Thanks sofor joining us today. Im betty nguyen. Violence in seattle last night. Peace much marches took a turn for the worse when an anticapitalist group joined in. Some protesters throwing rocks and flares at police. Five officers were injured including one hit by a molotov cocktail and one who was bitten. Police responded with pepper spray and flash bangs and eventually gained control. Nine people were arrested. Police posted this photo of weapons including wooden stakes, pipes and a molotov cocktail made from a beer bottle. We are on the eve of the indiana primary in what is one of the final chances republicans have to force a contested convention. The latest nbc news wall street journal marist poll has donald trump leading by 15 points while john kasich has all but written off the hoosier state. If that margin holds, trump could glide towards getting the delegates needed to win the gop nomination on a first ballot. And he raised the stakes on tomorrows outcome over the weekend. If we win indiana, its over okay . However, it is the explicit language he used when discussing americas trade with china has raising eyebrows. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country, and thats what theyre doing. Its the greatest theft in the history of the world. Those comments came after massive crowds of protesters disrupted the California Republican convention this weekend, forcing trump to scale a wall to get to his own event. Trump had this to say about the protests that have followed him throughout california. We had a crowd, 31,000 people the other day. Thats where they had some little problems outside where these thugs were jumping on police cars. You know, you have a thug like that bounding the car, causing, you know, totalling almost the car. Hes jumping on the roof. And the roof is caved in and the hood. You know, youve got to be tough. You cant let people do that. You cant let people do that. I mean, this guy should be put in jail for five years and hell never do it again, i promise. Now, that all comes after ted cruz enlisted the support of 82yearold former california governor pete wilson. He and wilson told gop activists that failure to stop trump could result in the loss of both houses of congress. Cruz also laid the future of the republic at the feet of indiana voters last night. Across this nation, americans are asking that indiana bring common sense and good judgment to save this country from the path that we are barrelling down. I believe in the people of the hoosier state. I believe in the men and women gathered here and the goodness of the American People that we will not give into evil. Indiana governor mike pence has also endorsed cruz ahead of the primary in his state. This morning pence published an oped in the Indianapolis Star standing by his endorsement. Pence will appear alongside cruz in indiana later today. Meanwhile, heidi cruz may have gotten her husband in hot water when she told a crowd ted is an immigrant. He is hispanic. He can unify this party to which trump very quickly pounced. Is an immigrant. And thats what ive been saying except a lot of people i think she was trying to say she was trying to put the little bit of a latin turn on it. He was born in canada, folks. Cruz also refused to answer meet the press moderator chuck todds nine attempts to get cruz to answer whether he would support trump as the nominee. Dont you think its important to take a stand . You just said its a time for choosing. If its a time for choosing, say it. For him or against him as the nominee . Its a time for choosing, is it not . Chuck, youre welcome to lobby for support for trump as much as possible. We are going to beat trump because trumps winning the nomination loses the country. Dont you think Republican Voters and i am not willing to give up on american. Im not willing to give up on america. But if you care this much about it, dont you think you saying i cant support him if hes the nominee doesnt light a fire and send a sense of urgency to the Republican Party . As for the democrats, Bernie Sanders for the first time is making the argument that if clinton clinches the nomination with superdelegates and not with pledged delegates, there will be a contested contest at the convention. After a week of apparent shifting toward how he would try to influence the Democratic Party platform, sanders came out guns blazing on delegate math and switching superdelegates preferences. He is determined to fight on for the democratic nomination. As for hillary clinton, she held one of her First Campaign events in indiana this weekend. She continued her pivot toward the general and did not hold back attacking her republican opponents. Clinton barely mentioned sanders. Instead, though, she talked about the violence at trumps events. Our latest poll out of iof indi finds clinton leading. Sanders predicted a win at an event in south bend last night. This weekend president obama made his last appearance at the white house Correspondents Dinner. He took a bow and threw in some of his best lines yet. Is this dinner too tacky for the donald . But in fairness, he has spent years meeting with leaders from around the world. Miss sweden. Miss argentina. Miss azerbaijan. And with that, i just have two more words to say. Obama out. With that, he dropped the mike. Were going to move on to this. A massive fire destroyed an Historic Church in new york city. It all happened just hours after more than 700 members of the serbian orthodox cathedral celebrated easter. Luckily the cathedral which was originally designed in 1850 was empty when the fire started. The buildings caretaker suffered minor injuries. One parishioners said the church meant the world to the Serbian Community and that, quote, my heart is completely broken. Puerto rico is set to default on debt payments at the end of business today. Home to over 3. 5 million u. S. Citizens, puerto rico is about to miss a 422 million payment today. The u. S. Territory has a total debt of more than 70 billion. Puerto rico has been plagued by high unemployment and crushing poverty. A bill to help has stalled in congress. Another payment of more than 700 million is due in july. Massive protests by hundreds of antigovernment activists in iraq have ended. Those protests included an occupation of Iraqs Parliament building. It ended sunday as they peacefully exited the socalled green zone. This came shortly after iraqs Prime Minister ordered the arrest of demonstrators who sparked a state of emergency. Roads to and from baghdad have also been reopened. As the protests waned, the iraqi Prime Minister appeared in public flanked by heavy security. And this was viewed as an encouraging sign to u. S. Officials. The protests started after a popular shiite cleric called on supporters to pressure the u. S. Backed government to introduce reforms. There is some fear, though, that the turmoil could hamper the continued fight against isis. On the fifth anniversary of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, cia director john brennan spoke exclusively to Nbcs Chuck Todd on meet the press. He was asked about the 28 pages of a congressional investigation may