Attack that could have ended her career, Bethany Hamilton wows the world at a major championship. She is stoked today, tuesday, may 31st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this Tuesday Morning. Hey, Bethany Hamilton, were stoked for you. Can you believe that . Its amazing. 13 years after the accident that could have ended her career, could have ended her life. Now shes competing and doing great against the best in the world. Good for her. Well have more on that story coming up. First, our top story. Some new drama in the president ial race. Hillary clinton is changing her Campaign Schedule to deal with a surging Bernie Sanders in california this morning. Take a look at the results from our new nbc news surveymonkey online poll. It shows a twopoint race between clinton and trump in their likely national matchup. Weve got complete coverage. Lets start with kristen welker, at Clinton Campaign headquarters this morning in brooklyn, new york. Good morning. We are learning secretary clinton is upending her Campaign Schedule to add extra events in california later on this week. A sign she is clearly concerned about losing the state and its 475 delegates that are up for grabs. Secretary clinton spent her memorial day at a parade in chappaqua, her adopted hometown. Later this week, she will cancel an event in new jersey to get to california sooner than expected for a fiveday campaign swing. Meanwhile, senator sanders, who spent part of his memorial day at a Golden State Warriors game, has been in the state virtually nonstop. Hes been putting in resources to try and win california. Mathematically, the race is nearly out of sanders reach, but last night, he was defiant. Were trying to run a campaign here in california which, to the best of my knowledge, is unprecedented. Weve spoken to 137,000 californians. By the time thime this campaign over, that number will be well over 200,000 people from one end of the state to the other. Polls show it is a tight race in california. Secretary clinton leads, but only by two points. 46 to 44 . Heres the reality check. Secretary clinton will likely win the nomination, whether or not she wins california. Remember, barack obama lost california to clinton back in 2008. But in this election cycle, a loss in the most populous state would give senator sanders more leverage heading into the convention and over the partys platform. It could also leave her looking bruised heading into what will undoubtedly be a brutal election battle with donald trump. Matt, savannah . Kristen, thank you. Lets look at the other side of things. Trump expected to get specific today, talking about the money he said he raised for veterans on the campaign trail. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is at trump tower in manhattan. Good morning to you. Good morning. Donald trump says he will account for those donations at a News Conference today at trump tower. To some, a test of his ability to keep the promises hes made. In the meanwhile, hes lashing out, preemptively, at a possible thirdparty challenger. While we often hear of interruptions at trump rallies, this morning its one of his rivals whose protesters are making headlines. Donald trump in the hot seat once again. This time, after a fundraiser for veterans earlier this year. Now, questions about how much money was really raised and where the cash really went. I said, lets do this. Were announcing on tuesday, all of the groups we put up this money and we raised this tremendous amount of money. Because we love the vets. Reporter the presumptive nominee claiming he raised 6 million for vets when he skipped a debate in january to hold a charity rally instead. Promising to detail the donations today. Still a mystery. Another mystery, who might be considering a run as an independent challenger. Conservative writer bill kristol dropping hints but telling nbc nothing is imminent. Other sources familiar with the recruiting process say an update could come in the next few days. Mitt romney, paul sasse and paul ryan denying any rumors it could be them. I dont want to do the independent thing, but i do keep it, and it is leverage. Reporter most analysts agree, a conservative challenger could peel away enough votes to hand the white house to the democrats this fall. Meanwhile, one of those democratic rivals, Bernie Sanders, seeing a scuffle at his rally overnight. Two secret Service Agents quick to shield the vermont senator from Animal Rights protesters who hopped a barricade. Other agents can be seen rushing the demonstrators. One using a baton to keep them away. With the crowd cheering, sanders continuing his rally less than a minute after the altercation. We dont get intimidated easily. And new this morning, our nbc news surveymonkey online poll is revealing more about the divisions within both parties. Registered voters, 38 predict the democrats will still be divided come november. For republicans, the number is more than half. Hallie, thank you very much. Lets turn to nicolle wallace. Good morning to you. Good morning. Lets start with the tweet from bill kristol, that there could be a thirdparty candidate, impressive and wellfunded and thinking about getting in the race. Does this seem realistic . Feasible . Who could it be . Anything is possible. Bill kristol is a smart guy. I dont see this happening, and i dont see it happening in a manner that weakens trump. That has been the story. Weve gathered around this table and