good morning. coming up on "early today" president obama is warning americans of a new terror threat right here on u.s. soil. meet bob mcdonald. he ran one of the world's largest companies. now he's the administration's choice to tackle the v.a. mess. the white house wants $2 billion to care for border crossers, but the president has a stern message. >> do not send your children to the borders. if they do make it, they'll get sent back. more importantly, they may not make it. plus, major weather systems having a big impact across the country. a wild weekend of world cup drama and much, much more. it's monday, june 30th. "early today" starts right now.

good morning. i'm dara brown. breaking news in the oscar pistorius murder trial. it resumed this morning after the double amputee olympic athlete underwent a month of psychiatric exams to assess his mental health when he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, last year. new this morning according to the official report from the panel psychiatrist there, pistorius did not suffer from mental disease or defect that affected his ability to know right from wrong at the time of the shooting. we'll be following this development to see how it affects the course of the trial this morning. rumblings that are out there that there could be a major hang on the way for the troubled department of veterans affairs. today president obama is expected to nominate robert mcdonald to take over. mcdonald graduated in the top 2% of his class at west point and served as ceo of corporate giant procter & gamble. john boehner issued a statement calling mcdonald a good man and saying, quote, he's the kind of person who is capable of implementing the kind of

dramatic systemic change badly needed and long overdue at the v.a. the chief executive of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america called the pick surprising. he said mcdonald will have to move quickly to show he is committed to and understands the post-9/11 generation of veterans. this is the file day of the supreme court on the last scheduled day that they're expected to make several rulings today. one involves coverage under the affordable care act. hobby lobby has a claim that they shouldn't haveco cover contraception as part of their health care plan. a major ruling involves labor unions. justices could decide whether unions -- today president obama plans to ask congress as well for more than $2 billion in emergency funds. to deal with the significant rise in people flooding across the u.s. border with mexico including thousands of unaccompanied children. >> we have to house these kids and take care of them until the

machinery under current law allows us to send them back. do not send your children to the borders. if they do make it, they'll get sent back. >> the president also wants congress to grant homeland security authority to fast track the screening and deportation of all immigrant children traveling without their parents. he also wants harsher penalties for those who smuggle children across the border. the president also warning of a potential new threat to u.s. security. he explained that hardened militants who have fought in iraq and syria could be able to enter the u.s. >> we've seen europeans who are sympathetic to their cause traveling into syria and now may travel into iraq, getting battle hardened, then they come back, they've got european passports, they don't need a visa to get into the united states. >> the president saying the u.s. must improve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in war zones to minimize risks.

proceed festivals have extra meaning. the community celebrated a year of victories for same-sex marriage. in new york, thousands marching down fifth avenue. the city marking 45 years since the stonewall riots which helped spark the gay rights movement. in an historic move, the parade was led by a float of past and present members of the boy scouts of america. take you to chicago. the celebration there had a marriage theme to it. it was the first parade since same-sex marriage became legal in illinois. in san francisco, the parade theme was color our world with pride. more than 1 million people attended weekend festivities in san francisco alone. there's a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll that finds most people believe hillary clinton can relate to the average american. 55% saying the former secretary of state can relate to and understand the problems of ordinary people. 37% disagreed. the numbers come after clinton declared she and her husband were dead broke after leaving the white house in 2001. well, how about that

knockout time at the world cup. four more teams sent packing. let's start with netherlands/mexico for you. a scoreless first half but a hot one. refs calling a water break for the players with temperatures feeling like it was in the 100s. second half goes better. both teams finding the net. it's tied 1-1 late in the match when a penalty is called against mexico for that, a controversial call. netherlands takes advantage, taking the penalty, and taking the win. netherlands advances unexpectedly here. mexico sent packing. next, greece and costa rica. boy, what a thriller this one was. costa rica scores first with this seemingly effortless attempt. defense, anyone? not there. costa rica forced to play a man down for most of the game because of a red card. the pressure is on greece. just over the 90th minute, they net one in stoppage time. yeah, a lot of people happy about that one. a lot of people not happy. bring on the penalty kicks. costa rica up 3-4. greece needs to make this one to tie. keylor navas says nope. great save. costa rica needs this one to win. umana with the kick and finds

the back of the net. costa rica plays the netherlands on saturday. they advance along with colombia and france and nigeria battle it out and germany faces algeria as the group of 16 play continues today. more severe weather to tell you about on this day in the midwest where they've been struggling for days with some of the worst flooding in decades. this is the picture we've been seeing over the weekend. minneapolis-st. paul, a line of storms sweeping west to east triggering flash flood warnings in nearly every county in the region. and historic flooding in memphis, tennessee, as well. flash floods sent rushing water down residential streets. over in wisconsin an ef-1 tornado touching down in colfax on friday. captured in this newly released security video. you can see the debris flying as the twister moves through at i don't know how fast but plenty scary. bill karins, nbc meteorologist, >> the flooding has caused the most damage. the memphis area was incredible. six inches of rain in literally

