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today is friday, april 21st, 2023. path of destruction. a state of emergency in oklahoma as more tornadoes touch down across the south. where the greatest threat remains. ready to run, president biden getting closer to launching his re-election campaign. how soon he's expected to make the announcement. tale of the texts. racist and deprogress tri messages between dozens of police officers in california. why it's now prompting a civil rights lawsuit. and feeling the heat. a growing number of people are feeling anxious or depressed about climate change. how to know when your fear has gone too far. >> totally understand that and we'll get to that now with severe weather. this threat hitting areas around the gulf coast. >> the biggest risk today, hail as you can see here, that's what people from texas up through illinois were dealing with last night, just take a look at the size of these hailstones,

they're in oklahoma. that state facing a long road to recovery after wednesday's deadly tornadoes. in the town of cole just south of oklahoma city, dozens of homes were destroyed. >> also that on your screen is a wedding venue destroyed. a couple was set to get married at this venue tomorrow and nothing is going to stop them. they are going to plan to wed at a spot nearby. a little bit of good news. >> bill karins is, of course, tracking what is on the way for us but first we start with priscilla thompson in cole, oklahoma. hey, priscilla, what do recovery efforts look like at this point? >> yeah, well, savannah, vicky, right now they look like people coming back to homes like this one with the walls falling off the roof, completely taken off and trying to salvage what they can as they figure out what their next steps are going to be. we know that the couple who lives here rode out the storm in their kitchen hiding under the bar area and when they emerged this is what they saw.

we also spoke to a neighbor who was able to get into a storm shelter in her backyard, and when she emerged there was nothing left from her home and i talked to her a little about that experience of getting to the storm shelter and what she felt when she came out. i want to play some of that conversation. >> we opened the screen door, and it tore out of our hands and shattered so we grabbed the dogs and ran to our shelter. this long dirt is where our house was. >> this was the house? >> yes, yes, ma'am. this end was my bedroom. see this hole right here? there is a huge rock over there that it moved. >> oh, wow. so that was your back porch? >> that was my back porch, and i have the best built deck in the world. >> reporter: and this is the new reality for so many people here. figuring out where they will stay temporarily, how they will find permanent housing. we know that the governor here in oklahoma has declared a state

of emergency to try to get equipment in to restore power to the thousands of people who are still without power as this community works to recover from this devastating tornado. vicky, savannah? >> all right, well, thank you so much, priscilla there in cole, oklahoma. bill, time out these severe storms for us. what's the risk right now and this weekend? >> the risk compared to last two days is a lot lower today. doesn't mean we won't see isolated severe storms, probably more hailstones like we saw in the video. saturday is the day we're more concerned with. especially in highly populated areas so what's left of yesterday's storms kind of dissipated. new storms are trying to fire up in southern portions of arkansas, crossing the mississippi river into northern portions of mississippi. and that's one spot where we could see marginal risk of storms. southern portions of texas, we have a chance for getting large hailstorms, south of corpus christi towards brownsville and little area through ohio and little slice of western new york and western pennsylvania,

isolated, maybe wind damage or small hail. the risk for saturday, a lot of bigger population centers from d.c. which is close to 90 degrees today, these thunderstorms will roll through saturday afternoon into the evening and have that in mind for your afternoon plans, about a two or three-hour window to be indoors. that will include beach areas in the carolinas late in the afternoon so the timing on all this mess, the rain this evening and then we'll watch the storms regenerating as we go throughout tomorrow afternoon. >> all right, bill karins, thank you so much. well, president biden appears to be looking for a second term. three sources tell nbc news he's expected to officially announce his re-election campaign as soon as next week. let's bring in white house correspondent mike memoli in washington. hey, mike, i mean, look, this is not a surprise by any means that we have been waiting for this official go. tell us, will there be any part of it that is sort of a surprise? what do we know about the plans and a time line? >> reporter: savannah, you know this is sort of an unusual

