Runway and crashing into a set. A young son on board. A quick thinking air Traffic Controller may have prevented something even worse. And great white quest the most feared in abcs thunder, nbcs Kerry Sanders is setting off to find one in the wild today. Today, thundershowers may 28 2015. Nouce this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, on a thursday morning, apparently at this table. In search of those wonderful creatures. We will watch in this case. Get to that in a couple of minutes. Lets start with our top story this morning. Problems with storm after storm in texas, rivers ridesing in houston and dallas. Some neighborhoods are being told to evacuate. There was a tornado outbreak. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in hard hit wimberley, texas. Good morning to you. Reporter matt good morning. The death stole now to 23. Rivers are swollen. Severe thunderstorms are expected in parts of the state. All this as we are hearing more stories of heartbreaking loss. This morning swollen rivers are now causing officials to call for evacuations near houston, in warden about 60 miles southwest of the city the mayor is asking residents to voluntarily evacuate due to the rise of the colorado river. After relentless weather, rain floods and a tornado that literally sound like a freight train, texas is reeling. He knew how to make us happy. Reporter in divine texas, 18yearold Melissa Ramirez just held her funeral. The homecoming queen was back from prom when her car was swept away. Her father tommy speaking publicly for the first time describes those final moments. I got a phone call from her at 2 45 in the morning and she wakes me up and i say, honey, whats going on . She goes, dad, what i do . My cars been hit with water West Virginia do i do . What do i do . I said back the car up back ask car up she says i cant, the car is tipping. I said im on my way, thats the last i got to speak to her. Reporter Council President , coeditor of the yearbook tennis player valleyball star cheerleader, only a week from graduation. She wanted to study biology like her sid sister and some day be an optometrist. Reporter in wimberley, texas, more heart break. Torts have identified the body of 42yearold Michelle Kerry schaarva one of eight people missing after a wall of water swept away a vacation home. We spoke with her sister and brotherinlaw just before the tragic news. Were going to survive this together as a family. They say that we will get through this. Today the search continues for the missing and those already lost are being missed. I will not requestion what should i have done what could i have done to torment myself . But i will draw on the memories and the grief will come and it will pass. Reporter sadly, authorities here in hayes county overnight announced they have recovered the body of a child. They are working to make a positive identification and matt and savannah it is very difficult times here but these families are being incredibly strong. Gabe gutierrez, i wish we had better news weatherwise what seems to be the case . We absolutely dont. We will get to that . A second. This video gives you the sense of the river exploding. Just lins to this. Wow, can you imagine being on the upper level of your home looking at that . Unbelievable. I bleen and, of course these folks survived thankfully but their home a total loss now as you watch it totally get washed away t. Electricity guess out. Its really frightening. Then we move to yesterday, this was in nebraska and a flash flood, you get the idea of the power of water. Just washing everything in its path right down what would be down u downstream. Thats actually down the street. Unbelievable video there. And we want to now show you what is going on overnight in oklahoma. This is in the last hour the skies have lit up in Oklahoma City. Unbelievable lightning show as another funnel system starts to push in and bring more torrential rain. Enough to damage or destroy a home. We can tell you, we got rough stuff going on right now. In fact we can see Oklahoma City under the gun with heavy thunderstorm moving through the area. Flash flood watches, flash flood warnings over five states right now. We will continue to track this activity. We have more today, severe thunderstorms, dangerous lightning, hail flash flooding. 48 Million People at risk today. Possibility of tornadoes as well. To give you an idea we started slow with tornadoes, so far, through may 24th we got 273 tornadoes. Normally by this time we have 214. We are about 28 ahead of schedule as far as tornadoes are concerned. The Severe Weather looks like from that region texas to oklahoma through sunday until we see a pattern. All right. Al thank you very much. Now a flareing mistake involving a deadly bacteria. How did the Defense Department mistakenly send live anthrax using fedex to labs in nine states also overseas. Nbcs jim miklazewski is looking into that from the pentagon. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Despite this potentially deadly mixup, officials here at the pentagon insist there is no risk to the general public. This morning as many as four civilian lab workers who may have been exposed to live anthrax are receiving serious antibiotics to counter any potential threat. The centers for Disease Control have spanned out today to military and civilian labs across the u. S. To determine if theyve received live anthrax from the military. The cdc is also at the armys proving ground in utah which somehow ships live anthrax instead of inactive bacteria to 20 labs in nine states as far as away as the military base in south korea. There is no known risk to the general public and no person nel that show any signs of possible exposure. Reporter a potentially deadly brew came from a batch of anthrax produced more than a year ago. At the time it was radiated to kill any active spores. But only last week a civilian lab in maryland discovered it received live anthrax. Those samples came from the same stock. Odds are high other labs received the deadly bacteria. While exposure to anthrax can be fatal, everyone in that delivery chain will be under intense medical scrutiny. The symptoms can manifest themselves in 12to14 hours and there will be time to give them preventative antibiotics or if the symptoms occur to treat the infection rigorously. Reporter there is concern, however, how the anthrax was handled when it was believed to be inactive. It was shipped commercially in protective packaging as inactive. But defense Officials Say live anthrax would require more secure packaging and warning labels. Lab workers would have been required to use full protective suits to guard against any possible exposure. Now this anthrax is being used to develop defenses against the deadly bacteria. But it turned out to be a threat in its own right t. Bulletins at the cdc and pentagon have launched investigations into this deadly catastrophic event how it occurred in the first place. Matt savannah. It seems very hard to understand. Jim miklazewski at the pentagon thank you very much. Now to that frightening scene on the runway we told you about, a pilot drinking ability to take off with his young son on board. Willie is following this story. Good morning, guys. This one could have been a lot worse. That pilot under arrest taxiing into a shed. Unfortunately, his plane never got off the ground. Airport Officials Say the pilot Christopher John hall had his son on board a twin engine Cessna Skymaster when the plane skid off the runway and crashed at Melbourne Airport about 70 miles southeast of orlando. The 67yearold pilot was arrested for reckless operation of an aircraft under the influence and neglect of a child without great bodily harm. His plane wandered into a restricted area catching the attention of air Traffic Controllers who began to question his flight plan. Hold your position. I didnt tell you to move. Return to your hangar and call the tower. Why are you going, sir . Turn your engine off, kim your engines. Officials say air Traffic Controllers then alerted police after hall ignored their commands to turn off the engine. Sir, all we know are the charges against you. Anything you can say about yourself and or your time . Paul and his son a minor declined medical treatment. Paul was taken into custody by the Brevard County sheriffs office. They are being watched by the faa and the local authorities. This is shocking first of all to get behind the controls of a plane, secondly with your son on board. That can get a lot worse. Willie thanks. Now turning to politics the issue facing Hillary Clinton. She kicks off a fundraising swing in florida today while facing new scrutiny over her own personal wealth. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell has more on that. Reporter good morning, Hillary Clinton is appealing to middle classest voters with democratic policies aimed at the base. Could all the clinton money get in the way of her populous message . Hillary clinton in South Carolina wednesday, channing as the every day people. We will have to stand up to the people who want to keep the deck stacked in favor of those at the top. Reporter but both hillary and bill clinton are being trailed over questions over money, including foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation and their own finances. After raking in 25 million in paid speeches since the beginning of 2014. Fuelling the controversy, recent revelations from the ap that bill clinton had a Shell Company wjc, llc, in which money could pass unreportedly. Hillary clinton is taking heat as the only woman in the race. Carley fiorina who showed up outside the event. People expect basic questions to be asked. What can be done . Are you trustworthy . Are you transparent . Will you answer questions . Reporter clintons sole democratic challenger so far senator Bernie Sanders, telling cnbcs don harwood when you get the money like that. You sit in a restaurant like this. We came out of the white house not only dead broke but if debt. Will you continue to give speechs . Oh yeah. I got to pay our bills. Reporter with the elections still more than a year away Hillary Clinton is trying to avoid making her wealth a liability, like mitt romney in 2012. Still with voters its down home trying to motivate her dates. The questions about the clintons wealth come amidst the continuing controversy over Hillary Clintons private emails n. In the wake of a judges ruling the state department has to turn over those emails on an act sell rated time table once month, faster than they planned. Cluck todd is the political director and moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Uma id the argument that potentially the clintons wealth the Shell Company is a