Republican to call h for impeachment. Breaking overnight, a massive ambush in alab aa, man wearing body armour and opening fire. Ne officer killed, two others hurt, the shooter armed, dangerous and on the loose. Just ahead a live report from the scene. All that, plus miracle rescue, a texas girl foundtelive afr being ripped from her owner moths arms, kidnapped in broad daylight, this morning, the heroes who helped track her down. A sense of gratitude, asp ker said he would pay off the Student Loans. And end game. Tens of millions around the world stayed up late for these es finale of game of thrones. The farewell for the pop culture phenomenon that could explain why your office is a little emptier, today,aymonday, m 20th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, avannah today with guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Im cig melvin, savannah has the morning off. Hoda is at home with baby hope. One thing we canis prome, no spoilers this morning. So you can watch all morning long. We wont give it away. Certainly a mixed reactio in a mixed reaction to say the least. We will recap game of thrones in just a bit. We start with that outbreak ofs re storms expected in the south and midwest today. After a week that saw literally dozens of tornadoes cut a destructive path. We start with nbc kerry he is in oklahoma for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning, this is Charles Mckinneysouse or was Charles Mckinneys house. He was asleep so he had no warning when the tornado came through and destred the house. He woke up as the roof was collapsing on his bed. Remarkably, he was able to crawl out and survived. Quicked weather pitching a powerful punch. Severe storm. Ripping through the southern pl ns. Carving through cities in small towns. This morning, residents in texan toebraska are still on high alert after dozens of dangerous tornadoe tore through the region. In camanche county, oklahoma, significant damage. I seen a funnel cloud halfway through the ground. Repy took aim on the tight knit community of jeron me. This is all thats left here. Reporter in nebraska two supercell storms spawning a rrifying twister. Storm chasers capturing seals. This twister a little too close for comfort. It could be one of the more significant Severe Weather outbreaks we seen in the Southern States in ny, many years. Reporter residents in kansas, also battling mother natures wrath. This jaw dropping video showing a massive tornado even e leaving behind a path of destruction. While down in texas, another torn touching down the city of abilene, smacking this Elementary School on the day it was thankfly empty and leaving thousands without power. Relentless rain and hail, also leaving their mark. As a battered region braces for more. The homeowner here says he does have insurance but tried to find his papers in this mess. Not an easy skda. Ht e comes up later today. Meantime, those who live in this region a across this part of the countries are keeping a close eye today, especially on their phones so that they have those arts in the event more tornadoes touched down, the possibility remains very high. Gu. Thankfully, he was able to get out there, kerry sanders. Thank you. Lets bring in al for more on the Severe Weather outbreak. Where its heading. Good morning. We have showers making their way through the northeast. Thats a quick mover, back to the st, heres where the storms are starting to fire up. We have severe thunderstorm warnings up for parts of texas into the panhandle of oklahoma. We will be watching this very heres where we have the severe risks. 12 states, 18 Million People. This area in red and thats where we expect large, longtrack storms, baseballsize hail, damaging winds, in fact, as we no closer, this is the a a where there is significant tornado risk. Ef2 to ef5s possible, through lubbock, all wayo down tan angelo. Tomorrow weve got an area of ten states. Were talking about 15 Million People moving to the east into illinois back down into texas. Heres the setup. We g strong instability, very warm air pumped up in the gulf by that High Pressure. Plus a s powerful jeteam coming on top of it. Its extreme sheer, causingtot spin. This morning, storms developing, the, into oklahoma and wichita into texas. A squaw line will form. Then we will be looking at tonight, long strong track tornadoes, damaging winds. The big game, this is going to be overnight, rain rack, so it will be hard to see and there will be very little warning so you have to stay very alert and today weve got heavy rain. Look at this weve got a asderate to high risk of rain from tex all way into kansas and parts of missouri. Ey . Because w looking at rainfall amounts anywhere from 3to5 inches. Some of the models are saying anywhere from 7to10 inches of rain per hour. This a is volatile situation. We will continue to track it and keep you update zpld we will be back in just a bit. Alsong President Trump hitti back at both sides of the political aisle, taking shots at a democratic rival in the 2020 race as well as fox news and a key republican on capol hill. We have two reports this moing, starting with nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker, good morning. Craig, good morning to you. At resident trump takes aim a number of targets, hes saving some of his fiercest criticism for that first republican who accuses him of impooechl peachable offenses. This comes as the race iste ifying among the democrats fighting to defeat him. Call it the brewing buttigieg battle. Theenayor of south b appearing on a fox news town hall late sunday taking the opportunity to slam somers of t networks biggers stars. There is a reason why people have to swallow twice before participating in this ecosystem. The event after President Trump also blasted the networks, tweeting, its hard to bieve that foxnews is wasting airtime on mayor pete. Fox is moving t more and more the losing, wrong side, in covering the democrats. How would you hand him the insults and the tweets and all of that . The tweets are, i dont care. Reporter and while the sights nt is setting his on buttigieg, former Vice President biden has only one target. The single most imporngnt tie have to aecom splish defeat donald trump. Reporter taking the fight to the battleground state of pennsylvania over the week, a state mr. Trump won in 2016, biden thinks he can hit back in 2020 without taking on f low democrats. On the road smart folks say democrats dont want to hear, they say democrats are so angry that the angrier a candidate can be, the better chance he or she has to win the democratic nomination. Well, i dont believe it. I really dont ro. That message comes as the president is underire from a member of his own party. Michigans Republican Party justin amash, a frequent critic of the president , becoming the rst member of the gop to raise the issue of impeachment, tweeting over the weekend, President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. The president firing back calling him a loser and a lightweight adding if he tually read the biased mueller report, he would see it was nevertheless strong on no collusion and ultimately no obstruction. But in a 13 tweet thread, hama saidread the 448 rort which found no conspiracy to meddle but did noteach a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice. Er