on saturday a budget official going against white house orders testifying behind closed doors about the decision to delay congressionally appropriated aid to ukraine. a setback for the president over night in louisiana with chuck todd and halie jackson. a sunday spotlight, a visit to sesame street. then a sunday sit down with actor sterling k. brown on the hit nbc show this is us. and those shaky early years in show business had his mother wondering about his career choice. i said mom, i appreciate you watching the by lot, if you don t want to watch anymore, i understand. my mother touched my knees and she said thank you. a sunday sit down with sterling k. brown and our sunday s closer as the family taking home school to a new level by studying american history firsthand in an rv. another life well-lived coming up later this morning. let s begin with another day closed door impeachment inquiry. a new transcript given by white house s aid who were concerned of the ju
what s coming across the country this mother s day weekend. two highly toxic gasoline products. we ll have the latest on the environmental concerns. and a sound decision. we ll take you inside the london s historic albert hall as it gets the world s largest sound system. find out what it costs and why they did it. but we begin this morning with today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. a flash flood warning remains in effect anywhere from corpus christry along the entire state of mississippi. severe weather soaks the south. it is pretty much the entire central u.s. that is dealing with some sort of flood threat. high stakes trade talks have left them walking away with no deal. china says they re going to retaliate. they ve done it before. we re waiting for word on exactly how they re going to retaliate. the house ways and means committee. i don t know how it will make any difference. at least one person is dead and four are injured after an explosion
behind bars. 2 investigates has been the only newsagency to question the family. they have never spoken publicly. reporter: do you have questions from the court? what kind of questions were asked of you? inside, attorneys posed questions about their knowledge of people living in the warehouse and if they themselves were in any way responsible for the death. they refused to testify, continuously citing their fifth amendment right against self- incrimination. one prosecutors asked if they would answer every question the same way, both said yes. an insurance claim first obtained by 2 investigates shows the family may have received a $3 million payout from the fire but when defense attorney asked eva if her family collected she also declined to answer, leaving the courtroom quickly after with a black suv waiting outside. reporter: how are you feeling today? the big question now, will the owners ever be forced to testify? it is possible if prosecutors offer them somethin
let s start with that rain. it s going to be coming down tomorrow. check the radar. the green is headed our way. let s bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, the morning commute and even the giants home opener. it s a busy friday, jeff. and we could see some areas being impacted by that rainfall. we ve had a few spotty showers down in the south bay. nothing major tonight. but we ll get you a wider look out here in the pacific. the next storm system is lining up right here, and we have seen some timing, some intensity changes on this that really is some better news on your friday forecast. we ll have that chance of rainfall, but it s not going to be nonstop rainfall from the morning through the evening. so you can see here for the commute, it s scattered rain in the north bay. down to san francisco and the peninsula. i think we ll be okay getting through that morning commute. and then as we hit 10:30 in the morning, you can see the rainfall beginning to pick up. a be
smith serious authorities not commenting on this investigations yet. back in the u.s. there are growing concerns about a double homicide in the university of colorado dorm room. police have not identified any suspects in friday shooting and are not saying whether the victims were students. in the special sunday service today, joel austin s lakewood church security officers and first responders after last sunday s shooting. this is the shooters seven-year- old son who was shot in the head in the gunfight remains hospitalized in critical condition. in just moments msnbc s own joy reid is going to join me to talk about the mountain of money donald jump has to pay up in his legal fines and fees, plus her new book. medgar admirably. i bid you all very good day from los angeles, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. breaking news now adds following the death of alexei navalny. new video shows interested in moscow, at least 400 have been detained. something of a cat-and-m