Tonight. And rain man. Matt fights through a wet day on the roads and a visit from natalie makes things more interesting. Our first flat of the trip. My first flat ever. This morning he is back on track. So, as we begin day four of the red nose challenge we have 172 miles behind us, 55 to go today wednesday, may 20, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning were. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Matt, the end is in sight. The tour de red nose is almost a wrap. Can you do me a favor and not use the word the end . Thats one of my biggest problems right now. Yeah. Its a sore subject. Savannah, willie, good morning. Im at the kings Park Volunteer Fire Department on long island. From the Park View Elementary School and beyond and were about to start day four of this journey. I will tell you, watching the video were running of the rainy day yesterday. That was as miserable as i have ever been on a bicycle. It was cold, i was soaked through. But todays the opposite. Its beautiful and i continue to be inspired by people all along the road who stop to wave and have got their red noses on and are talking about the charities were raising money for. Ill tell you Something Else that inspired me when i woke up and saw this picture that was tweeted to us overnight from lani ali. His red nose. I thank him very much for the inspiration. Again, all of this is for great causes, not only in this country but around the world. Champs cheering you on. The wind will be at your back for sure. Well see you in a bit. Check in with you along the road. We want to go to our top story. Wild weather. Its crazy. Weve got all kinds of wild weather. Lets start right now in texas about an hour, hour and a half west of ft. Worth. This is giddings, texas, and they had not one but maybe two tornados touching down, unconfirmed at this point but we are tracking those. Also in mineral wells, texas, they had a tornado touch down, fortunately nobody injured. But, there was a lot of damage throughout the town. Roofs ripped off, big problems there. Now, lets look, talk about snow. Can you believe this, were going to talk about snow in colorado. Now they got about six inches, parts of aspen and points to the west. And that has led to massive flooding today in colorado springs. This is yesterday. They got up to 3 inches of snow and rain and flooding, big problems there. And then more flooding in norman, oklahoma. Look at this. Rain, 3 to 5 inches of rain in several hours. People trying to drive through it. Some make it, some dont. And were going to have more of that today as you can see folks again, turn around, dont drown. Heres the deal. Along this front its just stuck there. And so were going to watch these storms train over. So, for the day today, more wet weather moving through dallas, houston, on into the plains states, were looking at more wet weather starting to set up as a system comes in. Weve got more severe storms today from Fort Stockton to austin, tornados, golf ballsized hail. We get into the weekend, this is hard to fathom. They have picked up 12 inches of rain so far. There could be another 6 to 8 inches of rain, guys, for our friends in oklahoma and texas. Flooding of course the drought is over. We cant turn it off. There is another round coming this weekend. They got to be concerned about flooding. Absolutely. Have thanks so much. The rest of your forecast in a bit. An emergency cleanup is under way in california this morning after 21,000 gallons of oil leaked from a busted pipeline. Black tar dotting the pristine shores of Santa Barbara beaches. Hallie jackson has the latest. Reporter this morning dozens of cleanup crews are racing to contain an estimated 21,000 gallon oil spill. Its a lot of oil. Reporter thick sludge spreading along a fourmile stretch of the california coast near Santa Barbara. Drenching wildlife and forcing campers out of a state park before the busy memorial day weekend. Were driving out here and we smelled Something Like burning rubber. Really disappointing to see this happen here. Reporter Officials Say someone reported the foul spell around noon tuesday how they discovered the crude oil flowing from a broken pipeline and onto the beach. It shut down the flow of oil and deeply regrets the spill, they are now making every effort to limit its impact. Any oil spill is a big deal. Especially in Santa Barbara. After the the 1969 oil spill people began to take notice of these things. Reporter more than 40 years ago in the same area 3 million gallons leaked into the pacific in one of the worst oil spills in u. S. History. Today there is a concern this slick could spread south, a moving target with cleanup only just beginning. Its not an easy process. I want to manage your expectations, this could take some time. Reporter for today, hallie jackson, nbc news, Santa Barbara. Thats a shame. Thats one of the most beautiful parts of the entire country. No easy thing to clean up that so well keep on that story. What has become the biggest consumer recall in u. S. History, even bigger than the tylenol recall of the 80s. The company takata recalling air bags in 34 million vehicles after admitting at long last it does have a problem with those air bags. Tom costello has been following this story since it broke last fall. