. >> reporter: in texarkana, arkansas, strong winds sent trees crashing into homes. >> when i looked up, boom. and there was a tree in my house. bill story and his wife barely escaped injury. >> i heard of hail. i said, oh, lord, just protect us from those trees. i didn't start praying soon enough. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there were no reports of major injuries. but the schools here in wiley did take a beating. classes are canceled today for students, so crews can start in wiley, texas, omar villafranca. >> incredible damage. >>> it was an end that attracted thousands of -- ad that attracted thousands of cuddleers. new york. what makes it think bigger? go bolder? push for a living wage that's higher. for tuition-free public college. justice that works for all. for a middle-class that... must. be. saved. you do. values. forged in new york. brooklyn born. native son. who knows what we know: we're all in this together. i'm bernie sanders >>> a farmer's facebook ad for help goes viral. looking for a few cuddlers for baby goats. >> chip reid explains why the job is really important. >>

betty said, 24 million people at risk dlg this risk including this area here and texarkana and north of shreveport. earlier today the threat morning is lightning and large hail. then the storms become more surface-based and lower to the ground and bring in the threat of isolated tornadoes and continuing the threat of large hail from waco all the way back up through areas here of northeast texas. especially this afternoon. now the snow side of this, the denver area, snow will be breaking out throughout the day today. 4 to 8 inches is possible with a lot more in other areas, especially at higher elevations. that is just a nasty storm there for april in denver. much of the eastern seaboard your rain will come sunday. that is your national weather. now here is a closer look at your day ahead. >>> obviously, very active day. pay attention to the sky and also your local media here, nbc stations, as we go through the afternoon in texas. in colorado, your typical april snowstorm. your snowiest month of the year. >>> weekend forecast takes the storm to the east. >> oh, great. thanks, bill. ju

. >> reporter: according to a magazine profile in texarkana, texas, criner had a troubled childhood, in and out of foster care. texas child protective services tells nbc news he was under the agency care but had just run away. the agency says it did not know where he was until after police brought him to the homeless shelter. on the ut campus, today relief and sadness. >> it's been a nightmare. >> reporter: charles anderson's was weiser's dance professor. >> she was ferocious. she was a brilliant, powerful, amazingly sweet, young woman. >> reporter: tonight she was supposed to be part of the stage crew for a new performance. the show will go on. her fellow students here on campus now performing in her honor. lester, a key piece of evidence here, police say they were able to find some of the victim's belongings in the suspect's room at that homeless shelter. >> all right. gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> let's turn now to the panic today at lackland air base in san antonio. reports of an active shooter as the base was flooded with first responders. two people are dead and authorities ar

and the flood watch goes all the way up to dallas, texarkana, and it goes for the next 48 hours.ven inches of additional rainfall. and the area of greatest concern, corpus christi, victoria to houston, this is where we think this orange color up to about four inches of additional rainfall. that's where the thunderstorms will be. every east of the mississippi is great. our friends in colorado, if we still have those pictures of the snow, it's pretty incredible, betty. we had a foot of snow in denver over the weekend. i mean, the mountains got, like, two feet of snow. >> what a mixed bag. a little bit of everything. >> there's some of the pictures from what happened over the weekend. pretty incredible for april. >> closing in on may soon. thank you. >>> search teams in southern japan continue to dig through rubble and debris. emergency crews continue looking for survivors after two major earthquakes struck the nation. over 40 people have died in the twin quakes. >>> meanwhile, in central chile, 4 million people are without clean drinking water this morning. heavy rains over the wee

worth, texarkana. snowy part of the forecast, april is one of the snowiest months of the year for areas like denver and colorado. this pink on here is up to a foot of knsnow in the mount new areas. denver is looking at four to six to eight inches. once you get up to elevation you get more. but interstate 80 headed east out of denver will be a mess today with up to a foot out towards -- out to the plains. in the flat lands. 36 that's it for your temperature in denver. one of the coldest spots in the country. you're hot in the southeast. enjoy that. then the weekend forecast features that storm headed east. a rainy saturday, a lot of cancelled baseball games and soccer. all of your events outdoors. the ohio valley will see a steady rain. thunderstorms in the southeast. saturday is the best day up and down east coast. sunday, a steady rain event from new york city, maybe d.c. a thunderstorm or two. so alex, it's a split forecast. many people have one nice day, but not many will have two. >> we'll take it.

