good morning. coming up on "early today," tea party stunner. house majority leader eric cantor crushed in the virginia primary. a lot of people will say, well, this is a mental health problem. it's not a gun problem. the united states does not have a monopoly on crazy people. >> that's what president obama said when asked about the l latt school shooting. adding that we should feel ashamed for not enacting even the mildest gun restrictions. stunning speed. the house unanimously passes legislation to help our veterans at a rapid pace. next it goes to the senate pirchlts plus check out the $3,000 watermelon. also a mayor caught on tape slinging dog poop. and the most stressed-out state in america, yeah, it's got palm trees. it's wednesday, june 11th.

"early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm dara brown. in the history-making upset, house majority leader eric cantor lost his republican primary election by double digits. cantor, the second most powerful republican in the house, was defeated by tea party challenger dave brat. brat won by a commanding 12% margin. it was an astonishing upset for cantor whose own internal polling showed him with a 34 of-point lead just last month. and cantor outraised his opponent by 26-1. nbc's tracie potts joins us live. tracie, what is this going to mean for washington? >> reporter: certainly a shuffle, dara, in the republican leadership. and we're already this morning starting to see names of people popping up who are interested in that position. speaking of leadership, cantor was actually here starting today in a leadership meeting and not

back in his district when those votes started. >> this is a miracle of god that just happened. >> reporter: it's certainly unprecedented, never has a house majority leader lost his seat in a primary. >> and it's disappointing, sure. >> reporter: and this was a crushing defeat, with most precincts in, cantor was behind 10 percentage points. >> obviously, we came up short. >> what do we want? when do we want it? now! >> reporter: cantor was hammered for supporting the dream act, like these activists at his victory party last night, cantor fought back, reminding voters that he led the fight against amnesty, but it wasn't enough. >> eric cantor's defeat here is going to scare more and more republicans from touching this. >> reporter: the ripping effect of this upset goes far beyond virginia. it's proof that the tea party is not dead. key republicans in north carolina, kentucky and idaho won

their primaries. mississippi's incumbent has been forced into a runoff. now cantor is out. despite spending 40 times as much as his opponent. >> dollars do not vote. you do. >> reporter: a $5 million campaign and the voters said no. now, we do have a democrat running in this race. it's a heavily republican district, but yet there is a democrat who was just recently nominated, turns out that democrat who's running against brat, they're both professors at the same college. two little-known candidates vying for the seat that cantor's going to have to give up. >> thank you, tracie. that comes up in november. and dave brat woman over the voters as well as many of his students. brat who teaches at randolph macon college has a rating of 3.4 out of a 5 on ratemyprofessors.com. students also gave him a chili pepper, meaning he's considered

pretty hot as in good-looking. at least one called him eye candy. another said he's so charming, you forget to be mad at him. college students from schools across the country use the website to rate their professors on overall quality, easiness, clarity and looks. and as tracie mentioned, the race wasn't the only contested republican primary. in south carolina, establishment republican senator lindsey graham handily defeated six tea party challengers in the primary. he even avoided a runoff election by carrying 59% of the vote. and senator tim scott easily won south carolina's special senate primary with about 90% of the vote over his challenger, randall young. if he wins later on in the general election, scott could become the state's first elected black senator. emotional scenes in the portland town of troutdale. people came together for two separate vigils following tuesday's deadly shooting at an oregon high school. hundreds gathered at a

student-organized ceremony to remember the 14-year-old victim. an official church vigil was also held just hours earlier. police are still trying to determine why the gunman opened fire at the school. they have not revealed the identity of the suspect who was found dead at the scene. following the shooting, president obama said no other developed nation would tolerate the same level of gun violence. >> my biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who, you know, can do just unbelievable damage. >> president obama has pushed for tougher gun-control measures including stricter background checks, but he continues to face fierce opposition from gun rights advocates. and a resounding victory for veterans across the country. the house voted quickly and unanimously in favor of a new bill. the vote was 421-0.

the new measure allows veterans use of medical facilities outside the system if they're forced to wait for more than 30 days for an appointment or if they live more than 40 miles from a v.a. center. the house bill is a response to recent controversy over allegations the v.a. kept secret waiting lists to cover up lengthy delays. and fresh details are emerging about the death of five american soldiers killed in afghanistan. u.s. officials said the troops may have died in an apparent friendly fire air strike. defense officials tell nbc the soldiers were part of a special ops unit that included three green bereted and two soldiers. they were working with afghan forces ahead of the presidential election this weekend. the soldiers were conducting security checks at polling stations on monday when they were attacked by taliban fighters, forcing them to call for backup. an america b-1 bomber but mistook the target mistakingly hitting the troops. military officials are investigating the incident.

