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callow way were charged with capital murder. a fourth suspect, cornelius clark, was charged with obstruction of justice. the shooting comes as police around the country are on edge thousands turning out to mourn a fallen nypd officer on friday. according to the national law enforcement memorial fund the number of officers ambushed and killed last year was three times higher than the year before. but hattiesburg's mayor says he does not think dean and tate were targeted? >> i think we had police officers in the wrong place at the wrong time and someone who didn't want to go to jail would rather shoot his way out, that's a sad commentary. >> reporter: these are the first police officers killed in the line of duty in hattiesburg in more than 30 years. that memorial service is planned for this afternoon. jose? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. we're getting started on this edition of "the rundown." coming up, a white principal in georgia under fire today after what some say were racist comments at her school's graduation. today she's defending herself in an interview with nbc news.
leaving, all the black people. so, i made a statement. it wasn't a racist remark. anybody that knows me knows my heart is with these kids. i've been teaching 30-something years. >> gorduek also responded to reaction over her comments. >> people always think the worst. you know, oh you say the word black, you know was i supposed to say african-american? were they all born in africa? no they're americans. and they live here. but i'm not a racist. people that know me -- i worked with disadvantage kids like this that couldn't get through school. we help them get a high school diploma and we've been doing it for 15 years. and our heart's in it. we're not against anyone and i've never disrespected anyone. >> gorduek has apologized to her students and their families. she wrote an apology letter
of hail damaging winds, and tornados. this follows a wild weekend across the country of tornados flash floods, tropical storm, even snow, if you can believe that. take a look at the bottom left of your screen there. but east of dallas ten people are missing, dozens hurt after a suspected tornado touched down last night. also in texas, flash flooding being blamed for the death of one man swept away by fast moving waters. the national guard was called in to rescue people from their cars and homes. and in iowa -- >> there goes the school. that's not casey's, that's the [ bleep ] school. >> a tornado in lake city stripped off the roof of a high school. more than 100 people were inside for an awards ceremony but received enough warning to safely take shelter in the basement. in nashville, arkansas tornados being blamed for the deaths of two people there. let's go now to van, texas, where the weather channel has been checking out the damage. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose good morning to you at home.
they live here. i'm not a racist. people that know me -- i worked you know with disadvantage kids like that that couldn't get through school. we helped them get a high school dploem diploma. we've been doing it a 15 years. our heart is in it. we're not against anyone. i've never disrespected anyone. >> reporter: a lot of people disagreeing with her assessment this was not racially motivated and these were not racially charged remarks. she's received hundreds of angry e-mails. the story has blown up on social media. she is considering a leave of absence or appointing an interim brins principal. >> quickly, the valedictorian, black or white? >> reporter: african-american i believe. >> she says she feels this was not in a disrespectful way.
gotten a lot better and no delays in school no school closings sorry, kids. teachers and parents happy, jose? >> thank you, great to see you. turning now to georgia and the latest developments in a story that's got a lot of people talking. a controversy when she made what some say are racially charged comments during a high school graduation ceremony on friday. take a listen. >> not listen to this speech. >> nbc news spoke with her this morning and she seemed to have doubled down on her comments, take a listen. >> you say the word black, you know, what was i supposed to say, african-american, were they all born in africa? no they are americans, and they
my kids and their graduation. i'm sorry it ended up like that and i'll continue on with whatever work. the board is getting together to see what we need to do and that's all i have to say. people in know me know the truth. >> well, i mean, you've seen the piece of tape i suspect. >> yeah. >> and there was sort of a dramatic reaction in the room when you made that statement. >> uh-huh. >> how do you respond to that? >> people always think the worst, you know? oh you say the word "black" was i supposed to say african-american? were they all born in africa? no they're americans. and they live here. and -- but just -- i'm not a racist, people that know me i worked with disadvantaged kids like this that couldn't get through school. we help them get a high school diploma. and we've been doing it for 15
years. and our hearts in it were not against anyone and i've never disrespected anyone. i. >> so there is is principal nancy gore-duke's response and apology in regards to those remarks on friday. i spoke to one woman whose entire family walked out after hearing her make the remark. the aunt tells me that her behavior was odd throughout the entire ceremony. she said the whole thing has been tainted by what happened. it took the attention off the graduates and tear accomplishments and put it on her behavior and her choice of remarks. this aunt would like to see the principal reach out to the students and their families out of the spotlight of the media and make a private sincere apology. she said that would go a long way to making amends. meanwhile, gore-duke who is in the school here behind me says she may consider taking a leave
graduates, it's like i don't know it was -- every black child that went up she was talking about how they were kicked out of public schools and how it took them five years to finish. it is just not something you would expect to come out during a graduation. so it was people leaving way before this incident. >> i want to play a little bit of the apology from her. take a listen. >> people always think the worst, that oh, you say the word black, you know was i supposed to say african-american? are they all born in africa? no they are americans. and they live here. and but i'm not a racist. people that know me i've worked with disadvantaged kids like this that couldn't get through school. we help them get a high school diploma. and we've been doing it for 15
live here. and i'm not a racist. people that know me i've worked, you know with disadvantaged kids like this that couldn't get through school, we help them get a high school diploma. >> nbc's sarah dallof is following this story in georgia, good morning. the principal's comments have people fired up. >> reporter: yeah that's exactly right, jose. you say doubling down it really does seem to a lot of people that she is not offering what they would call a sincere apology from people in response to these remarks on friday. however, she did speak to nbc news, as you said and we're hearing a little bit more about the moments that led up to her saying that remark. she says she's singling out this individual who was in front of the graduation audience taping photos and filming, not listening to her instructions to sit down and she kind of describes those moments leading up to the graduation. obviously, a lot of people on
internet service, there's no school, and we know that search and rescue teams are out with canines trying to find people possibly trapped. aside from the fact this is impacted people, we're also seeing a lot of animals on the loose. this little guy has been roaming around our location for about ten minutes now. and we do notice the city marshal, once they notice them they'll bring them in to a shelter, but the red cross has also put up a shelter down the street at the first baptist church and we'll continue to bring you the latest updates. for now, back to you. >> thank you. now to nbc meteorologist bill karins tracking all this severe weather. good morning. >> she was standing there in front of this guy's house that 12 hours ago was a normal house and he was inside. first, the guy is lucky to be alive, how that sofa saved him, i'll never know. then usually if something goes wrong, you go home. he's standing out in the road looking at his destroyed house. that's just a horrible scene and that plays out every severe