. >> savannah guthri talks to george washington university graduates. hear her message about competing with peers and commencement speaker shocker.e on schools entire class enjoyed a gift they will never forget. >> it's sportsfinal. giving us an inside look at what coaches will be expecting from rookie quarterbacks dewayne haskins. we'll introduce you to the new team in town old glory. how the captain of this rugby squad embraces chaos on and off the pitch. plus heros and hockey. armed forces tenke cter stage and center ice all for a great cause. >>> we're tracking with notorious ms-13 gang. several years ago i went to l salvador to learn more about the gang. tonight we're reisiting that trip to get a better understanding of how ms-13 evolved and why we're seeing so many gruesome crimes. >>>me a naynonymous with murder. >> two of the city's four murders last year ms-13. >> is ba in the headlines. >> these blue and white bags t color of ms-13. >> more tn five years ago my eam and i were given a special invitation to travel with law enforcement to el salv

guthrie said she didn't remember the spe ers atth her graduions, including her law school graduation at nearby georgetown. doe told the new graduates that even if they 't remember what she said ytoday, the should remember how they fevit. >> my is really simple, think big for yourself and thena just h in that general direction. whether you arrive at the alide destination is not even the point. the point is to be ambitious for your life and then just try. >> that's good stuff there. guthrie was also awar an honorary doctorate degree in public service but g.w. >>> a commencementer s at morehouse college stu ed the class of 2019. billionaire robert f. smith did mo than give them advice for a successful fure. he started their future debt-free. >>e're going to put a little fuel. this is my class, 219. and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> i'm sure everybody looked around at each other and said did we -- did that just snap did we just hear him say that. it's coing him about $40 million. smith encouraged the new grads to ensurey that ever class has the same opp

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller pveza. >> hi, ebody. good morning. welcome to tuesday morning. nice to have you with us. >> good to have you back. >> yeah. i took a day off on monday. kt was fun. >> she too a day off because she gave a fantastic commencement over the weekend. we're going to h playhlights later. >> it was an exciting honor.

and a reminder, savannah guthrie is next with "nightly news." >>> tonight, robert mueller breaks his two-year silence his first public comments on the russia investigation. mueller giving answers to lingering mysteries, contradicting the president and the attorney general and reminding congress whose job it is to hold the president accountable. >> if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so >> tonight a flurry of new calls for impeachment proceedings. >> bob mueller was essentially referring impeachment to the united states congress >> the pressure intensifying on the house speaker while the president says case closed. >>> also tonight, more neighborhoods blown away by two straight weeks of tornadoes and violent storms now racing east. a major threat from texas to new york. slow motion flood disaster unfoldiouisiana to h pancreatic cancer. the update from his doctors that trebek calls kind of mind-boggling. >>> the price you pay. a big surprise did the nation's airlines. had a they're getting right and wrong when it comes to customer

emily: that is julian guthrie, author of "alpha girls," and theresia gouw, aspect ventures cofounder. ahead, is apple worried about its brand? that's a concern from a number of current and former employees. we will bring you that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: apple stores are being hit by complaints that customer service is getting worse. current and former employees tell bloomberg that brand building has become more important than serving shoppers. they say the quality of staff has declined during expansion in which apple opened more than 500 stores. apple announced that retail chief angela ahrendts would be replaced by deirdre o'brien. "bloomberg tech's" mark gurman told us more. mark: she tried to turn apple stores into luxury emporiums rather than a place for shoppers. before, it used to be a place you could go when and grab a product off the shelf and go to a cashier and pay for it. that is simple retail 101. you were able to do customer service, go up to a dedicated place, a genius bar, and get it fixed. the problem is, both of those core things are much more difficu