the weekend, mitt romney disagreeing with amash. I respect him. I think its a courageous statement. Ive think to make a case for obstruction of justice you dont have the elements in this document. And it is important to note, its not unusual for congressman amash to break with his own party. This is no exception. In fact, hes the first and so far only republican to rse the issue of impeachment. The biggest question se will amash add fuel to the democratic push for impeachment. The president ao apparently making news on a Foreign Policy front as well, what more you can tell us about rthat . Eporter thats right. Over the weekend, ppsident trument out an ominous tweet aimed at iranhich read if iran wants to fight, this wilbe the official end, never threaten the United States again. That comes after tensions were escalating between the u. S. And iran with eachcc aing the other of provocations. The president wants iran to give up its nuclear ambitions. He was asked by report first the u. S. Was going to war with iran, mr. Trump responde quote, i hope not. Its possible his latest tweet is aimed at getting iran back to the negotiatingtable. Still that sharp language could also create somesa mixed mesng coming out of this white hous channel. Kristen welker, thank you. Now to the intensifying battle over the hot button issue of abortion. Protests are raging across the country. Nbc news Stephanie Gosk is in louisiana where new restrictions could soon become law. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning, channel, this morning and later on, the house of representatives getting ready toebate and echent wally vote on a heartbeat bill, governor of this state, john bell edwards, a democrat, has said that he has vowed to break ranks with the National Party and sign it. This morning, another state employed to take up a restrictive abortion bill. Louisians house could be the latest to pass a socalled heartbeat bill, making abortion illegal once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The state senate has already approved the measure. In all, 30 state have now introduced restrictive abortion measures. In missouri on friday, despite vocal protests outside and inside the chambers, lawmakers passed a bill making abortion illegal at eight weeks of y, pregnahe only exception when a potss health is at risk. You vote 110 yes, 44 no gove unequivocally in favor. I bel. Reporter the governor unequivocally in ifavor. Believe in prolife and im going to sign the bill. Eporter it comes on alabamas senator signing the most restrictive bill in the country, outlawing abortion including rapend incest. The issue taking center stage in the 2020 president ial race,um president tr says he believes some of the states laws go too far, writing, i am strongly w prolife,ith three sxepgexcepti, rape, incest and for the life of the mother. They say its a card fated attack on womens rights. These laws are dangerous. Ey are regressive and they are blatantly unfons institutional. Reporte on sunday, protesters throughout the state voicing their frustration. S i dont think this i an arc over a life fought being precious, but at this point you are put picking cells over a full person. Reporter steph, whats been the reaction from abortion rights supporters to the rise of restrictions nationwide . Reporter well, channel, its all been happening over the last couple of weeks. Zuma josh abortion Rights Groups calling for a day of action tomorrow across the country, including the aclu and planned parenthood, theyre asking their supporters to come out and protest with the stoptheband. All right, thank you. Breaking overnight there is a massive manhunt in alabama under way right now for this guy, a heavily armed suspect that opened fire on police officers, killing one, wounding several others. Nbc news gary haake joins us, what can you tell us . Reporter police were met in a domestic gunfire with a suspect wearing heavily body armour and fled the scene. Thereas a possible domestic disturbance at that residence, when they respond, they met with gunfire. Reporter one officer dead, two wounded. A manhunt now under way nor this eaman, 29yold brady wayne wilkes. This individual who has done this terrible thing that we are look firinges grsively. Reporter according to police, officers responding to an overnight domestic disturbance call in the taun town of auburn were met with arm fire. Hes got an ar on him, wearing body armour. Reporter the drama playing out on radio. Im hit. I lost my weapon. Unit on scene, im coming. I have a turn question. I have a trauma back as well. Reporter the two wounded officers are treated in area hospitals. One will be released. The other is expected to recover. The suspect is a while matte male, 64. He is now the suspect of a full manhunt. N this are urging folks immediate area to stay vigilant and if anyone has any information on the whereabouts of that suspect to call 911. Greg. Garrett, thank you. There is a lot more 20 get to including last nights Series Finale of ame of thrones. Dont worry, we promise no spoilers here, but what we can tell you that millions stayed up to watch, including yours truly and n Gadi Schwartz as well. Good morning. Reporter you can bet a lot of game of thrones fans may be calling in sick. I thought that was a controversial take, especially online where there are a lot of mixed opinions when the show came to an end. When your show is the breaker oa recordsnd cgi agons, writing a finale to appease the masses feels a lot like john snow faced a whole lot of this if you are not one of the estimated 18 Million People who tuned in for the Season Finale last night, you mightant to get ready to hear about it all day lo. Who should have been king . Who saw it coming . Who did denaris. Hair the rewrite has now passed a million signatures and it looks like at least one person might have noticed. Maybe, the decision about whats best for everyone should be left with,oh, everyone. Ha, ha, ha. Reporter online, mixed reactions,ound angry over how the e shb so series come to end. I wanted more. I did not like that ending. Reporter others satisfied with the finale, but most an awe struck agreement over the imagery thatou pushed thes of television, which could explain why the final episodes were going to cost a staggering 15 million each. The full scope explained in a documentary trailer, taking viewers behind the scene. Here we are t athe last cable read, its like looking around and seeing your family. Reporter overnight the cast saying goodbye with pictures of the first days on set and the last. Si ie turner writing, sathank , relience, bravely and what true strisgth without you i will not be the person i am today. I will miss this more than anything, a gate lowing sanity becomes television lore. We know there is one game of thrones prequel in the works. That story goes way back thousands of years. The thrones creator george r. Martin saying there is three or four spinoffs possibly in the works. Craig i saw you tweeting, i know your favorite character didnt get the throne, what did you think. I loved it. I thought love may be strong. Im okay with it. Even though its hard to have this conversation without giving it away. Ug i tho they did a nice job buck off everything. How about you . Reporter it felt like