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Doctor larry nassar hours away from learning his fate as Shannon Miller, the most decorated olympic gymnast in u. S. History speaks out to us exclusively about the scandal rocking her sport. Significantly more has to happen. All of that plus safer than smoking . Landmark new findings on the popular ecigarettes. Elected and expectant, the senator about to make history. Its 2018. Its about time we started breaking down some barriers in the senate. And the wheels on the bus go sideways . A slippery ride some students will never forget. Today, wednesday, january 24th, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody, welcome to today, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. Indeed, we want to get to our top stories and sadly, it is the investigation into yet another mass shooting at an american high school. This happened, this time it happened in kentucky. This morning were learning more about the victims and the 15yearold suspect accused of opening fire on his own classmates. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is there for us. Hi, gabe, good morning to you. Good morning this is just heartbreaking, were hearing incredible stories of survival from yet another School Shooting. As you mentioned, two students are dead, 18 others wounded. Of those, three remain in the hospital, two in critical condition. Clear the building, please in the tech center. New video taken moments after it becomes clear theres an active shooter at kentuckys Marshall County high school. Then, panic as School Officials rush terrified students to safety. Now, were learning the names of some of the young victims, state police say Bailey Nicole holt died at the scene. Preston ryan cope passed away at the hospital. Both just 15 years old. All of a sudden you heard the first one and the second one and third one. 17yearold brian butler, his hands still shaking hours after the shooting was in the cafeteria, sitting down for breakfast when the first shots rang out. He barricaded himself in a classroom with other students. We realized what it was. And we started to take offer. Kids were scrambling over other kids, it was horrible. Authorities have not publicly identified the 15yearold suspected shooter. But eye witnesses say it was a classmate who was a member of the schools band. This person was seen being led away in handcuffs by police. Are you looking at bullying as a possible motive here . I wont go into that. The terrifying scene taking a toll on first responders. One of them, a father whose daughter had just been dropped off at the school. He saw the girl who had been killed and a horrifying first thought. The same description that he had to go over to convince himself that that was not his daughter. Family members rushing to the scene. Grateful their loved ones made it out alive. I was crying on the phone and i was like, bro, are you okay . And he told me he was okay. And i was i was so relieved. In a ritual that has become all too familiar fooling School Shootings, vigils were held, prayers offered up for students, faculty and the entire community. Kentucky state police say the suspected shooter will be charged with murder and attempted murder. The aunt of one of the young victims, bailey holt told us she was a precious, precious soul and that no parent should have to endure burying a child. Savannah and hoda . Gabe, thank you very much. Also ahead, new twists in the Russian Election meddling investigation. After questioning attorney general Jeff Sessions and former fbi director james comey, special Counsel Robert Mueller is apparently ready to talk to President Trump. But will he agree to an interview . Two reports starting with nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander at the white house. Hey, peter, good morning. Hoda, good morning to you. A series of new revelations in that russia probe. With new indications that special Counsel Robert Mueller is zeroing in on the possibility of obstruction of justice, specifically in the firing of former fbi director james comey. Question you asked is a good one will the president sit down with an interview . Sources familiar with the matter tell us so far no commitment for any interview face to face, but both sides are hoping to reach an agreement within a matter of weeks. This morning new questions surrounding the white house and the russia investigation. Question number one will President Trump voluntarily agree to an interview with special Counsel Robert Mueller. Two people familiar with the discussions tell nbc news the president s team has not told the special counsel that mr. Trump is willing to meet. Muellers Team Reportedly eager to make it happen. The white house pressed about that possibility on tuesday. Is that something that the president would be open to . Look, as weve said probably just about every day this year since weve been here, that were going to be fully cooperative with the special counsel. Question number two, what did attorney general Jeff Sessions and former fbi director james comey tell muellers team. Sessions, according to a Justice Department official melt with mueller for hours last week. The president , unfazed. Im not at all concerned. Not at all. The attorney general instrumental in comeys firing that led to the appointment of the special counsel. The president telling lester holt last spring the investigation was on his mind when he decided to can comey. When i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. As for comey, a source tells nbc muellers team interviewed him late last year about memos he wrote detailing his interactions with the president before being fired. Quoting President Trump as saying about the investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn i hope you can let this go. I took it as a direction. Hes the president of the United States with me alone saying i hope this i took it as this is what he wants me to do. Is the president saying that james comey lied when he said trump, the president , asked for his loyalty and suggested he should drop the flynn investigation. Out of respect for the special counsel, im not going to weigh in on those matters. And question three, what happened during Michael Flynns meeting with the fbi . This morning, nbc news has uncovered new details about the former National Security advisers meeting with the fbi a year ago today. According to people familiar with the matter, flynn had no lawyer present during that conversation in his west wing office. Those same sources say when the meeting concluded, flynn told no one in the white house about it. Concealing it from the white house counsel, the then chief of staff and even the president himself. Flynn pleaded guilty last month to lying to investigators during that meeting about his contacts with russias ambassador and is now cooperating with the special counsel, robert mueller. Nbc news has learned that c. I. A. Director mike pompeo has been questioned as a witness to possible obstruction of justice in the firing of comey. Thats according to people familiar with the inquiry. And former actor attorney general sally yates on the right has met with the special counsel as well that means the entire intelligence and Law Enforcement leadership around President Trump in the early days of his administration are all cooperating with robert mueller. Hoda and savannah . Thanks. As the russia investigation gets closer to the president , he is escalating his fight with the fbi. Specifically, over some missing Text Messages between two former members of the special Counsel Robert Muellers team. Nbc chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson with that part of the story this morning. Hallie, good morning. Savannah, good morning. The department of justice is investigating what happened to those missing Text Messages as the president puts the spotlight on them. Tweeting again overnight, where are the 50,000 important Text Messages between fbi staffers, blaming samsung. We should note the 50,000 is the number of texts total according to the department of justice, exchanged between the staffers. The messages have become the latest partisan flashpoint here on capitol hill and beyond. The president