guthrie .squi >> exactl >>> 4:10. ahead thes morning, t 2019 preakness stakes will be remembered for years to come. not because of the horse that won but because of the one that came in last place. >> we'll show you the moment hat had a lot of people talking. >>> plus, a wild weather weekend across the midwest. look at that. the dest bction lefthind by a rash of tornadoes. chuck, wow. >> yeah, violent weather across lech of the midd of the country. we do not have a tornado threat so to speak today, but there will be an opportunity for thunderstorms around hereinater on the day today. that's setting the stage for cooler and mre delightful weather the next couple of days. >>> they're off. >> certainly a memorable start to the preakness stakes -- >> did you see that? >> lost theockey at the start. >> did you see that? >> yes. this was on saturday. the horse, bodie express, threw his al qaejockey as the gate op. he said, i've had enough. even without the jockey, he finished ahead of two other horseapparently. no one finis

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i'm savannah guthrie in for lester tonight a huge portion of the country is bracing for impact. severe thunderstorm and tornado watches at this hour stretch across 12 states, from oklahoma to new jersey. a wicked weather streak across the u.s. tonight, 13 straight days of tornadoes, the latest in dayton, ohio, where the terror struck at nightfall, a powerful ef-3 tornado. and in the south, it's flooding as days of rain have rivers our team is in place tonight across the region. we'll start with nbc's gabe gutierrez in dayton. gabe, what do you see there? >> reporter: savannah, the ef-3 tornado that tore through here packing winds up to 140 miles per hour was so powerful that this elementary school just collapsed. take a look at this mangled mess tonight local authorities are urging people to conserve water because the power is out to some of the pumping stations. the debris stretches for miles in and around dayton, ohio today as rescue teams frantically search for survivors -- >> fire department, anybody home >> reporter: -- people like lisa hasler struggle to cope. >> it would

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i caught up with scott guthrie and talked with him about what lies ahead.tt: i have been fortunate to work with him for a long time. we worked on azure in the cloud business. the day before he became ceo, i took on what was his role. emily: what did he say? scott: well, we worked so closely together, so it was a pretty quick conversation. the company as a whole has been going through this cloud transformation, it has been incredibly fun to be a part of. more importantly, helping our customers through it, it has been a great ride. emily: in the break, we're talking 7-8 years ago, it did not really exist. it is a new business, but it has grown really fast, and you made a decision to focus on cloud and and workers to this area making millions from areas making billions. you are an engineer by training, how did you make that decision? what informed that? scott: in technology, things move fast. the most important thing is trying to understand where the hockey puck is going. how do you skate to it? the company -- we had missed a couple of trends, which is why we

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we will speak with scott guthrie, executive vice president of microsoft cloud and ai.nd later, the home of the world's tallest building also boasts the world's first minister for artificial intelligence. we'll ask him about his ambitious plan to make the united arab emirates the world's ai leader. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: outside of ceo satya nadella, scott guthrie is arguably the most important person at microsoft. as the executive vice president of microsoft's cloud and ai group, he has helped the tech giant claim a top spot in the cloud, just behind amazon. ahead of the microsoft developer's conference next week, i caught up with guthrie and talked about what lies ahead. scott: i have been fortunate to work with satya for a long time. we worked on azure in the cloud business. the day before he became ceo, we had a conversation and i took on what was his role. emily: what did he say? scott: well, we worked so closely together, so it was a pretty quick conversation. the company as a whole has been going through this cloud transformation. it has been incredibly fun

guthrie or. unknown kumar has received so many death threats that these days he never goes anywhere without his bodyguards. such is the reality of life in bihar. village of deal cali two hours drive from but now even today the harsh countryside is home to nine tenths of its people such as sing has lived here all his life mark on how mattered in the discipline he said. about us i behave. here gentleman. or him again later. so. you get up with abo heard about her son is in the telemark about the whole. the family is divided such as here with his mother his wife lives mostly in her own village her family's better off. often struggles to survive but is the thing i'm here to hope they are the car you have got has all the heart that i had i had a. party. so i cut them out of that i. can't have been about milliken and look i've made. quite a lot of how about they don't have to find out how to get here and i got out the boat out. but the endless circumstances could soon improve his hopes are invested in

