Diamonds revealing diagnosis, and theyre opening up for a good cause too. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im philip mena. Im frances rivera. Two kentucky teens are dead and 18 hurt after a gunman opened fire inside a high school. Staff at Marshall County high school quickly began evacuating terrified students after the shots began. In all Authorities Say 16 people suffered gunshot wounds. Four others were hurt in the scramble to evacuate. Three people are in critical condition. The two students killed were identified as Bailey Nicole holt and preston ryan cope. A 15yearold suspect was arrested on the scene and now facing murder and attempted murder charges. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has more on the terrifying morning. Reporter the chaos erupted just before 8 00 a. M. Marshall County High School active shooter. Reporter as students gathered in a common area. Got one shot in the head. One to the back. One to the abdomen. Reporter hundreds of teenagers running for their lives from Marshall County high school in benton, kentucky. I heard like two shots and i turned around and behind me i see like this big figure of a person and i just see like fire coming from a gun. Reporter two 15yearolds died. This is a wound that is going to take a long time to heal. Reporter police a 15yearold student barged into the school with a handgun and opened fire. And he was apprehended. Theres no way to know at this point how much farther it would have went. Reporter investigators would not identify the shooter but this person was seen led away in handcuffs. How did you make it out . Well, i mean, we just just ran. Thats all i can say. Reporter senior brian but the butler, his hands still trembling, says he and other students had barricaded themselves in a classroom. When i looked through the door i had seen one of the students that had been injured, and it was i had to back away from it. I couldnt look at it anymore. Reporter chad durnall, a photographer with nbc station wpsd captured these images after he just dropped off his daughter at the school. Just minutes later i hadnt made it more than a mile down the road, she was calling back saying, daddy, theres been a shooting. Reporter after he made sure his daughter was safe, he waited at the main office with three other students. I was talking to one of my buddies in the commons, and he got shot in his chest. We ran out together. Got lost, i dont know where he went. Reporter Kentucky State Police say the 15yearold suspected shooter is in custody and will be charged with murder and attempted murder. Investigators believe he acted alone and so far they have not revealed a motive. Frances . All right. Gabe gutierrez, thanks. Now to the fight over immigration and that budget standoff that shut the government down for three days. The democratic leader in the senate this morning announcing a sudden aboutface that could put a possible deal between republicans and democrats in jeopardy. Schumer now withdrawing last weeks offer to fund the president s border wall. Telling the white house he was retracting it despite schumers original offer that would have given over 1. 6 billion toward the president s key campaign promise, wall funding and Border Security are seen as instrumental in getting republicans on board for a plan to protect dreamers. So the question is how much of an impact will this have on that critical deal needed for those 700,000 dreamers living in limbo . For more we go to nbcs tracey pots on capitol hill. Good morning. It certainly seems to indicate that things may be falling apart just as the negotiations get under way. Chuck schumer is facing pressure from both sides, from republicans to negotiate, from his own party, from democrats who think he caved when he gave in on the government shutdown. And last night schumer explained why hes withdrawing his support for the wall. He made an offer for a wall. I said if we do full dreamers well give you the deal. And he basically agreed. So we were close. Then he pulled out and backed off. So now ive taken the wall off the table because they backed out of that deal. Reporter well, the president says if there is no funding for the wall there is no deal for these immigrants. Take a look. Hes tweeting crying Chuck Schumer fully understands especially after his humiliating defeat that if there is no wall there is no daca, referring to that program for young undocumented immigrants to stay here legally. The president says we must have safety and security together with a Strong Military for our great people. So the negotiations continue on two fronts. What to do about daca and what to do about the budget including money for that wall. Back to you. All right, tracie, thank you. This morning new reporting shows special prosecutor Robert Muellers russia investigation could be moving closer to the oval office. Nbc now confirms that both former fbi director james comey and attorney general Jeff Sessions have been interviewed by the special prosecutors team. The warrant warrawashington po Mueller