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The trouble is of course model years 20032011 and the air bag which can explodes sending shards of metal toward the driver. Up until now, takata has been fined daily by the government for failing to cooperate with federal investigators. Now, its launching the biggest recall ever. This morning the biggest air bag maker Takata Corporation is on the defensive with car dealers gearing up for the biggest recall in u. S. History. Bigger even than the recall of 31 million tylenol bottles in 1982. Affecting one out of every four cars on the road, nearly 34 million nationwide involving 11 automakers. Automakers and manufacturers have a safety responsibility that they must live up to. There are no excuses. Reporter government investigators say exploding air bags are thought to have killed at least five people including young tran who died in an accident. The family attorney showed us her car. What happened here is you can see the shrapnel on the floor from where the steering column was blown apart backwards. What went toward her are metal fragments. It came into her face and neck. Literally through the bag into her neck. At least 100 have been injured. Until now the corporation insisted its air bags were not defective. Can we ask you did takata put profits ahead of safety . Refusing to answer questions from nbc news or the japanese media. Now it admits there is a problem, in a statement saying we are committed to continuing to work closely with regulators and automaker customers to do fg we can to advance the safety of drivers. But many original drivers may have long ago sold their cars. A lot of these vehicles are in the hands of second owners, third owners, thats a big problem too. Just in communicating to them. Making matters worse there arent enough Replacement Parts. Reporter here it gets worse, unfortunately. The trouble is of course that what youre looking at is a situation where they simply may have already put defective Replacement Parts in those cars that were repaired. So if you had your air bag repaired you may have to get it repaired again. Back to you. Which raises the question how do you know if your car is affected . So heres what you do. Get your vin number, its right up here in the front. Its also right here in the door jam. You go to safercar. Gov. Type in that vin and all of your recalls affecting that car will pop up. If the you affected by an air bag recall that will pop up. Others as well. I assume its time for the lawsuits now. I can only imagine some families will look for a legal remedy. Some families have filed suit. There have been a few settlements. The trouble is youre talking about 34 million vehicles and a lot of people wonder whether takata can survive this. This is a japaneseowned companynd analysts are divided. Wewait and see. Regulators brought down the hammer. Tom thank you. There has been a scary situation involving a cruise ship with nearly 3500 passengers on board. A norwegian cruise liner ran aground in bermuda after a malfunction in its steering system forced the ship into a reef. All of the guests and crew are safe, saying there were absolutely no injuries and that the ship is now being inspected for potential damage. To the campaign trail. Hillary clinton taking questions from the media for the first time in four weeks from her emails to her finances and friends, there was a lot of ground to cover. Andrea mitchell has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good did morning. Hillary clinton finally answered questions in iowa for five minutes, for the first time in a month. As she continues a carefully scripted rollout of her campaign for the white house. I needed a shot of express so to keep going. Reporter she keeps going to chicago today will she answer more questions. Including about the whopping 30 million the clintons earned last year while she campaigns as the champion of everday americans. Is bill and i have been blessed and were very grateful for the opportunities that we had, but we never forgotten where we came from. Reporter republicans have been demanding answers. Somebody needs to ask Hillary Clinton was it a good idea to topple gadhafi in libya. Nobody would take from a republican that they had a private server that they deleted the emails on but take my word. I want those emails out. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than i do. Some of the emails reveal clinton received detailed advice from an old friend, Sidney Blumenthal on libya where his colleagues were seeking business deals. He has been a friend of mine for a long time. He sent me unsolicited emails which i passed on in some instances, im going to keep talking to my old friends. Some of hills emails were passed on to Chris Stevens later killed in benghazi. We thought Hillary Clinton was the most vetted president ial candidate that wed ever seen and yet were discovering all of these things about her that continue to cause complications and controversies for her and that is a surprise. Reporter now a federal judge ordered the state department to release the emails all of them every two months instead of waiting until next year. Some may be released as soon as tomorrow. Willie and savannah. Andrea mitchell on the Hillary Clinton beat. Thanks. Natalie is here with the investigation into the biker shootout were following all week. Police are still processing that crime scene in waco, texas this morning, discovering every more weapons in a parking lot where nine suspected motorcycle gang members were killed and 18 wounded. Miguel almaguer is in waco. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Police say crime scene technicians will wrap up in a few hours, this is where it all went down, two rival gangs meeting in this, paing lot. Investigators say this bloody feud may have all started here over a parking spot. As investigators towed away more evidence, the identities of the nine killed here all said to be gang members, many shot in the head were released. This morning 170 suspects are still in jail. Bond set at 1 million each. Dozens believed to be members of the notorious bandidos gang. They have been in texas forever. Pat was a hells angel, outlaw biker more than 30 years, nearly a decade in prison for his crimes. Not over drug turf, its over territory, its being the biggest baddest guy on the block. Reporter with roots in texas going back to the 1960s, police say the they are notorious for violence and drug trafficking. One of their leaders say the group is just a club. We do not break the law as a whole. We do not encourage it. You do not have to be a criminal to be a bandidos. With identified as one of five gangs in the brawl federal agents