indicate saudi arabias potential role in the 9 11 attacks. Heres what he had to say. I think theres a combination of things that are accurate and inaccurate. And i think the 9 11 commission took that inquiry and those 28 pages or so and followed through on the investigation. And they came out with a very clear judgment that there was no evidence that indicated that the saudi government as an institution or saudi officials individually had provided Financial Support to al qaeda. Lets get down to business with cnbcs landon dowdy. Good morning. Reporter good monday morning to you. Yahoo s ceo golden mayer, a government filing on friday mayer whos led the struggling tech Company Since 2012 is entitled to nearly 55 million in severance in case shes fired without cause. The payment would also be triggered if yahoo is sold. Its currently seeking a buyer for its internet business. Hulu wants to challenge cable companies. The wall street journal says it could launch early next year, and users would be able to watch live streams of channels including fox, abc, espn. Disney, fox and comcast are joint owners of hulu and will also include a dvrlike function. And uber has teamed up with new york city pizzerias to give away free slices every day this week. Its to mark the Ridesharing Services fifth year in the city. To get a free slice, just show the uber app at participating locations between 11 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Betty, back over to you. New way to get pizza huh. Okay, thank you so much for that. 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If you saw any of the pictures at a jazz fest near new orleans, that was a washout, too. It was like a river going through the middle of the jazz fest. This morning unfortunately more rain in this flooded area. Rivers are already at minor to moderate flood stages heading into major flood stages. So were not done throughout this region. Severe thunderstorm watch until 9 00 a. M. This morning. Maybe large hail especially between alexandria and lake charles and a few strong ones popping up to the north of the houston area. In general in this region, we will pick up up to an inch of rain today, maybe up to three inches. Up around jack so, you could get some of the heavier rainfall. Then later this afternoon, well have to watch out for the Severe Weather threat in the midatlantic region. The sun will come out finally. It will get warm and its humid. 19 Million People at risk of severe storms mostly north carolina, virginia up to washington. This morning theres really no issues whatsoever. As we go through the afternoon, about 3 00 to 4 00, showers and storms will pop up. The highest concentration of those storms over virginia, north carolina, even South Carolina towards atlanta will be right around 9 00 to 10 00 this evening. Strong storms on the east coast. And in new england, it is still cold and dreary. It wasnt a nice weekend either. Come on, summer. Bring it fast. Not yet. Not this week. All right, thank you. Thousands of students in detroit will be staying home today after teachers across 43 Public Schools called it quits for the day. We are calling for a universal sickout on monday, may 2nd. While we recognize that this puts detroits parents and communities in a difficult situation, the districts broken promises and gross negligence leave us no choice. The mass protest is in response to the districts recent announcement that it has run out of funds to pay teacher salaries after june 30th. Teachers say they were previously assured that a funding bill in march would cover their summer pay. The latest round of sickouts comes just months after teachers took to the streets to protest deplorable conditions in schools. Starbucks is now facing a 5 million lawsuit over how much ice it uses in its drinks. An illinois woman says the Coffee Company purposefully gives its customers half the drink they are paying for. The class action suit was filed on behalf of any customer who has bought a cold drink over the past ten years. Starbucks has reportedly called the lawsuit absurd. Kensington palace, look at this, released these adorable new photos of Princess Charlotte to celebrate her first birthday today. How beautiful is that little baby . It was taken by none other than her mom, kate, the duchess of cambridge. Just gorgeous. It was demolition day in alabama. To talladega super speedway in the geico 500. Lap 96 and this happened. Buescher. Oh, man. Chris buescher on his lid. 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Donald trump may be leading his opponents in indiana ahead of tomorrows primary, but he lost big this weekend at the virginia and arizona gop conventions. Ted cruz swept the majority of the atlarge unpledged delegates there. A may day event was held in mexico yesterday featuring a string of donkeys in costume. But the most popular costume was look at that, donald trump. Some of the donkeys were dressed up in suits and wigs to look like the billionaire president ial candidate. It might be the most highly anticipated College Announcement of the spring, though. Malia obama is going to harvard university, folks. The white house made the announcement this weekend. However, she wont be walking among the ivycovered buildings of cambridge until the fall of 2017 because shes decided to take a gap year after graduating high school this spring. The democratic fight for the president ial nomination is starting to look like the republicans. Bernie sanders vowing in no Uncertain Terms to have a contested convention this summer as he urged superdelegates to join his side. It is virtually impossible for secretary clinton to reach the majority of Convention Delegates by june 14th with pledged delegates alone. She will need superdelegates to take her over the top at the convention in philadelphia. In other words, the convention will be a contested contest. Finally, president obama delivered his roast at the annual white house Correspondents Dinner, and there wasnt a topic left untouched. He mocked the media, the rnc and, of course, donald trump. You all look great. The end of the republic has never looked better. What am i going to do for two years . Hey. Its barack. Listen, can we get together . Now, that is a great movie. Yeah. My eighth and final appearance at this unique event. And i am excited. If this material works well, im going to use it at Goldman Sachs next year. What else is in his lexicon . Baseball sticks. Football hats. But sure, im the foreign one. It was funny. And that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. All right. 21 minutes past the hour. And look who we have here, bestselling author, ellis henekin, our political analyst. By the way, can i have a gap year like malia . Wouldnt you like one of those . Ill see you in a year. How about that . Well, right now ted cruz doesnt want any kind of gaps at all. He wants to win in indiana. Is that his last stand, though . Its kind of feeling like it, yeah. Listen, miracles are possible. The polls have been all over the place this year. But unless we get a real miracle in indiana, i think it may be curtains for ted. Over. But will he accept it . No nobody ev