and this is a hot take, it felt a lot like donton abbie everybody is where they are supposed to be and all is okay in the world. You cant please everybody. Well talk more offline about it. Oh, dr. Roker, you never disappoint, though. Thats not true. There is a petition to get me toff. Tha fought true. Thats whats going on around the country. We will get to your local forecast fast next 30 seconds. Good morning, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, hazy sunshine overhe. Its warm. Were already in the low to mid70s, into the 80s later on in the afternoon. We wl be keeping close eye on the sm fro 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. Not aea severe thr for Severe Weather today. Nonetheless, if you hear thunder roarwe have a beautiful low humidity return tomorrow with sunshine. And thats your latest with etc. All right, thank you, al. Coming up, an 8yearold girl found safe after being kidnapped on aer walk with h mother. We will hear from her relieved family and a hero who jumped into action. A surprise that everyone is talking about. My family is making a grant to eliminate their Student Loans. Just ahead the life changing offer and the billionaire behind it. Butfirst, this is today on nbc. First, this is today on n. Still to come alice question will go to Alice Marie Johnson, we will find out whats nex when she joins us live. Plus Prince Williams most candid comments yet after losing his mother, princess dine nevada first your local news. Zer . Aww, this is dope. This thing is beautiful. Love the lights. Oh man, its got a mean face on it. It looks like a piece of candy. Look at the interior. This is nice. This is my sexy mom car. I would feel like a cool dad. Its just really chic. Love this thing. Its gorgeous. I would pull up in this in a heartbeat. 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Thank you, later today, tommy mcfly kicks off hot off the grill series. Thats our news at 4 00. We like burgers and hotdogs. Thats true. A check of your local forecast is. Kind of on the hazy and humid side, mild, too mperatures in the 70s, afternoon high expected to reach il degrees. There wbe a chance for thunderstorms between 2 00 and 6 00. Right around the time kids are getting up from school, dry, lower humidity, cooler for the next few days. A little thunderstorm chance on thursday, warm weather for the long holiday weekend. Another local news update in 25 minutes. We are back to the today show after this short break. Have a g protect your pet with the 1 name in flea and tick protection. Frontline plus. Tr ted by vets for nearly 20 years. 7 30 now on a monday its 7 30 now on a monday morning. Memorial day, take a look we couldnt wait. We decided to bring the beach to us. T have a full half hour of fun in the sun get everyone ready. Look athat. Clam bake, martha will be here. It will be an outdoor party. It will be a fine time. Nearly 20 million americans areacing Severe Weather today. More than 60 tornadoes were reported. A storm packing heavy winds, relents will hail ripped thrgh e region, homes were destroyed on the tight knit community of geronimo, oklahoma. Al will beit back w the forecast in a few minutes. Four american passengers and people were killed whe the plane crashed off the coast in honduras. Ue re boats with Police Divers recovered the body within minutes of that crash. Congratulations to Brooks Koepka for winning the pga championship for a second year in a row. He went wiretowire leading tht field a all four rounds on the extremely challengingge bethpa black course in rm faingdale, new york. Hes the early favorite with odds maker to win the u. S. Open at pebble beach next month. Now to a dramatic kidnapping drama in texas. An 8yearold girl has been reunited with her family after she was literally snatched from her mothers arms in broad ley daylight. Nbc news Gabe Gutierrez is in ft. Worth, texas, wit more on this. Reporter good morning. A young girl snatched from her mothers arms right here in broad daylight. This is where she was taken. That is the home where the doorbell camera captured it all. Now we are hearing from the local pastor being called a hero. Thismorning, a young girl kidnapped in texas has been reunited with her family. Ge a stranr ripping the child away from the mother while they were walking ang a ft. Worth street in broad daylight. The brazen obstruction caution u caught on cam ramp. They showederrifying ments when the car sailed ay with 8yearold salem side. The mother tossed to the ground by the kidnapper as she desperately tried to save her daughter. Help me, help me, please, my daughter just got kidnapped. Jim flux responded. Its a blood curdling type scream. Reporter the mother called 911 prompting police to issue a statewide amber alert. Investigators releasing the photo and asking for the publics hp in finding the missing girl. Obviously, we have a disturbed mom, a disturbed family right now. Reporr the nightmare finally coming to an end after 8 hours, after a couple of good saritans after spotting the suspects vehicle at this hotel. Officers moving in to make the arrest. We got her, we got her, we got her. Reporter the suspect has been identified as51 yearold michael webb. He is now behind bars charged with aggravated kidnapping. The communitys efforts to bring her home. They become the search party, the heroes o in the cityf ft. Worth. An were dam proud of it. Especially the two volunteers who spotted webbs car. Its crazy, it was like adrenaline. Reporter one of them an outreach nister. Father, i cant thank you enough that salems home. Reporter neighbors rallying sunday night in support of salems family. Its scary tot think tha Something Like that could happen to your kid. Reporter now thankful for the safe return of their little girl. Its so good to see that Community Spring into action the way theythdid. How is mom doing . Reporter well, local authorities arent saying a whole lot about that to maintain her privacy. Only saying she was stable. She was taken lo aal hospital to get checked out. But this community is overwhelmed with releaf that she was found alive andlm overwhe with fwrat tude for those two good samaritans, including that local pastor that tracked her down. Ameno that. Gabe, gutierrez, thank you. Mr. Roker. Ready for a little summertime. Here we ego. Thastern half of the country. We got High Pressure building, your honor fortunately, staying chilly out west. Is strong high builds over the southern half pumping up, hot, humid air, thats why we will see all those storms, but the upside of that, boston, 83 in new york city, charlotte 87, tomorrow that slides to the south. Tampa 93, wilmington 89, nt at 91, thats 10 degrees above average. Look at the next several days, cincinnati, thursday,90, 88 in richmond. St. Louis will be in the low 90s, if it isn e summerugh for you, were talking about our possible tropical disturbance, a 60 chance that somewhere right around bermuda, it could become a Tropical Cyclone by tomorrow, this is the Development Zone so we wil watching this as well very carefully. Thats whats going on around the coun heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, everybody. We got sunshine under partly cloudy skies this morning. It sure feels an awful lot like earlyummer out there. 74 in warrenton. 