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KNTV Today March 31, 2017

Swing act. This photo shows her flying through the air moments before the accident. Ladies and gentlemen, due to an injury on stage, the show has been temporarily interrupted. How shes doing this morning. And the grand finale. After breaking records on four college campuses, al has reached the last stop and hes making it an extra special one today. Friday, march 31st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthre. Good morning everyone. It is a friday morning, a rainy one. Can you believe those pictures coming out of the atlanta . There is no other way to describe this situation in atlanta other than than absolute nightma nightmare. It is going to cause major problems for commuters there for the foreseeable future. Well go live to atlanta in a moment. Well start in washington this morning. A Major Development overnight tied to the congressional investigations of russian interference in the election. Michael flynn, who was ousted as president Trumps National security advisor is now offering to testify if he is given immunity from prosecution. Weve got two reports. Well talk to nancy pelosi. But let us start with nbcs Peter Alexander. The latest potential bombshell in the russia investigation. President trumps former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, one of his closest aids throughout the campaign and transition saying he has a story to tell and very much wants to tell it. His demand immunity to avoid prosecution in a federal investigation thats deepening by the day. New this morning the president s ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn saying hell testify in its russia investigation in exchange for immunity, a congressional source has confirmed because of what his lawyer describes as the highly politicized witch hunt environment. On meet the press last september, flynn discussed immunity for aids to mr. Trumps opponent, Hillary Clinton. When you are given immunity, that means you have probably committed a crime. It comes as the Trump Administration is deflecting questions about a New York Times report that two white house officials played a role in giving classified information to the republican head of the House Intelligence Committee devin nunes. The times identifying Michael Ellis a white house lawyer who worked on the white House Intelligence Community staff and a senior director at the National Security council. And the Washington Post identifying the top lawyer for the National Security council as a third official who handled classified intelligence files shared with nunes. Nunes has denied his source worked for the white house. Nunes is refusing to reveal his source, but if it was a white house official, it would be a dramatic twist that started in an effort to back up the president s ub substantiated claim earlier this month he was wiretapped by president obama. On march 20th, the fbi director confirms the Russian Investigation while refuting the claim. I have no information that supporting those tweets. On the 21st, nunes makes that secret trip to the white house grounds to review those documents. Returning to the white house the next day to brief the president after briefing the press, making this stunning allegation. The president elect and his team were i guess at least monitored. The president saying he felt indicated. I somewhat do. I must tell you i somewhat do. The following day sean spicer dismiss allegations the information came from the white house. Im not aware of it but it doesnt pass the smell test. Im not going to get into any further details on this. The senate Intelligence Committee launched its first public russian hearing saying President Trump used russian tactics to his advantage. Part of the reason active measures have worked in this u. S. Election is because the commander in chief has used russian active measures at times against his opponents. And noting russians killed in the last three months. Follow the trail of dead russians. This morning the president weighing in on twitter writing mike flynn should ask for immunity explaining this is a witch hunt by media and democrats of historic proportion. With democrats questioning the white house transparency, the white house announced it invited the bipartisan leaders to view newly discovered evidence that may show information collected about americans was mishandled and leaked. The senate Intelligence Committee asking the white house to direct the agencies behind those documents to send the information directly to them. All right, Peter Alexander starting us off. Do we need a lawyer this morning . So the president just said Michael Flynn should ask for immunity. To be clear, just because someone asks for immunity does not mean that they believe themselves to be guilty of a crime. The problem for Michael Flynn is he has said in the past that very thing. When you are given immunity, that means you have probably committed a crime. He said that about mc. He did. Luckily he does not have to lively the flynn standard, which would suggest hes guilty in this moment. But that is not the standard. It is possible that given everything going on, they are looking for extra assurances. It is worth noting that several other people wrapped up in this are not asking for immunity in exchange for their testimony at this time according to public statements. So what goes into the decision of whether to grant general flynn immunity . How will he decide. The decision relates to whether he himself is a target, whether he has actual information thats helpful to congress from a policy level or helpful to investigators. And the department of justice wants in on this discussion, dont they . Because if Congress Grants