galveston, texas.are driving north on i-45 when they spot a flashy sports car on frontage road parallel to them. >> it just looks so sleek and aerodynamic. i was just like, wow, i have to get a picture of this and show my lady. >> garza pulls out his phone and begins recording. >> that will be mine one day. >> the guys don't know it, but the car is a bugatti veyron. it's one of the world's fastest and most expensive cars capable of reaching 250 miles per hour. there are fewer than 100 in the world. >> it looked like one of a kind, and that's what prompted me to want to record it for a little bit. >> but then, the unthinkable happens. >> oh. oh, he wrecked -- oh, [ bleep ]. oh, [ bleep ]. >> then, boom, with a huge flash, it dives into the saltwater marsh. >> garza and his friends are shocked. they call 911 to report the incident. >> oh, [ bleep ]. >> and then continue on to their destination. police and a tow truck quickly arrive. so does galveston county daily news reporter, chris paschenko, acting on

honestly -- >>> thank goodness people have cameras rolling because you catch moments like this one in galveston, texas. that according to the poster of the video is a black tipped shark. apparently this shark was in the shallow waters. they're not intending to harm this shark. they're wanting to measure it. watch this. they get down on the ground and hold this shark in place on the beach. measure it and then you hear the guy say -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> and the guy in the hat drags the shark back into the water, the shark flailing back and forth. a little dangerous for the guy in the hat. >> i feel bad for the shark. >> he's not going to remember tomorrow that some guy measured him. he will be fine. >> the shark wasn't harmed. the shark swims away. everything seems to be okay. >> that's awesome. >> the next video comes from what looks like surveillance footage in the woods in nigeria at the national park. that little critter that you're seeing crawling across your screen, that is a pengalin. look what's chasing after him? that's a golden cat. wait. see the thing that comes rolling back? >> oh, t

that's where we could see strong to severe thunderstorms, in places around dallas to galveston, all theain. with scattered showers and storms expected across the southeast, the mid-atlantic, and yes, into the northeast. but at least those temperatures are going to be warm. they'll be running about ten degrees above where they should be for this time of year. look for 86 in new york city, 89 in washington, d.c., 86 in chicago, 84 in minneapolis. that's way above where it should be. but they start to back off a little bit more by the middle of the workweek. we start to see some of that moisture again as these little ripples in the atmosphere kind of trigger those showers and storms. some of them could be strong to severe. and yes, texas is still left in there on wednesday for another round of showers and storms. high temperature wednesday expected to be 65. minneapolis is still warm at 85. 89 in billings, montana. and we're looking at 97 el paso and seattle, showers and 60 degrees. back to you guys. >> all right, karen maginnis, thank you for that. >>> an "early start" on your money news

the galveston county jail has sinced changed its procedures for drawing blood but the lesson for investigators and for chad price was that criminals may lie but forensic technology doesn't. >> without that mountain dew can to link him to the sexual assault cases, they might not have ever been able to get a warrant to get the actual known sample to compare to the sexual assault case. i would say the dna was key in this case. >> we take a lot of pride in putting a person like chad price behind bars. it is nice to get someone that arrogant and cocky and brazen behind bars as quickly as possible. >> chad price thinks he can beat whatever the system has to present. technology is >> up next a young woman is missing and someone has stolen her identity. >> no one saw her leave or arrive back at her apartment. >> who wanted to harm her? >> she had received some har issing phone calls prior to her being missing. >> everybody and their brother was trying to make a steal with the devil. >> yet me tell you i'd have no problem casting all the stones. >> live as anned adventure

houston, severe thunderstorm warning now it's passing to the south towards galveston.on picked up 5 inches of rain in the last two days. they've got flooding issues. we're going to get drenched from louisiana to houston, new orleans, baton rouge, lake charles. up to 3 to 5 inches of rain. if you noticed in new england, yesterday was 52 degrees in the afternoon in boston. 92 degrees, we call this a back door cold front, thomas. all the cold air, all the people up around they send it our way. it makes us chillier. >> we'll take it. it goes the other way. >> what goes all other way? all the hot air's down here? >> yeah. >>> thank you so much, coming up on "morning joe," nbc's exclusive interview with edward snowden. what he says about his experience with american spy services before he leaks sensitive information. >>> then when we come back here, we're going to huddle around the water cooler with bill murray who spouting life's words for any bachelor about to pop the question. we're back after this. ♪ why don't you just let me be ♪ who do you want the was a truly amazing

