good morning, twisters on a tear. tornado alley heating up overnight, dozens of tornadoes i reported nebraska andowa. ige storm chaser having a twister land rht on top of him. and today the tornado outbreak could be even worse, 44 milliun americans r threat of severe weather fromexas to iowa. we're tracking it all. shipping out, hundreds of migrants flown from texas to san diego on friday as the trump administration warns that border patrol is completelyverwhelmed by people fleeing to this country. officialsonsidering sending even ationwide and that

has some republicans up in arms. we're live with theatest. hero coach. >> i'm thankful that he was there to do something. >> a high school football coach in pond, oregon, hailed as a hero this morning after he tackled a student with a gun before anyone could be hurt. the community still reeling from the scare. all that plus controlled blast, the weapons on board the f 16 jet that crashed in southern californiahis week detonated near the crash site. bracing rematch, the owner of the horse disqualified from the kentucky derby challenging th w derbyinner to a unique high stakes race with millions of dollars on the line. and good-bye grumpy cattle, fans mourn the internet sour puss who launched countless memes and amassed a fortune whileli making milons across the country laugh out loud. a fond tribute to the cat's meow, today, saturday, may 18, 2019.

from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, peter alexander and dylan dreyer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, and welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on saturday morning. we have wnbc's dave price sitting in for dylan. >> good to see you. we're going need you for ta lot of people, millions of people are going to be neeldings you. >> thi going to be a story that extends through the weekend. let's get right to t. take a look at this video. this tornado caught on tape in mccook, nebrka, about halfwma between oha and denver. accuweather storm chaser reed timer had the tornado land basically right on top of him. this is just stunning.

now if you take a look, the good news isnj no one ied while covering this story, but keep i mind at a distance it's terrifying. when it is up cyose on it's amazing. listen. just rolls right over them, and rs course now national weather service investi are going toe dispatched to the area. they're gng toook at wind patternsnd they're going to look at debris fields and they'll make an estimation about how long that tornado was. the meantime, we're watching for the threat of more severe weather around the country. we take a look now through sections of the upper midwest, and we see the threat of flash flooding, 3 million people under headthreat right now as w through the morning hours. now we head down to texas and into oklahoma where, of course, we have tornado watches in effect until 10:00 a.m. this is just part of a system which is going to ctinue to vance toward the east bringing

rough weather to millions of people all weekend long. let's talk about the severe threat as we head through today and into tonight. 44 million people now under the threat of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. it's this area right here where e highesthreat of tornadoes is, so that's what we're going to watch as we they had through the day. then this system begins to work or up to more populated areas as we roll into tomw. 47 million people at risk in interior sections of the northeast and of course all this dangerous weathern follows a advancing front line which is continuing to move to the east through sections of the midwest, the south, into the plains and eventually into the northeast. we'll have much more for you and a full forecast. back to you.yo thank we'll get your national forecast in a moment. to missouri, where a major battle is brewing this morning a day afterrs lawmake there passed a bill that bans abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. missouri lawmakers t following lead of several other states

including alabama, that just passed restrictive new abortion laws. nbc's kathy park is here with more. good morning, a lot of controversy surrounding this. >> absolutely. good morning to you. after hours of heated debate, missouri became the fifth state to pass a art beat bill banning abortions after a fetal haart beat is detected. while these may ve been significant milestones, the legal challens are just beginning. >> this morning, the movement to ban abortions deepening across the country. protesters quick to react in missouri after becoming the latest state to pass one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills. if enacted, theew law makes abortions illegal after eight weeks. exceptions apply for medical ergencies only, not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. doctors who break the rul could face up to 15 years in prison. the republican ntrolled house ted 110-44 in a final vote

friday. the governor has said he'll sign the measure into law >> i think all life has value to it, all life does and i have been pretty clear about that my entire career and i'm going to stand up for the people that don't have a voice and everybody should have a right to life, and i believe that. >> planned parenthood's president writing this is a terrifying time for women in lterica. anti-women's hea politicians are pushing dangerous policies that will endanger women's lives and the public's healthment earlier this ek nearly every abortion in alabama became a crime, creating a deep divide friday at o othe state's three abortion clinics. >> we protect women from being filmed with our umbrellas. we talk to them as we're walking up here. they pay attention to us sohey n't listen to harassment. >> we have to ask ourselves, when is it okay to kill a baby. >> lawmakers likeab senator elh warren are stepping in, calling on congress to protect a woman'sight to choose. several states have introduced

restrictive laws, setting the stage for a possibleur supreme co show down challenging protections provided under roe v. wade. and president trump has sta d quiet on this very public clash over abortion. meantime, many women have shared their abortion stories posting on social media using the hash tag, you know me. very much a trending topic. >> the culture war is heating up, heading into a campaign season. nice to see you. thank you so much. turning to washington where the battle over immigration is heating up. the department of homelandcu serity is laying out the ground work for a plan to send migrants who cross our southern border all acrosshe country. in fact, it startedlr ady. mike mccara is at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: the -- mike -- >> and with talk now of expanding the flights to other cities around the country. local officials, including some republicans are up in arms.

on friday, hundreds of immigrant detainees arrived in san diego, flown from customs andro border col facilities in texas. officials say that flights like these take place three times a week, wh each flight carrying around 130 people. the flights will continue indefinitely. once on the ground, the detaees are finger printed and processed. immigration and customs enforcement officials will then decide whether to release them to the public. officials say the texas facilities are overwhelmed in both march andl, ap more than 100,000 undocumented immigrants crossed the border in the span of ant mo numbers not seen in over 12 years. last month president trump said he might bus detained immigrants to so called sanctuary cities, his way of retaliating against democrats for blocking immigration laws. >> we'll bring them to sanctuary cities areas and let that particular area take care of it. they always say they have open

arms. let's see if they have open arms. >> officials insist the decisions being made on where to transport migrants are not political, and they would not specifically target sanctuary cities. in florida, the trumpti administra was considering the release of hundreds of migrants in broward and palm beach counties each month. two democratic strongholds, the response was swift from both sides, including the newly elected republican governor of florida, a staunch trump alley. >> i don't think this should happenn florida. we have a lot of fish to fry in our own state with our own citizens. >> repor florida republicans upset about the possibility, of sending detainees to south florida, broward county democrats are suggest suggesting if it happens, detainees should be held in trump hotels. treasury secretary steve mnuchin refused a congressional subpoena to hand over the president's tax returns.

