sam smith's quickly captured the attention of millions, with his moving lyrics and distinct voice.sitive new melody. ♪ >> reporter: soulful singer sam smith is no stranger to success. his debut album quickly catapulting to top of the charts and into the spotlight and now the british pop singer revealing a lifelong struggle, that being bullied for his weight shakes his self-esteem more than anything else. >> i am gay and i'm proud to be gay so there's no issues there. when someone calls you fat, that's something that i want to change. so that affects me more. ♪ >> reporter: smith admitting he's leaned on food as a source of comfort. >> from a young age, food has controlled me basically. when i was at school and wasn't having a great time i would eat. when i felt lonely, i would eat. ♪ >> reporter: last month, the multi-grammy winner announced another major victory in his life, posting this instagram photo showing his weight loss. 14 pounds lost in 14 days. he creates nutritionist to the stars in her book. >> nutritional therapy, it's all about getting healthy. and getting people int

swift. >> wow. >> sam smith, taylor swift again.," sam smith "in the lonely hour" and taylor swift, "1989." >> wow, this is going to be good. >> top hot 100 song, now you got iggy azalea featuring charli xcx, "fancy," sam smith "stay with me." taylor swift, "shake it off" and meghan trainor "all about that bass." >> is that it? are we good? >> i think we're good. >> those are just a few of the categories. we heard a couple of names more than once. >> yes. >> i heard sam smith and taylor swift a lot. >> i did also. i think that they're going to -- one of them is definitely going to walk away with multiple awards. >> with multiple. >> or both. >> and one of you is hosting. >> yeah. >> with chrissy teigen. >> yes. >> first time host and i know she watches "good morning america." >> yes. >> so what advice do you have for chrissy as hosting billboard music awards? >> she doesn't even need any advice. a lot people will see her personality come out. she's great at this. it was fun last year but we're going to have even more fun this year.

now, she's speaking out. ♪ stay with me ♪ >>> and sam smith's super weight loss. >> from a young agetruggle with his weight shaped. >>> jesse palmer right there. raining times square this morning. monday morning. jesse is here for a great series. super heroes week. super athletes smashing all kind of records. she's got man of steel strength. we're looking forward to that. >> or should we steel strength. >> we should have. >>> check out the social square so much star power happening. john travolta in the house. hayden paniettere in pink. it's going to be a great morning. >> going on. >>> we begin with breaking news overnight the fbi arresting six people in a nationwide terrorism investigation, the suspects were taken into custody in minneapolis and san diego, it comes as federal authorities try to track down people trying to recruit americans trying to join isis overseas. one official calling this is the largest case of its kind. we expect to learn more about the suspects and charges later today. >>> also breaking right now, a boat carrying migrants has run aground off the coast of gr

. >>> and sam smith's secret weapon.tar's weight loss success. she'll be here to teach you how to shed those pesky pounds while still enjoying your favorite comfort foods. today, wednesday, april 29th, 2015. ♪ >> we love "today" in portland, new hampshire! >> rise and shine, california! >> we are from denver, colorado. >> skipping school to meet wrangler! >> we're back now. 8:00 on a wednesday morning. we're calling it #walkthewheelmorning here on "today" because this is the day that nik wallenda is going to walk the orlando eye. there it is right there. and al, it's a little cloudier right now than it was when we came on the air. >> yeah. there may be a spritz here and there. but nothing really showing up on the radar right now. i think he'll be okay. >> inside that little pod, nik wallenda is riding up to the top 400 feet high. and he's going to try to set the world record. >> we know how fast that thing is going? >> about 60 miles an hour. no. it'll go slowly, but when you're standing up there with no harness and no p

she goes and meet sam smith, watson to the recording studio sam smith crying, they are singing togetheration all started with a taxi driver. erik: i love that story. stephanie: authentic. you can see why people love her so much. she is without a doubt a performer but this woman is real. how lucky am i that i got to meet her? ♪ announcer: live from bloomberg headquarters in new york. this is "market makers," with erik schatzker in stephanie ruhle. stephanie: when the smart money is going. we will find out where it's going. we will be speaking to u.s. strategist for goldman sachs david kostin. we're going to find out what is behind that shortage. welcome to "market makers." i'm stephanie ruhle. erik: i'm erik schatzker. we will begin this hour with some stuff you need to know. the world's largest defense contractor has raised its annual profit forecast. lockheed martin recorded this reported improving -- offset the impact of defense spending cuts. the company that makes jet engines for military planes beat estimates for the first quarter. hewlett-packard is carrying out its plan to refocu