stepping up his feud with some in the fbi after a new twist in a text message drama. Five months worth of Text Messages between two fbi staffers missing. The president tweeting its one of the biggest stories in a long time. Wow, he writes. I think he thinks that theres a great cause for concern. That five months worth of Text Messages have gone missing. For months, two fbi staffers engaged in an affair, exchanged tens of thousands of texts, including some critical of the president. Repeatedly referring to him as an idiot for example. Nbc news has learned one of them, peter strzok was one of two fbi agent who is interviewed former National Security adviser Michael Flynn at at white house a year ago. According to two sources familiar with the interview. Strzok was later removed from his position working on Robert Muellers investigation. Its not clear that his views ever affect his work. Quote i hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern theres no big there there. The context is not completely clear, but senator ron johnson says the Text Messages may indicate corruption at the highest level of the fbi. We have an informant thats talking about a group that were Holding Secret meetings offsite. A secret society, secret meetings offsite at the Justice Department . Correct. You have an informant saying that . Yes. Are the missing Text Messages from december 2016 to may 2017 really a bombshell . Some conservatives call it a conspiracy from the capital it illustrates a conspiracy on the part of some people and we want to know a lot more about that. To cable news. This is going to make watergate look like a kid stealing candy from a store. Not all republicans agree. Senator richard burr heads the Senate Intelligence committee. Im not reading anything into it other than that there may be a Technical Glitch at the bureau. The Justice Department says Software Upgrades on Samsung Phones may be to blame for the missing texts. Vowing we will leave no stone unturned. To figure out what happened. Democrats call the gop attacks desperation. All of it has the president facing questions about his confidence in the fbi. With new pushback on a report the agencys director, christopher wray, threatened to resign rather than bow to alleged pressure from the attorney general to fire his number two. The president , with nbcs kristen welker. No, you didnt at all. He didnt, he did not even a little bit. Nope. And hes going to do a good job. But its wrays deputy, Andrew Mccabe who is the subject of a New Washington post report this morning which says that president asked mccabe not long after they met in the oval office, who he voted for in 2016. According to several current and former u. S. Officials. Mccabes response, according to the paper he did not vote for anyone. The Washington Post says that conversation is of particular interest to special Counsel Robert Mueller. As for the Text Messages, new this morning, samsung is now out with a statement saying that it believes that their devices are not the cause of the issue. Adding that the company will fully cooperate in any investigation. Savannah . Hallie, lots to follow there, thank you very much. Also ahead on this business wednesday morning, theres been a disturbing terror attack in afghanistan, gunmen storming the offices of a Childrens Charity there. Nbcs kelly cobia has the latest this morning. This is the second major attack by militants on foreign targets this week. An aid agency, save the children, in jalalabad on the border with pakistan. Its not clear how many staff or possibly children might have been in those offices when the attack started. Or how many may be trapped. Thick black smoke and sounds of a gun battle. Children seen running from the compound this morning. After gunmen blasted their way in. Minutes after the offices for aid agency, save the children, had opened. First, a car bomb, then rocketpropelled grenades and bullets. After that, the children and people started running away, this eye witness said. The charity tweeting that several people had been injured. The region is an Islamic State stronghold. The taliban not claiming responsibility. In fact tweeting they had nothing to do with the raid. The attack just days after a violent siege at a hotel in kabul. Americans are among the 22 people killed. There are multiple u. S. Fatalities. In the attack that took place in afghanistan. Some of those family members are still being notified. Guests tied hotel sheets together, desperate to escape. Inside, charred rooms, broken glass, and bullet holes. This Greek Airline pilot said he hid in a boxspring mattress for 13 hours. Survivors say the militants were killing foreigners and afghans. 15 people inside the room, five of us got killed. We moved from one balcony to the next balcony. They shot a lady, she was praying five times a day and she got killed. Special forces rescued more than 100 people after what one survivor called 14 hours of hell. And back to that attack on the save the children offices this morning, so far 20 people injured, at least one has been killed. And isis is now claiming responsibility. But offering no proof that they were directly involved. Savannah, hoda, back to you. Kelly, thank you so much. Much more to get to this morning, including a new report that finds Electronic Cigarettes can be helpful and harmful to the smoking epidemic. The 600page report from the National Academies of sciences, engineering and medicine, say vaping appears to be less harmful than burned tobacco products. But the report warns that ecigarettes can be addictive and lead teens to smoke regular cigarettes eventually. Research says the longterm effects from vaping are still unclear. The vaping industry says the study has flaws and says ecigarettes are a much better alternative for adult smokers. Lets switch gears and get a look at the weather, mr. Roker. I think thats a fantastic idea. Especially because were going to be talking about some warmer weather. Look at what weve got over 130 million of us are above average. Well me, not so much. But temperaturewise, youre all doing pretty well. Pierre, 41 degrees, thats nine degrees above average. St. Louis going to see 43, five degrees above average. Dallas goes up to 64 today. Tomorrow, the heat continues from indianapolis, little rock, out to denver, 58 degrees, 14 degrees above average. Friday, the warmth makes its way east with d. C. Getting up to 51. Jackson, 63 degrees. But by the weekend, things start cooling down a bit. Milwaukee on saturday, 44 sunday, 34, charleston, 60 on saturday. Sunday, 53, albany, you stay 40, into the mid 40s, so not so shabby there, well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. The force is yours. The last jedi ar stickers only on the google pixel camera. Good wednesday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We are in the microclimate weather alert as we track a round of some heavy rain set to arrive in the bay area later on this afternoon. Even though now we are seeing some sunshine in parts of the bay area. We will start to see it moving into the north bay by late morning and early afternoon. Santa lows is a with heavy downpours and that continues to make its way into San Francisco, parts of the east bay. The south bay may not see the rain until time for the evening commute and it does continue into tonight and slowly tapers off throughout the day tomorrow. Thank you. Straight ahead, two nbc news exclusives, shaman miller, the most decorated olympic gymnast in u. S. History, opening up on the day the teams former doctor will learn his fate. Her take on the scandal rocking her sport and the changes she says must happen. And then lester holt gives you a rare and exclusive look inside north korea. But first, this is today on nbc. Coming up, its woman crush wednesday, did you know . 