it's thursday, june 25th. coming up on "early today," breaking news, another employee that upstate new york prison has been arrested. boston bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev speaks out for the first time. apologizing for the attack that killed three people and injured hundreds more. >> what he said showed no remorse, no regret and no empathy for what he's done to our lives. plus president obama shut down a white house heckler. a scary explosion at a festive bonfire and queen elizabeth's not so gracious reaction to a gift. "early today" starts right mow. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. a military plane has crashed in southern arizona,

close to the border of mexico. a single f-16 air draft went down approximately 5 miles east of the douglas municipal airport. the town of douglas is about 230 miles southeast of phoenix. according to the air force national guard, this happened during a night training mission. one person on board, no word yet on the stats of the pilot. a spokesman for the douglas fire department tells nbc news they said the crash has sparked a brush fire. and a second person, a prison employee, facing charges after two convicted murderers escaped a upstate prison earlier this month. gene palmer a guard at the clinton correctional facility was arrested yesterday. according to the clinton county jail he bailed himself out shortly after midnight. he was arraigned wednesday and another hearing scheduled this afternoon. palmer has been charged with promoting prison contraband and official misconduct. the charges carry prison terms ranging from 15 months to seven years. palmer's attorney tells nbc news

he had no knowledge that the two were escaping and and will plead not guilty. >> he's devastated, embarrassed, sorry for the attention he's getting right now. he wants the focus to be on prison security and capturing these two individuals and putting them back where they belong. >> prison seamstress joyce mitchell has already pled guilty and she told investigators she smuggled escape tools inside raw, ground beef sk then took that beef to the inmate but told investigators he had no idea the meat contained contraband. meanwhile, the search for david sweat and richard matt, continues. the man convicted of the boston marathon bombing has broken his silence. more that two years after the attacks killed three people and injured more than 260. dzokhar tsarnaev told a packed courtroom that he was sorry for the deaths he caused. statement came as he was

formally sentenced to death. nbc justice correspondent pete williams was in the courtroom. >> reporter: some of those most affected by the marathon bombings, came to court for an opportunity they waited years for. bill richard, the father of 8-year-old martin, the youngest to die stood with his wife, denise as tsarnaev sat 20 feet away. said tsarnaev could have stopped his older brother, tamerlan who planned the bombing and chose to do nothing. he chose, hate, destruction and death. heather abbott said the jury had oo hard time deciding between life and death. i can't understand how he made the decision about who would live and who would die. one of the most forceful statements came from rebecca gregory who lost a leg, she said i'm nobody's victim, referring to the video shown in court of his gesture to the surveillance camera she said that is so fun

y that you smirk, that is what we do to you every day. she said the response to bombing brought out the best, we are boston strong and america strong. choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea. how is that for a victim impact statement. finally, tsarnaev stood, choking up when he said i am sorry for the lives i have taken and i would like the ask for victims mercy and ask allah's mercy. many survivors said it was too late. >> i regret having ever wanted to hear him speak. because what he said showed no remorse, no regret and no empathy for what he's done to our lives. >> at no point did he renounce the reasons for which he committed this act. he never renounced terrorism, he did not repudiate violent extremism. >> but liz norton whose two sons each lost a leg said it was helpful. >> i really feel like a weight

has been lifted off our shoulders and i can honestly say my sons will probably be happy that i found out what i needed to find and we can finally close a chapter. >> tsarnaev goes to prison on death row while the case goes through an automatic appeals process which could take years. a week after nine innocent people were shot and killed inside a south carolina church more potential charges for the man accused of pulling the trigger. nbc news has learned that hate crime charges will likely be filed on dylann rough. and two public federal offenders will represent roof at his trial. following the charleston massacre the fight it remove the confederate flags from capital grounds has moved across borders. in alabama, governor robert bentley ordered the four banners there be taken down. and as the debate continues in charleston an inspiring moment in the room where the massacre happened. nbc's dan shanaman reports.

>> and it's in jesus name we pray. amen. >> reporter: one week after a gunman shot and killed nine people at a bible study, worshippers were back for another bible study. a sign of faith and support. >> it's been a beautiful gathering for all of us and the love that's been pouring out for everyone that's been coming rounld to the church, we can't even ask for more. >> reporter: earlier a horse drawn caisson carrying the body of clementa pinckney and inside the rotunda, they paid their final respects to the man who was gunned down. a makeshift drape blocked mourners view of the confederate flag outside the capitol, and lawmakers just down the hall discussed taking down the flag. one supporter is state senator paul thurmond son of

segregationist strom thurmond. >> i'm glad to be on the right side of history. >> however, one critic is worried if the flag goes, it may not stop there. >> then it will be this statue, that statue. we're on a slippery slope here. you're going to try to eradicate history so it doesn't offend anybody. >> reporter: south carolina law makers are expected to take up the issue next week. and then president obama versus the heckler. the president halted his lgbt pride month speech to shut down an activist apparently yelling about deportation. >> hold on. okay. you know what. no, no, no. oh, no, no. nope, nope, nope. hey. listen. you're in my house.

