Auction. Today, tuesday, may 12 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this tuesday morning. As we hope this morning, our hearts and prayers go out to the people in nepal. Another major earthquake has hit. Its our top story. Breaking news out of nepal. Another earthquake causing death and injuries and buildings to collapse. Katy good morning, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning. Right now we know there are building collapses. But that number is expected to rise. This was a 7. 3 centered close to mt. Everest and 51 miles from kathmandu which as you know is devastated from the april 25th 7. 8 quake which killed more than 8,000 people. This one not as big but still powerful. Felt as far away as new delhi. The 7. 3 quake lasted more than a minute. The shaking caught on camera during a government meeting. This one seemed like it would never stop. And eventually i ran down the stairs to try to get outside of the house. Reporter people rushing out into the streets. The already hit region in a state of panic. I was asleep and jumped up and thought i was having a nightmare. And the room was really shaking. Reporter within an hour four major aftershocks including one measuring 6. 3. A red cross worker told us the tremors were big enough to scare the living daylights out of everybody. So for there are reports of buildings down and bodies. Patients were dragged out of a hospital on their mattresses. Unlike the april quake that hit on a saturday. This one happened during the week when people were in schools and offices. Today it was even closer to everest base camp. The moment captured on camera. The climbing season was canceled after the april quake, so no one should be on the mountain right now. If theres any Silver Lining its that this earthquake was smaller and deeper than the april one. The shallower ones usually cause more damage. It was also centered on a relatively unpopulated town. There is a lot left to discover. And the death toll could rise sharply. Katy tur, thank you. Lets get perspective from kathmandu. Weve got correspondent Donatella Lorch joining us via skype. Good morning to you. You were on the fifth floor of a restaurant at the time. Tell me what you experienced when this quake hit. I was in central kathmandu on the fifth floor of a restaurant overlooking the palace. Everyone thought it was an aftershock. Weve had so many aftershocks since the april 25th one that we all ignored it. Then the tables started moving and people started screaming on the street. And so everyone just got up and tried to go towards the stairs. My husband said were not going to the staircase. Thats the worst place to be. Were on the top of the building. Were staying here. By the time it finished and its difficult to tell how long it happened because weve been traumatized by so many aftershocks and the big earthquake when we did get down to the street and for miles afterwards because i drove to find my son in school afterwards and pick him up it was thousands of people on the streets, on the medians. Running into the only big park in kathmandu. From my ride to my sons school which is on main avenue there was no sign of buildings collapsing but thats not the places where the buildings collapsed in kathmandu is very Site Specific along new road which is an old area of town where all the Migrant Workers work. A lot of buildings collapsed cleaning on top of each other and sinking into the ground. Thats where the new casualties are. Thats where further collapsed buildings have happened. As well as in the eastern nepal in the district capitals. I gather from friends of mine in nepalese search and rescue there are reports of many many people buried in the house where is they had opened their shops underneath leaning buildings. Many of those buildings have now collapsed on top of them. I think we are just beginning to take the toll there. Thank you so much for your reporting this morning. At the very moment so many people were starting to kind of return to that normalcy. Last thing they need. Another major story this morning. Were talking about the hefty penalty being levied against tom brady and the new England Patriots for the deflategate scandal. Peter alexander has their reaction to the punishment. Reporter talk about a big hit. This one could cost tom brady close to 2 million. Its a fourgame suspension that says he will miss the beginning of the season. Its the same an athlete would get more getting caught using performance enhancing drugs. First the punishment now the pushback. Late monday tom bradys agent teed off on the nfl over that fourgame suspension saying the discipline is ridiculous and has no legitimate basis. Patriots owner robert kraft offered unconditional support for his quarterback and that it far exceeded any expectation. Legarrette blunt tweeting this is ridiculous. As fans across boston expressed their frustration too. I think its excessive. Four games is a quart ever of the season. Its sizable. Reporter others backed the decision. Well done nfl. And another football fan imposed an asterisk on the back of his jersey. Brady first denied the allegation. Is tom brady a cheater . I dont think so. I would never do anything to break the rules. Reporter but on monday the league said he was probably generally ate ware that two attendants were deflating footballs. And it faulted his failure to cooperating fully we the investigation. The nfls message was clear. If you are caught doing something you shouldnt be doing whether it relates to the integrity of the game or it doesnt, there will be a significant punishment. Reporter the patriots will lose their first round draft pick in 2016 and fourth round in 2017. As well as facing a 1 million fine. The biggest team fine in nfl history. As for those locker room attendants including the selfproclaimed deflator both have been suspended indefinitely without pay. Bradys camp officially has until this thursday to file his appeal. If the punishment stands because the patriots have an early bye week