it's tuesday, september 8th, coming up on "early today," now that sirm is over, get ready for the presidential candidates to take their messages up a notch to try to get your attention. the big game hunter who kill the cecil the lion returns to work under a cloud of controversy. just weeks ahead of his u.s. debut, pope francis issues major reforms in marriage annulment procedures. plu new details in glaring errors in the amanda knox case. and the defending national champions pull out a big one. "early today" starts right now. the holiday weekend is over and like many of us, the 2016 presidential candidates are back at work this morning.

democratic candidate, hillary clinton is unveiling a new campaign finance plan today. clinton wants to increase transparency in election spending. she also wants to limit political donation business corporations and large donors. this morning clinton is facing backlash over this quote commitment pledge. reporter with the "pittsburgh revi review" claims clinton was asking voters to sign these before being allowed to enter an event in ohio. a spokesperson for clinton is pushing back, saying it's not true. he writes like other candidates we offer people a chance to commit to vote, but it's not a restriction to attend. meanwhile, vice president joe biden got a hero's welcome at a labor day parade in pittsburgh yesterday, his first major political outing since the death of his son, beau. the veep gave no hints about a possible presidential run. but did have praise for another democrat. >> this isn't just pro biden. pro labor, liberal democrat talking like this.

as the populist biden got up and said today, you know or they'll probably say competing with bernie sanders, doing a hell of a job by the way, with bernie sanders. on the republican side, marco rubio made a quiet trim to the emmanuel ame church in south carolina. rubio made the visit away from the media and before a town hall meeting. tracie potts is live in washington and tracie, today is expected to be another busy day for the candidates. >> it's really the kick-off to the fall campaign season, rob, good morning everyone. they are now in full swing. many of them focusing on iowa and new hampshire because in just a few months they're going to be voting. but vice president joe biden, who is yet to officially jump in the race, spent his labor day in pennsylvania. >> vice president joe biden in pittsburgh, a union town leaving

no questions what kind of democrat he is. >> organize, organize, organize. >> in iowa, hillary clinton working hard thoeld on to her lead, talking about raising the minimum wage for workers who earn tips. >> that's a recipe for exploitation, particularly of women and we're going to end that form of wage theft. >> in new hampshire, bernie sanders, has overtaken clinton's lead, was the star of the milford parade. his focus? money. >> to create an economy that works for all people, not just a handful of billionaires. >> republicans swarmed new hampshire, downplaying political parties. >> whether we're republicans, democrats or independents, together the world needs america. >> but even here -- >> i love joe biden, he's a good man. >> everyone is wondering, will joe run. >> now if he does, he may have a pretty good head start in iowa, our latest poll says if he were to run and that election were to

be held today, he would beat donald trump in iowa by five percentage points, hillary clinton would lose to trump by four. >> thank you very much, tracie, appreciate it. new this morning, pope francis, is rewriting the often-arduous procedures for catholic who is want to get their marriages annulled. the pope is streamlining the process. details of his plan released just this past hour call for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals. in a bid to speed up and simplify the procedure. the process has long been criticized for being complicated, costly and out of reach for many catholics. members of the church who divorce and remarry in a civil ceremony are considered to be living in state of sin. today's date to get tickets for the pope's address at philadelphia's independence hall. they'll be available at noon eastern on the site

worldmeeting2015.org/tickets. it's been months since italy's highest criminal court threw out murder charges against amanda knox and her former italian boyfriend. now we finally know why. the court has issued a formal explanation of its march ruling. according to the explanation, the murder convictions were thrown out because there was no biological evidence that knox and her boyfriend were at the scene of her british roommate's killing. the court slammed police and prosecutors for quote stunning weakness and quote investigative bouts of amnesia. lawyers for knox say she is grateful for the court's explanation. >> she's very satisfied and happy to read this decision. at the same time it's a very sad story. it's a sad story because this is a tragedy that nobody can forget. >> knox spent four years in an italian prison after being convicted for killing her roommate, meredith kemper, in 2007.