73 gaithersburg. Mp ature this afternoon around 88 degrees. There is a chance for thunderstorms, 2 00 p. M. To 5 00 or 6 00 p. M. , dry weather the next few days. The warm and hum air returns on thursday. And we will be close to 90 through much of the holiday weekend. And thats your latest. 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Boeing says it completed the fit for the mcas system thought responble for two fatal crashes. It admits it never told pilots about mcas before last octobers fatal crash in indonesia. The 302 was the sond one crash five months later. The two accidents killing all 336 people on board, now word the simulators could not replicate similar mcas emergency. Ethiopian airlines was the first to buy a simulator. The ceo says mcas was not programmed into the sim. The simulator cannot simulate the mcas situation. It didnt have the information, the data. What you just said is critical. You have a maksym lator, but it mcas. T configured with yes. It is not fitted with mcas. Even if a pilot had been in a simulator, they would not have been able to experience the mcas triggering. The ethiopian pilots have not been in a simulator. The ethiopian said theyay mot fly the max again. Bowing tells nbc news it has made corrections to the 737 maksym lator software and has provided Additional Information to device correspondentors to ensure the simulator experience is represeative across different flight conditions, tha chief on capitol hill additional training should be an International Standard around were now in the process ofen ring that thats implemented globoly. Ro s very if few airlines are expected to get the max back into their fleets probably by late august or so. The faa is saying the simulator time would not be required. They can probably do the new training on an ipad, some pilots an even Canadian Authority say enough. Not good imulator time tom, i understand there arent that many simulators that have that mcas to begin with . Reporter thats right. Air canada is the only one in north america, american airloues and sthwest are expecting their by the end of the year. My goodness, tom, thank you. Up nexthi on t monday morning, more than words. 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This is my class, 2019. My family is making a commitment to eliminate their Student Loans. Reporter as students at the historically black college for men realized hed pay off all of their loans a gift estimated at nearly 140 iomilln. The cheers grew louder. Computer science and math major Ernest Holmes was about to leave debt. With 10,000 of it was like a moment of disbelief. It went right into tears, laughs, hugs, and icrying,was like it really is going to change the lives of many students. Reporter robert smith who founded a private equity firm is worth an estimat 5 million according to forbes, making him the richest africanamerican. He made the enerous decision after speaking with some of them the day before his speech. Robertenmith essally said to our students, im going tma ke you free to follow your passion. Reporter smith urging the graduates to pay it forward. I want tout inspiree men and i see there is a chart for me to make sure i truly give back. Were talking about morehouse, obviously. This is a larger issue when you Start Talking about student debt crisis in this country. Give us the size andopsce. Its ase its wor right now,0 nearillion americans have lograduated with student ans, thats one if five adults we ar talking about, Student Loan Debt is higher than credit cards, auto loans, more than a quarter of borrowers owe between 10 and 45,000 when they graduate. I thought thislaurt b colleges and universities more. The wall street journal did an thanalysis. Ey found about 30 more is wed b people at historically blackcolleges and universities t in federal deb as opposed to students leaving other fawn profit schools. You can almost tell. It took a second to click. Did i hear that right . And then wait a minute, what . You said my debt isgo . By the way, Jacob Soberoff will have more on this for us tomorrow. We will look at the size and scope of the student debt crisit ins country, crushing debt that millions of folks and parents are having to deal with. You are in the class next year. Okay. Again . Just ahead here, prince harry,ra Meghan Markle celting their oneyear anniversary with neve before seen photos from their wedding from plus, Alice Johnson is here to open up about prison. First morning news. Ask about xeljanz xr, a oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis or active Psoriatic Arthritis for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. It can reduce pain, swelling, and significantly improve physical function. Xeljanan lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Seriou sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened. As have tears in the stomach or intestines, serious allergic reactions, low blood cell counts, higher liver tests and cholesterol levels. Dont start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. 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Good morning, everybody, starting the day off with a fair amount of sunshine, temperatures are climbing into the mid70s, afteoon high, 88 degrees, toasty warm indeed. There is a chance of thunderstorm, most likelyhe window of opportunity will betw ben 2 00 today, into early this evening. Rr tomo, bright sunshine, cooler and dry. Another day like that coming up on wednesday, before weathermu like today returns on thursday and changes around for all of the upcoming holiday weekend. All right, chuck, thank you. Another local news update for you in 25 minutes. For now were back to the today show after a short br its 8 00 on today. Coming up, tornado touchdown, tens of millions on alert after twisters story through the southern plains. The region now bracing for more severe storms as the wicked r moves east. So what does this mean for your monday morning . Als got the latest forecast. Plus, getting candid, Prince William opens up about the loss of his mother, princess diana. I think when you grieve at a young age,articularly i can resonate close to that, you feel pain like no other pain. As for har and megan celebrate their First Anniversary with never before seen game over, millions staying up late for the Series Finale of game ofthrones. So, was it a thriller thrones or gra dragons on and on, a spoiler alert, today, monday, may 20th. 201 2019. Ready for the best summer eve ever. Im on a trip with my best nd frie. [ music playing ] recently an ou alum. This is the Howard Family down in orlando. Were here at the today cafe. Were here from louisiana. Celrating my college graduation. And happy graduation, welcome back today on this monday morning chanel is in for savannah, who had a busy weekend. Miss gustry delivered the commencement speech at George Washington univsity. Spoile alert, she crushed it. We will have more on her powerful word. We will have more about that experience when she returns and more. A beautiful setting. Later, savannah hits the road again, alongside a special guest cohost, tom hanks, to shine a light on our military care givers, plus, as andd a tweet, we will have a live concert from sheryl crow. We got a big morning ahead this morning as well, a half hour fun in the sun to get you ready fors weekends unofficial start to summer. We have transformed the plaza into a beach. We will get out there in just a bit. First, your news at 8 00, theiolent storm system that is on the move, damaging winds, large hail and the threat of flooding. Al, who is in the danger zone today . Almost 1000 people. We are getting this Severe Weather from texas into the oklahoma panhandle. Nd severe thustorms are in effect. 