guthrie replaces ama agbeze, who has struggled with injury.n easy pick after scoring the winning goal in the commonwealth games final to get gold against australia. there are a couple of surprises in the 12 player squad — nat panagarry is in after beth cobden injured her acl a few weeks ago. rachel dunn is the oldest at 36, but she's had a fantastic season with wasps in the superleague. let's take a look at their fixtures. these are the preliminary, stage one matches. the first is on the 12th of july against uganda. the day after, this will be tough, england versus scotla nd this will be tough, england versus scotland in the afternoon. then on the 14th ofjuly, england against samoa. all of this matches will be available via the bbc website and live on the bbc later in the tournament. lewis hamilton was fastest in first practice at monaco, with many of the teams playing tribute to formula i legend niki lauda, who passed away this week at the age of 70. on red bull's car the words, "danke, niki" and the message, "niki, ourwingman for the monaco

guthrie? >> gentleman from kentucky, mr. guthrie. >> thank you. i appreciate the courtesy. i appreciate it very much. secretary devos, i know we've talked together about the education of freedom scholarship act. one of my concerns i would like to hear you explain in that program, i know in kentucky, cities like louisville and other cities have a robust private education system. so if there's a child in a school that's distressed, they would have access to this, readily have access to a private school that's functioning and moving forward. a lot of my counties in kentucky are very rural. so the public school would be the only option, even if they had access to funds to do something different. it would be the only option currently. i mean, that may change, if that was the case. so could you explain how this program would help students in not just rural kentucky but rural america that don't have the separate infrastructure in place. >> sure, i'd be happy to. this is a really great opportunity for all states and all sorts of communities to really tailor-make options and choices

guthrie for 5 minutes. >> thank you, chair, again for bringing the meeting together. i echo the remarks that you've made, last week we held hearing on the rising cost of insulin in patient doctors and patient groups of how the rising cost of insulin affected americans with diabetes, more than 30 million individuals and i have two nieces, 9.4% of the population has diabetes. insulin prescribed today is different than the insulin discovered 100 years ago and life exert antsy of diabetics has improved dramatically, innovations should not be underestimated and a lot of exciting research is on the horizon, some day i hope we will have cure for diabetes, as we discussed last week, however, the average list price of insulin nearly tripled between 2002 and 2013 making vital drug unaffordable for americans, many argue that while list prices have been increasing net prices have stayed relatively the same or have gone down. this sounds great because in theory no one is supposed to pay the list price for insulin, however, as patient -- if a patient is uninsured or underinsured th

julian guthrie, author of alpha girls. and theresia, great to have you back here.starbucks makes its premiere in game of thrones. why the twitter sphere is blowing up, next. there you see it. it's a coffee cup! ♪ one of the world's largest asset managers will begin buying and selling bitcoin. e investments will offer trading in the cryptocurrency, but it will be limited to institutional customers. a show that is dark and full of coffee. hbo's game of thrones may have only two episodes left in its historic run, but in the newest episode, the fantasy world found a new beverage for its otherworldly cast to imbibe. coffee? it seems the crew forgot to remove what looks like a modern-day disposable coffee cup in front of amelia clark's character. no doubt, one of historic movie gaffs. the mother of, dragons. to discuss, we have our entertainment reporter. i watched the first half of last night's episode and i totally missed it. so, either someone, a lot of people totally missed it, or this was intentional promotional advertising. which one is it? guest: that is a conspir

julian guthrie, author of "alpha girls," and theresia gouw are with me in the studio.or joining us. julian, you have written many books. i know you are familiar with the tech industry. i assume you have had some assumption when you walked into this. i'm wondering as you were on your reporting journey, you found out things that just surprised you. julian: the whole thing surprised me. i came out of my last book. you referenced elon musk. that was very male-dominated, the last two books. this was surprising to me because you hear so much negativity. and it exists in silicon valley. i have found these astounding women who had succeeded and i wanted to know how they did it and what the world looks like for them going after deals, sitting at the table, meeting with entrepreneurs, going out for funding. it surprised me how strategic they were in their success and how it is possible to kind of increment your way to success as they did. navigating before they could pioneer. i was really wowed by that. the stories about girls are very personal. personal lives, professional live

