good friday morning. coming up on "early today" breaking news. a shooting at one of america's greatest concert venues has cops scrambling. special advisors are headed iraq, including our military's elite special forces. is this president obama's idea of dipping america's tobacco into iraqi warfare? minnesota is in a state of emergency after record rainfall. other parts of the country brace for more flooding over the next few days. plus, americans get fired up to take on portugal at the world cup. also, the luckiest day of this rider's life caught on video. and 1,000 mentos dropped into a vat of diet coke. that and so much more. it's friday, june 20th. "early today" starts right now.

good morning. i'm dara brown. investigators are investigating a triple shooting that happened in a parking lot outside of the red rock amphitheater. according to sheriffs, the shooter targeted the occupants of a white suv and fled the scene after the shooting. when deputies found the suv, three victims were taken to the hospital. the amphitheater has been shut down while police search for the shooter. the incident took place after a performance by rapper naz, school boy q, and lotus. a major health scare for hundreds of america's top scientists. roughly 75 scientists working at atlanta's centers for disease control may have come into contact with anthrax. researchers apparently didn't follow safety procedures when working with the live bacteria. none of the scientist advisory shown any symptoms so far, but as a precaution, they are undergoing treatment to prevent

infection. a prime minister is facing growing calls to step down as iraqi troops struggle to stop militant attacks sweeping the country. it comes a day after president obama said he would be sending 300 military advisors to iraq. the team, including special operations forces, will target insurgents and help train iraq's security forces, but the announce am has raised questions about the truex tent of the advisor's role in rak. i'm joined by tracie potts in washington. there's mixed reaction by the president's decision to send in more troops. >> some here think it's a good start. others are willing to listen to where the president wants to go with this. others think he is not being aggressive enough. not there for combat. their goal is to help out the iraqi military. >> reporter: up to 300 military advisors are headed to iraq to help its military choose targets. not to fight. >> there's not foreshadowing a larger commitment of troops to

actually fight in iraq. that would not be effective. >> military intervention, especially if led by the wraits, only part of the response of the radicals. >> the president's decision to hold off on air strikes for now got mixed reaction on capitol hill. >> once again, he has announced step a without thinking lou the consequences of step b. >> there's the beginning of an outlying -- what i hope will be a concrete plan we can rally around. >> many of us that have been skeptical of that plan to intervene in the past will be open to listening to the president. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry heads to the middle east this weekend, including iraq to rally support. meantime, the fiercest battle continues at iraq's largest oil refinery, raising fears that this war half a world away could soon affect prices here at home. >> you will feel it at the gas pump. we will feel it in your wallet

eventually. >> reporter: we continue to watch those gas prices here, but, meantime, there are private concerns here that nuri al-maliki, the prime minister of iraq, may not be the one to bring together those factions to lead a coalition government. on the other hand, publicly the administration has said that's not for us to decide. that's a decision for the iraqi people. dara. >> thank you, tracie. there is a state of emergency in minnesota. rough weather pounding the state with record rainfall, massive flooding, and even a mudslide. it happened around 7:00 last night near the university of minnesota medical center in minneapolis. no injuries have been reported, but with so much rain continuing to fall, the potential for more mudslides is not gone yet. the governor has mobilized the national guard to cope with the wettest june on record. the presbyterian church has voted to recognize same-sex marriage. leaders of the presbyterian general assembly decided to

change language in the church constitution. now it will say the christian marriage can be the union of two people, not just a man and a william. the change has to be approved over the next year. thursday's vote marks a sweeping victory for presbyterian gay rights advocates. changing of the guard. house republicans have elected california congressman and current whip kevin mccarthy as the new majority leader. the 49-year-old defeated raul labrador for the number two position in the gop. congressman steve skalice will take over as the majority whip. meanwhile, americanss' faith in congress has slumped a new low. just 7% of americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in congress. this is down from the previous low of 10% last year. it sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but nasa's latest project is very real. the agency plans to use a giant space clock to trap a passing

asteroid and park them above the moon. for now they'll just be captured for study, but the technology has much bigger possibilities many the future. it can even be used to divert dangerous asteroids away from earth. nasa says the claw could be up and running as early as 2019. well, isn't that amazing? >> we don't even have a vehicle to get to the international space station right now, and we're planning on building a claw to grab asteroids. fascinating. >> we're going to park behind the moon. i love that part. >> if nothing else, we have very good imaginations. the weekend forecast is looking great. many areas of the west. unfortunately, the problem areas what we showed you that video from earlier, the flooding from the minneapolis. from minneapolis to sioux falls, sioux city to omaha, across to davenport. we have flood warnings for the missouri and mississippi rivers through all of those cities. we just saw too much rain too fast. a foot of rain in only two or three weeks, not many areas of the country can handle that volume of water, even in these

