it's thursday, august 13th, coming up on "early today," china is urgently dealing with the aftermath of explosions. dozens dead, hundreds injured. we have the latest. the donald offers names of people he'd like in a an administration. and hillary clinton's is in damage control. as her email server is in the handof the fbi. and you'll meet the largest shark that experts say has ever been captured on film. plus, some sad news about former president jimmy carter. the breakfast of champions takes on a whole new meaning. and some seriously bad timing and much, much more as we kick off your thursday morning. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody i'm dara brown. the death toll continues to rise after a series of powerful

explosions rocked china. smoke is still smoldering from the blast site and we're getting a look at the devastation. new drone footage shows the aftermath. and the smoke above the warehouse where the explosions took place. it happened an at an industrial area and triggered a blast that was felt miles away. and cell phone video captured seconds of the second one. >> reporter: a first blast had shaken the port city of tianjin, then this. a massive explosion, many times bigger than the first blast and a blinding white light. you see it and then they feel it. the shock waves shattering windows and turning shards of glass into projectiles. images of the blast flooded chinese social media. a store froth disappearing.

a living room covered in broken glass. hospitals are filled with injured. some burned, many cut by flying glass and debris. tianjin is one of china's biggest industrial centers. home to 11 million people. and canadian in bejing got called from friends in tianjin. >> the first conversation that we had was that the firefighters and first responders had been knocked over and there were dead bodies all over the street. >> reporter: china's broadcaster said it was caused by a fire in a warehouse storing some type of explosive material. >> that was kelly cobiya reporting. breaking news overnight in iraq, a massive truck bomb, tore through a popular out door market in sadr city, leaving at

least 75 people dead and two wounded. they say much of the market is incinerated. so far, no one has claimed responsibility. we invite you to go to today.com. well wishes, they are pouring in for former president jimmy carter after he revealed yesterday that he has cancer and in typical down-to-earth fashion, he announced the diagnoses himself. in a written statement he said i have cancer that is now in other parts of my body. in 1982, he founded the jimmy carter center in atlanta and he's travelled the world working on plans to achieve peace and he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2002. and his work hasn't stopped since. >> we have a very extensive program promoting peace, and enhancing democracy, which is adventurous, and i have to say it's gratifying and excited a for us to be able to

do that. >> yesterday, president obama called carter and said, jimmy, you're as resilient as they come and along with the rest of america, we're rooting for you. we're used to presidential polls clearing things up, but this morning's surge of surveys is doing the opposite. so, who is really in the lead here? jeb bush is fighting for the top spot. he had an event in las vegas last night. and he met with black lives matter protesters beforehand and for 15 to 20 minutes. and even so, afterwards, this happened. [ chanting black lives matter] >> they chanted as he left the stage. bush is working to catch up to donald trump, who gave us a peek at what the trump white house would look like. >> i don't want to say names.

i could say a jack welch, you have henry kravitz, i have great respect for warren buffett, but he said, trump is here to stay. >> the newest poll from cnn shows that trump still has the commanding lead among likely caucusgoers in iowa. >> he also tops categories like the economy and fighting terror. meanwhile on the democratic side, everyone is talking about hillary clinton and her private email server. everyone talking about that, except for the candidate herself. >> while democrat hillary clinton was nowhere to be seen, her republican rivals sounded off on news her private email server has been turned over to the fbi. >> looks like she's hiding something. >> the question is why hasn't

she done this already? >> reporter: clinton's campaign is in damage mode after they found two emails contained top secret information. which clinton has denied. >> i never received nor sent any information that was classified at the time it was sent or received. >> a new university poll shows just over half of voters believe clinton did nothing wrong, but still support a criminal investigation. while republicans see weakness -- >> the last poll done in new hampshire, we're ahead of hillary clinton by two points. >> and bernie sanders is refusing to capitalize by saying, i like hillary clinton, i respect hillary clinton and i disagree with hillary clinton on a number of issues and that's what i'll be talking about. >> while everyone is talking about the latest poll numbers, it shows sanders leading clinton by seven points in new hampshire. dara? >> an interesting race, brian moore, thank you so much for that. well, they will try again next week. no settlement or decision in that battle against quarterback tom brady and the nfl. brady wants his four-game

