good thursday morning. here's what's coming up on "early today." a major developing story, the obama administration, verizon and the national security agency carrying out what's believed to be a top-secret domestic surveillance program collecting all daily call logs. new details out of philadelphia on that deadly be building collapse. some promising news for this 10-year-old in desperate need of a lung transplant. tropical storm andrea gains strength. a double serving of craziness at taco bell. two weeks after the $590 powerball drawing, the 84-year-old winner finally comes forward. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, june 6th. good morning, i'm alex witt.

news this morning of yet another classified government program. this time private citizens are among the targets. london's "the guardian" reports the national security administration is secretly collecting records from verizon calls. nbc news has not independently confirmed this report. the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court reportedly granted the order to the feds back in april but limited the time period to three months. in the ruling obtained by "the guardian," the judge orders them to turn over call logs on an ongoing daily basis. it applies domestically as well as calls taking place between the u.s. and foreign nations but does not include actual conversations. the collection of communication logs is believed to be a major component of the bush administration's program of surveillance that took place without court orders, and it comes as the obama administration is already facing furor over its aggressive tactics in the investigation of government leaks. the white house has not commented.

let's go now to immigration reform. bipartisan legislation is expected to hit the senate floor next week. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds a slight majority supports it, but not necessarily right now. and all this as one of the house bipartisan immigration groups gang of eight steps down. nbc's tracie potts is in washington with all of those details. good morning. >> reporter: alex, good morning. a lot has been put into getting this immigration reform effort on its feet and moving here on capitol hill. and while the entire effort may not be falling apart, there are some here on the hill who think it may be losing steam. >> i don't think there's any chance that comprehensive immigration would pass. >> reporter: lawmakers sound less optimistic today about immigration reform than they did a month ago. >> let's bring these people out of the shadows. >> reporter: that's senator marco rubio just after the gang of eight democrats and republicans announced a deal to put 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship.

now rubio says the bill he helped create can't pass the republican-controlled house. >> and i think it's going to struggle to pass in the senate. >> reporter: the senate takes up immigration next week, but rubio says unless lawmakers toughen up border patrol, they may not get 60 votes. the white house realizes another of president obama's key initiatives may be in jeopardy. >> this work is far from done. >> reporter: one house republican sounded optimistic. >> i think we're going to be successful. i think we are going to have immigration reform. >> reporter: but then he dropped out of the compromise group, promising on pitch his own plan. the pressure is on. republicans need latino votes, and latinos are counting on president obama to reward their support. >> he promised us that he was going to give us reform, but he didn't. >> reporter: so what's the public think about this? our new nbc/"wall street journal" poll says 52% support it, but when people are told that immigrants would have to get background checks and pass them, pay back taxes, pay fines,

that support jumps up to 65%, alex. >> okay. tracie potts in washington, thanks. breaking news out of philadelphia. a dramatic rescue overnight. rescuers pulled a 61-year-old woman from the rubble of a collapsed building. 13 hours after it came crashing down. six people were killed in that collapse. >> we pray that those who survived will recover not only physically but certainly mentally from the trauma of being in a building and it suddenly collapses. >> workers using buckets and bare hands to move bricks rescued a total of 14 people. at least four people are still in the hospital with one in critical condition. >> we have seen superficial lacerations, bruises, contusions. but they're still in the process of being evaluated. >> the collapsed building had been undergoing demolition. witnesses described two loud

explosions right before the collapse. >> some people were panicking, really shaken real bad. >> none of them were able to walk. they were bruised, maybe some broken bones. >> many of the victims were in the salvation army thrift store next door when that building came crashing through. officials say the demolition company did have proper permits. an investigation is under way. a little girl in desperate need of a lung transplant has new hope this morning. you can see 10-year-old sara celebrating in her hospital room as she recently now certainly has reason to. on wednesday, a federal judge temporarily granted her family's request to give her an opportunity to apply for space on a transplant list. current rules allow only patients 12 and older to receive lungs from adult donors. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius had originally refused to intervene. the single biggest lottery winner in u.s. history is finally revealed. 84-year-old gloria mckenzie claimed her lump sum of $370

million in winnings on wednesday. flanked by her lawyers and a financial adviser. mckenzie released a statement saying she bought her winning ticket after a kind lottery player let her go ahead of them in line. while mackenzie currently lives in a duplex across from a cow pasture, her neighbors don't think she'll be there much longer. the first storm of the atlantic hurricane season is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds with it. let's talk to you right now. >> already. >> bill karins, good morning. >> good morning. welcome to you. as far as the storm goes, it's not going to make a lot of big headlines with destruction and devastation. it's going to be more of a nuisance storm. flooding will be an issue and the possible of weak tornadoes. we had two weak tornadoes last night near tampa. we currently have tornado warnings west of palm beach, florida. there is concerns even with a weak tropical storm that's going to be making landfall. and as far as the storm goes, it doesn't look all that impressive on satellite imagery, but it is starting to move quicker to the

