we get details now from nbc's gadi schwartz. >> reporter: across the country, weather systems so powerful that rain-heavy wind gusts swept sideways. in utah -- >> look at that! >> reporter: -- dark storm clouds brought out onlookers with cameras. >> there goes the transformer. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: a small twister damages homes. this one knocked clean off its foundation and cracking its roof in half. while men in chest-high water build up walls with sandbags. in the midwest, monster rain total. parts of wisconsin and iowa seeing over a half a foot of rain in 48 hours. in minnesota, a whopping 13 inches in some areas. rivers overflowing in towns across those states. a train derailment spilling fuel into the mississippi. the damaging flood waters killing at least two men in wisconsin. and the death toll from these storms may have been even higher if not for quick acting minneapolis police officers. >> yeah, we're going to try to yank them up. >> reporter: their body cameras capturing a rescue. of a man being swept away from a flood channel. >> my partner was hanging on to me so i wou

cloud fears they'll be target of backlash against muslims in the united states. >> that was gadi schwartz reporting. >>> let's turn to the presidential election. donald trump's running mate has once again been tasked with defending controversial remarks. governor mike pence says it was nonsense to suggest donald trump was suggesting violence against hillary clinton when he said this in miami friday night. >> now, you know she's very much against the second amendment. she wants to destroy your second amendment. i think that her body guards should drop all weapons. they should disarm. right? right? i think they should disarm. immediately. what do you think, yes? yes. yeah. take their guns away. she doesn't want guns. take theirs. let's see what happens to her. >> he said the secret service protecting hillary clinton should disarm, and then he said, let's see what happens to her. what did he mean by that? >> well, i think, you know, donald trump believes in the safety and security of every american, and any suggestion otherwise regarding secretary clinton is just nonsense. the point he was m

we have gadi schwartz with the latest. seattle, washington. >> out of nowhere it went bam, bam, bam, bam. >> i have two victims down i have one rifle left in this area. >> reporter: the gunman reportedly yelling a woman's name as he fired as many as a dozen shots and fled the scene. police release the security camera image of the shooter warning locals to stay indoors until he is caught. >> this is a rural part of washington. there's a lot of places to run to, a lot of houses. it's a big commercial area. to the east of us, there's spots for him to go. >> paying attention to one thing and one thing only, getting the ones out running to safety as well. >> reporter: police say they are looking for one suspect. a young hispanic male who is armed and dangerous. they still have no motive for the shootings. the fbi is now sending agents to help assist with the investigation. adding they have no information that leads them to believe there may be other attacks in this area. but right now, the priority is tracking this suspect down

we have gadi schwartz with the latest. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. we learned the fifth victim died at the hospital. that means four women and one man killed by a gunman who is still on the loose. the shots rang out just after 7:00 last night in a macy's department store outside of seattle, washington. >> out of nowhere it went bam, bam. >> i have two victims down bleeding in the makeup section. i have one rifle. >> reporter: the gunman reportedly yelling a woman's name as he fired as many as a dozen shots and fled the scene. police release the security camera image of the shooter warning locals to stay indoors until he is caught. >> this is a rural part of washington. a lot of places to run to. to the east of us, a big commercial area. >> paying attention to one thing. getting myself to safety and getting the ones out running to safety as well. >> reporter: police say they are looking for one suspect. a young hispanic male who is armed and dangerous. they still have no motive for the shootings. the fbi is now sending agents o to help assist with the

nbc's gadi schwartz has more on what's next for turner. these are the first images of brock turner... taken exclusively by the daily mail... showing turner back at his parents home in suburban ohio... just days after serving three months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconsious woman near a dumpster on stanford a fraternity party. pictures... taken amid an unwelcome homecoming --protesters explicit signs.. others armed with guns -- began the same day was released... in front of his parents ohio home. members of making it clear... in his parents house. he should be in prison paying for what he did."turner's father... seen in these daily mail photos mowing the lawn outside that house over the weekend...dan turner made headlines after urging a judge for leniency... saying jail time for brock would be - quote "a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action."the sentence - originally 6 months before time off for good behavior-- deemed far too lenient by millions of people who called for the removal of the judge in the case aaron persky-- hi

gadi schwartz, nbc news, san jose. >>> we are back now with a pair of scary accidents caught on camera involving school kids in austin, texas. now in one incident, a truck hit a middle schooler who was in the crosswalk, and in the other, a teen was hit while crossing the street. both victi j busses. now neither victim was seriously injured, both drivers were cited and police released the videos as a back to school warning for drivers out there to pay attention. >>> now to the controversy growing around san francisco 49ers' quarterback colin kaepernick in his final preseason game he once again refused to stand for the national anthem in protest over racial injustice and police brutality. but as miguel almaguer reports, others are now following his lead. ? and the rockets' red glare ? >> reporter: as the national anthem filled the stadium, colin kaepernick took a knee and got an earful. but this time he was joined by teammate jeremy reed. kaepernick says he protesting racial injustice and police brutality. >> we have a lot of issues in this country that we need to deal with. we have a lo