talked about that morning after morning. The crummy debate performance didnt weaken trump. Outrageous statements about muslims didnt weaken trump. I question at this moment whether someone else getting in would weaken him at all. Bill kristol wouldnt throw something out for no reason. A lot of people have said, its not me. Who could it be . Give me a couple of names. Ill tell you the kinds of people out there. There are generals out there. The kinds of people that would be difficult to attack from someone like donald trump. I kind of person like a Stanley Mcchrystal with an impeccable resume on military matters. Also stragglers in the stop trump movement. A person who stood on principle and said i will never vote for donald trump. Theres even the question of, could they get on the ballot. If the point is to not get on the ballot and just be a spoiler, who signs up for that . Heres the question, we used to talk i remember chuck todd said, its almost too late to get on every ballot. It is now too late. The theory hinges on someone getting in and depriving either Hillary Clinton or donald trump of getting 270 electoral votes. Talk about what happens if nobody gets 270 electoral votes. It goes to the revered house of representatives. The republicancontrolled body. Each would have one vote. Its hard to imagine that the congress, elected every two years by the voters, would go against the will of the people. Lets get off fantasy and Conspiracy Theory and talk about california. Should Hillary Clinton lose to Bernie Sanders out there, what does it do to this race . Weve also been talking for many months about how much damage Bernie Sanders is doing to Hillary Clinton by staying in beyond the point where its mathematically possible for him to be the nominee. Kristen welker nailed it when she said Hillary Clinton essentially has the nomination locked up. This is zero sum. Everything sanders does for him is good for him and bad for clinton. Sanders winning california would be damaging to clinton. Although she could mathematically get the nominee, your point is shed be a weakened candidate. Sanders hasnt won a lot of huge and diverse states. If he bests her there, its a very you limp into your own convention at a time when youre supposed to be gathering strength. Stanley mcchrystal is one of thank you. Im sorry, sir. Another major story were following this morning. People in texas are dealing with a new flooding emergency. Days of rain, once again, taking a deadly toll. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in rosenberg, just outside of houston. Gabe, good morning to you. Matt, good morning. This neighborhood is among those under water as the brazos river is expected to crest later today. The weatherrelated death toll in texas is up to eight, after a 16yearold boy was killed when a tree branch fell on him during the cleanup effort. This morning, parts of texas are preparing for historic flooding. Rivers expected to reach their highest levels in decades. Overnight, authorities in austin recovered the body of a woman who drowned while tubing in the floodwaters. It shows how dangerous the water can be right now. Reporter high water rescues were under way in simonton. We decided we were going to sit it out, and it wasnt a good idea. Reporter while warden residents are refusing to follow the mandatory evacuation orders. You dont want to leave anymore. Reporter the water in humble reached seven feet in some homes. I dont know what to say right now. Its devastating. And this is worse than you expected . Oh, yeah. We thought the back maybe but didnt think it would hit up this far. Reporter in rosenberg, residents scrambled to grab what they could. I took out my dog before anything else. I cant leave my dog. Reporter she wasnt the only one holding on tight. This sevenfoot alligator found in the floodwaters got stuck in a car, as residents hold out hope that the flooding will end. Its frustrating but i have enough faith to believe were going to be all right. The brazos river is expected to crest at nearly 50 feet. More rain is forecast for parts of texas later this week. Matt, savannah . Gabe gutierrez, thank you. Gabe set it up for you nicely, more rain on the way. And a lot of it, which is what they do not want to hear. Lets show you what we have going on right now. Risk of strong storms today down to brownsville. 41 Million People at risk for the storms. Southern plains really under the gun. We have this meandering cold front. Isolated storms, damaging wind, hail. Cant rule out a tornado. Tomorrow, it continues across texas. Look whats going to be hitting houston. Then look at this, thursday through saturday, this slowmoving front continues to push up all the gulf moisture. Heavy rain over really saturated soil. The rainfall amounts, we are talking through saturday, seven to eight inches of rain. Parts of Central Texas. Guys, i really dont think its out of the question that we could see up to ten inches of rain in parts of central and southern texas through the weekend. Theyve had some year down there. A year ago this time, we were talking about drought for them. Not anymore. Al, thank you. Were learning more about the alleged gunman in a brazen shooting in houston. Natalie just joined us with more on that. Good morning. According to reports, the main suspect who was killed by police was an army veteran. His family claims he suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder after returning from