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Shortly after noon or shortly after noon and it continues to move into the east bay. By 4 00 were seeing the heavy downpours moving into walnut creek, hayward and fremont as well as palo alto. San jose will start to see the rain getting really heavy by 5 00 this evening andok scatter off and on rain as we go into ÷ the day tomorrow. This will bring in some pretty good rainfall totals and some Cool Temperatures left behind that heading into the next several days, we will get a chance to dry out, San Francisco this weekend in the upper 50s and the inland areas can expect highs in the low 60s by sunday. We will have more details on that. Lets head over to mike to see how the commute is moving. Its kicked in for the south bay and livermore on the right side thats where youre talking about fog and low visibility as well as slue san martin and the south county. In this trivalley area south 680 at sunol boulevard a crash struggling to get out of the lanes, it does sound like there is some folks on the opposite side on the shoulder calling the chp and that may be a distraction for drivers. G7d 880 slows down at stevenson, no Major Concerns there, and the bay bridge has your backup and down the east shore freeway. Back to you. Well be back with another local news update in half an hour. Headlines. We start with a Tragic School shooting in kentucky. Marshall county high school. Searching for answers. Get in the building, please. A 15yearold in custody after police say he opened fire at a kentucky high school, now being charged with murder and attempted murder for a rampage that left 2 students dead and 18 hurt. How did you make it out . I mean, we just ran. Will President Trump talk . Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly ready to interview the president in the russia investigation, after lengthy conversations with attorney general Jeff Sessions and former fbi director james comey. Can you tell what the attorney general special counsel . Im not at all concerned. I cant. But im not concerned. Thank you all very much. Emotional homecoming. Residents from montecito, california, allowed back into their homes after deadly mudslides. It will be driving the kids to school every monrning. It will be hard. Stores are closed. Toys r us announces plans to shut down 180 u. S. Stores. Dangerous ride. Oh, my goodness. A school bus full of children slides down an icy massachusetts street. Luckily, no one was hurt. Wednesday, january 24th, 2018. Lucky nobody was hurt in that, right . We have more news. The former team doctor for usa gymnastics is set to be sentenced today after days of emotional and brave testimony from a long parade of his victims. Kate snow with all this. Reporter good morning. Its been another powerful week of victim statements culminating tuesday, with one gymnast describing how she hurt herself in order to escape dr. Nassars abuse. This morning, in an nbc news exclusive, i spoke with Shannon Miller who has won more olympic medal s than any other gymnast. She is on a mission to change the sport so it can never happen again. Shannon miller led the magnificent seven, the Gold Medal Winning Team in 1996. She says dr. Larry nassar never abused her. But she was horrified to hear one gymnast after the next speak out. I am so in awe of their courage. Reporter courage she hopes will be a catalyst for real change across the sport. 3 of the 20 Board Members have resigned amid the scandal. Miller was part of a search team that found a new ceo for the organization in december. But she says these are just baby steps. Its a good start. Its something. But it is not enough. Significantly more has to happen. Reporter she says to make gymnastics safe for girls general, procedures need to be overhauled. I mean, its common sense not to have a male trainer in the room alone with a female of any age. Making sure the trainers dont have cell phone numbers of the minors that theyre treating. Thats inappropriate. Reporter in court tuesday, jawdropping testimony from former u. S. National champion gymnast mattie larsen. Larsen describing how she injured her head on purpose to avoid being sent to train with nassar at the u. S. Gymnastics training site at karolyi ranch. Its so sad to think how desperate i was at that time. That was the only way i can ensure not having to go to camp. Reporter overnight, the ncaa said it has opened an investigation at Michigan State. The university denies accusations that it ignored complaints about nassar for years, while he was a doctor there. A trustee at the school says Michigan States president is staying put, despite calls for her to step down. Shes a fighter. And her overall, what shes done for this university, shes not going to get ran out of there by what somebody else did. President simon, you didnt call. You didnt notify usag. You and Michigan State let him go to the ranch and attend international competitions. There, he molested my friends and my teammates. How could you . Nassar has already been sentenced to 60 years for child pornography. Hes pled guilty to multicharpl charges of criminal sexual conduct. No matter what happens today. Hes 54 years old. He will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. Think of a young girl that injured herself to escape him. Gave herself a nearconcussion to get out of going to camp. After all of the hard work she would have put into that sport. Its shameful. Lets turn to al now. It looks like the west coast weather. Thats right. We have big weather coming onshore. Its going to last into the weekend. Heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing their way in from seattle to northern california. This is going to be the pattern through the weekend with heavier rain. The big story is going to be the mountain snows. Were going to look anywhere from 12 to 24 inches of snow, locally up to three feet of snow in the sierra. In the morn planorthern plains,4 inches of snow. The snowpack, only 20 of what we should have in the northern sierra and central sierra. You need to add to that because thats money in the bank when it comes to water supply for the west coast. Thats whats going on a that rain moving into the bay area. We can still see it just to the north of us on the radar, pockets of some heavy downpours there indicated by the yellows and the reds, and that will start to move into santa rosa by late morning and early afternoon. Getting heavier as the day goes along as it continues to spread off towards the south and east, moving into san jose in time for the evening commute, livermore as well. We will briefly have some gusty winds as this rain comes down. 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Where we can go and what we can shoot. North and south korea are still technically at war. We arrive right after the olympic breakthrough. Those handshakes on the most dangerous border on the world. And the agreement that north and south korean athletes will march in the games together, and will field a joint womens hockey team. Our request to interview a north korean olympic official was granted. The key member of that delegation and the first to speak publicly since the talks. Are there any concerns about combining some of the teams so close to the olympics . Translator hockey is a team sport that needs to train together. However, we are the same people who share the same language, same culture and same blood. Im sure they will Work Together fine. Reporter we were taken to a ski resort, a modern face of north korea theyre eager to show the world. The unified korean alpine teams will train here. Most in this country are believed to live in poverty. But some of the skiers, were told, work for government ministries. With our escorts listening, i asked some of them about the olympics. Translator as a north korean, im excited. Im overflowing with pride. I believe from this opportunity, the world will envy us. Reporter on the face of it, there is nothing to suggest that period of olympic detente will have anything to do with the Nuclear Standoff. Some argue, however, it does strengthen the hand of kim jongun. Just weeks after kim jongun po boasts of a Nuclear Button on his desk, a senior official told us the countrys Nuclear Program is here to stay. Its olympic participation, not as some analysts believe, a propaganda move, he told us. You think the North Koreans will launch one of these this year . Certainly. They may take a break for the olympics. But i dont see any reason for them to stop testing. Reporter dr. Jeffrey lewis specializes in nuclear nonproliferation. We met up with him in california before our trip. His team believe it has modeled north koreas most advanced missile and its reach. Do you think this could reach the continental United States . No doubt, whatsoever. All the way down to maralago. Reporter back in north korea, people speak with defiance when asked about the Nuclear Standoff and the toll of economic sanctions. Translator were making our own life and contributing all efforts to defend our socialism first. Whatever it happens, we can do all the things for korean people. Reporter in a place where free and open expression can sometimes have consequences, it is hard to know for sure what people here really think. For people in the United States who will see this, what go you want them to think about the dprk . Translator even though those people are thinking they make our life hard, we will pull together to make our country strong. We are not the people the americans think we are. 