and tomorrow, severe weather threat down through texarkana, even college station, maybe a slightly higher chance of seeing a tornado. and a slow warm-up through the next few days across the east. temperatures a good 20 degrees d.c., getting to near 70, then dipping back down tuesday, wednesday. then warming back up thursday and friday. hopefully, the snow will be gone for good at this point. >> thanks, rob. >>> new details tonight about the only woman on the fbi's most wanted list, captured in mexico. murder suspect brenda delgado behind bars after seven months on the run. mexican authorities tracked cell phones belonging to her family and found her hiding out in mexico. she's accused of masterminding the 2015 murder of a dentist. police say delgato allegedly to kill the dentist, who was dating her ex-boyfriend. >>> and next to a pair of thieves that snuck into a home, and were caught in the act, thanks to a smartphone app. the homeowner watched a drama play out live. gio benitez on the simple technology protecting more and more homes. alleged burglars walk right into this suburban massac

worth and texarkana. the first one is hail and then possibly hail and tornados this afternoon.ee how that develops but northeast texas at risk. how about the snow, this is from cheyenne, wyoming, down to northern new mexico. in denver we have about two to four inches today. storm total four to eight by the time you're all done later on tonight. as far as the rain goes, tomorrow it begins to spread into the ohio valley and then unfortunately east coast, northeast mid-atlantic, looks like a rainy sunday for you. so the storm will affect much of the country as we go throughout the next couple of days. >> all right. thank you so much, pill. >>> a mumps outbreak at a number of college campuses is giving students and parents quite a scare. harvard has reported 41 cases. other outbreaks this year in indiana, illinois and connecticut. the reason? experts say it's the close quarters. mumps is extremely contagious and there's no treatment for it. vaccines received as a child wear off after ten years. as of right now, officials are remaining hopeful that the outbreak will end as kids leav

north texas into oklahoma, texarkana, too, thursday into friday. >> all over again. all right, ginger, we'll see you in the morning. >>> in the meantime, next tonight, to a stunning fall from grace for a man who was once one of the most powerful politicians in america. tonight, instead, going to prison, after authorities say he paid hush money to cover up his sexual abuse of boys as he coached them. former speaker of the house dennis hastert arriving for his sentencing in a wheelchair. inside, confronted by one of his victims. and the judge handing down a longer sentence than prosecutors had even asked for. calling hastert a, quote, serial child molester. abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross, in chicago tonight. >> reporter: frail and in a wheelchair because of a recent stroke, the 74-year-old hastert came to court today, forced to face his victims for the first time. >> mr. hastert hurt his victims many decades ago, but today, they struck back. >> reporter: hastert was once a beloved wrestling coach, but today, one of his star athletes, scott cross, broke t

they had a rough go of it dallas east into texarkana.t is sliding east effecting the gulf coast states. we won't see this thunderstorm, we'll see this glob of rain that will pull in time for the broad street run. future tracker it's raining for everybody. jersey shore not seeing it yet, but an hour later. 11:00 a.m. it's raining steadily across the area, by afternoon it tapers off to leftover showers and patchy drizzle. there could steadier periods of rain here, 3, 4:00 p.m.. it's not until sunset when things calm down. today, clouds and limited sun, tomorrow a complete washout. warmer this afternoon, 64 degrees. winds out of the east at 5 to 10 miles per hour. hour by hour we'll see the cloud deck thin out. peeks of sunshine during the afternoon, 1:00 p.m., 60. 3:00 p.m., 62. 35:00 p.m., 63. overnight tonight areas of fog, mostly cloudy, rain developing after midnight. 44 degrees outlying suburbs, 48 for center city. temperatures this time tomorrow will be close to where we are right now. broad street run tomorrow, stuck in the up upper

as have been issued through tuesday morning for houston, austin, san antonio and as far east as texarkana. >>> know you're budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. know that at least the process of buying a new home can be clear and simple. know your investments can make retirement closer than you think know. the one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. because when you have insight, you know. >>> way in england. a british airways plane apparently collided with a drone. it happened yesterday as the plane from geneva approached heathrow airport. the aircraft landed safely and there were no injuries. investigators checked out the airbus a320 and determined it was safe to go to the next flight. this will be the first time a british plane has been hit by a drone, if confirmed. >>> by some estimates, one and four women will be sexually assaulted in college. >> it's a number that a group wants to change. for 12 hours, they held an anti- sexual assault