what happens now. >> reporter: this is theouse weighs and means committee, subpoenaed six years of president trump's tax returns. steve mnuchin responded in a letter saying it serves no legitimate legislative purposes. democrats counter this saying this is a congressional oversight responsibility. they also cite a 95-year-old law that says the ways and means committee chairman can ask for e tax returns of anyone he chooses to ask for. this case is going to go to court where it is going to be decided. let's bring in nbc news analyst phillip rucker. let's start on immigration if we can quickly. we know we have seen a surge of migrants at the border, specifically in texas. we saw a video of migrants being put on planes and deposited in effect in southern califora. the republican florida governor describes this as dumping. he says if it comes to his

state, it would be unacceptable. how isdm the trumpinistration managing this? >> well, it's a real dilma for the administration. they are scrbling to come up with a way to process the migrants coming through the border. ere is no clear plan how to do so. they are considering a number of cities across the country and including in the interior of thn coy. as you have seen in florida, local officials don't feel they have the infrastructure to handle thesemmigrants coming over. the challenge by the way is compounded by continued infighting within the administration among the top immigration officials including steven miller at the white house and the acting head secretary rather of the department of homeland security. >> let me ask you about the escalating trade war with china, president trumpng callit a little squabble. put this in context, you have the president as touting the economy as one of his strongest assets, what's the risk reward argument for trump when it comes to china. >> it's an importantqu tion. this is more than a squabble.

this is an outright trade war between the u.s. and china. trump plans to meet witid present xi of china. investors wantty certainnd the uncertainty about this president's trade policies is hurting the markets and potentially jeopardizing this economy which is the president's calling card for reelection. >> let's talk about the attorney general william barr. he doubled down on his first interview since the russia investigation came out on his spying claim saying he wanted to find out whether a government officials put their thumb on the scale in that investigation. he told the "wall street journal" that government power was used topy on american citizens. the president always said he wanted to fin somebody who was looking out for him as attorney general, did he finally find his man? >> i think he a found his man. if you combine his recent developments with the way barr of the the rollout

mueller report, he's working to protect the president, working to advance the president's ump's sts and speaking language which is very important to trump, he's using the term we ng which is not a term hear from the fbi director and others in the government. >> really quickly, we don't have a lot of time. former vice president joe biden set to kick off his rally in philadelphia, looking forward, what i your take on this, a biden trump election something he president and his aid should worry about? >> the president is worried about joe biden, and that's because polling isonsistently owing biden defeating trump in a head-to-head match up in a 2020 reelection. he has a special appeal to the three states in the rust belt that trump carried in 2016 and needs again, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. >> that's w he'll be in philadelphia today. phil rutger, thank you very much. >> thank you. meantime, a high school football coach in oregon isin be called a hero this morning thanks to his quick actions and bravery when a student entered

the school with a shotgun on friday. nbc's molly hunter has the story. >> it's happened again. an attempted school shooting, this time in portland, oregon, a high school student enter the school with a gun. ahi quick tnking football coach jumped into action preventing anyone from getting hurt or killed. this morning a high school footballoach is being haile a hero. >> he did a really goodob. i'm thankful that he was there to do something. >> a school shooting aveed when former university of oregon wide receiver kenan lowe tackled an armed student to the ground. >> there may be a teacher yelling at kids, saying there's anvactive shooter at the school. >> >> reporter: a scene becoming all too familipo. police resed to a 911 call. a man with a shotgun spotted near the high school. >> i knew to just leave because i didn't want to get hurt. >> reporter: when police arrived on the scene, the suspected gunman, an 18-year-old studente

had alr been subdued. the suspect is now in custody. >> staff members con fronted the person with the gun and sta members wrestled him to the ground. >> reporter: lowe told the oregonian, i'm happy i was able to be there for the kids and the community. parents anxiously waited to get news from their children. >> officers are trying, you know, you see them coming in group s.w.a.ts going into the school. i'm panicking looking for my child. >> it's quite emotional. even though my son said he's safe, it's just, you know, it's just a horror that it just doesn't stop. >> reporter: students and parents thankful no one was hurt but still coping wit another school scare. portland's police chief commended coach lowein say he displayed quick actions and bravery. the portland police, fbi and school officials continue to investate the incident and kenan lowe was trending on twitter friday. >> molly hunter thank you. meantime, the sond leg o.

triple crown, the preakness stakes is going to be running laterxi today. m security, the horse that was disqualified at the kentucky derby for cutting off other horses will not be competing today. the horse that was declared the winner will not run the preakness eithe due to a breathing problem. the owner of maximum security is saying he is ooing to putccupy $20 million, of his own money to challenge country house and three other horses to another race by the end of the year. he wants the other owners to put up 5 million apiece on their horses. anyone kwwho beats maximum security would get 5 million. he says it has nothing to do with the disqualification. he wants to promote rse sport of ho racing. you can catch the preakness stakes on nbc starting at 5:00.m. eastern. i think maximum security's owner

wants another shot. >> can you do that, i don't know. let's turn to our expert, dave pric t he has national forecast as well. dave. i don't know what they can do with horse as today's weathe remble, depending wheyou are. you up and downed the eastern seaboard looking nice other than a smatters of showers which r could roll thgh. the southeast. temperatures into the 90s in early summer and the area of severe weather we talked about, well, because of the difference in temperatures and where that exists you're going to see thee thr of severe weather rolling through through the upper midwest and northern plain states back to texas. 80snd 90s to the south. 50s, 40s to the north and where that erllides is w the rough stuff is. mountain snow upwards of a foot in sections of montana, wyoming, colorado, through the northern rock rockies. the same system that dumped twoi feet of kn't the upper areas of the sierra nevada. another storm coming to the west. a look at the national maps. l here's ak what's going on

right where you are. well have temperatures on the mild side where we are. those temperatures are in the 60 right now. 65 in washington. 64 in lorden. 64 in frederick ands, annapoli warm spot at 69 degrees. make your way out the door this morning, grab the small umbrelna. not a rai jackety definitelsunglasses. mix of sun and clouds. by 9:0070 pushing degrees here in d.c. a few isolated showers above the frontal system and isolated and that's a quick look at your weather picture. new information about the birth of meghan and harry's beautiful little boy archie. up next, another miraculous survival tale from new york's