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But one stores attempt to help customers might have backfired. Dylan, what do you think . I think it did. Theres a supermarket in scotland. They went for an unconventional choice for their latest hire. This is fabio. He was given a trial run. After just a week, fabio was fired. People grew frustrated than his less than informative responses. And he was creeping out the customers. Social media was sympathetic. One guy writes, why am i feeling bad for the robot. Did the robot get Unemployment Benefits or what . And the customers are the problem. We need robot customers, please. We took to twitter to ask how you would feel about having robots assist with your shopping. 67 disapprove, 33 approve. Theres already 10,000 robots just like fabio active around the globe. Its manufacturer plans to roll out more in retail stores, airports and cruise ships soon. You would ask where the cheese is, and he would say, in the fridge. Where is the beer . Its in the alcohol aisle. He wasnt helping anybody. Ill take a person. Ill take a real, breathing person. Anybody see i, robot, . Doesnt end well. Still ahead, our exclusive with the pregnant senator that is blazing a new path on capitol hill in more way than one. Hill in more way than one. And the day after chemo might mean hill in more way than one. And a trip back to the doctors office, just for a shot. But why go back there, when you can stay home, with Neulasta Onpro . Strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection, which could lead to hospitalizations. In a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17 to 1 , a 94 decrease. Applied the day of chemo, Neulasta Onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the next day, so you can stay home. Neulasta is for certain Cancer Patients receiving strong chemotherapy. Do not take neulasta if youre allergic to neulasta or Neupogen Filgrastim . 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We are in a microclimate weather alert as we track heavy rain that will be moving into the bay area by this afternoon. Still well to the north of us. As you get ready to head out the door you will need the umbrella for this afternoon starting in the north bay with some of those downpours reaching into santa rosa and point reyes by about lunchtime and then into San Francisco scattered showers early afternoon and it does get heavier in time for the evening commute for the trivalley, the south bay and the peninsula and some gusty winds may accompany some of these heavy downpours and some of the heavy rain. So visibility may be low as you drive later on this afternoon. Some spotty brief heavy downpours and even a chance of small hail and some of the cells that will be moving through for tomorrow, and then we will slowly start to see this tapering off tomorrow evening. Lets get an update on how the commute is moving with mike. Looking over here, so far things are moving pretty well, the trivalley had some fog to deal with, the south bay has the ith. Northbound continued patterns through silicon valley. Southbound 880 is slower as we had a couple of crashes south of stevenson off to the shoulder, but adding to the distraction. South 680 recovers a bit after the earlier crash at sum boulevard moves out of the lanes. A slower drive toward the bay bridge. Back to you. Happening now, our weather team is tracking that rain as it comes in. Stay up to the minute anytime from our homepage and sign up for weather alerts on our nbc bay area app. Firefighters in the north bay at the scene of a fire that damaged or des tried four mobile homes and two abandoned buildings. Head to our twitter feed for more details. We have raw video from the scene as well. On our homepage this morning what south bay authorities are saying about a string of Violent Crimes that may be linked. One of which happened in willow glen. Another located all news update in half an hour. Final state of and as this latest storm moves through. Overnight we ll tally up brand new rain totals. The dent it s making in our rainfall shortage. Today in the bay 4 30 to 7. Okay mcdonalds. I see your one, two and three dollar deals. Tell you what, ill raise you five. Introducing value jacks way. Five great ways to save. Like i tell jack jr. , its all about big values, jr. Prices. Thats value jacks way. Like jacks oneofakind breakfast pockets for 2 each. Three of jacks famous tacos and a small drink for 3 or a classic bonus jack combo for 5 its like i tell jack jr. , its all about big values, jr. Prices. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, chilling new video. In the building, please. In the tech center. The moment students ran for their lives after a gunman opened fire at a kentucky high school. All of a sudden, i heard the first one and second one and third one. We realized what it was. We started to take off. We learn more about the two students killed in the horrific shooting. What drove the 15yearold suspect to pull the trigger . Were live on the scene. Plus, elected and expecting. Illinois democrat Tammy Duckworth set to become the first senator to have a baby while in office. Its 2018. Its about time we started to break down some new barriers in the senate. This morning, our exclusive interview. And keeping up with christy. Good job. Crushed it. I crushed it with my heart. I spend this woman crush wednesday with christy turlingsturl Turlington Burns. What made you feel like im not going to drop this . I knew, im a mom. I value motherhood. Today, wednesday, january 24th, 2018. Today, im celeb im celebrating my birthday with my best friend on the plaza. Shoutout to my family back home. The today show came to california to come meet al roker good morning to our 11yearold son eli back in colorado its a wonderful wednesday on the plaza. We got married saturday. And now were honeymooning with savannah and hoda whew [ cheers and applause ] were going to get a present. Yes. Happy honeymoon. So cute. And its wednesday morning. Nice to have you with us. Right to the news at 8 00. Lots going on. Police still searching for clues this morning in the kentucky School Shooting that left two students dead and many other wounded and so many questions. Nbc Gabe Gutierrez has more from kentucky. Reporter this community is devastated and were hearing incredible survival stories from yet another School Shooting. You mentioned two teenagers died. Of the 18 others wounded, 2 are in critical condition. In the building, please in the tech center. Reporter this video taken amp it became clear there was an active shooter at the high school. Panicked rushing students to safety, but despite the terror, Law Enforcement officials praised the way the evacuation was handled. The students at that school did exactly as they were trained. Reporter just two months ago, marshall high went through active shooter training. In the words of the sheriff, haunting. We cannot take the attitude it will never happen here. It can happen here. Reporter state police say bailly nicole holt died at the died at the season. Preston ryan cope died at the hospital, both just 15 years old. 17yearold senior, brian butler, his hands shaking after the shooting, was in the cafeteria, just sitting down for breakfast when the first shot s rang out. He barricaded himself in a classroom with other students. You heard the first one, second