Office is noerk terms of an interview with President Trump. The post also reveals a Questionable Exchange between the president and then acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe whom the president has derided several times over the past few months. The post writing, shortly after President Trump fired his fbi director in may he summoned to the oval office the bureaus acting director for a get to know you meeting. But before long trump according to several current and former u. S. Officials asked Andrew Mccabe a pointed question. Whom devote for in the 2016 election . The post continues, trump the officials said also vented his anger to mccabe over the several hundred thousand dollars in donations that his wife a democrat received for her failed 2016 senate bid forfrom a Political Action committee controlled by a close friend of hillary clinton. Nbc has not independently verified the Washington Post reporting. According to the paper mccabe found the conversation disturbing. And now its allegedly raising eyebrows with the post claiming the conversation could be of interest to robert mueller. All of that coming as we get reports current fbi director Christopher Wray threatened to resign amid pressure from the president. Nbcs Kristen Welker has more. Reporter nbc news has learned james comey, the former fbi director who led the russia probe, and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general who was forced to recuse himself, have both been interviewed by special counsel Robert Muellers team. A Justice Department official says sessions sat for hours of questioning just last week. Comey was interviewed last year about memos he wrote about his interactions with the president , a source close to comey revealed. No. Im not at all concerned. Did you talk to him . No, i didnt. But im not at all concerned. Thank you very much. Reporter its not clear what the special counsel asked sessions but the attorney general was instrumental in the firing of former fbi director james comey which led to the appointment of the special counsel who is investigating potential obstruction of justice. Mr. Trump telling lester the probe was at the root of his decision to fire comey. I said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Reporter as the investigation gets closer to the president , mr. Trump is escalating his battle with the very department thats investigating him. Slamming the fbi after revelations theyre missing five months worth of Text Messages between an fbi agent who was removed from the special counsel probe for writing disparaging messages about then candidate trump, to an fbi attorney, who also worked on the mueller team. The president calling it one of the biggest stories in a long time. The white house also lashed out at reports that current fbi director Christopher Wray threatened to redsine to protest pressing he was getting from sessions and others to fire Deputy Director andrew mccape. He didnt at all. He did not even a little bit. Nope. And hes going to do a good job. Reporter conversations are ongoing between the president s legal team and the special counsel, which will seek to interview mr. Trump. Sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news it could happen within a matter of weeks. Philip. Kristen, thank you. A recent poll from cnn shows nearly 8 in 10 americans, 78 , say the president should testify under oath if asked to do so for the investigation. The bodies of five men missing after an Oil Rig Explosion in oklahoma have been found. Authorities say they were located in an area known as the doghouse where rig hands worked. Three of them worked for the rigs owner, Patterson Uti energy. 17 people escaped mondays explosion and fire, most unharmed. The cause of the blast is still under investigation. The philippines most active volcano erupted for a second day tuesday, forcing some 56,000 people to flee their homes. Mountain mayon spewed red hot lava as high as 2300 feet generating the ash plumes, reaching up to two miles above its creator. The danger zone now stretches five miles from the crater. Lets check in with nbc meetologist bill karins. A lot better than yesterday. We had the rain on the east coast, frezing rain event in areas of massachusetts, New Hampshire and maine. Today we get a break although were not geg to melt the ice in portions of northern new england. Calm all the way through the southeast. Whats next . Our storm system thats now coming on shore in the west will move across the country in the next couple days. By saturday it draws . Rain up to areas of houston, east texas especially louisiana. Looks like a very wet saturday in areas of arkansas and missouri. By saturday afternoon the rain moves into the ohio valley. By sunday the rain moves up the eastern seaboard. Could be a pretty rainy sunday especially in the southeast and the midatlantic. So again, not a huge snow littl more of ice. Today beautiful weather in texas right through the gulf coast. Enjoy it while it lasts. And so well keep peeking ahead, waiting to see when that colds going to return. No time soon. Take your time. Thanks, bill. Kimberly clark, the maker of huggies diapers and kleenex tissues, will cut at least 5,000 jobs globally in an effort to reduce costs. 