mike tirico flew all night from augusta to be with us. can't wait to chat with him. >>> first, the weather. it cut destruction across the south and midwest. we'll have closer look at the damage in a moment. what are people facing? let's get to al. >> thanks so much. we'll get to gabe gutierrez in a moment. let's look at this. look at this from max giuliani. look at that lightning strike there at 1 world trade center. amazing. as the center is rolling through, it is causing other problems, too. this is rutherford, new jersey. lightning setting a house on fire. firefighters are battling that belize as we speak. let's look at the radar. you'll see this line still pushing through. heavy thunderstorms from boston all the way down to just off the new jersey shoreline. eastern long island. this continues to move to the east, so we're going to be watching that very closely. and we've got winds to talk about. as the system moves past, 55 million under wind advisories from roanoke to boston. airport delays are going to be a big problem if d.c., phi

mike tirico flew all night from augusta to speak with us. we can't wait to catch up with him. >>> first, if weath cut a path of destruction across the south and the mid-we w. ill have a closer loo d at thage in a moment. let's get right to al. >> all right. guys, thanks so much. we will get to gabe gutierrez an ju moment. look at this from max guiliani, look at that lightning strike thcee 1 world tradeer, it's amazing. as this system is rolling through, it's causing other problems, too. this is rutherford, new jersey, tning strikes setting a house on fire. firefightersre battling that blaze as we speak. we will see this line tht, heavy derstorms pushing from boston all the way down to just off the new jersey shore line and east. we got winds to talk about as this system moves past, 55 million under wind advisories fromoanoke all the way to boston. airport delays will be a bigm problerom d.c., new york, philly, up to boston, with wind gusts of 50 miles per hour or . mo here comes another coast-to-coast storm. rain and mountain snows. then as

like when trump played against sportscaster mike tirico, who said that, "tirico once hit a great shotnew was close. but when he got to the putting green, it was much further away than he expected." then "trump's caddy came up to me and said, 'you know that shot you hit on the par 5?' it was about 10 feet from the hole. trump threw it in the bunker. i watched him do it.'" cover up for him. trump's own caddy would not cover up for him. so, trump hired a new bag handler, william barr. can't see the score. won't let you see the scorecard. he's going to redact, summarize the scorecard. but, possibly worst of all, reilly also writes that trump "doesn't have a great handle on the game's etiquette. he drives his golf cart onto the putting green." what?! no way! look, there are a lot of things you can accuse donald trump of, but he would never-- and he does that is insane.cameras. those golf greens have to be like carpets, because putting takes pinpoint accuracy. driving on them is as profane as using the ball washer to wash your balls. ( laughter ) and the only reason he doesn't do that is be

mike tirico is there. it's always good when you're driving down famed magnolia lane.aid the inaural augus women's amateur. we've never had a women's tournament heret augusta national. and the top amateurs from around the wngld is g to be con tepiding for the first title. >> practice rounds are today, mike. what are you hearing from the ladies? what are they saying not just about augusta but its play and the significan of the ev >> they're just getting started .ith their practice rounds in they're getting their first chance to play iconic augusta . nation there's a rapid heartbeat. out of the 72 invited who made the cut, they're going the find out as much as they can about augusta national today. because one of those 3 will li a freedom. they'll have a chance to play a tournament h tomorrow on nbc. for them, it's the excitement of being here. many of them for t first me. but it's also a work day as well to get ready for rrto. >> wow. some beautiful imagery there. one of the goals of the tournament is t a get greater awareness to the women in the country. get them more

mike tirico, tell me that story. >> so tirico and two other announcers are playing with trump at trumps against him in a team game and he hits the shot of his life on to the green, blind par 5, when he gets there it's not near the green, it's not on the green, not near the pin, it's in the bunker. well, it turns out trump kicked it into the bunker so that he could -- i mean, can you give the guy the shot of his life? how important is it for you to win? you're worth billions. at what point is it like it doesn't matter to him? but it does. i played with clinton when he was president. >> he cheated. >> he cheated but in a differently different way. he would hit his shot and then hit five or six more because he was confounding by golf, but he wasn't trying to make you lose. he would always play his first ball but he was just trying to get the game. it's like a guy that goes to the bank to steal the pen versus the guy that goes to steal the money. he really needs to win, i've never seen anything quite like it. >> donald trump is a very good golfer. >> yeah. >> all right. but he claims to be

nbc's mike tirico was there. it's good when you are driving down famed magnolia lane.t better for tomorrow. it's going to be a huge day. as you said, the inaugural augusta national women's tournament. the top amateurs from around the world will be contending for the very first title. >> practice rounds are today, mike. what are you hearing from the ladies? a day they are coming off the course for the first time. what are they saying not just about augusta and its play, but about the significance of the event? >> reporter: yeah, they are just getting started with the practice rounds here in the last half hour, carson. they play the first two rounds about 12 miles at champions retreat. the first chance to play, iconic augusta national. there is a rapid heartbeat, the excitement. for the 30 players out of the 72 who were invited who made the cut, they will find out as much as they can about augusta national today. one of those 30 will have a chance to win a tournament at augusta national tomorrow here on nbc. so for them it's the excitement of being here. many of them for