Severe Weather Triggering tornadoes, damaging wind, hail and flooding. The weather channels mike seidel has the details from north little rock, arkansas. Reporter an ef1 tornado tore through university city, missouri, early this morning. There was the sound of this storm that woke everybody up. 100 homes damaged. Trees down. And nearly 7,000 people left without power. In st. Louis, the rain came fast and was heavy. Flooding streets, and stranding cars. It is more than what the drainage system can handle at one time. You have the flash flooding and before you know it, youre in it. Reporter at least seven states and more than 50 Million People are at risk for either tornadoes or wind damage. Certainly not done yet. Bill karins will tell us what is ahead in just a few minutes. First, declassified, we will soon get our first look into a Senate Report on post 9 11 cia interrogation methods. Lets get to nbcs tracie potts live in washington. Tracie, good morning. Some called this 6200 page report shocking. Reporter and when we see is inside the thousands of pages, every american can make up their own mind on that. Thats what some of the republicans who opposed it wanted to see anyway. The Senate IntelligenceCommittee Approved this report more than a year ago. It is yet to be made public. Did the cia cross the line using waterboarding and other techniques to interrogate terror suspects after 9 11 . And did it work . Is this how the u. S. Tracked down Osama Bin Laden . And prevented other attacks . We may soon know. The Senate Intelligence committee voted 113 thursday to give the public a look at the summary of its 6200 page report. Results, i think, were shocking. It chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. This is not what americans do. Reporter even republicans who voted for disclosure questioned whether this report is accurate. There are no direct interviews with the cia or anyone in the bush administration. And no republicans join the investigation. They thought it was biased. I was never in favor of this report being done. I think it was a waste of time. The general public can make up their minds about whether or not this was done properly. Reporter the cia claims the committee accessed information without being authorized. Committee chair Dianne Feinstein accused the cia of spying on the investigation. Now it is up to president obama how soon this report goes public. We would expect that the actions that are necessary to declassify document like that be conducted in all due haste. Reporter well see if it happens in a hasty manner. The white house that to pull out everything they think might compromise national security. Francis . A lot to look into. Tracie potts, thank you so much. Now to ft. Hood, texas. A picture is emerging of wednesdays shooting suspect who Officials Say killed three people before taking his own life. Nbcs jay gray is live in ft. Hood with the details. Good morning. So what did we learn now about the soldiers military background . Reporter good morning to you, francis. Really unremarkable up and before the attacks here on wednesday. Look, soldiers and civilians this time of the morning really returning to this area, getting back to their posts at ft. Hood and beginning to understand, i believe, that it is going to be a long time before anything is anywhere close to being normal again here. In the wake of the deadly attacks we have an active shooter currently on ft. Hood. Reporter investigators and so many in this grieving community continue this morning to search for answers. It is hard to understand that someone would be out, be able it to shoot people they work with. Reporter military officials believe 34yearold Army Specialist ivan lopez chose his victims at random after an argument with fellow soldiers. A strong possibility that that, in fact, immediately preceded the shooting. But we do not have that definitively at this point. But we do have strong indications of that. Reporter as the shots rang out 33,000 block of 72nd. Multiple gunshot victims. Reporter on a post filled with combat veteran, many who moved in to help. There were several instances here of clear heroism. Reporter the military policewoman who confronted lopez before he apparently turned the weapon on himself. An army chaplin injured as he jumped into the line of fire. Shielded some individuals, took control of the situation, broke a window and got them out to safety. Reporter there were three soldiers who did not escape the massacre, including Sergeant Timothy owens. Very proud of him. Because he was fighting for our country. Reporter the tenyear army veteran served in both iraq and kuwait, but did not survive an attack here at home. To see unspeakable, senseless violence happen in a place where theyre supposed it feel safe, home base, is tragic. Reporter a tragedy investigators admit they may never fully understand. This community continues to look for understanding as well. They have a Prayer Service this evening. And a memorial for the victims is planned next week. Live at ft. Hood, jay gray. Francis, back to you. Jay, thank you. It is a far cry from the movie gravity, but for the second time in less than three weeks, the International Space station had to dodge space junk. Nasa says the station fired thrusters to move half a mile to stay away from parts of an old rocket. They say the crew was never in any danger. Were learning of the merck until the ashes after a fire that killed two of bostons bravest and a promise to the widow of one of the fallen. Lieutenant edward walsh lost his life fighting this blaze last week. And when firefighters recovered his body, they couldnt find his wedding ring. They promised his wife kristen they would do anything they could to find it. Crews knew lieutenant walsh never took his ring off, so it had to be in the rubble. After hours of searching, they found it tuesday night, the same time as walshs wake. They immediately rushed it to his wife. Lieutenant walsh was laid to rest the next day. The second firefighter Michael Kennedy was laid to rest yesterday. After a 32 years as late night host, David Letterman announced hes wrapping it all up, just two months after jay leno said goodbye to his tonight show audience. David letterman revealed that 2015 will be his last year as host of the late show. Letterman broke the news to everyone during a taping yesterday. It has been great. Youve been great. The network has been great. But im retiring. I just want to reiterate my thanks and for the support from the network. All of the people who have worked here, all of the people in the theater, all the people on the staff, everybody at home, thank you very much. And what this means now is that paul and i can be married. Of course, it had to end with a punchline. No final date has been set on his successor but well tell you who the leading candidates are. Im going to miss his top ten. You got your top ten of Severe Weather around the