Attack that could have ended her career, Bethany Hamilton wows the world at a major championship. She is stoked today, tuesday, may 31st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this Tuesday Morning. Hey, Bethany Hamilton, were stoked for you. Can you believe that . Its amazing. 13 years after the accident that could have ended her career, could have ended her life. Now shes competing and doing great against the best in the world. Good for her. Well have more on that story coming up. First, our top story. Some new drama in the president ial race. Hillary clinton is changing her Campaign Schedule to deal with a surging Bernie Sanders in california this morning. Take a look at the results from our new nbc news surveymonkey online poll. It shows a twopoint race between clinton and trump in their likely national matchup. Weve got complete coverage. Lets start wi
Dangerous summer. And pool shock. The hidden danger. Two holiday swimmers seriously europed after an apparent electric shock. What you can do to make sure this doesnt happen to you or your family. Good evening. Im tom llamas, in for david. Thanks for joining us on this mow more yall day. We begin with deadly flooding in the south, and torrential downpours effecting the holiday up and down the east coast. At least six people are dead in texas and kansas. Flash flooding prompting evacuations and water rescues. Officials keeping a close eye on the brazos river, still rising at this hour. And in colorado, a tornado near the nebraska border. Tonight, several thunderstorm watches in effect in the plains. And in the east, remnants of Tropical Storm bonnie bringing drenching rains so heavy in South Carolina that parts of i95 had a to tempo abcs eva pilgrim gets us started tonight from South Carolina. Reporter tonight, new evacuations in texas. The Colorado River four feet above flood stage and
3yearold fell 15 feet into its pen. The 450pound animal seen dragging him in front of terrifying tourists. Now the parents of the little boy safe at home defending themselves from thousands calling for justice for harambe. And he fires. Yes. What a comeback. Steph curry and the Golden State Warriors sinking threes roaring to victory overnight. Now, set for the rematch against lebron james and the Cleveland Cavaliers who are seeking sweet revenge. Who will win the battle of these basketball titans . Welcome to my house we do say good morning, america. 31 deficit. Oh. Warriors coming from behind. That 341 deficit i went to bed. I thought that was it. No. Now it sets up what a rematch coming up against lebron james and the cav ler thursday night in oakland. Now clevelands healthy this year so may be a little bit more competitive than maybe it was last year. Now while the warriors were celebrating last nights win, the best defense of the night was being played by steph currys daughter rile
He cant wait to tell you in the skinny. It is tuesday, may 31st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. I hope you had a great holiday. And im gloria riviera. Lets get started this half hour with some of that Severe Weather that we mentioned. A surreal looking tornado was one of three that touched down late yesterday near the colorado, nebraska border as it spun along the ground kicking up dust. That tornado destroyed a barn, brought down power lines and did some damage to homes. Luckily, there were no reports of injuries. Fascinating looking at that. Its a different concern in Southeast Texas where the muddy water of the brazos river is spreading across the landscape. The floodwater is expected to crest today about three feet above the previous record level. One official summing under the deadly flooding by theres nowhere else for the water to go. Abcs brandi hitt has the details. Reporter historic and deadly flooding strikin
Sleazy. Trump held a combative News Conference to explain exactly how much money he collected during his big fundraiser for military veterans and where it all went. But trump railed against reporters who questioned him including our own tom llamas. What i dont want is when i raise millions of dollars, have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from abc, hes a sleaze in my book because you know the facts brutal. Hillary clinton couldnt wait to pounce on trumps comments. For more on the democrats and trumps tongue lashing straight to kenneth moton, a good guy all around. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The billionaire announced 40 veterans organizations received a total of 5. 5 million. But things got downright contentious when trump was asked about the timing of the donations. This morning, the political talk is all about a the presumptive nominee took on the media after questions were raised about his donations to veteran groups. Everybody said who got it, who got it an