let's bring in nbc's jay gray. jay, what can we expect today? i know you have a preview of it too. >> reporter: yeah, richard, look, short of the emotional issues talked about, but an important day for many here and across the country. museum won't open to the public officially until the middle of next week. we did get inside, had a sneak peek this morning at what is an overwhelming, very powerful display, a walk back through one of the darkest times in our nation's history. the images and words immediately surround you. along with the haunting pieces of the buildings and lives ripped apart. the world trade center try dent, the survivor stairs used by hundreds to escape, a section of the massive radio and tv antenna that once climbed from the roof, pieces of the jet that slammed into the north tower, and the ladder truck from company 3, mangled by debris as that tower collapsed. remnants of the terror attack that now share this space with everwhelming memories, emotions and strong message of determination. >> we can't let this happen again, but

jay gray, nbc news, tupelo, mississippi. >> more later from bill karins on the weather today and going into the rest of the week. now, to a committee of nba owners meeting today for the first time. they'll be taking the first step toward forcing donald sterling out as owner of the l.a. clippers over the racist remarks he made. sterling is not going out with a fight, though. a league executive tells the new york daily news that sterling plans to sue the league here if the owners force him to sell. nbc's joe fryer with more details. >> reporter: donald sterling has remained silent since the nba commissioner banned him from the league for life saying he made offensive remarks about african-americans in audio recordings posted online. if sterling fights to keep the clippers, experts say it could be a tough legal battle. >> the commissioner is acting within the four corners of the nba institution bylaws. courts are not going to want to intervene. >> reporter: if sterling does sell, a number of big names have been mentioned as possible new owners. the team of oprah winfrey, music mogul david

jay gray, nbc news, guthrie, oklahoma. >> despite dry conditions, a ban on controlled burns was not put into effect until yesterday. >>> in new york city, a former police officer now under arrest for spraying anti-semitic messages in a mostly jewish neighborhood. he's charged with hate crimes accused of spray painting swastikas and profanity on cars in the brooklyn neighborhood. one area is a religious elementary school. it shows the former officer spray painting at that school. the suspect's parents say he suffers from mental health issues. >>> baby gates may not be keeping your children safe. the new study shows nearly 2,000 people in the u.s. go to the emergency room every single year with injuries associated with the safety gates. that is three times the amount seen 20 years ago. most were from children falling through or climbing on the gates. and were not serious. however, researchers at nationwide hospital in ohio say parents need to take more steps to protect their kids. they say use the bolt eed gates rather than the pressure ones. >>> a move effective immediately comes five mo

i'm jay gray. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> and don't miss our live coverage of today's dedication ceremony beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on msnbc. >>> all right. let's get the latest in sports from my friend richard lui. good morning. >> good morning to you, betty. nba conference finals picture getting clearer. started with this doozy of a finish in miami. watch. >> lebron for three. got it. >> lebron james kicking off a huge miami comeback. brooklyn goes cold hitting only one of their final ten shots, their defense falls and can't get up. >> ray allen will take the three for the lead. >> yeah, miami takes the series in five games winning 96-94. now to san antonio. they had no problem getting past portland going on an 8-0 run in the second half. kauai leonard with that beauty of a dunk. the spurs win. also take the series in five games. >>> shift it to the nhl playoffs. two early goals and a 3-1 victory. the canadiens will take on the new york rangers in the eastern conference fi

jay gray has more. >> reporter: rushing flood waters have torn apart roadways, stranded drivers, and swallowed entire communities. the florida panhandle has seen some of the worst rain in pensacola close to 20 inches in 24 hours. >> we've been through tropical storms and hurricanes. like ivan and dennis back to back in 2004 and '05 and we still did not have this much water. >> it's touching down. >> reporter: in other places, it's been the wind, not the water, battering communities. tornadoes ripped through the deep south leaving a trail of devastation for miles. >> we lost it all. so we've got to build. but we'll be fine. >> reporter: now communities like tupelo begin to clean up and come back, they're dealing not only with the physical damage but the emotional scars that the storms left in mind. >> keep in mind there are people working out there right now that are just in shock. you know, their lives have been destroyed. they've lost friends and loved ones and neighbors. >> reporter: but clinging to the spirit and resolve they will need through a long and difficult recovery. jay gr

that's the latest live outside the museum, i'm jay gray. peggy, back to you. >> one of those installations we just saw in your piece there had that beautiful blue tile memorializing what a beautiful, blue tuesday september 11th was. many people think back to that day and how clear the sky was before everything happened. >> yeah, it was spotless. it was an amazing day here in the city and it all just changed so dramatically and so quickly. and you get that sense from being inside this museum. i think it's going to be a must-see for anyone traveling to new york. i can also tell you that while there's so many difficult memories there, organizers also want this spot to be one of resilience, one of pride and they want a message to ring from this area that it will never happen again. and that's something that you get once you finish the tour here. >> devastating day for our country, but a very moment to be proud, as well, as everyone recovered. thank you, jay, appreciate that. >>> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning