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we are back with our "weekly download." a lookack at the week that was. >> a miracle on thehudson. this time a helicopter rather than a passenger p. >> reporter: horror on the hudson river. >> oh, god. just crashed. >> reporter: a helicopter spiraling out of control. >> landed wsideways. sahe wing. it came down. >> i just saw a big splash. >> reporter: missing the landing path by 150 feet march raless walked away with only cuts. and a deadly crash two planes collided in midair. >> four guests on independent tour ang with the pilot did not survivehe accident. >> reporter: authorities investigating the cause of the crash that left a total of six dead. ten others rescued from the frigid water.

an emotional good-bye for 18-year-old kendrick castillo, sacrificed his life during the colorado. s.t.e shooting saving classmates. >> a hearse holding signs followed by a mile-long line of jeike the one kendrick liked to take off in the spring. >> his sacrifice help sewed many people. it truly was something selfless. >> reporter: jt hours before castillo's funeral the two alleged shooters in court charged with first-degree murder. a celebrity court appearance in the college admissions scandal. actress felicity huffman said her daughter didn't know about it. she said, yes, your honor when asked if she was guilty of the charge

$1 $1$ $15,000 to boost her daughter's s.a.t. stars. and actress doris day died at age . ♪ kay ser cersi que sera, sera, will be will be ♪ >> and tim conway who cracked people up on "the carol burnett show" died at 85. some of the week's wildest moments kah caught on camera. jumping out of the way as an out of control car hydroplaned and crashed into the wall. the trooper walked away with l only a injury. two windowhers on a wild ride in oklahoma city as their scaffold swung 50tories in the air. they were eventually rescued. and something you don't see every day. a couple of llamas taking a stroll through vegas. and finally, going above and beyond.

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>> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. 7:26 on this saturday may 18th. good morning.cu i'm david lver. bcheck of headlines. start withaking news this morning out of the district. police there tell us a wom is dead after someone hit her with a car. officers say she was walking outside a crosswalk across mlk jr. avenueas late lt night just outside st. elizabeth hospital. talking to another person when suddenly a car slammed into her. she did not survive. she may have been drunk at the. time the driver stayed on the scene. and probably see a lot of cyclists on the road. happening an hour from now.

starts at 8:00. begins at west potomac park. you'll see road closures. they're on the map. specifically around the national mall. coul be a problem for those headed to george washington and georgetown university'on gradua gr speaking of graduations, what's the weather like for those? lauryn ric tts tracks that for you,

> welcome back, everybody. i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts. 30% chance of rain today, tomorrow and monday. especially humid particularly monday. now. out there temperatures in the 60s. 69 in annapolis. a few isolated showers across virginia. shore of maryland. tnto t headed the d.c. bike ride, temperatures today in the mid-70s with just an isolated chance of showers. likely dry for that, l andely

dry throughout the day. 30% chance of rain sunday and monday. temperatures moving up. die brie tuesday, wednesday of next week and lookinggood. >> thanks, lauryn. back in 25 minutes with another update to news and weather. for now, back to the "toda. eep it going. keep your hands up. >> that video doesn't get you. u don't have a heart. back on this saturday morning may 18, 2019. you may have seen this video that touched millions wi nation. that's 9-year-old lucas, ecstatic when his dad surprised him coming home from deployment in syria. i had a chance to meet this family. how the military deployments affect children like lucca nationwide and a group making it their mission to help them. i cat wait until you hear from little lucca and helping others

with the same sues. begin this half hour with a check of headlines. reports of dozens of tornadoes in the plains in the midwest. >> look at . accuather'seed timmer caught in a twister in nebraska. turned his back as the debrie swirled around him. 18 states and 40 million in the middle of theid mult severe system expected to produce damaging winds, hail even life-teatening flooding over the next few day. hundreds of migrant detainees now arriving in san diego. flying asym seeker to other parts of the u.s. fosts in text are overwhelmed. more than 100,000undocumented immigrants crossed the border. officiiss insist decions on relocating migrants wil o not b a political basis. a dangerous chemical fire broke out overnight just outside

of new yink city. ca ins on a nearbyay h stuck in s majormoke and roadways shut down. the cause that makes pool chemicals including chlorine. officials in surrounding townsa including of new york city warning people to stay indoors and keep windows closed. look at this beauty unveiled at the lego house in denmark. a life sized supercar made entirely out of legos. took more than 13,000 hours and more than a million lego pieces to build without using glue. it actually works. seats two people and top speed just over 12 miles an hour. >> good way to roll. ho do you like me now? my legos. also this morning, newta des surrounding the birth of our little royal baby archie. >> entered the world 12 days ago little glimpse morem and now are learning

from an official record. nbc's kristen dahlgn is in london with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning. can you see politiclittle prince tooling around in that lego automobile? i like it. i got a look at his birth certificate. a little piece of paper that o answers allf those burning questions you had about the e have now seen baby archie bundled um and fast asleep until now a lot we didn't know just how the seventh in line to the british throne came into this world. in n hisly obtained birth sir test he arrived may 6th. not at their new home frogmore cottage liking expected but rather a london hospital. >> even though meghan let i known she want add home birth,a retic first child at 37 would be born in hospital.

