it's tuesday, august 4th, coming up on "early today," breaking overnight, two people died and more injured when a circus tent collapsed. with more than 100 people inside. and dangers on the coast with major wild fires and major flooding in florida. new polls find that half of republicans think donald trump is hurting the gop's image. and shocking video of an 8-year-old boy shackled at school. comedian amy schumer gets serious. and a heart-stopping rescue. "early today" starts right now. good morning to you on this tuesday. two people died and more than 20 injured after strong storms brought town a circus tent in new hampshire. a severe thunderstorm warning

was in effect when this tent collapsed. initial reports indicated that more than 100 people were trapped under the tent. the injured were taken to local hospitals. police have not released the names of the two people who died. it comes a day after another tent collapsed at a festival near chicago. one man was killed, and 15y injured. right now, fires are burning from one end of california to the other. more than 13,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes because of wild fires. authorities calling the blaze unprecedented. and the rocky wild fire has already burned through more than 62,000 acres. fire crews say winds are blowing from one direction one moment and another way the next. >> it's very much a challenge for firefighters to try to predict when you have such erratic winds, winds that are changing throughout the day. and there's always going to be something that we're concerned with. >> across california, 9,000 firefighters are battling 20

large wildfires. several florida neighborhoods are under water. and in some neighborhoods, residents are dealing with three to four feet with water. and first responders have been helping people to get dryer ground. there have been mandatory evacuations, including this palm ha harbor rv park, where authorities rescue ed families with military-style vehicles. >> there's no way for the earth to absorb this, so it stays on the streets. can we fix it? no. no money in the world could fix this problem. forecasters saying the low pressure system should move out of the area today. the brand new nbc wall street journal polls are out. they reveal surprising details. and let's begin with hillary clinton. 37% view her positively. down seven points since june. and now 48% have a negative view. and back in 1992, her husband, bill faced the same.

he was seeking his first term and had just a 32% positive versus a 43% negative rating. and mrs. clinton is by far the leading democrat in the field right now, leading by more than 30 points. and on the republican side, jeb bush, 26% positive and front runner, donald trump, also has a 26% positive rating bought 56% negative rating. and while trump says hispanics love him, and the new poll shows 75% of hispanics have a negative view and that includes some who answered very negative. mr. trump skipped last night's gop forum in new hampshire. and nbc tracie potts joins me live from washington. plenty of candidates, waking up hoping to be in the top ten. >> hoping they'll get a little bump in the polls.

and today at 5:00 is the deadline to determine who's going to be in the debate. the front-runner, noticeably, was not there. >> here's nbc's predicted lineup for thursday. donald trump, scott walker, and jeb bush and rounding off the top ten. >> we can't negotiate with terrorists. >> it takes boots on the ground. >> we need a balanced budget amendment. >> it was a big opportunity for those at the top. slamming the fight against isis. >> i think we need a new gop. >> and those not expected to make thursday's primetime debate. bobby jindal took on iran. >> this is a bad deal. >> donald trump was a no-show, even though he's polling 24% in new hampshire. our new nbc/"wall street journal" poll shows republicans almost evenly split over whether

trump is helping or hurting the party. marco rubio is the candidate that most say they could support. >> as for the democrats? >> i can't wait to get in the ring with her or joe biden. >> the hillary clinton ads start running in iowa and new hampshire today. >> but here's the thing with hillary clinton, when you start digging into the numbers, is she the front-runner? absolutely. but her positive numbers, which is people who view her positively, have started to drop over the last month or so and the balance of her positive and negative rating is upside-down in all fairness, it's upside-down for most of the candidates. >> an emotional plea from actress and comedian, amy schumer about the deadly shooting that erupted during her movie "trainwreck" in louisiana.

nbc's kate snow reports. >> i was dead sober. two drinks, three max. >> reporter: this is the amy schumer making us laugh in her movie. but at a press conference with her cousin, new york senator chuck schumer, a very different amy. >> i'm not sure why this man chose my movie to kill two beautiful lives and injure nine others but it's very personal to me. >> schumer's voice faltered as she talked about the two women killed in the movie theater. when i heard about this news, i was completely devastated and ib wanted to go down to louisiana and then i was angry. my heart goes out to jillian and macy, to the survivors and families and everyone who is tied to this tragic, senseless horrifying actions of this man, who shouldn't have been able to put his hands on a gun in a first place.

>> penalizing states that don't. and the nra says it sounds very much like existing law that nra supported. adding, we all agree that people who are adjudicated mentally ill shouldn't have firearms. >> these are my first comments on firearms but i can promise you they won't be my last. >> that was nbc's kate snow. in the wake of the illegal killing of cecil, the lion in june by an american dentist, american airlines join ed delta, united and others ban transporting trophies. delta changed their policy, after a customer created a change.org petition signed by 400,000 people. on the heels of the controversy surrounding cecil the lion's death, ty inc., maker of beanie babies, announce ed

it will be selling a cecil the lion. an a man lucky to be alive this morning, all thanks to a quick thinking police officer. you can see the deputy pull a driver out of his car and out of the way of that speeding train. a spokesman said the car collided into the crossing guard. and the driver appeared to be under influence. an investigation is underway. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with more. >> we have the horrible fires that are ongoing, but we've cooled it off. no signs of rain throughout this region. that's good in one way, we won't see the driving thunderstorms any more. but the exceptional drought still covering a good chunk of central california from los angeles north up to lake tahoe outside of redding. as far as the severe goes, areas outside of l.a. and northern

california had a little bit of relief throughout the winter, but as far as the rainfall year to date this is the percentage to january 1st, modesto, a third of your normal. san francisco, 22% of your normal. and we keep falling further behind. an update on tropical storm guillermo. thankfully it looks like the storm will go just north of hawaii. providing excellent surf. but the storm looks to pass safely to the north. no effects from any wind. today's forecast, a little bit cooler, seattle at 80s, l.a. in the low 90s to upper 80 we're close to average in areas like sacramento and fallon,

