plus, celebrating loretta lynn. an all-star cast of country musicians pay tribute to the legendary singer, who at 87, reflects on how she got to the top. >> you have to be smart. hard wor and smart. that's all it takes. if you've got a little talent, l you can gog way if you're smart, and put the work in it. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fundiws for the pbs ur has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> text night and day. >> catch it on replay.e >> burning st. >> sharing the latest viral cat! >> you can do the things youh like to do wwireless plan designed for you. with talk, text and data. consumer clular. learn more at consumercellular.tv >> babbel. a language program that teaches spish, french, italian, german, and more. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of

. >>> and celebrating loretta lynn inside this star-studded birthday bash to honor the coal miner's daughter. >>> this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. >> good evening. as we come on the air tonight more than 18 million people are on alert for tornados, heavy, heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds as a massive and dangerous storm sweeps across much of the south. and we're getting late word tonight that two children have been killed in texas. nbc's tammy leitner starts us off tonight from the storm zone. >> reporter: deafening wind tore through franklin, texas today in the moments before a storm hit the eastern part of the state. >> tornado on the ground headed towards franklin. >> reporter: houses flattened, residents shaken, rescuers responding. >> we've had significant damage in downtown franklin. multiple trees, power lines down. >> reporter: at least a dozen people were injured too seriously according to law enforcement. >> a strip of homes on the other side of town over here just completely gone. just gone. everything's gone. >> reporter: smith couldn't believe how loud

. >>> finally tonight going inside the star-studded bihday tribute to loretta lynn. >> what a celebratione miner's daughter. >> i love my fans i really do and love me. >> and if you needed proof more than 13,000 of them gathered to with loretta lynn a happy birthday. >> i bet the whole house is filled with people who have been to her concerts over the years. she's brought a lot of people together. >> including country music's giants. keith te with irwin jumping out of the cake. >> ms. loretta, she's a living legend, an icon. >> an icon from impoverished kentuckygs in who wrote real country songs for real working people, especially working women. ♪ i'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter >>♪ he talked about birth control and stuff that was language at the time. >> and she came along and broke those doors down and blazed a trail for all of us to do that. >> isn't that someth>>g? oday fans from around the world visited loretta's ranch. >> this is once in a lifetime trip for me and my daughter to see the woman i've always idolized. >> but fame wasn't her goal. >> someone told me you did want

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join kate snow tomorrow for an inside look at a star-studded tribute to country music legend loretta lynni'm jose diaz balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. and good night. right now at si a violent incident in vallejo. new details about a mother, and her three-year-old boy, attacked by a pack of pit bulls. incident in vallejo. new details about a mother and her three-year-old boy attacked by a pack of bpit bulls. >>> god evening. thank you for joining us. that little boy and his mom seriously injured in the attack last night. now we are learning more about the investigation, including who owned those dogs. >> live from vallejo with more. >> reporter: yeah, i managed to talk with a up of people walking their dogs who said they had no idea there were three pit bulls that lived if that house. investigators haven't figured exactly what triggered those three dogs to attack a mother and her 3-year-old child. right now those three dogs are in the custody of solano county animal control. these are photos of the dogs that were released this afternoon. they are

join for an inside look on loretta lynn. and good night. >>> >> "access hollywood." peace. >> i cannot believe it. >> whaod >> so right? backstreet boys, n sync. >> ricky, enrique. >> destiny's child, the spice >> the '90s dominated sic, movies, style, and tv. let's start with tv. you might be familiar with where we are today. >> does it look familiar? we are in west holwood at the pop up restaurant saved by the max. a replica of the max hangout from saved by the bell. are over there. >> exactly. >> here'shat iove about this one, though. this one has more libations on the menu, because the kids are

. >> oh, no, help me out, loretta lynn, stand by your man. my mind is in circles. tammy winet, forgive me. >> that's okay. same era. >> same style. >> okay. this is a look at home wood mountain, chilly on this last day of april, 41 degrees outside. you may be able to hit the slopes one last time. one has extended service. >> i will stand by you with hot chocolate in the ski lodge. >> sounds good. >> thank you for joining us. i'm dave clark. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. let's get you over to steve paulson because a lot of people are feeling the breeze this morning. >> stand by someone in the mountains because it is cold out there. we have a big fog bank that has made a big push here. local drizzle as well reported. 2400 feet. there is a big cool down for us. forecasted highs on the left i do my own and normals on the right. we have below average for a lot of these temperatures. the wind is front and center. if you are in a wind prone area , it was roaring overnight. it continues around fairfield and concord, gusts at 20 miles per hour. vacaville to davis, a pretty good b