situation because were a first-term president there's usually never any doubt they will seek a second term but there have been questions about president biden given he is the oldest president in american history whether he would seek another term. you remember when we were out on the campaign trail in the 2020 campaign together there was even discussion of whether he might pledge to serve only one term. that's not the case and biden advisers are telling us that he is set to make this official potentially as soon as next tuesday. but then once the president does make this announcement in the form of a video announcement, he will continue to do his day job and be president. there is a rose garden strategy for a reason and saw that when he was talking about his accomplishments, for instance, in this case talking about his environmental policies but attacking congressional republicans for pledging to repeal and try to overturn some of his accomplishments is sort of the blueprint for what the campaign looks like until republicans settle on who their nominee is. >> then, of course, that does set up a potential rematch

between president biden and former president trump should they both become those nominees. what is the most recent polling show about that possibility as well as other matchup possibilities? what do we know? >> we can never get enough polling and have new data from "the wall street journal," yeah, showing what a potential rematch would look like. the president leading the former president, 48-45 in that matchup. what if it's ron desantis as the republican nominee? well then you flip the numbers and it's the republican candidate at 48 and the incumbent president at 45%. desantis has to get through donald trump first and if it's a head-to-head matchup for the republican nomination, it is donald trump still showing that strength leading 51-38 so that does set up the possibility of a rematch and, you know what, we're talking about head-to-head matchups. there are a lot of americans who may not be enthused about the idea of a rematch and raises the possibility we must mention it of a strong third party candidate. something we didn't see in the 2020 campaign, that would surely shake up the electoral map in a

significant way but a long way to go, about a year and a half until election day. >> i hope everyone at home is like, not yet. it's happening. mike, thank you so much. we're expecting the supreme court to weigh in by the end of the day on the most significant abortion case since roe v. wade was overturned. and this all centers on this drug we've been talking about a lot. it's called mifepristone, which is used to terminate pregnancies. well, it's been available in the u.s. for 23 years now, so earlier this month a federal judge in texas invalidated the fda's original approval of the pill. so putting in question the fda approval, the moral question of abortion. well, there are three likely scenarios now at this point here. so five of the nine justices could vote to keep the drug available for now and send this case back down to the lower court. now another scenario, they could send it back while curtailing some access to the drug for now. then there's the third option you're seeing, the supreme court could agree to hear the case,

but it's unclear how soon that could happen but once we do get the court's decision at this point we will bring it to you. well, alec baldwin is cleared of charges for now. but his legal problems may not be over in the fallout from the deadly shooting on the set of "rust." on thursday special prosecutors in new mexico announced they are dropping the involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor. let's bring in shaquille brewster. shaq, what do we know about why this charge against baldwin was dropped and what potentially could happen next here? >> reporter: that dismissal was filed in court in the past couple of minutes and it will come into play in 90 minutes or so when the virtue cal status hearing takes place. that's when we expect the charges to formally go away. sources close to the decision tell nbc news that prosecutors learned new information about the gun, the prop gun that alec baldwin had in his hand back in october of 2021, specifically that the trigger was

reconfigured making it perhaps possible that the gun misfired as baldwin alleged all along and that was kind of alluded to in the statement we got from prosecutors confiing these charges were being dropped when they said that new facts were resealed that demanded further investigation and forensic analysis and ultimately said consequently we cannot proceed unhe current time constraints and on the facts and evidence turned over by law enforcement in its existing form. they also stress that this is not clearing him and charges may be filed in the future. >> those are quite big revelations about the gun and trigger there, shaq. have we heard anything further from baldwin's legal team or baldwin himself? well, we initially learned that charges were dropped from baldwin's legal team yesterday in this hour, i believe it was, but since then we have not heard anything more from his legal team but we did hear from

baldwin apparently responding to this new news on instagram. we saw a picture of him with his wife, he said that she -- essentially he has everything he owes everything to -- he has to this woman and he also said there and to you, luke. and this interesting split screen happening because a source close to the "rust" production who is actually on set right now in montana said that alec baldwin is back, that he's filming today, that the day started with a speech, introductions and also a safety briefing. >> all right, shaquille brewster, thank you so much, shaq. well, states say millions of kias and hyundais should be recalled and lyft's new ceo is off to a rocky start. >> steve kovach joins us now. hey, steve. >> reporter: yeah, attorneys general in 17 states are asking the federal government to recall a number of kia and hyundai vehicles because they say the cars are too easy to steal after

a viral social media trend revealed how to use a usb to start some models without a key. the number of related auto thefts has spiked since the videos but kiy says it follows federal safety standards and a recall is not needed. the new ceo of lyft is wasting no time cutting costs. the ride share company announced today that it would, quote, significantly reduce its head count beginning next week which could include as many as 1200 employees or about 30% of the company according to "the wall street journal." and it was a tough week for elon musk after the world's second richest person saw his net worth fall by nearly $13 billion, disappointing tesla earnings and a spacex rocket explosion contributed to the decline, but don't feel too bad for musk, now he's only worth around $175 billion. guys, i think he'll be okay. >> only? >> that is just -- you can't even wrap your head around that. >> yeah. also so funny when it's so not relatable problems like his

