Cut ties with bill oreilly. And get well. Former president george h. W. Bush recovering from his second bout of pneumonia this year. What his doctors are saying about his progress today, april 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. We have willie in for matt and news just breaking as we come on the air. Aaron hernandez found dead in his prison cell overnight. Apparently he killed himself. Miguel almaguer is here with the latest. Miguel, we are just learning about this. Reporter yes. Shocking news. This happened a short time ag. Found hanged in his cell overnight at a correctional facility in massachusetts. Medical personnel attempted to perform life saving techniques. They transported hernandez to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. He attempted to block his door from the inside. Last friday the former patriots tight end was found not of murder in the shooting death of two men back in 2012, but hernandez was already serving a life sentence for murder in the 2013 killing of odem loyd. Massachusetts police are on scene. Hernandezs family has been notified. It just happened in the last few hours. Thank you. Another story, results are in from georgias high stakes special election to fill the seat of test of President Trumps influence. The democratic upstart john ossoff was just short of an victory. There will be a run off between him and karen handel. Well get reaction from lindsey graham. Lets start with Kristen Welker with more at the white house. Reporter on the one hand, theres a sigh of relief at the white house. John ossoff didnt get the 50 needed to avoid a run off. Still he got awfully close. Enough to have the political world asking would georgia become a prerreferendum on prest trump. A big night in georgia for john ossoff. His strong showing going all the way to the white house this morning. We have defied the odds. We have shattered reporter he got more votes than any other candidate, democrat or republican in an a race. Significant, because this district is reliably red. If not the 50 needed, its enough to rattle republicans. Still, gop, karen handel who had the most votes on the republican side struck a vote of confidence. The seat up for grabs was once held by newt gingrich. President trump got personally involved in the racing tweeting overnight despite major outside money, fake Media Support and 11 republican candidates, big r win with run off in georgia. Glad to be of help. He recorded a robo call for election day. Only you can stop the super liberal democrats. Reporter the results suggests some are dissatisfied with the direction of their party. He has brought, i think, the ru so low that i cannot bring myself to support candidates like that anymore. Reporter osso the ff raised more than 8. 3 million. Some celebrities even lending their voices. Hi, im samuel l. Jackson. We have to channel our anger with votes at the ballot box. Reporter it could have big implications for the president own his party. The run off between ossoff and handel will take place in june. The its a race these officials will be watching very closely as well as the president. Back to you. All right. Thank you so much. Also this morning President Trump has just ordered a review of the iron nuclear deal and weather to kill it. Andrea mitchel has more on that. Good morning. Says tehran is complying with the historic agreement signed under the Obama Administration so reign in the Nuclear Program. President trump is focusing on irans terror ties. Six world powers didnt consider it because they thought it was more important to stop iran from getting a bomb. In a strong signal the new administration appears to be ready to rip up the deal. This morning the white house talking tough on iran. Rex tillerson saying the Trump Administration is weighing whether to essentially break the terms of a land marc Iran Nuclear Deal signed almost two years ago. Candidate trump repeatedly called the agreement the worst deal ever negotiated. Its one of the worst negotiated deals of any kind ive seen. Reporter Rex Tillerson admits iran has been upholding its end of the bargain, but he said in a letter iran remains a leading state methods. The 2015 deal signed by world powers including russia, france, germany and the uk and the u. S. Restricts the Nuclear Program in exchange for the listing of financial sanctions against the Islamic Republic for ten years. Without the deal they would have had a nuclear deal within months. Benjamin netanyahu has been a fierce opponent of this deal. Critics say the trump review will raise questions about why the white house wants to risk letting iran go nuclear while it is already in the middle of a major crisis with north korea which has an arsenal of Nuclear Weapons. Andrea, thank you. Mike pence issued a new warning to north korea overnight labeling it a dangerous and urgent threat. This just hours after we learned that the u. S. Naval fleet that was supposed to be heading toward the Korean Peninsula in a show of force was actually direction. Reporter good morning. You said it. Vice president mike pence once again talking act north korea, talking tough, calling it an urgent and dangerous threat. So urgent, in fact, that