it's wednesday, june 1st. coming up on "early today," donald trump goes off on protestors who dare to question money to veterans. aircraft ceiling tiles fall right on passengers mid flight. more heavy rains are headed for an already drenched midwest. plus, a glimmer of good news from war torn syria with a child pulled from the ashes. and the president welcomes the national championship wildcats. and a preview of "maya and maert." good morning, i'm daraa brown. donald trump held a contentious news conference.

trump promised the millions back in january when he held a competing event after refusing to participate in a fox gop debate. why did he wait until now to make the donation? trump says his team was busy vetting the organizations and then he unleashed attacks on his favorite target, the media. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: for 39 minutes a fiery roast. >> you're a sleaze. i've watched you on television. you're a real beauty. >> reporter: at a combative news conference. >> i find the political press to be unbelievably dishonest. >> reporter: donald trump being angry for being held accountable for claims he raised $6 million. who got the money, when did they get it and why did it take so long to get it? >> i have raised a tremendous amount of money for the vets, thank you very much mr. trump, everyone's saying, who got it, who got it, who got it and you make me look very bad.

>> reporter: trump listing the donations totaling $5.6 million to 41 charities. nbc news now confirms nearly 1/3 of the total, 1.9 million, has only been disbursed in the last week after growing pressure on trump about the status of those donations. >> i wanted to keep it private because i don't think it's anybody's business if i want to send money to the vets. >> reporter: yet that money came from a very public rally. trump slamming his fellow republicans doing so again even after promising a path towards party unity. >> bill crystal is a loser. >> insulting bill kristol and former gop nominee mitt romney. >> if i have a republican that's not on my side, i'm not going to -- why should i be particularly nice to that person? >> reporter: new mexico governor suzanna martinez. >> she wasn't nice. i'm not changing. >> reporter: trump says he won't. this is how he would be at the white house even with only 1 in

10 voters giving him high marks. >> reporter: do you need a thicker skin to run for this office? >> i think it's bothersome because i love the vets. when the press portrays it differently the press is being very dishonest. >> reporter: above all a preview of a president trump. hallie jackson, nbc news, new york. the democrats and california governor jerry brown's major endorsement of hillary clinton just a week before his state's primary calling clinton's lead insurmountable emphasizing that donald trump must be stopped. bernie sanders called it an anointment in front of a packed california crowd last night. a new online hoover institute golden state poll has clinton beating sanders in california, 51% to 38%. clinton has increased her ad buy in the state. she's now spending $861,000 in the expensive media market. sanders was out spending clinton 2 to 1 and has spent over $1

million in ads. clinton continues to reel from reports about her e-mail server. clinton called into msnbc and said she never intended to hide her personal e-mail use. >> i e-mailed hundreds of people, and i e-mailed department officials and it was directly with my e-mail as other secretaries have done. i certainly never instructed anyone to hide the fact that i was using a personal e-mail. it was obvious to hundreds of people, visible to many people that i was e-mailing throughout the state department and the rest of the federal government. >> clinton is campaigning in new jersey this morning. she'll head to boston for a fund-raiser and rally where she'll be joined by jon bon jovi. she'll resume her california campaign tomorrow.

breaking news overnight. the first baby born with zik zika-related birth defects. hackensack university medical center delivered a baby girl with severe microcephaly. the mother is a 31-year-old mother from honduras. babies with microcephaly, a condition where the head is significantly smaller than expected normally grow to have learning deficiencies, hearing and visual problems. the first u.s. case of zika-related microcephaly was confirmed in puerto rico could he in mid may. meanwhile, important protections for the zika virus. if you've traveled to a country with an outbreak of zika, you should practice safe sex or abstain for eight weeks. men who have shown zika symptoms

are advised to wait six months before trying to concede. it was a rough flight for passengers aboard flight 567. the boeing 767 carrying 250 passengers bounced up and down on the runway before the pilot ditched the landing. flight attendants rushed from their seats to check on passengers. fortunately the panels collapsed into the aisle and no one was hurt. the plane circled north for 30 minutes before landing to cheers by the passengers. still no word from united on what caused the incident. a bronx man is charged with manslaughter after police say he fatally beat a would be rapist to death. 61-year-old mamadou was welcomed by cheers. he was arrested tuesday just hours after allegedly beating an attacker to death with what appeared to be a tire iron. police say surveillance video shows that attacker, 43-year-old earl nash, being beaten just

moments after nash attempted to rape his wife. police say nash forced himself into the couple's apartment, exposed himself and ripped her clothing. that's when dialo got a frantic call from his wife. he was rushing to her aid when he encountered nash in the hallway and began beating him in the elevator. sources tell nbc new york nash had 19 prior arrests and served at least four years in state prison. for now dialo has been released from jail and is with his family pending upcoming proceedings. over 1,000 migrants have died crossing the mediterranean in just the past week. the international organization for migration said the majority who died were on barely sea worthy boats which sank in calm seas. 2500 mieg zbranlts have died crossing the mediterranean this year alone, that's up substantially. approximately 25,000 migrants have arrived in 2016 so far. paris mayor announced plans

to set up a refugee camp in the city's northern area. she says france can no longer stand by as the mediterranean, quote, becomes a graveyard for refugees, the humanitarian camp is expected to open next month. amateur video appears to show workers in syria rescuing a child from the rubble of a destroyed building. you can see the child appears bloodied and covered with debris but alive. the syrian observatory for human rights says at least 23 people were killed including 7 children. the exact date of the video was unknown although the strikes reportedly happened monday. russia has denied any involvement. water is rising in southeast texas after unrelenting rain has led to historic flooding. horses are looking for shelter on flooded farms and neighborhoods on the verge of being washed away as hundreds struggling to find higher

