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she s as crooked as they come. bernie sanders still drawing huge crowds, but with a loss in new york, would it be nearly impossible for him to become his party s nominee? we ll ask senator sanders when he joins us live in our studio. out of the doghouse? an australian court issues a light sentence to johnny depp s wife, amber heard, after she broke the law by bringing their dogs into the country on a private jet. no time in jail, just a fine. we disrespected australian law. i m really sorry they were not declared. the painfully awkward videotaped apology that has people talking today, monday, april 18th, 2016. 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 a monday morning. good to have you back. nice to be back. unfortunately, the news from ecuador keeps getting worse. it is the top story. the race against time to find more surv ....
a flash flooding emergency sparks overnight rescues in texas. millions could be hit today. desperation and despair after a massive earthquake kills hundreds. we re in ecuador with the search for survivors. donald trump says there might be violence if republicans do not nominate him. and bernie sanders returns to studio 57. but we begin with a look at today s eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. [ applause ] national emergency declared in ecuador following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. the search for survivors continues. official admitting they can t even calculate how many people are missing. many parts of the country are barely recognizable. in southern japan there are still two people missing after powerful earthquake. the u.s. military is joining rescue efforts. in the primary, donald trump is looking for a big win. we have crooked hillary, could say whatever he wants to say about me. i could care less. flash flooding in texas with some are ....
wait until you hear why. good evening. we begin this monday with that major american city under water. houston shut down tonight after record rain. the flooding now deadly. the ages, gripping. hundreds escaping their homes in the rain. this man guiding his way through waist-high water. families walking away with all they could carry. and panic for this driver, as his car sinks on the road. how he survived, in a moment. abc s fill lynn mena starts us off from houston, where they are bracing for even more rain. reporter: tonight, in houston, an epic flood emergency. this is an unprecedented amount of rain that we are getting. reporter: nearly 20 inches of rain breaking records. inundating more than 1,000 homes. flooded roads turning deadly, claiming at least four lives. attention units. don t drive through high reporter: hundreds of water rescues. boats led out through chest-high water. neighbors helping neighbors at this apartment complex. air mattresses, eve ....
the battle for the burroughs. the count down to new york s krugs primary. and a devastating earthquake kills more than 250 people, injuring thousands. the nation in a state of emergency as crews search for missing in the rubble. we start with breaking news out of west chester. the sunni campus on lockdown. what is the latest with the search? reporter: right now students are still on lockdown. there s a massive manhunt under way as we speak. this is the staging area for police. dozens of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies here searching the campus for about three hours after report of a possible armed man. this is a very large campus with a lot of woods. very large area for police to cover. students have been given messages by the school to stay we want to play you one of those messages right now. new york state university police received a report of a possible armed suspect who fled campus into the woods. please stay indoors. we will keep you po ....
and the chosen. we hear from syrian refugees whose lives were changed in an instance now welcomed into the vatican by the pope himself. nightly news begins now. good evening. entire towns in ecuador have been reduced to piles of rubble. as the nation s president said today, buildings can be rebuilt. the priority is finding survivors. officials say the earthquake saturday evening killed at least 238 people and injured more than 1,500 with a magnitude of 7.8. it was the strongest earthquake to hit ecuador since 1979. our miguel almadir has made his way to the capital of quitoed on reporter: the most powerful earthquake to rock ecuador in decades. a magnitude of 7.8. injuring well over 1,000 and leaving many missing. i need to find my baby, says vanessa santos. it s been five hours since she disappeared. all they re telling me is that my family is buried. 100 miles outside of the nation s capital of quito, the frantic search for survivors is growing even more desp ....