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>> they produce more carbon emissions by cars, airplanes and homes, combined. they will have to cut those emissions by 32% by 2030 and each state will have to figure out how to meet that goal. senate democrats successfully blocked a gop attempt to defund planned parenthood. it was spurred when videos from an anti-abortion group emerged, that reportedly show planned parenthood officials talking about selling fetal tissue. >> in kentucky, the aclu released video showing an 8-year-old boy crying while his arms were shackled behind his back. the two kids were said to have been restrained by the deputy working at the school after

apparently misbehaving. the lawsuit against the sheriff and deputy seeks policy changes and unspecified money damages. new york city in the middle of its largest outbreak of legionnaires' disease in years. all who died were older adults the cause is air conditioning on top of buildings causing people to breathe in the contaminated particles of water. it causes chills, fever, upset stomach and neurological effects. time to get down to business. good morning, automakers are reaping big profits as low gas prices are prompting consumers to buy more suvs and pick-up trucks. the industry is on track for an annual sales pace of 17 million vehicles since before the recession.

buyers paid an average 5% more for a pick-up in july versus a year ago. the wildly popular angry bird has gotten 10 million down loads but gamers are complaining about 30 minute waits while had game is played. and the world's biggest plane could be set to launch next year. it's the brainchild of microsoft co-founder paul allen, with a wingspan of 385 feet it could be used as a launch pad to send rockets into space. just ahead, here's something you don't hear often, the first-place mets. yes, it is true. and an unexpected guest on the golf course. sports is next.

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this morning on "today," natalie morales is hitting the road, heading to rio. brazil is celebrating one year until the games. that and more on "today". now, let's get to some sports. the mets and had 15 hits and held the marlins scoreless in in eight innings as they win

with ease. mets are in sole possession of first place this late in the season in the n.l. east. >> adrian beltre began the night with a two-run triple, followed by a double, a single and ended with a home run to left field. becomes only the fourth player to hit three cycles in his career and the first since 1933. >> national baseball congress is suspending the use of bat boys and girls in wichita, kansas, the announcement coming after a 9-year-old kaiser carlyle was hit in the head by a follow-through swing. he later died. he was wearing a helmet. the tournament has been held in wichita since 1931, this is the first time a situation like this has occurred. and this is not something you see every day. pro golfer daniel popovich was

practicing his chipping in australia when he was interrupted by this little guy, apparently the kangaroo has issues with flagsticks and decided to hop around. >> just ahead, hollywood heartbreak some celebrity couples are calling it quits, what would a pow wow between president obama and donald trump look like? jimmy fallon has more.

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leading the news in u.s.a. today, black law makers push for diversity in sillicon valley. member of the black caucus went to california to meet with execs from apple, google, and others. they are urging them to hire more african-americans that represent 2% or less of the newsforce. and amazon pulled toy guns from new york shelves. a settlement was reached with five u.s. retailers that prohibits the sale of toy guns that look real. walmart, and others will pay fines. making news this morning, a construction worker in california has died after being attacked by a swarm of bees.

a crew was working in a field when they hit an underground beehive. two other workers were injured in that attack. after a two-day man hunt, a man suspected of killing a memphis police officer has been arrested. 29-year-old tremaine willborn surrendered to the u.s. marshal service office early monday evening. and police have to deal with all kinds of problems and some are harder to round up than others. this michigan officer was caught coming to the rescue of a skunk. he had a yogurt container stuck on his head, running around trying to free himself. the poor critter running around and around trying to free it. and the officer removed it. he runs away and i would, too. he is standing way, way back to avoid getting sprayed. and the skunk's tail is way up. and a group of sky divers of

illinois have broken a world record, the group of 164 skydivers joined together to create the largest-ever vertical skydiving formation. what are they forming? >> i don't know. but -- isn't that dangerous? >> they tried it 13 times. >> the previous record was 138. they beat it by a lot. it looks like a snowflake. i can't tell. >> whatever it is, i'm amazed, that many people can safely skydive. i think of it as being dangerous. >> it is, definitely a snowflake. now for a look ahead. we'll find out which republicans will be participating in the first gop debate this thursday on fox news. fox is relying on five national polls to pick who gets to attend the die bait in cleveland. the network will invite the top ten candidates as recognized by fox. happy birthday to nascar champion, jeff gordon. and president obama is 54 and

actor billy bob thornton is crews have never seen anything

like this. the rocky fire north of the bayrea burningvirtually f control. growing 20 acres in just five anything like this, rocky fire burning virtually out of control. growing 20 acres in just five hours. the plan to put it out. and a hero to the rescue, a deputy pulling the driver in the path of a caltrain out of the path of danger in the nick of time. >> announcer: were nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." a good tuesday morning it's 4020. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's first heck that forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> we start out now with the lower 60s across the bay and it's 64 degrees in the livermore, san francisco already at 63 degreesnd