joining us to discuss, microsoft executive president of cloud and a.i., scott guthrie.pichai asked you to run this division. tell me about that transition? scott: i have been fortunate to work with him for a long time. , the daye became ceo before he became ceo, i took on his role. emily: what did he say? scott: we worked so closely together. it was a pretty quick conversation. on the whole, going through the cloud transformation, incredibly fun to be part of, and more importantly helping customers through it. it has been a great ride. emily: in the break, we talked about seven to eight years ago the business didn't really exist. so it has grown fairly fast, and you made a big decision a few years ago to focus on cloud, shift workers and resources to the area making millions of dollars, from areas making billions of dollars. you are an engineer by training. how did you make that decision? scott: in technology, things move fast. the most important thing is trying to understand where the hockey puck is going and how you skate to it. as a company, we missed a couple trends

a few injuries — ama out but serena guthrie your captain and beth cobden who did her acl.r them? i think so, how disappointing will it be for them? ithink so, and how disappointing will it be for them? i think so, and we were not in those 12 for the commonwealth games, so some those 12 for the commonwealth games, so some of the girls are not involved. there is a massive squad, we are all competing for the position we are in for england netball, we are making it harder for tracy to make those decisions. we are ina tracy to make those decisions. we are in a better position than we have ever been before, so we are still a full squad and team, we have a great culture, so the girls are backing us and egging us on to get that gold. rachel dunn is the oldest in the squad at 36 but fran, she's your wasps team—mate — she's been on fire this season. it shows that tracey doesn't take those things into account, it is about form. 100%, this those things into account, it is about form. 10096, this squad selected has been about the form people have had this season. rachel is playing some

guthrie? >> no. so neat, right >> dr.bout her thriller it is terrifgood morning, it )s. i )m ... while you were sleeping: maybe a little bit of a victory >>> good morning to you, it's 8:26. i'm laura garcia. maybe a little bit of a victory party while you were sleeping, the dubs have one more game to win their final series. this is the video from overnight, the western conference champions arriving at oakland airport a little before 1:00 a.m. warriors swept with an overnight win. they'll face toronto or milwaukee in the finals. later today, tickets for game three and four at oracle will go on sale. >>> rain out there on some soggy roads. >> there you go, rain on the hayward side of the bridge. this tour bus is disabled, blocking the slow lane approaching the high-rise. also the rain having traveled through the area, more radar activity, hayward, oakland, watch for slick conditions there. dunbarton bridge, roads still damp. on the san francisco side of the bay bridge, we had a spinout south of the waldo tunnel, laura. >> t

emily: that is julian guthrie, author of "alpha girls," and theresia gouw, aspect ventures cofounder.head, is apple worried about its brand? that's a concern from a number of current and former employees. we will bring you that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: apple stores are being hit by complaints that customer service is getting worse. current and former employees tell bloomberg that brand building has become more important than serving shoppers. they say the quality of staff has declined during expansion in which apple opened more than 500 stores. apple announced that retail chief angela ahrendts would be replaced by deirdre o'brien. "bloomberg tech's" mark gurman told us more. mark: she tried to turn apple stores into luxury emporiums rather than a place for shoppers. before, it used to be a place you could go when and grab a product off the shelf and go to a cashier and pay for it. that is simple retail 101. you were able to do customer service, go up to a dedicated place, a genius bar, and get it fixed. the problem is, both of those core things are much more difficult.

guthrie: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 1503, the orange book transparency act of 2019. the food and drug administration's list of a approved brand name therapeutic drug products known as the orange book plays an important role for drug development. h.r. 1503 will ensure the orange book continues to be effective and accurate. by requiring drug companies to provide up-to-date information on patents that are relevant to each individual drug. it also directs the government accountability office to study the impact of the patients being listed in the orange -- patents being listed in the orange book. i want to thank congresswoman can kelly from illinois for herer commitment to maintaining the value of the orange book to drug manufacturers, payers, providers, and patients. i appreciate her willingness to work together in a bipartisan manner and urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1503. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms.