12 states, 18 Million People. Baseball size hail, damaging nds. This is the place where were most concerned about from san angelo up to oklahoma city,e wheroday is the sixth yifrs of that ef5 tornado that devastated moore, oklahoma. Hi theyre wit that range. We could be seeing ef 2 to ef 5 tornado. Warm,umid air coming up from the gulf. A strong powerful jet stream, causing winds from Different Directions to spin. So this morning, its the storms from oklahoma on into kaas, tonight, were looking for damaging winds, tornadoes possible. These will be wind r wrapped,n wrapped, it will be dark at night when its most dangerous. Plus we have a lot of flooding. A huge flood risk from texas on up into henebraska, heres problem, we are talking about a ton of rain, 3to5 inches generally. There could be 7 to 10 inches of rain with rainfall tes 2to3 inches per hour. Its a volatile situation. We will continue to track it all day long. Al,. Thank you President Trump is firing back at the first republican member of congress to accuse him of Congress Worthy of impeachment. He treated that michigan governor justin amash is a loser and a lightweight and added if he ever read the biased mueller report, he would see tt it was nevertheless strong on no a collusion obstruction. On saturday, amash says it shows the president engaged in specific actions andat prn of behavior that meets the threshold of impeachment. Police held a massive manhunt after two people were injured in the college town of auburn, they were answering a domestic out. And gunfire broke the suspect is 29yearold grady wayne wilkes. Police say he had a high powered r50i rifle and was wearing body arm our and a high powered rifle. A landmark that sits for nearly 50 years came down sunday in just 15 seconds the implosion was a dramatic ending for the t longe headquarters of bethlehem steel in bethlehem, pennsylvania. The company went out of business back in 2003. Hundreds of spectators lined up. Plans calledor an officer, shoppinging an apartment complex to rise up theres on i site. 8 05. 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Se listerine® ready tabs™ arent gum, mints, or marbles if you guessed there tabs that turn into liquid as you chew, so you can swish and clean your whole mouth instantly, ec then you were corr and that was a really good guess. Nice job. This morningda on tos talk, Alice Marie Johnson. Her Story Made National Headlines last year when after 21 yearsn prison, predent trump commuted her life sentence. M,allisons freedo thanks in part to efforts by Kim Kardashian west. Well n nearly a full year later, alice has written aou bo ab her experience, its called after life. Al we will tk to her in just a moment. Fi t, alices journey here to studio 1a. Th was that moment Alice Marie Johnson was released from prison in je 2018. 21 years after receiving a life sentence for a first time nonv o nonviolffense for a nontraffic violation in the memphis area. Her case drew the o attention Kim Kardashian west, who eventually landed a meeting witm president trp in the oval office. One week helater, president commuted ntalices seence. Kim was the one who delivered the news. Oh my god, alice, youre out. I love this woman. Reporter they talked on the day they met facetoface for the first time, one week after alices release. It became this mission that i didnt want to give up. How do you even begin to say thank you . I was thinking that. Like how in. Hi thank you is not big enough. W iout. Tnk i have to walk my thank you out. I have to live it out for her. For my family, for the supporters. Alice, in february, alice was invited to President Trumps state of the union address. A standing ovation for a womani beginng the next chapter of herlife. Oh, alice marie, good mornrng. Good moing. You were tearing up watching that. I cant help it. Its i snever, thi never gets old for me. You know, you look back on the last year, alice, you see standing ovation at the state of the union and allth of the o accolades and attention. What has the last year been like for you personal . Well, ive met some amazing people. Being back with myil famy has been a dream come true. What i have been thdoing, gh, for this last year is they saw meun across the road. But i have been running t for people ever since, the people who have been left behind in pron. Alice marie johnsons left in police season. Many alice marie josons, many women and many men who deserve the second chance, the saha ce i have been given. That struckhe thing ,e about your story and still irikes me we got a picture think personifys this, this is a picture around christmas time with you in prison. This is a picture in the book as well, but you are so happy,e thers that picture there. This is you in prison. All smiles, happy in front of th christmas tree. How have you been able to maintain that pitivity that happiness through all of this . Iha think tt has to be inside of you. Is can take away who i , the joy that i had, but just life, itself, crai and that is really the way i was able to make it. Ai my fth and when have you faith, i gives you jo i in your heart. The book, what prompted you to write this book . Since i have come home, so many people want to know to the inside stor they want to know who i am as a person. So this memoir is myif l and it alsoagnifies the issue of prison reform. I think that my releaseas put a faith on the needs. The American Public has embrace me. They have embraced mytory because it is a story of hope. Trajectory of how they looked at people who were in prison. Riminal justice reform. Kim kardashianhe west wrote t forward to your book. Of course, you did. She also says you have helped heruote find an incredible new sense of purpose. W shes going to law school. At do you make of all of that . I think i was just the water. The water that waters the seed. That seed was planted in kim. I think her father being an attorney and her always having an interest in law andhe wi came along, shed. Blossome i saw a woman who was like a superwoman. She wouldnt stop at anything for my freedom. So, it makes me feelhumbled. Im honest that i was a catalyst that i helped her with that. Hbut shes alsoelped me, too. We have both. We both, we both impacted each othes lives. You guys still keep in touch . Oh, yes. I love kim especially saw the clip of you keeping my up with the kardashians middle east roent episode. You credit kanye also with being instrumental . Nye, his relationship with us, his relationship with President Trump. Kanye knew that i was trying to gain myreedom and he stepped out. Kanye did a lot of this i think so to help me, o. D ill never forget what he did. One of the things that also heruck me from t excerpts that i read. You petitioned president obama a number of times and you were denied. How frustrating was that . It was veryfrustrating, but i couldnt let that stop me. Craig, i knethat there is no way that i was not g to