Gymnast demanding answers this morning after an explosive report, usa gymnastics told about allegations by team dr. Nassar but kept her in the dark. About allegations by team dr. Nassar but kept her in all that plus fire in the sky, dramatic video of flames shooting from a planes engine that forced a landing. The report that Prince Charles was behind his brothers stunning resignation and keep on trucking elon musk hits a snag unveiling husband futuristic new pickup with shatter proof windows but still predicts a smashing success. Today, friday, november 22nd, 2019 from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. Glad to have you with us, glad to have you with us. Hodas got the day off weve got lester. Always a pleasure to be with you. How about that door smashing, well get the cameras, the smoke, well throw something it all went wrong. We have breaking news this morning, there is it is. I wish i used that line just thought it have right now, its early were going to talk about whats shaping up to be an early start to Holiday Travel delays. Everyone is looking at this forecast, al is tracking not one, not two but three storms and its going to cause problems across the country hes in the middle of it in nashville this morning hey, al, good morning. Hey, guys, good morning, lets get right to it. Weve got a lot to talk about as far as your weather is concerned. Were looking at heavy rain all the way back from oklahoma to western pennsylvania, were going to be looking at a gulf coast heavy rain from louisiana on into tennessee. It continues moving through tonight into tomorrow with the storm strengthening as it gets into the northeast from florida to pennsylvania, and this thing is going to just keep trucking into the northeast with heavy coastal rain and even snow developing in the Higher Elevations airport wise, heres what were looking at, stretching from atlanta all the way to boston, rain, wind and storms causing big problems on saturday and sunday now, storm number two gets itself together through the Central Plains, moves into the ohio river valley tuesday with snow and ice into the Central Plains then we move into wednesday right before thanksgiving, heavy rain, snow on the backside of this thing, and gusty winds up to 45 Miles Per Hour airports again, heres what were looking at, we start off with tuesday for kansas city and st. Louis, on into chicago, boston wednesday, airport delay, new york city same and then another storm that going to go coasttocoast, starting on tuesday, it brings a rain threat for california, snow in the mountains there it will continue moving east wednesday with heavy snow into the rockies causing problems in salt lake and denver thursday on thanksgiving day, rain and storms from texas to missouri airport delays for los angeles on wednesday for San Francisco, vegas, thursday, dallas a big hub and on thanksgiving day, salt lake is going to be a real mess as well so guys, were going to fine tune this as we go on, but it looks like from start to finish, the holiday is going to be one big travel nightmare its hard to hear that, al. Thank you so much, i know youll be back in a moment with the rest of your forecast, and the reason hes in nashville this morning. Also this morning, the impeachment show down, big news, it arrived at crucial cross roads yesterday, two weeks of public hearings wrapping up with the final witnesses testifying before congress and both sides now preparing for what could be coming next. Nbc News White House correspondent Peter Alexander has the latest good morning. Reporter good morning, nice to see you congress is in recess for thanksgiving not back until thing first week of december, so americans and lawmakers will have to marinate in this impeachment inquiry for a little bit House Democrats wrapping up a whirlwind week of hearings with two witnesses who democrats say punctuated their case against the president , connecting him to the push against ukraine announcing investigation against the bidens while military aid was being held after a marathon week of public hearings, nine witnesses in three days, House Democrats are poised to move ahead with a historic impeachment of President Trump. This president believes he is above the law. Beyond accountability. And in my view, there is nothing more dangerous than an unethical president who believes they are above the law. Now, i think the American People see through it. They see that the facts are on the president s side, and they know this process has been entirely unfair. Reporter with no more witnesses scheduled, House Speaker nancy pelosi argues the facts are not in dispute. The evidence is clear that the president , the president has used his office for his own personal gain. It follows the president s former top russia adviser, fiona hill, a british born american citizen describing when she confronted Ambassador Gordon Sondland over the Pressure Campaign against ukraine that was pushing for investigations into the president s political rivals. I said to him, who put you in charge of ukraine and ill admit i was a bit rude, and thats when he told me the president and that shut me up. He was involved in a domestic political errand and we were involved in National SecurityForeign Policy and those two things had just diverged reporter hill blasted House Republicans for their unfounded theories of ukraine interference in the 2016 election this is a fictional narrative that has been propagated by the Russian Security themselves. Reporter david holmes delivering this show and tell moment that brought President Trumps voice into the impeachment room. When the president