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it's tuesday, june 30th. coming up on "early today," the greek economy in shambles. it's sending stocks tanking over here along with many americans' investments. you're fired. nbc universal severs ties with trump. on the heels of his comments about mexico but we're not the only ones. and president obama is taking steps to force companies to pay millions of americans overtime pay at work. and phil mickelson and a $3 million offshore gambling operation. that and much more on the final day of the first half of 2015. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm deborah brown, breaking news of a deadly plane crash in indonesia. the "associated press" is
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reporting 37 people are dead with another two injured. the plane was an air force supply craft carrying 50 people. it crashed two minutes after takeoff. accord og to an air force chief, the pilot of the plane radioed the tower to say there was engine trouble. the aircraft was reportedly a hercules c-130 much like this one. we'll continue to follow this breaking news and update you with the latest developments. american investors on edge billions lost in stocks the u.s. markets suffered the worst losses of the year on monday. investors are nervous about this -- bank lines in greece people desperate for cash. the european union is demanding that greece pay back 1.8 million dollars in loan payments. and the money is due today. puerto rico's governor has announced his country will not be able to re pay its debt
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either. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington with morning. >> all over the country, investors, average people with retirement accounts are worried about what's happening in greece and puerto rico because it's affecting our markets and markets all over the world. asian markets are mixed this morning. taiwan and japan are up china still volatile after wall street took a nose dive the dow slid 350 points monday its worst day in two years. here's why, in greece atms out of cash withdrawals limited, long lines, banks closed for a week. massive demonstrations overnight. one in every four citizens jobless. >> i don't care how much you pay me i need to have a job. >> that's part of why your 401(k) took a hit, puerto rico
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got a $70 billion debt its governor calls unpayable. payments are due in days. one in five american bond funds are invested there totaling over $11 billion. >> you might be exposed to puerto rican debt even though you don't know it. >> the white house says washington is providing expert advice but -- >> there's no one in the administration or d.c. that's contemplating a federal bailout of breek. >> watch your retirement fund, today could be another rocky day. >> some analysts think the big slide could be a good thing, it wasn't as bad as they saw in europe and asia and seems to indicate a stronger market here in the u.s. deborah? >> thanks so much for the update. >> it took donald trump the span of his presidential announcement to find his foot in his mouth. his controversial comments about mexican immigrants. the media giant television will not associate itself with "the donald", following lead with nbc.
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>> two weeks since donald trump's controversial presidential campaign announcement and his comments about mexican immigrants are still reverberating. >> when mexico sends t its people, they're not sending their best, they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists and some i assume are good people. >> reporter: first, univision dropped him last week and nbc universal cut ties too. no more miss usa or miss universe on its network. and trump had already opted out of "the apprentice" because of his presidential bid. the company calling his words, derogatory saying nbc respect is the cornerstone. >> i knew that nbc's stance on immigration is very weak, they're very weak on immigration. >> reporter: this after he
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low pressure viewed already vowed to sue unavision. >> they have an ironclad contract. >> reporter: this comes after 200,000 signatures, which wonders why latinos are being treated as second class citizens. in the past 15 years, the number of hispanics in the u.s. has grown to 55 million, that's 17% of the population. >> his remarks are not only offensive to latinos, but in reality i think they're over to any american of good conscience and many voters. >> as for the ever-defiant donald his words may have cost him tv deals, but he says he believes it will gain him votes. nbc news, new york. right now, a massive effort is underway to fight a massive wild fire in washington state. it's only 10% contained, spread over 4,000 acres in just one day. in a race against time crews went door to door to urge people to evacuate. and down in eugene oregon
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flames of an unknown cause ripped through an historic stadium. smoke could be seen for miles. the 78-year-old structure was added to the national register of historic places in 2008. on lookers sang "take me out to the ball game". now that the three-week manhunt is over, we have a clearer picture of what the two escaped killers were trying to do. david sweat, the one shot and caught alive this weekend is talk from his hospital room. new york mayor said they had planned to go to mexico. they had planned to kill their getaway driver joyce mitchell but she got cold feet. >> sweat actually disengaged from matt about five days ago. because sweat felt that matt was slowing him down. >> sweat also apparently told investigators prison worker gene
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palmer had no involvement in their escape and palmer appeared in court yesterday. as many of us gear down for the holiday weekend in many places security is ramping up. u.s. government officials are warning of a potential for attacks this fourth of july weekend. in particular isis has called for attacks during the muslim holy month of ramadan. for instance new video shows last week's massacre at a popular tunisian beach resort. there have been eight terror arrests in the past two weeks. and the threat is real. >> this appears to be the high highest level of threat that i've seen since september 11th. >> there's arrests that have been made in this location in the past couple of weeks, it's not so much what we know but what we don't know. >> no word on any specific threat but the government is urging law enforcement agencies to stay vigilant.