>> reporter: the sir ticertific lists the suite not where kate middleton birthed her newborns. >>teghan didn't w to come out full hair and makeup and chose another hospital. >> reporter: the certificate shows the mother as rachel meghan her royal highness duchess of sussex and her job as princess of the united kingdom. same as kate listed for her occupation. baby archie already met his grandmother the queen and according to the "daily mail" the littlene met william and kate first time on tuesday. this weekend a special time for parentw the one-yearernniversary of h wedding and what an eventful year it has been. >> all right. so no word on how they plan to celebrate that anniversary. we do know, though, that prince harry is at another royal

wedding this morning. the queen's first cousin once removed late gabriela windsor gettingn married just dow the road from frogmore. harry making a surprise appearance there this morning. meghan was not with him assuming she has a lot going on at home now, guys. fair enough. >> if archie's already in the tux, wre in business, ias going to say. also finding out prince william otened up sincere comments about the death of hisr princess diana and how it affected him, spoke in a recently released clip from a bbc documentary. what did he say? >> right. a documentary about men's mental health. so h was very open about the pain of it. he's been through the idea to sort of get other men to open up about things they're going through. take a >> i think when you are bereserved at a very young age, in time, really, but a particular young age you feel pain like no other pain and know that in your life it's going tou

be very dif to comero ac snag will be worse pain than that. >> acknowledges a british stiff upper lip but sometimes you ally just freed to taneed to ta it with people. >> the whole world mourns the loss of his mom. and back with another check of the weather. >> nice to see you. what you get today really depends where you are. either walking aroundn i shorts with sunglasses or have two and three layers on. the warm arab from the sou pushing to the east. cold air staying in the plains states and the stretching back into the rockies. look at that 37 degrees i billings and where into the 50s and 60s heading to the south. where those two air masses collide we see threat of severe weather. later on today 20 degrees below where we should be in ea minnlis. meanwhile, at 91 in charlotte. 75 cleveland, 83 chicago. well above our average 'sthere. thatwhere, again, the severe weather is going to begin to

move towards the east. we're going to watch it. now, we roll into sunday, all of that does begin to slide. watch these temperatures. 90 in leigh. 83 in philadelphia. 80 in buffalo. that's almost 15 degrees above the norm.83 in cincinnati. eanwhile, in bismarck, high temperature, onl degrees. about 20 degrees below where we'd like to see it this time of year. early next week, the aa to focus on is to the southeast. look at those numbers in columbia. 95 degrees. this is going to take us all the way through florida, and thee numbers continue to climb for next week through the holiday weekend. a big, big warm-up. that's a quick look at the national maps. here's a look what's going on right wher>> well, those temperatures right where we are, warm. temperatures are in the 60s right now. they're moving u right on into the low 80s today. a touch of humidity. isolated shower or storm. about a % chance. most of us stay dry continuing

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unfa >> renting a car to an individual for profits you freed to abidey certain safety, tax and insurance rooms at this hoint they're not doing so. >> reporter: muc like taxis are fightingacks against uber and hotels chains battling airbnb, rental car giants areg takinn this waging a legislative war pushing bills in more than two dozen states to redefine them as a traditional renl car company. >> you can't compare someone who's shiaring their car a few day as montharning a few ndred dollars a month with a big corporation generating billions with a massive fleet 2 million cars. >> reporter: this comes at the market changes and car-sharing moves into the mainstream. >> not driving it, can rent it out and it pays for itself. >> reporter: the car rental industry trying to keep pace with a shift in the business as companies like this one pick up sp

>> it's really interesting. now that you're on the road, this car you rented, say from the app. obvious question. rent out the car. the person driving gets a speeding ticket or worse an acci? >> reporter: right. so the driver is responsible for paying ticketsny for a traffic vile ace. worst-case scenario, case of an accident, they provide both the car owner ahe renter with $1 million in liability insurance. owner, based on the car you have, youan buy more insurance protection if you need it e mor peace of mind.eace a what's that, peter? >> i know you're at a stop li light. ep your hands on the wheel. >> they screen both cars and drivers. you're not going to rent a car from this platform that might have recalls or any defects. it's all taken care of ahead of

time. >> i think it could catch on. already is. >> let you focus on the ahead. geoff bennett, appreciate it. thanks. >> reporter: all right. >> a hot topic. still to emcome, rember that little boy surprised by h father as they sparred togetherd hi just home from deployment. millions moved by it. now speaking outou how it was while dad was away. the spotlight on militarry .hildren evewhere, right aft , , but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenousal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer, ho approved, onal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai iproven to heln have significantly more time without disease progression,

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>> the surprise homecoming videos shown before, alwaysrf poweul and personal like the one shared here"n "toda a tennessee boy there reuniting with his dad after a lg deployment. we wanted to learn more about that family. to hear their message from others in the same boat. for ten moss lucca counted down ays until he'd see his dad again. > what's tough about being in the military? >> being away from my dad. we're best buds. >> reporter: blindfolded he thought he was sparring with his instructor until he heard a familiar voice. >> keep your gloves up, chip. >> reporter: home from syria -- >> daddy? >> reporter: that hug revealing thend release a the hardship of all that time apart. >> what are you thinking? >> this has to be a joke and then i saw it. and i -- ran to him.

>> reporter: wlt our loved ones serve they're not the only one whose sacrifice. >> when i go on a deployment, i know the expectation, i know my physician, and we know that military's going to take care of us but have no ideaha wt's going to happen with our family when gone. >> reporter: what were the signs when his dad was gone? >> rebelling me and things we had neverseen. >> reporter: one of 2 million kids with a military parent and mom or dad deployed, most kids suffer sleeping problems, aggression >> sorrow at first. they're sad. then in some cases it turns more to anger. >> reporter: rob klapperuns our military kids, a nonprofit that gives grants to the children of national g and reserv 65,000 in the last 15 years for

classes of horseback riding and tae kwon do, too. >> home away from home. >> give me a kick. >> t mom sayst was lucca's outlet. >> his savior. a place to get energy out. to develop. >> reporter: leah found and outlet too. making and selling yellow ribbonsto celebrate rob' return. that idea quickly caught on. the profits all going to our military kids. enough money raised to cover grants for seven more children. >> what advice would you give to other military kids whosearads or moms away? >> if your dad and mom's away, just keep pushing through, and . i pray for all of you. >> oh, my goodness. >> that guy is a trooper. lucas. i had so much fun being with this guy. so strong and his familypr sive. reminds you that service is more than just about those who go away but the families that they leave hi, something you don't hear a lot about.