immunity that would affect a prosecution down the road. It is a great question that goes to what we dont know, what type of immunity . Are they only interested in testimony . Is this about one narrow thing or the larger russia questions. All right. Always good to have you. Thank you. We have nancy pelosi with us exclusively. Good morning. Good to see you. So this is a tangled web. We were just watching how this has all come about. According to the facts as we understand them right now, it appears that this information about potential incidental surveillance came from the white house to chairman nunes of the house. Do you think donald trump was part of all of this . Do you think he knew all along that that information was in the white house and that he was part of this kind which he is trags of getting it out there. The white house the Trump Administration certainly was. And it is very bizarre. I have a long experience in the Intelligence Community served with republican and democratic chairman. Ive been the top democrat there myself. Ive never seen behavior this bizarre on the part of the chairman. Do you think President Trump was in on it . Well, he wittingly or unwittingly, but he has not disassociated himself from it. And you take that and then you have flynn asking for immunity, we really have to really take some steps back and hope that in the administration there is some adult someplace who can say, this is not fair to the American People. On general flynn and this question of immunity, is it more important to find out precisely what he knows or is it more important to potentially build a case against him . Well, it depends as was indicated. Usually the prosecutor or the committee, as the case may be, would have to get some idea of what information he has. Now, in the past we saw in iran contra, coronal took an immunity bath. We dont want to see that. This is about flynn, his perhaps violation of the law and what that could lead to. I really dont want to think that it is about flynn to get the president. This is about flynn and flynn. One of the things that the president has been criticized for is making an allegation against the Obama Administration by not offering any proof something you say a lot and have said a lot is that you think that the russians have something on President Trump. You say what do they have on him . Youre asking the question. Do you actually have information to back up that question, or are you just speculating . No. I just wonder what the russians have politically, personally or financially on President Trump because this is about a National Security issue. Why would the president of the United States just come in and start to flirt with the idea of lifting sanctions on russian in terms of their behavior in Eastern Europe . Why would the president of the United States question the star treaty . Why would the president of the United States put putin on a pedestal and diminish the greatness of america in that there is something wrong with this picture. You are asking these questions but you dont have underlying facts. There is nothing i would suggest here, but i would say this. Lets have the outside independent commission investigate all of this. And i dont know how many more days where new news connecting the Trump Campaign to the russians needs to come forward because for the republicans in congress to say lets get to the truth. The American People deserve the truth. Why are the republicans protecting the president . Why dont we just have the truth . So you see a behavior i think both of the committees can do some kind of investigation. I dont think the chairman of the house committee, he should recuse himself because some of this investigation is about what happened during the you dont think he should recuse himself . I think he should recuse himself. He should not conduct the investigation because he was part of the transition. He was part of the transition. So for that and other reasons, his bizarre behavior, why would the chairman of the committee go to the white house to get information that they could have conveyed to the president , bring it to the president and then take it to the press. But to that point, you have just laid that out, do you think devin nunes knew he was part of this or do you think he was an unwitting participant . In other words, was he used by the white house . Of course. He duped. Now lets just get thats the most innocent, most benign characterization, that he was duped. But he should have known better. When you are chairman of the committee. This is a Small Committee with a responsibility to the caucus, to the congress, to the country to protect our troops. It is about having intelligence so that we can protect the American People, not protect the president. If the election were held tomorrow, lets talk about the democrats really quickly here before we let you go. If the election were held tomorrow, which democrat could beat donald trump. Well, the election isnt tomorrow. It is four years away. Four years in advance he didnt know it was going to be barack obama. Four years in advance we didnt know it was going to be bill clinton. Two names. Two names. Im not doing that. What im saying is lets get a check on President Trump by electing a Democratic Congress in 19 months and there is a lot of enthusiasm to do that right now. But im certain that many excellent people will put themselves forward. House minority leader nancy pelosi. Good to have you here. Thank you very much. Now back to that chaotic commute thats playing out down in atlanta after a massive fire caused part of an interstate to collapse there. The road is one of the busiest in the country. Its shut down until further notice as officials try to figure out what to do