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now to something straight out of a movie scene, watch as this vehicle jumps over a rising drawbridge in palm beach, florida. the 29-year-old was charged with reckless driving, although authorities suspect he didn't intend to jump over flagler bridge. >> it was a distracted driver incident. the individual was coming back towards west palm and didn't see the bridge coming down. it was suspected the guy was messing with his gps. >> the bruj had to be closed for five hours to fix a traffic arm that was destroyed when the van crashed through it. and this was the scene during last night's rush hour in the minneapolis st. paul area a powerful storm with waves of hail bringing traffic to a near halt. fortunately no injuries were reported. we bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins here with your tuesday forecast. >> i'll take the hail over the fires any day. you can deal with the hail. the fires continue to be the story. we haven't spent a lot of attention, maybe not enough attention on alaska. they're having one of the worst
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fire months they've ever had, going back to june 2004. 216 fires then over a million acres burned there. this month we've seen 399 fires, and almost past a million and a half acres burned and a lot of those are 0 burning near the fairbanks area. further south, that's where we continue to watch, we showed you the sleepy hollow fire the others burning in oregon state, a couple in northern idaho. numerous smaller blazes dotting the landscape between phoenix and albuquerque and now we're starting to get into what we thought would happen a pretty bad fire season. yesterday's highs, 104 in salt lake city only one degree away from your all-time june record no relief coming for the most part. reading is going to be 115 on wednesday. all-time hottest temperature in reading ever is 118. close, close enough. that's your national weather.106,
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tomorrow could be 108. everybody's phoenix all of a sudden. >> the whole western side looks totally hot. crazy. the government may soon force parents to vaccinate their kids. plus a bizarre shootout caught on tape. details ahead, you're watching "early today." at you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners' multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane. paperless discounts -- give it a rest, flo. all: yeah, flo, give it a rest.
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>> put it down now. >> it happened early monday after complaints that the man was shooting a gun. when the deputy arrived, the man opened fire and the deputy fired back hitting the man in the elbow and the side. and strangely, the man puts down a gun and takes a drink. there is no word on any charges. forbes has unveiled its list of the highest-paid celebrities in the world. floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao. from their boxing match. and singer katy perry took the third spot. followed by one direction with $130 million. and rounding out the top five. shock jock and "america s's got talent" judge, howard stern. let's get down to business now with cnbc's landon downey. >> stocks are poised to rebound after the market suffered the worst day of the year as
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investors react to greece's debt crisis. a a potential greek default likely won't hurt the u.s. economy as it's much stronger now than a few years ago and much of greece's debt is held by the european county and the imf so private sector banks and individual investors are the as exposed. president obama announcing a new proposal to expand the number of people eligible for overtime pay. the plan would require overtime for those who are nearly $1,000 per week double the current threshold that could impact five million people. and streaming music service by apple is launched today. the questions remain over whether people will stick around past the three-month free trial. apple music cost $9.99 a month. dara back to you. just ahead, $3 million in illegal sports betting in one of golf's biggest names. and tonight's the night, u.s. women try to punch their ticket to the world cup final. sports is next.