one, third one. Kids were scrambling over other kids. Reporter the authorities have not identified the shooter. But eyewitnesses say it was a classmate who was a member of the schools band. This person is being led away in handcuffs by police. Are you looking at bullying as a motive here . I wont go into that. Reporter in a ritual thats too familiar, vigils last night, and prayers for the students, faculty and community, now left grieving with the inevidentable question. Why would you do this . Reporter the Kentucky State Police say the shooter will be charged with murder and attempted murder. Looking into the meddling in the 2016 election, talks about whether they will interview President Trump. Reporter good morning to you. This morning, new revelations in the russian probe, specifically around the question will President Trump voluntarily agree to an interview with special Counsel Robert Mueller . Two people familiar with the discussions tell nbc news, the president s team has not yet told the special counsel that mr. Trump is willing to meet. The scope, the form, the length of the interview are all being discussed. It comes amid increasing signs that the special counsel is zeroing in on the possibility of obstructing justice, in the firing of fbi director james comey. Nbc news has learned that muellers team interviewed comey last year. Attorney general Jeff Sessions met for hours with investigators last week. The president saying hes not concerned by what sessions may have told muellers team. Nbc news has learned that when Michael Flynn was interviewed by the fbi during husband short tenure in office, he didnt have a lawyer present and did so without the knowledge of the president or other Top White House officials, according to people familiar with the matter. All of this looming large, as President Trump prepares to travel to davos spiwitzerland, tonight. A spectacular but dangerous situation in the philippines is disrupting air travel and forcing thousands of people into emergency shelters. The countrys most active volcano erupted overnight and sent lava thousands of feet into the air. Domestic lights in the region were canceled because of the hazard posed by plumes of smoke and ash. A more violent explosion could take place within days. People within five miles of the volcano have been ordered to evacua evacuate. Thats not video you see every day. 8 06. Morning boost time. Anybody who has waited tables, we know the frustration of getting stiffed on a tip. Whats rare is when a customer comes back to say their sorry. One waiter posted this note he got from a t. H. Customer after they left him just a 3. 28 tip. He explains, our 13yearold minds didnt know how to deal with the bill. When she learned the mistake, she felt horrible. She went back to the restaurant, and left the note with the proper 18 tip, plus a little extra and an apology. The waiter has been serving people for a long time and never, ever has anything like that happened before. How about a lesson from a 13yearold . I love it. What a classy move. I love that. Mrs. Mutheres much more ah. Making history on capitol hill. The senator that is about to do something no senator has ever done. On tag us today, savannahs woman crush wednesday, Christy Turlington burns. Our guest today tried alcohol, drugs and food, and ended up fired, overweight and living in her dads basement. The one thing she did to get out of it all and on to an incredible new path. How to make versions of your how to make versions of your if youre anything like me, your todo list just keeps growing. laughs desperately it never stops. Which is why the online financing application at carmax. Com is so convenient. Get some of that finance stuff out of the way from wherever you are, at the doctors office, karate practice or my favorite. Back at the doctors office. Knowing before you go means more quality time sewing a costume for the school play that is not going to look anything like a frog. Just a little headsup, mrs. Davis. Ha ha ha, yay kids thereswhatever type ofhe end of eweekender you are,ton. Dont let another weekend pass you by. Get the lowest price when you book at hilton. Com im singing in the rain, just singing in the rain what a glorious feeling im happy again, just singing, singing in the rain. Were back, 8 10, with some rare, uplifting news from capitol hill. All right. Senator Tammy Duckworth Just Announced shes expecting her second child this spring. Its a big first for the senate. Kasie hunt talked with her exclusively. Hey, kasie. Good morning. Reporter good morning, hoda. The disabled war veteran and illinois democrat has broken down so many barriers. In april , she will break anothr one. I talked with her exclusively about her growing family. Senator Tammy Duckworth, a war hero who lost both of her legs in iraq, has become a strong voice for veterans and women. On thursday, she will be the first sitting senator ever to have a baby while in office. You were very personal in your interview with the Chicago Sun Times about the struggles you had. I am wondering if you want to share that with our viewers. It was a struggle to get pregnant. It is a struggle to be a working mom and deal with these issues. It was a very long journey for us to get to the point where we can have the second child. Theres millions of women all across this country that continue to struggle. Reporter what do you have to say to other women in your situation, dealing with a disability and going through all this. What was unique about that struggle . For me, it took ten years of trying to have my first child. And it took multiple attempts to get to this pregnancy. What i say to women with disabilities, you can do anything. Reporter senator duckworth is not alone. Last week, new zealands Prime Minister revealing she will be the first leader to have a child in office. Im not the first woman to multitask. Im not the first woman to work and have a baby. There will be many women who will have done this well before i have. Reporter a sentiment shared by senator duckworth. Women have been getting pregnant and continuing to work to support their families for years. For me, it seems ordinary. But its 2018 and its about time we started breaking down barriers here in the senate. Reporter senator duckworth is due to give birth just after her 50th birthday this spring. And she shared with me that its a girl. Isnt it better than covering the Government Shutdown . Absolutely it is. Im happy to be covering this. And congratulations to senator duckworth. She is a fighter. Al, over to you. What a great story. Puts a smile on your face. See if the weather can put a smile on your face. We have wet weather moving into the pacific northwest, a few light snowshowers around illinois. Not a bad day today. Fairly quiet. In fact, temperaturewise, were going to see temperatures starting to get more mild. Still on the chilly side through the northern plains, northern alaska in the minus 20s. In florida, temperatures in the 70s. A decent day today. Aboveaverage temps in the middle of the country. That pacific storm, bringing a mess of weather in the pacific northwest. Eastern seaboard, not too bad. Thats whats going on around heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. Were watching that rain move in as we are on a microclimate literary. T alert. The rain will move from north to south. The downpours will be heaviest as it moves in. The showers and gusty winds will be here for our evening commute, bringing in low visibility. That may slow down your time getting home. And then as we go into tonight, well still see scattered showers. That is your latest weather. Thank you, al roker. Now, to more of our special series, its called tag us today. Were taking a cue from social media, highlighting the people and projects we follow online and inviting you to following them, as well. That bridges us to you. Woman crush wednesday. We asked folks to send in their crushes. Look over in the orange room. Weve been checking out some of the pics that were posted. These are the women they have a crush on and admire. I thought long and hard before choosing my crush. Hmm. Inspiring. Smart. Stunning. My woman crush. Christy Turlington Burns. You know her face from every