. >> sam smith he does have a nice voice. >> but is that a good thing. >> this is top five. >> it is suiting. >> there is a survey and we will play the number one sleep song in america right now. >>> i told you my girl story, haven't i. >> but first let's preview this story. we are talking about songs that help you fall asleep. brazil samba music puts me to sleep. thinks the girl and it is a beautiful song. >> interesting enough, i do also like that song. i met, the girl from but lit me finish this. >> you meet the the girl. >> i met the woman the song was written about, by eva. >> antonio carlos. >> i have been there in brazil. >> yes. >> did you go to rio and saw her there. >> yes. >> the the beach, they come together right there. >> that is so true. >> let me finish this. >> so spotify. >> explain what that is again. >> music service where you can go and get all of these down load or listen to it on the server all these artists and songs anal bums to listen to. >> they put out a list of the hundred go to sleep songs. >> music streaming. >> let me give you the top three. >> here's

as the app creators say it's a huge trend even with celebrities like lady gaga sam smith.'re entertaining and it's cool to see your friends be all these cool different characters. here are ours. >> i love that. >> what about singing on stage? >> that did not look like me at all. >> it doesn't look like you but it has a few similarities. >> it is really weird. >> what do you think you're up to nick. >> pole dancing. >> no it's so much better and appropriate. >> mine is bizarre. i'm flipping a bouquet and suddenly have toilet paper with winging and then i do a chicken dance. >> that's up believably accurate. >> it comes from standing in a picture, amazing. >> you want to download to my idol app, it's free on the apple store. all right everybody. pay attention. it's time for us to give away an ipad mini. >> you need to have the buzz word be 18 years or older and be a u.s. resident. >> enter the buzz word on facebook twitter or both. you can use each every day. >> it's time for us to reveal wednesday's buzz word. it is captain. >> so get on over to right rightthisminute.com an

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set to the tune of "stay with me" by sam smith. >> it's true when they say you become a man. >> best her hand♪ >> daniel snuck in the keyboard so that the groom and the bride and the party didn't know or realize that he was going to break into song. ♪ she didn't say no that would be sad♪ >> the tune changes and he's changed the lyrics to the song by the police "every breath you take". ♪ every breath you take sounds like this ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ she's in the kitchen doing the laundry and dishes♪ >> now it's r. kelly's "ignition". ♪ we were having♪ >> he does "can you feel the love tonight" by elton john. ♪ it's enough your expensive love ♪ ♪ >> then train's "hey soul sister". ♪ sister thanks for making me happy♪ >> backstreet boys as long as you love me ♪ ♪ loneliness never a friend of his search and search♪ >> the best man's most likely to hook up with a bridesmaid. when you do this you can sing and you're funny as well guaranteed. >> guaranteed. >> absolutely. >> entire best man speech song head on over to rightthisminute.com and click on today's show or you can see it on our mobile app. >>> th

leon: what's crazy is how calm sam smith sounds. he said he'd did not receive any weather alerts on his phone. the tornado touchdown last thursday, an ef-4 that killed two people. he lived to tell the tale and show this video. alison: and how he is not screaming like mad, i don't know. steve: and he was holding the camera so steady and he was holding at the right way, like this, not that. leon: that is crazy. steve: the rain today and the cherry blossoms are pretty much gone. leon: it's over, see you next year? steve: exactly. the pollen is limited because of the rain, but tomorrow, as the sun shines and the breezes kick up, more trees are flowering. 56 right now at reagan national, the wind out of the north at 10. the high today, midday temperature 67 degrees. the big story the rain totals come over at each of rain in baltimore, fairfax station coming in at .9 inches of rain, d.c. at .6, and half an inch in takoma park, maryland. the storms have lifted to the north and east. shower activity across montgomery county and frederick co

