Cancellations of 1,000 flights at chicagos busy Ohare Airport alone. Well have the latest just ahead. Then mass protests in the streets of tehran after the iranian government accidentally shot down a passenger plane filled with iranians President Trump telling those protesters he and the United States stand with them well have live report and talk to chuck todd. Then, a sunday sitdown with ed harris on the latest role of Atticus Finch and a prolific acting career that began with a very different passion. I was working out for football i just it was 1970, 71, a lot of things were doing on in the world. I remember sitting down in the back porch of the neighbors house. I was thinking about what was i going to do with myself if im not going to play football maybe i can do the acting thing. Ed harris and later in the sunday spotlight, the view from london as the British Royal family prepares for a palace summit after the stunning news that prince harry and duchess Meghan Markle are leaving the uk in search of a more normal life so whats really behind their decision and then our sunday closer as harry smith visits the famouf doughnut man of Southern California extraordinary american story begins a long way from the sweetness of his bakery. All that, plus another life well lived a bit later in the show. But lets begin this morning with the massive storm this weekend that has brought Severe Weather to large swathes of the country. Nbcs Morgan Radford is following it us for us. Reporter good morning. That storm keeps on coming and keeps on moving and stretching from texas to illinois and it moved into the east coast overnight. Spinning off tornadoes, knocking out power for more than 100,000 people and leaving at least 11 dead in its wake overnight, a severe storm system sliced through the deep south. In georgia, heavy rains and strong winds knocking down trees, ripping off roofs and flooding streets the fast moving storms traveling east at around 60 miles an hour. Carving a path of destruction. The wall of this building now missing. And suspected tornados tore through towns, crushing homes in pickens county, killing three. And in louisiana, the storm battered this middle School Leaving a classroom exposed. Icy roads in texas turned deadly a firefighter and a Police Officer were struck and killed while responding to a wreck on the interstate a second firefighter is in Critical Condition its a huge loss for the Public Safety community here if people would respect Road Conditions things like this wouldnt have to happen. Reporter residents in tennessee starting the cleanup. It sounds like a big train. Reporter up north, 14 to 18 foot waves flooded the banks of lake michigan. Making roads impassable. And at chicagos ohare, more than 1100 flights were canceled. We are going on a cruise on sunday so we had to fly out today. Reporter the wild weather system also bringing unseasonable temperatures. A rare snow day in dallas and 70 degrees in boston. More than 30 degrees above average. So that fast moving storm is racing into new england this morning making for a soggy sunday morning there, but the good news it is going to be gone soon. Meanwhile, almost 70 degrees in new york city today. Amazing. All right well see you again in a minute. This morning iranians are taking to the streets en masse for a second day of protests the demonstrations come after irans government admitted it accidentally it says shot down a passenger plane filled with its own citizens opposition leaders now are calling for the countrys Supreme Leader to step down. President trump meanwhile tweeting his support for the iranian people nbcs White House CorrespondentKelly Odonnell has the latest for us good morning reporter good morning, willie with military tensions cool, President Trump is adjusting the kind of pressure hes putting on iran by publicly supporting the iranian citizens who are protesting and upset at their countrys regime a dramatic turn from his twitter megaphone. President trump sends a message in farsi the dominant language in iran. To the brave, long suffering people offering praise amid this crisis as iranians take to the streets. We are following your protests closely and are inspired by your courage. It separates the irans citizens we want you to have a future and a great future. Reporter from their leaders with a new stern warning for tehran the government of iran must allow human Rights Groups to monitor the ongoing protests by the iranian people there cannot be another massacre of Peaceful Protesters nor an internet shutdown. The world is watching. Lawmakers are also watching the president s handling of this latest flash point with iran saturday, 2020 democratic candidate Bernie Sanders joined forces across the partisan divide with mike lee to sponsor what they call the no war against iran act to block any funds from going to an authorized war with iran. At an iowa coffee shop, sanders told nbc news we can bring conservative republicans and progressives together to make clear to donald trump that its the United States congress that has the constitutional responsibility to make war, not the president of the United States. Reporter campaigning in las vegas, Amy Klobuchar said the Senate Must Vote to limit the president s ability to take on iran. This president seems to flaunt our laws, make decisions without even consulting the leaders in congress. Reporter with three weeks until the iowa caucuses, sanders is riding high a new Des Moines Register poll shows him out front. Followed in a tight pack of warren, buttigieg and biden. And the senators running will face a new challenge as this week the impeachment clock begins ticking again Speaker Pelosi said shell transfer the house case against the president to the senate to schedule a trial there so candidates like sanders and warren and klobuchar will have to serve as jurors in d. C. , keeping them out of iowa willie busy week ahead in washington Kelly Odonnell, thank you chuck todd is nbcs political director and moderator of meet the press. Its stunning to stop and think its only been nine days since the United States killed general soleimani. We saw protests in the streets against america in the days after that we saw shifting explanations from the white house iran responded with its own attack and then shot down a commercial airliner full of its own citizens and now the protests in the streets in iran are against the iranian government where does this nine days net out for President Trump . Well, i think for now, i think its look, i think the situation in iran currently is going to mitigate some of the criticism that the president has been receiving here. Domestically and frankly even around the world i mean, right after the killing of soleimani, the world even some of the allies there was a division not about whether people were glad that soleimani was dead but whether it was a prudent decision, the timing and all that and there was and iran was i dont want to say there was empathy towards iran around the world but they were trying to make their diplomatic case then their lying