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violation and other misconduct. the complaint names the city of opt yough as well as nine police officers and a number of unnamed police officers. here's what one of the attorneys who filed that suit had to say. >> nobody can rely on the police department to do the job that they are required to do, to provide constitutional policing, honest policing and fair policing. and that has to change. >> so that was the attorney and added in a statement he hopes it leads to lasting change. >> a lot of fallout potentially overturning convictions, all of the above. what's the response from the pd? >> reporter: right, so they have a new police chief now who wasn't in his position when those text messages were sent. but he did release a statement saying, on behalf of our organization i apologize to

the.yough community. he promised to hold accountable the officers expressing racist and bigoted beliefs by insensitivity and boasting about harming members of the community. you mentioned there is also an audit voted on by the city council and then the new police chief has also set up a hotline so members of the community who may have had problems with this police department can also call in. back to you. >> good to hear those steps being taken for sure. thank you so much. well, today marks one year since a man died after visiting a gay bar in new york city. >> his death is now officially ruled a homicide caused by, quote, a drug facilitated theft. now several people have been arrested this this particular case but investigators say it is part of a broader citywide robbery scheme that is resulting in the death of at least one other person, maybe more. nbc out reporter jay here with us. talk about the case and where the investigation stands as they're trying to link more

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related to all this. those charges include child endangerment, providing alcohol to minors, as well as sexual battery. but today was all about the testimony from the statements. we heard the deputy d.a. read four of the victim statements who are high school freshmen around the time of all of this. we also heard from a few victims in court today and their parents as well. but they did protect their identity, since we are talking about minors here. it painted a picture of these alleged alcohol fuelled sex parties that were taking place with these underaged individuals via o'connor. they claim she was targeting the friends of her teenage son, gaining the trust of the parents to allow their kids to go into her home. at that point, they claim they gave them copious amounts of alcohol. one described an account of a kid passed out on the ground from drinking too much. another call saying she was

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russian warplane accidentally fired a weapon into belgorod. the russian defense ministry acknowledged the incident and said an investigation is now under way. two california men are free this morning after serving 17 years in prison. dupree glass and juan rayford were wrongfully convicted of attempted murder. a state ames court vacated their convictions in 2020 and on thursday the two were found innocent in a new trial after the actual shooter gave a dramatic confession. under a new law the state is required to pay them $140 a day behind bars or $900,000 each. the nfl has suspended five players for violating the league's gambling policy. three of them actually bet on nfl games while two others were found to have placed bets while at an nfl facility. the league said it found no

evidence indicating that inside information was used or that any game was compromised. four of the players are from the detroit lions. >> wow. all right, we're learning new details involving the potential legal issues for marvel star jonathan majors. he was arrested on domestic violence charges. his attorney saying today his client is innocent and will be exonerated. nbc news correspondent niala charles joins us with the latest. hey, niala. >> reporter: hey, savannah, since major was charged in march his attorney said he's innocent but now new court documents aims to put the accuser's credibility in question saying this is an attempt to destroy his reputation all because he broke up with her. new documents obtained by nbc news give a glimpse into actor jonathan major's defense. the "creed 3" charged in a domestic dispute in late march. in ray letter to the court his defense citing irrefuable

evidence he is innocent. police responded to a call and upon arrival say the victim accused him of assault. investigators verified the claims. but major's defense disputes those and court documents say that the woman assaulted majors in a car and went to a nightclub without him submitting screen shots they say were taken from surveillance cameras and show she was visibly uninjured. hours later majors says he found her unconscious in his locked bedroom with minor injuries. nbc news is not naming the accuser or showing her face. this week "variety" exclusively reporting more women are accusing majors of abuse and cooperating with the manhattan d.a.'s office. in responsibility to the "variety" article he maintains his innocence. deadline reports he's been dropped by his management. nbc news did not independently verify the deadline reporting. disney hasn't commented on his