the teacher in this case is professor tom guthrie, chemistry 101 in long beach.ere is just about every kind of experiment here. sometimes it is musical performance. ♪ i'll do it all for the ring of fire ♪ >> i love this guy. >> they just think he's crazy. they're never going to forget -- they'll remember him. their me. you should be worried when they light something and they run away. >> wow! >> he's got so much passion and enjoyment in what he's doing. the students do as well. >> yeah, he's somewhat of a mad scientist. >> if you guys have this as your professor, you're leaving with a chemistry degree and no eyebrows. he has been recognized before as one of the top 25 in america. >> yeah. >> if he's your teacher, you're very lucky. >> these guys are flying over the city of dallas, texas. three very talented sky divers, we get to see this really beautiful dance. >> it almost looks like they're floating around in space. >> and the perspective, sometimes the sky is at the bottom, the earth is at the top and it keeps changing. >> there is no way to replicate this on

for now i'm savannah guthrie. we'll return you to regular programming.udent loans and the numbers are staggering. nationwide there are more than 44 million borrowers who collectively owe nationwide there are more than 44 million borrowers who collectively owe $1.5 trillion, that is a record high and it's more than double the total from just ten years ago for the 70% of 2019 grads with student loans the average balance $30,000 each so what's the smartest way to prepare for and tackle student loan debt? su suze orman is here to answer the burning questions you get all the time from parents. good morning. >> it's a big issue, especially right now, people are graduating college, high school and now they are going to have to deal with getting loans or paying for those loans. >> 'tis the season $1.5 trillion, more than car loans, more than mortgages. >> in one five who have student loans with adults. if you have $250 billion are owed by people who are 50 years of age and -- >> still paying. >> and still paying. >> imagine you graduate 20 and you are still payi

>we don't owewoody guthrie any ?> the ghost of woody guthrie. >> stephen: is there a stealth hand coming for me or is it a sheet? >> let's wait until christmas to find out. >> stephen: the united states often does not feel united. people call it we're in a cold civil war. but what about you, you were born and raised in scotland? >> scotland, yeah. >> stephen: how about the u.k.? do you live over there now? >> i like that you called it the u.k. that's the correct temperament. a lot of people say gland. it's not england. it's england and scotland and northern island and wales. it's four countries. and like most, it's been going on for a while, and nobody knows whose limbs are where. it's kind of messy and smells a bit. and everybody thinks theatre ones getting (bleep). but, actually, no one's really sure. >> stephen: really. >> you can say that on cbs now. >> stephen: it's true, they're fine with it. what's going to happen? do you think they're going to actually brexit? >> the brexit thing, i don't know. the brexit thi

i'm savannah guthrie for lestero the first time and perhaps the last, we heard directly from the special counsel in the russia investigation. after nearly two years of work and official silence, robert mueller made a surprise appearance to underscore his findings and made clear once a for all that he never considered changing donald trump with a crime because of justice department rul that forbid it. reaction was swift. ing number of democrats say it's time for congress to act where the special prosecutor could not. the team has it covered including what's next as congress andhe white house stare each other down in a potential impeachment showdown. we will start with pete williams. >> savannah, robert mueller spent some of his time summ,izing his famous report but it was a dramatic end to his tenure as one of the most famous prosecutors in u.s. history. only public statement h ever made about the investigation, robert mueller was clear he intended it to be his last. >> i hope and expect this to be the only time i will s to you in this manner. i am making that decision myself, no one has

