devastation in the lone star state. torrential rains sweep across texas, unleashing flooding from dallas to houston. at least one person dead in the storms while hundreds more had to be rescued. and more severe weather is

on the horizon. we're tracking the system. a stumble for peace talks. israel and hamas failing to reach a deal for a ceasefire over the weekend. we're live with the details as mass evacuations begin in rafah. the trial of donald trump entering week four. what to expect this morning in the former president's hush money case, while his search for a new running mate heats up. good news for thousands of commuters in connecticut. a busy stretch of i-95 back open just in time for the workweek after a fiery crash shut it down for days. and racing into history, how the formula 1 academy is putting women in pole position for the next generation of racers. it's monday, may 6th. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning in texas where devastating flooding wreaking havoc in the dallas and houston areas. on sunday a child was killed

after the car he was traveling in was swept away. and today many residents remain in harm's way as more severe weather could strike the region. nbc's priscilla thompson starts us off. >> reporter: at least one person is dead as dangerous floodwaters rage across texas. body cam video shows houston police rescuing this man and three dogs after being trapped in at least 8 feet of water in a flooded trailer park. >> oh, that is floating. >> reporter: in dallas passengers struggling to escape rushing water on a roadway and this empty horse trailer floating away in hamilton, texas. since friday, hundreds of people and pets have been rescued across the state. a made a days' long deluge that has dumped more than 2 feet of water in some areas. >> this is the worst flooding i have ever seen in my career. >> reporter: this water swallowing an elevated roadway. then explosion and electricity crackling along the power lines,

likely caused by the wet weather. >> that's crazy. >> reporter: the view from above showing homes under water, sinking cars and submerged street signs. >> very little sleep. worrying about the water going in the house. hopefully it didn't go in. >> this year was bad. >> reporter: some like erica and frank, returning home to find almost everything destroyed. >> this is wild who see how much damage it does. that's overwhelming. >> to think about just moving all this stuff in 14 days ago. >> we still had stuff inboxes. we had stuff over there and the garage was full of stuff. now it's everywhere. >> reporter: for those in the flood zone the threat isn't over yet with major river flooding expected to last the next few days. officials are urging people to be careful if they are trying to get back into their homes because of scenes like this. you see those homes back there that appear to be okay, but take

a look at the road leading into this neighborhood, you can see based on that sign just how high this water still is and they are worried that people could get caught in that on their way home and that it could lead to more rescues. back to you. >> priscilla, thank you. we will get the forecast from michelle coming up. breaking overnight, israel a warning thousands of civilians do begin evacuating from the city of rafah in the southern gaza strip ahead of an imminent invasion. nbc news reports cia director burns is heading to israel this morning in a last-ditch effort to salvage truce talks between israel and hamas. it's happening at a critical time when the head of the world food program confirming reports of mass hunger in an interview on "meet the press" yesterday. >> what i can explain to you is that there is famine, full-blown famine in the north and it's moving its way south. >> let's go to nbc news foreign correspondent claudio lavanga. good morning.

what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, frances. the spokesperson for the israeli defense forces that are briefing confirmed there is an ongoing evacuation of about 100,000 people from eastern rafah. he didn't say how long this is going to take but he said this is not a wide-spread evacuation but only effects the eastern part of the town. he also confirmed -- the idf also confirmed that they are informing residents, including dropping flyers and encouraging them to move to what they say is an extended humanitarian area, in particular throughout a town on gaza's coastline officially to allow them to have more access to humanitarian aid, but the fear is that this is in preparation for the much announced and anticipated ground military invasion or operation by israel into rafah. now, this has been discouraged several times, continuously, by humanitarian organizations and

all eyes on israel including the united states that this could lead to humanitarian catastrophe. there are more than a million palestinians, many who had to flee other parts of gaza because of the war that are finding shelter in rafah. now, as you mentioned, the cia has confirmed that director william burns will travel to israel today to try to -- what looks like a last ditch diplomat at this event to get israel to agree to a ceasefire and hostage release deal before tanks roll into rafah. >> claudio, thank you. there were more police crackdowns on college campuses this weekend. the lapd clearing out a long-running protest at usc. university officials say they called in police about 12 hours after warning the encampment was a violation of policies and the law. and that protesters could face arrest. this is happening as campus protests against the war in gaza spread to the graduation ceremonies themselves.

in ann arbor saturday nearly 75 protesters interrupted the beginning of commencement at the university of michigan. usc has canceled their main graduation ceremony while others have increased their security measures. one person is dead after falling from the sands during ohio state's commencement ceremony on sunday. a spokesperson for the school confirmed that the person dropped near the bell tower at ohio stadium. police are still investigating what led to the fall. the incident did not impact graduation proceedings. former president trump is back in court again today kicking off week four of the high-profile proceedings. there's also movement on the political front for mr. trump with the general election a mere six months away the pressure to pick a running mate is on. dasha burns has more on who is in and who is out of the veep stakes mix. >> reporter: former president donald trump appearing at the formula 1 race in miami and with six months to go in the race for president there's another race heating up to become his running

