coming up on "early today." taking aim. danny strengthens as the first hurricane in the 2015 hurricane season. trump and bush caught up in fight over birth right. and jimmy carter speaking out over his cancer diagnose. >> i think i have been as blessed as any human being in the world. >> plus, more hacked data from ashley madison is posted online. an incredible lightning strike caught on camera in atlanta. "early today" starts right now. well, good morning

everybody. a couple of gop candidates are facing harsh criticism. trump is fanning the flames over immigration and sparing with jeb bush. here is nbc. >> reporter: donald trump has done it again driving it debate in the presidential race. he's unapologetically using a term the dictionary finds offensive. jeb bush, whose wife columba was born in mexico and he used the same term and that led him into a testy exchange with reporters. >> i think that people born in this country ought to be american citizens. now that we got that over with. >> even marco rubio whose

parents fled citizenship agrees with trump on this. >> there's a legitimate issue embedded in this debate. you have people coming to this country for the express reason for having children. >> reporter: 7 1/2% of all births in the u.s. are to undocumented immigrants. an estimated 300,000 babies a year who automatically become citizens. changing it would most certainly mean changing the constitution. trump now moved to friday rally from 2000 seatbelt theater to a 40,000 feet football stadium and he's on the cover of time magazine with a message that may be for his opponents "deal with it." nbc reporting for us.

well, the controversy over hillary clinton's email serve continues as well. a judge orders state department to keep in close touch with the fbi on what's found on server. and he said he thought clinton's decision to conduct business on a private email account wasn't wise. saying, "we wouldn't be here today had she followed policy." the group responsible for hacking ashley madison has released another wave of email addresses and personal information. now, like the first release on tuesday, the information was posted to the dark web and not accessible using ordinary search methods. avid life media, the parent company, says it's aware of the hack and working with law enforcement to identify the source. mean while, disgraced reality star, josh duggar has apologized to a secret addiction

of pornography and for cheating on his wife. he says he's quote the biggest hypocrite ever. he was named in the ashley madison server release but has not admitted to using the website. jimmy carter spoke out for the first time after cancer diagnoses. he revealed that he has melanoma on his brain and receiving radiation treatments. >> thank you all for coming this morning. >> reporter: in a deep, frank, and deeply personal conversation, a man at peace with his diagnose. >> i've had a exciting, gratifying existence. so, i'm at ease, much more so than my wife was. >> reporter: he kept the news from his wife, roseline, for two weeks.

they discovered it spread to his brain, news that prompting messages from presidents and from folks in his home town. he'll dramatically cutback on his humanitarian work at the carter center. >> we talked about it when i was 70, and 85, and again when i was 90. >> reporter: president carter's grandson learned of his grandfather's cancer when he called for a family meeting. >> reporter: what message do you have for other cancer patients? >> hope for the best and accept what comes. i think i have been as blessed as any human being for the world. so, i'm thankful and hopeful. >> an amazing man. caitlyn jenner could face a manslaughter charge for her roll in a fatal car crash last

february. she rear ended a lexus, pushing the vehicle into oncoming traffic. the driver of the lexus was killed after being struck by another vehicle. they have determined that jenner's speed was a factor in the crash and this could result in a misdemeanor manslaughter charge. tda will determine if any charges will be filed against jenner. a red flag warning has been issued in washington state. so far, three firefighters have been killed fighting back flames there. they have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the town of tonasket. the flames have burned over 450 square miles. almost 30,000 firefighters are battling wild fires across the west. and what is now the first hurricane churning in the atlantic, hurricane danny.

astronaut scott kelly took this picture from the space station. we have a lot to watch about the storm and in the west. >> yeah, let's start with danny. this is as strong as it's going to get. it has a tiny eye and storm. it has it weakening by the time that it makes it to the iow isl and it's in a drought and they're going like it. this is an interesting forecast. this will be soon kilo and this storm should be a category one over the weekend and possibly a category two. this is the islands and this turn is to the western islands and honolulu just not far out of

if uncertainty. make sure that you pay attention to that forecast. we mentioned the fires and this map does not look good. red flag warnings and very windy conditions. the winds and the canyons are worse. we have critical fire and in red. you can see where we have it bu burning. cold front to the north and then high pressure building in. after it's gone, the temperatures will sore back up. so today definitely cooler and it will also be backing off fivr ten degree from the end of the

week to the begins and that's the southwest. so kilo is the story next week and if that's going to hit hawaii or not. >> so we have the hurricane and the winds and the west and hopefully a better forecast to come. >> one woman making a scene during her court appearance.