future as king the conquerer in the marvel avengers film, the once considered rising star now riddled with controversy. and niala, what do we know about the 911 call? >> well, savannah, majors' defense says he called 911 after he found the woman in his bedroom the next morning after she sent him a suicide note in response to his breakup text. his next court appearance set for may 8th and the d.a. declined to comment on potential additional accusers. >> niala, thank you very much. there are new developments in the story of yet another instance of gun violence happening after seemingly harmless missteps. a suspect is now in custody after neighbors say he shot a north carolina man and his 6-year-old daughter over a wayward basketball. nbc news correspondent steven romo joins us on this now. some pictures of the little girl's cheek are graphic.

>> it is disturbing. robert singletary is in custody, some 600 miles from where it happened and turned himself in two days after a manhunt started in the city west of charlotte, north carolina, accused of taking aim at four people and shooting and injuring a man along with that 6-year-old girl and authorities are now commenting on any potential motives here but neighbors are saying he started shooting when several children were playing basketball and the ball rolled down the street and ended up in his yard. take a listen to what one of those witnesss had to say. >> as soon as i saw him coming out shooting, i was hollering at everybody to get down and get inside. >> reporter: so that girl, 6 years old, had that bullet fragment in her cheek released from the hospital. that's according to her mother whose arm, by the way, was grazed by a bullet as well. her father william white is still in the hospital. he remains in serious condition. singletary is facing charges of

attempted first degree murder, assault with i aheadly weapon and possession of a firearm and even though he's in custody and has agreed to be extradited back to north carolina, police say this investigation is still ongoing, vicky. >> yes, steven, you were able to hear from some of the neighbors there and learn some more about the suspected shooter's previous brushes with the law. what have you learned. >> reporter: painting a broader picture. neighbors tell nbc's charlotte affiliate wcnc he had been staying at the home for less than a month and was already often yelling at kids complaining about toys and stuff being on his property and before this week's shooting, singletary was charged in december with assault and kidnapping for allegedly attacking his girlfriend with a small sledgehammer and keeping her inside his apartment for more than two hours. that is according to police. he's been released on bond and those charges are still pending for that case, vicky. >> steven romo with the details, thank you so much. well, the u.s. state department has confirmeds that at least one american has been

killed in the nearly week-long conflict in sudan. it comes as the u.s. embassy is warning american citizens of home invasions, looting and assaults as the conflict rages on. nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube has been tracking the story and joins us now. >> that's right. and despite the fact that the state department has been warning against travel or warning americans in sudan to leave for days or weeks now, there still are somewhere in the neighborhood of 16,000 americans who are there in sudan and they are increasingly caught in the cross fire between these two warring generals. despite the fact there was a 72-hour cease-fire announced agreed to by both sides there still is gunfire, artillery fire and even air strikes across the capital khartoum today as the violence seems to continue. a seventh consecutive day of bloodshed in sudan.

it includes one american according to the state department and today the armed forces announced a three-day truce for the sell is of eid and to allow the flow of humanitarian aid. >> we woke up and went outside and there were fighter jets and sounded like gunshots and just there's a lot of chaos going on. >> reporter: 32-year-old lakshmi is one of the thousands in sudan documenting it all on social need ya since day one. >> just heard gunshots in khartoum. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy tweeting a warning to american citizens in sudan urging them to shelter in place amid reports of assaults, home invasions and looting. the pentagon announing they're pre-positioning military forces

in djibouti raising the possibility that u.s. government personnel could be evacuated from sudan. those potential evacuation efforts complicated by the fact that khartoum's airport is the epicenter of the violence. [ speaking non-english ] >> reporter: thank god we have fully controlled the airport, god is great, a soldier says. the pope sending a message for peace from the vatican. [ speaking non-english ] >> translator: i call for prayers they lay down their weapons and dialogue prevails. >> reporter: a peace that can't come soon enough for the innocent people caught in the cross fire. >> courtney, there have been truces announced before, though here. these cease-fires that have not held. i mean, is there a belief especially with the backdrop of a holiday this one will? >> reporter: there is hope, but at this point already today so the cease-fire truce was announced today and already there are reports of violence all over the capital and