emily: that is julian guthrie, author of "alpha girls," and theresia gouw of aspect ventures cofounderahead, is apple worried about its brand building or serving its customers? that's a concern from a number of current and former employees. we will bring you that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: apple stores are being hit by complaints that customer service is getting worse. current and former employees tell bloomberg that brand building has become more important than serving shoppers. they say the quality of staff has declined during an expansion in which apple opened more than 500 stores. earlier this year apple announced that retail chief angela ahrendts would be replaced by deirdre o'brien. "bloomberg tech's" mark gurman gave us all the details. mark: she was formerly the ceo of burberry and tried to turn apple stores into luxury emporiums rather than a place for mission shoppers. before the apple store used to be a place you could go when and -- go in, grab a product off the shelf, and go to a cashier and pay for it. that is simple retail 101. you were also able, if you had

the class of 2019 ♪ >>> this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt" >>> good evening i'm savannah guthrien for lester, and tonight the battle over abortion is being waged more intensely than it has been in decades and on multiple fronts. missouri is now poised to be the first state in the nation without an abortion clinic protests erupting again tonight in the wake of strict new abortion measures passed in the south, one more signed into law just today we are starting to see the fall-out we begin tonight with nbc's anne thompson >> reporter: supporters of abortion rights taking to the streets of st. louis >> abortion rights are here to stay! >> reporter: some arrested after a sit-in, waiting for a federal judge's ruling on the license renewal of missouri's only abortion clinic. unrelated to the state's new law banning abortion after eight weeks. >> we do not want to be the first state in the nation to lose access to safely legal abortion, and that's what the state is trying to do and we saw that in court today. >> reporter: planned parenthood argued the state's health department keeps mov

for now i'm savannah guthrie. we'll returnou to regular programming. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >>> good morning and welcome to "news4 midday." i'm erika gonzalez. and we begin with that breaking news from the justice department. a statement fromobert mueller himself regarding his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. these are the first public comments regarding the high-profile prane he was appointed to lead two years ago and he said he's leaving the justice department now. that he concluded his russia ob e. he also talked briefly about his findings in the report.> >>welcome back, everybody. we've got some cloud cor out there. you could see from our live tower camera. and it is not looking too bad. it is a live on the warm s out there. and might as well just go ahead and call it hot or avera temperature for this time of the year is 79 degrees and we pastt thafore 8:30 this morning. now nothing on the radar right now. you could see we're dry and you have a few clouds moving i

omar, appreciate you being there and reporting for us in guthrie, oklahoma. thank you very much. >>> all right. to washington, the major question this morning on capitol hill, after storming out of his own infrastructure meeting with democratic leadership, house speaker nancy pelosi as well as senator chuck schumer and vowing not to work with democrats at all until all of their investigations are over, does president trump mean all legislation is actually off the table right now? we are going to hear more from the house speaker later this hour. >> a risk for both parties politically if that's the case. >>> meanwhile, another defeat in court for the president in the fight over his financial records. a federal judge refusing to block subpoenas by congressional democrats, the second such ruling in just three days. let's speak to cnn's lauren fox, she's live on capitol hill. how are lawmakers responding to president trump's threat of, well, just putting the whole legislative agenda aside as long as there are any investigations under way? >> reporter: well, jim, y

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but from snyder to guthrie to childress, elk stit city, eventually oklahoma city it's all this afternoon and early this evening >> one of the most dangerous weather days >> of the year >> my goodness, bill, thank you. >>> president trump is stoking tensions with teheran this morning. warning iran on twitter to never threat u theted states again or else face dire consequence. it comes amid a military buildup in the reegion to counter an alleged threat from iran and prompted the u.s. to pull nonessential staff from diplomatic pts in iraq nbc's ali a ruse i has the latest >> reporter: in this game of brinks man ship tensions between teheran and washington have been ratcheting up and down moment to nome the last week president trump turning the heat up again, tweeting, if iran wants a fight, that will be the official end of iran never threaten the united states again. always, there are two emies, competing narratives the erite house says tehan is up to no good,nd ithey target u.s. assets whether directly or by proxy, they will be met with thmie significant tary response. the counter naative

