South. Downtown sulfur destroyed. At least five people killed, hundreds injured. Crews now searching for mountains of debris or survivors. Were live on the ground and al a tracking the ongoing risk for even more storms. Campus chaos. Tension over the war in gaza spreading to more colleges over the u. S. Hundreds arrested in protests over the weekend. Breaking overnight, the secretary of state arriving in the middle east. Pushing for a ceasefire and hostage deal. The very latest straight ahead. Center stage. The campaign trail comes to washington at the annual white house correspondents dinner. The president takes his shots against donald trump. Age is an issue. Im a grown man running against a 6yearold. And getting a few in return. Its not easy following President Biden. And its not easy always following what hes saying. Trumps reaction as he returns to the campaign trail and the courtroom. Royal milestones. King charles returns to public duties while his Cancer Treatment goes on. Prince william and princess kate celebrating their anniversary today as she undergoes the fight of her life. Were live at buckingham palace. All that plus super idea. The years long push by fans to make the super bowl part of a long Holiday Weekend now backed by the nfl. Inside the big change the league is now considering. And special delivery. Another set of pandas is set to take the u. S. By storm and we have a look at the adorable new additions today, monday, april 29th, 2024. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. From studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Good morning. Welcome to today. It is monday morning. So glad you are starting your week with us. Good to see you guys this morning. Weve got a lot to get to. Including the outbreak of devastating tornadoes over the weekend. This is a live look at sulphur, oklahoma. Its dark there, but you can see the downtown area decimated. After multiple tornadoes reduced buildings there to rubble. More than 120 twisters were reported across the region over the weekend. At least five people were killed. About 100 others hurt. And as mentioned, there is more Severe Weather on the way. Heavy rain bringing extreme flooding to a large swath of the country. Als got his full forecast. Well get right of to him in a moment. But first, jesse kirsch joins us from hardhit sulphur this weekend. Good morning to you, jesse. Reporter savannah and hoda, good morning, unflrntly this weekends weather proving deadly. One person died in iowa, and officials in oklahoma say four people died in this state, including an infant. One of the deaths was here in the small city of sulphur. Population roughly 5,000. This is whats left of this auto body shop, off to the side a utility pole snapped on top of a pile of debris. This morning, this community is in pieces. Oh, my god. Reporter this morning devastation in oklahoma. Downtown sulphur is destroyed. Reporter sulphur, oklahoma, population roughly 5,000 taking a direct hit. The harrowing nighttime twister captured on camera. Locals say this was the small citys historic downtown. Now its been reduced to rubble. Roofs are gone. Buildings destroyed. This mail truck tilting on a pile of debris. It honestly looked like someone just dropped a bomb on this area because its just its gone. Reporter Officials Say at least 100 people are injured from relentless storms across the state. You just cant believe the destruction. Reporter def stations stretching from texas to the midwest, with torrential rain, tornado reports in College Station and trinity, texas. And at least 120 tornadoes reported across multiple states. Much of minden, iowa ripped to shreds. Officials say this home is in the middle of a street. It is supposed to be yards away on this foundation. And you can see it is hardly the only building badly damaged. The community now comes together to pick up the pieces. When something is that bad, you almost go a little numb. Now it is just a matter of getting up and going forward. Reporter back here in sulphur, a clear day today and tomorrow. There is the potential for marginal risk of Severe Weather on wednesday, which they do not need here. Savannah . Jesse kirsch, thank you. Guys, unfortunately, you can see a long line all the way to texas. Thats where were looking for. From louisiana, texas, arkansas, where we have severe thunderstorm watches out for heavy showers and thunderstorms. The strongest threats in the midmorning. Were looking at significant flooding from texas to lake charles, louisiana. Weve got a risk of Severe Weather from Corpus Christi, jackson, on into new orleans. Then during the day today, that system moves to the east. Tomorrow a new frontal system starts to develop, were looking at a Severe Threat stretching from minnesota to texas. And this one area from sioux falls to kansas city, the risk of two inch hail or more. And then tornadoes. And on into wednesday, another severe risk breaks out in South Central plains. That same area, oklahoma, that jesse was just talking about. Wichita, kansas, a risk for more Severe Weather there. Damaging hail, again, tornadoes possible. Strong ef2 or stronger. And were expecting rainfall rates in this lower to the lower gulf, two of three irchls per hour, and there could be some flooding. Summer is arriving. We could see some records with temperatures anywhere from 15 to 25 degrees above average. We will detail that coming up in the next half hour. Guys . Al, thank you. We now move to the mounting chaos over the war in gaza. Its spreading on College Campuses here in the u. S. Protests and counter protests intensified from coast to coast over this weekend, leading to hundreds of arrests. We have two reports. Well start with nbcs Erin Mclaughlin from columbia here in new york. Erin, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Over the weekend there were Police Crackdowns on multiple campuses nationwide, with more than 250 either arrested or detained. This morning, the protests show no signs of slowing down. This morning tension on College Campuses growing and spreading. Propalestinian protesters arrested at Virginia Tech overnight after they failed to disburse following warnings from police. The university saying it recognized that the situation had the increasing potential to become unsafe. The heated conflicts now playing out at dozens of schools nationwide. With schools demanding their schools divest from israel. Over the weekend, fights breaking out at ucla, dueling protesters clashing on campus. Police officers setting up barriers to separate the demonstrations. I would not feel safe being on campus. It really makes me feel even being back here pity for the students who have to deal with this every day. Reporter also in los angeles at usc, the schools famed trojan statue vandalized. The protests popping up from the west coast to the southwest. At Arizona State university, to the midwest. At indiana university. I never believed it would happen here in bloomington, indiana. It was terrifying. Reporter in Washington University in st. Louis, where 80 were arrested this weekend. To the east coast. At northeastern over 100 people were arrested. Ending that encampment. At harvard protesters put up a palestinian flag where an American Flag would