potential along the lines that mitt romney faced a backlash in the last election. About 2011 the Barak Obama Campaign did everything they can to make mitt romney seem like other, us versus them. Hes one of them. Does he care about you . His wealth throughout 2011 whatever they could find how he paid his taxes, all of it was designed to make it look like he is not about them. Thats whats going on with the clintons all of a sudden theyre the wealthiest candidate even jeb bush who comes from a wealthy family. This llcs Shell Company is creating this other aspect them what the clintons have succeeded in the past is caring about people like you, like me things like that. If that goes away thats a problem for her. We seen as you saw in the piece some of her opponents on the left are going to slam her for that. Mean time the ap has a report out this morning on jeb bush not officially a candidate and all the advisories boardsling he he served on. Is that a potential problem . The primary, you have other republicans like scott walker not wealthy trying to make wealth an issue against jeb bush. There is in an odd way the Hillary Clinton campaign dont mind running against jeb bush. All of them go away. It neutralizes that issue. Thank you for being here. She loves that song. I do. Oh your speech is now. Dream speech. Hello. Thanks, very much. Well get your picture. Meantime natalie is here and there is a decision in nebraska. Right. The state of nebraska exactly. To abolish the Death Penalty. Senators voted on wednesday to override governor pete rickets video making nebraska the first conservative state to eliminate the Death Penalty since 1973. Nebraska joins 16 other states in bank executions. Work begins at the white house today to increase security this after numerous Security Breaches over the past few years. Contractors will spend the day getting the complex ready for enhancements to the fence, which will eventually include sharp points to prevent people from climbing over it. Three california beaches were closed on tuesday after tarballs washed up on shore. Cleanup is on the way from manhattan to redondo beach. Investigators are examining the substance. They dont know where it came from. There is no word on whether it might be connected to that large oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara last week. Weatherwise, a below average Hurricane Season is in the forecast. Six to 11 named storms are expect ltd. Half of those may turn into hurricanes. Officials say while it should be a slower season that it is no reason to become complacent. The Chicago Blackhawks live to see another day. Chicago beat the Anaheim Ducks wednesday night in game six by a final of 52. So that means a seventh and deciding game will be played in anaheim with a trip to the stanley cup finals on the line. And as the saying goes take it from the horses mouth. Watch what happens during a Birthday Celebration at an equestrian facility happy birthday dear jc happy birthday to you thats great. He knew what to do. Blew out the candles, wondered if he made a wish. Then he appeared to get a big kick out of it. Hes a show horse, after all. Look at him. The timing. Just a tiny bite. A carrot cake of some sort. Matt thank you. Mr. Roker. Given the birthday im surprised he has the long face. Sorry. That was a real stretch. A horse walks into a bar. W dont, dont, dont, dont stop the beat i cant, cant, cant, cant control my feet p p p people in the street cmon everybody and move your feet go everybody move your feet and feel united oh oh oh everybody move your feet and feel united good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A steamy start and a hot and humid afternoon. Look for showers and thunderstorms later today. Near 90 degrees for the first time this year philadelphia could get 90. Not as hot tomorrow but just as humid and more storms in the afternoon friday. The storm does take a break and breezy saturday. Showers be back sunday and cooler weather and much needed rainfall for monday into tuesday. Getting warmer wednesday. Have a great day. Weather. Carson is here on a text you do not want to see. There is actually a specific sequence of characters you can text to an iphone when that phone receives it that phone immediately shuts down and reboots. This has been the talk of the tech world over the past 24 hours. One person posted this and all of a sudden it was all over the internet. People were talking about it sharing their own experiences, even some giving it a try. Apple, of course is currently working on a fix. It will likely come in the form of a Software Update on your phone. In the meantime can you go into your setting, shut off your notifications. Or if you feel so inclined you can do like brean na did. Her mom says, come down and do the dishes. Turns the phone off. Boom moms phone turns off. Were not suggesting you do that. But it is possible. Carson do you have to open the text or just receiving it . You just get it your phone shuts off immediately. Thats terrible. So you go to notifications . Turn off your notifications for right now. Or your messages or dont. All right. Carson thank you so much. Coming up a major settlement tied to the crash that nearly killed tracy morgan and claimed the life of his good friend. We will talk to his attorney plus how he is doing a year later. 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