and a reminder, savannah guthrie is next with "nightly news." >>> tonight, robert mueller breaks hissilence his first public comments on the russia investigation. mueller giving answers to lingering mysteries, contradicting the president and the attorney general and reminding congress whose job it is to hold the president accountable. >> if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so >> tonight a flurry of new calls for impeachment proceedings. >> bob mueller was essentially referring impeachment to the united states congress >> the pressure intensifying on the house speaker while the president says case closed. >>> also tonight, more neighborhoods blown away by two straight weeks of tornadoes and violent storms now racing east. a major threat from

chance of dealing with not just tornadoes, but even strong or nad oesz that includes childress, texas, guthrie, and elk city, too storms will head towards wichita falls, oklahoma city later this evening. this is the way our computers are looking at this. storms are devin today. inorth texas into oklahoma. that's by noon today then round two develops on the tail of this and we'll watch those storms about 4:00 p.m. that's when we'll have our chance of getting those tornadoes and the possibility of those long tractor nad owes. i know a lot of schools in this area already canceled for the day today. they don't want those kids anywhere near the severeareas oy down through oklahoma and north texas at greatest risk >>> well, coming up we also have to deal with the possibility of early summer heat wave we'll have details about that coming up. >> all right, bill, thank you. >>> a question have you ever seen two deer fight? have you ever seen two deer fight? me neither today is the day, everybody. a woman in tennessee spotted these two brawling in their yard she posted the whole rumble on facebook the v

nbc's savannah guthrie has the story. >> reporter: eight days after a gunman opened fire at marjory stonemanper, the eagle eye, gathered to start work on a special memorial issue to honor the victims. >> i had to relive that day over and over again to report on the shooting and tell the stories of the lives that were lost in our community. >> reporter: hannah and rebecca are the paper's coed torres in chief. >> it's definitely a way of copeling for many of our staff members. we didn't forget what happened, it gave us a sense of control. >> reporter: the student journalists wrote personal tre died, balancing personal grief with journalistic responsibility >> i we might be 17 or 16 or 15, but our words still have an impact >> reporter: some of the most accomplished journalists in the country gather today honor ty ra standing ovation >> i just want other students and other young people knoll that their words matter and if you have a story, it's your right to tell it don't let anyone else tell it for you. >> hannah and rebecca are both off to college in the fall where they hope to continue telli

guthrie or. unknown kumar has received so many death threats that these days he never goes anywhere without his bodyguards. such is the reality of life in bihar. the village of deal cali two hours drive from but now even today bihar's countryside is home to nine tenths of its people such under oppressed has lived here all his life mark on her marriage in the supply line he said i'm going up out of either side behaved without is a good gentleman. or him again later. so the. but they're back they're back they're back they're told you get up with abo heard about her. body right is in the tent marked about the whole. the family is divided. as here with his mother his wife lives mostly in her own village her family's better off. often struggles to survive but is the thing i'm here to get out of car you have one hundred thousand one hundred that i had either by the. party i. talk up to now that i've. kind of been about milliken and look i've made her the.

powerful performance brought the judges to tears and the audience to their feat our very own savannah guthrie22-year-old kodi lee walked onstage with his mom, he won over the crowd >> welcome to "america's got talent." what's your name >> i'm kodi. >> hi, kodi. >> reporter: kodi is blind and has autism. >> i'm going to sing a song for you on the piano >> reporter: he also has an extraordinary gift ♪ i've been so many places in m life and time ♪ >> reporter: the judges were awestruck. the crowd on their feet. actress gabrielle union rewarding kodi with the golden buzzer, sending him straight through to the live shows later in the season. >> he'd always say, i want to perform for thousands of people, and i'm like, kodi, you're proving for millions of people >> reporter: kodi's mom, tina, says music saved her son's live. >> you put him onstage and all of a sudden it's like the flip of a hat, and he has no disabilities onstage ♪ >> reporter: kodi is on top of the world and grateful for his millions of new fans >> are you excited that the live shows are coming up? >> heck yeah. >> we're rooting fo