three hours. then in minnesota just rainfall after rainfall. i read somewhere someone said it's the land of 10,000 lakes, it's the land of one lake. from nebraska to iowa, more thunderstorms this morning. this will be the last day of it, but more flash flooding throughout this region. we still have major mrooding coming down from minneapolis. i showed you the pictures of st. paul. to the quad cities. better on the missouri river. as far as the west coast, we're wrapping it up today with almost nothing m bucket from l.a. to phoenix and vegas to san francisco. it wasn't even that rain where i of a june in seattle. a little more about a week ago. you got that little dose that seattle did not. yesterday it was hot, as expected. all that pink shading from areas in california, southern arizona, all in about 105 to 110 range. we're still at 90 at this hour in phoenix. when the sun comes up, the temperature is going to

skyrocket today. we have a very hot forecast as we head into july. we're 95 as far north as medford. we're 111 today in vegas. that's your national reak in ar the desert through the week. on the east coast we're worried about a rainy fourth of july. they're worried about fireworks being canceled because it's too dry on the west coast. >> i can't believe fourth of july is here. >> summer is halfway over. a man seemingly laying with a shark. the scene aboard a united airlines plane forced to land. actually it can.

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welcome back. pop. that was the sound passengers said they heard midair. then an evacuation slide inflated making what's already cramped even more cramped. none of the 101 on board tried to open the door, and no depressurization, good thing, so all on the united 737 were okay. look at that. they're fighting back to take back the city of tikrit from surgeries. they do so with a shipment of hell fire missions and tactical advice. two citizens in north korea will stand trial for crimes against the state. north korea separately arrested miller and jeffrey earlier this year. three americans are now in north korean custody.

a plane made an emergency landing near a texas highway. it slammed into a pickup during rush hour traffic. the plane remains mostly intact but not the tail, as you can see. police say the pilot and driver are okay. this four-foot shark got hooked by a south carolina fisherman. no reaching into its mouth to pull out the hook. after a line was clipped, by the tail, she's dragged back into the sea. time to get down to business. in 2012, facebook evidently studied the emotions of thousands of users without their knowledge. the social media website did an experiment in which their news about on% view their phone as more important than their deodorant or toothbrush. zirjts a site conducted an experiment in 2012 manipulating what they saw in their news

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in her first television interview, pippa middleton breaks her silence. her thoughts on the royal wedding, the dress that made her famous, and sister, the princess. don't miss this nbc worldwide exclusive later on "today." okay. let's take you to sports right now. team usa in salvador, brazil, preparing for belgium which won all three of their first-round matches. here's usa's michael bradley on the key to beating that team. >> whoever prepares better, whoever is more committed on the day, whoever makes more plays over the course of 90 minutes. whoever is willing to have a group of guys on the field who fight and are so determined to come off the field a winner. those are the things that count. >> tuesday's winner faces the winner of argentina/switzerland. boston at the new york yankees.

both breaking out the big guns. top of the third. big papi sends one to the stands. new york now down by four. mark teixeira answers back. yanks finally on the board, down by three. carlos beltran. he adds another. new york down by one. but then boston's dustin pedroia stops the bleeding, brings in two runs. boston wins that one, 8-5. it's military appreciation day in san diego. arizona up by one. san diego cannot hit pitcher mike bolsinger who strikes out three. bottom of the fourth. cameron maybin brings in one score, tied 1-1. seventh inning stretch and a surprise for 8-year-old lilly crawford. reunited with her father just returning from afghanistan. a sweet ending for lilly and san diego with a 2-1 win there. a monster at the mound. the washington nationals' bryce harper cracked three home runs, batted in five runs saturday. only it was in the minors. he's there for rehab.

fans are hoping when he returns to the bigs next week, he'll stay on fire. up 6-0, time for a dugout prank. why not? l.a. gives scott van slyke a hot foot. they stick a roll of matches to the back of his shoe, light it up. he's a little confused. he's, like, what's that smell? takes a minute to figure out. l.a. laughs their way to a 6-0 victory over st. louis. competitors descend into the chilly north atlantic water below. 14 professional divers from ten different nations took part in the two-day event. just ahead, award-winning actress amy adams says the most unselfish thing. up next.

