i might have been in prison. i might have been unemployed. and aloha. we have made our way to hawaii to kick off our week-long great american adventure today. monday, may 20th, 2013. . from nbc news. this is a special edition of today. today s great american adventure. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from honolulu, hawaii. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. welcome welcome to waikiki beach. we have a lot to show you from this beautiful place. we want to get to the breaking nuchlz al made the trip with us. overnight he has traveled to tornado ravaged shawnee, oklahoma. the system that pronounced the devastating twisters there is on the move this morning. by the time it is finished it could impact half of the u.s. population. we go right to you, al. good morning. reporter: good morning, matt and savannah. this is the latest this is what has happened here in shawnee. this is the bricker family. they hunker fd down with 14 neighbors in a next door n