His home raided overnight. All that plus road rage leads to this terrifying Chain Reaction crash. Prince harrys surprising take on being royal. One of the heroes shot at the congressional baseball practice gets a very special honor. Today thursday, june 22nd, 2017. 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. Its a thursday morning. Glad to have you with us this morning. Its a different day but were starting with the same story. Were talking about Tropical Storm cindy now slamming parts of the south. Its happening as we speak. Look at that. Its packing high winds, drenching rain, already whipping up the surf there. Some areas getting a foot of rain in a matter of hours. Its far from over. Al will tell us where its headed next in a moment. Lets start with nbcs Kerry Sanders. Hes in the thick of it now in alabama. Kerry, good morning. Reporter good morning. The exacts from Tropical Storm cindy being felt from florida Dauphin Island in alabama, you can see the impact of the storm. The rising tide here continues. You can see some homes threatened. This morning there are more than 7,000 people without electricity as power crews try to keep up with the impacts of tropical st this morning Tropical Storm cindys loosely defined eye making its way onshore with a massive wet punch. With 12 inches of rain in some spots, flooding coastal towns and spawning waterspout after waterspout in floridas panhandle. That is a waterspout. Fort walton beach, winds of 50 miles an hour taking down trees and leaving a baseball field in ruins. In alabama, cindy has already claimed one young life. A large log churning in the surf lodged in a 10yearold boy walking with his family on the beach. It rolled the timber on top of the child. Despite warnings some vacationers ventured into the surf. Cindy putting a damper on the vacation. I thought i would go home with a tan but i dont think im going to. This morning alabama and louisiana remain under a state of emergency. Louisianas dpm louisianas governor pence warning the storm system could hamper the spire state. People all over the coast should take it seriously because it has a potential it drop appear awful lot of rain all the way through as it moves forth. Lowlying grand isle partially submerged, while new orleans despite 133 miles of levees and floodwaters, memorialsry of katrina remain raw. A useful lesson to everyone in the path of any storm. Make sure you have your insurance and papers ready and just be prepared to run. Reporter the west end here of Dauphin Island has restricted access this morning. The only road in and out is under water. Police have set up a checkpoint. They have told some people, especially those that are being impacted the hardest, that its probably not a good idea to stay in their homes because the tide is still rising. Guys, back to you. We can see it right behind you, kerry. Lets turn to al checking the impact of with its headed. Eastern half of the u. S. Except southeast will be affected by cindy by saturday. You can see the bands. These are tornado watches. When have you a vigorous system charles, louisiana, 30 see a miles southwest of there. First tropical system to make landfall in louisiana since 2012 when we had hurricane isaac. It makes its way through friday spoke saturday, all the way spoke tennessee and ohio river valleys. That moisture is doing to spread to the east. In fact, as you can see right now, as it comes onshore, weakens on land, look for rain in the southeast and midwest. Then its doing to interact with this cold front thats pushing down from the north, and thats doing to squeeze out even more moisture, more Severe Weather through the mississippi and ohio river valley. By saturday even spot northeast looking at some severe storms as that tropicalfed moisture continues. Here is the flash flood risk, the highest right around the western eastern parts of texas on into louisiana and parts of arkansas. But as you can see pi tomorrow, a flood risk from alexandria, louisiana, up into binghamton, new york. We are talking about 3 to 5 inches of rain. Some areas picking up up to a foot as you get down into the gulf. Even from nashville, memphis, they are doing to see 5 to 7 inches of rain out of this. Its doing to be a big impact throughout much of the country. Its incredible to look at that map. Thank you. Thanks very much. Also this morning a possible motive is emerging in that chilling terror attack at the airport out in flint, michigan, where a Police Officer was stabbed in the neck. A canadian man charged as the fbi launches an immediate investigation. Nbcs playbook blake mccoy has morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The airport here is back open after that lone wolf attack. This morning were learning more about the attacker who came from canada and our Law Enforcement sources tell us was not previously known to the fbi. Overnight police in canada homen terror suspect. A simple person, calm, i never saw anything bizarre, says his downstairs neighbor. According to fbi 50yearold amor fthoui left his home friday, entered u. S. Through new york, then traveled to flint, michigan, where hes accused of attacking an airport Police Officer. Lieutenant jeff neville, a father of two, is recovering from a stab wound to his neck. Hes a good friend of mine, yes. It was very terrifying to see something that quick. Reporter the attack happened before the security checkpoint of flints Bishop International airport wednesday. The suspect using a 13 inch amazon jungle Survival Knife like this one, according to the fbi investigating this as an act of terror. Witnesses say fthoui yelled allahu akbar, which translates to allah is great. Something to the effect youve killed people in iraq and afghanistan and were all going to die. Reporter similar to one at a Shopping Mall in st. Cloud, minnesota, where another knife wielding man killed 10 people while also yelling reference toss allah. Now flint michigan, another town touched by terror. I dont know why they did it, but its done. Reporter so far the fbi has found no evidence of a larger plot. The question now, if this man was radicalized, when and how did it happen and why did he choose flint, michigan. Matt and savannah . A lot of questions. Playbo blake mccoy, thanks very much. A lot of questions to get to including the president holdi l. Republicans unveiling their long awaited Health Care Bill. Two reports. Lets start with National Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning. This morning republicans rewrite of the Health Care Bill remains a secret to many lawmakers voting on it by the end of next week. This morning a draft is expected to be released. Still no indication the president has seen it. After enjoying another quick road trip, his fifth rally in his first five months. President trump back on the road and back in his comfort zone, relishing an iowa embrace monday night. Its always terrific to be able to leave that washington swamp. Reporter mr. Trump riding high after Republican Special election win in georgia tuesday that some had cast as a referendum on his presidency. Were 50. 