severe thunderstorm warning from houston down galveston. look at that, almost 5 inches of rain in the last 48 hours. they have flash flood warnings for the houston area. this weather pattern is going to continue to plague the region with showers and downpowers. in orange and red colors, that's as much as 4 to 5 inches of rain from new orleans to houston today and tomorrow. temperature change much chillier from new york city to boston. that cold front is going to make itself felt today. 67 with showers compared to mid-80s yesterday. if you're in philly, up to boston, it's definitely not summer anymore. it's spring. >> we found a little bit of that humidity here at least less than a day. >> it will be back. >>> you got cocktails, you got firearms, but together, a shooting range gets a liquor license. >>> plus, the rich get richer, what an average ceo is paid now in eight figures. that's not all. we're back in two. [ male announcer ] people all over the world know us, but they don't yet know we're a family. we're right where you need us. at th

. >>> now, another dramatic rescue caught on camera in galveston, texas.other drove her car into a bayou with her child inside. that's when a fisherman sprang into action, bringing the woman to the dock and saving the baby. look at that. police say the woman hit a 75-year-old man with her car just before she entered the water. she is charged with aggravated assault and dui. >>> first lady michelle obama is fighting back against the effort to lower the nutritional standards of school lunch. mrs. obama defended federal standards that exchange lunches like pizza and tatar tots for healthier choices, like fruit and vegetables. republicans say the new lunches are too expensive and kids just throw them away. but the first lady says doing away with the healthy lunches is simply unacceptable. >> so, the last thing that we can afford to do right now is play politics with our kids' health. >> they're forced to serve food that they know kids won't eat. the plate waste is rising exponentially. >> a house committee is set to vote tomorrow on a provision that would allo

. >>> and thousands of dead fish are turning up in texas along galveston bay.g a stinky surprise for tourists. low oxygen levels in the water may be to blame. and more bad news for residents. don't expect the stench to disappear soon. there's no plans to clean up those fish. ooh. >>> and on the coast of san diego, one single, huge smelly dead fish. that one right there. a sea mammal. this dead whale washed up ashore for the second time less than a mile north of the mexican border. this 45-ton, 57-foot-long whale is the same whale that crews dragged out to sea last week. apparently they didn't drag it far enough. now, marine experts are thinking about burying it in the sand. >> that seems to make a little more sense. >>> video of a wild motorcycle crash in pennsylvania. and it's getting a whole lot of attention online. a rider is following two others around a track at high speed. the two up front collide. and then, the bike kicks up in the air, there it is, striking the guy making the video. he says he is fine, but he admits he walked away with just a few bumps

he was born in galveston, son of an immigrant, grew up very, very poor and just pulled himself out. the classic american story grows up in my passed away was not just incredibly wealthy, but it could credible amounts of money away. what's fascinating is two things. first of all this is a guy who believed in science. he was coming into his own at a time when houston was so full of wildcatters who would throw. they said i want five, peru before you go drilling. he was one of the first two modernity really. he was the guy who also said look, i know there's gas in the shell country and shale and i'm going to let my company chose a couple wells a year. doesn't matter how much. doesn't matter if it's a failure. failing to find. she did that for 16 years until finally he had the breakthrough. starts in 1982, until 1998. just never minded if the wells were dug, which often they were. he just believed in it. he was stubborn. the other fascinating thing was you don't think of an oilman is someone who is interested in sustainability. 1970s after it got rich, his interests are to change, he mad

has been negotiating with of galveston is expected to seal the deal the war torn country is now approaching the second round of its presidential elections with both front runner saying that they will sign the agreement the current president hamid karzai has with hughes to sign it before he leaves office having drawn attention to civilian casualties seen u.s. airstrikes the agreement would protect u.s. forces from being prosecuted under the afghan law the obama administration had tried to strike a similar deal with the iraqi government but failed and had to withdraw all troops president obama was back from air base in afghanistan this weekend addressing the west troops and he told them by the end of this year at the us his combat mission will be over and he said america's war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end he repeated the same message this tuesday in washington while president obama may see the end but many don't and the placement of procedural forces in afghanistan is seen to anchor the u.s. in a conflict that has lasted longer than any other us war and we asked a member of t