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all right. what you got on tap for today? we've got festiva going on. d.c. bike ride, graduation sayre more thanes, lauryn ricketts. a lot of outdoor happenings. decent for lks? >> i think it will be, david. looking at temperatures already onhe mild side. in the 60s now. 70s in d.c. we're going to continue to warm it up. could have an isolated shower maybe a passing storm. i would say 20% chance may 30% chance. we saw a few isolated showers out the this morning. now a few sprinkles. there we go. right there. just in the northwestern side of frederic sten, for preakness, maybe a spotty shower. nothing like with the kentucky derby. plenty of sunshine. temperature is staying in the 70s in baltimore.

d.c., low 80s. mid to upper 80s tomorrow. hot and humid tomorrow and monday with temperatures mid to upper 80s. next week looking good. >> all right. thanks,au lryn, back in 25 minutes with another local news update. good morning. twisters on atear. dozens of tornadoes reported in nebraska and kansas overnight. one storm chaser caught right in e middle of a tornado. >> tornado!o! tornad and today, the storms are likely to ber worse in the cente of the country. more than 40 million americans under threat of severe weather from iowa to texas. we'll have the latest. shipping out. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to san diego overnight as the trump administration warns facilities near the texas border ote overcrowded and may send asylum seekers to r cities an. and good-bye grumpy cat. fans reporting the internet

launed clountless memes amounting a foreign making millions laugh out loud. a tribute to the cat's lat st mw laterer ♪ nev love, never, never uv >> hi. so excited t be heren new york at the "toy" show! >> all: hi, everybody at home! >> all the way from the bahamas. ♪ never love, never, never love, never love ♪ never, live it up, live it up ♪ >> hi. >> hi, mom! >> sweet 16 on "today"! ♪ i love it. >> everybody's feeling the beat today. >> yes. somebody call ciara. continuious back ground dancers for the "today" crew here. >> and we're back on "today" here on a saturday morning. dave price in for dylan enjoying off. >> get outside say hi to folks on the plaza in a moment.

once again, weather is the big story on this ersaturday. >>us weather. certainly in parts of the midwest and plains. we begin there. violent weather with a threat of severe thunderstormsnd dangerous tornadoes likely in store for the central area of the country today from texas to iowa. some of the areasfi specilly still reeling from a massive amount of rain, heavy winds and resulting floods. wnbc's dave price is here tracking the storms. dave? >> sheinelle and peter, begin with a really scary sight. a tornado outbreak in nebrasok. lot this video. reports of dozens of twisters in the plains, and accuweather storm chaser reed timmer h tornado land right on him. of take a look and a listen. >> tornado! rnado! >>imhaty is terrifying. you can watch that debris spin around. that's not a movie. that's reality and mother nature at work. thankfully, reed and his crew were just fine but, of course,

it gives uslon up cse and personal look at the dange and the fury of storms which can roll through with little or no notice. all the more reason when we have take s and warnings to heed and make a plan. as we take a look at the weather, and the threat of severe wiconditions in location flash flooding a possibility heading from sections of nebraska to illinois. heavy rain rolling through the twin cities as we speak this morning. he down to texas. into sections of oklahoma as well. onward to the north and east we have tornado watches in effect, and you can see the severity off that line o thundershowers working through the area right now. talk about where we see the best chance of severe weather andrn tooes today. up to little rock. down to louisiana. back into texas. 60 mile-per-hour winds, o course. could see hail. two inches or larger, heading through today into tonight. and as we head into tomorrow and

wrap up the weekend, all of this begins to work its way eastward to higher population areas t through midwest and interior sections of the east. 47 million people under the same risk we were just talking about for today. this is all because of a front which is passing on through. and as we head to the southnd east we see warm weather as we head to the north and west, cooler weather and why we're looking at the possibility of some rough conditions working their way through the countryad heg through the next 24 hours or so. that's a look at the national forecast. back to you. >> thanks. the rest of the forecast in ant mome meantime, abortion rights supporters in missouri are vowing to fight this morning. a day after state legislatorsss pa add bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. missouri the latest state to crack down on the procedure. we have more. >> reporter: good morning. missouri has become the fifth state this year to pass a hard bill banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detecd and

as protests on both sides are getted heated, this could make its way to the supreme court. this morning a movement to ban abortions deepeng acro the country. protesters quickly react in missouri after becoming the latest s ote to passne of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills. if eawcted the new makes abortions illegal after eight weeks. exceptions apply for medical emergencies only. not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. doctors who break the rules could face up to 15 years in prison. the republican-controlled house voted 110-44 in a final vote friday. the governor has said he'll sign the measure into law. >> i think all life has value to it. all life does. and i've been pretty clear about that my entire career. you know? i'm going to stand up for the people that don't have a voice and everybody should havegh a ri to life and i believe that. >> reporter: planned parenthood's president writing,

s a terrifying time for women in america. anti-women's health politicians are pushinganrous policies that will endanger women's lives and the public's health. earlier this week, nearly every abortion in alabama became a crime, creating a deep divide friday at one of thestate's three abortion clinics. >> well, we expected to be filmed. we don't listen to that harassment. we embarrass ourselve when is it okay to kill a baby? >> reporter: lawmakers like elizabeth warren are stepping in calling on congress to protect a woman's right to choose. several other states introduced restrictive laws setting the stage for a possible supreme court showdown, challenging protections provided under roe v. wade. and many women shared abortion stories posting on social media using the #youknowme and next tuesday women's rights groups

