Stand with them. Thislusive interview with the Vice President as his boss, President Trump, gets set to hold a campaignstyle rally today in florida, less than a month into the presidency. The plot thickens. Another suspect arrested in the airport assassination of the half brother of kim jongun as north korea demands the body back and questions swirl if the alleged attackers were duped into thinking they were part of a television prank. And freeze frame. The players in the allstar celebrity game take part in the mannequin challenge baffling people in the crowd. Thats not all. What did mark cuban do to take a jab at President Trump . Well tell you, saturday, february 18th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im craig melvin. Im Sheinelle Jones. How about the video from los angeles . These images are unbelievable. Cars submerged in sinkholes. Toppled trees. Flash flooding. Nature at work. Lets get to the top story on saturday morning. The massive storm out west. Nbcs steve patterson. Reporter craig and sheinelle, good morning. This is being called the most powerful storm to hit Southern California in years for good reason. You said it, flash flooding, mudslides, power outages. A massive sinkhole behind me that swallowed two cars. Crews working on that right now. Thankfully nobody hurt here. The power of this storm on full display. It is proven this morning, Southern California ravaged by rainfall. Parts of the region getting a months worth of rain in just one day. The rain and wind proving deadly in victorville, crews discovered a person dead in a car submerged on a flooded road. A 55yearold man was killed, electrocuted, when a tree downed several power lines falling on top of his car. Southern california littered with trees from gusts up to 80 miles an hour. At one point during the night, nearly 155,000 customers in los angeles with no power. Gushing water careened down streets and overturning cars and causing a washout. It is incredible to see how big this flood is. Reporter part of i5, a major north south artery flooded. The freeway mess making for a painfusi in los angeles, a gaping sinkhole opened in the middle of the residential street. Both drivers are okay. In areas with saturated hillsides, mudslides are the concern. Nearly 200,000 homes evacuated. Ill ride on tut the storm. Followi reporter following a massive landslide, authorities are keeping an eye on the mountain in San Bernardino where more of the mountain could come down. At times, nowhere is safe from the deluge. Even the mall. The Shopping Center parking lot turned waterfall forcing patrons to get out quick. As we narrow in on crews continuing to pull the cars out of the sinkhole, we have to remember this scope of this. When it is all said and done, theto Southern California region. The rainfall is supposed to end by this weekend, but forecasters already tracking a second storm which could come as early as next week. Back to you. From bad to worse. Steve in l. A. Thank you. Indra is filling in for dylan. This is one nasty storm. Steve nailed it. The threat is far from over. 22 Million People with the threat of flood watches. Flood and debris floe possible. I want to show you a picture. The last 12 hours. Look at the heavy rain in Southern California. Coastal and valley sections. 2 to 6 inches of rain. Once the south facing slopes, up to 10 inches of rainfall. Port of los angeles, a 76mileanhour wind gust. Think about that. The ground is saturated. Trees were toppling. It is not over with yet. Here is the Second System california as we speak. Here is what we will watch. The Second System will bring the Atmospheric River. The fire hose is pointing at Northern California. The difference here is the Second System really pointing more to the north instead of Southern California. The next system through tomorrow evening. All of the attention in oroville. Think about the funneling effect. Sheinelle. Thank you. We will get to the National Forecast coming up. Breaking news in politics. Mike pence making the first overseas trip as Vice President trying to reassure the allies the u. S. Will stabbnd by nato a his boss gets ready for a rally this morning. We have it covered with nbcs keir simmons. With theeporcraig, good morning. This is mike pences first overseas trip as Vice President. Many believe the trip is designed to reassure a worried world. He did that in part describing the commitment to nato as unwaivering. That is different from what we heard from the president. He got tough. European countries must spend more on defense. If they dont, it erodes the foundation of our alliance. As you say, craig, i got a moment to speak to the Vice President after the speech. This is part of our exchange. Mr. President , nbc news, sir. Are you and the president sending the same message . Yes. Exactly the same message. Exactly the same. Strong support for nato and President Trump has expressed his expectation that our partners here in nato live up with the commitments they made. Reporter sk reassured by the messages he had from leaders here during his visit. He said he was, but shortly before he spoke, europes most powerful leader Angela Merkel spoke. Some of the things she had to say seemed to be different from the Vice President s message, craig. Importantly, she talked about the defense spending. Craig. Keir simmons in munich. Thank you. Back at home, mr. Donald trump is spending another weekend in florida. This time doing something unusual for a newly elected president. Campaigning. We learned this commander in chief is not like any we have seen. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is in west palm beach. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yes, the president is hitting the campaign trail just about 100 days after the last election ended. White house Officials Say this trip to orlando will be paid for by the president s a campaign. He wants to step outside the white house and reconnect with voters. Getting out of washington. With two of his grandchildren in tow. President trump appeared ready for a big change of scene. After a tough few weeks in office. Proud to be an american returning to the same orlando site where he held the september 2016 campaign event. Were going to put a lot of people to work. Reporter meanwhile, friday, on the first leg of the weekend travel. I love south carolina. I love it. Reporter the president hit the trail with something candidate trump never had as a back drop. Air force one. Built by boeing, President Trump came to celebrate unveiling a new aircraft. And landing his campaignstyle message at their party. We are going to fight to get more jobs and better paying job reporter avoiding controversy and heated rhetoric during his visit. With family along for the tour. Back on twitter, the president said the feud with the media is bigger than him. The Fake News Media is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the american people. Tweet storms frustrate leader mitch mcconnell. Well, ive been candid with him that im not a great fan of daily tweets. What i am a fan of is what hes been actually doing. Reporter late friday, Supreme CourtJustice Sam Alito stood in to swear in the new director of the Environmental Protection agency. Scott pruitt. A longtime critic of the very agency. After democrats fought hard against his nomination. And in palm beach this weekend, aides say the president will meet with job candidates for now that is a high profile vacancy. On the short list is the acting adviser Keith Kellogg and john bolton. David petraeus is no longer on the list. Craig. Thank you, kelly. Elise jordan is the nbc political analyst and former adviser to rand pauls president ial campaign and glen thrush is the reporter for the new york times. Glenn, lets start with you in d. C. President trump as we heard back on the campaign trail this morning down in florida. There was that News Conference on thursday where he expressed a litany of trus fro frustration. What we are seeing today, is this a president trying to reconnect with voters . It is about a president trying to reconnect with voters ast couple weeks. This has been a brsing, battering disorienting couple of weeks. He has had a great deal of difficulty administering his white house. This issue with the National Security adviser has gotten out of hand. He had a selection, his handpicked selection, turned him down on thursday because the president insisted on maintaining deputies this person did not want. We right now are having real trouble in terms or he is having real trouble in terms of administering his white house. I think for his own state of mind, and to reconnect with the electorate, he needs to get out of washington. How would you describe the mood in the west wing now after the first month . Any signs of recalibrating or adjusting . No because there is no they there. It is one man who is we just had announcement of a communications director. The president of the United States for a long time didnt believe we needed or the white house needed a communications director. I think the issue here is will mr. Trump make the changes personally that are necessary to administer the country as previous president s or will he continue to chart his own path. Elise, lets talk polling here. The gallop out with the poll with approval numbers at 38 . 85 of the republicans approval of the president s performance. What do we know of the low approval performance affect the ability . It is destabilizindestabiliz. He needs support beyond his base. That said, it doesnt mean that donald trump will change anything he is necessarily doing. He campaigned with similar disApproval Ratings and manage wisdom and where candidates sit in the polls and get the nomination and eventually win. This could be an outliar, but it is incredibly rare. He is the lowest. He is 21 points lower than any other president at this point. This is since bill clinton, the last. He now has bill clinton held this as the lowest Approval Rating at this point. Now trump has overtaken him. Glenn, before we let you get out of here. There is a show called saturday night live. Perhaps you heard of it. I want to play a clip from the recent episode. Speaking of freaks and stupid ones. Glenn thrush, new york times. Stupid hat. Go. I want to know what the president plans to do now the court has denied t youre testing me, big your s morning . It is sitting right over there next to me. Just off camera. How has it been so far being a frequent parody . He got my shirt right. I would say my shirt looks exceptionally good. My kids love this. I bet. Glenn, thank you. Maybe well see you tonight on snl. Always a big thanks to you, elise jordan. Thank you. Now to the mystery of the assassination of the half brother to north korea leader kim jongun. The plot continues to thicken. Were the alleged assassins duped into thinking it was a tv show prank . Nbcs Janice Mackey is live. Reporter the especially with the recearrest the first north korean in connection with the alleged plot. At north korea embassy, cars come and go. Nothing about the arrest of a 46yearold north korean man and first possible link of the regime to the death of kim jongnam. Last night, the north Korean Ambassador accused police and officials of weaving a conspiracy he. They are colluding with outside forces who are interesting to damages the republic. Reporter kim jongnam was the estranged half