be rejoined with my family and so i know s iaid this before, thal i dont that i was really denied. I was destined for such a time as this. Unsurprisingly, hollywood has come calling. Theyee going to mak a movie about your story i hear. Yes. Who do we want to play Alice Marie Johnson, if you had your pick, who would get the nod . Im almost afraid to say i got several people. Just give me one. I like the way Angela Bassett dances. All right. Angela ssett. She may be watching. So. So good to see you. So good to see you, too. By the way, you can find more on her back ter life today. Com shop. What a terrific story. On the radar, we see heavy thunderstorms firing up in the midsection of the country. That will be the big story today. Mountain snown also ie rockies, summer warmth in the midatlantic states, strong storms moving out to new gl end. We got showers throughout the alaska, state of alaska, were also looking at plenty of sunshine through hawaii. Oiats whats g on in the country. Heres wts happening in your neck of the woods. It is a warm and hazy and humid start to your monday morning. Temperatures are in the mid70s already. 76 i arlington, 75 in frederick, maryland, 75 in quantico,virginia, 79 in annapolis. Highs today, feeling like summertime, 88 degrees with a nice chance of a thunderstorm or two, cighest rainnces are around the time the kids are getting out of school, 3 00, 4 00, 5 00, keep an eye on that, doug will be here later in the afternoon to keep you posted on the storm chances. Ar thats you latest weather. Craig. Look at whose joinedus. Jenna bush hager, she knew we were talking royals. There a several reasons why, including new images, kelly kobiaya is in london covering it all, kelly, good morning. Reporter hi, good morning, were so used to the royals protecting the privacy that theh past 24 hourse kind of come as a shock, theyre sharing video,ur pictes, tweets, and that candid conversation about mental health. Its been a year since princey had meghans fairy tale wedding at windsor, the couple celebrating tir First Anniversary with the whole world releasing these never before seen candid pictures on their instagram feed. The groom pretending to hitch a ride. Bride with her soon to be fatherinlaw Prince Charles and, that kiss. Wedding bells were ringing again at windsor this weekend, prince harry this time as a guest, with the queen, for another family wedding. No sign of megan or sonar chi. The youngest royals birth certificate now publicir conf he was born at a London Hospital and lists megans occupation aspirin says of the united kingdom. Reports of that supposed brotherly rift between william and harry now fading away. The two prince ace long with their wives are working ogether on mental health. In a new documentary, Prince William talks about h own struggles after losing his motherhy diana and w talking about his s personal sloss important. I think when are you grieved at a very young age, any time really, particularly a y ng age, you feel pain like no other pain and you know that in your life its going to be very difficult to come across something that will be worse pain than that. Guys in gineralit hard to open up. We got to relax a little bit and talk about our emotions, because were not robots. Reporter a different moment for kate, talking about her love of the outdoorswind sho off a special garden she helps create for the chelsea flower show. I think it really inspires families and kids and communities and get outside. Reporter the family of five setting themp e with prince george, Princess Charlotte and Little Prince louie exploring the garden as a family. And prince louie just turned 1 back in april. Kate had actually hinted about a little surprise with their youngest child. She said he was ten e keepin them on their toes. We have video proof. Yes, prince louie is walking, guys. We did. Theyre a cutie. Thank you, kelly. Pop start . Shall with e . Good. We have t so much talk about. The first was game of rones ason 7. I will not give anything away. But everything is still talking about last nights finale of game of thrones. May not see itou coming. Its kind of a spoiler. Eagle eye fans need coffee cup that didt quite fitith the era of the show. Guess what, it happened again, fans noticed a pstic water bottle just behind sam harleys leg. Fans noticed a second water bottle as well, again, tucked just behind his chair. An estimated 18 Million People did tune him including a few stars, actress Sophia Vergara law that game of thrones watch party. And they said beforell you a start trying to say game of thrones is bad writing, the writers of it have a billion dollars and literally all of your tweets are misspelled. This image of a disfaced fazi bear. Writing, when you are traveling internationally on theequested game of thrones fans. Amelia clark says game of thrones has shaped me as a him who, as an actor and as a mur human being. But to you, dear, kind magic ami fans, eyou much thanks, without you. Tu saay night live colin and charlotte johanneson are engaged. They had been dating oren have beor two years. This will be her third marriage and his first. A actress is also motr to a 4yearold daughter rose. We send well wishes to the happy couple. They are a beautiful couple. They are. Finally a scary incident. Sometimes people marry someone they look halike. T little step up brought to you by jenna. A second incident occurred over the weekend, the actor and california governor was attending one of his arnold sports festivals in south africa. He stood up and walked or to the event floor to capture some videos when auto of nowhere a manttacked him from behind. Security was on him so fast. Oh my goodness. He kicked him there. You see the assailant run up and kick him from the back. Heres another angle, the securitytrack tackling him to the ground. Fortunately, schwarzenegger was in the injured. Ter he put out an update, allot of you have asked, but im not pressing charges. Im moving on and id rather focus on the thousands of great athletes i met. Arnold is made of steel. You dont attack him. Its a major risk. Get to the choppa. Coming up, are you ready for fun in the sun . We have you covered from hottest fashions andoear t martha ulewarts secrets to throwing a fap fs party. A clam bake. All of this after your local news. Well be back good morning, everybody, 8 26 now on this monday, may 20th. Im aaron gilchrist. Ve lets go o to mellissa molette with our first 4 traffic. Right now independence avenue between washingtoand 3rd street. Lanes blocked because of a demonstration. You will find a closure point there. Inner loop, outer loop of the beltway. Fredericksburg westbound, 3 ramp, blocked with an overturned truck and fuel spill. Aaron. Llissa, thank you. We will get a check of the forecast when we come back. Forecast when we come back. Protect your pet with the 1 name in flea and tick protection. Frontline plus. Trusted by vets for nearly 20 years. Hazy and warm outside, mid70s as you go out the door on your tuesday morning. High today well above average. 