sam smith, a father of three is pulled over to the side of the road.riving on interstate 39 in illinois when he captured this video of a massive twister headed state towards him. and he felt like the truck was going to lift off the ground. he was ok. >>> it is mega millions. >> hello americans. tonight's jackpot $47 million. to win that jackpot you must match these five balls plus the megaball. . the first number tonight is 68. that is follow by 7. up next we have 71 followed by 25. and the time white ball for this tuesday is 3. now for the mega ball that number is 3. and the winning numbers are 68, 71 ♪ ♪ ♪ you're only young once. unless you have a subaru. (announcer) the subaru xv crosstrek. symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 34 mpg. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. why are dwight evans, marian tasco and so many other leaders backing jim kenney for mayor? because jim kenney's the one they trust. jim kenney's the one with a real record of standing up for public schools and he'll bring philadelphia together. it's kenney who will expand pre-kinder

sam smith who was visited north carolina captured the video coming straight toward his truck. >> the truck feels like it's about to lift up off the ground. >> luckily the tornado just missed him as he was driving away. next to eugene, oregon right next to a community college. four cars were damaged. one of the vehicles was thrown five to eight feet in the air before crashing back to the ground. two other cars were flipped over with drivers still in them at the time. no one was injured. >>> around 30 rallies for black lives matter took place yesterday in 18 different states. the demonstrators were protesting against police violence across the u.s. including the killing of walter scott in south carolina. in new york city over 500 protesters walked across the brooklyn bridge starting from downtown manhattan. they stopped traffic during the afternoon rush hour. in san francisco the protests began near city hall where a confrontation with the police took place. officers forced demonstrators to stay off public walkways. in oklahoma yesterday, bob bates, the tulsa deputy sheriff who killed

por su parte el cantante sam smith quien arrasÓ en la pasada entrega de los grammy tuvo que posponer millones de dÓlares de la muchacha que hoy en dÍa vigilan su abuela y su tÍa. ya estÁn bien enterados asÍ las cosas en este mundo maÑana nos estÉn en el borde la flaca a las cuatro de la tarde soy carlos calderÓn. ilia: gracias, carlos amigos gracias por compartir parte de su noche con univisiÓn 65. rÉcords del noticiero nacional comienza en segundos. donde ha causado mucho revuelo. [mÚsica] >> es miÉrcoles 29 de abril, otro dÍa de marchas en baltimore. esta vez menos violentas. tambiÉn hubo protestas en nueva york, washington, boston. en exclusiva, tenemos las emotivas imÁgenes en el momento que los padres de la joven mexicana desaparecida llegan a utah. >> un joven desarmado muere a manos de un agente de policÍa en california. el agente creyÓ que tenÍa un arma y decidiÓ dispararle. >> una falla tecnolÓgica dejÓ en tierra a miles de pasajeros de american airlines. muchos protestaron molestos. asÍ comenzamos. [mÚsica]

sam smith also made the list.vitarelli she's not asleep talking to ed sheeran. >> a very calming sweet peaceful song. >> it's not bad. >> it gets you in the right place. >>> more new stories a-brazen bandit caught on camera raiding a construction site in beryl hills and now police want him behind bars. >> they are labeled as the free range parents because they let their children roam and this time their children ended up with child protective services. details when we come back. >> ♪♪ >> well, you made it through monday. congratulations. now who is ready for tuesday. couple people. >> let's do it. >> all right, here we go. we're doing fine now on the vine street expressway. you can get on it once again from the eastbound side of the schuylkill yes as advertised the big bridge construction project got under way last night and they closed the eastbound side of the vine but just within the last minute or two they reopened the ramp from 76 eastbound to 676 eastbound looking much better. other construction zones are al

