nbc's gabe gutierrez is with us from lancaster, texas, where the worst is over from above, but a mess remains there on the ground in lancaster. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. dallas area residents were alerted earlier this afternoon that tornados might be possible. but no one expected this, two monster storms leaving behind all this damage. just look at those up ended cars behind me. unbelievably, no injuries have been reported. >> dang, i can't believe this. >> reporter: the massive funnel clouds sent debris. >> guys, it's throwing 18-wheelers. >> reporter: trailers and sparks flying. >> just crossed over i-20 northbound. there's lots of 18-wheelers. this is something i've never seen before. >> reporter: dallas/ft. worth airport shut down. with airlines serving dfw reporting that more than 110 aircrafts sustained varying degrees of hail damage from the storm. news choppers were in the air as the funnels formed. on the ground tonight, the devastation that only a tornado can bring. >> it picked us up, and slammed us down. >> i heard a thump, turned around and her

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, dallas. >>> the masters golf tournament starts tomorrow, and along with the competition comes a new flare-up over a long running controversy at augusta national golf club which does not admit women as members, including in this case, one very prominent woman. our report from nbc's lisa myers. >> augusta national is among the most iconic venues in sports. and the masters is the super bowl of golf. today, the world's best got in some last minute practice. that is augusta's chairman, billy payne, who was pummeled with questions about when the club finally will admit a woman member. >> once again, that deals with the membership issue, and i'm not going to answer it. >> what would he tell his granddaughters about why women are excluded? >> my conversations with my granddaughters are also personal. >> what would you suggest i tell my daughters? >> i don't know your daughters. >> the controversy over women was rekindled because the tournament's longtime sponsor ibm has a new female ceo, ginni rometty, and ibm's last four ceos were all invited to become members. >> i

let's bring in nbc's gabe gutierrez. hi. >> i'm stack outside. we're seeing a lot of lightning and hail of everybody outside has been asked to come in. you can see and hear this, some of the hail. it just started storming quite a bit. in the past few minutes, i was on a flight going from dallas-ft. worth to go to newark. about 20 minutes ago they told the passengers to get off the plane. demaybe. when we got in the terminal, they kept telling the passengers to stay away from the windows. i tried to get a rental car. could not because the officials at the rental car told everyone to get inside. people have their faces pressed to the glass to see what's going. on it is very loud because hail is pelting the dallas airport which is shut down to all area traffic. >> we can actually hear it coming through from your cell phone. i'm assuming there will be no flights in or out of that airport for the immediate future. >> that's exactly right. they did not give as you time when our flight might be back in the air. but it might be at least several hours. le

we get the report now from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this is the underground bunker where police say a well trained survivalist was holed up, heavily armed with rifles, bullet proof vests, gas masks and a generator. investigators say peter keller spent eight years building and stockpiling the elaborate two-story structure, preparing for the end of the world. >> you couldn't even make this up. the challenges prevented by this were extraordinary. police suspect keller shot and killed his wife and 18-year-old daughter as they slept and setting their nearby home on fire last sunday. police have not revealed a motive for their killings. >> i can't stop being angry, you know? they were amazing people. >> photographers found in el keller's home after the fires led authorities to the mountains outside of seattle. s.w.a.t. teams used explosives this morning to blow the lid off the bunker. inside they found the body, believed to be keller, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> appears to have been dead for some time. >> reporter: court documents revealed that he withdrew thousan

gabe gutierrez joins us texas. good morning. how it's looking there this morning? reporter: good morning. that tractor-trailer video is amazing but so is the neighborhood. take a look at this. damage we've been seeing, trees snapd like toothpicks. no deaths reported, only a handful of injuries. hundreds of homes are gone like these behind me. insulation is everywhere. as the severe storms just carved a path of destruction through one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. the national weather service says that about 12 twisters touched down in the dallas area, thousands of of people left without power and more than 600 homes destroyed. so far, overall, one of the largest areas that was hit hardest was lancaster, texas, more than 300 homes were destroyed there. and authority imposed a curfew at 7:00 last night. as we take a look at some of this, we've been seeing amazing pictures from this area, from the dallas-ft. worth area throughout the night and now residents are starting to come back and assess the damage. we expect a lot of insurance adjusters out

. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us live from the tulsa area with w. the very latest around outside the county courthouse. give us the breakdown of the charges and bail that's been set in this case. >> thomas, good morning. the district attorney says this case will be the highest priority. the initial court appearance, judge ordered both suspects to be held on almost $10 million bond each. both are charged with three counts of first degree murder. two counts of shooting with intent to kill. and one count of possessing a firearm while committing a felony. they are both due back in court on april 16th. now, one thing that wasn't mentioned at today's hearing was whether this was a hate crime. in fact, police here have been reluctant to call it that. only saying that they will be looking at all the evidence. among that evident is a facebook post that appears to have come from a younger suspect, 19-year-old jake england. it's since been taken down. hours before the shooting spree someone posted to that page writing about the two-year anniversary of the murd

