Crew members engulfed in flames during a symptom. This morning, how theyre doing. And jenners journey. Bruce jenner opens up admitting hes transgender. The dad says hes been hiding him true selffrom the world and doesnt want to do it anymore, and we hear from Kim Kardashian for the first time. Just part of her exclusive interview today, saturday april 25th, 2015. Tad today with lester holt and erika holt. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Did you watch . I watched. I am full disclosure exhausted this morning, but i think it was worth it and i think a lot of people walked away surprised in that they accept what hes saying. It was also well done in that it was not just this made for tv moment built up as some big event for bruce jen tore talk about it. It was very educational. It was. It felt brave and courageous. Were hearing today from a lot of celebritying today including ellen degeneres. She tweeted hes saving lives and opening minds. Jimmy fallon speaking out as well saying this is one small step for man, one giant step for mankind. Such positive support online. Something well be talking about for a long time. We want to get to the top story. That is a devastating earthquake in nepal. Severe damage. Possible disaster on the worlds tallest mountain. Were following it from london. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. At least hundreds are injured. Dozens trapped in the rubble. The epicenter of this quake was 50 miles west of kathmandu. The quake causing damage in neighboring countries, and there are reports of an avalanche on mount ef lest. A Government Official said almost the entire country has been hit. Outside a hospital in nepal, scenes of chaos with patients overflowing with the parking lot outside. The 7. 9 quake shook nepals capital before noon hat 11 56 local time. Houses collapsed. Roads buckled. This 200yearold tower crumbled to the ground. Rescuers are desperately trying to dig people out from under the rubble. More than 50 may be trapped. On mount everest, there are reports the quake triggered an avalanche with climbers from the around the world preparing to a push to the summit. Camp one and camp two swept away by avalanche. Many climbers missing and also from north side as per reports. A tweet from one point, five miles from everest. Running for life from my tent. Unhurt. Many, many people up the mountain. The quake was felt 300 miles away in india and pakistan. 20 were killed in india. More than 400 dead in nepal. That number could go higher as rescuers reach the more remote towns in the can man due valley home to about 2. 5 Million People. The government is warning people to stay outside still because of extremely strong aftershocks. One measured 6. 6. Thanks kelly. A journalist working with kathmandu joins us thing. You were in your car when this quake struck. What are you seeing and experiencing . I was driving with my 10yearold son. We were going to go to a lunch, and were driving down a hill and initially i thought i had a flat tire but it was almost like you were being buffetted. The roads was going, does going in waves. Everyone else was dodging erratically and slamming on the brakes. Motorcycles stalling in front of us. Trees completely bent in two, and we did what we have been trained to do which is go to the center of the road turn off the engine, keep your seat belt on and crouch down in the car until you think you can get out, and weve had more than 11 aftershocks since then. I managed to drive back to my house. I live in the Southern Suburbs of kathmandu. Its on a ridge. Its not the narrow roads and old buildings. Theyve been really badly hit. There are reports of overflowing hospitals with injured and dead on the sidewalks and on the street and on the steps leading up to the hospitals. The main big white tower in central kathmandu was toppled the same way it did in the huge 1934 earthquake. This is the land of earthquakes. Everyone was saying a big one is coming. I dont know if this was it. Thank you so much. We wish the best to her and her family and all the people of nepal today. Were going to be talking about this for a while. I think were just starting to get the details and just starting to see the damage. Well continue to get the news. We want to talk about the Severe Weather putting tens of millions of people in harms way in this country. We are expecting another day of dangerous conditions. Dylan has been tracking this for us. Yesterday we had several tornadoes, especially in kansas. Reports of 11 tornadoes. Some caught on camera. These were in very rural parts of kansas so were not hearing reports of too much damage but the National Weather service will go out and assess the damage to determine exactly how many tornadoes were seen. You can see multiple tornadoes on that picture alone. We also had heavy rain down through texas where severe storms brought torrential downpours. Cars really getting stuck in a lot of this rain. Again, you do not want to drive throug you do not want to drive through the waters. Flash flooding situations. You never know how deep the water is. It was coming down in buckets. We had wind gusts of 70 to 90 miles an hour. More Straight Line wind damage in texas. A lot of the tornadoes were reported in kansas. Today, we do still have the threat. We have a h i effect. Here you see in the red box here. We are looking for that to remain in effect until 9 00. You see the rotation up here in kansas and nebraska. Thats where an upper level low is going to trigger more storms later on today. We will see them redevelop later on this afternoon. The only saving grace is the fact the thunderstorms this morning a lot of the energy from the storms that we will see later on this afternoon. We are looking at widespread thunderstorms today. I want to show you parts of kentucky and tennessee. That is our enhanced chance of seeing more tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and hail. Dangerous cloudtoground ligh stay indoors. Dylan, thanks. To the stunning acknowledgment from bruce jenner. The symbol of masculine ty confirmed he is a transgender woman. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has his story. Reporter ending months of speculation, bruce jenner is breaking his silence. Confirming what many have suspected. My brain is much more female than it is male. Its hard for people to understand that. Thats what my soul is. Reporter in the interview with Abcs Diane Sawyer jenner says he is transgender. I look at it this way, bruce, always telling a lie. Hes lived a lie his whole life about who he is. And i cant do that any longer. Reporter for years, jenner was the very definition of mass masculine ty. He was a national icon. Im keeping the pony tail. Reporter now a celebrity to generations with his familys reality show. The 65yearold says he was never comfortable. I never fit in. When you deal with this issue, you dont fit in. Reporter living a lie and under the microscope jenner says he understands why some would ponder suicide. I see where people get to that. Go in the room. You got a gun. Boom. You know . Pains over. Done. I cant do Something Like that. I want to know how this story ends. Rep with his childrens support, jenners transition into his new life is under way. As for his sexuality . I never was attracted to the guys or any of that kind of stuff. Sexuality was totally different than what my issues were. I always felt heterosexual. Reporter jenner says he will emerge soon as a woman hoping to blend in with a new name and new look and the person he always wanted to be. I feel like im going to be okay. 2015s going to be quite a ride. Reporter for today, Miguel Almaguer nbc news los angeles. Nice to have you here. There has been a positive reaction overnight and even this morning. Is this the kind of thing where we will look back and this is a landmark moment to understanding and acceptance for transgender people . Absolutely. He was powerful and vulnerable. I felt like the same in 1997 when ellen came out of the closet and you did not know what a gay person looked like. I think this will be incredibly influence how much do you think the build up helped with Public Perception of the special last night and Public Acceptance . I think it helped. It must have been difficult for him in the interview to be trailed by the paparazzi like that. There has been a dialogue online speculation and interest and conversation and i liked how he started the interview and we got that out of the way right away. It wasnt like they teased it and we have to wait for him to announce it. It came out in the beginning of the interview. Where does this go from here . He has for the last several years leading a public life as part of the kardashians. Everything is out there. The one real story is the one we didnt see on the show. Where does bruce and the kardashian clan goes . Starting at the end of july he will have an eightepisode series where we document and follow him as he transitions and follows his journey. I think it will be interesting to see how thats handled. Glaad is working with e. It is a chance to use reality tv as an educational and informational tool. A lot of people can benefit. Maybe change what reality tv is. We always give reality tv a Bad Reputation n. This. In thio good. Thank you very much. We have dylan following the latest on social media. What are people saying overall . A lot of folks calling bruce a hero. You know for months surrounding the speculation, the jenner and kardashian clan have kept mum. All of the four children support their dad. The kardashians were not part of the special. They broke their silence. Kylie said it is not about me. Im proud of you. Kendall kept it sweet. So very proud of you. My hero. The kardashian children. You have always been a role mol to me. I look up to you. And kourtney said im proud of you. And we have khloe saying just finished watching the interview. So proud of you. During the special, bruce said kris tweeted not only his wife former im my husband and father of my children i am now able to call him my hero. Jenner says kim that be most acceptable acceptable, and youll hear about her talk about her step dads transition. Thats coming up in the next half hour. We do want to point out, you may have seen this is a conversation weve been seeing. Kate snow has been reporting on transgender children and their families. For more on that and if you have questions, head over to our website at today. Com. Something were going to continue to talk about and also news headlines. Were here with a story about a rough flight for passengers on a southwest flight. Good morning. Frightening moments aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from las vegas to milwaukee. The plane was diverted to denver after reporting pressurization issues. 175 passengers and six crew members were aboard the plane. Officials say only one passenger required medical attention. The plane landed without incident as passengered talked about what it felt like in the air. All of a sudden our ears started to pop and it was freezing. We had to make an Emergency Landing in denver. On wednesday a sky west flight made an Emergency Landing after three people passed out on board. Amid fears of cabin pressure problems. Nbc news has learned security is being stepped at Los Angeles International airport. There are suggestions isis may be targeting military on the west coast. Protesters are vowing to shut the Baltimore City down today. Nbcs tom costello has more. Baltimore police under fire for the arrest of grey an an injury he sustained in the custody. They are posting a video to youtube and tweeting out an image late friday. Its from a tv camera that shows an unidentified person filming his arrest. Meanwhile Police Confirmed that once gray was arrested and placed into a police van, they failed to put a seat belt of him. A violation of police policy. We know he was not buckled in the transportation wagon as he should have been. No excuses for that period. Among the questions, was gray given whats known as a rough ride jarring stops and starts that might have caused his fatal spinal cord