north-northeast. overnight winds increased up to 60-mile-per-hour winds. it's not that far away from being a category 1 hurricane. it's not expected to intensify, but it will race up the east coast over the next 48 hours. then we'll be done with it by about saturday morning. the big story in the west continues to be the building heat. we have excessive heat warnings now in effect for the vegas area. just to phoenix and all through the desert areas there along the border of arizona and california. and southern portions of nevada. so once again, it's going to be hot, as advertised. today about 106. tomorrow will be even warmer in some of the bigger cities in the desert southwest. areas of oregon getting up al there into the near 90s. the summer season has

arrived and is here to stay, it looks like, in the west. >> yeah, in the west. let's keep the humidity out of the east. do what you can on that. thank you very much. just ahead, morning-after pills as easy to buy as aspirin. a win for the people of newtown. plus embattled attorney general eric holder tells nbc news he will not step down. and slammed for promoting happy prostitutes ahead of the world cup and olympics. "early today" is back in two minutes.

is auto in the news this morning, embattled attorney general eric holder says he has no intention of resigning. he tells nbc's pete williams he's got lots more to accomplish. >> i'm a little concerned that things have gotten a little, a little out of whack. i think we can do a better job than we have. we can reform those regulations, reform those guidelines to better reflect that balance. >> holder has come under scrutiny from lawmakers after news broke that the doj obtained

reporters' phone records at the associated press. plan "b" contraceptive could soon be available over the counter and to anyone who wants it. connecticut's governor signed legislation wednesday banning the public release of crime scene photos from the newtown shooting. the law also seals video evidence from inside sandy hook elementary. and former president bill clinton was among the dignitaries attending a memorial for slain civil rights leader medgar evers. president obama met with his widow earlier this week. evers who was killed by a white supremacist nearly 50 years ago in jackson, mississippi. now for an early look at this morning's business headlines, we turn to hampton pearson. good morning, hampton. >> hello, alex. we've got a takeover deal with real fizz that may be in the works. reports say pepsico is in talks to buy soda stream, the machines that turn tap water into carbonated drinks for $2 billion. soda stream is also checking

whether coke might be interested. microsoft and the fbi are working together to launch an assault on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings. the group is believed to have stolen more than $500 million from bank accounts over the past 18 months. and finally, mcdonald's plans to start serving a combo of breakfast and dinner items after midnight at some of its restaurants open 24 hours a day. you'll be able to mix and match, so order a big mac with hash browns. mcdonald's is trying to boost sales which has sagged recently. a little food for thought. alex? >> all right, thanks so much, hampton. in other business news, stocks start the day below 15,000 for the first time in a month after the dow shed over 200 points. ceo of "newsweek" and "the daily beast" is leaving after just eight months on the job following the announcement that barry diller would be selling the company. the tsa has dropped the plans to allow passengers to carry small

knives and golf clubs. new stats from pew find for the first time the majority of americans now have a smartphone. now companies looking to cash in on the next big must-haves for american consumers including wearable technology such as google glasses or smart watches. and widespread criticism has caused the brazilian health ministry to pull their happy prostitute ads. the campaign was intended to end the stigma against sex workers in brazil where prostitution is legal and to promote safe sex with the 2014 world cup and 2016 olympic games coming to brazil. straight ahead, an nbc news investigation reveals new details from our military drone program next.

now to an nbc news investigation about the controversial use of drones by the u.s. overseas that raises questions about whether the u.s. always knows who drone strikes are actually killing. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel explains. >> reporter: nbc news examined classified documents detailing 114 drone strikes in pakistan in 2010 and 2011. location, death tolls, terrorist affiliations, but they also reveal what u.s. officials don't know, like how many killed. between seven and ten in one strike, 20 to 22 in another. u.s. officials do seem certain

they almost never kill civilians. in those 114 strikes, only one acknowledged civilian casualty. >> they want to maintain the myth that civilians are not harmed in drone strikes, which is simply implausible. >> reporter: what's more, about a quarter of those killed are described generically as, quote, other militants. it suggests u.s. officials don't always know exactly how many or who they are killing. sometimes targeting suspects based on what's called a signature terrorist profile, where they live, who they meet, who they talk to. >> nbc's richard engel reporting. now to sports. a moment to cherish. officer dick donahue was chosen to serve as the bruins' honorary banner captain. donahue's femoral artery was severed. the bruins honored their hero in quick fashion scoring a goal less than two minutes into that game which then went into double overtime.

patrice bergeron gave the bruins the win in a commanding 3-0 series lead. in the french open, novak djokovic and rafael nadal won in straight sets to set up a semifinal showdown between two of tennis's best. then on the women's side, sharapova came back from a set down to beat yankovich. she'll face victoria azarenka in the semis. president obama welcomed the super bowl champion baltimore ravens to the white house yesterday and provided some inspiration for next season. >> congratulations again on your super bowl championship. best of luck next season. you're going to need it in week 11 when you go to my hometown of chicago to play the bears. >> he's so chicago. lastly, we go to italy for one of the craziest soccer goals you're ever going to see. the goalkeeper boots that ball but then mother nature says no, huh-uh, going to blow that ball backwards and then back into the goal. that was something. just ahead, tom hanks told to give it a rest.