expected to hold protests outse of the white house and state courthouses t opposings new wave. and holding migrants in texas, homeland security is flying some of those asylum seekers to temporary holding centers in other states. nbc's mike viqueira is a the white house with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, peter. right. on friday hundreds of migrants detainees arrived in san diego flown in from custom and border patrol facilities in texas.of ficials say the flights take make three times a week each flight carrying around people and the flights will continue indefinitely. once on the ground they're fierprinted and processed. immigration enforcement officials deciding whether to release into the. publ officials say the texas facilities like in del rio are overwhelmed and border crossings at thehest rate in over 12 years and officials say they're considering flying i detainees

cities like detroit, miami and buffalo stressing the plans aren't firm. last month president trump said he might bus immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities but now the list is not political, th say. all in an uprather where officials in broward county and other counties sayg detainees will be sent there each mother.s proposalf strong protest from republicans and democrats statewide. >> including the republican governor. mike viqueir at the white house. thanks. other headlines. traffic moving again at the crash site of an f-16 in southern california. the fighter jet slammed into a warehouse fully armed. it was fully detonated iday. the plane ras recorded going down and the after math. the pilots ejected safely and no

serious injuries in the accident. tiger woods is out. woodstruggled looking nothing like the golfer who won the masters last month in a stirring homeback. many had trouble what's generally considered a very difficult course. it's the bethpage black course no n far outsideew york city. one who a'dn't, amer brooks koepka. from florida specifically. heads into today's third round of the pga with the biggest lead in history. koepka is seven strokes out in front of his nearest competitor. >> wow. ready for a boost? >> boost things. e go.re listen to this. hottest baller in l.a. is wearing a blue unorm. take look. this is lapd officer arias george on patrol and checking in with the kids on the playground. stands back to the basket, half court line. wait for it. swish. wait. did i miss it while talking? played while i was talking. kids on the playground going nuts. officer george apparently no stranger to these kind of

on-court heroics. instagram handle, trick shot cop, if you wan to follow it. >> legit! >> wonderful. >> thought it might be lofted in the sky before coming down. up next, a lteing tribu to grumpy cat and the enduring velegacy she leabehind is right after this. i have heart disease, watch what i eat, take statins, but still struggle to lower my ldl bad cholesterol. which means a heart attack or stroke. coul pulling me away from everything that matters most. (siren) because with high bad cholesterol, my risk of a heart attack or stroke is real. ♪ repatha® plus a statin seriously lowers bad cholesterol by 63%. and significantly drops my risk of having a heart attack or stroke. do not take repatha® if you are allergic to it. repatha® can cause serious allergic reactions. sihis include: trouble breatng or swallowing, or swelling of the face. most common side effects include runny se, sore throat,

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feline since garfield i think you can safely say. the lookf contempt brought internet fame. >> talking about grumpy ca millions mourning her death and celebrg the joy brought to so many. molly hunter is back with more. >> reporter: good morning. right. fans still reeling from the very sad news and s we took a hard, academic look at legacy that grumpy cat leaves behind. this morning, heaven got a little grumpier. tartar sauce known atat grumpy passed away this week peacefully in the arms of her mommy. now sour puss fans everywhere particular will those at this cat cafe are inmo ning. >> heard about that news. really sad. it's a good legacy she's leaving tehind. >> rep grumpy cat was the scowling star of lifetimees movi, and a cheerios ad and for friskies and immortalized in

wax at madame tussaud's and appeared here on "today." and started with a meme turned out by the thousan and perpetual >> all scrunched up. >> reporter: attracted millions, even celebs got in on it. the famous feline was worth $100 million at one time. >> crazy there's a funny cat? >> yes, and a happy cat if i was famous. >> grumpy cat! >> reporter: why, one might ask, did this grumpy cat connect with,well, everyone? >> it's a number of communication. basically you see the cat, just expression that's fun any every language. >> a good balance of being grumpy, relatable and bringing joy to people. >> reporter: remember for bringing joy and that piercing look of contempt do your best grumpy cat impression?

>> a good friend. oh, that's good! >> oh. that's good. amazing. >> reporter: and today ainal meme from the grave. i am now in heaven. i hate it. and i spect that's not the last we'll see of grumpy cat. his owner would like the world to know while she looks gmpy she was actually a very cute and cuddly cat and after spending a bit of time with serious cat lovers in recent time, everyone is on the lookout for the next meme-worthy cat. >> oh. >> i don't know a lot about grumpy cat. apparently a lly an underbe cau that and wasn't angry. wait she was born. we think of you and love you, grumpy cat. >> good stuff. thank you, molly. coming up, onother check the weather with dave out on the plaza. >> we got great weather and we've got a terrific crowd! we're out on the plaza with friends fromvaldosta, georgia.

friends from erie, pennsylvania, on.i work and hold nine weeks to motherhood and you're standing for hours on the plaza? all right. just hold things down for aut 30seconds. ay? fair ough? good. heel o a checkf the weather. seep what's happe ws happening country. shall we? beautiful day in the neighborhood. warm temperatures in the southeast. still a flood threat into the midwes and northern plains states and severe storms roll through. sections of texas and oklahoma working their way east. mountain snow, ocourse, rolling through sections of the northern rockies and the westme coast welco another storm. a quick look at the national map. kre's a loo at what's going on right where you are. well, right where we are, not too bad. a mix of sun and clouds. 30% chance of seeing rain not only today but also tomorrow. and into monday. going to becomeidot and hum finally the temperatures drop off by tuesday. 60s and low 70s now across the

board. a little warm out there to start. definitely warm throughout the day. touch of humidity. temperatures in the low 80s by this afternoon. again a chance of a passing storm as we continue through the day. radar showing a few light showers rolling through our . >> and saturday morning on the plaza, a look at your weather. bark inside to you. >> good crowd outside. thank you. still to come, s ederan and justin bieber teaming up for what some call a surreal music video. we'll take a look. and a blunder with the bordeaux. a waiter serves ada legen very expensive battle to wine to diners who ordered a much cheaper one. stayith us. that's right after these messag.