last week President Trump said he was sending an ar maw da as a show of force. Were learning that Carrier Group wont be here for another week. Vice president mike pence on the Aircraft Carrier u. S. S. Reagan in japan with a familiar message for north korea. We will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or Nuclear Weapons with an overwhelming and effective american response. The the Aircraft Carrier meant to back up the tough talk is only now heading to the region. As a prudent over the weekend when kim jongun was showing the world his new weapons, threatening the u. S. , and the testing a missile, the vincent was 3500 miles away moving in the opposite direction for a military drill with australia. Despite this from President Trump last week. We are sending an arma tda. Reporter the military threat had the region on end with both china and russia calling for restraint. Late yesterday the president backed off the tough talk about kim jongun. Hopefully he wants peace and we want peace, and thats going to be the end determination, but were going to have to see what happens. Reporter this morning the Vice President said all options are on the table. But no mention from the Vice President about the u. S. S. Karl vincent or the confusion surrounding the timing. Pentagon that two jets were scrambled late monday light to intercept a pair of russian bombers 100 miles off the alaskan coast. The Defense Department says they were in International Air space and acted, quote, very professionally. All right. Kelly in seoul for us. Lindsey graham of South Carolina is with us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. What a wonderful day. Lots to talk about what you. Lets start with iran. Rex tillerson, the secretary of state notifying congress that the administration is going to review the iran deal. Right. I know youre not a fan of that deal. The president is certainly not a fab fan of that deal. If you undo it now, as iran received all the benefit and then were walking away from what would be the benefit of the u. S. And the u. S. They have most of the money or are in the process of getting most of it. When you look at the deal when it was signed until now, theyre backing asaad. They helped hezbollah. If i were the administration id put sanctions on the regime for violating the u. N. Resolution on missile test, and being a large state sponsor of terrorism separate from the deal. Is that different from the deal . Yes. The deal was to disconnect the behavior of the regime from the Nuclear Program. Let me ask you about the story of the u. S. S. Karl vincent. The secretary of defense and jim mattis and the president said were sending a armada. It was on the way to carry out exercises in australia. They dont get tweets in the navy. How does that happen . I dont know. The fact that the Vice President looks across the boarder and missile to our homeland is striking. Were in a Commission Course with north korea. I spoke to the president with it. I said do you want the North Koreans developed a missile that is correct hit the Nuclear Weapon on top of it during your presidency . Thats what this is about. What did you suggest he do . Tell china if you dont take care of it, we will. How . It means if china cant stop the regime from building a missile that could one day hit the American Homeland that we would do everything with military strike to stop their missile program. Look at it this way. Do you want north korea to have a missile that can hit california with a Nuclear Weapon . 20 years ago north korea didnt have any Nuclear Weapons. Every republican and democrat has screwed up north korea. Now is the time a pretemptive strike . If thats what it would take. I wont allow with my vote for north korea to develop a Nuclear Weapon that can hit california. I hope theyre listening in north korea. If the u. S. Were to launch a preemptive strike, wed be at war . It would be terrible, but the war would be over here, not here. It would be bad for the Korean Peninsula and china and japan and south korea. It would be the end of north korea, but it would not hit america, and the only way it could ever come to america is with a missile, and were not going to let that happen, i hope. Lets talk politics. Your state next door, georgia, there was a congressional race. This was a seat republicans have long held. It wasnt a seat trump won handily. A point and a half. The democrat gets the top votes in this special election. Does that mean its just a sign for thing to come . That district is changing. This guy basically got clintons vote. I think youll see a casting of this race. Hollywood versus georgia. But the south is changing. Atlanta is changing. And i like our chances in a runoff, but we need to wake up as a party. There are districts like this getting more moderate around the country. I think karen will do a good job. I like her chances of winning this seat j but this should be a wakeup call for republicans in the south. Thank you, senator. This morning, well wishes are pouring in for former president george h. W. Bush. His recovering in a hospital after a mild case of pneumonia. Kerry sanders is in houston for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Former. George