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"today's" savannah guthrie sits down with a passenger who became an instant pilot, forced to land a plane when the original pilot became incapacitated >>> and the kindness of a stranger lifts the crew of a local pizza parlor with a very generous tip some goodness on this heavy news morning. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm vinita nair. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera we begin with the latest round of devastating gun violence in america. overnight buffalo police releasing the names of the ten people who lost their lives while grocery stopping on a saturday afternoon ten people gunned down in what's being investigated as a hate crime. they range in age from 32 to 86. according to her mother the youngest victim, roberta drury, had been living in buffalo for ten years caring for her brother, who is recovering from cancer and 86-year-old ruth whitfield had stopped at the store on her way home from visiting with her husband at a nursing home. the community came together for a vigil honoring these lives tragically cut short for the latest into the investigation into the

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now the teachers retirement system brian guthrie. >> thank you, my name is brian guthrie, executive director in texas. we are here today to not only help the families of the teachers who tragically lost their lives and provide the benefits they are due but also help all employees of not only this school district but surrounding school districts to make sure they have access to mental health and behavioral health services. we recognize not all employees of these districts are members of our system and healthcare program but we want to thank our partners for extending the benefits to everyone employed in this district or surrounding districts. thank you. >> now texas employees retirement system. >> i'm the executive director of the employees of texas. retirement benefits but more important, health insurance benefits to state employees but also employees of higher education in the community so local community college employees will get health insurance from health selected texas providing blue cross blue shield of texas and we have activated 24 hour crisis hotline to help connect medical and me

governor abbott: from the teachers retirement system, brian guthrie. >> my name is brian guthrie, executive director of the teacher retirement system of texas. we are here today to not only help the families of the teachers who tragically lost their lives and provide benefits they are due, but also to help all the employees of not only this school district, but the surrounding school districts, to make sure they have access to mental health and behavioral health services. we recognize that not all the employees of these districts are members of our system and health care program, but we thank our partners, blue cross/lou shield to extend it -- for extending those benefits. thank you. gov. abbott: from the texas employees retirement system, porter wilson. >> i am porter wilson, executive director director of the employees retirement system of texas. we provide benefits to state employees, but also employees of higher education in the community, so local community college employees will get health insurance provided by blue cross/lou shield of texas. we activated a 24-hour crisis hotline to c

now the heroic passenger, darren hir harrison is telling his story to savannah guthrie.g. >> reporter: willie, good morning. last tuesday, darren harrison, a man who believes strongly in his faith, landed the airplane here against all practical odds. no flying experience. his plane went off the radar at the worst possible time. now, he is speaking out. for darren harrison, a career in home and business flooring sales should not have prepared him for this. >> i have a serious situation here. my pilot has gone incoherent. >> reporter: the pilot experienced a medical emergency and passed out. the 39-year-old stepped up, helping move the pilot over and grabbing controls with zero experience flying an aircraft. the question as he speaks exclusively with savannah, how did this go off without a hitch? >> everyone is amazed how calm you were. did you feel calm? >> i did. somebody asked me what i had heart rate or what i thought my heart rate was and i said, in the 90s. what about after it was over. probably about 160. the time i stopped the plane, that's when it hit me. i was pr

landed the small aircraft in florida last week after the pilot passed out "today" show's savannah guthriely to ha hero passenger about how he did it. sam brock has more >> reporter: staring death in the face -- >> by the time i had moved forward to the front of the airplane, i realized that we had now gone into a dive at a very fast rate. >> reporter: darren harrison speaking for the first time exclusively to "today's" savannah guthrie about performing an emergencylanding with no experience ever flying and a pilot passed out at the controls >> all i saw when i came up to the front was water out the right window and i knew it was coming quick very, very quickly >> the plane is in a nosedive essentially. >> correct yes. and at that point i knew if i didn't react that we would die and so i reached over his body, because he's at this point unresponsive i kind of put my arm over to where my elbow is sitting here, and i grabbed the controls of the airplane and slowly started to pull back on the stick and turn the airplane. >> reporter: the crisis cropping up mid-flight, when harrison says the p