ground. the death toll from the flooding has risen to 9 after the body of a 10-year-old boy who fell into the brazos river was found. a dog trying to keep his head above water. rescuers were able to free the dog and carry it to a boat and to higher ground. bill karins, that is incredible video. you see the poor dog not knowing what to do. >> six inches away from drowning. >> terrible down there. >> texas is going to remain the focus. we have texas problems. we also have the excessive heat in the west. two big weather stories. a break from the rain in much of the state of texas. it will regenerate this afternoon. numerous bands of thunderstorms will move on through. we have a flash flood watch over the next 48 hours, dallas to san antonio. 13 million people. once we deal with the flash flood threat, then all of that water collects into the river and we have a river flood threat. through thursday, 2 to 4 inches

of rain. isolated areas. the weather center in san antonio says we could get a foot of rain. this is on top of saturated areas. heat warning from tucson, phoenix, yuma all the way back up into las vegas. easily the warmest we've seen so far this season. one of the warmer cells we get this season. 92 in boise, 102 in vegas. that will be our first 100 degree day. as we go into thursday, we jump it up. 106 degrees. phoenix 108. we get pretty temperatures in check. san francisco at 70. 30 degrees warmer in sacramento. summer is here. full blast ac weather in many areas of the west. >> and it's only june 1st. this is incredible. >> hopefully it won't be like

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nbcnews.com. following this shocking road rage incident caught on tape, the florida couple that was run over by a car while on their motorcycle has spoken out. >> i said bikers, our life matters. we're on the road to have a good time. we're out to support the veterans and this is what happens to us. everyone should share the road. it shouldn't be about road rage and violence. we're out there to ride and this happens. >> 31-year-old robert advanvanc caught on camera. hit-and-run driver and habitual traffic offender. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning. the big automakers you know, ford, gmc, chrysler, toyota, they report the may sales numbers. we're expecting to have a strong month for the industry but analysts will be analyzing the car sales. they had to use hefty incentives.

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this morning on "today," new details on the messy divorce between johnny depp and amber herd and claims of alleged abuse against the a-list actor. time now for sports with my friend betty nguyen. good morning, betty. >> good morning, dara. we start in chicago where the cubs jake arrieta was going for his 20th straight win against the dodgers. the cubs won the n.l. cy young winner. arrieta threw seven scoreless inks. the cubbies were shut out by the dodgers. final score, 5-0. it wasn't pretty for san diego as the mariners put 16 runs up on the board.

it got so bad that the padres had to have a couple of position players pitch to finish the game including starting catcher christian detencourt. he threw a ridiculous 53 mile per hour knuckle ball. in seattle 16-4. baltimore, boston's mookie betts first lead-off hitter became the first hitter to hit three home runs in a game. boston won 6-2. betts had fiv rbis. cleveland's francisco lindor had a tough time running out this grounder going for the slide just a bit early. his bad actually got caught up in his legs. at least he had a sense of humor about it. the awesome stumble losing to the rangers 7-3. north of the border, toronto's kevin halar makes the amazing diving catch preventing an extra base hit. he goes all out getting parallel with the ground.

he singled home the go-ahead run. the bluejays beat the yanks, 4-1. the villanova men's basketball team was at the white house. they won the ncaa tournament with a buzzer beating three-pointer. since winning they have also had a parade in philly, rung the opening bell and threw out the opening pitch at a phillies game. >> nittany wildcats. thanks so much. just ahead. maya and marty go primetime. plus, a glimpse into the upcoming harry potter and the crook's child. you're watching "early today." , tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto.

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leading the news on nbcnews.com, thai officials removed dead cubs. they seized 33 tigers on tuesday and plan to remove all remaining living tigers from the temple by friday. the buddhist temple earns nearly $6 million a year in tourism. the u.k.'s metro newspaper cyclist has breast implants popped by jumping kicking kangaroo. she was cycling on the vineyard trail. she said her implants acted as an airbag before they exploded. the woman will undergo surgery this week. an oklahoma reservist deputy has been sentenced to four years

in jail for shooting an unarmed man. he shot eric harris in april of last year after allegedly mistaking his gun for a taser. he was caught taking part in an illegal gun sale and ran from deputies before being shot. the incident sparked outrage over race discrimination and raised questions about training standards. the gunman who went on a shooting rampage in housto texas, sunday fired 212 rounds according to police. the shooter and another victim were killed. 6 people were wounded including two officers. the gunman was a 25-year-old army veteran who suffered from depression. prince harry will hand over an american soldier's invictus medal tomorrow to medics who saved her life. she received it in brittain for a serious lung condition. she asked prince harry to donate the gold medal she won this year so she could give back. good news there. an annual wolfpack racing championship took place in

central england this weekend. they drove to beat record times while lugging a 60 pound sack of wool up a 738 foothill. participants also joined with a lighter load of 25 pounds. this event dates back to the middle ages and it highlights the town's historic -- >> wouldn't you think a bag of wool would be lighter than that. >> 60 pounds. >> that's a lot. up a 700 foothill. no thank you. i'll jump on your back, we'll go. now it's time for a look ahead. president obama returns to elk heart, indiana, today, the first city he visited. in february of 2009 he pitched his stimulus plan. progress has been made since then. happy birthday to heidi cloom. she turns 43. ron wood is 69. morgan freeman turns 79 and legendary singer pat boon is 82. a woman killed in a hit-and-run

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