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and then of dollars goes viral? >> the case for one british restrant worker. dave has the story in the orange room. didn't go well? >> it did not. reign to me because i get my wine in a box. that's a different story. what happened -- two people walk into thisra restau and order a $300 bottle of wine. that's expensive in and of itself. but not nearly as outlandish as the one that was actually served to them. that's right. look at numbers. the bottle, listed in the rarity section of the wine list cot 4,500 pounds equating to nearly $6,000. how did this all happen? aedaitress ask the manager at the restaurant to do her a favor and grab a bottle. and she mistakenly picked up th. wrong on >> oh! >> doi! >> the customer accidentally given a battle of the 2001 wine,

which is 4,500 pounds on o menu last night hope you enjoyed your evening and to the member of the staff who accidentally gave itaway, chin up. mistakes happen and we love you, anyway. now, tha tweet sparked a flurry of responses like this one. i'm coming on the 2nd of june. can i specifically request that staff member as my waiter? roger simply says, i'll have what she's having. and then, of course, the others started asking, who would even buy such an expensive bottle? and the restaurant joke responding in this case, quite literally, no one. unbelievable. i mean, i buy wine which is like checkout. near the >> remember, on this show wen compared a expensive bottle of wine. wasn't that expensive. with a cheap one and all picked, i think i picked the cheaper one. i don't remember what dylan did.

>> how about a little "pop start." >> f sir elton john. a little class to this chase. "rocket man" movie about the singer's life debuted at the cannes film festival. he's getting candid about the past struggles saying every creative artist does have doubt and has moments of, am i doing the right thing? am ioo gd enough? and that's what turns us into monsters as well, because i think you become asunreable and of course the chemical substances and alcohol don't help anything, and you lose touch with reality. the 72-year-old has been sober for almost 30 years. good for him. moving on to ed sheeran andi justin eber. after days of teasing fans t two finally dropped the music f don't care." somere calling it g screen

perfecti pe. "rolling stones" calls it one of the stranger clips from either artist's career. you be the judge. take a look. ♪ because i don't care, about my baby ♪ making me feel like maybe ♪ >>upposed to be quirky. >> i feel people will talk about this. >> there you go. viral. >> thank you, dave. comingp here on "today," thehe "game of thrones," say you either win or die. what might happen in sunday huge finale? >> talk about it. and summer skin care made how to protect and pamper your skin at any age. first, these messages. any . but first, these messages. chthis is not just a headae. this is not just a fever. this is not just t flu. it's meningitis b... and you're nothere to help. while meningitis b is uncommon... once symptoms appear, they can progress quickly and can be fatal...

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>> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. 8:26 on this saturday may 18th. good morning to you. i'm david culver. a check ofheadlines. start withew breaking this morning. this out of the district where police tell us a woman is dead after someone hit her with a car. officers say walking outside a crosswalk in southeast late last night just oun st. elizabeth hoital. talking to another western when suddenly a car slammed into her. the woman rushed to the hospital but did not survive. police believe she may have been drunk at the time. the driver we'reold stayed on the scene. happening today, a lot of cyclists for the d.c. bike ride ppening now. road closures.

take notice of those around the national mall that could be a problem for folks heading to the george washington university and georgetown university graduations happening today. in a matter of hours second jewel in the triple crown happening up the road in baltimo baltim today is preakness. 13 horses on the racing roster. catch it all right here on nbc 4 coverage begins at 5:00 this afternoon. back with a check of the weekend forecast with lauryn ri at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children.i intensive care ut numbin the country.i

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>>ith so many events happening outside this weekend you may wonder howhe weather is hold up. >> not that bad, but hydrate. it is going to be a little on the warm side and today no exception. a little haze in the air right now. a frontal system close to our point.at this that's going to continue to keep about a 30% chance of rain not only today also tomorrow and into monday. now, temperatures and humidity finally drop by the time you get to tuesday. 60s and 70s. mild out there right now. we are headed into the low 80s today. again a chance of a passing storm. about a 30% chance. we already had a few sprinkles roll through the d.c. area. as far as the weekend outlook is conchened taking on t cubs. looking good for that. quarterfest in the baltimore. fine for that and dragon races beautiful and sunny. tomorrow's te 's feeling more l

summer. cooling down tuesday. eastern memorial day weekend looking good for now. >>onlauryn, d't go far. we have a full hour of news and weather starting at 9:00. for now back to the "today" . we are back on saturday morning, may 18th, back on may 18th, sun shining. people from japan all the way to my college roommate somewhere out. >> who a great crowd today. speaking of the sun on this beautiful day on the plaza. it's that time of year when a lot of us are spending time outdoors. a top dermatologist is here to show you how to protect your skin no matterhat your age. whether 20s, 30s, 40s, maybe older. we have advice specific for you. all right. >> good for you, dave. >> then we're going to -- oh,

ten older. then we're going show you how to organize your entire house without getting oveworm ehelmed room-by-room guide to de-clutt r and cooking outside the plaza, actually first time this year. grilling, of course. mtwist on summertime favorites you cane at home on the menu. >> about ready to eat. can't make it here to new york to join the crowd, also find a replica of our studio 1a in orlando, florida. see the grand opening? "today" cafe opened at universal studios with a menu of al roker's. >> lidetful. and an epic tv show with fans on edge waiting for tomorrow night' big finale. talking "game of thrones." anybody a fan of "game of thrones"? of course, everyone wondering which characters will live and which will d before the show fds sunday night. we have more on thal chapter.