guthrie for five minutes. >> thank you. you said in your opening statement we work on more spectrum bills then we can count. each time it has been a pleasure to work with you and staff. appreciate that very much. my first question today is for ms. gomez. i want to thank you for your support of my legislation. spectrum is out -- is a valuable and scarce resource and we need to do all we can do to ensure every spectrum user is as efficient as possible including the federal government. how would an incumbent informing capability tell ntia to resolve technical barriers to make it more federal spectrum available for commercial users? >> is getting harder. the iic will provide needed transparency and certainty. it will also replace some methods that are technically challenging. the capability will not allow the use of fully cleared spectrum but to the extent that the geographics have an opportunity it permits broader uses of spectrum in areas of the federal agencies may not be operating. >> thank you. i got feedback, i'm sorry. t

no, are we edited a book on witty guthrie together? we found a long lost manuscript of woody guthrie. and we called the house of earth. and it was a bit of a literary find and actually i found it, but we were trying to get money for the guthrie's music for kids for after school music programs. so johnny's involvement with it allowed my publisher harper collins to put some money into it and went to this school fund and the bookcare number 10 on the best seller list of for fiction in the new york times when he got through he's been dead forever. so it had a little bit of a nice run. i wrote a cover story of depth for vanity fair where i'm attributing editor. we went on a boat from porter now we went from what we went to puerto rico, but we left the bahamas to puerto rico and i rode along. along essay about them i once did a story a cover story on them for george magazine if you remember that so i've known him over a period of time but his mother died in this divorce that he got in with the amber heard. it's just gone. he's you know swimm

several loved ones sat down with nbc's savannah guthrie. let's listen. >> a father's grief, a mother's silent anguish, a young, boisterous family with five little girls now shattered. >> i won't see my daughter again. >> can you tell me about how you got this news. >> i was at work. she called me, get to the school. i went to the school and tried to get in the building. the police barricade pushed me back out. so i just stood on the sidelines and watched this whole thing play out. >> i can't imagine what it would be like to be stand being outside those doors wondering. >> longest day ever. it was the longest day ever. >> steven garcia and jennifer lugo remembering their little girl ellie as they try to process her senseless death. >> sweetest little girl you would ever meet. >> next week would have been ellie's 10th birthday. she was looking forward to having a pool party to celebrate. >> i told her we were going to have a party and her face just lit up. and that was the last time i saw her. >> hey, guys -- >> ellie loved basketball and tik

now for the teachers retirement system, brian guthrie. >> thank you. good afternoon. guthrie. i'm the executive director of the teachers retirement system of texas. we're here today to not only help the families of the two teachers who tragically lost their lives and provide them the benefits they are due, but also to help all the employees of not only this school district but all the surrounding school districts to make sure they have access to mental health and behavioral health services. we also recognize that not all the employees of these districts are members of our system. and offer our health care program, but we want to thank our partners for extending those benefits to everyone who is employed in this district or any of the surrounding districts. thank you. >> thank you. and now for the texas employees retirement system,p porter wilson. >> i am porter wilson, executive director of the employee retirement system of texas. we provide retirement benefits and more importantly, health insurance benefits to state employees and also to employees of higher education

ahead, savannah, three -- guthrie will lead those discussions live. >>> this morning, lawmakers willhe heads of three formula manufacturers and among the questions asked why there is such a massive shortage for babies who depend on it and how soon could it change. the panel hearing starts at eight a clock our time. >>> we will look live outside and san francisco as we get started with your day and we are tracking those conditions. >> you can see the forecast for the temperatures are still hot and reaching into the mid-90s inland, but we do still have some cooler weather ahead going into the memorial day holiday weekend. it will also be breezy. we're looking at 83 inland on memorial day were san francisco will come down from the 70s back into the 60s and a breezy weekend and you will see sunshine on memorial day with highs in the upper 60s. how is it looking, mike? >> reporter: better. we do have recovery here and in the background along the east short freeway it is building up on the morning commute but the toll plaza shot looks like things are spacing out a little bit better. this i