fly. And while demonstrators remain at m. I. T. , the president wants encampments shut down. It is creating a potential magnet for disruptive outside protesters. Reporter in columbia and new york, the encampment still stands, despite the Police Crackdown earlier at which month which ignited campus protests nationwide. Many jewish students across College Campuses fearing for their safety. The atmosphere thats created here, you feel threatened as a jewish student. Allowing this to happen on College Campuses is disgusting. Reporter meanwhile, thousands of miles away in an encampment in gaza, displaced palestinians send a message of gratitude to the students. This morning Columbia University put out a statement that its talks with protesters had failed and that it would not be divesting from israel, which was their key demand, its calling on the students to leave their encampment voluntarily, something which of course seems unlikely, columbias president reassuring students there will still be a commencement, noting many of the students missed their High School Graduation because of the pandemic. Sf f . Erin mclaughlin, thank you very much. Were following breaking news in the middle east. The secretary of state arrived in the region to discuss ceasefire efforts in gaza after President Biden applied new pressure in a phone call with israels benjamin netanyahu. Keir simmons joins us with that part of the story. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning to you. Amid intense negotiations here in saudi arabia and across the region, secretary blinken speaking here a short time ago describing israels offer to hamas as extraordinarily generous. And saying a deal between saudi arabia, the u. S. And israel is potentially very close to completion. This morning secretary blinken in saudi arabia with a deal over the war in gaza and release of hostages on a knife edge. Hamas releasing a second hostage video in less than a week, including 64yearold american israeli keith siegal. His niece holding on to hope. I think that now is the moment. I think i have faith that we can do a deal now. Reporter siegel, one of five Americans Still believed to be held in gaza. Israels army is poised to launch an assault on rafah in gaza. Now home to more than a million palestinians. The white house says President Biden reiterated his clear position on rafah. Within hours, netanyahus office saying no compromise on its war objectives. Hamas officials in egypt today. Egypts foreign minister telling nbcs dan murphy, a deal is difficult. Extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of. Reporter an israeli official telling nbc news this morning,. Cou ue ief. This morning, the gloves are off in the race for the white house. Yes, age is an issue. Im a grown man running against a 6yearold. Reporter President Biden roasting his 2024 president ial challenger, former president trump, at this weekends white house correspondents dinner. Age is the only thing we have in common. My Vice President actually endorses me. Reporter trump fired back on social media calling the dinner really bad and saying crooked joe was an absolute disaster. The nights entertainer from saturday night live did not spare the president. The economy is like you on the steps of air force one you on the steps of air force one. It feels like its stumbling, but theres somehow upward progress. President biden also took a rare swipe at trumps legal troubles. Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it stormy weather. Reporter it comes as trump faces another weekof his her money trial in new york, where hes accused of falsifying Business Records to cover up an alleged affair with stormy daniels, charges he denies. Theres no case here whatsoever, its a disgrace. Reporter Court Proceedings resume tomorrow but are off again on wednesday, when the former president is planning a Campaign Swing to key battlegrounds, wisconsin and michigan, this morning, a new cnn poll showing trump with a lead over President Biden, but overall the race remains very close. Other polls, including nbcs, finding the two closer. And with President Biden leading in campaign cash, sources tell nbc news trump met for break faction this weekend with his former gop rival Florida Governor ron desantis who said he plans to help fund raise. On friday in an interview with howard stern, President Biden. Neither campaign has formally committed. Gabe there at the white house, thank you. An said hed be happy to debate trump. The president ial Debate Commission scheduled three debates beginning in september but Neither Campaign has committed, craig. Gabe ambiguity was, thank you. Update from the port of the baltimore. A major milestone reached, the First Container ship arrived at the port since the Francis Scott key bridge collapsed late last month. The car fwoe ship made it through the temporary channel with nearly a thousand containers on board, that temporary channel is expected to close in the coming days, but the main channel is on track to reopen by the end of may. Go to the nba playoffs now, the Minnesota Timberwolves are moving on to the second round after a clean sweep of the phoenix suns. Help from edwards with a deep shot. He led with 40 points, nine rebounds. Minnesota completes the sweep. The final score 122116. The New York Knicks taken a commanding three games to one lead after beating the sixers 9792, this came Jalen Brunson putting the knicks on his back. Put up 47 points yesterday. The clippers and the pacers. Hows charlie doing . Being a philly sports fan, its like a character builder. Thats true. Were building a lot of character during this playoff series. Mr. Roker, what you got . Were looking at this next system coming into the pacific northwest. But out west, really gorgeous weather, sunny, mild, very springlike conditions, the strong storms we were talking about getting themselves down through the gulf, all along this front, the great lakes and looking at beautiful weather here up and down the eastern seaboard, with record highs, its a gorgeous day here in the east. Were going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. P you get there. The key to being rich is knowing what counts. And thats your latest weather. Guys . Al, thank you. Coming up, an inside look at the week ahead for the royal family, including a hopeful milestone for king charles. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is there at buckingham palace. Reporter hey, good morning. Yeah, king charles is getting ready to meet with the public for the First Time Since easter. What doctors are saying about his health and the latest on princess kate. Coming up. And get ready to fall in love. A new group of giant pandas heading to the u. S. This summer. We will introduce you to the adorable stars in the making. But, first, this is today on weve got some big news. If you have ever complained about having to go to work on the monday after the super bowl. You always take it off. I do. There is a massive change being eyed by the nfl. What it could mean for everyone else enjoying the game. But first, your local news and weather. Its true. Control is everything to me. Feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. 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