>> reporter: the sound track sunday night lighting up miions of screens across the world for years. with this wee it may sound more like a swan song. >> watching the last episode, like, ah! >> reporter: after nearly a decade of whitewalkers, red weddings and black cloaks, finale of "game of thrones" is ending. >> probably will. most likely will cry. >> reporter: what will happen? airing in 200 countries over the last nine years the show cended into pop culture royalty grang up with some of the most spectacular sets and heart-stopping plot twists ever film expect aces ofenre fiction on its head. often making monday morning's water cooler the hottest place to be. >> it's going to probably go down in history, the last time the entire world stops and watched television at the exact

same time. >> reporter: this year many fans are feeling a bit burned by the show's final season. >> it was great. and noit's not so great. >> it's just, didn't go the direction i thought it would >> reporter: criticisms from the mishandling's loved characters to plot lines that felt out of place. online fan petition for a complete season re-do. endingsay be hardest to nail in television's golden age. so manyel fans b lost after investing all that time on the island or frustrated by ambiguity of tony issoprano's final moemplgts spent a large majority of lives. and sometimes make people feel emotionally invested where all of theseharacters end up. >> reporter: the ss is drawing to a close. but at the end of the day we all just want to gknow, who'sng

to be sitting on the iron throne? for "today," steve patterson, nbc news. >> i tried binge watching. catch up with rest of america. i still have a long way to go. >> 48 hours of bingeing to do. >> i'm out of it. >> check of the forecast? >> we do. a bunch of 16-year-olds celebrating sweet 16 from ohio here. take a moment to pray for their chaperones. shall we? a check of the weather. what's happening across the go te maps and this is what o country. we see. we have a fair amount of sloppy weather. in fact, severe storms potentially rolling through texas up through oklahoma. and into the central plains also. puing to the north and east.ea a flood thr in the upper midwest. untain snow in the northern rockies. another storm system in the west, but all eyes today on -- pimlico. the preakness stakes. of course, in baltimore. say hello to everyone there. coverage begins at 5:00 p.m.

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on "today food" going big by thinking small. now that it's time to pull out the grill and hang out in the backyard, how can we make outdoor entertaining easier? one way to keep servings small, here to show us how, cater to the star,nd author of "tiny hot dogs." a really good read, actually. how are you? >> hello. >> hand-held bites. >> favorite,ll bites, big drinks. >> there we go. >> summer's coming up. we want something refreshing and light easy to make. caesar salad spring rolls. betiful paper to roll it up

but first make the caesar sala cheese, egg, garlic, salt, pepp pepper, mix it up. slightly dressit. when we fill up the rolls we don't too much dressing. perfect. do a little thank you,hank you. then this is -- this paper comes hard. put it in here 45 seconnd a get this mooshy treat. >> get that at a grocery store? >> also like a face mask for a caesar salad roll. put it here and hopefully.t ours i not cooperating. dampen it. what we would do. a little light right here. e >> what min would look like. >> exactly. what everyone's looks like at home. perfect. that's perfec i take the sides. take in the sides and start the roll at the bottomnd bring it all together. now, you have to play with it a little. they eventually look atfu beau as these do. do them the night before. put them in the fridge to kind

of harden. what you'll do is, cut them when ready to serve at the party. >> a great ideas. >> little beautiful rolls. add a little more dressing on top. a little crisp. and cheese hat and a beautiful lit bite. >> i'm going to eat. you keep moving >> a minute. >> and devilled eggs. >> in the summer enjoy a st ktivity. guests can customize. devilled egg snagtivity we call these dirt. olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and mustard. mix together. do this, like this. >> i l be the tester. >> get really in there. moosh it altogether. you moosh it together >> yum. >> fancy, this. if you're not, i'm not at home,

two spoons totally work. >> what's the kick? >> mustarmustard. a little cayenne pepper. and insert this. on the "today" show, we'll be fancy today. just do a little piping. and then -- got your beautiful put them out for your party and your guests can customize their bite to make it their own delicious thing. >> a minute left. >> cut to the chase here. >> everyone's favorite. >> what makes the even better? what are you doing to them? >> butter. no one thinks to pug ps in a blanket on the grill. they're delicious. >> and look tastier. >> these are frozen. super nsy. don'td a lot of skills. take them out of the -- just of the pack aage brush with butter. throw on your grill. grill them up on the barbecue. simple. beautiful, so simp. everyone's favorite. put them out at a party,

everyone is happy. >> 15 seconds left. >> and on the grill, cheese on the grl. wrapped in phyllo. on your grill, gooey, gooshy, favorite drink of the summer. >> have one. >> beerloma. >> a light beer, part tequila, great fruit juice and fresh mint and a drinkumbrella. >> t nk you very much. if you'd like the recipes head to today.com/food. that does it for us on this saturd morning. i'm loopy after a sip. tomorrow on "sunday today" willie talks with an american icon you don't see often. david letterman. put on waders stood in a stream for a rare conversationbo a life after "late night" and the state of comedy in our politic culture. >> a good interview. monday a special week on the third hour of "today." a chance to head home to our hometown glory.

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da>> announcer: "news4 " y starts now. and today the roads belong to they cists shutting down d streets aroun the city. we'll help you learn how to avoid getting into traffic. a double shootingleft two in serious condition. we bring you the latest on the search for the shooters plus, a scam takes thousands om medicare. now the government says a former a. doctor has to pay for it. we'll have more on this complicated and zarre case of identity theft. we welcome you in on this saturday morning. the 18th of may, 2019.go od morning to you. i'm david culver thanks for starting your weekend off with us.

most of us finally felt relief from the rainy friday trend we'gh been going throu over the past several weerk, but coud be more owers coming. lauryn ricketts is tracking it all. step outside now, mild temperatures as we started. didn't look too bad. cant today?gni >> not really. i think we get one or two, david, could be a little on the stronger side. the most part just looking at a chance for isolated storms. about a 30% chance of seeing feorms populater this afternoon. we saw a w showers out there earlier this morn mainly throughan maryld. now seeing a few sprinkles but definitely ouds here in d.c. and hazy out there right now as well. now, as we continue through the day, we are looking at thosepe tetures to be moving right on up into the 80s. low 80s for daytimes hitoday. 74 now in washington. at 9:00, look at these temperatures. ere. out early on this saturday morning.