savannah guthrie speaks with the father of joe garza, seen here beating as she was named to the honor roll during the award ceremony on tuesday. this is just hours before she died. >> i want to honor her name area and i want her to be remembered as the type of person that she was. not staining her name with the tragedy that happened. >> reporter: lester holt spoke with a girl, still clutching her teddy bear. >> did you hear the shooting? >> it sounded like banging, but our teacher said it was fireworks. we knew they were not fireworks, so everyone was panicking. my friend michael was by the window. he kept saying that someone got shot >> reporter: that's a lot for anyone to deal with. how are you doing today? >> i'm doing better. >> reporter: you got to talk to someone today? >> yeah. >> reporter: among the other victims identified, alanna torres, a student and athlete that love soft ball. fourth-grader use i a garcia, third-grader annabelle rodriguez killed in the same classroom as her cousin. josi florez. xavier lopez. alecia ramirez, rogelio torres and allie garcia. authorities had

and nbc's savannah guthrie is also recovering from a bout of covid. >>> now to the weather and the places where the heat is on threatening records and nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has the details to break it down here. >> a lot happen. yeah, we are looking at temperatures in the 90s, some spots into the 100s. that heat is fueling the fires in the southwest as well as fueling some severe storms in the midwest and western texas. let's take a look at the temperatures because we are looking at 90s on the map here, records being broken today, they were broken yesterday, also over the weekend. 92 in st. louis. that could break a record of 91. 93 kansas city. and then tomorrow kind of expands. 90s from new mexico all the way to ohio. so toledo 87 degrees tomorrow, 89 is the record there. may break, may not. omaha 94 degrees. the heat will stay on. not quite as hot but really warm. so kansas city by thursday you're 91 degrees into the 80s friday and saturday. that's a little bit of relief for you. st. louis temperatures in the 90s on thuday asrs in florida we are looking at 70s and 80s. we

savannah guthrie had an exclusive interview with the man on the today show.ren harrison was traveling home from a fishing trip in the bahamas, on board is angle engine, two others on board, the pilot and the pilot's friend. suddenly, the pilot took ill, and went unconscious in the plane went into a nosedive over the open ocean. harrison, with no flying experience, got in contact with air traffic controller, a part- time flight in structure, instructor, and waited the plane. >> i knew it was a life or death situation. either you do what you have to do to control the situation or you will die. that is what i did. >> the pilot suffered an aortic aneurysm and was hospitalized but is expected to be okay. >>> are you ready for the dallas mavericks? they're coming to san francisco, tomorrow. the warriors challenge. chase center. we will hear from steph curry, next. what's it like having xfinity internet? it's beyond gig-speed fast. so gaming with your niece, has never felt more intense. hey what does this button do? no, don't! we're talking supersonic wi-fi. three t

harrison sat down exclusively with savannah guthrie this morning. it will be on the today show following today in the bay at 7:00 a.m. can't wait to hear it. >> and wait to see that as well, laura. >>>: 56 right now. a triumphant return to the day to rakers results in san francisco this weekend. >>> and, they are off. take a look at that. for the first time in three years, thousands came out for this wacky run. organizers say the turnout was about what they expected. 18,000 people registered at about 14,000 showed up. bay to breakers draws and some serious runners. but for the most part, it is really just a joyful, silly check from embarcadero to ocean beach. the common theme this year was really just people happy to participate. >> it was really fun to see everyone in a group together and having fun and not worrying. >> it is always good to be back. glad to see all running kinds in the community got here. >> i love that. organizers -- event will continue to go and eventually just pre-pandemic numbers. before the pandemic, more than 100,000 walkers

well, nick guthrie, who edits the programme, has said publicly he feels it would be a tragedy to cancelo explore the fate of dateline london further with a bbc executive in the next few weeks. do let us know your thoughts on anything we're covering in this week's programme or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. before that, some of your other comments. it's been a big week for football fans with two clubs, liverpool and manchester city, both featuring in the semifinals of the champions league. on wednesday, nestor mcgregor was at anfield to look forward to liverpool's game that night. they're on the edge of history, chasing four trophies. the league cup already in the bag, they're on the hunt for the champions league, the fa cup and of course the premier league as well. and how fitting that no british team has ever done it, that this city, already home to the fab four, won, or wins, the big four. but that claim that "no british team" had won the so—called quadruple was challenged by football fans with long memories, particularly those fro