. >>> in texarkana, arkansas, strong winds sent trees crashing into homes. meantime -- >> for hail ando said, oh, lord, just protect us from those trees. i didn't start praying soon enough. [ laughter ] >> luckuly, there were no reports of major injuries. and lucky for us, things are looking better. top? >> yeah. they had over 100 reports of hail. some reported softball sizes. that is almost 3 or 4 inches in diameter. when you saw the big splash, you know it's a pretty good sized hail stone. and one reason the updraft. the hailstorm circulates. and it circulates again and again. and when it gets big enough tfalls to the ground. we said this over and over again. the ring is how it circulated in the storm. >>> live look outside. courtesy of our michael and sons weather cam. they will calm down. it's ushering cooler and dry air in. frost, north and west. bus stop temperatures, 32 to 50. winds in check tomorrow, though. we need a jacket and sunglasses, the rest of the week. rest of the weekend, too really. it will be warmer over the weekend. and still remaining

in dallas and texarkana shreveport, still the flood watch.on area down to victoria and eventually towards the coast near galveston. we'll watch this during the day today. today is the peek of it. tomorrow will be additional rainfall. how about these extremes right now. the big snowstorm in colorado this past weekend. we have amazing warmth. feels like summer from chicago to the east coast. seattle 83 degrees today. seattle has never had an april with 80 degrees in three days. they'll do it three in a row for the first time ever. we leave you with a shot of boston and the marathon will be kicking off shortly. should be a gorgeous day in new england. more" morning joe" when we come back. 98,352 what's that? the number of units we'll make next month to maximize earnings. that's a projection. no, it's a fact. based on hundreds of proprietary and open data sets folded into a real-time, actionable analytics model. nine. eight. three. five. two. you're not gonna round that up? you don't round up facts. powerful analytics driving decisions for the wo

in texarkana, arkansas, strong winds sent trees crashing into homes. >> when i heard the boom, i duckednd looked up and there was a tree in my house. >> reporter: bill story and his wife barely escaped injury. >> i heard hail and i said, oh, lord just protect us from those trees. i didn't start praying soon enough. >> reporter: no major injuries were reported but the schools here in wiley did take a beating. classes were canceled today for students so crews could start the cleanup process. >> omar, thank you. always good to hear no injuries. >>> top health officials in the united states are sounding an urgent new alarm about the spread of the zika virus in this country. >> everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought. while we absolutely hope we don't see widespread local transmission in the continental u.s., we need the states to be ready for that. >> 30 states are now projected to get the type of mosquito that spreads the zika virus by summer. that's up from an earlier estimate of just 12 states. >>> our chief medical correspondent is here

a powerful storm, potential for flash flooding from houston to texarkana. just look at these pictures. a state of emergency in gulfport, mississippi. nearly 10 inches of rain falling in the past 24 hours. winds so fierce this traffic light came crashing down barely missing an suv. police taking to the streets in boats rolling out a vehicle specifically designed for >> my youngest son called me and said mom, my room is flooded. >> wlox capturing this rescue live. >> this is it a dangerous situation out here. >> you can see a woman running and helping that other driver. biloxi's river swelling at least 17 feet in the past 24 hours. in gould, oklahoma, a new system spinning up a striking supercell. and in the panhandle of texas, hail pelting drivers. so much falling, people breaking out the snow shovels to clear paths. and just outside indianapolis, a possible tornado slicing through parts of boon county. so here's the setup today. we've got that dip in the jet stream, the low slides across the panhandle of texas and oklahoma city to dallas right there to almo

we have an enhanced risk of storms oklahoma city, dallas, shreveport, texarkana. 24 million people atout some tornadoes and we're look at torrential up downpours. upwards of 6 inches before it's all over. and in the south, look at these unseasonably warm temperatures approaching records. atlanta, chattanooga, montgomery, tampa, all very close today and that will go right on into the weekend. that's what is going on around the the country. here's what is heis happening ir neck of the woods. >>> looking down to the parking lot, you can hardly see a thing out there with the low clouds and fog. periods of light rain this morning. so take your umbrella with you. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s now will only blame into the mid to upper 50s later this afternoon. today's high 59 leesburg, 55 in frederick. saturday, again another mostly cloudy day. shouldn't have to worry too much about r >>> and that's your latest weather, matt. >> thank you so much. adam levine is here. he's been a coach on all ten seasons of nbc's the voice. not that he's keeping score or anything but he won it three t