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we're getting some of the heat now in the northwest. as far as the vegas area goes, it looks like the peak of the heat wave will be up tuesday into wednesday. then we get back to what we call normal as far as temperatures. 113 in dallas. one of the warmest weeks of the summer. i mentioned l.a. doesn't get heat like this. notice here only in the upper 80s -- excuse me low 80s to upper 70s throughout the week, and no chance of rain anywhere as we head to the 4th. >> into the 4th. all eyes are on the 4th. we're all looking at friday. thank you, bill. we're going to move on to entertainment news right now. the president and first lady did the right thing this weekend at a special 21st anniversary screening of spike lee's new classic film. they appeared by video message to congratulate the filmmaker on his milestone.

>> "do the right thing" was actually the first movie we saw together on our first official date. he was trying to show me his sophisticated side by selecting an independent filmmaker, and it ended up being a pretty good movie. really great. >> spike, thank you for helping me impress michelle. >> it worked out okay for them. "transformers: age of extinction" topped the box office. it looks great. $100 million in the u.s. and more than $300 million worldwide. "22 jump street" stayed strong in its third weekend out. and then "how to train your dragon 2" came in third. beyonce was the big winner at sunday night's b.e.t. awards. others included nicki minaj and drake who beat out jay-z for best male hip-hop star there. as long as they get one winner in the family. scandal hit two miss america contestants this week. miss florida lost her crown due to a point miscalculation. then miss delaware was stripped of the title because she is 25,

and that's lemonths too old. >> didn't they check that before? >> you would think. >> longacre will be allowed to keep the $9,000 scholarship that came along with her crown. and amy adams gave up her first-class seat to a soldier friday making the rest of the trip in coach much to the delight of her new seat mate who snapped that nice selfie with the actress. adams father, rich, by the way, is a retired army officer. >> hands off amy adams. she's been my girl ever since june bug. that's when i jumped on her bandwagon. >> you have to share her with her fans because the hits keep coming. >> she's the girl next door. she's great. >> better and better all the time. >> beautiful. >> i'm dara brown, and this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. althy? benefiber is clear, taste free, and dissolves completely. and unlike other fibers, you'll only know you're taking fiber

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before shooting in iraq a warning on blackwater. the 2007, 17 people were fatal lil injured in baghdad in a shooting. newly disclosed documents show the state department's chief investigator warned american officials of the operations in iraq that were dangerous prior to the incident. and in the associated press, mars flying saucer splashes down after nasa test. nasa is one step closer to their mission to mars. their low-density supersonic decelerator vehicle test landing was a success over the weekend. some other stories we're following. stranded. 320 feet in the air, 48 people were trapped aboard a seaworld san diego ride for four hours. officials say a power failure was to blame.

they say no one was ever in danger. one person was treated for anxiety at a local hospital. unfit for service, the pentagon says seven in ten young adults in america would not qualify for the military. the defense department tells "the wall street journal" large portions of 17 to 24-year-olds have physical, behavioral or educational shortcomings. and after two months in rehab, toronto mayor rob ford is expected to return to city hall today. a press release says he'll speak to the public this afternoon. councilman doug ford says his brother is a changed and slimmer man. he's reportedly dropped eight pants sizes. a wine battle tradition continues honoring st. peter. in a northern town in spain, over 10,000 participants in white shirts climbing up a mountain to soak one another in wine from head to toe. they wore white at one point. over 3,000 gallons of wine was used as ammunition. the celebrations began from night until dawn.

>> you can either do that one right there or the wine stomping where you get in the barrel and stomp all the grapes. >> i'm going for that one. >> which one? >> the wearing it. that sounds like a lot of fun. now for a look ahead and a look back. in new york city's newly renovated grand central terminal entrance, it will be dedicated to jackie kennedy. the park avenue entrance will feature a permanent exhibition dedicated to her. in the 1970s, she helped save grand central from being changed forever. one year ago today, 19 elite firefighters were killed near phoenix. the granite mountain hot shots were overrun by flames in the so-called yarnell hill fire. just last week the families of those firefighters filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming the state was negligent in the efforts to battle the fire. celebrating birthdays, the most decorated olympian of all time, michael phelps, 29. mike tyson, 48. and former "law & order" actor vincent d'onofrio, 55. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early

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from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." well good morning to you, happy monday, 4:30 in the morning, i'm scott mcgrew. let's get a check of your forecast with meteorologist christina loren, good morning. >> good monday morning, 4:30 a.m. hard to get up on a monday, i know. i struggled with that as well this morning, i can tell you right now though it's going to be hot. you want to prepare for the day ahead especially if you work outside. if your kids are headed out to summer camp or summer school, they want to have the sunscreen ready to go. we'll talk about that coming up, right now let's check your drive on an early monday, here's mikey. we're looking towards the plaza, it'