character being played by leonardo dicaprio. brad pitt playing his 12u7b9 double. >> anybody actually kills anybody in a fight they go to jail. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. >> if bob mueller had determined there was a crime,e would have had a moral obligation to report it. >> many constituents want to impeach the president, but we want to do what is right and what gets results. >> this morning the fallout asd the white house ancongress must decide on how tifo proceed and impeachment is now inevitable. moreer tornadoes and se weather, including torrential rains that made already flooded regions even more diy. with a survival rate of only 9% for pancreatic cancer, alex trek's announcement is stunning news.

a heart stopping play at the cubs-astros game when a line drive foul ball into the stands strikes a young child beyond the safety netting we'll have the latest. then to the performance that shocked and surprised fans fm coast to coast a busy thursday ahead, and "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the country has now raen two ht weeks of violent weather. yet another massive tornado caught on camera this time spotted in canton, texas, a city just east of dallas there have not been reports of serious injuries, but plenty ofs damage and here something you don't see every day. a funnel cloud forming behind the e basellll players in iowa the person wth share with us says it was a ways off in the distance and there wnd no , rain, or lightning in their area as the game went on as schedule commuters in the new jersey turnpike near philadelia had a similar view as powerful storms alalso h the northeast meanwhile in t midwest, a slow motion disaster. floodingn in morea dozen

states, parts of mississippi now seeing the longest lastioo flding there in almost a century. in some areas of oklahoma, the only way in or out iwith help from the national guard. nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking all of this for us this morning good morning >> good morning. that one in kansas, we haven't seen an ef-4 in 67 years so the severe weather threat continues here across the midwest. really going to diminish in the next 2hours. in the last 24ts hours, 23 repor of tornadoes here. and from our composite radar, you can see shreveport dealing with some straight-line winds but this storm system really starting to fall apart here. but thunfortunately severe weather risk really going to continue throughout the afrnrnoon across texas into portions of the northeast for ten states, 26 million with possibility of damaging wind also that large hailed, isol tornadoes. one more day but hold on. >> all right hopefully going to end the mthth on aigigh note

after more than two years of silence, we have finally heard the voice of special counsel robert mueller but the question now is what comes next in a surprise speech, he l out a chilling warning about the while underscoring his findings laid out in his report mueller did not clr president trump, insteadev s saying he ner considered charging the president because of a long-standing justice department rule nbc's pete williams has more >> reporter: in the only public statement he has ever de about the investigation, robert mueller was clear he intended it to be his last >> i hope and expect this s to the only timat i will speak to you in this manner. i am making that decision myself no one has told me whether i can or should testify or speak further abteththis mat >> reporter: he left little doubt he has no intention of testifying before congress >> i would notvi pro information beyond that which is already public in any apararance before congress. >> reporter: most of mueller nine-minute statements took no

questions, summarized his 448-page report. but he remed one lingering mystery about the investigation into whether president trump obstcted justice he said he and his team made a a decisiont the very beginning of their work that long-standing icjustice department poly would not allow indicting a president. >> charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider reporter: but the attorney general says he asked mueller in early march whether if not for that justice department policy, the report would have found that the president committed a crime. >> and he made it very clear several tis that that was not his position >> reporter: thas no contradiction, a mueller asecciate says bse the policy prevented his team from even considering whether the evidce amounted to a crime. >> we concludethat we would -- would not reach a determination one way or the other about whether the president committedm a e. >> reporter: mueerer's s summary of his own investigation of any trump campaign involvement with the ruiaians w me limited

than the way it was explained by the attorney gen>>al he special counsel's report did not find any evidence that members of the trump campaign oo associated with the campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian>> government. reporter: mueller did not say that his team found no sh evidence in that part of the report >> this volume includes a discussion of the trump campaign's response to this activity as well as our conclusion that there was insufficient evidence to charge a broader conspiracy >> reporter: but in a statement unusual for any prosecutor, mueller did not clear the president either e thatwe had had confidenc the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. >> reporter: and he tellingly noted that the same justice department policy says a president can be impeached. >> the opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justiceo system to ally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. clearly rey get back tohe's

private life members of his staff say he intended this to be absolutely his final worde n thbject of one of the most famous investigations in modern history. frances? >> pete williams for us, thank you. >> muellers commentave democrats in the house with a major decision will they pursue impeachment proceedings using the case laid out in the special counsel's report nbc's tracie potts joining us from d.c. with more. tracie, good morning despite these growing calls, speaker nancy pelosi still isn't bowing to the pressu from someeven in her own party. >> reporter: no, she's not we know now that there are at least 40 democrats and one republican, michigan's justin amash, who say that impeachment proceedings should start in other words, that the process of charging a president that mueller made it clear he could not do needs to begin in the house ofre repntatives but as you said, house speaker nancy pelosi not quite onboard with that ye she's pumping the brakes, saying