about this aircraft and shooting it down and now admitting it is now bringing back domestic political pressure to them and gives the president space on the diplomatic front and gives him some political space here. Because much of the criticism from congress, willie, is the same criticism that they have ceded to so many president s before trump. No question about it. Speaking of congress, chuck, looks like we may have this week perhaps the beginning of a Senate Impeachment trial just the third in the countrys history. Speaker pelosi announced on friday shell finally transmit them from the house to the senate its been almost a month. What did the strategy accomplish for Speaker Pelosi and democrats . I think i dont know. They would you know, you the i think they would argue that at least it put some focus and some pressure on Vulnerable Senate republicans and smoked out john bolton i think that would be the best case Speaker Pelosis office could make, but its hard to see they got much out of this. I think now they have to help i think the downside for democrats in this date is that process became the story, willie not the substance of what happened so now lets see what happens in the trial. I think a lot of people assumed we know what will happen in this trial. I thought i knew what would happen last night in the baltimore tennessee game too you dont always know what will happen. Derrick henry in that game, see if theres a Derrick Henry in the senate. Thank you very much. Well look for more this morning on meet the press when chuck tackles impeachment, iran and iowa among his guests the National Security adviser, obrien. Theres a new aftershock in southwest puerto rico. A magnitude 5. 9 earthquake shook the country and cracks did open up on the road, boulders were crashing down. Tuesdays 6. 4 quake is now estimated at more than 100 million as chuck just mentioned the shocker in the nfl playoffs last night as the leagues top team the 142 Baltimore Ravens were beaten soundly at home by the upstart Tennessee Titans running back henry ran for 195 yards and threw a touchdown pass in the 2812 win tennessee now headed to the afc title game against the winner of todays texans chiefs game San Francisco 49ers meanwhile will play for the nfc title against the winner of todays seahawks packers game. The 49ers beat the minnesota vikings, 2710 and a milestone today for tennis icon serena williams. She won her first title since becoming a mother, beating Jessica Pegula in the classic in new zealand. After the match, a beaming serena celebrating with the trophy and her a quick system through yesterday is now leaving behind clear skies which means a cold start to the morning. 39 degrees in san jose. 33 in napa. 35 in santa rosa. 40s for the coastline. And we can expect to see another disturbance making its way in tonight into monday morning. That will bring another storm system that could bring widespread rain. Heading into the start of the chute tomorrow, temperatures today will be in the upper 50s for the the south bay and interior valleys. Straigh straight ahead the highs and lows of the week including glimmers of hope and love through the smoke and flames of that breathtaking tragedy in australia. Hen eccentric billion and when eccentric billionaires dance, elon musk rolls out a new tesla and rolls out the concept of rhythm forever. 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Travelers stopping to cheer for the american volunteers as they passed by. More than 200 americans have deployed to help the australian counterparts there. Its worth pointing out, firefighters from australia often come to the u. S. To help with forest fires. Adding to the ongoing tragedy, the australian wildfires have killed an estimated 1 billion animals across the country. Many locals taking it upon themselves to save and help as many as they can. These teenagers on kangaroo island, one of the areas worst affected by the fire, rounded up koalas in the car to bring to a neighbor who has a permit to care for wildlife. Its come to that, where citizens are rounding up koalas. I didnt know that was common practice for the australian firefighters to come here. Really cool. Over the last 20 years. This is the sydney opera house, lit up with images, the iconic sidney opera house, of the firefighters as a tribute to them. Were thinking of you all in australia this morning. Our first low goes to the, perhaps, irreparable damage upon the art of dance and the very concept of movement in space by teslas ceo elon musk. Musk broke into an impromptu interpretive performance in shanghai as he celebrated the rollout of the new model 3 car. As soon as he walked on stage, the centric billionaire began to feel the music deep in his bones. He then asked the crew to cue the music. Tragically, they did cue the music. As the assembled tesla owners, they cheered him on, and musk removed his jacket. Again, this is to sell cars. He posted the clip of himself to twitter with the caption, not meant for work. That comes on the heels of the unbreakable glass of the tesla truck was broken twice. No broken glass and bad moves makes no matter as tesla is the highest valued auto car more than ford and gm combined. I guess when youre putting up those kind of numbers, you can dance however you want. Can you . I can see that being a viral sensation, do the tesla. Psa, please, for all of us, dont do the tesla. Our next high goes to the triumphant return to the vcr, just for a moment but for a great cause. Jim mckay bought a clunky vra outside of austin. When he hooked it up there was still a video inside. He hit play and watched a baby boys first steps from 1994. In a video titled tyree learns to walk. There he goes jim was so moved by the footage that he posted a video on facebook asking for help in finding the family, so he could return that precious tape. The video quickly went viral. As luck would have it, the boys mother saw it on her local news and immediately recognized her baby son. Turns out that baby is now 26yearold Tyree Alexander who contacted mckay 24 hours after mckays original post. Jim shared the good news writing, oh, my god, tyree just called me. We freaking found him, yall. The pair met for the first time on the today show, where were sitting, and jim returned the 25yearold tape. I havent seen, you know, me, my dad, my brother in a room for a long time. To see that and see all that love and everything, that took me back to a place i could never go, you know, without having that tape. For all its faults, the internet at its best. Tracking down within 24 hours. Thats my favorite story of the week. Very nice. Our final low goes to being caught in the act. A pair of raccoons became viral stars this week. One in particular. When they were caught on camera sneaking through a yard in eagle rock, california. The second one there up on its hind legs either putting his hands up in surrender or whispering to his buddy, just be cool. If we dont move, they wont see us. The beauty of that video is the pan. The first guy is okay but the second one is the star. Wait for it. Th