thus far, efforts to reach them have been hampered by bad weather and gabe gutierrez has the details. >> reporter: 400 miles off the coast of california, the coast guard dropped medical supplies trying to rescue more than a dozen people stranded at sea while competing in the clipper around the world yacht race. portions of the trip chronicled on their website. four sailors were hurt when a massive wave smashed into their boat. breaking its steering wheel. one crew member is from australia, three from britain including this man, who had described the race's challenges on its website. before they set sail. >> and showers and cold beers. >> reporter: it was one of ten boats in the 11-month race that began in britain and took sailors to south america, africa, australia, singapore and china. then on their way to san francisco, severe weather struck. >> this was a wind driven wave on top of the swell. as it went over the back of the boat, the back of the boat, the eye tip that hit was 25 to 30 feet up. >> reporter: meteorologists say there were hurricane force wind gusts. >> this was just a

gabe gutierrez has the. >> this is the underground bunker where police say a well trained survivalistas holed up, heavily armed with rifles, bullet proof vests, gast masks, and a generator. he had spent eight years building and stock piling the elaborate two story structure preparing for the end of the word. >> couldn't make this up, the challenges presented were extraordinary. >> police suspect he shot and killed his wife and 18-year-old daughter as they slept before setting their neighbor home on fire on sunday. detectives have not released a motive for the killings. >> i can't stop being angry, you know. they were amazing people. >> photographs found in keller's home after the fire led authorities to the cascade mountains outside seattle. after a wild day of tactical operations in rugged terrain, s.w.a.t. teams used explosives to blow the lid off the bunker. insi inside, they found the body believed to be keller dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound. >> appears to be dead for some time, a pistol nearby and blood. >> he had withdrawn thousands of dollars and told coworke

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in tulsa this morning with more on this story. gabe, good morning. >> good morning, ann. the two suspects are scheduled to be arraigned here in tulsa later this morning. police are now investigating what are some recent facebook posts might help reveal a motive behind this deadly shooting spree. ♪ >> reporter: mixed emotions on easter sunday in tulsa. >> this is an entire community that is being attacked right now. >> reporter: grief for the shooting victims. but relief that two suspects have been arrested. after a shooting spree that left three people dead, and two others wounded on good friday. according to the police, none of them knew each other. all of them, black men. >> it sickens me, it angers me. this is not what tulsa, oklahoma is about. >> reporter: police say the suspects were roommates. 32-year-old alvin watts and 19-year-old jake englund. both are charged with multiple counts of first degree murder. >> we're going to let the evidence take us where we want to go. there are other motivations than race, sometimes, in the

gabe gutierrez has more from the vegas strip. >> reporter: in sin city, where the nights are young andn be painful, we met a rowdy group from north carolina. started drinking hours before. >> i don't know what to expect. this is my first time in vegas. >> sin city. it is the place to break loose and have a good time. >> to a night the four of us will never forget. >> reporter: a mantra captured in the movie "the hangover," where bad decisions lead to a rough morning. >> i don't think i have ever been this hungover. >> some people can't handle vegas. >> reporter: now they might have a little help. after a long night some of the north carolina revelers are the first customers of hangover heaven. a bus for the times you feel like hell. >> this is the front lounge of the bus. >> reporter: jason burk came up with the idea, board certified anesthesiologist and a businessman. >> recovery room one day treating patients for headache, nausea, angst and pains and realize ad lot of medications and treatments i was giving them worked well for a hangover. >> reporter: the bus will travel the vegas s

gabe gutierrez explains how it happened. >> reporter: they expected a tearful goodbye.this couple got a chilling hello. >> last week she gave birth three months early. she says doctors at this hospital in argentina declared the baby girl dead. they brought the baby's tiny body to a morgue before her mother, still under anesthesia, could see her. >> narrator: i don't remember much because i was put to sleep. they never showed me the baby. >> reporter: 12 hours later the distraught parents who have four other children, insisted hospital employees allow them to say goodbye. but when the baby's father pride open the small coffin -- >> narrator: that's when we heard the baby cry. >> reporter: his wife fell to her knees in disbelief. it was a greeting they never expected from a daughter they thought they had lost. >> the staff probably listened to the heart beat, didn't think they heard one, perhaps it was a very faint beat they didn't hear. >> health officials have suspended five medical workers pending an investigation. the couple plans to sue. >> the more experienced the s

gabe gutierrez is in amarillo with the story. >> good morning. captain clayton osbon just spent his first night here at the randall county jail. prosecutors are asking that he be held without bond. a judge is expected to rule on that on thursday. but for the pilot's family, this has already been an agonizing few days. seen here exclusively, captain clayton osbon left a texas hospital monday for the first time in almost a week. close behind, his wife. clearly emotional, clutching the arms of her husband's fellow jetblue pilot, all on their way inside the federal courthouse in amarillo, or osbon would face a judge. prosecutors say the veteran pilot started behaving erratically last tuesday, as jetblue flight 191 flew from new york to las vegas, before making an emergency landing in amarillo. in the cell phone video you can hear osbon yelling before being tackled, curious and worried passengers get up from their seats, trying to see what's going on. a federal complaint alleges the outburst began when osbon realized his co-pilot had locked him out of