serena guthrie is her captain in place of the injured ama agbeze.and most expensive infrastructure challenges, but it's also highly controversial. the chief executive of the high speed rail project, hs2, says the country must "hold its nerve" and continue to support its construction. a house of lords committee has already called for a rethink, saying the £56 billion project didn't offer value for money. ben thompson has been to the construction site in birmingham, to find out more. welcome to birmingham, on what is the side of the new station for hs2. this will be curzon street station. where we are now is where the platforms will be, but the station, you might be able to make out, will run all the way down there, to where the trees are, just adjacent to the west coast main line that currently brings passengers from the capital to birmingham. but already of course lots of concern about this project, whether it will be delivered on—time and on budget. already a massive cost associated with delivering this line, and the man whose job it is is mark thu

into the debate in sweden dr neiman guthrie is founder of joint help for kurdistan that's an organization working to help conflict afflicted people she's also a volunteer in the al whole camp in eastern syria in london in the u.k. gina velour is a research fellow at the international center for the study of radicalization at king's college london also in london. is a lawyer who specializes in cases involving the repatriation of for what i saw members over but it's good to have you here you have all had experience of what it is like to go to some of these camps where children among others are after they have been part of the islamic state and they're there and they can't get back to perhaps the regional countries and they're going to go for all of you and see what is that experience like what kind of conditions are these youngsters these babies living in. i'd like you to start doctor before we can can you give us pages a picture describe the scene in one of the kind that you go to regularly sure. like to actually not use anymore. because they are not marketed they are. you know. well no pr

it will also feature arlo guthrie, and the 50th anniversary of woodstock.rk your calendars. alix steel, matt miller, janet wu will cohost. bloomberg tv, bloomberg radio, bloomberg.com, and boston globe.com. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. romaine: a bit of breaking news here. a brazilian cosmetics company best known for owning the body shop in the u.s. has agreed to by avon products. they say they have secured about 1.6 billion dollars in financing to pull off this deal. products, based out of london and primarily operates in latin america. this is separate from avon in north america. a big movearoline: after hours for elle brands, beating expectations when it comes to net sales. basically in line with where it was at this time last year. first-quarter earnings-per-share, down from the previous year but again ahead of expectations. victoria's secret not doing so well, like for like sales down. bath and body works increased like for l

the arthur, elaine guthrie, is here now. i have a copy of the book, alpha girls.attention. why did you decide to write this book? >> i was on tour with my other book and i was meeting with a lot of entrepreneurs and engineers and i would look out into these rooms and there would be like a thousand people, maybe ten women. i started to look around and these are dynamic fields but where are all it will women? so then i looked closer in your backyard at the field of tech and then i zeroed in on venture capitol.  it's an impactful field, industry, little understood but has impact on shaping how we all live, how we communicate, what we drive, the medical devices we may one day need. >> you found it is lacking in women. talk about the gender gap, specifically, when it comes to the role on venture capitol. >> when i started by report, 94% of all investing partner, those writing the checks to the companies, the companies that get founded and funded, 94% are men. i thought wow, what does that mean for the technology that is getting made and built but who are -- who are t

. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller pveza. >> hi, ebody. good morning. welcome to tuesday morning. nice to have you with us. >> good to have you back. >> yeah. i took a day off on monday. kt was fun. >> she too a day off because she gave a fantastic commencement over the weekend. we're going to h playhlights later. >> it was an exciting honor. but the weath is the top story this morning. >> this new round of extreme weathe >> what a night for folks in the hasouth. more t a dozen tornadoes rom texas to missouri on the heels of that weekend outbreak and another major problem from the storms is the flooding. al is standing by with today's forecast. but let's ktart withry sanders in oklahoma this morning. this is where the town is picking up pieces there. good morning. reporter: well, good morning. this morning there is more damage from the plague of tornadoes that have been touching down. this location here, this was a barn that housed animals ffum re farmers of america. unfortunately the injured animals her