this season brady will be back in action week six in indianapolis against the colts. Thats the very team that blew the whistle on him in that afc championship game that sparked this scandal in the first place. Back to you. Thank you very much. Look whos here. Bob costas host of football night in america. Youve got the super bowl mvp, one of the marquee players in the league. Hes out four games. A Million Dollar fine against the patriots and two draft picks. Nobody can accuse Roger Goodell on going soft in a friend on robert kraft and a superstar. When you look at it in the overall, a Cleveland Browns executive was shut down for four games for text messaging during games. Against league rules. This kind of fits in a pattern. But also the context in which it happens is important. Its been a bad couple of years with the nfl with bountygate bullying scandal, Domestic Violence child abuse. And the way the nfl has ruled in each of these cases was sometimes perceived as random and sometimes incompetent. And Roger Goodell wanted to make sure he got this right. With regard to brady, if you look at the nfls reasoning, its clear its not just alleged deflation of balls. Its also lack of candor on the part of brady when he spoke to the investigators, not turning over electronic records like Text Messages. When you look at that did brady mishandle this from the beginning . Did he make a mistake . I think he mishandled it. Think back. If he just said we all look for an edge. I like the football at the lowest end of whats possible. I communitied that to the equipment guyguys. If they went overboard, my bad. Last night robert kraft said he was prepared to go along with whatever was handed down but this punishment exceeded any reasonable expectation. Are those the opening words of a long protracted legal battle . There will be an appeal. No question about that. I think what could come out of this is the Players Association will push for an independent arbitrator. In the nfls bylaws thats up to goodell. He could say im judge and jury. Ill hear the appeal. Although he could say ill agree with that and name an independent arbitrator that we jointly agree to. I think in the longterm its in the nfls best interest to have all these cases decided as baseball does by an independent arbitrator so there isnt this appearance. Real quickly on tom brady. It seems to me you can read this report in two ways. As a patriots fan or nonpatriots fan. Does this tarnish the golden boy image . A little bit. Still a first ballot hall of famer. Would have done what he did with inflated or deflated football. This is not barry bonds using steroids. This is going around social media. The asterisk next to his number. Is there an asterisk to the patriots last year . I think its in the minds of many. They didnt need it. This is whats so stupid about it. They didnt need it. When they adjusted the footballs in the second half they outscored them 280 in the second half. They didnt need it. These are selfinflicted wounds. Thank you. Meantime the weather is a big story once again. Severe weather firing up in the south once again where five people died on monday. The city of van, texas, devastated by an ef3 tornado. Theyre just beginning to pick up the pieces this morning. Kerry sanders is there. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. The winds were around 165 miles an hour at their top. So it was a tremendous tornado that came through here. Everybody is now accounted for here. The vast area that was affected by this in van, texas, is really visible from the drones that were launched here. Those were launched by minuteman disaster response. They were looking at the time for those unaccounted for. Everybody has now been accounted for. Early indications are that this tornado cut a path hopscotching about a mile long or beyond. Meantime in arkansas a sad story of parental love. This is in a town called nashville, arkansas where two people died when a tornado came through there. The parents grabbed their 18monthold child. Michael and melissa moonihan and they shielded her as the tornado came over. Both of them died. But after the rescuers went in they found her inside this little 18yearold girl between the two girls shielded and alive. And the last five six days now, there have been 131 tornadoes from south dakota all the way down here to texas. And al as you know here in texas its likely that there could be the conditions for more tornadoes come friday. Thats exactly right, kerry. We started the month slowly but now were pacing 50 above average for tornadoes. Kerry sanders in van, texas, thanks so much. We shift to the south and theres a lot of heavy rain down south. Were watching this and its just going to continue during the afternoon and on into tomorrow. As you can see all this gulf moisture streaming up into oklahoma and on into kansas. So we have flood watches now and Flash Flood Watch warnings. Almost 24 Million People at risk. Heavy rain on into kansas. By wednesday, rainfall amounts anywhere from 2 to 3 inches some areas 5 to 6 inches of rain. As kerry mentioned, on friday the atmosphere is setting up again, loading up gulf moisture. A big upper level low coming out. As you look on friday we have a risk of Severe Weather from texas all the way into nebraska. 16 Million People at risk with wind gusts, strong winds, hail damaging rain and the risk for more tornadoes in areas where theyve already gotten hit. All right, al. Well check back with you in a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, jeb bush under fire now from both democrats and fellow republicans. It all stems from bushs first major interview in months. And a comment that just like his brother he would have authorized the 2003 invasion of iraq. Nbc White House Correspondent kristen wellerker has more on that. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Jeb bush is standing by his comments on iraq this morning. His family name continues to be both an asset and perhaps his biggest liability. Jeb bush has insisted hes not a carbon copy of his brother but now new questions after fox news asked him if he would have authorized the war in iraq. Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion . I would have. And so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would have everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got. You dont think it was a mistake. In retrospect the intelligence that everybody saw not just the United States was faulty. Reporter but bush acknowledged a failure to focus on security once the war was waged. By the way, guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well . George w. Bush. Your brother. Yeah. Just for the news flash of the world if theyre trying to find places where theres big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those. Reporter democrats pounced. Fooled me cant get fooled again. Reporter but its the criticism from the right that could do the most damage. Including from laura ingraham. What he said was rubbish. You cant still think that going into iraq now as a sane human being was the right thing to do. Reporter with the majority of americans founow saying the iraq war wasnt prove it bush has tried to distance himself from his brothers legacy. Im my own man. My views are shaped by my own thinking and experiences. Reporter on fox bush said despite his last name hes well equipped to take on Hillary Clinton, also the product of a political dynasty. I havent been in washington over the last ever. Im not part of washington. Reporter bush also said his brother is one of his topped a sizers on the middle east. When asked if he stands by his comments about iraq, the bush team indicated his remarks to fox newsstands. Saying Hillary Clinton also would have authorized the war, the Clinton Campaign points to the many statements saying she later regretted her vote in support of the war. Kristen welker at the white house this morning for us. Thanks very much. The Barack Obama Foundation has made it official announcing that the president s president ial library will be on the south side of chicago. Specifically near this university of chicago. President obama and the first lady have worked at that school and they still have a house nearby in hyde park. Meantime in boston, closing arguments are set for tomorrow as the penalty phase of the marathon bombings trial. Thats right. The defense wrapped its case on monday by offering up something Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs remorse. The sister prejan testified that tsarnaev said the bombing victims of the bombing victims no one deserves to die like they did. She believes he is absolutely sincere. This is different than the pictures prosecutors showed he has remained defiant. The jury will decide if tsarnaev will be put to death or get a sentence of life in prison. Natalie is here now. Blockbuster business deal. Certainly is breaking this morning. Telecom giant verizon announcing it is buying aol for about 4. 4 billion billion. After the merger aol will become a wholly owned subsidiary of verizon. It will strengthen mobile and add offerings. Police still searching for a suspect this morning after a shooting near this campus of Uc Santa Barbara that left three people wounded. Authorities temporarily put the campus and neighborhood in lockdown. Police say there are two suspects. One was injured in the shooting and taken into custody. The other, though still on the loose. The shooting comes nearly a year after the stabbing and shooting spree in isla vista. Secretary of state john kerry is in sochi today meeting with vladimir putin. Its kerrys first visit to russia since the crisis began. And he plans to test putins willingness to push separatists to comply with a ceasefire. A bus exploded into flames at the height of rush hour. The bolt bus was headed to boston from new york city. It had 47 passengers on board when the driver started to notice the smoke and pulled over. People were evacuated and minutes later, an explosion blew out the windows and panels and sent debris flying. No one was hurt in the incident but traffic was backed up for miles. Well a painting by Pablo Picasso smashed a new world record for artwork sold at auction. This is picassos women of algiers. It sold for 179 million monday night here in new york. The buyer elected to remain anonymous. Probably a good idea. Meantime albertos sculpture of a pointing man sold for 141 million setting a record for sculptures as well. Blockbuster deals in the art world. Congratulations on the new picasso. 179 million, at least all the body parts could be in the right place. Cant get that right . Sounds like a ripoff to me. Id want to see what the dogs playing cards go for. A lot. Mr. Roker . Thats whats going on. Were going a lot of people think im an overprotective parent. This is a table cover, just in case she clunks her head. Every house has hidden dangers. This is her safety vest, which she wears whenever she is outside. And worst of all, fleas and ticks. Fortunately, petsmart has lots of flea and tick products. And they can help you find the right one for your pet. Did you know flea babies eat their moms poop . My. Before pethood gets itchy, petsmart has k9 advantix ii for up to 10 dollars off. For every sixpack purchased at petsmart, bayer will donate a treatment to petsmart charities. cause pethood needs a partner. Good morning, meteorologist bill henley. Sunshine and the wind picks up. Cooler weather for tomorrow. Back to springtime. 49 in the morning, 70 in the afternoon. Sunshine and a few clouds. Comfortable thursday and friday. This weekend you might need your umbrella. Rain and a chance of thunderstorms. Scattered showers and mild weather ahead for monday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Thank you very much. Coming up shots fired at George Zimmerman, the man acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. What he and the admitted gunman are saying about that incident. Plus the price of your pampering. 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