h. W. Bush is here ath observation. His spokesman said the president is just fine. He is said to be in good spirits this morning. The 92yearold admitted to houston methodist last friday after a persistent cough prevented him from getting proper rest. It was determined he had a mild case of pneumonia which was treated and has been resolved. He is now being held for further observation while he regains his strength. In january the former president spent two weeks in the hospital with pneumonia. For a time he was put on a ventilator to help him breathe. At the same time his wife, barbara bush spent five days in the same hospital for bronchitis. The pair had just celebrated their 72nd wedding an verse say. Recovering enough to take part at the super bowl in houston. Earlier this month he was visited by his now close friend, president bill clinton, who gave him colorful pairs of socks. Clinton said the two caught up about kids, grand kids, old times, and new times. Former president bush was recently honored with an award. The most big hearted, always the brightest points of life. Reporter his son neil choking up speaking on his behalf. I would like to speak first as one of the proudest sons on the face of the earth. Reporter president bush suffers from a form of parkinsons. Thats why he gets around on a motorized scooter. Well wishes are pouring in here from around the world. And from here as well. Kerry, thank you. Now to the dramatic end to the nationwide man hunt for the facebook killer. The suspect taking his own life after being spotted by a quick thinking fast food worker. Nbc is in with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. It was a mcdonalds employee who recognized the socalled facebook killer at this drive through. An end to the man hunt that gripped the nation. They are trying to piece together how he spent nearly 48 hours on the run before he took his life. The man hunt for the killer is over. But for Robert Godwins family, the pain is not. I wanted to see him go to trial, because it was awful what he did to my brother. Reporter police say he randomly chose godwin and murdered him Easter Sunday posting the video on facebook. He took all the dignity he had. We all know were going to die. But not like that. Not for the world to see. Reporter the man hunt end a sharp eyed employee at this drive through recognized stephens. He ordered mcnuggets and fries and the worker stalled his order and called 911. Basically just told him it was going to be a minute for his fries. Just wanted to make sure the proper people were contacted. Reporter stephens sped off, his car fleeing the scene. Units, ps sp behind a white ford fusion on buffalo road. Reporter they say after a short chase, he took his own life. The 37yearold had no criminal history but had recently filed for bankruptcy. I lost everything. I lost everything i had. Reporter in a video rabbinte blamed an exgirlfriend for making him snap. His friend said stephens called in just minutes before the murder. This car. He told me to call him right back once i saw the facebook post. I tried and he did not answer. Once i saw it. Reporter many here in pennsylvania are now hoping this mcdonalds employee might be in line for that 50,000 reward. Robert godwins family is planning his funeral. His daughter telling us they feel an overwhelming sadness as she called her fathers killer a coward. A sad story. Some uplift when you think about what the mcdonalds workers did and the courage to keep him there knowing his history. I hope somebody gets that reward. Al is here with a first check on the weather. A lot of rain to talk about, especially in the upper midwest and the plains. Were watching the storms push through. As they do, theyre dumping a lot of rain from the dakotas into iowa. Thats going to continue to make its way east. Much of iowa under an enhanced risk for strong storms. 18 million at risk for hail and possible tornadoes and were wind gusts as it pushes east. Well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. The clouds started to move back into the area. There are light rain showers from beneath the clouds. Temperatures only in the low to mid 50s now. The combination of clouds and light rain chances will keep today cooler than yesterday. Not expecting a lot of rain today. Just a hit and miss sprinkle or shower. Te afternoon. Much warmer weather comes back for thursday and friday, and sunday looks flat out rainy. Thats your latest weather. Thank you very much. Coming up have we seen the last of bill oreilly on fox news . 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Right now the beltway, lots of morning. Top of the beltway. Northbound branch avenue crash there in the right exit lane as youre approaching the beltway this morning. 270 at father hurley, we are very slow. 270 southbound through the german town area, not seeing a report of anything, just slow. Well take a break and check your forecast next. Mostly cloudy outside. Pockets of very light rain moving into the area. Temperatures are on the cool side. Were in the low 50s around the d. C. Metro area for now. Not a lot of heavy rain expected. Occasional spits and sprinkles from Mother Nature d