pavlichenko largely changed the perception of russian americans the famous american country singer woody guthriewrote a song for his lyudmila pavlichenko it is called miss pavlyuchenko well, in every russian family there are their own heroes, they in the immortal regiment, report by polina ermolaeva under the banner of the immortal regiment in russia this year stood 12 million people in moscow more than a million participants. lapin ivan ivanovich passed to end of the war and returned with a victory. but we have our second great-grandfather, he died, right in the very first month of the war. he was a career officer and died defending ukraine, moreover, to the shoulder. children, grandchildren , great-grandchildren, and already about the great-grandchildren of the soldiers of the great war, as if this pandemic pause had never happened. now it is difficult to imagine that the previous march of the immortal regiment took place in 2019 during this time, a lot has changed and only the memory that lives in our hearts remains unchanged. and now danya looks at his great-great-grandfather and said, thank

i'm also excited to see congressman guthrie's smart act on the agenda today. as my fellow co-chair of the congressional spectrum caucus, we've worked together on more legislation than i can count, and the smart act is no different. this important bill would improve spectrum management in the united states by establishing a standardized framework to facilitate spectrum sharing between federal and non-federal users. while i'm interested in pursuing some clarifying edits with congressman guthrie, i'm confident they can be done on a bipartisan basis and set the path for a smooth markup an' quick consideration on the floor. this bill is smart public policy and tackles an emerging but crucial issue in american spectrum leadership. congressman carter's its codification act would also reinforce america's leadership in innovation by providing statutory authority for ntia's institute for telecommunication sciences. as the research and engineering arm of ntia, its advancesnc innovation in communications technologies through cutting-edge research. the its codification act

. >> reporter: in this exclusive interview with "today's" savannah guthrie, the man with a career in explains how he became impromptu pilot when the real pilot passed out at the controls. >> i reached over his body because at this point he was unresponsive, trying to put my arm toward my elbow sitting here, grabbed the controls of the airplane and slowly started to pull back on the stick and turn >> how did you know how to do that >> just common sense i guess, being on airplanes. >> reporter: any sudden yank, harrison says, would cause the plane to stall the pilot suffering what we later learned was a heart related aneurysm, and the 39-year-old harrison knew their collective fate lay in his hands as he reflected on his wife and the daughter they're expecting. >> did you think about your little girl >> i did oh, yeah one of the first things that went through my mind as i was climbing to the front and that plane was in a dive, i was looking going i can't die today. she's pregnant, i have a baby on the way, today is not my day. >> reporter: in a story layered with obstacle after obstacl

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only with savannah guthrie. >> reporter: everyone is amazed at how calm you where. about every time i stop focusing that's when it hit me. i knew it was a life or death situation. you do what you have to do to control the situation or you're going to die and that's what i did. >> watch the full interview on the today show here on nbc bay area following today in the bay. >>> for the first time in three years, thousands of runners return to the streets of san francisco for the iconic bay breakers. it brings a mix of those players. tom jensen was there for the colorful event and has this to report. >> reporter: colorful imagination on full display for the first time since 2019 elk coordinated costumes making their way to the great highway near the pacific ocean. >> we knew that the community was ready. the question of what we had is how many were traveling? >> the expected to go every year. to get back to pre-pandemic numbers when they tracked more than 100,000 runners and walkers. he says the joyful energy was on full display even with the smaller turnout. >> lots of

florida airport and the world captured the world's attention and the pilot is speaking out to savannah guthrie he is speaking exclusively with darren harrison. >>> we see the effects of the on going drought. >> we will look at how bad things are going. >>> everybody, all of you, the billboard music awards, vi great news, they are all performing. i'm dan o'dowd and i approved this message. tesla's full self- driving technology. the washington post reported on "owners of teslas fighting for control..." "i'm trying..." watch this tesla "slam into a bike lane bollard..." "oh [bleeped f***]" this one "fails to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk." "experts see deep flaws." "that was the worst thing i've ever seen in my life." at usaa we've been called too exclusive because we were created for officers. but as we've evolved with the military we've grown to serve all, who've honorably served. no matter their rank or when they were in. a marine just out of boot camp or a petty officer from '73 and even his kids and their kids. usaa is made for all who've honorably served and their eligible family mem

