick arching for that suspect. >> fire erupted into a fire balo setting the gd on fire. >> "game of thrones" debuts to but that's not all. "early today" starts right now. and good morning to you. i'm richard luibe >> good to with you. i'm frances rivera. an entire city and the world is waking up in shock after a devastating fire reduced parts of notre dame cathedral to ash. flames engulfed the spire, the catastrophic collaps the gathering place that has been a symbol of freedom and fraternity in paris for over 800 years. 13 million visitors from all fa mhs come tovel at the heart of the french capital. it's a devastating start to holy week for catholic church, but french president emmanuel macron is vowing to rebuild. joining us fromondon is sarah harmon with the very latest. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: frances rivera, good morning. what a loss for france and the world. we're talking about a cathedral

that took 200 years to build. yesterday just a few hours for large parts of it to be destroyed. the cause of this fire isn't clear yet. the paris prosecutor's office is investigating at the moment they are treating it as an accident, and a key focus o this vestigation is likely to be the scaffolding that was outside the cathedral. notre dame was uergoing a nearly $7 million renovation when this fire broke out. one firefighter was injured, but remarkably, frances, we don't have any reports of fatalities. that's pretty incredible when you consider t size of this fire, and also the location, a densely populated urban area. as you said, the fennch presid is vowing to rebuild and this morning one of france's rich est men says he's going to nate more than $100 million to the reconstruction efforts. but, guys, it's going to be a massive undertaking because parts of this cathedral were made of wood. this morning a french cultural herincge expert says fra

doesn't even have the kind of trees that are big enough tore ace these ancient woodenbe ams that caught fire. it just illustrates the kind of challenges tt lie ahead rebuilding this iconic piece of paris. france rhard? >> everybody reflects on their own memories of notre dame. no, not the same. sarah harmon, as always, thank you very much. >> for morene we are joi by liz boater. she lives in paris, witnessed the fire from where she lives, very, very close.z, lihanks for being on the phone for us. we know what notre dameeans to - well, folks that aren't from paris. you're there in paris. what does notre dame and now unfortunely the current situation mean to locals? >> i am gettings messagevery minute on my phone from my friends who live here, both ex-pats and native parisians and french people. everyone is devastated.

our hearts are broken. just constant expressions of w shock and sor over this. it really cutsea the h out of the french people. my friend, my neighbor told me yesterday that notre dame to her is more parisian than ffel tower. >>t is a strong statement there. talk to us from your experience being so close, and seeingam the fl from beginning to end, devour this landmark. what was that like for you? >> itas j -- i felt so helpful and so, just horrified. i was overcome with a sadness that for a of humanity, not just for myself. i really felt there was -- i was witnessing a tremendous loss to the cultural heritage of humanity.

>> yeah, one of the sayings as you know since you live in paris, [ speaking foreignicanguage ] wh means pushed or tossed, but you don't sink. that would represent, i'm sure, what the catholic church is saying and as well parisians ary saying tod despite what happened to notre dame. >> i'm glad you bring up that saying. it is very much the heart of the way, but i believe the french people view catastrophes and adversity. there wer people who were, last night, while the flames licked the sky, you know, the french were walking around singing hymns and just sort of like almost like saying we will rise again, while the flames are still destroying . it's a beautiful way of looking at life, and that saying that flows beautifully by notre dame every day was instrumental in

saving her because the firefighters were pumping the water from the sun directly on to the roof to save her >> liz boater, 9:30 a.m. in paris. thank you so much for sharing your stories. >> thank you. >> afternt 22 mohs of shrouded in tmystery, the wai for the mueller report is almost over. the justice department is expected to release redacted version of the special counsel's findings on thursday morning toa congress the public. nbc's tracie potts joins us now from d.c. with the latest. tracie, the question is how much of that report is going to be blacked out so we d't see it? >> reporter: we don't know, but do know that it is supposed to be color-coded, frances, so when lawmakers get this report, they can see what's beenaken out and why that information has been taken out. secret grand jury information and other pieces of this report that the attorney general says by law he cannot reveal. we now knowgt is c out thursday morning. lawmakers will get their hands

on it then and presumably the public as well. nearly 400 pages, and the president critical after the released bymary was the attorney general, saying that there was no collution, inconclusive on whether or not there was obstruction of justice. the president tweeting that this s written by 18 angry democrats who also happened to be trump haters, he said, and clinn supporters. they should have focused on the people who spied on hisca 2016 mpaign, referring to that unfounded allegation at this pointthe fbi was actually spying on the campaign without authorization. frances? >> we will all see depending on how much. tracie, thank you. >> an w escalating of words this morning between president trump and congresswoman ilhan omar over her controversial comments about 9/11, and then his response on social media. the minnesota democrat says she has received a growing number of