and lindsey vonn forced to take a test. plus, the latest on michael jackson's daughter's alleged suicide attempt.

welcome back. for what is going to be a very hot thursday. temperatures are going to be soaring in not just the desert areas either. all the way through much of california away from the coast. 106 today, phoenix. 106 in vegas. and this is the start of a very hot period. excessive heat warnings already issued.

tomorrow we could see one of the first 110s of the season anywhere from arizona, one of those hotspots down there. 109 is phoenix tomorrow. the vegas area, it looks like on saturday is when you'll peak out. potentially get up to about 112. and then thankfully we should cool it off a little bit as we head towards the weekend. alex, steamy weather to say the least. near record highs. >> at least it's dry heat, right? >> it is. >> that's my barometer, if you will. >> i spent summers in phoenix, and that didn't make any sense to me. >> all right. >> it's hot. >> you've got to stick around for this. we have entertainment. here we go with this. not to great news off the top. michael jackson's 15-year-old daughter, paris, was rushed to the hospital early yesterday morning for what was possibly an intentional overdose. a jackson family rep says paris is physically fine and that the family just wants some privacy. >> the odds of her coming out normal from the beginning were, i guess, serious. wish her the best. >> absolutely on that one. the "new york post" reporting lindsey vonn was given an impromptu drug test by the

u.s. anti-doping agency while at the glamorous cfda awards on monday. really, the timing there? guards escorted vonn to the restroom in her gown. her spokesman says the test wasn't a big deal to the skier. while care rie underwood an miranda lambert was busy sweeping the award, kristen bell tweeted her backstage routine, including a breast pump. >> every mom says, don't show me that. >> been there, done that. no thanks. dena lohan reportedly skipped out on a tab on a charity event to help underprivileged children. >> i should be shocked but i'm not. >> lohan racked up $2500 in food and drinks and then pledged another $1500 to the cost but then left without paying a cent. tom hanks tweeted this pic from his broadway show "lucky guy" ask cast and crew to rest

his voice so the understudy doesn't have to take over for hanks' sore threat. rebel wilson appears on the july front of "british glamour," decked out in diamonds and bubble bath attire. bubble bath attire? >> have you seen the movie "pitch perfect"? >> i haven't. >> i was highly disappointed. >> really? >> there was good buzz. i only made it halfway through. >> you walked out? you must have really not liked it. okay. well, she is funny, though, rebel wilson. absolutely hysterical. "bridesmaids" on. >> good for her for being on the cover. i'm alex witt. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc.

the lead story this morning in "the new york times," in personnel appointments obama takes assertive tack. the president's choice of susan rice for nsa will provoke a fight with republicans. and in "usa today," neighbors shocked by 84-year-old woman's powerball win. apparently gloria mackenzie kept her $590 million winnings a complete secret, and most of her neighbors don't expect to see her back in zephyr hills, florida, ever again. topping our news breaking news out of philadelphia, a dramatic rescue overnight. rescuers pulling a 61-year-old woman from the rubble of a collapsed building 13 hours after it came crashing down. six people were killed in that collapse. london's "the guardian" newspaper reports the national security administration is secretly collecting records from verizon calls.

nbc news has not independently confirmed the report, and no comment from the white house. rough day for taco bell. first a minivan crosses four lanes of traffic and slams into a westchester, ohio, franchise. the driver is believed to have suffered a medical condition and two patrons were treated after being sprayed with glass. imagine that, how shocking. and taco bell is firing this guy, a california employee who was seen in this photo licking taco shells during a contest showing employees enjoying the product. the employee was fired for posting the photo on facebook which violates company policy and also for violating food-handling procedures. one australian monkey is a fighter. nook survived her first months thanks to keepers at a sydney zoo. her mother failed to produce enough milk, to handlers have fed the baby monkey ever since. so cute, yeah? did you see the size of the thumb? >> no. >> oh, my gosh. >> grabbing on. >> yeah. very, very small.

look at that tiny one. okay. it is time for a look ahead as well as a look back. in florida, the final hearing before the second-degree murder trial of george zimmerman. the judge will consider whether to accept expert testimony on whose voice is being heard yelling "help" on those 911 calls. is it that of zimmerman or the unarmed teen he's accused of killing, trayvon martin. jury selection begins monday. today is the 69th anniversary of the d-day invasion of france. and on this day in 1944, 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy. and happy birthday to actor paul giamatti who turns 46, harvey fierstein is 61 and everyone's darling, the "today" show's natalie morales is 41. happy birthday to all of them. here's what's coming up on "today." al roker has the latest on tropical storm andrea, and did martha stewart meet her match? she dishes on her big dates. keep it here for more news,

weather and sports.

is the federal government looking at your cell phone records? we'll tell you who is at risk after 12 hours, pulled out alive. another survivor pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in philadelphia overnight. we will have the latest on the rescue efforts. the president is headed to the bay area. we will tell you when he will be here and how his visit is going to impact the evening commute. one of the places the president will be stopping is the south bay. that's a live look over san jose, kind of a cool orange to jump-start your day on this thursday, june 6th. this is "today in the bay."