. >>> coming up for you in a matter of minutes, we are going to look at savannah guthrie and hoda kotbhis morning. the parents of four college athletes who died by suicide, coming together to share about asking for help . including the parents of katie meyer. it is a powerful, really important conversation that you don't want to miss coming up in just a few minutes on the today show. >>> that does it for us on today in the bay. we will be back at 7:25 with a local look at the news updates we have. don't forget to join us for our midday recap at 11:00. a beautiful shot of san francisco. today show is next. >>> good morning. honoring the victims. the first funerals under way. one week after the nation's worse school shooting in a decade as outrage grows over the police response an exclusive life interview with a first responder who rushed to the scene with his own wife and

>> savannah. >> savannah guthrie.eet you this is hugh jackman famous movies. >> who what >> tell us why you wanted to meet savannah? >> i've been watching since i was a baby and i wanted to meet you for the past 10 years. >> my gosh i am so happy to meet you. thank you for coming to visit us. >> we're happy you are here. >> this morning my mom woke me up and she was like are you sure you want to go and i was like yes. >> early riser just like us. >> happy to see you. congratulations mom. yeah here i'll do it. let me take one for all of you. >> i'll take it. you get in there there you go perfect. yes. >> thank you so much >> what a great day. >> -- meeting you. >> that was dool. >> thanks so much honey. >> mr. roker got a check of the weather? >> today's show bringing dreams true i love it. let's show you what we have gone doing for today. cooler highs in the northeast. morning frost and freeze in the northern great lakes looking at severe storms through texas, sunshine out west tomorrow, that heavy rain moves into the

designer and never piloted anything here's the plane after landing harrison describing to savannah gu guthrienew it was water out the window and i knew it was coming quick, at that point i knew if i didn't react that we would die, and so i reached over his body because he's at this point unresponsive i kind of put my arm over toward my elbow was sitting here and i grabbed the controls of the airplane and slowly started to pull back on the stick and turn. >> incredible. this is the air traffic controller who helped guide harrison to safety harrison explaining the first thing he did when he got back down on the ground i said thank you for everything and i threw the headset on the dash and said the biggest prayer i've ever said in my life. that's when all of the emotion set in as part of the prayer and the strongest part was for the guy in the back because i was -- i knew it was not -- a good situation. >> the guy in the back is the real pilot he reportedly suffered an aortic aneurism during the flight our west palm beach affiliate wptv reports he is still in the hospital >>> back to our top sto

today shows savannah guthrie is at the elementary school. she will have special coverage at 7:00, after today in the bay. >>> happening today, new answers about what had led to the nations baby food shortage, and how soon the parent can stop worrying about how they will feed their babies. >> crisp alone is live in washington where a congressional hearing is taking place. a warning for parents that have been shopping online trying to find formula. chris? >> reporter: laura and marcus, at 8:00 this morning, the heads of three companies that make a b formula will be grilled about why there is not enough formula on store shelves for the babies that rely on it, and how soon all of that will change. the congressional panel that oversees the fda, and from the head of gerber, the maker of good starts formula, and to the fda commissioner will be facing questioning as well. with store shelves empty, parents turn to the internet to track down formula. however the better business bureau says that scammers are taking advantage of the situation. the bette