suspension stemming from the deflate-gate scandal lifted. he admitted destroying the phone was the wrong thing to do. but he maintains his innocence. but with all that, this is what people are talking about yesterday from "time". and the artist apologizes for making tom brady look like lurch you be the judge -- does the typically easy on the eyes qb look like the "addams family" character? >> the person that tweeted this called it qb, extra-terrestrial. and our favorite, a gif from the "hunchback of notre dame." he. >> and here's newly released video of what's thought to be the giant great white shark.

>> so close you can see her sharp teeth. she's known as deep blue, about 20 feet long, 50 years old and very pregnant. the video just posted to facebook this week was recorded by shark expert padilla two years ago in mexico. experts have dubbed her the biggest shark ever filmed. video of a close encounter that's impressing researchers and thrilling everyone else. joe pryor, nbc news, los angeles. >> move over breakfast of champions, wheaties is now offering the beverage of champions, we're talking about a wheaties beer. the cereal company teamed up with a brewery in minneapolis to create the craft beer. it will be available starting august 26th. you can only buy it in minnesota. well, now it's time for a look at your thursday weather, we'll find out what it's doing in minnesota. >> today will be a good day for

the minnesotans to drink their breakfast. they're looking at some storms in the northern plains, we'll see a slight risk of storms. >> out to the west we're dealing with monsoonal moisture. but the heat in the desert southwest will be the map problem as we head through the weekend. the extreme heat, 113 in phoenix, even southern california, we're looking at excessive heat warnings lasting through friday. 92 in los angeles. it will be once again hot through the interior northwest. 104 in boise and that heat grip is just going to stick around for the northwest right into the weekend. in effect. and that's a look at your thursday forecast.

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during heavy wednesday rush hour traffic, the well travelled new jersey turnpike was on fire. two tractor trailers collide near new brunswick, backing traffic up for miles. the blaze was caught on video. and at one point, the truck exploded, they were reportedly carrying medical supplies. luckily the drivers of both trucks suffered only minor injuries. and the head of the epa surveyed the damage of her own agency a week ago when it unwittingly contaminated the animus river with three million gallons of mustard-colored mine waste. and the navajo nation says it will sue the epa claiming their livelihoods were effected by the

spill. the attorney generals of colorado, new mexico and utah might sue the epa as well. part of the ceiling collapsed at a minneapolis nightclub last night during a concert. part of the ceiling just, boom, caved right in. >> the thousand attendees were evacuated. two people were sent to the hospital. ms. pennsylvania is in hot water. 23-year-old brandy lee weaver gates allegedly faked her fight with cancer and stole thousands of dollars from well wishers. police say she shaved her head and faked receiving treatment. she was arrested tuesday, charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property. her miss pennsylvania crown has been revoked. in miami a terrible crash between an ambulance and a fire truck. a grandmother and two kids were being transported by ambulance when it collide would a fire truck. a dozen people including seven

firefighters were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. time now to get down to business. with cnbc's landon downey. >> the market staged a major comeback wednesday and could be pointed higher today as investors' concerns about china's move to lower the value of its currency eased. now reversing a 277-point loss to close down just a fractionally. china's efforts to devalue the yuan are raising worries that the world's second-biggest economy may be in worst health than others thought. nbc universal is investing $200 million in vox media as it looks to attract younger viewers. apple is working with app developers to making the ipad more appealing to business customers. sales of the once-popular tablet have dropped in the past six

quarters. apple has never been a big player in the workplace technology. the $2 trillion market. dara, back to you. just ahead, the player that got kicked off the jets for punching the qb in the face already has a new team. plus they don't teach to you make these kinds of catches in little league. the baseball play everyone is going to be talking about today. that's coming up in sports. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides.

