berti has another way of looking at it. >> i feel blessed.y wife was ten yards from a major explosion. and hundreds of people around her are critically injured, and she doesn't even have a scratch on her. i was 30 seconds to the finish line and uninjured. so we both feel blessed. >> reporter: two explosions in one week, it sounds pretty unlucky. joe berti walked away without a scratch, and those, dan, are some pretty good odds. >> indeed they are. we're glad they're both okay. thank you for that story. >>> coming up here on the broadcast, the desperate flood fears along the mississippi, and the surprising online campaign to help america's most beloved boat owner, the guy who helped police in boston nab their man. police in boston nab their man. digestive balance in sync? try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. ♪ need help keeping your digestive balance in sync? try align. it's a probiotic that fortifies your digestive system with healthy bacteria 24/7. bec

joe berti ran the marathon and crossed the finish line just moments before the explosion and then headed to west, texas. >> you see a picture of a nuclear explosion and that's what it looks like. it was just massive. on the left side of the highway. obviously shocked to see another explosion after having just come back from boston. >> i can't even imagine but thankfully both of them are okay. >>> more than four days after that huge explosion at a fertilizer plant in central texas officials say everyone is accounted for. 14 people were killed. 200 injured and of those 14, authorities say 10 were first responders. nbc's gabe gutierrez reports from west, texas. >> reporter: new video after it exploded in a fireball. for the first time we see an apartment complex ripped open, chunks of concrete tossed hundreds of yards. a school heavily damaged and this nursing home shattered. investigators said they found the origin of the explosion but it won't say where or what

joe and amy berti are with us this morning. good morning.ood morning. >> joe, you guys separated during the race. joe, you finished ahead of amy, correct? >> yeah, i just had gone through the finish line about 30 seconds before the first explosion. >> and did you know where amy was at that point? >> i wasn't completely sure. we were supposed to meet at a restaurant afterwards, but i was concerned that she'd walked to the finish line to watch me run through. >> and, amy, you were actually there as the bomb went off. in fact, very close. there's a photo in which we actually see your proximity to the explosion. tell us what you saw and felt and heard. >> a girlfriend and i, katie, were actually closer to that bomb than we ever imagined we were watching our husbands finish and went to see them at the end and it went off taking us completely by surprise and just the shock, you know, the shock of what on earth is going on. it was terrifying. >> you were unhurt but there were other people. you saw some badly injured people and some people who didn'

joe berti ran the marathon and crossed the finish line just 30 seconds before the first explosion. then he and his wife headed back home to texas. >> you see a picture of a nuclear explosion, and that's what it looked like. it was massive. on the left side of the highway. and i was obviously shocked to see another explosion after having just come back from boston. >> and thankfully both of them are okay. later today on the "today" show, nbc pete williams will have a live report with the latest on the boston marathon terror . suspect. >>> and from vertical gardens and eco-friendly fashions and party ideas. "today" celebrates earth day. now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and so much more. i'm richard lui. thanks for watching "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a great start to your week. >>> new this morning, new information on the boston bombing investigation, including when investigators expect answers from the surviving suspect. they may not get a chance to talk with him. let's show you the bay bridge, ear

bertie's who worry about inmates right to accept or reject a meeting with the country's delegation seem to be taking no action at all to bring this protest that could turn fatal to an end instead camp officials have been already pressuring detainees to end their hunger strike by methods criticized by human rights watch dogs worldwide hunger strikers have complained of being denied drinking water and being forced to drink from the tap lawyer say that they further excessive weight of their conditions and lead to health problems with their kidneys or in areas systems and stomachs in addition the prisoners claim to temperatures in their cells were being kept extremely cold so you can see for yourself whether these facts actually correspond with what the state department spokesperson said at the press conference about respecting inmates rights hoping to give a shot in the arm of asian trade and unite emerging economies around the world the twelve b. forum is set to open tomorrow and this year it's attracting some big names microsoft's bill gates and head of the international monetary fund ch

he said with a cloud you don't own anything coming berti signed it away. i think it's going to be horrendous, and they're going to be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years. is he just too negative? >> not really. it's dangerous. i think we're all doing this. but if something goes wrong, it's going to go really wrong. gerri: wow, i was hoping you and inspire me to be confident. look at some of these popular cloud sites. skydive, tell me what i can do to keep my photos and information safer. maybe i can take the basic steps to try to protect myself. >> the good news is a that a lot of these incidents are within your control, do not have a weak password don't me your weak password because that is where the breaches happen. so that is common sense. we've seen some great things used authentication. that means if someone is accessing your caught on strange computer they will ask for a text message confirmation. gerri: i like that. i'm sure our password. >> of course. alot of the so-called hacking, sharing passwords with friends, boyfriends, that is a

the nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical are, berti carville, fantanag role in a musical are bettina miller laura ozness. >> best revival of a play are "golden boy, orphans and virginia wolf. annie, pippen and rogers and hammerstein cinderella. >> the nominees for best musical are bring it on the musical. a christmas story, the musical. kinky boots, matilda, the musical. >> anything that surprised you? >> the most nominations for musical, kinky boots 13 over overover over matilda, which had 12. katie holmes wasn't nominated. alp alp al pacino was overlooked. >> it's so interesting that you have big names in hollywood that don't make it on broadway. i think a lot of people thought that bette midler was a shoe in for her performance. >> there's something to be said that people who aren't wildly famous in theater get acknowledged. the trend is still increasing with big famous people being brought in. obviously bette midler is a great performer and was on broadway on "fiddler on the roof" a long time ago. it's nice that just because you're wildly famous doe

illegal trafficking in firearms act, originally introduced as s. 54, will make important changes to bertie quip law enforcement officials to investigate and prosecute -- not just investigate but to be able to prosecute the all-too-common practice of straw purchasing. as i said, those are people who are not prohibited by federal law, they purchase a firearm on behalf of a prohibited person or actually at the direction of a drug trafficker or other criminal or their organizations. and that's how these large criminal organizations are supported. that's how these illegally obtained guns are often sold and resold across state lines. and, of course, it results in the proliferation of illegal firearms and gun violence in our communities and gun trafficking and straw purchasing make our communities less safe. we just saw recently where a woman was arrested who bought as a straw purchaser a weapon for a man who then, it appears from the evidence, used it to kill the head of the colorado prison system. he was blocked from buying a weapon. somebody else bought it for him. and we made it very clear th