major rivers. it will taper off throughout the next three days. most rivers will be cresting over the upcoming weekend. we did see about one-tenth of an inch in coastal areas of northwest oregon and also in washington state. seattle we got a couple hundredths of an inch. south of medford, barely, if any, rain fell at all. we're still goose eggs pretty much where you would expect this time of year for california and into nevada. the forecast for your friday, a few sprinkles and showers out there in the cascades headed towards spokane with that weak, dying front. besides that it's looking like a partly cloudy friday. cool in the northwest, and pretty seasonable everywhere else. that's your national forecast. now here's weekend forecast right around

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of the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. all ones you probably sing along to in the car. king later called goffin her first love. his current wife said he died of natural causes. gerry goffin was 75. congress put its foot down on nsa methods. they passed measures to bar the selection of personal on-line information. caught on camera. a florida man riding motorcycle bolts over a car, takes two flips, and then he gets up like nothing happened. he said he saw the car coming and slammed both brakes which sent him flying through the air. remarkably, no serious injuries. the u.s. and mexico discussed ways to curb the illegal immigration of minors. thousands of young children are fleeing crime and poverty in central america. president barack obama talked to his mexican counterpart about ways to collaborate in solving

the problem. thrill seekers listen up. goliath is up and running in six flags great america. it's said to be the fastest wooden coaster at 72 miles per hour with the tallest and, whoa, steepest drop. plummeting from 180 feet. then you're vertical 85 degrees. whoa, that's incredible. not getting on that one. now it's time to get down to business. stocks clawed their way back on thursday with the s&p setting yet another all-time record. saturday night live will kick off its 40th season in the fall and to celebrate with ben & jerry's ice cream will have four new flavors based on "snl" skits. snl launched in october of 1975. harley davidson famous for its unique sound is working on an all electric bike that is virtually silent. the rocket ship test model can go from zero to 60 in four seconds with no shifting.

two more examples of america going to pot. new york has become the 23rd state to legalize some form of medical marijuana. in washington state two college students have come up with a marijuana delivery app called canary. it will allow those with medical marijuana cards to place orders for their favorite herb. just this morning at the vat cal pope francis has come out strongly against the legalization of recreational drugs. google is putting $50 million into a new program called made with code. it's aimed at fwegt more females involved with computer science. in a promo for an upcoming show from the guys at epic meal time, one of the braver members of the group jump into a vat of diet coke wearing about 1,000 mentos mints. you know the results. just ahead, you remember one of those most famous selfies of all time from thelma and louise? 20 years later there's a new one, and we'll show it to you. and the world cup next as

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this morning on "today" matt lauer had an exclusive interview with captain derek jeter. that's coming up next. now let's get to the latest in sports. first up, the world cup. >> i'm going try everything to win this game. if we win that game, then we can

say they're out of the tournament. >> the u.s. is preparing to face off against portugal this weekend in their second world cup match. coming off a win against ghana. the u.s. will be without forward jose altador. he suffered a sprained hamstring in the first game. pepe will sit out from a one-game suspension. christiano ronaldo leaves his status unknown. in england-uruguay. it was the saving grace. he scores two to top england's one. that keeps their world cup hopes alive. uruguay must at least tie in their next match. both teams still have a hands to advance. columbia-ivory coast. columbia strikes first and has more vote for the best celebration. check out those movies. they continue the celebration beating ivory coast 2-1. greece's captain got a second yellow card in the 38th

minute leaving them to play a man down. neither team could find the back of the net, and begin a draw. both teams have to win their next match for a chance to capture the second spot in their group. next, to 11-year-old u.s. women's open qualifier lucy lee. she made her debut at pine hurst. she finished 11 strokes behind the leader. making history as the youngest qualifier of the tournament. she certainly dazzled the crowd in her patriotic outfit. she tees off today at 12:52 p.m. >> it was poor judgment and it won't happen again. detroit tigers manager apologizing for a comment made to reporters on wednesday night. when asked how he handled losses, he joked he beats his wife. well, he quickly told reporters that he was joking, but it obviously did not go over well. he has offered to reach out to domestic abuse groups. check out this guy trying to take a selfie during an