police across the country came together monday to pay respects to a fox lake, illinois officer killed in the line of duty. thousands gathered to say good-bye to lieutenant joe gliniewicz who was fatally gunned down last week. the manhunt continues for three suspects in his death. the lieutenant leaves behind a wife and four sons. today the american dentist who killed cecil, the lion, will return to work. walter palmer is emerging from the shadows after more than a month away from the public eye. in an interview with the indianapolis "star tribune" and the "associated press" dr. palmer said the hunt in zimbabwe was perfectly legal and is heartbroken about the disruption that it's caused his staff. he said his family felt threatened. the man man behind the interview spoke to nbc news about his impressions. >> people have seen the pictures of him, the dentist with the bright white smile all over the internet. we never saw the smile once, it

was a very serious business-like expression the entire time. >> walter palmer says he hasn't been in hiding. the 55-year-old also has not been charged with any crime. >> this morning, european leaders are arguing about what to do with the tens of thousands of refugees desperately fleeing middle east war zones, amid varying levels of welcome, there's a new solution on the table -- resettlement quotas. germany would take in 40,000 refugees. for france, the number is 24,000. but the river is migrants are flooding into europe and many countries aren't laying out the red carpet. for instance, richard engel is in hungary. >> hungarian media rarts are about 50,000 migrants in the country right now and police are trying to take control of them and round them up. the government seems to be treating this more like an invasion than a migration of desperate people. still as chaotic as the scene in hungary is, germany has been

very welcoming to more that 21,000 refugees that arrived over the weekend. our nbc team there says nearly everyone wants to help. why? ask this volunteer. >> because i'm a human being. and we're humans, if you see the situation, you can't do anything but come here. >> the german government says it will spend around $6.6 billion to cope with the hundreds of thousands of refugees they expect by the end of this year. check out this video of a waterspout, spotted off the coast of florida's boynton beach on monday. some waterspouts can cause significant damage to boats and ships. but thankfully, this one was pretty much harmless. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with us. i guess summer is officially over, but still plenty of summer weather out there. >> a ton of heat to be had. unfortunately for the west. you had about a month's worst of a pattern flip, areas were hotter in the east.

and now this ridge is building back up in the west and that means the heat is going to rush back in. and it's going to be some mid september really scorching temperatures. we already have excessive heat warnings in effect in the mountain areas in los angeles, from tuesday likely through thursday. we also are watching a heat advisory for san diego and areas up near san jose and san francisco. so it's going to be much through the city of california. los angeles's high temperatures, we had been relatively nice in the 80s for the most part. but look at this. tuesday, 100, wednesday, 102, thursday, 99. we cool back a little bit, thursday and friday, 96 and 93. but this is one of the hottest stretches we've had you know in september in a while. so today's forecast, record heat also going to be in the northeast. we got heat from coast to coast for this september. only cooler spots in the northern portion of the nation bir, by the time we get to phoenix,

temperatures are a little above average for areas of the desert southwest. >> so it's not what they want to see in the west. we all know how bad the drought is. now we worry about the fires again with the temperatures starting to soar. >> when are they going to get some rain? >> november. coming up, find out where you can get your hands on a $50 tablet. plus, an emergency court filing in the case of the kentucky court color jailed for not issuing marriage licenses. details, coming up. ttle on his little boat any harder if he tried. he's beached here, gazing out on an unforgiving landscape. for while the people who come in here use quilted northern, a toilet paper that works so well they completely forget their experience... daddy gator sees all and forgets nothing.

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has died. >> and now, folks, it's sock it to me time. >> born and raised in england, carne was a regular performer from 1968-1970. she was briefly married to burt reynolds for two years. she died in england on september 3rd, she was 76. attorneys for kim davis have filed an emergency motion calling for the kentucky governor to free her from jail based on her religious beliefs. davis was thrown in jail last week for contempt of court. she's been unwilling to issue marriage licenses to gay couples based on her own christian beliefs. in oregon, a judge faces an ethics investigation for refusing to perform same-sex marriages. judge vance day claims his religious beliefs prevented him from doing so. instead he asked his clerks to refer gay couples to other county judges. day was a former chairman of the oregon republican party. in utah, firefighters are