death threats s ce the tweet from the president. and nbc's kasie hunt has more. nt reporter: dueling protests outside preside trump's appearance near ilhan omar's minnesota district. >> stand with ilhan. stand with ilhan. >> omar has to go. >> reporter: the freshman congresswoman saying the president is putting her life at risk. controversy that was started with this comment from omar about the worst terror attack on u.s. soil. calling it, quote, some people did something. >> care was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties. >> reporter: it spaed outrage among families of 9/11 victims. >> we owe anlo apogy to the 9/11 families and the public. >> reporter: tweing this video and her footage with the burning towers. "i have experienc an increase

in direct threats on my life, many directly referencing or replying to the president's ovideo." some omar's constituents blasting the president's tweet. >> the president's tweet once again tries to dndide a uses scare tactics. >> reporter: omar has sparked past controversy with comments some call anti-semitic. she says she's from where they welcome immigrants and send them to washington. >> thank you for that. >> even ocasio-cortez has her limits. she told yahoo! news she has ditched her personal facebook account and says it can pose a public health risk. >> now on tragedy of new york's fordham university, a student there falling to her death from a tower just weeks before she would have graduated. nbc's stephanie gosk has the story.

>> rep ter: students say climbing the stairs of fordham's university clock tower is a rite of passage. early sunday that tradition turned tragic. 22-year-old journalism major sidney montrise fell to her death. the senior fm portland, oregon fell to her death. the president writing, there are es words to dibe the loss of someone so young and full of promise. she was climbing up the tower with frids and reportedly posting video on social media. police say she fell through a staircase aanding dropped 30 feet. in the school newspaper, students described their own experiences inside t tower. there was a huge spiral staircase going up, and weul 't see the top, one said. fordham says the tower is normally locked, and it is investigating. while students mourn, one friend describing m anf ries ashe t sweetest soul she had ever met.

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> now to new developments in the college admissions scandal. lori loughlin and her fashion designer husband pleaded not guilty. they were charged last monthth wihe conspiracy to commit ail fraud for allegedly paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the university of southern california. last week moneyaundering charges were added for the couple and 14 other defend ats. theyre bothree on bail and ppear in eir right to court allowing defense lawyers to enter a not guilty plea on all charges. >> caught on camera, an explosive close call for a new jersey utility worker who had to run for his life after a live power line he had been workingo on fell tthe ground, as you see right there.at immediely setting off sparks and fire, the incident happened monday morning and was captured on dashcam by a police officer who was on the scene. ted greenbe n from ourbc affiliate in reports.phia, wcau, >> reporter: once the line came in contact with the ground, it erupted into a fire ball real quick. >> a lineman forced to run for

his life to escape intense flames and sparks shooting high into the air. >> reporter: he wasnd stag right in the mix of it all. the wires were around him. >> the explosive close call captured on video by the dashcam inside manchester township police sergeant christopher hem houser's suv. >> reporter: he was supremely lucky. >> reporter: around 6:30 this morning the worker fromew jersey central power and light was working to get a wire offra tye tffic pole when it became clear electricias still surging. >> i was under the impression that the line was dee energized and based on his actions, i felt he was under the same impression, that the line was dee energized. >> hem houser immediately checked on the lineman. he said he was okay and did not want medical treatment. >> he was definitely startled. just like myself, kind of in shock as to what happteed. >> reporr: the power line came down during a severe storm hem houser and another officer had themselves n for it

during an earlier explosion in the same spot. >> all right. ted greenberg reporting for us. thank you. >> let's check in now with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see what is in store for us. who is quiet and not weather wise. good morning. >> it's been a rough three to four days here with severat wer making its way across the south, into the northeast yesterday. very blustery conditions here. now, weo have a small area of the northeast until 8:00 a.m. with gusts to 40 to 50 miles per hour, but that's going to die wn throughout the day. this is our next storm system and, man, it's going to cause severe weather across the plains to the south, starting tomorrow afternoon. 29 million at risk. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. we're getting warmer across the midwest here. look at the 70s returning to columbus. lot more sunshine for the northeast as we start to dry out. a cooler pattern starting to enter for plains. so i'm going to give

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with a check on the road let's begin with storm team 4 l meteorologistauren ricketts in for chuck bell. a little chillier out there. >> it is certainly chillier, absolutely right, eun.es temperatur have dipped under clear skies. a lot of the region starting in the 40s and 30s right now. but it's a beautiful night out there. again, clearskies, you can see the moon out there. it's a wonderful, wonderful morning, start to this tuesday morning. sun coming up about 6:30. current temperatures out there, inu can see in the centrshenand valley starting the 30s. others in the 40s. might be a shock tosy the stem. jacket.going to need the we'll warm quickly. we'll dip a little ads we go throh the 7:00 a.m. hour and coming up. plenty of sunshine, more importantly a lighter wind. we're starting off on a cold note. frost adviseeries south and west -- advisories south and west. central shenandoah valley. again the temperatures coming up today, but more rain