brother of kim jongun and long to be the pick to succeed him. His life ended monday at the terminal at kuala lumpur airport. Allegedly poisoned by two women. Fuelling a and murder. A suspect in custody, an indonesi indonesian. In her hometown, nobody believes someone as peripired to be in t. Her mother said she was in malaysia to film a comedy show. She was tricked into attacking kim jongnam. Even the indonesia chief claimed she was duped. They were given a few dollars for it. She wasnt aware it was an assassination attempt by foreign agents. In malaysia, officials will not reveal what caused kim jongnam to collapse and die within minutes. A standoff brewing over his body. T until dna is provided, he will not be returned to north korea. The regime it is unclear when the autopsy might be released to confirm whether kim jongnam was pois poisoned and with what. North korea officials want his body back and not a word from the regime in pyongyang about any of it. Sheinelle. Janice, thank you. Lets look at other stories making headlines. Cape canaveral, florida, historic launch in the final countdown. Spacex rocket is using the same launch pad that helped send the apollo astronauts and Space Shuttle into orbit. The crew getting back on track after the explosion that delayed the program. A sports doctor who worked with some of americas top gymnasts is behind bars a day after a judge ordered him to stand trial. Accused of young family friend for years. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the latest. Reporter the former head doctor who treated the gymnasts, faced one of 60 women who have come forward in the last year to accuse him of sexual abuse. Did it happen more than once . Yes. More than twice . Yes. Reporter he practiced medicine at Michigan State pled not guilty to sexually abusing the woman in his home beginning when she was 6 years old. Almost every time i was there for a couple of years. Something occurred. Reporter nassar pled not guilty to federal charges of pornography. The charges may not stop there. The wall street journal reports the fbi conducted interviews from london and rio olympic teams to see if theyld the investigation. Dozens of athletes from Michigan State and the u. S. National Gymnastics Team have come forward to accuse him of sexually assaulting them during treatment. They suggested i go to the Karolyi Ranch to get treatment from their doctodoctor. He started massaging me and asked me not to wear underwear. He continued to go more and more intimate places. Reporter the ranch belongs to marthakaroyl. Lawyers for the ranch say the clients are denying the accusations and knew nothing about them. The lawyers insist any allegations that practices was medical treatment are false and untrue. Larry nassar remains locked up without bail. And the beloved olympic sports is rocked to its core. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. Nal forecast. Here in the northeast were looking at some pretty good weather. Look at us. Were all smiling. O perfect weather on a weekend. Hello. 58 degrees near new york city today. But chicago, you are the big winners. Were talking about possibly record highs. Temperatures in the mid60s not only today but also in through tomorrow. Cape canaveral, a few scattered showers possible there. Out west a lot of showers. Now take a look at your local weather. Good morning. Sun is up and a clear sky on this saturday morning. And temperatures are still cold. Live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. We will quickly jump into the midafternoon. A terrific day to get out and get some outdoor exercise. Then on sunday, 40s in the morning but another mild day with highs mid60s and lots of sun. President s day looks good. A bit cooler on tuesday. Might get some morning sprinkles you guys taking advantage of the beautiful weekend . Yes. Saim going to the toy fair here in new york. Is it inside . Inside. Still ahead on the download. A look inside the Animal Kingdom like you have never seen before. The tricks up one celebritys sleeves in dealing with the madness of motherhood. But first this istoday on nb still to come, is your dating life in disarray . Politics could be to blame. Indra is in the but first these messages. Hi. Good morning, everyone. The time right now is 7 26 on this saturday morning. We want to get a check on the stories making news this morning. The districts death with dignity law is set to take effect today. Yesterday the 30day congressional review period ended without a joint house and Senate Measure that would have killed it. The law allows doctors to provide lethal medication to some terminally ill patients. Congress can still try to prevent the measure from getting funding. You may want to head to the National Zoo Today to see bao bao before she jets off to china on tuesday. This weekend you can expect see zoo staff doingerses and giving her well, it sounds like we are looking forward to a dramatic warmup today, tom. Yeah. Right now its cold, angie. Starting off early on this saturday morning. Sun climbing in the clear sky and the temperatures will quickly climb as well. Near 50 by 10 00. Near 60 by noon. Hitting the mid and upper 60s by midafternoon. All around the region with a light breeze and lots of sunshine. A great day to get out and get some exercise. And more of the same on sunday. Up into the mid60s tomorrow. Morning low in the 40s. President s day, another gorgeous day. A little bit cooler. Highs around 60 degrees. After that on tuesday in the mid50s with morning lows in the upper 30s. Here comes another warm trend. Maybe sprinkles wednesday morning. Afternoon highs with wednesday ar then 70 degrees toward the end of the weekend. Thanks. W