i want to turn our attention to nbc's gabe gutierrez, who is on the ground at dallas-ft. worth airport. gabe, just roughly, how many people are at that terminal or on that tarmac, and what is the weather? >> well, the weather, as it has been for the past hour or so, is pretty bad. it is no longer hailing, but there is a heavy rainfall right now. passengers are once again being told to stay away from the windows, and there is really no indication on when this airport might reopen. everyone is just kind of waiting for this spell to pass. we do not know, you know, how many flights have been delayed but we can tell you that all flights are being delayed, so no one is coming in or out of dfw right now. also rental cars, the rental car center is also shut down, and right now everybody is just in a wait and see pattern to see when this severe weather passes. >> but beyond being asked to stay away from the windows, has there been any point at which the individuals in the airport have been asked to seek more secure ground or in those lower tunnels? >> not particularly. i mean, when

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: they expected a tearful good-bye.nalia bouguet gave birth. doctors declared the baby girl dead. they brought her tiny baby to a morgue before her mother, still under anesthesia, could even see her. >> translator: i don't remember much because i was put to sleep. they never showed me the baby. >> reporter: 12 hours later, the distraught parents who have four other children insisted hospital employees allow them to say good-bye. but when the baby's father pried open the small coffin -- >> translator: that's when we heard the baby cry. >> reporter: his wife says she fell to her knees in disbelief. it was a greeting they never expected from a daughter they thought they had lost. >> the staff probably listened to the heartbeat, didn't think they heard one. perhaps there was a very faint beat that they didn't hear. >> reporter: argentinean health officials have suspended five medical workers pending an investigation. the couple plans to sue. >> the more experienced the staff, the more experienced the physicians, the less li

. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest for us. >> reporter: good afternoon.hat initial court appearance wrapped up a few hours ago and a judge ordered both suspects to be held on almost $10 million bail. they are both charged with three count of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill and one count of possessing a firearm while committing a felony. both suspects are due back in court on april 16th. now something that wasn't mentioned at today's hearing was whether this crime would be classified as a hate crime. in fact, police have been very reluctant to call it that. only saying that they're at all the evidence. among that evidence is a facebook post from someone who appears to be the younger suspect. 19-year-old jake england. that facebook page has since been taken down but hours before the shooting spree, someone who appears to be england wrote about the two-year anniversary of his father's death. he referred to the kill we are a racial sure. another entry posted friday says in rt that a, if something happens tonight, be ready for a

for "today," gabe gutierrez, nbc news, los angeles. >> and ryan o'neal will join us live for an exclusive tomorrow right here on "today." >>> well, it seems like the saying every dog has its day is true. i want you to meet cactus jack. the little puppy was caught in a cactus plant in arizona and was covered in cactus spines before being rescued by a good samaritan. cactus jack was ultimately adopted by sarah. both of them are here with us. sarah, good morning. and our little friend here. >> thankfully only one of them is sleeping. >> good morning. >> i understand you took about a five-gallon bucket's worth of cactus needles from his face. how's he doing? >> he's doing amazing. he's very good. he's very mellow, laid back. that tail has not stopped wagging. >> is he mellow and laid back because of what he went through? did the vets say he will be permanently scarred, or i don't know, damaged from this? >> no. he came out of it perfectly good. he wasn't even in the humane society for about a week, not even. >> and he was undernourished and dehydrated during that time that he was stuck in tha

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: he's on the run, but apparently not off social media. >> he's just a kid that got tired of being told what to do. >> reporter: a week and a half ago, police say nicholas didn't report to his community corrections office, in violation of a court order in march on a domestic violence case, and when cops saw him on the street, he took off. the 26-year-old has a long rap sheet. according to the port angeles police department, convictions include domestic violence, burglary, and threat of a firearm and he's also accused of assaulting his girlfriend last month. >> i think he should be true to himself but get this nonsense behind him. >> reporter: his first day on the lam, he posted on his wall, cops all over you. the next day, nicholas respond, aye, got away, thanks, bro. >> it's become a game. it's about ha, ha, ha, catch me if you can. >> you're going to get caught. >> reporter: unlike the film, his life is anything but glamorous. still the facebook fugitive is the talk of port angeles, 65 miles northwest of seattle. some of the town's residents are

nbc's gabe gutierrez is on the vegas strip to explain this. reporter: matt, good morning. you know, a lot of people are surprised that nobody thought of this sooner. especially here in vegas. but, there are still a lot of skeptics out there, so we decided to try out this bus on its first weekend. in sin city, where the nights are young, and the mornings can be painful, we met a rowdy group from north carolina. who started drinking hours before. >> i don't know what to expect. this is my first time in vegas. >> sin city. the place to break loose and have a good time. >> a night the four of us will never forget. >> reporter: a mantra captured in the movie "the hangover," where bad decisions lead to a rough morning. >> some guys just can't handle vegas. >> reporter: now, they might have a little help. after a long night, some of our north carolina revelers are the first customers of hangover heaven. a bus for the times you feel like hell. >> this is the front los angeles of the bus. >> reporter: jason burke came up with the idea. he's a board cert