country. Big story. Big fears yesterday going into the afternoon. What was going to happen in the midwest, arkansas, missouri. Thankfully we had no fatalities last night. So we keep our streak going. No tornado fatalities in the us thus year. Those red triangles are the tornados that did occur. We had eight of them. Wasnt a huge outbreak, but a lot of Severe Weather and wind damage along with it. A lot of cleanup to be done, but we didnt have any injuries or fatalities. Now, across the country, see the big storm that is now up in minnesota. Thats responsible for the Severe Weather. Still has a pretty good line of thunderstorms with it. And alabama, down to louisiana. Still get something strong storms for the tornado threat appears to be just about over. As far as the weather on the west, a weak system coming on shore, more rain right around San Francisco for your Early Morning commute. It will be over the top of shai. Also, not expecting a lot of rain with this, but a brief downpour. Over the weekend, looks like the pacific northwest, more significant rain. Frontal system coming on shore late saturday and that will bring a better chance of rain to the region. That will not be down in areas of california. For your friday, Early Morning showers and then were looking okay. Talk weekend forecast coming up. Hope it stays quiet, bill. Thank you very much. A new exhibit will be unveiled today at the george w. Bush president ial library in dallas. Paintings by the former president himself. Nbcs Jenna Bush Hager spoke with her mom and dad about his art work. Here is a preview. What do you think this teaches people that not that youre aging, but that are in the Second Chapter of their lives. I think you got to live life to its fullest and not retire from life. I think you can teach an old dog new tricks. Youre the old dog. Hes the old dog. Dog. Didnt say dogs. This is the new trick. This is the new trick. See more of Jenna Bush Hagers interview with an exclusive look at the paintings this morning on today. A very confused u. S. Senator attends the wrong hearing. Plus, the governments shocking tv ad to get people who text while driving to wise up. As a kid, i made a list of all the places i wanted to visit. Im still not going to make it to mars, but thanks to hotwires incredibly low travel prices, i can afford to cross more things off my list. This year alone, we went to the top of the statue of liberty. 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Take a look here as hes given a note informing him of his mistake. Locations, personnel, et cetera. I just got a note saying im at the wrong hearing. Oh, okay. Ive got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. That would explain why i didnt know anything about this letter. Makes you wonder if he would have gone on, if he never would have gotten that note. It is friday, we have cute animal videos for you. This is a baboon born last week at floridas jungle island. According to zoo officials, she is happy, and playful and no doubt adorable. Time to get down to business on this friday. Well get a picture of the nations unemployment situation. Theyre expecting 195,000 new jobs and the Unemployment Rate to drop from 6. 7 to 6. 6 . But if you had a job, apparently, hey, youre not taking vacation. According to a glass door survey, half of all workers who get paid time off only use about half of it and 15 dont take any Vacation Time at all. Start booking the flights. And the department of transportation is taking serious mu measures to crack down on texting by drivers. Hello . Uhhuh. Nobody likes to be stopped by the police. But if i had seen her texting while driving and given her a ticket, it just might have saved her life. No doubt a powerful message. Just ahead, the Seahawks Pete carol is about to get richer. And one of paula deens crown jewels comes crashing down. Details ahead on early today. [clucking]. Everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. Cause only he brings delicious cadbury creme eggs, while others may keep trying. Nobunny knows easter better than cadbury hi there. We just talked to johnny depp about his new movie. You just transcended right there. I did. Youre freaking me out did you break any news in this interview . No. I broke nothing. Thank you, johnny. Johnny depp just kissed me on the cheek. Tune in to the today show and youll see more. In sports, a memorable final at new Yorks Madison Square garden. The back and forth between minnesota and smu. Thats up for grabs until Austin Hollings drained a three putting the gophers ahead for good. Minnesota wins 6563 giving rick pitinos son richard a championship in the first season as head coach. Now to dallas for some of the countrys best College Basketball players compete ahead of the final four. Louisvilles shimle beats the guys and girls in the contest. Lewis, here he goes, going for it. Will he do it . He took home the slam dunk crown. Special celebration at the white house honoring the olympic and paralympic athletes. They even busted a move or two. Super bowl winning coach pete carol is reportedly set to sign a contract extension with the seahawks. Details will emerge later this morning. And next to the big leagues where a foul by adams. The fan talks a little smack. But winds up in the losing end as the cardinals beat the reds 76. Popped it up. Oh a collision and baker hopefully is all right. Ouch. 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Captain america. The Winter Soldier is set to light up the box office this weekend. That right there is the Winter Soldier, the russian villain who wreaked havoc on captain americas world in the latest marvel movie. Expect the film to break april Box Office Records with close to 100 million. And enews asked readers who they would want to replace david let americte letterman. They said tina fey and amy poehler. The duo gig would be unlikely. Conan obrien took second with 17 . James franco is defending himself on stwiter after a story broke about him hitting on a 17yearold girl. Whether it was an april fools joke or not, text conversations surfaced online showing franco trying to pick up a 17yearold scottish tourist. Franco met her after his broadway show and according to the girl, asked via text if he should go and rent a room for them. Dont ask kate winslet to sign any photos of her from the photo from the titanic. She said people ask her all the time but shes too uncomfortable to do it. And a slew of posters has been released. Here is sylvester stallone. Then arnold schwarzenegger. And antonio banderas. Harrison ford. Wesley snipes. Mel gibson. And then kelsey grammer. Like an aarp commercial. Frazier is either in the movie or he just kind of stumbled on to the set with his crocodile dundee looking outfit. The series doesnt do that well in our country, but overseas it is a huge hit. Yes. You can see why. Thank you, bill. Im francis rivera. This is early today. We hope it is your first