it stood for a millennia, as our gadi schwartz explains, it was toppled in mere seconds. >> reporter: they rocked it back and forth, then a crash. this six-second video clip proved that the por formation called "the duckbill" pictured in hundreds of posts did not topple naturally as park rangers first suspected. >> they knocked something so beautiful down that will never be there ever again, it's just heart breaking. >> david callus took the video and tried talking to the group that pushed the rock over. >> they were all being rowdy, laughing about it, you know, it was a complete joke to them. >> reporter: but just getting to the 7 foot tall a sign has been posted for years telling people to keep out. including people now posting tributes to the sandstone feature, overlooking the waves. >> when you see it, you stay on the right hand side. >> reporter: online, the search is just beginning for the people in the video and it's not the first time the internet has taken vandals of mother nature to task. they helped catch a woman whose drawings of creepy things ended with her banishment fro

>> gadi schwartz in minnesota. thanks. >>> the actions of the past 36 hours already playing in politics as national security comes to the forefront in the political conversation. donald trump and hillary clinton are reacting in very different ways, their responses reinforcing the contrast in their leader styles. here's hallie jackson. >> reporter: after multiple attacks, two very different plane, a bomb went off in new york. >> reporter: donald trump reacting fast just minutes after reports surfaced of the manhattan explosion, before authorities had confirmed what happened. >> we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant, and we're going to end it. we're going to end it. so we'll see what it is. >> reporter: and today the tone of a new tweet raising eyebrows as he sends his warmest regards, best wishes and condolences to the victims. hillary clinton meanwhile now apparent terrorist attack, late saturday counseling caution. >> we'll have to let this investigation unfold and i'll have more to say about it when we

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nbc's gadi schwartz is outside that santa clara courthouse. why did he get out early, gadi?> reporter: craig, right now we're in front of the jailhouse, where he was released just a few minutes ago. as you're about to see, it almost looks like he burst out the door and then walked by a bunch of reporters that were shouting questions, got into a car without saying anything and was whisked away. craig, your question about why he got out of jail, there is a lot of answers to that. first and foremost, he was sentenced to six months in jail, but here in california, six months is really three months. because of overcrowding in jails. they give what's called good behavior time, and so six months is actually three months. but the outrage was really what that six months sentence. a lot of people angry with the judge. aaron persky, for giving what they called a lenient sentence for a case of felony sexual assault. that we do know that once brock turner arrives back in ohio, where he's expected to go after this, he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and he

. >> nbc's gadi schwartz is in burlington, washington, the site of last night's shooting.nd if you can fill me in, any new information about the suspect's identity? >> reporter: well, good morning, francis. investigators say they have several promising leads they are following up on this morning when it comes to the identity of this suspect. but right now, they are still not 100% certain on who he is. in fact, just a little while ago, started releasing more pictures from inside of the mall, depicting what you heard the officers say just a little while ago. they depict the suspect coming into the mall without a gun. in fact, if you look at those pictures, it doesn't even look like he's carrying a bag large enough to carry a gun. and then they lose sight of him for about ten minutes, and then he appears in front of the macy's with a gun, goes inside, opens fire, killing five people inside, four females, one male. and initial reports from witnesses describe hearing the gunman possibly screaming or yelling about a female or saying a female's name. when asked about that, when i

for "today" gadi schwartz, san jose. >>> thousands are gathering to witness the canonization of mother teresa. she will be named in a mass led by pope francis. we have matt with us in vatican city. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. st. peters square is filling with thousands of celebrating mother teresa. after tomorrow, we will know her as saint teresa. dancing for a future saint. pilgrims flocking to the vatican to see mother teresa named a saint tomorrow. she was born agnes in modern day macedonia. she traveled to india at 19 mother teresa said god called on her to not just help the poor, but live among them. she moved to the slums of calcutta and began a new order, the missionaries of charity. >> just talking with her, there was never anything extraordinary. when you left her, you came away with a sense that you had been with someone holy. >> reporter: but her work still attracted controversy. some accused her of poverty rather than working to alleviate it. those who worked with her say that critics are wrong. >> if i could do a fraction of good that mother teresa did it, i woul

let's bring in gadi schwartz standing outside the new york/new jersey hospital where rahami is beingt. can you tell us about that business owner discovering rahami and how that situation quickly escalated once police arrived? >> reporter: good morning, alex. the business owner is actually a bar owner. he saw rahami sleeping under his stoop. this was a time when it was very rainy outside, early in the morning. he went over, tried to get rahami to move, then when he got close enough he recognized raha rahami. this was a time also when shortly after everybody's cell phone, millions of cell phones were going off with this alert. he called police and when police got there the first officer that started to approach him, angel padilla, recognized him as well. so he ordered him to put his hands out and immediately we're told rahami pulled out a gun and shot the officer, almost at a point-blank range. fortunately that officer was somewhat protected by a bullet-proof vest. the shot went to the abdomen but did not penetrate the bullet-proof vest. there are some injuries there. at that point we