jay gray is live with the story. >> reporter: the solemn ceremony on sacred ground. the dedication of the 9/11 museum created in the original footprint of the twin powerstow. >> this museum, built on the site of rubble and ruins, is now filled with the faces, the stories, and the memories of our common grief and our common hope. >> reporter: the families of those who died, the first responders and survivors all gathered for the ceremony. people like allison krouther, whose son died while helping others escape the south tower. >> for us, he lives on in the people he helped and in the memories of what he chose to do that tuesday in september. >> reporter: president obama offered sympathy and though for the victims' families. >> those we lost live on in us. in the families who love them still. >> reporter: inside the museum, there are so many remnants from that horrible day. the world trade center tridents, the survivor stairs used by hundreds to escape. pieces of the jet that slammed into the north tower, all part of the terror attacks that share this space now with ov

. >> dallas, texas, nbc news correspondent jay gray is always on the lookout for the next big scoop.or this man in the surveillance video. >> i always like to see a good story. >> on november 7th, 2001, the veteran news man, then with kxas, then gets the chance to cover just this. >> it was really amazing. every major news organization was involved in the story. everybody went live. >> police say after 1:20 the hijacker hot wired the truck. >> it begins when an unemployed truck driver with a criminal record spots this 18 wheeler loaded with lumber outside the kfc. >> i was homeless and had nowhere to go and couldn't get any help. i thought, get this truck, two sell the lumber and get me some money. broke the window. got in, drove off. >> unbeknownst to wilson, the truck's driver jumps on the back of the rig as he's driving away and disconnects the air hoses to the rear brakes, locking the rear wheels. >> that driver was able to dislodge the air brakes. he made a real valiant effort to try to take control of the truck. >> the truck driver ends up jumping from the truck. in spite of th

nbc's jay gray is in guthrie, oklahoma this morning. just north of oklahoma city. jay, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. we're in the staging area right now. hundreds of firefighters poring through here, grabbing a bite to eat or a nap before they get back on the frontlines. about 1,000 people have been evacuated. about 150 homes are in the immediate danger. >> those flames are so big and so hot. >> reporter: as a wave of fire rushed across the oklahoma plains, this warning from the fire chief in guthrie. >> just be mindful. be ready to go. >> reporter: one resident did not get out in time, a 56-year-old man who died as the flames swallowed his home. in all, at least 20 homes have been damaged or destroyed, 3,000 acres charred and there's fear those numbers could grow. >> power is out in some of the areas and it's very, very dangerous for our citizens to be in these areas. >> reporter: concern fueled by severe conditions, temperatures in the 90s, ongoing drought, and strong winds. >> if the wind will cooperate with us just a little bit, we've

jay leno was here. >> we give hope to gray-haired chunky baby boomers everywhere. >> we don't want people to be insultedwe want people to be teased. >> you not make fun of the press because they cannot take it. they don't want to hear it. the first andide, foremost mission of the association dinner is to promote journalism, education for the scholarship fund. >> your attendance allows us to give back to the students. >> as this dinner has grown and grown over the years, it has generated more revenue for this very important scholarship. there main reason we're is for the scholarship and to help these young people. they are remarkable folks full of energy. >> we want to welcome curtis macleod. say, gives them hope to there is a resource for me. such anrovided unforgettable experience for me. it was such a tremendous honor. journalism.uture in it is going through a lot of changes. it'll be around for another 100 years. twitter or thes typewriter, correspondents association continues to deliver its message, covering the white house, standing century, sending out the news in an ever changing media landscape.

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jay leno is here. together we give hope to gray haired chunky baby boomers everywhere. >> we don't want people insulted fun of the press. they can't take it. they are thin-skinned and they don't want to hear it. >> laughter aside, first and foremost mission of the correspondents' association dinner is to promote -- >> your attendance allows us to give back to these students we appreciate it. >> this dinner has generated more revenue for this important scholarship. >> the main reason is for the scholarships and to help he's young people. they are full of energy and the kind of people you want to see going into journalism. >> having something like this scholarship gives them hope to say there is a resource for me. there is something i can go to. >> the whca provided an unforgettable experience for me. it was a tremendous honor and i'm thankful to them for the scholarship and for that experience. >> there is a future in journalism. there is a need for people to cover the white house and the government. >> i think the dinner has done more good than people think. >> whether it's twitter or the typewriter, t

jay. >> now, some of you in the news have mentioned the president has been getting a little gray since taking had his share of stress, tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that would break most men. >> all right. so dean, you go from colbert's biting commentary -- >> right. >> -- to a mother-in-law joke. is that what you call an overcorrection? is there a danger for the performer in being too soft? >> it's a great point because i think audiences and the media want to see those biting jokes. those are the ones that tend to get the sound bite the next day that are on the monday morning shows when they show, like, seth meyers famously destroying donald trump. i mean, those are the jokes that we all talked about. kind of like your mother-in-law, a generic joke about relationships or life. that doesn't pull people. it might make them laugh a little bit. i think that's memorable. i think with joel mchale, if anything from "talk soup" is an indication, a lot of snark. some could be good sound bites for tomorrow morning's shows.