an alarming health alert from the cdc. new stats show the diabetes epidemic is growing at an alarmting rate. more than 29 million people in the u.s. have diabetes. close to 10% of the population. yet a quarter of them don't even know it. also, more than one in three americans are pre-diabetic. that means they have elevated blood sugar levels that put them at risk for type 2 diabetes. diabetes can lead to vision loss, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputations and even death. a california mayor is in deep -- after surveillance video captured him throwing dog poop on a neighbor's lawn. san marino mayor dennis caner can be seen flinging the bag while walking past the house. he claims the mayor threw it in retaliation for his opposition to a neighborhood dog park. the mayor who is not a dog owner told nbc southern california he couldn't remember where he got the bag and that he simply

dropped it. hmm. i guess they have some follow-up on that story. and if you drop it, you wouldn't fling it into somebody's yard. >> that was a fling? it wasn't just accident? >> drop this down. fling. sort of flies. >> it's only going to get worse. good morning, everyone. we are going to watch another warm day in the desert southwest. what else is new? we do have changes in the north west. yesterday 109 in phoenix. many areas of interior arizona and california were into the -- easily into the 100s. a warm morning. medford at 51. an upper-level storm. it will have a little moisture with it and bring changeable weather to the northwest. today is a dry day. but into your thursday, that storm you see spinning will be right over the top of you and will bring us a chance of rain and showers. not a lot but maybe a quarter to a half inch in some areas of

washington state. so that will break our really dry start to this june. so your wednesday forecast today is kind of the last really nice beautiful day in areas of oregon and washington. enjoy it. that's your national. seattle, 73 and dry today. coming up, we'll try to time out when the rain will arrive in the northwest. >> well, not a bad forecast for this hump day wednesday, right? yes, thank you, bill. coming up, hitting cash craze could be coming to a city near you. plus, you won't believe what a philly first grader brought to school. and the most stressed-out states in america, find out if you are living in one. up next.

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welcome back. a branch of al qaeda now controls the second largest city in iraq. mosul was overrun yesterday. casualties are not known, but the u.s. estimates 500,000 people have fled the city. a california judge strikes down state tenure protection for schoolteachers. he has made it next to impossible to fire bad instructors. the other side calls it a needed protection. the california teacher's association vows to appeal. police in philadelphia are trying to find out why a first grader came to school with ten packs of heroine yesterday. officials say a teacher found the student playing with one of the packets. the class was evacuated and taken to the hospital as a precaution. the san francisco scavenger hunt for cash that's exploding in popularity could be coming to a city near you. twitter page hidden cash leaves clues to the location of free moo moola.

this recent tweet reveals new locations like new york and houston. in a recent cnn interview, jason bozey revealed himself to be the man behind it all. and it is time to get down to business. the u.s. has more millionaires than any other country on earth, but china is moving up the list. the u.s. has over 7 million millionaire households followed by china, which has just overtaken japan. if you're wondering how many millionaire households exist around the world, it's about 16.3 million according to the boston consulting group. united airlines is grounding their frequent flyer system based on miles flown. instead, travelers will earn points based on how much money they spend. delta is making a similar change. both plans go into effect next spring. this watermelon sold for over $3,400 at auction. the rich-tasting melon grown in northern japan is said to be a popular gift. parents wanting to reconnect with your kids, check out a new app called dinnertime.

it automatically disables their devices from texting, phone calls, games and more for a specific period of time. and if you live in florida, you live in the most stressed state in america. the study took into account the unemployment rate, commuting time to work, income, population and a few other factors. next on the list were georgia, new jersey and california. and the least stressful state in america goes to north dakota. just ahead, the spurs beat the heat and all your nba finals action. plus, a few padres players make the best of a soggy situation. that and all your sports headlines are up next. you can hide uneven skin tone from here. and here. but what about here? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® visibly even daily moisturizer with a clinically proven soy complex. it diminishes the look of dark spots in 4 short weeks. and just like that your skin will look radiant

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this morning on "today," daddy boot camp as we count down to father's day. savannah guthrie's husband gets a crash course in fatherhood along with advice from some of hole wad's hollywood's coolest dads. now the latest in sports from my good friend betty nguyen. good morning. game three of the nba finals to dominate the first half. leonard gets things rolling, scoring a career high 29. the spurs hit 19 of their first 21 shots from the field and finished the half shooting 75.8%, the best shooting half in nba finals history. third quarter, the heat get aggressive on defense and find lebron james down the court cutting it to a 13-point game.

but the spurs finish on top, winning 111-92. spurs lead the series 2-1. game four is thursday. oh! oh! >> that is something to yell about. 6 foot clippers guard chris paul shared this video of him dunking on comedian kevin hart. hart is usually the jokester, but this time, the joke is on him. orioles third baseman machado is appealing his five-game suspension for throwing his bat onto the field after an inside pitcher abad. both abad and machado were fined undisclosed amounts. machado has since apologized to his teammates, the athletics and to fans. he rips that one down the left field line. cespedes on the move. he's not going to get it. and it rolls off the side of the

wall and they're going to wave home kendrick. and they got him. and they got him. are you kidding me? >> nope, we're not kidding. outfielder makes an amazing play after dropping the ball. he makes a desperate throw to home from near the left field wall. what an arm. so check this out. a rain delay in philly didn't stop a couple of padres from getting some action on the field. these guys used the tarp as a giant slip 'n' slide. that is definitely one way to wait out a rain delay. a lot of fun there. dara, back to you. >> it does look like fun. thanks, betty. hugh jackman's big transformation. plus, lloyd and harry are back. and last night, jimmy fallon had the exclusive preview. with whole grain fiber can do.t one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, two espressos. make one a double. she's full and focused. [ barista ] i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos -- one with a double shot. heh, heh. that's not the coffee talkin'.