50. The truth is people love us. Reporter the night a celebration of mr. Trumps resilience as a russia cloud looms over his administration. Overnight raising eyebrows for this comment on immigration. Those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. Reporter but thats been the law since 1996. Still the president and energized on proposal the border wall be lined with solar panels. Pretty good imagination. My idea. Reporter on the wealth of his economic cabinet picks. They love all people, rich or poor. Bu those particular positions, i dont want a poor person. Does that make sense . Reporter the president teasing todays unveiling of the Republicans Health care plan. I hope were going to surprise you with a really good plan. You know, ive been talking about a plan with heart. I said add some money to it. Reporter after weeks of secrecy and complaints among republicans about a lack of transparency, a draft of the bill headed up by Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is expected to be released this morning. What to watch for . How deep will medicaid cuts go . On tack credits, will it be tied to income or age like the house bill. Whether federal funding for planned parenthood is eliminated. Outside the capital, democrats voicing their opposition. Health care is a right not a privilege. Reporter also this morning Congressional Black Caucus rejected a followup meeting here at the white house arguing their concerns presented in the first meeting, quote, fell on deaf ears. The cdc chairman wrote the president , we have seen no evidence that your administration acted on our calls for action, and we have, in fact, witnessed steps that will hurt black communities. It has become abundantly clear a conversation with cbc would not be productive. White house Secretary Sean Spicer said the president enjoyed meeting with cbc leadership and looked forward to a followup meeting with the entire group adding the president hopes to work with the cbc on issues they previously identified. Matt and savannah. Peter alexander starting us off. Thank you. Those special election losses weve been covering, democrats losses have democrats scrambling to regroup. As finger pointing begins, some of those fipge efingers are aim nancy pelosi. Kristen welker on capitol hill with the story. Good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Nancy pelosi has served in congress for three decades so shes no stranger to a fight. Now after that big defeat in georgia, more and more democrats say their party needs a new message and a new leader to deliver it. Overnight President Trump taking a victory lap in iowa after president s won four out of four special elections including georgias hotly contested 6th district race. They have phony witch hunts going against me, everything going. You know what, all we do it win, win, win. Reporter with the Democratic Party showing signs of disarray, its clear their antitrump strategy has not been working. This morning there are mounting calls to replace House Minority leader nancy pelosi. Some democrats are blaming her for jon ossoffs loss in georgia to republican karen handel. Nancy pelosis friends are bang rolling ossoffs campaign. Reporter after gop repeatedly ran ads linking ossoff to pelosi, undermining his message of change. As nancy pelosi is the leader of the Democratic Party, its doing to be very difficult to win. We clearly need to have the right message and the right messengers to show the American People we can help. Reporter ohio congressman tim ryan who challenged pelosis leadership last year inflamed the situation. You think nancy pelosi is more toxic than donald trump . You know what, the honest answer is, in some areas of the country, yes, she is. Reporter South Carolina congressional candidate Joe Cunningham tweeting, if elected, i will not vote for nancy pelosi for speaker. Time to move forward and win again. With president obama and Vice President biden gone, there has been a leadership vacuum for the democrats. Pelosi spokesperson arguing the buzz about her all a product of republican efforts to smear her. The politics of personal destruction has been a gop hall mark. Other democrats caution the partys problem go way beyond pelosi. This is not an issue of who the specific leader might be at a given time, its really a question of message. Reporter Many Democrats are digging in. Congressional campaign circulating a memo to lawmakers declaring theres no doubt the party can take back the house next fall. The reality is it would be difficult for anyone to unseat pelosi. She has a lot of allies. Shes also seen as someone who has raised a massive amount of money for her party. As for republicans, its way too soon for them to start drawing big conclusions about what this might mean for midterm elections. After all, their recent victories have been in reliably red districts where democrats are outperforming what they did in 2016. Matt, savannah. Kristen welker on capitol hill. Thanks. Move to iraq where one of islams most important monuments, great mosque in mosul has been destroyed by retreating isis fighters. Aerial photos show the damage to the landmark that stood for more than 800 years. Its famous minaret is leaning over. Thousands of iraqi troops supported by u. S. Forces have been trying to retake mosul since last october. Isis now controls just a few neighborhoods of the city. Now to a road rage incident caught on tape. Youve got to see this to believe it. It happened wednesday morning on a freeway in santa clara. Watch what happens of a the motorcyclist speeds up and kicks the door of the car. The sedan swerves into the bike, then loses control and slams into concrete divider, bounces across several lanes of traffic and slams into a pickup truck that flips over several times before lanning on its roof. Remarkably the man driving the truck was the only person injured. The passenger who took the video said he was prompted to Start Recording after witnessing an exchange between the motorcycle and driver of the sedan. That biker sped away. Police are now looking for him. Now a story we hope makes you feel good. 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