coming up on "early today," the donald gets knighted as the front-runner sets his sights on indiana, while ted cruz tries to control the day with his vp pick. who offered the crowd this unusual little number. ♪ i know two girls that i just adore ♪ ♪ i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ >> facebook controls almost an hour of every user's day, as founder mark zuckerberg got $4 billion richer. is one minute of exercise all you really need each day? we've got a new study you'll want to hear. mother nature has had a rough week. early "today" starts right now. good morning, everyone. it was a day of bombshells, less

than 24 hours after donald trump sweat the primaries here in the northeast, ted cruz threw a hail mary pass, carly fiorina as his running mate. actively trying to inject some juice into his presidential bid in an attempt to force trump in a contested convention. >> an extraordinary leader, my friend and the next vice-president of the united states, carly fiorina. a >> and tripump made sure to hit them both on the move. >> i see on television they have a new relationship has started. cruz and carly. he is mathematically eliminated. he has set a record, though. he is the first presidential

candidate in the history of this country, whose mathematically eliminated from becoming president, who chose a vice-presidential candidate. >> cruz is hoping his fortunes fair better than ronald reagan, when he chose richard swchlt chwitzger. while cruz enjoyed a good portion of news cycle, trump wouldn't be out done. trump delivered his much anticipated foreign policy speech, laying out his america heading into the future. >> my foreign policy will always put the interests of the american people and american security above all else. has to be first. has to be. that will be the foundation of every single decision that i will make. >> former secretary of state and hillary clinton backer, madelyn

albright took to twitter, saying the so-called doctrine is belacose, bluster is no strategy, mr. trump. meanwhile, senate former relations bob corker praised his speech to nbc's chris matthews. >> i was very pleased with what i heard. i thought it was a great step in the right direction. i thought it was full of substance. >> trump also got a big hoosier endorsement in indianapolis, legendary basketball coach, bobby knight. >> there has never been a presidential candidate prepared to the length that this man is. and let me say something too. i am not here to represent the republican party. and i'm not here to represent any organization that deals with politics. i think the most important thing in the world is we vote for the

best man there is for this job, and you've already met him. >> yet as trump made his best effort for his vision, he remained in a war of world that hillary clinton played the woman card. clinton's campaign fired back on social media. carly fiorina also jumped into the fray, taking trump's words head on after her vp announcement, but not before turning heads with this little song ♪ i know two girls that i just adore ♪ ♪ i'm so happy i can see them more ♪ ♪ because we travel on the bus all day ♪ ♪ we get to play i wouldn't bore with you any more. >> bernie sanders fought yet another day of bad headlines, as his campaign begins to let over

200 staffers go. we no longer require many of the loyal dedicated staffers who helped us in places like new york, connecticut, rhode island, maryland, delaware, pennsylvania and other states, where the nominating contests have been completed. we will continue to have a strong and dedicated staff of 300 workers who will help us win in california and other contests still to come. after shooting some hoop there is with nbc's chris jansing, bernie sanders said he is in until the end. >> the question is do i consider myself the under dog, when we began, we were 60 points behind hillary clinton. would he have a he closed the gap significantly. we've won 17 states. i think we'll win here in indiana. we are the under dog, but i think there is a narrow path to victory, and we're going to fight for every fight that we can get to make that victory happen. >> sanders is expected to campaign in oregon today, along with john kasich. ted cruz will keep his focus on indiana. trump will hold events in

indiana and california, all of this as clinton spends the day off the trail. meanwhile, trump advisors on capitol hill today, holding meetings with various members of congress. in a stunning fall from grace, former house speaker dennis hastert has been sentence today 15 months in federal prison. he is charged with federal banking laws. he said he sexually abused him when he was 14 years old. he addressed a dressing down by the judge, nothing is more stunning than having serial child molester and speaker of the house in the same sentence. he was a wrestling coach, one of the survivors, scott cross, said he never told anyone about his darkest secret. >> he stood up and spoke the truth of what mr. hastert did to him as a boy, how coach abused

him, violated his trust, and in doing so, permanently scarred him. >> the statute of limitations on the sexual abuse has expired, but the judge considered the allegations giving him three times the sentence the federal prosecutor had recommended. new details into the death of music legend prince. nbc news has learned prescription painkillers were found in his house, and federal drug agents are asked to help. pete williams has more. >> federal law enforcement officials say the county sheriff investigating the death of prince is asking for help from the drug enforcement administration. they say prescription painkillers were found in the artist's possession and in his house, though officials have said what role if any they may have played in his death. an autopsy was conducted last week, but the medical examiner said it would take weeks before the cause of death would be

disclosed. dea's role will be to determine such things as where the medications came from. and what prescriptions prince had obtained. dea agents often check those records in death investigations. some of his friends have said he took the painkiller percocet to relieve pain in his hips. >> nbc pete williams reporting there. a bank to temporarily take control of his estate. he left no will, so a court will decide who inherits what. let's get to another round of severe weather in the midwest. reports of at least 19 tornados across six states. this one you're seeing there in western iowa, causing scattered debris and tree damage. western kentucky cleaning up after powerful storms swept through. mobile home park, two people were inside when that happened. two residents, though, are safe. parts of indiana left under water by heavy rain and flash

flooding, more severe weather expected, which means bill karins. >> turn around, don't drown. people just plow through it. >> they shouldn't do it. >> i don't know what they think. we try. we try. >> tell them again. >> let's talk about yesterday. 19 reports of severe weather, tornado yesterday, five the day before, when we thought we were going to a huge outbreak. the symbols show you where they were. for today, we get a minor break from the severe weather 8.5 million at risk, north carolina could see large hail and damaging wind and late tonight, this is reloading the system here. a new storm, the one currently over the southwest providing windy conditions, california and arizona, this late tonight come news texas and oklahoma, large hail producing storms this evening. so right now, a tail of two seasons. very warm in the southeast, it's going to continue that way into

the weekend, temperatures in the 80s and a taste of summer, northwest, still chilli. at least 59 in portland today. look at denver, highs in the 30s and 40s through the tions that as you go through the day. nice day in sacramento and redding. 82 bit end of the weekend in the northwest. >> i saw that. >> something to look forward to. >> for sure. quasi summer, but not really. thank you very much. how mark zuckerberg became billions of dollars richer in one night. plus a plane crash caught on video. you're watching "early today."

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it can be as beneficial as a 45 minute endurance session. though the guidelines suggest 50 minutes a week. the researchers are saying just 30 minutes a week will do the trick. they claim working in brief intervals of intense exercise is key. interval training, for sure. any way, meet the first infantry officer to graduate through army ranger school, captain christine griest is making history later today again. she is going to graduate, and then officially become america's first female infantry officer. this comes on the heels of the house armed services decision to require women to register for the draft. that measure was passed yesterday by a vote of 32-30. a three-day low altitude parachuting contest in china. 400 yards off the ground then

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