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[ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now, that's progressive. welcome back. we have one more dry day pretty much everywhere across the board. another hot day, interior sections of california and all of arizona. now, the changes come tomorrow with that storm system moving through. it will move on shore as we go throughout the morning hours. during the afternoon, bring a chance of rain to the region. it's not going to be a prolific rainmaker but a decent amount. the green shows you the rain. here comes the storm slowly kicking on shore. even the coastline of oregon and then also looks like a little bit of rain especially as we get into the cascades. we'll take whatever we can get after a very dry start to the month of june. >> thank you very much, bill. dumb and dumber 2 doesn't hits theaters until november,

but jeff daniels and jim carrey gave jimmy fallon got a preview last night. >> i gave her up for adoption. >> what if we go track her down? >> you're hot for my daughter. >> what? >> am i right? am i right? and j. lo announced she's pulling out of brazil. the superstar told the a.p. she's always intended on performing at thursday's world cup opening ceremony. international star sarah brightman is training to be the first professional musician to sing from space. the flight plans to launch in 2015. and the company arranging the trip will pay $52 million for her ten-day stay above the orbital outpost. muhammad ali plans to mark the 40th anniversary of the rumble in the jungle fight in a big way. his defeat of george foreman all of those decades ago will be celebrated in his hometown. >> i wish i was a little bit older. that would have been a great thing to see. >> replays, right? >> i know. >> they'll celebrate and a benefit concert featuring bruno

mars and it will air the concert via satellite in the congo. hugh jackman's transformation tuesday included this instagram of his newly shaved head. perfect since his next role is blackbeard in the new "peter pan" movie. >> he would make a good blackberd. he can pull it off. no strange lumps. you never know what's up there until you shave it all off. >> exactly. do you remember for the frontier, "star trek," when they started shaving heads for that movie. such a big deal. now everybody's got a shaved head. >> mr. clean changed it for everyone. cool. >> yeah, i think i'll pass on that one. i'm dara brown, and this is "early today," we hope hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can clear a table [ sneezes ] without lifting a finger, . . .

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leading the news from nbc's southern california, man pleads not guilty to stalking sandra bullock. police say joshua james corbett broke into her home on sunday. he is charged with felony possession of a machine gun, although prosecutors say he didn't have the gun while on bullock's property. and yahoo! news, attempted robbery unfolds on gamer's livestreaming webcam. two men broke into the gamer's arizona home and part of the robbery was caught on camera. viewers of the stream took to message boards reddit and other services to figure out where she lived. officers arrived a short time later. one suspect was arrested, but one did get away. some other stories that we are watching, a close call for a backpacker in yosemite when he almost went over yosemite falls. it happened back in may when the

man fell into rushing water. fortunately he was able to climb onto a boulder until rescuers could arrive. he was treated for hypothermia. people living around boston college are once again on high alert after the so-called boston tickler broke into three more homes tuesday. victims report waking up in the middle of the night to see a man in a black mask tickling their feet. so far the intruder hasn't taken anything or hurt anyone. former cy young winner bob welch has died. he was the last man to win 27-6 as a member of the oakland a's. the two-time all-star spent 17 years in the majors. welch died on of a heart attack. he was just 57 years old. we all remember the impossible game of simon. but simon never said we couldn't get some help. after an engineer and his daughter couldn't win the game, they set out to beat simon. the homemade robot able to read the patterns of lights was able to compete at the game and do

what simon says. amazing. >> i didn't realize you could win it. i didn't realize there was an end. most people do it 10, 15 tries is as far as can you get in the sequence. >> what's really cool with simon, i actually saw the new one in a store yesterday. and i remember the old one. but they've kept up to date. it's obviously a really hot game that kids are still playing. >> it's easy. it's fun, plus the noises. >> i don't know about the easy part. now for a look ahead and a look back. defense secretary chuck hagel faces a grilling by the house armed services committee. lawmakers want to know why they were not notified about the exchange of u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl. president obama will deliver a commencement address today. he'll head to worcester technical high school near boston where he'll address the class of 2014. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today." it's wednesday. have a great one.

and a good wednesday morning to you. it is 4:30. >> lots to get to this morning let's check that forecast. look at me, it feels like a monday. we are back. we are happy about that. good morning to you laura. we welcome in sam brach. temperatures and wind speeds combined it is going to be blustery out there right now. we are starting out in the 50s and the 60s.