sam smith announcing he's closing the latch on his australian tour because of poor health.ally, after suffering a hemorrhage to his vocal cords. i know first hapd he's been ordered on full vocal rest. he took to instagram. saying i'm so horry to have doctor to all who have bought tickets. i truly am. this kills me. obviously wrote it didn't say it. doctor's orders. sam, we wish you well. lots of tea. >>> you know who doesn't shh? this guy. michael strahan can sack qbs. he's a star on tv. now the question how are his -- lip-syncing skills? let's take a look. ♪ >> wow. where did you get that jacket? >> back in the '80s. >> unbelievable. let's watch the video. we'll explain our special guest. that's michael competing on spike tv's lip-sync battle. stray digging deep in the vault. belting out the song poison by '90s boy band bel biv devoe. he rekrutd the singers. i don't know if that is fair. >> i was actually an origin member that was bel -- >> i didn't do the. >> we saw your moves. we'll find out april 30th if michael wins. if it's a td. meanwhile, josh will be on the show to

sam smith announcing he's closing the latch on his australian tour because of poor health. fter suffering a hemorrhage to his vocal cords. this is serious business. i have actually suffered this. and i know firsthand he has been ordered on full vocal rest by his doctors until he is fully recovered. he took to instagram. he shared a message saying "i'm so sorry -- to all who have bought tickets. i truly am. this kills me." and obviously, wrote it. didn't say it. doctor's orders. sam, we wish you well. shh, shh. lots of tea. >>> you know who doesn't shh? this guy. we know michael strahan can sack qbs. we know he is a star on tv. now the question, how are his lip-syncing skills? let's take a look. ♪ >> wow. where did you get that jacket? that's unbelievable. >> back in the '80s. >> go back, you guys. let's watch the video a little bit more and then we'll explain our special guest. that's michael competing on spike tv's "lip sync battle." stra digging deep in the vault and the closet apparent lily belling out the song silently, of course, "poison" by '90s boy band bell biv devoe

. >> he has another and sam smith has two and "love me like you do," is another. that is from "50 shades of grey," and that puts you to slope, as well. >> now the weather forecast that will wake you up. >> don't want to talk about some more "50 shades of grey." >> noooo. >> so kenny g. got knocked off the list. >> very nice. >> not you would appreciate that. >> the winds, boy, that sound will keep you awake. >> did it keep you awake. >> good segue. now, this morning our radar and satellite -- i have seen him in concert. >> you add my that. -- admit that? in public? >> you guys are brutal. as far as visibility, all good. dry air is here. some of the sprinkles you could see the cloud cover to the east of mt. diablo and heading to the east away from us so expect total sunshine today and faster freezes and slightly cooler weather inland and to be clear and calm and cool tonight ask tomorrow before the warming on thursday and friday. we will talk about what will happen today, as far as the temperatures 71 in gilroy and santa cruz and otherwise mid-to-upper 60s for the

sam smith announced he's straight. he's not. tom brady pretended he's in a full body cast.a second you fell for the selfie shoe you are a shoo-in for april fool. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> of all of those, that target fanny basket is a great idea. i'm sorry, i really think it is. it makes the fanny thing kind of cool. be sure to set your dvr to watch "outfront" anytime. "ac360" with wolf blitzer starts now. >>> good evening. wolf blitzer sitting in for anderson tonight. the national outcry over state legislation that supporters say are only to protect religious freedom and critics say have been expressly designed to let people discriminate. we're talking about bills like the one indiana governor mike pence signed that almost immediately asked lawmakers to rework. the arkansas governor hutchinson promised to sign but declined to at the last minute today. each backed down after enormous pressure. the bill promoted with claims like a federal religious freedom law that passed years ago with bipartisan support and like laws in other states including one that then illinois se

crooner sam smith announced he's straight. he's not. tom brady pretended he's in a full body cast.d you fell for the selfie shoe you are a shoo-in for april fool. jeanne moos cnn, new york. >> i think the selfie shoe is an excellent idea. you agree with me jay? >> yes. >> floor director jay gees. >>> thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and baldwin after a break. in my world, wall isn't a street. return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. start investing with as little as fifty dollars. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals antioxidants and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™.