spreading even outside of the capital city khartoum so while there is hope that this one, which i should mention, singh, there's been more than a half dozen of these cease-fires agreed to over the course of this week-long violence, there's hope that it will potentially hold but so far they're not seeing any evidence that it is. >> courtney, just heartbreaking to hear. thank you so much. well, savannah, the department of homeland security says it is cooking up a new task force for artificial intelligence. the goal is to see how the technology can be used to make the country safer. here's nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. >> reporter: that's right. alejandro mayorkas, the dhs secretary announced this at a council on foreign relations event today. he said that the task force will be asked to take a look at how the department can benefit from artificial intelligence, can use it in its operations and, for example, he said there may be a role for ai in trying to detect fentanyl hidden in shipments that are crossing the border.

he also said that the task force would be asked to look at the potential harms from artificial intelligence. take a listen to mayorkas. >> we must address the many ways in which artificial intelligence will drastically alter the threat landscape and augment of arsenal of tools we possess to succeed in the face of these threats. our department will lead in the effort. >> reporter: of course, this is just one department in the federal government. we're seeing artificial intelligence take hold in the culture with chatgpt. there are a lot of scientists and others raising questions about whether this whole thing is moving too fast and you can bet there will be other parts of the government thinking deeply including the defense department about both how to use artificial intelligence and also how to prevent it from going badly wrong. back to you. >> wow. that will only become more and

more important. thank you. still ahead, how concerns about climate change are impacting americans' mental he al

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many americans and concern over the growing threat is having an impact on mental health. a recent study found 68% of adults have at least a little eco-anxiety or worry about climate change and its impacts. joining us is board certified sigh kye advice dr. sue varma. we love when you're hear. thanks for joining us. walk us through what it does mean. >> concern about environmental collapse and it's about 50% of people are having it and there's two parts. one is anxiety about things you can't control but some of it is the rye alt of the fact that we really need to see the link between climate change and mental health which is a robust link. in fact a study came out this year in jama psychiatrist, one of the most well respected journals that says low level of chronic pollution could increase the rates of anxiety and depression.

this was in britain, this was about 400,000 people. a study looking at what happens over time so we do know that the anxiety is not unfounded. >> right. it does seem like it is -- it's becoming more common, right? >> yes. >> this was not a term we heard of or concerned our thoughts until now and it's growing. >> yes, it's growing because we are seeing the effects of everything from pollution to hurricanes to flooding and wildfires and all of this causes distress not only because you're worried but because you've lost your home and school and because people have become displaced because of it. we don't have social support. we don't have hospitals and lost clinics, buildings are broken down so the anxiety as a psychiatrist, of course, i want to work with people and look at how is this affecting your mental health but the thing is, it is hard to dismiss a person who is like, doctor, these things happened to me. as a result of the hurricane i lost my home. now i can't afford x, y, z.

i'm interesting posttraumatic stress disorder. so in most cases i tell people, listen, how can you separate what's within your control and what's not in your control and you don't want to dismiss and minimize because a certain amount of anxiety fuels people to action. that's what we need. in order to have less climate anxiety we need to look at climate change and we need to understand that it's a reality and we have to work as a community to deal with it. >> that's a really interesting point. is there anything you can think of in your line of work a little bit equals a good thing. >> in our personal lives we need motivation, the worst thing you want is for someone to lean out and be in complete denial. there is a lot of political charge to it. people who are climate change activists get death threats, like there's a lot of anger about this and a lot of denial about it. but we want to mobilize the anxiety and say, great, what are we going to do? on a small level get kids involved. can they recycle? can you conserve water and energy and think about electric

cars? we do not that's safe. can you jog in a park for your own health to beat anxiety and not just that but asthma, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, all is linked to climate change. >> even people in my generation are talking about maybe not having kids because they're worried about what will happen with the planet for another generation after us. quickly, what are the signs you should seek professional help in this regard? >> are you so distressed you can't fall asleep at night? 50% of kids have climate anxiety and are more anxious about that than homework and tests. are you having bladder problems, bathroom problems, you don't want to go to concerts or go to the park? that's important and i would say talk to a therapist but change and action are two things to help you feel in more control. >> great, great advice. dr. sue varma, such an important conversation and one we will keep having. >> my pleasure, thank you.

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