. >> harrison sits down exclusively with savannah guthrie this morning on the today show coming.at is today in the bay at 7:00 p.m. . pretty cool story here. 06:43 right now, the white house has new steps to help people to get some new homes today. that is a very big task. >> when we talk about home prices, the problem is just so big. home prices, in the u.s., were up 20% year-over-year this year. if you hear somebody saying we will make houses more affordable, keep in mind that means they have to start with last year's 20% gain defeating any game this year to start to reduce prices. the president wants to do this. he said he will look into it. he looks into a lot of things as many presidents do. this is picture from last week. he was looking into baby formula shortage. manufacturers make more than what they are saying yes, we are definitely trying. the white house is looking into high gas prices whether oil companies are treating consumers and looking into home prices. we will have more on this plan with announcements later today. over the weekend, president biden spoke at the n

now from the teacher's retirement system, brian guthrie. >> thank you. good afternoon.center of texas. we're not only here to help the family of the two teachers that lost their lives and provide them the benefits they're due but to help all of the employees of not only this school district but the surrounding school districts to make sure that they have access to mental health and behavioral health services. we also recognize that not all the employees of these districts are members of our system and our for our healthcare program but we want to thank blue cross/blue shield for extending the benefits to those employed in this district and the surrounding district. >> thank you. and now for the texas retirement system, porter wilson. >> i'm porter wilson and we provide health and retirement benefits to state employees and employees of higher education in the community. the local community college employees will get health insurance from us that is provide ed by blue cross/blue shield of texas. we activated a 24 hour crisis hotline to connect mental health services and w

savannah guthrie spoke with her parents about their little girl. >> sweetest, sweetest girl you ever had the chance to meet. the younger ones, they understand their sister is not coming home. >> rojelio torres will be remembered by his mother as a very smart and loving child. alithia ramirez was a bright little girl. her father told nbc news, losing her was extremely hard for the entire family. her aunt says she loved to draw and told "people" magazine a picture of sunflowers was the last thing little alithia gave her. 10-year-old jackie cazares is being remembered by her family as being full of life, full of love. she says her loss hurts their souls. and there is jailah nicole silguero, the baby of her family, who loved going to school, according to her family in "the new york times." jayce luevanos would wake up and make his grandparents a pot of coffee every morning, according to his grandfather. 10-year-old alexandria rubio's father is a sheriff with uvalde county sheriff's department. she loved playing softball and baseball and had dreams of becoming a lawyer when she grew up ju

speaking to nbc's savanna guthrie, he says just getting that news came after an agonizing wait. >> longest day ever. it was it was the longest day ever. >> reporter: elie, who loved to play basketball and the colors pink and purple was about to turn 10 years old. >> hey guys. >> reporter: her family was planning a pool party to celebrate. >> told her we were going to have a party and her face just lit up and that was the last time i saw her. >> reporter: another dad, also mourning the loss of a little girl. >> she was the perfect daughter. yeah she was the perfect daughter. >> 10-year-old amerie jo, his only daughter and only child garza raced to the school tuesday comforting the children coming out while searching for his own in they were overwhelmed and crying as many as i could, do you know your mom and dad's phone number? let's call them. >> you were helping those kids. >> yeah. >> having no idea how your little girl was. >> i was waiting for her. >> reporter: that wait would last six hours getting the news he feared most his last photoof her taken earlier in the day when she received

it includes guthrie's interview with fashion industry i card -- she created an organization called, everyotentially, life threatening complications during childbirth. the nonprofit works to support pregnant women and some of the world's poorest nations. >> something about that moment. you go from the ecstasy of having your first baby to the trauma of having to go through a medical procedure that is painful and you did not plan. in that moment gave you mission. >> it definitely did. check a little time. i started to talk to other women after i came home. more and more women were sharing their stories with me. like, oh, my child was in the nicu. i had a similar experience. i had a transfusion. they're all the stories that i hadn't heard until after i became a mom. that is too late, i think. >> you can watch inspiring america, the 2022 it's russian list, tomorrow at nine or 10 pm eastern right here on msnbc. that is tonight's last word. you can join me again saturday, sunday, 6 pm eastern for my show, american voices right here on msnbc. thank you so much for joining. as the 11th hour with s

now from the teachers retirement system, brian guthrie. >> thank you. good afternoon.rie, i'm the executive director of the teacher retirement system of texas. we are here today to not only help the families of the two teachers who tragically lost their lives and provide them the benefits they are due, but also to help all of the employees of not only this school district, but all of the surrounding school districts to make sure they have access to mental health and behavioral health services and we recognize not all of these employees are members of the system and are for our health care program and we want to thank our partners, bluecross, blueshield to everyone who is employed in this different rikt and any of the surrounding districts. thank you. >> now for the texas employees retirement system? portser wilson. >> i am porter wilson with the texas employees retirement system of texas. and we provide benefits to state employees and also to employees of higher education in the community so the local community college employees will get health insurance from health se