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to be really enjoyable. nothing too extreme. 108 a little hotter than we like in phoenix. maybe it's 106 on saturday. northwest is looking nice on saturday. more sunshine tomorrow than you're going to get today out there. boise looking great. starting to heat up a little bit on sunday. temperatures a little higher. you notice san francisco still cool at 67. l.a. at 77. then you want interior california weather? temperatures in the low to mid 90s. across the board sunshine. >> sunshine. >> five days in the weather office. >> netflix in the weather office. good job. >> why not? we're going to turn to some entertainment news now. the original movie selfie just might be from thelma and louise. now two decades later susan serandon and geena davis reunited for an update to the polaroid. the pic was tweeted with the caption "inventors of the selfie at it again."

let's go to the map. lifetime set to air the unauthorized saved by the bell story. a behind the scenes peek at the early 1990s cult hit. it will be loosely based on screech's 2009 tell-all, which included juicy revelations about on set drugs and sex. you will have to wait a bit for your bayside gossip. the movie airs september 1st. >> are you going to watch that? were you a big fan? >> i was not a big fan, but my kids watch it now, so i'm back into it. it's back on tv. what goes around comes around. it's all about that revolving door there. celebrated by college kids across the nation, but last night beer pong got a celeb boost from nbc's own jimmy fallon and rapper pit bull. in honor of the world cup, they pitched soccer balls into what else? giant red solo cups. here's a fun one. see anything strange coming up about this band here in boston? take a really close look johnny depp on the electric guitar.

he is in town shooting black mask, a notorious beantown gangster. clint eastwood directed jeshzy boys, and it comes out today. it's a musical about frankie valle and the four seasons. >> you see a lot of shows. how do you think this is going to move to the big screen? >> i think it's going to be fantastic. i think it's going to be amazing. the same way "chicago" went from broadway on to the movie -- >> that went well. >> clint eastwood directing these guys, i think it's going to be a fantastic movie, and everybody that went to the show can go right back to the movie. >> like you? >> of course. great music. >> let me know how it is. >> you got to come too. >> we'll see. i'm dara brown. this is "early today". we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah. everybody knows that. did you know there is an oldest trick in the book?

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leading news on nbc.com. trucker in tracy morgan crash was driving 65 zone. the truck driver kevin roper was speeding at the time of the crash that critically injured actor tracy morgan. roper pled not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide and assault by auto. in the "new york times" five exonerated in central park jogger case. they'll settle suit for $40 million. the agreement would end the legal battle for the men wrongful convicted in the rape of a jogger in 1989. to some other stories we're watching. illegal sterilization of female prisoners? 17 california doctors could soon be investigated after grim allegation from a state audit. reports says at least 39 of the

144 sterilizations performed between 2006 and last year happened without the apparent lawful consent of the inmate. the u.n. says the number of refugees in the world is at its highest level since world war ii. as of the end of last year. there were 51.2 million people seeking asylum. conflicts and persecutions around the globe are to blame. civil war in syria has forcibly displaced nine million people alone. and oh, the irony. a journalist at ktvu in california was doing a story about robbery when she was robbed herself. after the report she tweeted "are you kidding me? doing a live report at police headquarters, and my purse is stolen from the live truck." now to minnesota where 4-year-old gavin quimby is leaning up the streets. he was recently diagnosed with a rare and sometimes fatal newerlogical disorder. because of it, his family and community banded together to let gavin experience the life of a superhero chasing bad guys,

putting out fires, and finally getting the key to the city. >> that might be fun. he has the g for gavin instead of the s for superman. >> you can go either way with that. what a great thing for the city to show. >> it's catching on. a lot of cities are doing this now. >> batman in san fran, right? perfect. now it's time for a look ahead and a look back. space-x plans to launch a group of satellites from cape canaveral tonight. they're part of a test of tracking technology, and that will, among other things, help wal-mart keep tabs on its delivery trucks. a sad milestone five years ago today. neda agha was shot and killed during political protests in tehran. the video of her death quickly went viral and became a rallying point for young iranians against the regime of ahmadinejad. keep it tear. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today." thanks for watching "early today." have a great one.

from nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. and a good friday morning, it's 4:30, i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. first let's go to christina loren, hey good morning. >> good morning, it's friday, we're feeling good, hopefully you are too. 58 degrees in the south bay. san francisco kicking off the day at a comfortable 57 on your way to 73 degrees in the city. although it's going to be warm in your inland hot spots. we are not going to extend this heat much further. one of the weekend days looking better than the other. we'll dive in the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. right now mike has a day off. allegedly he'll be back on monday my friends. hopefully that'll be the