came on he sort of winced and held the phone away from his ear like this reporter holmes detailing how a july lunch with sondland, he overheard a cell phone conversation where he says the president wants an update about the, quote, investigation. So you heard President Trump ask ambassador sondland is he going to do the investigation. Yes, sir. What was ambassador sondlands response . He said oh, yeah, hes going to do it hell do anything you ask. Peter, so the public hearings and the impeachment inquiry seem to be finished at the moment, so what would the next step be . Reporter lets walk you through what appears to be next, House Intelligence Committee staffers, they have already begun writing a report, effectively summarizing their findings laying out their case for impeachment. Republican staffers are working on their own report to be released when the democrats report is done, the process moves to the House Judiciary Committee that would draft specific articles of impeachment. Thats expected to begin when lawmakers get back to washington for their thanksgiving break its in early december democrats hope to hold a vote on impeachment sometime before christmas. If the president is impeached it would then go of course to the Republican Controlled Senate for a trial, a white house official here telling me that a group of republican senators met here at the white house yesterday to talk about a strategy for a potential impeachment trial they suggest could be as short as two weeks. Peter alexander at the white house, thank you. In the meantime, another world leader happens to be a key ally of the president faces his own uncertain political future israelis Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and this morning there are calls for his immediate resignation. Nbcs molly hunter joins us from jerusalem. Molly, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning, thats right. Prime minister, netanyahu says he isnt going anywhere. Hes fighting truth and nail to discredit anyone threatening his hold on power. His chief political rival benny gantz has called on him to resign immediately this morning israels longest running Prime Minister is in the fight of his life. Benjamin netanyahu is not just battling for his future but trying to stay out of jail israels attorney general hand picked by netanyahu indicted the Prime Minister on three charges bribery, fraud and breech of trust, accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts to champagne and swapping favors for positive press coverage netanyahu denying charges accusing investigators of an attempted coup, calling the be. Whole process tainted. What will his play book be he will continue punching the prosecution claiming that he is a victim of a witch hunt, political persecution. Reporter this sounds awfully familiar. Yes, i think one cannot but notice the similarities of netanyahu tactics and trump tactics. Reporter netanyahu saying they werent after the truth they were after me trump a long time friend and ally has been helping the israeli leader, changing decades of american policy, first by moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem, and just this week, calling jewish settlements in the west bank legal. Netanyahu hoping israeli voters reward him for this relationship, but according to polls, voters dont want a leader running the country and at the same time defending himself in court i think that its a shame i think that netanyahu is the strongest figure that israel has ever had on the world stage. I think this was politically motivated and its unfortunate its a sad day for the country. Reporter now, israel is already in political crisis, Prime Minister netanyahu has tried and failed twice to form a government that means israelis will likely go back to the polls next march for the third time in 12 months and you can bet Prime Minister netanyahu will fight until the end. He would much rather face these charges as a sitting Prime Minister than a private citizen. Rocky times there, molly hunter in jerusalem, thank you. New developments in the controversial case were following, a former Boston College student charged for allegedly encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life has returned to boston to face arraignment today. Nbcs kathy park is here with the latest good morning. Inyoung you was in her native south korea when she was charged with involuntary manslaughter. She was physically and psychologically abusive to her boyfriend and sent Text Messages urging him to take his own life. This morning, new Text Messages by yous team suggest she tried talking him out of it. Back in the u. S. To face a judge after being charged in connection to her boyfriends suicide. Prosecutors say the two former Boston College students were in a volatile 18month relationship in may, Alexander Urtula took his own life jumping from a parking garage hours before his graduation. Ms. You was tracking his location as she frequently did on her phone she went to the garage and in fact was present when mr. Urtula jumped to his death. Reporter investigators say when they searched urtulas cell phone, they found the young couple had exchanged more than 75,000 texts in the months before his death including messages like go die, go kill yourself. Ms. You made demands threats with the understanding that she had complete and total control over mr. Urtula both mentally and emotionally. Reporter but texts obtained by the boston globe appear to show she was trying to stop urtula and she was upset that the gps tracking was off i asked you why your location wasnt available adding, are you kidding me urtula, im