now, my first song will be "stay with me" by sam smith. ♪ ♪ this is true i got nude in a minivan ♪ [ want you to sneeze on my instagram ♪ ♪ oh won't you shave my knee into a new goatee ♪ ♪ ♪ but darling shave my knees ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have time for one more song. what do you say we do it together? >> together? [ cheers and applause ] i'd like that. >> jimmy: our final nonsense karaoke song will be "since u been gone" by kelly clarkson. ♪ ♪ bearded king he bought some depends i saw a mule but it had split ends ♪ ♪ yeah yeah ♪ scissor named shawn [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ you fed a carrot to optimus prime ♪ ♪ wasn't long till i squeezed a swine ♪ ♪ yeah yeah ♪ pickles in thongs [ laughter ] ♪ all you llamas feed me hay and now i have a phish tattoo ♪ ♪ my cousin uses green hair spray ♪ ♪ i kiss an old swan my canned beef has a cursed mime ♪ ♪ i draw doodle frogs yeah yeah ♪ ♪ because you were at the vet with my dad tickle my jaw ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my thanks to my man chris pratt. "jurassic world" is in theaters and imax 3d june 12th. we'll be right back wi

ed sheeran and sam smith. having a feud over whose music your mom is really into now. [ laughter ] i love that ed sheeran. i love him. [ laughter ] gary busey and nick nolte are in a feud over whether gary busey is an insane nick nolte or nick nolte is a a drunk gary busey. [ cheers and applause ] it's a tricky fight. >> steve: you can't tell. >> jimmy: i don't know. >> steve: you cannot tell. >> jimmy: it's tricky. >> steve: who knew? >> jimmy: a tricky fight. and finally, arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone are in a a feud over -- [ mumbling gibberish ] [ schwarzenegger accent gibberish ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all day long, they say. >> steve: all day long. >> jimmy: all day long. >> steve: bicker. >> jimmy: you guys, finally, season 5 of "game of thrones" premieres this weekend. [ cheers and applause ] everyone here is pretty excited. so we thought we would do -- we'd show our excitement the only way we know how, by editing footage from "game of thrones" to the tune of "i'm so excited" by the poin

. >>> sam smith is cutting his australian tour short.ered british sing tore stop performing because hemorrhages to his vocal cord. they are working on a new tour for december. >>> it turns out justin beiber will appear in the much anticipated zoolander two. movies director and star ben stiller posted this picture of his male alter ego facing off with the beiber right there. zoolander two comes back into theaters later this year. >>> right now 6:50. we will be right back with traffic and weather together. >> but first here's is what coming up tonight on cw. three. >>> check this out a terrifying scene at this gas station in israel. >> it happened so fast, surveillance video shows a woman intentionally setting a man's koran fire while pumps gas. police say it is all because this man refused to give her a cigarette. officers arrested that woman and amazingly in one was hurt. >> how about that. >> pumping gas because you wouldn't give her a cigarette. >> look at the that. >> wow. >> scare in the sky and involves former president bill clinton

my boss and friend sam smith took the video and sent it to me soon after. ot a storm chaser and was on his way to indianapolis from minnesota. he was visiting from north carolina on business and had never had any experience with this type of weather. >> grant: he was terrified and rightly so. --rightfully so >> reporter:pleasant day today, albeit a bit breezy. >> reporter:more of the same tomorrow with temps even slightly warmer. spot >> reporter: >> reporter:that won't come until after a chilly start though with 30's for some of our inland areas. >> reporter:by the afternoon on wednesday though, we'll see highs ranging from the mid 70's inland, and we may even see a stray 80 or two. >> reporter:winds settle over thursday and friday and temperatures will climb with that, peaking by friday well into the 80's for our inland spots and even 70's by the coast. >> reporter:if that does draw you out to the beach, be careful. >> reporter: and waves from eight to eleven feet are exp3ected to hit thursday and friday the nicest days of the week. >> reporter:by the week