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this morning, "today" kicks off a special series, school danger zone, an exclusive look inside what's being called the safest schools in america and whether that state-of-the-art technology should in every school. in sports, defending national champions, the ohio state buckeyes kicked off their season, taking on the virginia tech hokies, last year the buckeyes were upset 35-21 on their home field by virginia tech. looking to revenge, first quarter, ohio state up by 7, cardell jones hands to elliott who finds a hole, going 80 yards for the score. the hokies respond by scoring 17 unanswered points to take the lead going into the half. third quarter, jones rolling out of the pocket, he's going to find braxton miller. downfield for a 54-yard touchdown pass. 21-17 buckeyes, miller wants more. >> miller, in the shotgun, gets

free on the edge, braxton miller is lose, spin move, miller headed for the end zone. >> what a move by miller, 53-yard touchdown run for him as he takes the lebron james silencer, the buckeyes avenge last year's loss and earn their 14th straight win. three-game series opener between the yankees and the orioles, bottom of the fifth. alex rodriguez sends one into the stands for a solo shot, hit number 3,054 for a-rod. to the seventh, greg bird takes an 0-2 pitch to right center for a three-run homer, gives the yankees a second straight comeback win. they win it 8-6. the u.s. open now, number three seed andy murray taking on 15th seed kevin anderson of south africa for a spot in the round of 16. anderson comes out fast as he takes the first two sets. 7-6, 6-3. murray was able to win the third

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from father to daughter. the new bond film isn't out until november, but fans can get a bit of a preview when the theme song debuts today from grammy winner sam smith who tweeted, this is one of the highlights of my career i'm honored to finally announce that i will be singing the next bond theme song. mtv news talked to chelsea clinton about a possible kanye west 2020 presidential bid. she didn't seem to be totally against it. she told mtv news, i think it would depend on who he's running against. i think it might depend on a little more than that. >> the list of names that could go against him, how about kim kardashian? >> how about anybody. this is "early today," we hope it's just the first stop of your day on nbc. coughing...sniffling... ...and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad...

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leading the news this morning, in the military "times," military selects rarely used charge for beau bergdahl charge. misbehaving before the enemy. it carrying a stiffer penalty in this case. in the "daily mail," android porn app secretly takes your picture then demands a $500 ranson to unlock your phone. the app is called adult player and is installed from a web page by unsuspecting users. to avoid malicious programs such as this, security experts say you should only download apps from trusted sources such as google play. other stories we're following, there's been a development in the escape of

mexican drug lord el chappo guzman. four have been charged with suspicion of assisting the escape from prison in july. according to charges, those officials failed to alert others of el chapo's escape. a great white shark that washed up on a beach in cape cod, massachusetts has died. beachgoers tried to save it by pouring water on to to it, while officials were able to get it back into the deep water, it later died. and internet sensation, grumpy cat threw out the first pitch at an arizona diamondbacks game yesterday. it was one of other owners who threw out the ball. but grumpy cat was front and center in her very own diamondbacks jersey. it was baby fever across europe as cub lovers got a real tweet over the weekend. on monday a zoo in southern russia displayed three rare leopard cubs, they're considered

the world's most endangered species. the cubs were born earlier this year. also yesterday, a polish zoo unveiled eight adorable cheetah cubs. and lastly, a dozen rare white lion and siberian tiger cubs delighted visitors at a safari park in crimea over the weekend. visitors had a chance to hug and pet the furry little creatures. >> a play date. now a look ahead, lawmakers return to capitol hill after a month-long summer recess. two big issues they'll be dealing with this month -- the threat of another government shutdown and whether or not to approve the iran nuclear deal. happy birthday to rapper wiz kalifa, pink is 36 and "the hobbit" actor martin freeman turns 44 years old. keep it it here for more news, sports and weather, i'm rob simmulker, have a great one. in court-- and accused of

murder. three south bay correctional deputies will face charges, as protests continue over the death of an inmate murder, three south bay correctional deputies will face charges as protests continue over the death of an inmate. and an urgent search picks up this morning for a man who simply disappeared from angel island over the labor day holiday. plus a wave of violence in san francisco overnight with multiple shootings blocks apart. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a very good now tuesday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. you know what, we are not going out of summer quietly, more heat coming through. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. >> the heat will be roaring across the bay area today. it is going to be a hot one. at least we do have a cool start, especially in the north bay, it's 52 degrees, 65 degrees