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Nbc News National correspondent Miguel Almaguer has the details. Reporter millions of americans use them. Many giving up cigarettes for electronic ones, believing theyre safer and less addictive. Now a new comprehensive Study Concludes ecigarettes are likely to be less harmful than conventional cigarettes but theyre also addictive. Vaping truly got me off the cigarettes, and i think its a healthier alternative. Do i think its perfect . No. Reporter the 600page report from the National Academies of sciences, engineering and medicine says ecigs may help smokers like Matthew Owens drop cigarettes but warns the longterm Health Effects from vaping are unclear. The study also finds ecigarettes can hook teens and young adults, raising their risk of becoming traditional smokers. There is some evidence that vaping or smoking ecigarettes among youth who have never smoked may lead them to start smoking cigarettes. Whether they continue to smoke op long term we dont yet have the data on that. 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Fans around the world, they were saddened yesterday when legendary singersongwriter neil diamond announced his retirement from touring due to his recent diagnosis of parkinsons disease. The 77yearold halted his world tour in australia and new zealand and refunded fans tickets, prompting many to put that money to good use. Diamonds wife and manager katie took to twitter to thank fans who donated their ticket refunds to charities, saying faith in humanity restored. With diamond himself responding, this makes me smile. Thank you. The outpouring. Right there. His fans sticking by him. Yeah. And a very happy birthday to him today. 77 years. It is his birthday. Kfc wants to give its customers wings but not the kind theyre used to. In india the restaurant is releasing a chicken wings box that can be transformed into that right there, its a drone controlled through your smartphone. Its a doityourself one. The kfo, or kentucky flying object, comes bundled with their new smoky wings. 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I was a robot, she says. Brainwashed. South korea was our enemy. The olympics went ahead. The u. S. Designated north korea a sponsor of terror. The victims remembered here but never found. Many here are convinced north koreas methods today are equally ruthless. Using weapons to sow fear, to try to destroy south korea. Kim jong un aims to break americas ties with the south, she says. Hes using the games to buy time for his nuclear program. She was sentenced to death for the bombing but pardoned by south korea. She lives in hiding today, fearing kim will kill her. A traitor in his eyes who completed her mission but turned on the regime. Bill neilly, nbc news, seoul. Lets get a check with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Anybody upset about the january thaw that just continues . No. No one. About a week, week and a half temperatures will return. Anywhere in the red or the orange thats above average temperatures, 5 to 10 to even 15 degrees above. Its really the central usa. Thursday indianapolis about 12. Kansas city about 20 degrees warmer than normal. Then on friday we take all the warmth into the ohio valley with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Things looking pretty nice throughout much of the country right into the upcoming weekend. No sign of any arctic air. There are some people kind of bums about that because there are people who dont mind the frigid weather and then youve got these kind of creatures. In fact, one owl brought a whole new meaning to a look at the word chilling. Hitched a ride on the ice in lake ontario. Despite the strong winds and rocky waves. The person who took the video said it was perched for some 30 minutes before flying over to another ice chunk where the water was a little calmer. You can stay chill like that when you have wings and you can bounce. Thanks for waking up with us, im philip mena. Im frances riv erexpect rain later today you can see from our radar heavy rain will make its way through the en you. You can expect rain later today. You can see from our radar heavy rain will make its way through the entire bay area today. Live pictures from our San Francisco and san rafael cameras. We have in a microclimate weather alert. Today in the bay starts right now. Good morning, it is 4 30. Thanks for joining us, im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Lets check that forecast, in fact, right now. A little foggy when i headed out there. Patchy dense fog around parts of the bay area this morning. We will be tracking that rain moving from north to south across the bay area as the day goes along. As we get a look at the radar we can see the downpours well to the north of the bay area, but
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