center last month or she is no longer sedated or in a calm according to reports grammy-winning singer sam smith on australia's 60 minutes last night explaining how being called back her to more than a full slurs regarding the six routing so some may get is only exacerbating the body shaming problem as a lever is being easy targets on the receiving and >>reporter: one organization is speaking out against online body shaving criticizing someone over their weight is essentially the same thing as bullying someone with cancer we go inside the ban on the new password. the pain of revelation comes at a time when it seems to be on the rise with the new airport now being considered the most vicious kind of verbal assault last week against the tow truck company employee when by bringing the issue to the forefront they have said of this city is to start thinking about it that way just like cancer and diabetes and high blood pressure calling someone fat just as offensive as mocking somewhat with the great illness. it seems no one is safe from a new effort. it's unfair to poor our word for everyone was over

let's have you go back to london to finish the album, the let's have you write with sam smith and just it a bigger idea. mark: queen of hip-hop and sold mary j. blige there. the nighttime grammy award winner telling us about her time recording in london. you are fan camara to? caroline: i am a fan. i saw her about a decade ago. she was amazing live, but chaka khan in support. mark: she was big when i was young. caroline: she was hilarious. i have an interesting piece on bloomberg.com about how twitter is where you can buy your tickets for music in the sports margaret a year and a half since twitter combined with ticketmaster and they are using the overall social networking button, the twitter button to be able to start buying things. it really has not become the social enterprise in e-commerce yet. now we are starting to see that. maybe you can start buying mary j. blige tickets. mark: "countdown" continues in the next hour. brady dougan in his last quarter as chief executive. stay tuned. ♪ >> up substantially on the quarter a year ago and it has been performing well. we will look at e

sam smith was driving on interstate 39 in north eastern illinois last week when he saw a funnel cloudh other drivers sought shelter under a bridge overpass. that is indeed a close call. that's your cnbc news update for this hour. let's get back to squawk on the street. >> by distorting internet search results to favor its own services. take a look earlier today. >> i'm a preliminary view in the segment of adiction. is that in its general internet search result. google favors its own comparison shopping service and that this constitutes an abuse. in a blog post google says rerespectfully and strongly disagree. we look forward to making our case in the weeks ahead. joining us this morning, mark. he's just written a new note about the potential overhang here. good morning once again. >> good morning, carl. >> you say this is not really a surprise. $6 billion is not a huge amount but not in material. what's the bottom line? >> the bottom line is this has been an overhang on google stock for three or four years. u.s. anti trust potential actions as well. it's not a surprise in terms of the

>> is that sam smith. >> yes. >> it is called hombre. >> thinks more tortoise shell. i'm saying this because jen told me. jen, please explain tortoise shell. >> it is tortoise shell, it is not hombre. say hi to wand a and a leash a your ham is hombre, dark on the top, light on the bottom. >> correct. >> lets bring in our gorgeous model. thinks tortoise shell. how is this different. >> this is different because this is like a combination of the two. >> okay. >> all right. it is call tortoise shell. what it means is tortoise shell. what you do is it is all about the tech sneak. in certain areas you make more light. it is a great technique for brunettes, and in the summer, and spring/summertime if you want to go lighter, you don't to have kill your hair with the blonde and the bleach. this is good for that. >> i'm a rookie. i don't work over here in the hair salon in cherry hill. it is more all throughout the whole hair. >> it creates light. >> you are like this because just like all the time. >> that is right, it goodies for time conscious person. >> put your pretty fac

other songs to catch some zs include sam smith's stay with me and ellie goulding's love me like you do thank you, lara. >>> let's go to ginger. >> i found talented young ladies in town for a ballet competition. how were you doing that? show me the hands. hers are so fwrasful. what's not graceful this morning? the storms in corpus christi, texas. it's really really stormy. you can see the lightning. it's nonstop. that's likely waking you up a little early in south texas. that's where a pocket of flash flooding could be today. you can see new orleans is one of those target areas. four-plus inches. western north carolina. north of atlanta. out west the wind. the gusts up to jacqui: good morning, washington. it is going to be a foggy tuesday. rain gear wille nded, it ll be heavy from time t to time, esespecially this afternoon with temperatures in the upper 50's to l lower0's, taperinoff tonight withth shors to the sout, a low of about 50 degrees with morning clouds and s sunshine in the a afternoon and highh temperatures in the mid d to upper 60's. thursday the c clouds come back wiwith >