injury. If somebody harmed him, were going to have to prosecute them. Giving you too much information may jeopardize that prosecution demonstrators are ratcheting up the pressure. Officials in chile are nearing people to be on the lookout for another eruption. The eruptions began on wednesday. On friday they urged thousands to evacuate after potentially devastating loads of debris were detected in a nearby river Prince William made an appearance today. He appeared at a london Memorial Service to commemorate troops that died during world war i. Nascar says three pit crew members were hospitalized after a fire in virginia. The fire broke autoat the Richard International raceway as the 62 car was completing a pit stop. Two crew members, his tire changer and fueler became engulfed in flames. They extinguished the flames so quickly. They were so calm. Its going to be a tough day for a lot of people for the weather. Especially where we saw the storms yesterday. Were looking at kentucky and tennessee. This is where were going to see some of our stronger storms redevelop later on this afternoon and into this evening. This whole area in red stretching to the gulf coast, including the panhandle of florida. This is where we could see isolated strong storms that produce large hail and damaging winds gusts and flash hey, good saturday morning to you. Heavy rain fell overnight. Its beginning to push out of the region now. We have showers, light stuff near monterey. Light activity across the santa cruz mountains. Same over toward the south bay foothills. We head through the day today, well see sunshine later this afternoon. This morning, skies clear. Later this afternoon well be back in the 60s. 70 for the north bay. 61 for San Francisco. 65 for the south bay. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Coming up we will catch you up on the weekend news from the president ial apology over an americand in a drone strike overseas to the controversy surrounding dr. Oz. It is all ahead in the download. But first this is t back on a saturday morning with this weeks download. Our way of bringing you up to speed of the top stories. The tragedy in the mediterranean and the court battle to release the man who shot president reagan. We start with the grim faced president obama. A deadly mistake in the war on terror. President obama acknowledging a cia drone strike killed two hostages. An american and italian. Mistakes occur. We learned two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed. Gadahn was the most famous american. Experts say this man also killed may have been more dangerous. A disaster at sea. A boat carrying migrants from libya cap sized in the mediterranean. Their ship sank. A few dozen survivors have been found. A fraction of who was on board. Conflicts in iraq and libya and across to africa are pushing people to escape. Outrage over the death of a man who suffered a spinal injury in police custody. Protesters were again on the streets demanding answers. 25yearold freddie gray was arrested and dragged to a Baltimore Police van. At some point, suffering a spinal cord injury that claimed his life a week later. He was having trouble breathing e we should have probably asked for paramedics. The man who tried to assassinate president reagan could soon walk free. As his lawyers argue, he is clinically ready to be released from the mental institution. I think it is important to remember what this man did. He shot the president of the united states. One of americas most popular tv doctors is under fire this week. New fallout over the letter objecting to dr. Ozs faculty position. The usa today, the doctors from Columbia University write many of us are spending a significant amount of our clinical time debunking oz. It is a medical show and i cover those topics. I have to go beyond that. And one boys love for minions landing him in a tight situation. When the claw machine would not deliver the goods, he cl stuck. Henry was in there for a half hour before others got him out. He got to keep a minion and according to his mom, he hasnt let go of it. Michelle obama took questions in the east room of the white house. One girl asked what was on her mind. How old are you . You are too young to be a 50yearold. She said come on up here. I love that moment. That made my da it was so sweet. That little girl for years will say remember the time i hugged the first lady . She called me up because she wanted to hug me . Remember that . If i was her mother, i would freeze frame it and put it on a canvas. I am thinking about that kid henry stuck. With the minions. It is tempting to climb in there. The claw doesnt grab it. Good short cut if it works. There is a little boy in my sons class. He has some crazy gifts for those machines. His dad posts pictures on facebook. Always gets toys from the machines. Is it strategy or is he lucky . A little luck. This has to be luck. I feel there is money to be made. On that kid . Still to come on today, wild animals caught roaming the streets of the big apple. How are coyotes finding think way here . And Kim Kardashians reaction to Bruce Jenners news. But first thes. Good morning. Its 5 56. Youre getting the rainy look at the Golden Gate Bridge ahead of a sunny saturday believe it or not. Good morning. Im kira klapper, anthony slaughter, reunited at last reunited and it feels so good i wont even try to sing. I have a head cold. Its good to be back. Its good to be back with you. Were waking up with showers. Lets look at the radar. It is pretty lit up this morning. Highs back in the 60s. There it is. The green on the map. We had rain overnight. Its continuing to fall especially across the south bay. As you saw earlier, the shot from the Golden Gate Bridge clouds are starting to clear out. Temperatures will be nice this afternoon. Little cool. Maybe cool enough for a jacket. Sunshine later on. As we head through the morning, sun will start to peek out, rain will move out and we are expecting a warmer day for tomorrow. 80s return for the week. Well talk about that in a bit. Meantime goorksd to