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this morning on "today," the latest on new jersey governor chris christie who's set to launch his presidential campaign today. and on nbc news into thely news we'll hear from governor christie in an exclusive. now let's send it over to my friend betty nguyen for all your tuesday sports headlines. get ready for a battle royale tonight. the u.s. women's soccer team
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takes on top-ranked germans at montreal's olympic stadium. u.s. goalie hope solo has not allowed a goal in the last 423 minutes of action. >> germany's a great team, they're tactically great, organized and i feel like we're peaking at the right time and we're right where we need to be and hopefully we'll beat germany and head into the finals. go. >> both team are staying in the same hotel. >> here's what's odd, both teams are staying in the same hotel. and unnamed sources told outside the line that mickelson wired almost 3 million dollars to a former sports gambling handicapper who's pleaded guilty to three counts of money laundering. nicholson and, himleson and his representatives have not commented on the report. the five-time major winner is
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not being charged with a crime and not the subject of any investigation. and "seinfeld" creator took larry david taking in a yanks/angels game at anaheim. >> angels beat the yanks 4-1. the nhl has several new hall of famers. including niklas lidstrom chris pronger and sergei federov, others rounding out the class of 2015 on your screen. to california state lawmakers approved a bill monday that would make nfl cheerleaders part of the sports team they represent. the bill goes to jerry brown for his signature. the cheering squad would no lodger be independent contractors, but instead become team employees, entitled to overtime and sick leave, dara back to you. and just ahead, the big-named comedian that could be cast as the next "bachelorette."
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♪ ♪ ♪ legendary comedian, jack carter has died and he's best known for his on screen antics during the golden age of television. he pioneered the field of television comedy with quick deliveries endless supply of one-liners and dance skills. he was 93. amy shumer tells e news what it would take for her to appear on "the bachelorette." along with money, they would have to let her be herself and improve the casting process for the show. the host of the show quickly tweeted a response to schumer's terms saying yes. and the star of the "ghostbusters" reboot with this #what are you gonna wear. >> enrique eglees yas was
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charged with on destruction of justice. >> he was infectious kind and a puppy dog. buzz feed has released a sneak peek that upcoming chris farley documentary. the film features interviews with farley's friends and fellow cast member who is share some of the actor's best moments and discuss his demise. "i am chris farley" will be in theaters july 31st. >> it it's interesting that it will be made now. >> i think people will really enjoy it. >> it should get some of the younger generation who didn't know his work to look back at it. >> i'm dara brown, and this is "early today," we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. ♪ hi! what happened to your hair? i got it.
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leading the news from yahoo, pilots fired after posting pictures with model in selfies in cockpit. it happened in a plane from buenos aires. well, one of the photos was clearly taken while the plane was in flight, a fact that did not impress airline management. in the daily caller walmart apologizings for baking isis battle flag cake. the store reportedly refused to bake cake designed with a confederate battle flag. but they accepted the order with an isis battle flag. >> california governor jerry brown has decided to sign a bill that would require mandatory vaccinations for all school children. prompted by a measles outbreak
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that affected 100 people. the bill would give the state one of the strictest vaccination laws in the nation. no personal or even religious exemptions are allowed. opponents argue the government is taking away a parent's right to choose what's best for their kids. 26 million facebook users changed their profile photo to celebrate marriage equality. soon after the u.s. supreme court legalized gay marriage nationwide on friday facebook unveiled the rainbow filter that was created by two interns. several celebrities sported the filter leonardo dicaprio and arnold schwarzenegger one fan criticized the terminator for doing so arnold schwarzenegger responded hasta la vista. there are 52 million spanish speakers living in the united states. bizarre competition in england this past weekend, one town hosted the world egg-throwing championship.
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people gathered on a field in paris and one catcher, one thrower, there they are. catching an egg without breaking it. the last team standing without having a broken egg -- wins. >> you've done this with your children haven't you? >> i have. it's a lot harder than it looks. >> you have to cushion it and -- the technique involved in the egg toss. >> better than halloween when you're -- >> were you nice to your kids did you -- >> no messy eggs. >> you didn't say -- >> here's punishment for -- >> but, here bill. we've got to get ready for a bonus second. clocks around the globe will pause for a leap second tonight. allowing the earth's rotation which is gradually slowing, to catch up with the atomic clocks. and happy birthday to michael phelps, who turns 30 actress lizzie kaplan from "mean girls" is 33 and mike tyson turns 49. i'm dara brown, along with bill karins thanks for watching
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breaking overnight- a car bomb rocks afghanistan's capital overnight. details on breaking overnight a car bomb rocks afghanistan's capital. details on the dozens injured and who was targeted. and a south bay shooting right in the thick of a popular shopping area that has investigators now canvassing that neighborhood. just into our newsroom strike called off. the 11th hour deal preventing santa clara county workers from from walking off the job. >> announcer: from nbc bay area this is "today in the bay." it is 4:30 right now, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. we do have a lot to get to this morning, but first we begin with a look at your forecast and meteorologist kari hall as that heat is rising. >> good morning. it's all about the heat tod
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