other songs to catch some zs include sam smith's "stay with me" and ellie goulding's "love me like you carry a tune. but i can deliver "pop news" and that is done. >> an especially energetic "pop news." thank you, lara. >> let's go to ginger. >> i found talented young ladies in town for a ballet competition. how were you doing that? show me the hands. oh. hers are so graceful. what's not graceful this morning? the storms in corpus christi, texas. that's where we're going to begin. we have an earth cam view. it's really, really stormy. the rain heavy at times. you can see the lightning. through there it is just nonstop. so that's likely waking you up a little early in south texas and that's where a pocket of flash flooding could be today. there are flood watches from there up into the ohio river valley. you can see new orleans is one of those target areas. four-plus inches. western north carolina. and just north of atlanta into the mountains. out west, it's the wind. the gusts up to 50, even 75 miles per hour. >>> good morning, i am abc7 meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area foreca

other songs to catch some zs include sam smith's stay with me and ellie goulding's love me like you do>> i found some very talented i don't know ladies had town for a ballet competition. how are you doing that? show me the hands how that -- oh, aren't they so graceful. you know what's not graceful the storms in corpus christi texas. we have an earth cam view. it is really stormy. the rainy heavy at times. , see the lie lightning through there. its it is just nonstop and that's likely waking up a little early in south texas and that's where was the causes of flash flooding could be there. you can see new orleans one of those target areas, four plus inches western north carolina and just north of atlanta into the mountains. out west it's the wind, the gusts up to 50 even 75 miles per hour. that's the big picture. let's get a check a little closer to home. >> well, ginger we could see some heavy to steady rain in parts of south jersey and southern delaware later today. for now it's light nuisance rain, clearing out of allentown and reading and through the day this will tend to drop closer

. >>> and the hit movie "twister" had nothing on what trucker sam smith witnessed in illinois.miss when we come back. >> scary. >>> the wait list for what are called investor visas, u.s. investor visas keeping getting longer and now visas have run out for the chinese who want to come it this country. the state department announcing no more spots are available for chinese investors in the immigrant investor program also known as eb-5. that lasts until late september. >> the chinese use far more u.s. investor visas that money to do so. who better to talk about this than our panelists here and robert frank who covers all things wealth for cnbc. how much do these visas cost? >> they're $500,000 that's investment in a project that has to create a certain number of jobs ten jobs. the global business of passport portfolios is booming. the problem is the u.s. undersells this thing. >> we're too cheap. >> i saw these numbers and said which should be selling a million. >> australia charges 4 million. britain charges 3 million. malta charges $800,000. we're $500,000. >> we should be top.

. >> little sam smith on tax day. i like that.d you do this? put it in your savings account which is pretty empty or should you put it in your retirement account? >> savings account. >> savings is empty? savings. >> that's right. you want to do this. if you don't have an emergency fund, you'll load up surprise expenses on a credit card. that is a right first move. if you have a nest egg put it away. next question. we know that more than 30% of people are going to use their refund to pay down debt. again, great thing. but do you want to do this, put it on an average credit card and pay down that balance? or that make an extra mortgage payment? >> credit card. pay down the credit card debt. interest is high. >> i'll go mortgage payment. >> and the mortgage payment is tempting because if you make one extra mortgage payment every year you cut a third of your mortgage down to four years. but natalie is right, the credit card. interest rates on credit cards these days are 14% compares to 4% on a mortgage. one more. 14% of people use it

it's called red nose day, people like beginest paltrow sam smith, legend carson and me will raise money only here in this country but all around this world. >> this is an amazing effort. the first time it's coming to the u.s. matt is doing something very special to raise money for the cause. i don't even know what to say, working very very hard right now. >> you might say he is working his butt off. >> that's a good way to put it. >> we will tell you more about it. so you know red nose day airs thursday may 21st right here on nbc. so get your nose ready. >> right after that tease, al you have a check of the weather? >> you bet, we are looking at enhanced storms from nebraska into arkansas i should say missouri into the gulf coast. we are looking at wet weather in the pacific northwest. tomorrow saturday, a slight risk gulf coast into the mississippi wet weather out. we sunday we got more rain along the mid-atlantic coast. showers through the central plains. gulf coast, plenty of sunshine temperatures toasty down >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. bundle up. you need your s