[ applause ] >> can we have this person removed please. as a general rule, i'm fine with a few hecklers. but not with when i'm up in the house. >> that heckler was removed from the event. 1,000 people are being led back into their homes after a brush fire prompted evacuations north of los angeles, wind gusts and heavy brush fuelled the flames near interstate 5. fire officials say the 350-acre blaze is 45% contained. meanwhile officials say a 530-acre brush fire in northern california near antioch is fully contained. and a powerful storm moved through the denver area swelling rivers and streams. hail the size of golf balls fell on some areas, making it look as if it had snowed. crazy weather, and here to talk about it is nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> driving was slushy.

>> that's crazy. >> it happens because the hail flows as pieces of ice, you get the hail and the heavy rain it makes like a river of hail. like driving in a slushy. this morning, strong storms rolling now through indiana after they rolled through iowa with flash flooding last night, missouri and portions of illinois. so not a pretty drive for our friends from st. louis, indianapolis. severe weather today kind of in the same spots as yesterday. denver to north. we'll see isolated strong storms st. louis, cincinnati all the way to washington, d.c. and down to raleigh. not widespread severe weather. the big story out there is what's going to happen in the west the historic heat wave, some areas are peaking like sacramento to reading. but over the weekend is when the heat ridge builds into the north. idaho, washington state and montana will see record highs, some places will come close to all-time june records, boise sunday 110 degrees. so that would be something to watch. the warmest ever remember is 111

and everyone in the east cools off as we flip-flop the weather pattern. that's your nationareading, california, 113 is possible. >> some of the statistics from the west say it could be one of the warmest junes ever in places like reading. >> a lot of triple digits out there. and we're going to check out this jarring video from spain. >> that was the scene in san pedro, where six people were injured during a bonfire lighting tuesday evening. leaving two hospitalized with severe burns. in another area of spain, a similar explosion happened due do excessive fuel. one person injured there.

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ball and dives into the crowd to secure the catch. he made sure he got that one. now that was sacrificing your body for the team. kudos to the fans for not interfering with that play. the jays beat the rays 1-0. another great catch to show you, a little kid makes a heroic catch as he saves his little brother from being nailed by baseball. good thing that kid had a glove. the nba draft kicks off tonight. college draftees will be listening to hear nba commissioner adam silver announce their names. the minnesota timberwolves have the first overall pick. will they choose from the international pool of rising stars? and this could be the most violent sport ever. king henry iii of france said it was too small to be war and too cruel to be a game. it's called historic football. and the rules are simple.

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leading the news in the washington post, as women keep washing up dead, ohio town fears a serial killer is on the loose. in a little over a year, six women have disappeared from the town of chillicothe and four of their bodies have been found, almost all of them dumped in creeks or streams flowing away from the town. and in "huffington post," pope francis says marital separation can be morally necessary to protect kids. the pope says in some cases, separation is inevitable. this marks a change of tone in the catholic church's traditional attitude toward troubled marriages. and some other stories we're following, the water level at lake mead has sunk to a new low. the lake supplies water to parts of arizona, california and nevada in the midst of a

15-year drought. on the border of texas and oklahoma new video of a huge vortex forming on the dam at lake text ohma what caused it? the army corps of engineers opened a floodgate at the bottom of the lake to let out excess water. pbs announced that ben affleck had undue nuns on the documentary series called "finding your roots." he reportedly convinced producers not to mention that an ancestor once owned slaves. the network said producers violated network standards and is putting series on hold. pbs said it would be taking steps to prevent situations like this from happening in the future. affleck expressed regret for his actions when news went viral and said we deserve neither credit nor blame for our ancestors. and in alaska who needs a guard dog when you've got this cat. when a black bear came up to the

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flames fan through an east bay neighborhood last night- threatening dozens of homes. is er flames fan through an east bay neighborhood last night threatening dozens of homes and raising the question of whether it's still a risk this morning. it's in the 50s and 60s now, but temperatures may jump another 30 or 40 degrees this afternoon. more on that coming up if the microclimate forecast and will will today be the day? the supreme court set to rule on a number of critical cases including the fate of same-sex marriage. good thursday morning to you i'm kris sanchez, it is 4:30. laura garcia-cannon is off this morning. lots to get to this morning, but first let's start with that forecast