that what congress needs to do at this point is continue to investigate. >> many constituents want to impeach the president, but we want to do what is right and what gets results, what gets >> reporter: so whilthere are r impeachment,fo for starting that process, it doesn't look like the leadership is onboard to go there just yet. meantime, the white house, president trump again taking this statement as they did with the initial rollout of thert repo as a victory, saying that it's pretty clear thatfo nothing was und here and that congress needto move on >> there was no collusion. there was no conspiracy, and we consider this case closed. he completed his investigation now he's closed his office, ani it's tfor everybody to move on he's going back to his private life, anwe think everybody else should too. s >> reporter:o bottom line

here, erere is discord among democrats who are in charge of the house of representatives on where to go next while there are calls for impeachment, the leadership isn't inclined to go there just yet they're still divided. phillip? >> meanwhile, the clock is ticking., tracie pottsank you. conflicting stories this morning on whether the white mccain" ou the picturejohn during president trump's trip to japan. "the wall street journal" reported it had reviewed an official emailitith the directive, "uss jo m mccai nes s to be out of sight cnbc later acquired the same correspondence according to the journal, a tarp was hung over r the e ship's nan the president's arrival. and sailors aboard the destroyer were given the day off but the navy chief of formation denied that, in a tweet saying it's proud of that ship, it's crew,es its ne and its heritage despite his public feud with the late arizona senator, the

president said he was not informed about anything having to do with the ship. meghan mccain also respondedru saying won't let her father rest in peace, so she has to stand up for him. a very scary moment during the cubs-astros game in houston last night it's highlighting fan safety concerns chicago outfielder albert almora jr. drives a foul ball into the stands and it strikes a young girl, sending slivers throughout the stadium. the girl received first aid and was taken to the hospital for treatment. you can see almora overcome with emotion after the play the astros put out a statement saying they arlenot yet ab to disclose any details of the child's injury fans and players are now calling on the mlb to extend safety nets almora's teammate, chris bryant jojomaed by ny on social media who believe more should be do to protect fans. let's check back in with janessa webb on today's weather. >> for the last two weeks here, we're finay going g see a

break. one more day give me 24 hours wooer going to see thifront make its way across midwest. cleveland, ohio, you're going to see the brunt of these storm this iftfternonto the northeast here for your evening commute, pittsburgh, new york, boston, you're going to see some heavier downpours, potential of that flooding here. and that lasts until your late evening. don't look impressive.ls, they we're under an inch in most locations here, but these downpours could see some torrential rain. so possible for flash flooding that's a look at the big wea ter story of day here's a closer look at your day ahead. still feel very warm air across the midwest and northeast. we're back in the mid-80s. richmond today, a high of 96 thatubble ofarm air for the southeast, we're still in the upper 90s. so we'll look forward to the transition of this severe weather just pushing out here and finally a little bit of a break. >> what a relief so many people are needing that.

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disney is poised to become the latest company to ditch production in georgia over their abortion law the company's ceo, bob iger, said it would be very difficult to continue filming in the peach state if the abortion law isen implemd, adding he doesn't think employees will want to work on projects there blowng disney would be a huge georgis been a major hub for box office blockbuster like black panther and "avengers: endgame." inead of being on a movie set, actor ashton kutcher spent the day testifying in an l.a. courtroom. in the case of theca so-ed hollywood ripper, kutcher is one of several witnesses connected to the victim, a young woman he was dating who was brutally murdered back in 2001. miguel almaguer has the ortails. on the stand, ashton kutcher described arriving to the crime scene. this los anges home where he was set to mt his date, ashley ellerin, in 2001 i knocked on the door. there was no answer, the actor said i assumed shhad left for the night. i didn't really think anything of it.

through the windowid, kutcher sa he noticed red sta ts on carpet, thinking it was spilled wine but inside, the 22-year-old was dead, stabbeesd 47 tims she was getting ready to meet kutcher. the man who prosecutors ca the hollywood ripper, chael gargiulo, has pled not gui y toher grisly murder and other attacks just like it >> all of the victims were young, outgoing women. >> reporter: a rising star atht e time of the homicide, kutcher arned of the murder the next day in court, kutcher said he was freaking out when detectives told him what happened here. his fingerprints were on the door years later, after the suspect's dna was matched to another stbing victim, michael gargiulo was linked to ellerin's ho ccide policeled him a serial psychosexual thrill killer who now faces the death penalty. miguel almaguer, nbc news. still ahead, a florida teacher lands in hot water for fs, d a comedy legend lives of

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of hand and turns into a multistate per suit. news4 was the only crew to see how the chase tame to an end. and a new report fro the president's recent trip to japan ding a grudge against former ll senator john mccain almost a year after his death. it is:00 a.m. good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us on a thursyay. a suorning could take a rainy turn this afternoon. here's a live look outside right now. it is 75 degrees outside of our studios. pretty warm out there, and the heat continues. our chances for rain do, as well. >> melissa mollet is back tracking the commute for you this morning. let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the warmth to come. >> yes. i think mt of us will be above 90 degrees again this afternoon. not as far above as yesterday. >> does it make a heat wave? >> no. well, that wuld be two in a

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