this time 150,000 gallons of oil leaked from a rig off galveston, texas.ithin days there were reports of wildlife and local economy in distress. >> it's tomorrow that thomas smith is fearful of. after 150,000 gallons of oil spilled into the ocean on saturday. >> only god knows. i've got to get the rest of these tanks clean. >> he'll go on about his schedule as much as he can. but a new fishing ban is already holding them back. >> these little fish will hurt us. >> they can't get fish from the gulf for fear of contamination. >> there'll be no bait. >> inside his shop, he's already feeling the effects. >> we got hurt today. i didn't even come nowhere near to what we would normally take on a sunday. >> we have seen disastrous consequences thanks to off-shore drilling. it's time to cut back maybe just a little bit, not to increase production. meanwhile michele bachmann, that's right the congresswoman from minnesota who's under investigation for some ethics issue, she thinks otherwise. she was out in the gulf of mexico touring oil rigs this week. she wants to b

. >> i want to get her perspective on something written by william galveston this morning. my morning must read -- anastasia, you grew up in russia and you are now an american working here in new york. two,o you resolve those the past, the present and give us a path forward for washington. >> that's a great question. i ask myself that quite a bit because i have to wear a couple of different hats. the perspectives are so different in the truth is somewhere in between. it's not just the pro-russian insurgent efforts. they are fighting against the government in kiev. , there is somee legitimacy to the protests. what the people are revolting against his corruption and poverty that has dominated western ukraine but more in eastern ukraine. kiev needs to speak to the protesters without signs of intimidation and without signs of threats. >> that is wonderful to have you here. as we go to the may 25 election. >> let's move on to college textbooks. i remember spending $300 purse or master paying for those heavy textbook for it our producer spent about $650, she says which is insane.

right along the gulf coast region from galveston and corpus christi and into houston and lubbock and midland area. those are the two regions until about mid-evening hours, as i mentioned, 9:00 local time. but as i also mentioned, that could be extended as we go into the evening if those thunderstorms really start to ramp up. >> is there any danger of folks being outside for barbecues and these things popping up rather quickly? >> yeah. brianna, that is key. because this is a holiday. people are spending their times outdoors. they are probably not focused on the weather, though i dare say to the south and to the west of houston you are -- you couldn't help be noticing what is going on there right now because the wind is kicking up. the rain is coming down. we've had some reports in some areas of between 2 and almost 5 inches of rainfall in just a very short period of time. so not a great holiday to be celebrating outdoors, especially if you live in this coastal area or west central texas. brianna? >> karen mcginnis, we'll be checking in with you. thank you so much. >>> shocking new de

in just one hour volunteers will place flags at the galveston of veterans in valley memorial park cemetery. that ceremony starts at 9. the event at the presidio starts at 11:00 this morning. mayor ed lee is expected to speak and the cable car will be singing god bless america as well as i left my heart in san francisco. live from the presidio i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tonight a vigil will be held in lafayette to honor the men and women who lost their lives in the wars in afghanistan and iraq. it will take place at the crosses of lafayette memorial site at 7:00 near the lafayette b.a.r.t. station. it's believed to be the biggest memorial of its kind in the nation for those killed in the two post 9/11 wars. there are currently more than 4,000 white crosses installed on the hill. according to the chronicle, there are talks of a permanent memorial on the site. courts and government offices will be closed today along with banks and post offices. b.a.r.t., muni, golden gate transit, san trans, caltrans and ac trance will be on a sunday schedule and san francisco meters will be e

check out all the lightning, even severe thunderstorm warnings around galveston, texas.story. they've been seeing so much rain since last saturday. five, six inches of rain. houston, over five inches of rain. it hasn't stopped yet. we're still talking about very slow-moving low hanging around. even the flooding potential around louisiana and mississippi. think about the rain i just showed you. add all of this on top of it. another four of six inches of rain possible. threat of severe weather out towards new orleans, they do have a threat including tornadoes. the rest of the country, delays and delays and more delays if you're traveling in d.c., philly. think about that. still the threat of thunderstorms that are going to be out there towards houston as well. scattered showers kind of lingering around. north east, let's talk about the temperature drop. you felt it in boston. looks like new york city today is your day to drop temperaturewise, 20 degrees. notice d.c., 76 today. why don't we check out tomorrow. we go right back in the drop as well. everyone playing the cool