cover. Every catwalk. But its every mother counts, her nonprofit, that helps make pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. That makes her my crush. Tokyo will be my eighth marathon. Reporter im not a runner. But christy motivated me to join her, as she trains for the tokyo marathon. When you run the marathon, youre running for every mother counts. Its the reason why i started running in the first place. Women dont have the access to health care. A lot of women around the world live a far distance from health care. Exactly. I love you, christy, but this might be the end of the road for me. I dont know how you do it. Good job. You crushed it. Yay. I crushed it with my crush. Next up, burgers at bubbys, one of christies favorite hangouts. So, you are my woman crush. Is that just so embarrassing or what . Im superflattered. Its an honor. Thank you. I like the idea of women admiring other women. Me, too. I think its good that women are looking to each other for inspiration. Starting from the beginning, you were working as a model. You were really young. How did you keep your head on your shoulders . Im a grounded person. I always have been. Ive always been the same person who wants to come home and prefer to be inside than outside, prefer to be barefoot than in heels. Thats just me. Thats one of the things i love about you. Im a home body. It takes a lot to get us out of the house. Yes. Reporter her family comes first. Christy and ed burns have two children. Her mission to improve Maternal Health stems from her own scare 14 years ago, after giving birth to her daughter. Thats how i started to think about Maternal Health and maternal mortality. What do you think it was in you that made you feel like, im not going to drop this . I could see there was a need. Im a mom. I value motherhood. If you have a passion, you are fierce about it. You dont let it go. Dog with a bone. Ready for our closeup . Lets do it. What do we think . Thats a good one. Thats the best one. Vogue, dont call us. Well call you. Fries first. You must try the fries. Im going through all of the reasons that i love you. Its like a date. This is truly like a weird and awkward date. Another reason i love you is even though you are beautiful, you dont mind eating and throwing down some serious junk food. Not every day. Ive always had a huge appetite. I feel that moderation is the healthiest way to go. And i think that beauty is whats inside. Theres no question that you have that in spades. I think its important to take care of yourself, be healthy and feel good inside. If you have a personal that inspii inspires you, you say, how do you do that your skin looks amazing. What skin care do you use . Not my skin. Honestly, yes. You checked off so many boxes. Are there things that youre Still Dreaming of doing . I would love to be fluent in a language. My mom is spanish. I was going to say, ive been wanting to learn spanish. For that, i was thinking we could go and have lunch and speak only in spanish. There you go. Order a glass of wine. We should do it. We should. See . You inspired me. In espanol. We have a long way to go. Were going to do it. Were going to do spanish lessons, right, christy . I liked her before your piece. I get why you love her. Shes a regular person thats quite extraordinary. For someone who came up in the glamorous world of modeling, she has decided that Maternal Health is her mission in life. Something happened to her when she gave birth. And she decided, im going to do something about it. She is doing something about it. It was fun to get to know her. And you acted like you have a huge crush on her. That was not an act. I embarrassed myself. Coming up tomorrow, a special Throwback Thursday from carson with a little help from diddy. We want to see your tbt picks. Just share them with the throwbackthursday. You want to trend . Lets look at whats trending on twitter. Nation nationalpeanut butter day. National compliment day. I blew the interview when. Youre trying to land a job when it goes wrong. I blew the interview when i did a curtesy. When i talked about past employment, i kept doing air quotes. I pulled out an ipad at a microsoft interview. When i stuffed my pockets with free keurig cups on the way out. And i blew the interview when i stole the parking space from the interviewer right before it began. Anybody have a tale . Al, you have a tale. It wasnt so much a blown interview. My first job, trying to get a job, i was 13 years old. The local grocery store. I lied on my application and said that i was 16. What did they say . Youre a great kid but youre fired. My first interview in tv was in lincoln, nebraska. And the interview was at a mcdonalds. And he looks at me, are you nervous . And he sai said, no. Why is your face as red as the french fry carton . I didnt get the job. I blew it but i remembered it just now. I was in new orleans for a Job Interview. And the news director said, lets go for dinner. He drove through a popeyes. Do you want salt or no salt on your margarita . I was like, ill take no salt. They handed the margaritas through the drivethrough window at a superpopeyes. You can get a margarita at popeyes . Superpopeyes then. Wow. I got that job. Yeah . I love it. I wore a green pantsuit to an interview once. That was probably a mistake. Lets begin pop start with n sync. Could a boy band reunion be in the works for the super bowl . Thats all fans are asking. Joey fatone is putting the speculation to rest. Tmz caught up with fatone. And he said, im here right now. If i was doing something, i would be at rehearsals. Theres your proof. Either way, justins performance will be exciting. You can watch super bowl lii next sunday, february 4th, right here. What . Now, to jimmy kimmel. The late night host is getting ready to host the oscars again. Theres one thing he cant get off his mind, last years best picture envelope mishap. In a hilarious new promo, he reveals that the la la land moonlight mistake still haunts him. I cant even open the mail because of, you know, all the envelopes. The worst part is, they want me to do it again. Really . What do i do . I dont care what you do. Just get out of my house. I thought we were in this out. There he is, pouring his heart out to warren beatty, who presented the infamous award. The 90th annual academy awards, sunday, march 4th. And lauren dern. It will surprise you, her doppelganger. Its a dog. Margaret tweeted this photo with the caption, this dog looks like laura dern. It received retwiteets. Laura dern responded, should she have played in Big Little Lies . I think its the hair thing. The eagles will take on the patriots. Eagles. And predictions are rolling in. Some of them, theyre just ridiculous. Take a listen. Alexa, who will win the super bowl . Im flying with the eagles on this one because of their relentless offense and the momentum theyve been riding off their underdog status. Eagles. Eagles. Wow. Is alexa brilliant . Yes. Alexa, are you the smartest device ever . She stopped listening. Apparently shes confused. Several people have shared similar videos. Whatever. Patriots all the way. If you ask google home, you get patriots. Really . I just made that up. Just ahead this morning, jill is polishing up her next deal of the day. Yes. We are putting healthy spins on your favorite takeout dishes. First, a check of local news or weather and these messages. I m. We re in a microclimate weather alert. With rain moving into the bay area good morning. Im marcus washington. Heres a live look at 101 in san rafael. Meteorologist kari hall is here with a look at the timeline. This afternoon the commute is going to be miserable for much of the bay area. Were seeing heavy rain approaching from the north. I just wanted to give you an early heads up to plan for the day. Well start to see the rain in the north bay right around noon moving into santa rosa and point reyes. Spotty showers moving into napa. San francisco will see the rain picking up by 3 00 this afternoon. The south bay getting the rain in time for 5 00 into that evening commute. Lets see how the commute now is rolling with mike. Its rolling pretty well, kari. We have slower spatters on the peninsula, 101 through san mateo, in on the palo alto. Slow out of