88 degrees today wh a chance of thunderstorms, middle parts of the afternoon, tomorrow a Different Air mass enrely, 50s in the morning, cooler, less humid, bright sunshine, if you are thig of heading down to the beaches for the holiday weekend, maybe anc storm cha on friday, weather is looking pretty good at the coastline, heres our extended forecast, storm chance today, next chance comes on thursday, right around end, for the holiday we its going to be bordering near hot, near 90 on sunday. Seth, thank you. You n get the latest news and weather, another update here in 25 minutes. E awesome. As in, in with the fastest, most reliable internet from xfinity xfi. So you can be in with brilliantly connected devices in every room. And in with finding all your favorites on live tv and streaming apps with just your voice. This spring its out with the old, and in with simple, easy, awesome. In dont miss the xfity spring sale. 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We are visiting t aces we grew up, a week filled with laughs, surprises, f maybe aew tears as well, dylan will kick things off, a little fun. I cried at. Lo i imagine so. Also, hal joe na mmath will be here talki about the highs and lows. If are you a harry potter l fan,ten up, you can join for the newest edition of the Wizarding World of harry potter, hagrids motor bike adventure, eck out the new today cafe. At yuvsal orlando, you can enter at today. Com. You can have your avocado toast. Mmm. A lot of stuff today were giving away. We will give Something Else away, a forecast. But first summer on the plaza is created by our sponsors our sponsor. Grab summer by the bottle. Allght, lets check your weather look at the week ahead. We got a busy one, a tornado outbreak possible tod in the southern plains, very warm in the east. Mountain snows in the rockies. We get to the midweek periodoo we l for rain showers, mountain snows continues in the nortrn rockies, heating up towards the gulf. The end of the week, memorial day weekend, record highs, unsettled weather in the northwest. Sunshine in the coast. Hats whats happening in your neck of thewoods. A little taste of summertime in our world today. Temperatures are in mid70s as of 8 34 in the morning. High temperature expected to reach8 degrees. A chance of thunderstorms round about the time the kids are f coming homm school. From 2 00 to 6 00, keep a weather eye in the sky. Any time you hear thunder roar, hou sd go indoors, tomorrow, so much nicer, low humidity, cooler. It h will be around here for memorial day weekend. Thats the latest weather. A big thank you to our sponsor pepsi for helping turn the plaza into a beautiful oasis of summer, complete with a summer glam booth. Fans are sharing their plans to have the best summer ever. You can share yours using the summergram onag instm. Thank you, up next, lori is sharing her hottest fashion and gear for your family. 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Good morning. We have got you covered and ready f the beach. Who do we have first . Our first couple. Man and izach. Were going to zoe you what they have going on. Nice brightly colored suit for megan. What you guys will be seeing out there is anything with a tied ist or abelt. If you see a suit, this is around 60 but not everybody feels comfortable strutting theirstuff. I know i dont. I soove a sarong or a parea. This one you can wear five different days. Its 55. Love that pompom trim. She is good to go. Izach is in a pair of Robert Graham swim trunks chanel, i will show you what they can do. Stand by. Here we go. With a little water. Oh, cute. Can you see that . The pattern . Oh, thats cute. So these are color changing swim trunks from neiman marcus. Theyre 82, theyre on sale now. He has flipfloppers. Were obsessed with these reese bottle opener flip flops. These are 55. They have been able to do that, theyre a little thinner and sweeter. We think they both look great. I think you have a career in modeling. Ou guys. Thank you. So next, lets talk about moms at the beach. Its a lot. So were going to start, were going to talk about sun safety first. With mom, shes amazing. Mellissa and her four. Kids so she is wearing cabana light coverall and also, this has s of 55 its designed by dermatologists, you can feel good about that. I love it. Her oldest daughter mia is in shorts. If you feel its fun for an 11yearold. I like it, so cute. Onkeke her other daughter in a reversible. Youet two suits for the price of one. They areot b in jamie and jack. Really adorable thing for 20 a month. Are heir fun gobbles available for around 22. Rreally,lly cute. Thank you so much, family. We need next. This beach blanket. Look how small it is here. This is the plank et . Hen you unfold it, this is by outfitter, it can hold up to 63 square feet. In the wind. The stuff gets messy. T has pockets where you can put things and lay it down. We will come back over here, this is amily and merit loungeer, i see our couple loungeing around here. Hello, guys. So fun, theyre having drinks with these questions inarts, you know your drinks get all sandy, they are 20 for a party pack. Never will your drinks touch the sand. What a great idea. These are bamboo kites, they start at 42. Im going to learn to fly a kite. The only one seeingthese . Theyre beautiful. You can hang it in a kids room for decoration. We want to classp it u a little bit. This is fromuncommon goods. A wine and keyes table. It goes right into the sand. It collapses flat. Its rea easy to store, under 60. You will class up the boo etch . Exactly. This is really fun, an inflatable hack mock from mockins, you dont need inflate yar. Easilove for the kiddos. This is 15, this is genius. Its a towel that turns into a beachball. Its from bed, bath and beyond. You dig a shallow hole, pour some water, its great for kids under the age of 3. Thats for kids. Its not so well. There isswinging candy and the hottest beachgame. You have to get it in the can, over the top. Lets see, jenna, can you give it . A little high. A little high. Oh. What are you doing here . The vineyard ring toss. The newest collection, this just came out, itsin amaz 40, the greatest cutest preppiest prints available at target right now. Where are we going . We have one more. One more . We have one more . Keepcoming. We have to hop over to craig. Oh, craig, you takingt away . S. Were taking it away. Thank you, ladies. Just ahead, Martha Stewart wart joins the party. Martha ise here with mw to do the ultimate clam tbake. S is today on nbc. Th e big carriers are talking about their current 5g roll outs, but their effopos are limited to a few ets in select cities or trying to convince consumers that 4g is actually 5g. Theyre neglecting small towns and rural communies, leaving them on the wrong side of the digital divide. If approved, only the combined availableresourcetofso bi and sprint can deliver on all the spectrum bands neuned to quickly bring ecedented 5g connectivity across the nation. And were back with todays food and more fun in the sun. A clam bake. A clam bake a is beach season tradition, a great excuse to get together with friends, who better teaches how to do a clam bake than Martha Stewart wart. Very nice. Thank you. Not eve abody has beach in which to dig a big pit and layer it with the alobstersnd toes. So you can do it on a pot in a grill. It tastes just as good. What constitutes a clam bake . All these beautiful ingredients from a lobsters shellfish and shrimp and potatoes. All of that goes into a clam bake. It called a bake. Because we used to bake it in the sand in a