next. Gain gutierrez is in atlanta. Reporter good morning. Incredibly this massive fire is still smoldering. That is a chunk that is missing right now paralyzing the morning commute. Georgias governor has declared a state of emergency and some area schools are shut down. The investigation into what caused this fear row shous fire gets underway. At the height of the evening rush hour, an inferno erupting near downtown atlanta. This morning one of the citys main arteries is shut down. It ignited real fast, real fast. At that point you can hear the bridge falling, popping apart. The thick black smoke seen for miles after burning for about 40 minutes, an elevated section of the free way collapsed. We were aware of 85 collapsing. If there are units that can start to put stuff out, i guess, to block off entrance ramps so nobody can get on 85 northbound. Reporter overnight traffic at a standstill in one of the countrys largest cities. At this point i dont have the ability to tell you how long this incident will take to correct. Weve got spring break traffic. Weve got the first braves game coming into town. So it couldnt have happened at a worse time. Investigators are now working to find out what caused the fire. The area underneath the free way was used to store plastic. I do not know for sure. The speculation i heard it was some pvc products that caught fire. Reporter around the country, there are about 56,000 structurally deficient bridges, including 2,000 on interstate high ways. This section of 85 is not on this list. Unlike previous bridge collapses such as in minnesota in 2007 and Washington State in 2013, no vehicles were on the section of the road this time. Thats because traffic had stopped minutes before when drivers first saw the flames. Its frightens. Thank goodness no one got hurt. Reporter remarkically, no one was hurt. Engineers right now are inspecting this part of the road to see how much of it has been compromised. It could be months before this section of highway is repaired. My goodness. Gain, thank you. Now to a freightening accident. A female performer was taking part in a swing to swing act when she fell and landed on her back. This picture was taken just seconds before the accident. The show was immediately stopped. Medical personnel attended to her. She was carried off on a stretcher but thankfully did not offer any serious injuries and is expected to return to the show in the near future. Meanwhile, it is going to be a big weekend for basketball fans. The mens final four tipping off tomorrow night with a few surprises in the field. Nbc is at university of phoenix stadium in glen dale, arizona. Good morning to you. You can say there are three surprise cinderella stories here and then of course there is north carolina, which is trying to rebound from that heartbreaking ending last year in march madness. Every loves an underdog, and this years final four is a bracket busting multiple choice test for fans without a pooch in the fight. Two schools dancing for the first time. South carolina and top seeded gonzaga. Thats in Washington State for all of you asking. At long last, their 15 minutes of hoops fame are finally ticking. We know were a great team and were amongst great teams. We know we have earned the right to be considered a great team, playing at this time of the year. Anybody who is still playing is a great team. Just got to beat them by one. Thats all you got to do. You got to beat them by one point and then you advance. For oregon the ducks are quaking with excitement, too. Its been nearly 80 years since they have been on College Basketballs biggest stage at the very first ncaa tournament, back in 39, which they won. That he is definitely motivation to get another trophy. While there are butterflies to go around, the men in carolina blue felt that way after falling to villanova after falling in this championship game with this dramatic buzzer beater. The buzz this time around, traditional powerhouse, a number one seed, once again an odds on favorite to win it all. We can only be happy if we come out of here with that trophy. 64 teams gone. Four still going. Three left to exit the stage, leaving one to shine in the moment. How about this for an intriguing matchup. A battle of the carolinas, one of the four pivoting possibilities for the championship game on monday night. Tip off tomorrow. Back to you. Which team are you remember you already told me, im game cocks all the way. Just making sure. Yes. This is an officially nonneutral zone. Lets go over to al. He is wrapping up at a place that is very close to his heart. Hi, al. Good morning. How are you holding up . Hey, guys. I got to tell you were at the Student Center on the ice. Weve got all these folks here. We are going to try to set the stage for the record today. We will tell you what that record is coming up. But it has nothing to do with ice and speaking of ice, we have to worry about snow and ice in the forecast. As you look on the radar you already see weve got a lot of rain. But to the north making its way into up state new york we are talking about snow. So weve got not only this is springtime. Weve got flash flood watches possible. Also Winter Weather advisories and winter storm warnings. This is crazy stuff. As you can see, we will have heavy rain, strong winds into tomorrow as you get to the north heavy wet snow mixed with sleet. Were talking about in some areas in up state new york and new england, 15 inches of snow. Boston could see two to six inches and then rain fall amounts were talking some areas between new york and into pennsylvania locally three to four inches between washington, d. C. And new york city. A crazy time. Happy friday. Good

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