not going to be anywhere this isnt your fault. I love you this isnt your fault, its mine. Please baby, stop, i love you. Nbc news has not verified those Text Messages and prosecutors had no further comment a spokesperson for the family says theyre continually feeling the sharp pain of his passing all over again and investigators say family members and classmates also witnessed the abuse suffered by urtula, and it was documented in his journal. The District Attorneys Office is expected to release more facts and evidence at todays arraignment, and well be watching that very closely. What a disturbing case. Thanks. Now to the overnight bomb shell from simone biles blasting usa gymnastics after a report usa gymnastics waited to tell her about the allegations against former team dr. Larry nassar as they were talking to the fbi about it nbc Senior National correspondent kate snow here with the details good morning. Good morning, guys, for the first time, the wall street journal took a detailed look at simone biles complaints about larry nassar, finding the governing body knew early on she might have been abused but kept her in the dark about their investigation into nassar. This morning, super star gymnast simone biles is demanding answers after a report in the wall street journal detailed for the first time how usa gymnastics ignored the possibility that its brightest star had been sexually abused and walled her off from investigations into abuse by larry nassar, even though they knew she had expressed concerns about him. Biles tweeting, i cant tell you how hard this is to read and process. Biles was one of three gymnasts identified in june 2015 as being uncomfortable with nassar, the long time physician for the u. S. Womens team, now serving 16 years in prison, accused of abusing more than 350 girls and young women. The journal reports the then head of usa gymnastics, steve penny was specifically told biles had complained but never asked an investigator to speak with her in 2015 biles was a rising star, making public appearances to promote the u. S. Team. The report says biles did not learn nassar was under investigation until after winning gold at the rio olympics more than a year later thats when she was finally interviewed by the fbi the pain is real, and doesnt just go away, she writes especially when new facts are still coming out after dozens of gymnasts gave victim impact statements at nassars trial in january of 2018, simone biles went public with her own story, speaking out on the mat. They couldnt do one damn job. You had one job. You literally had one jo and you couldnt protect us. And here on today with savannah. While youre doing everything youre doing in your sport, youre also healing and doing both at the same time. Yes. What has this journey been for you . Oh, goodness, i feel like its been a roller coaster, a lot of highs, a lot of lows, but you know, coming back, im doing this just for me, and i think thats different than the last time. The current chief executive of usa gymnastics li li leung said that she was surprised deeply saddened and outraged when she learned from the journal what happened to biles and the federation was extending apologies to her and her family. Biles now asking whats it going to take for a complete and independent investigation of gymnastics. Penny told the wall street journal he was never aware biles had been a victim until she both the u. S. Olympic and Paraolympic Committee and usa gymnastics penny told the wall street journal he was never aware biles had been a victim until she made a Public Statement in 2018 the fbi is doing their own internal investigation, even once the fbi was involved to get to any kind of investigation a lot of families have questions about that. Kate, where does the future of usa gymnastics stand right now . Thats the big question they have gone through multiple leaders, they are in bankruptcy procedures theres a notion they may not exist at some point. They may be removed from controlling gymnastics in this country. But that hasnt happened yet. Kate, thank you. Lets get more on the weather. Al is in the thick of it youre talking about a lot of rain coming up. We sure are, savannah lets show you whats happening around the rest of the country, and youll see that were looking at a lot of wet weather through the midsection of the u. S. , turning cooler through the Northern Plains and Mississippi Valley out west, going to have gorgeous weather up and down the west coast. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds when you shop small you help support your community from after School Programs to the arts so become a regular, more regularly. Because for every dollar you spend at a Small Business, an average of 67 cents stays in the community. Join me and American Express on Small Business saturday, november 30th, and see how shopping small adds up. Good morning. Im kari hall. We have a really nice sunrise in the south bay as we take a live look outside. And or temperatures today will reach up to 65 degrees. And livermore, expect a high of 66. 68 in concord. And oakland reaching 61. Santa rose today will reach up to 65. And well see some slightly warmer air in the weekend forecast. And were getting ready for some rain next week. Well see the showers moving in tuesday with a big drop in our temperatures. And thats your latest weather. Guys. All right al, sounds like frying and thats your latest weather. Guys. All right al, sounds like frying bacon we wish it was bacon. That would make al happy, right. I wish. That would be so good, oh, man, thanks for that lester. Anytime youre speaking his lang