welcome back. so, history is being made today. two female soldiers will become the first ever to graduate from the grueling and prestigious army ranger school. they will graduate along with 94 men. we'll hear from the two later in the show. crews are were building

chemistry labs when a torch hit a line and it blew out windows on several floors, the blast. >> a woman caused a scene while in court she did that. yeah, she flashed judge. she works as an escort and porn star with the name kayla cup cakes. her bond was set at 1 thousand dollars. and the home of gene simmons was searched for child pornography. they say neither simmons or his family members are subjects. they wanted to discuss a crime that may have occurred while simmons was away on tour. his wife said we couldn't be more horrified that someone used our residents for such heinous crimes. and a shark bit a 15-year-old surfer on his leg and hands. he was brought to a hospital for

nonlife threatening injuries. at least 11 people have been attacked by sharks this summer off the coast of carolina. a major dive on wall street. the dow finished under 358 points. that hurts the 401 k and they had their prices in months. welcome news for drivers in at least a dozen states. the price is now under $2 for a gallon. nbc reports what driving the plunge. >> reporter: with labor day now just two weeks away, the price of pump is suddenly dropping fast and as the weather gets colder, $2 gas could be the average. welcome news at the pump. >> i'd be able to buy a new car. from $3.59 in chicago to $2.19 in dallas. there are apps to help you find the cheapest gas in your zip

code. gas prices are dropping because the world is simply a wash in cheap oil. the u.s. is producing record amounts of domestic oil, saudi arabia, iraq and iran are expected to pop more, just as the chinese economy slows, requiring less fuel. >> that could save a family over a thousand dollars a year. >> based on today's national average of $2.65 a round trip from denver to chicago would be $210 round trip. and 275 in fuel today and 258 by end the of the year. driving from new york to miami would be 275 today and 208 by the end of the year. >> if they drop under $2 after

christmas that means a big saving. >> reporter: big savings just in time for christmas. just ahead, suffering a concussion in preseason play. and the nascar event brought down by a little fuzzy bunny. sports is next. ♪

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at the plaza. in sports two and a half words for you. not a good night and sacked three times and completing two just of five passes. and r.j. escapes the pocket and end up at the bottom of the pile and would leave the game with a concoction. déjà vu all over again for redskins fans. they could lose rj for a while. no hatters because i said that. the first career start and rushing for 20 yards. look at them go. johnny runs the play action and finds jennings and with that 37 yards into bill's territory and

soon after manziel connects and takes it to the end zone. johnny football and finishing with 118 yards and that's not enough. they get out the win. tiger woods play nothing the first championship in north carolina. woods shot the lowest round in more than two years. six under and woods needs to finish sl finish solo second to qualify. >> nascar is slowing down a little. camping truck series paractice. what matters is this red flag caused by this rabbit hopping along. he was hopping on the track and pretty easy. he is taking ativan tadvantage track. it stopped for ten minutes. it was fun to watch.

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mother and son that moves into a house. bill paid a visit to o bryan and he shared the expression of a host. >> i do a really good one. you're like this and do this thing and then it's like how you do ing >> that wasn't the best. >> no. i'm richard we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. ♪

as we mentioned earlier today, two female soldiers will make history when they become the first women to graduate from the army's grueling ranger school. nbc pentagon correspondent has the story. >> reporter: after two months of the most rigorous, torcherous combat training, the two female soldiers stepped in as impressive on the training ground as off. captain kristen and sha haver, the first women ever to pass the grueling course. >> ready just in case the haters and the nay sayers. but we didn't come with a chip on our shoulder like we had

anything to prove. >> i just came here to try to be a better leader and improve myself and i feel like i did that. >> reporter: both women earned the admiration and respect of their fellow male trainees. >> i thought she was crazy for that but she was just motivated. >> reporter: throughout the course, the army refused to lower the male standards for the two women. >> to see that my peers were sucking juts as bad as i was kept me going. >> reporter: they're still barred from joining the elite ranger regimen but they've already made military history, slashing through a long standing barrier that will help women in the military for generations to come.

a bolt of lightning struck a 737 on tuesday. the plane was hit near the tail while was t was parked on the taxiway. all of this happened in atlanta. no passengers were injured. elusive street artist banksy has a new show called "dismaland" described as a place unsuitable for children. and developers have unveiled plans for a sky pool in london. you have to see this. the 82-foot long transparent pool 10 stories in the air and said to be the first of its kind and happy birthday to hayden panater turing 26, and kenny

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side swiping a deputy, the overnight crash that sent a local official to the hospital, what we know it this morning coming up. plus up in flames, crews battle a three alarm warehouse fire in vallejo that shuts down a freeway for hours, the damage left behind from the flames next. e xt. destruction in washington state as crews from around the world come in to help save communities from vicious flames here. "today in the bay" starts right now. good morning.. i'm kris sanchez in for laguardia. >> and i'm sam brock. it is friday, the weekend is here. you've no doubt made plans will the weather cooperate? let's check in with pc. >> we have a great weekend headed our way, a little