war. It happened over the memorial day weekend. A gunman with a highpowered Assault Rifle unleashing a hail of bullets on an unsuspecting houston community. When a s. W. A. T. Team finally ended the onslaught, the shooter and another man were dead. At least six others, including several responding police officers, were wounded. While authorities have not officially revealed the gunmans name, our nbc affiliate in houston, citing local police sources, identified him as Dionisio Garza iii, an army veteran who served four tours of duty in afghanistan. Nbc news has not independently verified his identity. His father, who shares the same name, spoke to a kprc reporter by phone, saying that while police have not officially confirmed the shooter is his son, he believes it is very likely. Suggesting his son was suffering mentally from his time at war. Really believe this was a ptsd thing. Reporter garza was honorably discharged from active duty in 2014. Since then, his father says he has become disillusioned with the federal government. He was rambling off about the economy collapsing, you know. And that something was going to happen by monday. That kind of stuff. You look back now, there were signs. There were signs. Reporter the chaos broke out sunday morning. We have an active shooting situation going on here. Reporter as garza reportedly opened fire with an ar15 style Assault Rifle and a handgun. One man, 56yearold eugene linscomb, was killed getting his car washed. Stray bullets likely setting off a blaze at this gas station. Investigators recovered a militarystyle backpack monday at the gas station. Police are hoping the backpack reportedly containing bullets, a birth certificate and several other items, will provide clues to what sparked the chaos that shattered a quiet suburban neighborhood. Police are working to try to confirm whether the backpack belonged to garza. Theyre expected to release more information this afternoon. Well keep you posted. Natalie, thank you. Breaking news overnight. North koreas test launch of a midrange missile failed again, according to south Korean Defense officials. The missile reportedly exploded at a mobile launch pad as soon as the launch button was pushed. If confirmed, it would make it the fourth failed Missile Launch by the north. Some surprising comments by former u. S. Attorney general eric holder making news. Holder said Edward Snowden performed a Public Service by stoking a National Debate about secret domestic surveillance programs. But holder says snowden harmed American Interest by leaking classified information while working for the nsa and should still be punished. Those comments came in a podcast released on monday. Snowden now lives in russia and faces u. S. Charges that could land him in prison. Now to dramatic video of a road rage incident in florida. The silver car suddenly takes a hard right turn and runs over the top of the motorcycle in the next lane, knocking the male and female passenger to the ground. The car then speeds off. The driver was later arrested and faces aggravated battery charges. The two people on the motorcycle had minor injuries. Lets turn to sports now. The Golden State Warriors are headed back to the nba finals after knocking off the Oklahoma City thunder in game seven of the western conference finals. The defending champs coming all the way back from a three games to one deficit to win that series. Steph curry led the way for golden state. He had 36 points. The final score, 9688. The warriors will face lebron james and the cavaliers in a rematch of last years finals. Game one is thursday night. Lets go to the ice. Game one of the stanley cup finals. Benigno the goahead goal was scored in the third to lift pittsburgh to a 32 win over the sharks. Game two tomorrow night. You can watch that on nbc sports network. Al is back now with more of a look at the weather. We have a fairly nice day here in the east and out west, as well. In between, though, as we said, big problems. Well look at whats left of bonnie in the next half hour. Plenty of sunshine along the west coast. Really recordsetting heat toward the end of the week. Well check that out coming up, as well. First, well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. We are watching low clouds, patchy fog off to the lest of downtown San Francisco at 53 and thick fog in spots around the north bay and coast. Watch out for that throughout about mid morning. Upper 80s and low 90s around the south bay. Low to mid 70s from San Francisco south across the peninsula. Mid 80s around palo alto. Upper 80s across the north bay. Mid 90s in the forecast today in the trivalley. Friday we could see highs in the upper 90s to above 100. Al, thank you very much. Coming up, the mother of the boy who fell into that gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo taking on her critics. Why she says, dont judge her parenting. And we are testing for dangerous germs that could be hiding in public pools and water parks. As we kick off a rossen reports summer survival guide. First on a Tuesday Morning, this is today on nbc. Coming up, the man who made quite a statement paying a parking ticket. And the use by sell by date. James left to discover new frontiers. And potable water. How far will you take the allnew rav4 hybrid . Toyota. Lets go places. Im terrible at golf. He is. But id like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. 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