. >>> this morning, savannah guthrie had an extraordinary interview with two families devastated by the deaths of their daughters. >> a father's grief. a mother's silent anguish. a young family with five little girls now shattered. >> i won't see my daughter again. >> can you tell me how you got this news? >> i was at work. she called me. get to the school. i went to the school and tried to get in the building. the police barricaded, pushed me back out. i stood on the sidelines and watched this whole thing play out. >> i can't imagine what it would be like to be standing outside those doors wondering. >> longest day ever. it was. it was the longest day ever. >> steven garcia remembering ellie. what would you want people to know? >> sweetest girl you ever had the chance to meet. i had the honor to call her my daughter. >> next week, june 4th, would have been her 10th birthday. she was looking forward to having a pool party to celebrate. >> we were going to have a party. her face lit up. that was the last time i saw her. >> she loved basketball and tiktok and pink and purple. she wanted t

the warriors in the 4th quarter, they cut it to 8 off of a jonathan coming guthrie. but then the very next play luka comes down and scores and that was kind of all she wrote. very we're night. the energy was kind of off, rightfully so. given the tragedy that happened so close to in this state of texas. the warriors never really had the energy. steve kerr said they were sloppy tonight. they missed a lot of defensive assignments tonight and now the warriors are o for 3 in their first attempt to close out the series this playoff. it happened in the denver series. it happened and that memphis series and then of course, it happen tonight. but quick turnaround thursday, game 5 chase center. they have another shot to advance to the nba finals. i'm sure is going to be a packed house in san francisco and maybe when it's all said and done celebrating in front of your home crowd and and winning western conference championship. maybe that'll be a good thing to do at home at chase center. but tonight it was a weird one. and i know we'll have full highlights of this one later toni

. >>> this morning on the "today" show savannah guthrie spoke with jacob alvarado, a u.s.ustoms and border officer. his wife is a teacher and his daughter a second grader. >> i was at the awards ceremony, i was there earlier that morning. >> at the school. >> at the school. i stayed around town, had breakfast with my mom, washed my car, fiktsing to go get my hair kurt. >> tell me about the text you received. >> my barber actually heard shots or he thought he heard shots. he was coming to the parking lot. i told him i didn't hear anything. i went inside the barber shop, sat down and then i can't recall if he received the text first or if i received it, that there's an active shooter, i love you, from my wife. >> what did you do next? >> i looked for my gun. my barber said he had a gun. both of us raced over to the school and met up there. >> from your texts, it looks like you got there at 11:48. >> times, i have no idea on types. i know i got there as fast as i could. >> what did you see and hear when you arrived? >> chaos, chaos, everyone trying to get to the school, peopl

today, an agent was off duty at the time last tuesday as this was unfolding, he spoke with savannah guthrie about what happened when his wife texted him. here is what he said. >> my wife texted me that she was okay at the funeral home. the kids were out of the building. i went to find my daughter in her wing. >> what was that moment like when you saw your daughter? >> a big relief. >> after she got to safety, you continued to help? >> yeah. i cleared out the rooms there. saw her friends. i coach little league baseball as well. i'm not official but i'm there helping out. i could see their faces. half fine. the other panicking and crying, trying to make sure they weren't delaying the process. i was trying to keep them as calm as i could as they were evacuating. >> the last few days, i asked, had you gotten rest? >> no. not any at all. >> you are haunted by what you saw? >> not necessarily what i saw. my wife is extremely affected by it. >> reporter: it's really hard, andrea, to find anyone here who doesn't have tears in their eyes. as you drive down the street, there are multiple memorials of

