Surveillance video outside her apartment just before the killing . And dangerous disruption. A massive outage overnight leaves at t wireless users across the country unable to call 911. It lasted for hours. The company now apologizing and the fcc is launching an investigation today, thursday, march 9th, 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 wednesday morning. Weve got willie in for matt this morning. A lot to talk about, including that new breach from wikileaks. A lot of people wondering was russia involved. We want to get to our top story, this breaking news. Millions from the midwest to the northeast are recovering this morning after a dangerous windstorm sparked massive power outages, deadly Gabe Gutierrez is in Oklahoma City this morning with more. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. Oklahomas governor has declared a state of emergency in 22 counties and now the strong winds that fueled fires in this state and others are moving east, claiming more lives. The powerful winds wreaking havoc across a large swath of the country. Gusts reportedly reaching up to 70 miles an hour in some areas according to the National Weather service. In upstate new york, the wind tearing down trees and power lines, blocking roads and stranding drivers in rochester. Near buffalo the dpugust causin this Freight Train drauerailmen. And in Southwest Detroit the wind causing this plane to slide off a runway during an aborted takeoff. The aircraft heavily emergency exits. Thankfully nobody was hurt. In another part of detroit the wind fanned a deadly blaze at an Apartment Building that killed five people. Roofs also ripped off buildings. At one point more than a Million People in michigan had no power. That same storm system fueling wildfires burning out of control in several states. The flames chewing through more than a million acres in oklahoma and kansas alone. Those wildfires claiming at least six lives. Today authorities here in oklahoma hope that improving conditions might help firefighters, but what they really need is more rain. All right, Gabe Gutierrez, thanks so much. To politics now and the race to find out who was behind that massive wikileaks documents dump that exposing the u. S. Intelligence gathering hacking into phones, tvs and messaging apps. We are covering it all beginning with andrea andrea, good morning. Good morning, willie. The fbi has indeed opened a Counter Intelligence investigation. The cia doing Damage Assessment after that Wikileaks Dump has struck again. This morning both the fbi and cia scrambling to find out who is behind what could be the worst breach of u. S. Intelligence in recent history. Thousands of documents posted by wikileaks which it says reveals the cia secret playbook for hacking. The cia not commenting on whether the stolen documents are authentic, but one senior u. S. Official telling nbc news they do contain authentic top secret information. At the end of the day what this does is reveal not just u. S. Capabilities but gives a road map to americas enemies as to not only how to defend against these capabilities but also how to use them. The potential knows how the cia hacks their smartphones, smart tvs and computers, even getting into encrypted apps like signal and whatsapp. Still, the biggest question who did it. Russia is a major focus given moscows ties to wikileaks and the hacked emails during the 2016 campaign. Another question, how did it happen . Was the cia hacked . Was it an outside contractor as wikileaks claims or the nightmare scenario for the cia, a mole within the agency. Former Officials Say the hunt if its an inside source likely involves checking operatives travel schedules, contacts and even bank accounts. How badly has the leak compromised the cias mission after they say they only released 1 of what they have. They knew there was a breach late last year but didnt know what it was. And with relations already strained between Intelligence Community, at the white house more criticism. This is the kind of disclosure that undermines our country, our security an our wellbeing. Today the president will be meeting with his cia director, mike pompeo. No doubt well be told just how bad they think the damage is. The early focus is on those outside contractors. Willie and savannah. Thanks, andrea. Lets turn to jeremy bash who serves as chief of staff at the cia at the pentagon. Jeremy, good morning to you. Good morning, savannah. Obviously this investigation is just Getting Started but many people in positions such as yours think russia may be behind it. Whats the argument there, why are they a suspect . When you touch a document inside the cia, you leave digital fingerprints. Anybody who downloaded or accessed this material will become a suspect pretty quick so i think well figure out pretty quick who inside is a suspect. Two things make me think aou they have a connection to wikileaks and second, tensions between the Intelligence Community and russia are at an alltime high because of russia interference in our election. Lets talk about the possibility that andrea brought up, that it is a mole inside the cia. In other words, not a whistleblower but someone working on behalf of a foreign entity but employed by the cia. How plausible do you find that scenario . I think its a situation investigators will take seriously. It took 