joining us outside the hospital where rahami is being kept, nbc correspondent gadi schwartz.e know he was a u.s. citizen as well as an afghanistan native, he traveled abroad quite a bit. what else can you tell us about him and his background? >> reporter: that's right, alex. we know he was born in afghanistan. he grew up for the most part in new jersey. but now investigators are looking in particular at recent travel that he made to afghanistan, specifically to afghanistan and to pakistan. we understand that he may have been in afghanistan for almost a year. neighbors who knew him say over the last few years they've seen a shift in demeanor from the kid they knew growing up in new jersey. now we're also hearing from a new york representative, i'm sorry, a representative, a u.s. representative who says that rahami actually contacted his office trying to get help with a visa for a woman that he met in pakistan that he married in pakistan who may have had a child there, trying to get help for a visa for them to come to the united states. it appears as though that woman did come

nbc's gadi schwartz has the latest on that. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. in the next couple hours brock turner is expected to report here to the local sheriff's department where he'll have to register as a sex offender. at that point the sheriff will send out postcards to all of his neighbors alerting them that a sex offender is moving in nearby this small community already know he's here. this is one of the first images of brock turner taken exclusive by the daily mail showing turner back at his parents' home in suburban ohio just days after serving three months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman near a dumpster on stanford campus after a fraternity party. the picture taken amid an unwelcome homecoming. protesters others armed with guns protesting the day turner was released. >> i just think that he should not be hiding in his parents' house. he should be in prison paying for what he did. >> reporter: turn he turner's father seen in the pictures here mowing the lawn outside that house over the weekend. dan turner made headlines after urg

she did not receive instructions gadi schwartz has more. >> reporter: he rushed out of ja sentence too lenient for sexual assault. he was followed to a hotel with more cameras in tow. he is expected to make his way to ohio where protesters are waiting outside his home. wherever he lives, turner will have to register as a sexual offender. >> we will make it known. >> reporter: during the police victim looked like. the detective asking if you saw her again, would you recognize her. brock responding, uh, probably not. exclusive pictures obtained by nbc news show the swimmer was tackled by two men near a dumpster after the party on stanford's campus. in jail, he received and the judge could have sentenced him to 15 years, but it was whittled down to three months. the judge shouldn't be swayed by public opinion and the decision respected. more than 1 million people have signed petitions online to remove persky from the bench. support in an unnamed victim. >> the more people who get out and say this is wrong, that is this case is a turning point in how society views sexual assault. for "toda

nbc's gadi schwartz has more on that. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: brock turner was eligible for release after midnight but it's most likely that he'll be released at daylight, first daylight here on the west coast just like everybody else. and now that his c we're getting our first look at photographs of brock turner that were used as evidence in this case. exclusive pictures of brock turner obtained by nbc news show the former university swimmer disshelfled. his shirt torn after being tackled by two college students who saw him on top of his unconscious victim. these pictures taken four hours after turner was arrested for sexual assaulting an unconscious campus. if you saw her again, would you recognize her? turner responds, probably not. later in the tape turner says my intentions were not to try to rape a girl without her consent. i was just trying to hook up with a girl. after being asked if he knew where he and the victim were at the time of the incident turner simply says we were so drunk we didn't even know wha

gadi schwartz following all the developments. what's the latest? >> for the first time we're hearing how investigators spotted this gunman walking down the street almost 30 miles away. once they put the surveillance cameras out they started they say they got a hit on his car in a town nearby and went to check it out and saw him walking down the street. the investigators we spoke to described him as quite and almost zombie like. >> i saw an individual walking northbound on the sidewalk and instantly recognized that was the person i viewed on the comp. gun and we took the individual into custody. >> 20 years old, a legal resident in the u.s. his ex-girlfriend may have worked at this macy's sometime ago. that may be the connection to the mall. when asked, investigators say too early to talk about the not appear to be terror related. we're hear more about cetin, he plays call of duty. facing five charges of murder as the community struggles with the grief. >> gadi, thank you so much. >>> after public outcry police in charlotte, north carolina, have rec

. >> gadi schwartz live there, and thank you. >>> the video we are about to show is you disturbing, while you will hear the gunshots, you will not see anybody shot. >> don't shoot him. >> new cell phone videos obtained by nbc news for the first time shows the moments before the 43-year-old was fatally shot. >> don't shoot him. he has no weapon. he has no weapon. don't shoot him. don't shoot him. don't shoot him. he didn't do anything. >> scott's wife pleasing to officers as police yell this order 12 times. >> drop the gun! drop the gun! >> he doesn't have a gun. he has a tbi. he's not going to do anything to you guys, just took his medicine. >> the family's lawyer says scott suffered a brain injury in a motorcycle accident last year, and he asked her husband to get out of the car. >> keith, don't let them break the windows. come out of the car. >> keith, don't do it. keith, get out of the car. keith, don't you do it! >> a man that appears to be scott is standing outside the vehicle, and moments later -- keith, don't you do it! >> that was a portion of the report. we do not know what happe