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this morning on "today," just in time for back to school, a new study reveals your child may be getting assigned three times the recommended amount of homework. find out the negative effects it can have on students later on "today." >> time for your sports headlines, for that we turn to betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> orioles/mariners pitch er iwakula and he had a no hitter. >> the l.a. a.l. hitter to do that was in 2012. mariners shut out the orioles. and now to the red hot clubs. first baseman, anthony rizzo scrambles to get the pop up and leans into the crowd what a great catch. one more time in slow motion. look at that balance and focus, you got it, way to go rizzo. we go to extra innings now tied at 2.

gets ahold of a pitch. deep to the left field for the walk off, cubs win it 3-2. and injays had homered and last night, they had two each, a three-run shot. wp the 10-3 victory yesterday, the blue jays have won ten straight and now top the a.l. east. just one day after breaking the jaw of jets quarterback geno smith, enemkpali has a job with the bills. ryan said there's no guerin teen that enem p, enemkpali will mak the team. >> just ahead, the next voice of the joker announced, you'll be surprised. and our first look at quinton tarantino's new move. you're watching "early today." a new test with pluggable febreze.

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in argentina it translates into "this girl is a mess." in italy "disaster girl." in bulgaria "total damage." france "crazy amy." and in french-canadian "hopeless case. ygs. and jimmy fallon late night. yes, we can, more like, yes, i did. bern down for what? enough bs, it's time for b.s.! hillary just got weakened at bernie. can i live eight more years? let's find out together. >> very funny. i'm dara brown, this is "early today" we hope it's just your first stop of the day on nbc. (music plays)

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leading the news in the washington post, christian taylor's father feels for fired cop. there isn't a winner in this. we're both losers. arlg ton, arlington police officer brad miller was fired after fatally shooting christian taylor on friday. and the father said that the results can't bring my son back. and maldonado says there were gay slurs and that prompted him to publicly announce his homosexuality and the school district claims it was in error. now to a bizarre police chase in wisconsin, a naked man

driving a pick-up truck plowed through a fence and rammed into a patrol car. he tried to take off, but was caught, cuffed and hopefully clothed. and a 19-year-old man is lucky to be alive after spending nine hours clinging to a buoy in new jersey's bay. he was riding a wave run frer brooklyn to the jersey shore, when he hit a wave and sank. he was rushed to hospital where he is in stable condition. >> i knew i was not going to die out there. that's for sure. >> a couple of fishermen in australia have quite a whale of a tale. one approached their boat. it had a bag and fishing line stuck to its body and seemed to want the men to remove it, when they did, the whale showed its utmost appreciation. and everybody remembers bambi and thumper. and now in colorado, there's a real-life version. they can be seen jumping and frolicking with each other just like in the movie. they played together for more

than half an hour. ymca staff say the pair have been seen together just about every day since. >> that is so cute. >> they just keep chasing each other around in circles. having a ball. >> we'll have the whole reality tv show now. >> "thumper and bambi." time for a look ahead, in havana, final preparations being made for the reopening of the u.s. embassy in cuba. tomorrow the three u.s. marine who is took down the american flag from the embassy when it closed in 1961 will return to havana with secretary of state john kerry to once again raise the flag. tomorrow's ceremony officially brings to an end the 54-year caribbean cold war. and happy birthday to "entourage" actress debby mazur, and former partridge family actor danny bonaduce turns 56. i'm dara brown, thanks for watching "early today."

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we're live at e scene wh the savost. san jose's 19th homicide of the year. we're live at the scene with the latest. and protesters shut down a freeway in oakland, furious over an officer-shoved shooting. plus blasts bring down walls, killing dozens. "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon >> and i'm s. we will have all of those stories and more in just a moment. we begin with a check of your weather with meteorologist kari hall. good morning. >> good morningful we start out with low clouds and some fog across the bay and temperatures are nice and cool, but we will see a slightly warmer day than yesterday. 65 degrees right now in the east bay, san francisco also 65 and as we go into the rest of the