18 years who find aldridge james. If this information is bleeding out, people will have to come close to an investigative target and try to crack down on this fast. To be clear, these hacking tools that were in the cias arsenal were used to monitor and surveil adversaries overseas, but now its out. So the question is are americans hacking techniques used on them . I dont think so, savannah. Cia operations are conducted overseas against americas adversaries, against terrorists and our adversaries, not directed against americans. Once these vulnerabilities if you will in our security devices are out there, the device makers can actually shore up their defenses. So i think american devices are not at risk. All right, jeremy bash, thank you very much. Thanks, jeremy. Turning now to President Trump and the ongoing debate over his claim he was wiretapped during the campaign by former president obama. Were learning that intelligence agencies may soon be slapped with subpoenas as lawmakers look for any evidence supporting the president s claim. This as President Trump revealed overnight hes tapped the next u. S. Ambassador to russia. Nbcs Peter Alexander is at the white house with more on all of this. Peter, good morning. Reporter willie, good morning to you. The white house as you noted challenged congress to investigate President Trumps claim that president Obama Wiretapped his now two members of the Senate Judiciary committee, a democrat and a republican, are demanding answers. This morning bipartisan calls for the department of justice to offer proof of President Trumps claims that president Obama Wiretapped his campaign headquarte headquarters. President obama administrati targe his campaign in the trump tower. I have no knowledge of that but hes challenged the congress to help him so lets help. Lindsey graham and sheldon asking the department of justice to produce copies of any warrant applications and court orders related to wiretaps of trump, the Trump Campaign and trump tower. Graham telling kasie hunt that theyll subpoena if necessary. Theres no reason for them not to give it to us. All were asking for is a warrant issued. If they dont give it to us, yeah, ill subpoena. Reporter it comes as theyre clarifying whether or not trump wa t investigation. Press Secretary Sean Spicer saying this when asked about it at wednesdays briefing. Is the president the target of an investigation. I think thats what we need to find out. Reporter less than 20 minutes later, spicer circles back. I just want to be clear on one point. There is no reason that we have to think that the president is the target of any investigation whatsoever. Reporter and now were hearing how former president barack obama is reacting to the unsubstantiated wiretapping claims. A source close to the former president telling nbc news he rolled his eyes and believes the claims undermine the office of the president. President trumps man in moscow, jon huntsman. The former utah governor offered the job to be the next u. S. Ambassador to russia according to a senior white house official, with a source close to huntsman telling nbc news hes accepted. Last may huntsman endorsed mr. Trump for president but later called on him to withdraw following the revelat where mr. Trump is caught bragging about grabbing women without their consent. Apparently the two billionaires have now mended fences, with huntsman being taskd to navigate a very sensitive relationship. Plump had been a critic of huntsman mocking him on twitter as a lightweight and weak. The senate still has to confirm governor huntsman. He was confirmed as president obamas ambassador to china by unanimous consent. A lot of complicated relationships in washington these days. Peter alexander at the white house, thanks, peter. As we mentioned, there was a dangerous situation overnight when tens of millions of americans found themselves unable to dial 911. This was a massive nationwide outage for at t customers and authorities were not happy about it. This morning the fcc is investigating the cause and nbcs jolene us. Last night many at t wireless customers couldnt get through to their 911 services from their cell phones forcing Law Enforcement agencies from coast to coast to alert residents about alternatives for any emergency. When at t wireless customers tried to dial 911, they got a busy signal instead. Some areas may have been without the Emergency Service for more than three hours. It quickly became evident this was a nationwide problem for the second largest carrier in the country. Law enforcement agencies from the east coast through parts of the south and out west urged callers to use local emergency news. The fire chief in florida said it was much more than annin sgleens the majority of our calls come through cell phones. It is gravely concerning to us. Reporter in pennsylvania the issue may have delayed Emergency Services from getting to the person with a medical issue. We know of one instance where there was a serious medical unable to get through at 9 00 tonight, which caused about a 10 on 15minute delay. Finally they were able to use a land line to connect with us. Reporter at t confirmed the outage and in a statement to nbc said we are aware of the nervous issue affecting some calls to 911 for wireless customers and were working to resolve it as quickly as possible. We apologize