. >> also this morning, in an exclusive interview with savannah guthrie, she spoke to an off duty border patrol agent who rushed to the scene with only his barber's shotgun to rescue his daughter trapped inside the school. >> what was that moment like when you saw your daughter? >> oh, when i saw my daughter, it was a big relief. yeah. >> and after she got to safety, you continued to help? >> oh, yeah. i saw all her friends. i coach little league baseball as well, always there helping out. all her friends, i could see their faces. half of them fine, the other ones panicking, crying, trying to make sure that they weren't falling and delaying the process. just trying to keep them as calm as i could. >> what a frightening scenario. and there are still so many questions about the law enforcement response to this disaster. the school police chief at the center of the controversy who officials say had officers wait outside during the siege is still free to be sworn into his elected seat on the city council, but the ceremony set for tonight has been postponed. joining us now is correspondent sh

listen to this with nbc's savannah guthrie. >> i knew if i didn't react that we would die.ane would stall. and i also knew at the rate we were going, we were probably going way too fast and would rip the wings off the airplane. when i was sawingflying and saw state of florida, i knew i would land there, i don't know what the outcome will be, i have to land this airplane because there's no other option. >> incredible. despite having no flying experience, he landed that plane safely really in perfect fashion with help of an air traffic controller that guided him in on how to do it. he said he felt the hand of god. he was thinking about getting home to his wife who is seven months pregnant with their baby girl. amazing story. >>> turn to the other big story, the baby food shortage hitting the country. it drags into another week. store shelves remaining empty or with very limited supply. parents are scrambling to find ways to feed infants. the fda commissioner spoke out, telling cnn things will be back to normal in weeks. >> working with the manufacturers to increase their prod

elisabeth i am noticing a pattern with joe biden for the angrier he gets, when he spoke to savannah guthriehallenged him, the more you can believe he is probably telling a lie at that point because i get so defensive and people get that defensive in anger what are they hiding exactly? i don't think you or somebody can book tony bobulinski on the show he was hunter biden's former business owns a 10% absolutely went to the big guy, the big guy being joe biden according to by zelensky pretty spoke up for the election we have not heard from him since. tell your bookers to get him on "the evening edit" i want to hear guys have a conversation about that. go ahead sorry. >> here's the thing. joe biden's said he's the poorest man in congress for one point had a negative net worth a decade or so ago. he was heavily in debt. now we are single laptop e-mails they were paying for each other's expenses, right? they now have big houses. now i have them trying to end the campaign bowling journalist to not do follow up on a "new york post" story we saw that time and again with the biden campaign. now i've

here's a bit of his conversation today with savannah guthrie.'s listen. >> i went back to my truck. he gave me a shut gun and gave me some shells, took whatever shells i had in my pocket and tock off running. to me i believe everybody there was doing the best they could given the circumstances, yeah. i believe everyone there was doing everything in their power. >> reporter: everything in their power. a lot of folks here, a lot of the victims' families don't think so, and we're learning that there was active shooter training for the department here and for pete arredondo, the chief of the school district police here in town that made that decision to wait, that said it was no longer an active shooter situation but a barricaded subject, and the active shooter training has taken more than 32 hours of that most recently and an eight-hour course in december. specifically addressed in how to tell the difference between an active shooter and barricaded situation so still lots of questioning happening hymn here. >> tom, let me go to you. liz referenced

here now are savannah guthrie, leicester mold and hold a gun free. >> hello and welcome to what has become our favorite traditions each year, shining a light on the people who inspires the most. >> everyone on a second annual inspiration list is someone who is on the way for all of us. it is a group of open hearts, remarkable mainz, general spirits. >> first up, the youngest nine-year-old you will ever meet, rita moreno. it is amazing to think of all she has accomplished, all she represents and all she is overcome. >> i like to be in america. >> [applause] may i have the envelope please? reena merino and west side story. >> it is one of the most famous moments in oscar history. >> riddle marinas ecstatic 1962 academy award for west side story. she was the first latino actress to everyone one. >> i cannot believe it! >> you know what i loved about the moment, it was your moment, but it was not just your moment. >> oh, i love you for saying that. >> it was not just your moment. >> it was for my people. >> they cheered in harlem. >> people yelling out the window, she did it, she did it! >> it