. >> "stay with me" sam smith. ♪ won't you stay with me ♪ >> yeah. >> okay.pliment unless -- >> it's like a slow dancing kind of song. i guess it could put you to sleep. think about it. what are your favorite fall asleep songs? >> okay. hoda -- >> since i can't do words when i sleep, i can only do just mike no lyrics. >> yeah. >> so i love anything by jim brickman. >> he's fantastic. >> just -- >> he is fantastic. >> plays the piano and you close your eyes. ♪ >> it just all very soothing to me. sometimes when i'm scribbling in a journal and you want to clear your head don't want to be thinking. jim brickman anything by him. download it all. good background. >> you're right. >> terrific. >> what's yours? >> mine is one of mine own, of course. >> what? >> crank it please. >> one of your songs? ♪ ♪ this is a rock a by lullaby simple and sweet as it seems ♪ >> i never heard this one. >> i gave it to your nieces. called "good night angel," the cd that david friedman and i wrote all the songs on a couple years ago. ♪ hush now baby stretch and yawn ♪ >> bobbie thoma

sam told us his dream now? to get his driver's license again. harry smith, nbc news, fontana, california. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night. >>> "nbc bay area news" starts now. >> 49ers have not kept their promises. i want to make sure going forward no one is hood-winked in the future. >> a field fight. one of santa clara's most valuable parcels of land is in dispute. some are blaming the 49ers for a broken promise. >>> i'm raj mathai. i'm jessica aguirre. a dispute between the 49ers and youth soccer leagues over a field next to levi's stadium. some are calling it a land gram. robert honda joins us from the soccer complex. it's expected to erupt at the city council meeting. >> the 49ers say the team would like to replace the 11 acres of field with a sin thetsynthetic surface to accommodate other events and vip parking. the plan leaves others in limbo. zachary coaches a sporting team in the santa clara youth soccer league. one of many groups that use the youth s

sam told us his dream now? to get his drive license again. harry smithnews, fontana, california. >>> that will do it for us on this m night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank watching, and good >>> lights, camera "access." >> please welcome taylor's mo a very proud mom. >> her daughter shared the sad news of her cancer battle. now it's mom, andrea swift's, turn to talk. i'm billy bush with a full range

sam told us his dream now? to get his driver's license again. harry smithnews fontana, california. >>> that will do it for us on this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for t. >>> i'm meteorologist sheena parveen. quick update. we still have a first alert weather day for later tonight. i think most of you will probably already be home by the time we have any severe storms move through. tornado watches in effect for parts of the area. we could see damaging winds, also hail and the possibility of an isolated tornado. here's the tornado watch area. it's all shaded in yellow. and this is the area where we do expect the potential for a tornado until 10:00 tonight. the possibility will be there with any strong storms that start to move through. right now, the severe threat is still west of us. that's where we still have the thunderstorms and the strong thunderstorms, i think the main threat tonight will be wind and also locally heavy rain. so here's future weather, not until about 8:00 9:00 even 10:00, we'll start to see storms ap

in the bay's" christie smith joins us live from los gatos where the funeral procession will begin for johnson in a few hours. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. certainly this is expected to be an emotional and powerful day that will begin right here in just a few hours, starting with a funeral procession that could be a quarter mile long, maybe even longer, and certainly that could impact those who are not even attending, so i wanted to show you what the route looks like at 10:00 a.m. first, of santa cruz avenue which turns into winchester boulevard and east on stephens creek boulevard which turns into san carlo street north to montgomery and autumn, that takes them to s.a.p. center where a funeral service is scheduled to begin at 11:00 this morning. police say standard security procedures will be in place at the s.a.p. center today. county board president dave cortez had time to spend time with the johnson family and they are satisfied and grateful. >> on duty there 24/7 at the funeral home and they expressed a great deal of gratitude for this public outpouring of support. >> reporter: the california highway patrol will use 45 mo