big hole, happy birthday, by the way. Thank you. 40yearsold. You are over the hill. Its all downhill from here . Let me geted startith aromathematics, onion and garlic and beer. Does it matter with i kind . Your favorite beer. If you wildrbe king it, pour the whole bottle and add seaweed,se you can u rack. You dont want everything sitting in the bottom of the pth at acts as your rack andiates seawed favorite. You get it off the beach . Wash it first and charitzo a spanish sausage and tiny t potatoes,t goes right in here. You dont have to peel those . No, no, no cover and cook for about 12 minutes, then this is the second, the secondatch er here. There you ve. Oh, buddy. Have you lobster. You want to bring over the shellfish . The lobsters steam for5 minutes. You throw those in live . Okay. And your shellfish should all bv al the clams should be tight closed, muscles, pour those. In and then coverhat for about six minutes. Six minutes. Thats it. And how lonoes all of this take . The corn is in there, too,al gether about 25 minutes. You make it look easy. This will go at the very end. Whats the verdict . Oh, are you eating already . Oh, so good. Are you kidding . The sausage has this delicious broth. You train the broth after you do everything. Thats the broth. Add a little of but tore enrich it. Boy. Then this goes right. Thats your sauce. And they can have that over there to ill take that over. We have some. Whats the word on the dessert . Well, this is t most easy to make, biscuitrr straw shortcake. This is your sugary biscuit. I made this the other night, it was a be ig hit. Put strawberries on top and put your whipped cream on top of that. Thats pretty much the whipped cream. You can have all you want, its a birthday cake, your birthday its so fresh. So beautiful. The strawberries are just coming into season in long island. We have strawberry there is a couple weeks over there. I will move over here from thats your cake. I think everybody has some. Put moreaw strrries on top. Strawberries are so good, so good. We get to eat. And dont forget squeeze the lemon over your corn and you have sauce right there. Yes. Martha stewart warts clam bake. Dont forget your drink. Thatshe lemon tequila margarita. Lemonade. Martha, thank you as always. You can find all of these recipes at today. Com food. We are back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Today today happy bthday, craig melvin ir not all water is created equall only 1 blionth of 1 is filtered naturally. And emerges crisp and refreshi enough to be called deer park 100 Natural Spring water. Born bette® neard chew comes the confidence youre doing whats right to protect your dog from fleas and ticks for a full month. And its the only chew fda apoved to prevent infections that cause lyme disease. Nexgard. What one little chew can do. Nexgard. Did you know comcast business goes beyond fast with a gigspeed network. Complete internet reliability. Advanced voice solutions. Wifi to keep everyone connected. Video monitoring. Thats huge. Did you guys know we did all this stuff . . Im not even done yet. Wow. Business tv. Cloud apps and support. 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You have been s, a son, a loving brother, a great dad, a husband, are you so. Much there are so many things that we love about craig. So we decided to share some of you. Vorites with what is this . My favorite thing about craig is his laugh. It comes from his heart, it comes from deep inside and it really makes you think the thing you said is actually fuy. The thing i like aboutraig melvin is the way he greets me with a hey tjbh. T style lights up the room. What do we love about craig. Hes so . Fu what . Hes so fun. Hes so fun. I love you, crg. I love you, craig. He is a loyal and deer and trusted friend. Hes like a great person, hessmooth. Yet has a little bit of burn to it. My favorite thing about craig is his southern charm. The mostma charisc, professional, alarmingly talented charming man. Thats you, craig. Love you, brother. Myutavorite thing abo craig is his heart. When i first got to know him, i thought, gosh, hes a n coanchor. Now i know him as a friend, he is a really good guy. My favorite thing about craig is hes a truly compassion fat friend. Ki totally be myself around him. My favorite thing about my dad is that he hugs me. Can you s ihat is your favorite thing about dad . My favorite kidty cats and givers me lollipops. He is what . 40. I love it. So to celebratehis melvin milestone. You like that. That is cute. We came one a list of 40 of your favorite ings. 40 . Yes, 40. First we have barbecueing and cigars. You arear a cig guy. Wow. Yeah. All good ones. Also your moms mac n cheese. Mom makes macn cheese. And outshine and the proceedfish. We know you love basketball. Yes. You got your ownersey here. Oh, thats esome. Ande know you like your man cures. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thats ver this is sort of disgusting, but we hear you every morning in the makeup room. Hes going in digging for gold. Im sorry if you are eating your breakfast. Also you like chess. I do. Come on over here. Weave a cake with your favorite things, whachamacallits. I love this. This is so nice. To a dear friend, a great a colleague and onderful dad and a beautiful husband, happy birthday. I cant touch that. You have to ask a what the other 40 this i think so . You can find the entire lis of craigs 40 favorite tngs all on today. Com there this is so nice. This is soce thank you. Happy birthday. Next week, we will do it again. No, were not. Make sure you check out today. Com allday. For a, great story keeping with the summer theme, we have a mosquito space and repellants. Coming up, broadway joe, hall of famer joe namath. In the fourth hour, everybody, natalie morales. Ill drink to that. Happy birthday, craig, love ya. This is a news 4 today news break. 8 56 is your time now on this monday, may 20th. Good morning, yeveryone,ll eun yang im eun yang. No major issues on the. Beltway. Okay sloef in the normal spots, ut soest, independence between walk avenue and 3rd street. A es blocked because o demonstration there. As you look at 56 and westbound 56 after 123, right lane blocked me a new accident. Issa, thank you. Well take a break and check your forecast when we come back. Stay with us well, temperatures out there in the 70s. Ar its rather out there. It will be warm throughout the day today. Temperatures topping out right around 90 degrees. A chance for a few ilated storms later on in the afternoon into the evening. Only about a 40 chance you will see them pop il. That wbe after 3 00, sunny skies, a lot cooler tomorrow and wednesday. We do have rain chances on or wednesday, on sunday. Laura, thank you. Get the latest newsnd weather any time in the latest washington apps. Rockefeller plaz arcs this is e third hour of today. Welcome to the third hour of today. Al along with sheinelle, dylan, and of coue the birthday boy. 40th birthday. Which explains the whiskey and coffee. And your mothers mac and cheese. Thank you. We got some surprises. We will do a little more surprises . Its your birthday. You know im not a fan. Its your 40th. Its downhill after that. You keep reminding me. Whiskey coffee and mac and cheese. I may not make it to41. Clambake. Thats right. A lot going on. Wow, thes