hayward. The south bay shows a slower drive. The tri valley, we still have that fog clinging around. The dublin camera shows you low clouds hovering right above the deck. Use caution, it will definitely be an issue over towards the altamonte pass. A foggy start, thanks, make. Ill have another news update in a half hour. Were always on on nbcbayarea. Com. Im marcus washington. More news in half an hour. Its 8 30 on a wednesday morning, january 24. Do you hear that . Thats the sound of a great guy named devon dawson. If you dont know his music, you are in for a treat. Hell perform live for us. We have been jamming this morning. Hes on my list already. You have to download his stuff. We have a great crowd moment. We are singling out one of our hosts. I will tell you who in a moment. Whats your name . Lynn. Okay. Lynn has come to the plaza twice before. Each time you came, what happened . Well, i wanted to meet savannah, but she was on Maternity Leave. She was on Maternity Leave twice. Three times the charm. Lynn hi oh, my where are you from, cutie . California. Hi hi do you want to come inside . Really . My son just got off a plane from oregon. You seem trustworthy. You can come, too. Not to say the rest of you arent trustworthy. You look very trustworthy. My sweetie. She said she was her woman crush wednesday. Come inside. Ill give you the grand tour. Seriously . Yeah, i love it. Im so happy to meet you. See you in a minute. How awesome is that . So cute. I love it. Lynn is my bestie. Coming up, 2018 can be the year you finally feel flush. Jean chatzky is here with smart tips on saving and spending. And then chicken and fried rice is a goto takeout order. What if we told you that you can make it easier and healthier at home. Miss megan, give us a high five. Whats coming up . I was riveted to the discussion about Job Interview nightmares. Yes. I was interviewing for a law job when i was a lawyer. The last exchange was by phone. What i wanted to say to the guy, mark, was i just love the firm, admire you all. What i said was i love you, mark. Did you get the job . Silence. He said nothing. We hung up without clearing it up. He didnt say i love you, too . No. Somewhere hes out there thinking that woman is in love with me. She told me. Anyway, on the show today we have asia evans, bobsledder. Shell talk about how she did it. She already won olympic bronze, went to track and field, now back to bobsledding. Shell be here and we have an audience giveaway. Not this exactly. Whats the sign for lying on the beach . I dont do it, so i dont know. Its a beach trip . That works. But they dont know where they are going. The falklands. Mr. Roker . Savannah, i love you. I love you, too. Love you. Love you, dylan. How awkward is this . Awesome well, to my trustworthy viewers, today we have above average temperatures in the Central Plains into the gulf. Icy around the great lakes. Pacific storm moving in and bringing rain and snow in the mountains. A wintry mix continues to plague the northwest into the western plains. A warming trend in the mid section of the country. Sunny skies but chilly in the northeast. Temperatures warm up as we get through the gulf. We are looking at plenty of sunshine through the southeast with temperatures finally starting to warm up. Getting a little more seasonal in florida. That good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. We are in a microclimate weather alert as we track rain that will be proposing tapproaching the n the next couple of hours. Well have heavy downpours at least briefly as it moves in. The north bay will see the rain at lunchtime, San Francisco at 2 00 to 3 00 p. M. For the east bay as well as the south bay, going to see that rain coming down during the evening commute. That will linger into later tonight. We have all t we have all these nice fos here. Its your birthday. It is. Whats your name . Ellie. What dearbirthday is it . My 19th. Happy birthday. Thank you. Get the weather any time you need it. Check out our pals on the Weather Channel on cable. Hoda . All right. Thanks so much. Time for your deal of the day. Our month long of special bargains from jill martin. Whats on tap today . Good morning. This is about pamperring yourself. This is beauty nail polish set that retails for 88. Five different sets to choose from. You get three polishs in each set. My mother has a book club. She gets them and splits them up. Thats smart. She loves the shoutout. There are different versions. Primped and polished, runway ready and thats a few of the choices. Find the rest on today. Com. Celebrity fans include natalie po portland. 32. 50 for three. Thats 63 off. Awesome, jill. Of course find more on today. Com. Awesome. Lets go to miss savannah. Thank you. Now to another part of the start today series. Friends and family. A lot of us make new years resolutions to us canned on our physical health. What about our Financial Health . According to the most recent survey onethird of american households faced a major unexpected expense averaging more than 2,500. Only 39 of americans say they could cover a 1,000 emergency with savings now. Financial editor jean chatzky is hear to help us save more and save smart. Good morning. We want people to prioritize saving. Its hard to do. Look, if i asked how do you get more fiscally responsible you would say spend less, save more. What we know is there are two ways to succeed. Either be mindful about it or be totally mindless about it. In the middle doesnt work. We have five solutions that fall into both categories. Tip number one is isolate spending and saving. There is a off and phenomeno mental accounting. You give every single dollar a job. By assigning it a job it is more likely to do the job. Separate your spending money from your saving money. Its a really good thing to save first and have spending money in cash. Thats interesting. Use apps to help save. We have been talking about a lot of new apps you put on the phone. They are mindless. You set them up and they save for you. Stash is a great one. It allows you to save starting with as little as 5. Puts it into 40 different portfolios. Digit allows you to save by looking at your accounts and figuring out how much you can afford to save and transferring the money automatically. If you are a gamer something called long game sets it up like youre on a mission to save. It allows you to play lottolike games as well. Next, know yourself which makes sense. How does that help with saving . You have to figure out if you are a big picture or a detail person. Think about the last time you planned a vacation. Do you schedule every single moment of the day . No. You are a big picture person. Im a lay around person. You will be better off going in the opposite direction of these basic tendencies. If you are big picture set very specific savings goals. 5 a day, 25 a week. If you are detail oriented aim for the stars and save as much as possible. Thats interesting. Its your mindset. It is. Next, build a buffer. Everybody has expenses that get them into trouble every year. The holidays. Gifts we guy, theholidays, sometimes quarterly expenses like insurance premiums. Look at what they were last year and build a buffer. This is not your emergency fund. This is a separate account you can reach into when you need it. This requires so much organization. The last step has to do with mindfulness. When you wake up in the morning take one minute to think what am i saving for . If you can have a picture of maybe your kid in a sweatshirt of the college you want them to attend, that will help you. In the moment, when you are about to buy something give me 30 seconds. Just pause, think about it, ask yourself am i doing this out of habit or is this intentional and do i really need this . Often thats all it takes to walk away. That works at the refrigerator about to grab the cupcakes. Same thing. Be intentional about the things you are doing. Yep. Good advice. Thank you. Another way to save is scale back on the takeout and its healthier to cook at home, too. Up next, how to recreate some of your favorites from the your favorites from the restaurants. Woman so, greg, its a lot to take in. Woman 2 and i know thats hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. Hi, blake