for this inconvenience. A little over 90 minutes later the company tweeted, saying that the issue had been resolved and apologized to those who were affected. Some responded on social media. Unacceptable in my humble opinion in response to a post at t sent out explaining the problem. Cant call 911 . Pathetic. Id be needing more than an apology. The head of the federal Communications Commission also tweeting the agency will investigate the root cause of the outage and its impacts. At t not yet commenting on what exactly caused this service problem, but we do know local emergency numbers did work in many cases, so handing handy in case it happens again. Now to an overnight arrest in tennessee in connection with the murder of a nashville nurse. A 24yearold man facing charges in a case that made headlines across the nation. Thomas roberts is here with more. Good morning to you. Yes, this was a community in shock and mourning after the loss of a beloved nurse, tiffany ferguson, killed last month in a brutal stabbing inside her apartment. Now police say they have arrested the man responsible and are thanking that community for helping them finding him. This Morning Police say the search for the hooded figure is over. All the detectives, our patrol divisions and multiple precincts, so its been Overwhelming Community support to help bring this together. 24yearold Christopher Mclawhorn has been charged in connection with the murder of nashville nurse, tiffany ferguson. We believee apartment doors looking for easy access. This particular apartment door was open to him. During the course of the burglary of miss fergusons apartment, he committed a murder. Mclawhorn was first identified as a person of interest on sunday when he was arrested for misdemeanor drug possession. She really had a heart for nursing. Kelsey cooper was fergusons roommate and fellow nurse. She heard the screams and called 911. We felt safe. We never felt like anything like this could happen. Reporter so safe the College Friends planned to sign a new yearlong lease later that same day. Ferguson had worked at this nashville hospital for a year as an intensive care nurse after graduating from college in alabama. As friends and families gathered at her funeral on saturday, police were conducting an allout manhunt for her killer. Ms. Ferguson was a beloved member of the community, was somebody who served others and her passing and her murder was somethg community and this area. A Community Still shaken, now looking for closure. All right. So mclawhorn has previous arrests for public intoxication, misdemeanor theft. Theres been no word from the ferguson family but police say this community is hopeful that they can rest a little bit easier after this. Again, this has been a month that they have been on high alert trying to find this guy. A crime committed totally at random. An awful story. Thomas, thanks so much. Well swing it over to al whos already at the weather wall. Youve got big news. Were looking at a couple of snowstorms. Snow already from the dakotas into southern minnesota. Its going to cause strong storms down to the south, missouri and arkansas, but the northeast will see travel trouble as we move through tomorrow morning going into the morning rush hour between 5 00 and 7 00 a. M. Snowfall will not be that great and its mostly on grassy surfaces, but it is the rush problems. Then saturday strong storms in the souchth, up into kansas, st louis, nashville, it moves into the midatlantic snow. Well look for the heaviest snow in the South Central appalachians but in the plains were talking 4 to 6 inches of snow. It pushes down south into springfield, st. Louis. Were looking for heavier snow in the eastern parts of kentucky, western parts of North Carolina and then we expect to see mild conditions to move back in. But in the meantime were looking at some pretty decent snow going into the weekend. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, everybody. Im chuck bell. Bright sunshine, temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s now, so a Beautiful Day to be outside. Later this afternoon temperatures will rise nicely up into the mid and upper 60s, even near 70 in a few spots. So bus stop weather as the kids are headed out this morning, theyll need nothing more than a light jacket for temperatures in the 50s. Short sleeves and sunglasses on the way home. Get those winter coats ready, youll be needing them again starting tomorrow all the way through the weekend. Thats your latest weather. Not even going to talk about tuesday. Youre hiding something. Whats happening tuesday, al roker . He loves mischief, this one. Coming up, Casey Anthony in her own words. Some newly released audio tapes reveal her thoughts on that infamous crime and she discusses the possibility of having another child. Plus could what wikileaks is revealing about the cias plan to do just that. We have the rossen report you need to see before buckling up this morning. First, this is today on nbc. Buckling up this morning. First, this is today on nbc. Y2ahdy ysty coming up, jfks final days. Nearly two decades after his death, new information on that fateful flight. Come on. You have a one person vanity but a 4 person family. At lowes, we have the latest styles and trends to fit your budget. 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