mate. possible veep stakes contenders convergeding this weekend at a donor's conference in mar-a-lago. at least seven contenders on the short list according to trump world sources, senator marco rubio and governor doug burgum seeing their stock rising, kristi noem seeing hers falling and trump praising them and other prospects in the speech on saturday. >> will you accept the election results of 2024. >> >> i look forward to president trump being the 47th president. you can ask it multiple times -- >> just a yes or no answer. >> the american people -- the american people will make the decision -- >> reporter: new inn installed republican party chairman michael watt knee testing that litmus test. >> the rnc has been accused of creating a litmus test for employees or potential hires around the denying the results of the 2024 election. is there any truth to that. >> the only litmus test i have

is whether or not you support our republican candidates. >> reporter: the rnc says it's recruiting 100,000 lawyers and volunteers to monitor voting and has filed more than 80 lawsuits as what they call their election integrity program. >> what do you say to critics who argue that these lawsuits are paving the way for former president trump to claim the election was stolen in 2024 if president biden wins. >> they are absolutely not. look, we're trying to do through these lawsuits get states to implement common sense election integrity programs that has nothing to do with voter suppression. >> reporter: uniting the party after a bitting primary and a push to oust house speaker mike johnson. >> we need to make sure that you will at republicans understand the gravity of this election cycle, and they do, and we need to make sure that we are on the same page as we are moving forward. >> i want to thank dasha for that report. a driver has died after crashing into a security barrier at the white house. police are investigating saturday night's incident as a

traffic crash. president biden was spending the weekend in delaware and the secret service said that there was no threat to the white house. good news for thousands of commuters in the northeast, i-95 is back open this morning. the highway reopened ahead of schedule just days after this fiery crash in connecticut closed the road. crews worked throughout the weekend to demolish a bridge in nor walk that was damaged by the fire. it was sparked after a car hit a fuel truck on thursday. i-95 is one of the country's busiest highways. the severe weather won't let up this week. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the danger for us. good morning, michelle. >> good morning. another tough day today in the plains, also the threat for severe weather tuesday and wednesday. we have some strong storms moving through the tennessee valley off to the west we have some cooler air working in that's bringing spring snow, the intermountain west and pacific northwest also rain there. into the evening and overnight hours we will see severe weather throughout the plains, texas to

the dakotas, 15 million people under the risk for strong storms. that includes giant softball-sized hail that can cause damage. long tracking and strong tornadoes, also winds gusting over 80 miles per hour, that's hurricane force winds, especially where you see the red and also the orange but could see strong storms within the yellow as well, kansas city, wichita, oklahoma city and wichita falls. the risk for heavy rain, we have a flash flooding risk sioux city down to kansas city, also miles city could see heavy rain as well. concern about river flooding in texas. all these dots indicating river gauges so many at moderate flooding, major floong, we willdi a t stormy weather in oklahoma city, also really warm temperatures into

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would fade away. motor sport has never been segregated, we don't believe it should be, but we believe in giving opportunity to young female talent so we see more women participating in the world. >> do you think people realize it's not meant to be segregated it's just that we don't see a lot of women doing it? >> it's sometimes not actually known the fact that women can race with men, it's never been segregated, but in a racing car it comes down to a lot more than just your muscle mass. there is no reason why women can't compete at the very top. certainly i made it to formula 1 as a test driver and i believe that having driven the car that it's possible. >> how important is it for these young women to see someone doing what they ultimately want to be doing, to have that representation? >> i believe it's hugely important. sometimes in life you have to see it to believe it. we want everybody to see that 21-year-old girl zipping up her ferrari race suit, that 22-year-old zipping up her mercedes race suit because that image can be super powerful in

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>> reporter: flying colors comics in concord had comic books flying off the shelves. >> it's a free comic book day, an event that i founded back in 2001 that got its first event in early 2002. >> reporter: owner joe fields came up with the idea and it really took off. >> 60 countries do free comic book day. it's free comics for everyone who comes into the store and it's a happy day, it's a way for us to maybe call back people who used to be comic book readers and for whatever reason just need a little prod. it's a way to thank our current customers. >> i really like comic books because it brings literature and artwork together in this really awesome way. >> reporter: but fields says flying color comics, their time at this location at oak grove plaza will be coming to an end. >> this is extra poignant today because this is free comic book day is the world's largest comic

book related event and this is where it was founded, but this is the last one that will be in this location because we've lost our lease. >> reporter: flying colors comics opened its doors in 1988. fields says their lease is up in january, but the story does not end there. >> we will be moving to a new location. we haven't announced where it is yet, it will be in the city of concord. >> they're trying to get a new location and keep it going, which is, you know, you have to think positive. >> reporter: plenty of comic book fans were here, first time visitors and long time customers. some customers say this is a regular event for them but also say the store offers a sense of community. >> the environment here that joe sets is wonderful. i like the people and the community. >> reporter: a sense of community, customers and readers hope will continue in the store's next chapter. >> our thanks to christy smith for that report. madonna brought more than a ray of light to brazil over the

weekend. ♪ ♪ >> the pop icon concluded her celebration tour with a massive free concert on a beach in rio saturday. according to g-1 an estimated 1.6 million people packed the sandy dance floor for the queen of pop's historic performance. look at how massive this crowd s she had to love every bit of that. it is believed to be the largest crowd in madonna's career. good for her. thanks for waking up with "early today." i'm frances rivera

millions bracing for another round of severe weather this week. we're tracking the latest threat after devastating floods swept across texas, killing a young child near dallas. authorities rescuing