Day, she has a weird way of showing it. Violent shows elsewhere and down south. Texas can expect more severe storms today after this yesterday major flooding. A foot deep in corpus christi. Rains dumped on the fields below. A man was mowing the lawn when this happened. Trees and power lines snapped across the area. In new York One Trade Center turned into a giant lightening rod, but if that is bad, australia is dealing with heavy rain and wind. Nbc bill joins us later in tell us what we can expect today. Now a political storm in washington could be coming to an end. Its five months but in just a few hours the senate is expected to vote on the confirmation as attorney general. Five have voiced the support for the nomination and join 46 come crates making up the 51 votes needed. That was resolved by a political battle. Yesterday the Senate Approved a bill i am ed at battling human trafficking. It stalled over an anteabortion rate. The bill and lynches confirmation can move forward. Now to drama in the sky. A plane traveling from paris had to make a landing because of weather and turbulence. The pilots tried to land at jfk but could not because of the storm. Once on the ground two of the 180 passengers were taken to the hospital for major injuries. The delta flight finally arrived last night. The former head of cia will be in federal court today. He faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a 100,000 fine. Nbc tracey pots is live and what can you expect from the hearing . Well, do not expect him to get the maximum. He will pay less than half of the fine and not spend one day behind bars. Had he is on probation and its one count of holding on to that secrete government information and sharing it with paul and were talking about things like identities and war strategies and secrete codes and all of it con if i skated by the fbi. This is taken several years and he stopped down three days after president obama president obamas second win, and now they have decided to charge him and work out the plea deal and ending whats been a better embarrassing time for the cia and david. Now to the boston bombing trial in day two. We heard stories from survivors and the families and its him locked in a holding cell and making the profane jester to us. We heard from davis that was with her husband near the second bomb where it went off. She has lost her left knee and her adam injured in both legs have admitted himself in to a va medical facility. Family members of the mit Police Officer murdered by him and his brother talked of his life. The mother suffers from ptsd and could not get out of bed for a few months and has not yet gone back to work. Eric said when he and his wife were seriously hurt they were sent to different hospitals. Had he broke down recalling when each of them woke up that the other was dead. A beb from the bomb still lodges in his brain. Then the jester that was made. He saw him make it in a holding cell but defense lawyers played the video and he appears to look up at the camera housing and treating it like a mirror and later he steps up on a bench to get a closer look and then flashes it briefly. I think that its clear from the video that he figured out that it was a video camera and being broadcast to the prison personnel and he was sending a message to them. Nbc Pete Williams reporting. The prosecution could rest earlier today. A brawl capture skpits showed a victim being stomped and kicked on the head. Police have identified several suspects and two victims that are local high school students. Earlier this year subway fights were caught on camera and police have stepped up the patrols. Nbc bill has more on the Stormy Weather and bill this is crazy weather this week. Yeah its interesting and more extreme. We did see snow in some areas yesterday and still seeing some and we had Severe Weather and we did not have tornados. We had six that were reported and most of them were weak and thats exactly where we want them to be. We have the upper level low and its spinning here and actually did bring the beneficial rain in the mountains. Its not a lot of rain and theres a little weak system come nothing, and thats about it. Theres not highlights there and the big story is Severe Weather. All responsible and we have a little area of low pressure and the area spining there from areas in california and slight risk of severe storms in texas orthopedic louisiana and a much greater risk thats headed for the four corners heads out in the plains by the time we get to friday and thats the greatest threat and tornado threat. About 40 Million People in affect from houston to dallas to new orleans, and then on saturday the storms will shift all the way back to the northeast. It will be a little bit i i. E. We in the west and showers with the w last night we had rareareas in highway highway and temperatures in the 80s. Not too bad and we will avoid the tornados ahead. We will see if april goes down in the books for this one. Did a court just clear the way to coopers town . Then to the scene of proportions for 40 years and a volcano comes alive. Youre watching early today. Ucing gaiam now at kohls new active and yoga apparel for your practice, workout, and everyday plus yoga mats and much more to help you stay fit and discover their inner hero with new marvel apparel bold tees, tanks and leggings for the girls superhero tees and tanks for the guys and dont forget something for the little superhero too plus, youll earn kohls cash save on whats new at kohls starting thursday find your yes kohls i want. Regularity. I want good digestive health. I just dont want to have to think about regularity. Natural benefiber helps support digestive health. And maintain. That word. 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Now for the first time we hear the veterans explain why he took the mans down. He is holding to be a locked and loaded weapon based on the transmission that he is firing into the air. There are two other officers at the end of the street and this is a lethal force encounter. The suspect is accused in a series of crimes before police say that he stole a high powered weapon and he hears the radio call for help. The thoughts are going through my mind i have to stop the threat or run him over and stop the threat. He has been cleared of my charges but he say that is this is a clear case of accessive force. The officer depending the actions that shocked so many. The man that assassinated Ronald Reagan maybe a free time. He was originally institutionalized and found nj by not guilty but reason of insanity. The government insists that he is not ready for the step. The volcano erupting for the first time in 43 years. 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Its worth remembering that the royals are really restricted to a poll of names when they pick names and that a lot of people that they have to please of course most of all the reigning queen. Now Princess Alice is a choice. The last alice that we had was Queen Victor Vera and that could be an easy choice too. Girl or boy were excited and waiting for the big day. First Lady Michelle obama was fielding questions at the white houses take your child to work day event when one little girl asked ms. Obama about her age. The first lady seemed to have the perfect response. Im 51. Say that again. Give her the mic. Youre too young for a 51yearold. What was that, babe . I didnt hear you. Youre too young for a 51yearold. Thank you. You should come up and give me a hug. Come on up here. Come give me a hug for that one. I like that. Say that again . 50 is the new 30, right . If you saw someone sitting there you would not see that. On the cover of the mag genes and maybe its the new. Make all the 50yearold happy too. Here is a look ahead. Michael browns family plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against ferguson, missouri. His family is expected to discuss the suit in a News Conference this morning. Attorneys say the lawsuit would also name former officer Darren Wilson who shot the unarmed team in august. We want to say happy birthday to last week tonight show host john oliver. He is 38. Pro wrestler john cena is 38 as well. Comedian george lopez turns 54 thanks for watching early today. We hope you have a good one. Right now at 4 30. A teenage inmate on the run. Why her family is begging her to go back to jail. And caught in the cross fire. A 7yearold in a Bay Area Hospital this morning after getting struck by a stray bullet. Plus theyve been robbed repeatedly and the owners of the San Mateo Store say theres nothing they can do about it. This morning theyre blaming the city. Live look outside this morning. The bay bridge at 4 30. It is thursday april 23rd. 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