say for the rival outlaws who clashed this is just the beginning. Make no mistake about it. This is not over. You have nine People Killed from these clubs, they will be looking for retribution. Might not be tomorrow, might not be next week. Could be two years down the line. Reporter investigators say the meeting that took place here was held by one rival motorcycle gang when another simply showed up and the fighting began. Meantime, outside of dallas ft. Worth investigators say they are shutting down a motor stick tole rally. Natalie, back to you. Miguel in waco, texas, thank you. Roger goodell will address the media today for the First Time Since the league handed down punishment to the patriots 0y ver deflated footballs. Robert kraft said on tuesday that he wont challenge those sanctions that include a 1 million fine and the loss of two draft t picks. Kraft saysy disagrees with the commissioner but respects him. The Players Union says it will, though, go through with its appeal of quarterback tom bradys fourgame suspension. A real heads up play had one pro hockey team celebrating tuesday night, at least for a few minutes. Dont sell bray early. In game two of the western conference finals and look at this. Chicago blackhawks, the anaheim ducks. Chicagos andrew shaw uses his head, if you saw it, to deflect the puck into the net. Like in a soccer match. Is that allowed . It is not allowed. Thank you. So you saw they celebrated too soon. It is against the rules in the nhl, so goal doesnt count. However, they did go on to score another goal in the third overtime so they won 32. I have never seen that. Probably not a good idea to use your head on a hockey puck. A new sport. Thank you. Hows the weather looking . Were going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. First, people really love our guacamole. Rich and creamy, made from hass avocados and just a hint of jalapeno to keep it interesting. The other reason is, its just really fun to say. Guacamole guacamole guacamole guacamole guacamole guacamole see . Come in and try our new guacamole on sandwiches like the chipotle chicken melt. And discover how it turns up the flavor on all your favorite sandwiches. Subway. Eat fresh. Right now were seeing 55 degrees, and lots of low clouds and misty skies in San Francisco 57 which by the way, will be close to the High Temperature in pacifica today where the low clouds will hang out through the day. 68 in san jose and to the north bay, over towards pleasanton and livermore, highs in the mid to upper 60s. With a slight chance of a few hilltop showers, too, especially in napa county. Increasing clouds for the rest of the bay area later tomorrow. And thats your latest weather. All right, matt. Matt. Hi. Matts gone. Now i think youre matt. But i was thinking about matt because, matt weve been thinking about you all week out there braving the elements. Looks nice today. Yeah looks beautiful today. Here in kings park it is about 65 degrees. Sunny. Look at this. Kings park chamber of commerce came out with a check for 500 for red nose day which we appreciate. I have to tell you, the rains in long island yesterday were even worse than the hills in connecticut and rhode island. But somehow he managed to get through it. Usually when youre on a bike ride a flat tire is a weird thing. Yesterday it turned out to be a good thing. Take a look. Good morning. Its about 55 degrees and pouring. A dreary start to day three of the tour de red nose. It is not a pleasant situation out there, but he is fighting the good fight. Cold relentless rain for miles. Nice to see you guys. How far have we gone . 22 miles. Thats not enough. Making for a difficult morning ride. Its miserable. Water is dripping down your nose. Its going down your back. The tough conditions testing both my endurance and my will. Id love to be able to say im great, lets go bring it on. But im really tired right now. Finally a break in the clouds. Natalie joined us for a brighter second half of the ride. Refreshed and ready to go. Would have been nice to have been there yesterday. I love doing hills. I love hills, i wish i were there yesterday because my quads i havent worked on them for three days. Were back here nat. Sorry. Im slowing down. At mile 47 she got a flat. You got a flat in front of dunkin donuts. Were going to try to go ten extra miles today. Well see how that works out. A second wind for the whole team. Finally a warm and dry welcome to Port Jefferson from the boys girls club. I like the go matt go one. They really help. Wow. Thank you. Can i have some now . Yes. A great reminder of the reason i ride. Red nose day they were so nice. It was such a nice warm meeting there, greeting there. We did go about 12 extra miles yesterday just to try to chew off a little of what was to ride today. Hopefully that will work out. Thomaso is here again. What do we look for today . Today is a nice day. Just a few hills and the weather is cooperating. So its going to be a great day. Just a few hills to him is not just a few hills to me. Anyway were going to take off and get on our bikes right now, guys. We will see you if i can get my leg over this. Well see you down the road. Take care guys. Natalie says shes not sore at all. She could have gone 25 more miles. Ill just point out, matt had a bag of glass on the side of the road. What is he batman . Only flat. We will check in with him throughout the morning, of course. Coming up new clues in the murder mystery in washington. What the unidentified attackers allegedly did before taking a family hostage. Plus forced to wear high heels . The strict dress code for women leading to accidents and a whole lot of controversy at the cannes Film Festival. But first this is today on nbc. Coming up, 30 bucks for a hot dog . Where to gate street hot before earning enough cash back from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time and 2 back at the grocery store. Even before he got 3 back on gas. 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