my dad has cancer. Woman and i know how hard that is to hear. But youre in the right place. Man and dr. Pascal and her team, they know what to do. They know what to do. The doctors know what to do. So heres the plan. First off, were going to give you all. voice fading away we are back with today food. This morning we are in the kitchen with some quick and easy and healthy versions of takeout favorites and recipes straight from the book stir crazy. Thats a great title, by the way. Thanks so much. How are you . You live in london. Yes. You come to new york to come with us today. Yes. Well do the stir crazy recipe. I love when i get great takeout or say i wish i could make this. You can and well turn you into a wok star, hoda. A wok star this is the taiwaneze version of teriyaki. Sticky, sweet. We have chicken and all these wonderful seasonings. You like the thighs . Exactly. And prepping ingredients is easy. Peeling ginger with a spoon. You get nice coins. With garlic, just smash just to peel. That takes seconds to do. Nothing. What are the peppers there . We have chiles. Well get the wok nice and hot. All right. Get it really, really hot. Well add in canola oil and fry in some ginger, garlic, chilies. Okay. And release the aroma. They need time to sizzle. Okay. With the chicken thighs in chunks, salt, ground black pepper and corn starch. This keeps it bouncy and juicy. And doing it yourself it is not loaded with sodium. So dump it in. And let the chicken sear. This is just one cup wine, one cup soy, one cup sesame oil. A little bit of sugar. Is this what it turns into . Yes. Five minutes and its gorgeous and quick. Quick. Is that basil . Thai basil. Its full of flavor. Is that it . I have to taste it. Is there a fork . Lets make fried rice. Yes. We are going to make fried rice. And down stairs they are checking out this chicken. Im mixing it together. Its a feast. Real good. Now we are making fried rice ourselves up here. Okay. This is lightly scrambled eggs. You can make the egg before so its nice and fluffy like that. Gorgeous. I love how you say gorgeous. Youre gorgeous, my darling. Then well add in canola oil. And then just fry veggies. You get your five a day here basically. We have asparagus, corn, mushrooms. Okay. They just need a little bit of love in the wok. Okay. Give it a good fry. And then the trick is now, beautiful rice. Cooked already. Whatever you have, basmati, jasmine, brown. Cooked. Nice and fluffy, left over, perfect and nice and cold so it sizzles. Can you hear it . Yes. Thats what i dont want. Add the eggs in. Add the eggs in. Give it a good zhuzh. How is the fried rice . Super awesome. This is the healthiest fried rice i have had. Love the mushrooms. They are very meaty. If youre a vegan add a load of mushrooms in. Thank you. Again, her book is stir crazy. Find more on today. Com shop. See these recipes on today. Com. Up next, rising country star devon dawson performs live. First, this is today on nbc. M live. First, this is today on nbc. The citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. Were back with devin dawson. His star is on the rise with the release of his debut album. His first single, all on me, has 60 million on demand streams. It broke into the top three on spotifys viral chart. We streamed it this morning. We love it. Im going to embarrass you now. You were named one of people magazines ones to watch. Rolling stone has called you the complete package. This was good. Its a good time to be alive. Im excited the whole record is out. I cant wait to play for you guys. When you look at country stars and say, i would love to have a career like that . I grew up outside folsom prison. Johnny cash. Johnny would be proud. If somebody thinks about me like him, that would be amazina. Isnt it true that you were in a death metal band . Theres a difference. Death metal. We followed a path. And i love rockin out. It was fun. What are you going to play . All on me. Awesome. Take it away. Yeah, i know that the woes and the weight of the world can get inside our minds be too much sometimes yeah, i know b but, baby, dont let the noes and the ups and the downs from the rollercoaster ride beat you up inside oh, baby dont if you ever feel that way dont you ever hesitate you got my number you can call on me if youre in trouble, put the fall on me when youre mad, take it out on me when it dont add up, you can count on me when youre low, come get high on me make it slow take your time on me said let it, let it out come and lay on me when it gets heavy put the weight on me baby, put it all on me put it all on me want to take you out on the town on my dime anytime tell me when youre free we can do anything and everything you want i want to hear all your fears and your troubles strip it down, really get to know one another when theres nobody else but you and me, just us girl, you know im here for you you can lean on me anytime you need to you got my number you can call on me if youre in trouble put the fall on me if youre mad take it out on me when it dont add up, you can count on me when youre low, come get high on me make it slow take your time on me said it, let it out come and lay it on me when it gets heavy, put the weight on me baby, put it all on me girl, put it all on me come on, relax your mind on me you need a shoulder, you can cry on me baby, you can bet your life on me put it all on me you got my number you can call on me if youre in trouble put the fall on me when youre mad you can take it out on me it dont add up, you can count on me when youre low come get high on me make it slow take your time on me said, let it out come and lay on me when it gets heavy put the weight on me baby, put it all on me yeah, baby put it all on me, yeah all on me, baby [ applause ] devin dawson, remember that name. Dark horse is the album. Congratulations. Get in there. That was awesome. We loved it. The song is available right now. Well be back in a moment. This is today on nbc. And this is devin dawson. Tha you so much. Nk how about devin . I loved that song. That was awesome. A lot more coming up in our fourth hour. Kathie lees off. Jenna is going to join me and were going to talk to ashley graham. I like her. Shes sweet. Were going to bust a few myths about cold season. Jenna is coming on. You have extra wine . Youre going to good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. Were in a microclimate weather alert as we track approaching rain for the bay area thats right now moving through Mendocino County and will be getting heavier as it approaches Sonoma County over the next couple of hours. This will bring in initially some really heavy rain along with gusty winds. Well still see off and on showers as it continues to move farther to the south, moving into San Francisco and parts of the east bay into the evening commute for the south bay. Expect that rain to linger into later on tonight. Still some spotty showers in the forecast for tomorrow. Well track that throughout the day, marcus. Happening now, our weather team, as you saw, tracking that rain as it comes in. Stay with us for any of those up to date images of whats going on on our home page. Sign up for our weather alerts on our nbc bay area app. Firefighters in the north bay are at the scene of a fire that damaged or destroyed four mobile homes and two abandoned buildings. Well have a live report from the scene in our midday newscast. You can go to our twitter feed right now for more details from the scene. Were always on nbcbayarea. Com. And as this latest storm moves through. Overnight we ll tally up brand new rain totals. The dent it s making in our rainfall shortage. As this latest storm moves through overnight, well tally up rain totals. Today in the bay, 4 30 a. M. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the program. Im megyn kelly. We begin this morning with a new documentary series, shining a light on fatal mrils e aal poli encounters. Encounters that have sparked numerous protests and change around this country. The objective, the filmmakers say, is to change the conversation. The first focuses on the death of eric garner. You may find some of this video disturbing. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. Reporter those were eric