good morning, i'm gigi stonewood. at least two people are dead, following severe storms in the plains. south central oklahoma was especially hard hit. this video captured a massive tornado, tearing through the town of wynnewood in garvin, county, oklahoma. the twister churned up deb brees, power lines knocked over and leveled through electric sparks into the air. national weather described it as large and extremely dangerous. this is all part of a single giant storm system causing havoc since this weekend. massive hail and tornados, from kansas, nebraska, colorado and flood anything texas. now it's heading east. what is the tornado going to do next? >> so we have threat here to the east for today. probably not as widespread or as intense as yesterday, but still, the severe weather threat is out there. this morning, thunderstorms moving through central tennessee, through nashville, airport delays here, but not severe. later on today, we'll be tracking an area in ohio valley where there could be severe weather, threat for hail, possible isolated tornados, and some damaging wind gusts, another round of severe weather south of dallas. it will be a busy afternoon coming up here through parts of the country, just not as bad as yesterday, i don't think. >> thank you, steve. we'll be watching. it is tuesday, which means the country is waking up to another presidential contest for the nomination. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are duking it out for west virginia's 37 delegates. donald trump strolling to a guaranteed win in nebraska. then heads to capitol hill to meet on thursday, house leadership, including senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, as ryan offers an olive branch to trump, saying he would step down as the convention chair if trump asked him to. ryan also said this about his relationship with trump. >> i want to get to know him and understand him better because i really don't know him. we had one conversation a few months ago. basically the kind of conversation i'm hoping we all can have together, not just the two of us, but all of us, is how we can actually unify our party. >> that, as the new military times survey puts active duty on trump's side, 2-1 margin. 21% said they would rather not vote in november, altogether. hillary clinton remains fixed on the generjen election. >> i'm going to let him run his campaign however he chooses. i'm going to run my campaign, which is about a positive vision for our country. >> meanwhile, bernie sanders made sure to tell a packed sacramento crowd the democratic race is anything but over. he drove it home with a sketch with stevphen colbert last nigh. >> it is not a lost cause. >> what are you doing here? >> i do check every vending machine change slot. >> come on. $27. hey, wait, aren't you -- >> tell you about the west virginia primary tomorrow? >> sure. >> well, i think we got a shot to win. >> our latest nbc monkey national tracking poll has sanders trailing clinton by 13 points. our poll has faring better against donald trump against a hypothetical election, 53% sanders, 40% trump. clinton also beats trump, but the race is closer. 49% clinton, 44% trump. sanders has a chance to narrow clinton's delegate lead. the west virginia getting underway in just a couple of hours. a blockbuster battle brewing over transgender rights, and north carolina's bathroom law. the state's governor suing the obama administration. shot back with its own lawsuit and strong words from attorney general loretta lynch. nbc justice correspondent, pete williams has details. >> both sides turned up the heat over rights, beginning with governor pat mccrory, permits people to instead of the sex on their birth certificates. >> we believe rather than a federal agency should tell our state, our nation and employers across the country what the law requires. >> the lawsuit says the federal government to stop enforcement of the law is a blatant overreach. civil rights law does not outlaw discrimination based on someone's transgender status. the governor said he was act anything part from cutting off $4.3 billion in federal funds for the state's public schools and universities. >> u.s. attorney general fired back, her home state. it wasn't so long ago, she said, that restroom signs in the state kept some people out for no good reason. >> let us write a different story this time. let us not out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity and regard for all that make our country great. >> she had this message for transgendered people. >> we see you. we stand with you. we will do everything we can to protect you going forward. >> the state's economy, already paying a price for standing by the law, losing an estimated $200 million in income from canceled events, and some small businesses, like this ralegh, they're not coming to north carolina. >> nbc pete williams reporting. for now the law remains in effect. now to two heroic rescues. you can see on the left screen, the officers make a human chain as they pass two boys, ages one and two down below. other people have to climb or jump down from the second and third story apartments. fortunately, everyone made it out safely. a florida man liucky to be alive, after being pulled from a burning car. the man was airlifted to an orlando burn center, where he is being treated. turning back to that tornado outbreak in oklahoma, this one touched down near the small town of katie, interstate 35 was closed down in both directions. there were reports of multiple homes destroyed. and check out the damage from a strong multi tornado. oklahoma buildings destroyed and debris scattered, blowing through the small town's main strip. that, as the weather continued to pummel that area. let's head back over to steve sosna. steve, what are you seeing? >> there were multiple, strong tornados on the ground at the same time during rush hour. a lot of people computing home. a dangerous scenario. it looks like this afternoon, another round of severe weather, but in a different location here. we're talking about the ohio valley, and also from dallas, south and west towards san ange angelo. i don't think the risk is as high today, but there will be a few out there. otherwise, cross the country this morning, temperatures cool and refreshing in the northeast, temperatures in the 60s there. west coast is awfully nice. that's a look at the weather. here is northwest. highs in the 60s and 70s. the west is best. really beautiful weather there, keeping a close on the ohio valley this afternoon. breaking news ahead, a knife attack aboard a commuter train. facelift in a bottle, courtesy of m.i.t. you're watching "early today." you don't want to miss it. why is it all (mimics a stomach grumble) no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah, happens to more people than you think... try lactaid, it's real milk, without that annoying lactose. 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