coming up on "early today," house fight. congressional democrats organize a sit-in on gun control measures. >> not next year, but now. today! >> this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. that's point number one. >> ladies and gentlemen, it would be legislative mal priprae for us not to do this. >> was it accurate. ghostly imagines from western infernos, tearing towards homes there, as twitters barrel through the midwest. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm alex width.

we begin with news where house republicans have gavelled the house back into recess after democrats after an unprecedented act of defiance shut down the house's legislative work over 16 hour sit-in. >> now is the time for us to find a way to dramatise it. >> these are the scenes as they unfolded last night. >> house be in order. >> this is not at all regular order. the chair appreciates that members will differ on matters of policy. >> house democratic members yelling shame. >> do your job! >> do your job! >> the business of the house to be conducted -- >> enough is enough. we're sitting in and make sure the speaker hears us loud and

clear. >> we're prepared to stay all night. >> the democrats a short while ago broke out in song, singing, "we shall overcome." >> sitting there on the floor, i felt like i was reliving my life all over again. >> by being here, you band with us to the truth. you must never, ever give up or give in or give out. >> and just a couple of hours ago, in an attempt to end the sit-in, speaker paul ryan, reconvened the house to hold a vote on an unrelated measure. the democrats continue to occupy the floor. >> house be in order. the chair wishes to make an announcement regarding the decorum in the house chamber. pursuant to the house, the

unfinished business is further consideration of the veto measures of the house joint resolution 88. the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. >> they chanted "shame" at the speaker, later, singing "we shall overcome." year year ♪ ♪ >> and here is what paul ryan is waking up to this morning. shaming the speaker as being the lapdog of the nra. front and center of "usa today,

we've been too quiet for too long." house democrats followed a presser after their sit-in. >> today we've come a distance. we've made progress. we crossed one bridge. but we have other bridges to cross. we're not giving up the fight. the fight is ongoing fight. we will not be happy. we will not be satisfied. we will not be pleased. until we do something in a major way. make a major down payment on ending gun violence in america. we lost too many of our children, our babies. too many of our mothers and fathers. our brothers and sisters. and we will continue to fight. >> the house remains out of session now until july 5th.

democrats continue to sit in as we speak and continued to meet again at 10:00 a.m. strongest attack against hillary clinton, condemning clinton as a world class liar, and slammed her judgment, character and policy record. many of his claims, however, were found to be misleading or outright false. nbc's hallie jackson separates fact from fiction. >> reporter: donald trump finally on offense after days defending his campaign. >> hillary clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the united states. >> he is working to define hillary clinton as a creature of wall street, and washington. >> her campaign slogan is i'm with her. you know what my response is to that. i'm with you, the american people. >> trump, never one to mince words, though not all of them

were true. >> her server was easily hacked by foreign governments. >> but a state department inspector general's report said it found no such evidence, only routine fishing, no government official has said her e-mails were hacked. >> and on benghazi. >> i mean, what she did with him was absolutely horrible. he was left helpless to die, as hillary clinton soundly slept in her bed. >> that's not what clinton told a select committee this fall, under oath. >> i did not sleep all night. i was very much focused on what we were doing. >> the hearings, revealing she was at the state department when they started to unfold early in the afternoon. e-mailing her daughter shortly before midnight. tru >> the politics of personal profit and even theft. >> trump, leaning heavily on the book "clinton", but that book's

author says there is nothing to prove the allegations. >> i guess my speech yesterday must have gotten under his skin. >> one day after attacking her rival on his business record, clinton again targeting trump. >> he is going after me personally, because he has no answers on the substance. >> all the far from the democratic seems to have died down with bernie sanders admitting yesterday it doesn't pair he'll be the nominee. he is expected to be at a new york rally tonight, where he go from here speech. dangerous weather, out west, fires across five states, as a searing heat wave. 1,400 firefighters dis sended upon los angeles county with two brush fires that have nearly populated the towns. the so-called san gabriel

complex fire, only 10% of those fires have been contained. meanwhile, severe storms pumling the midwest, tornados touched down in parts of illinois, tearing down trees and power lines, which blocked roads and electricity there. one storm chaser even had a close encounter yesterday as he drove straight into a tornado brewing overhead. that's frightening. can you believe that? >> that's not smart, yeah. i mean, they would be the first to admit, they made a huge mistake. you can't see them until you're in them. they're lucky. >> overall, 18 tornados, i saw in the pictures. they weren't over populated areas. about 100 wind reports throughout theory r region. charleston got hit once, about

to get hit again. a lot of lightening. later this afternoon, another round of storms. we have the one going through now, then more this afternoon. wind damage is expected. not too many as we go through the rest of the day. even the nation's capitol is in it. all of the southern half of the country, about 92 today, tallahassee, not too bad, raleigh, not too bad. as we shift to the middle of the country, even on friday, rapids city, phoenix, 110, five days in a row of 110 plus. today should be six in a row. again, feels like summer throughout much o sacramento,

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britain including prime minister david cameron heading to the polls whether or not to remain in the european union. this one is a close one. i know the latest polls were saying 47/45 in favor of staying, right? it could get closer. >> reporter: that's right, alex. some of those folks say how are they going to vote, they may change their minds, and a whole bunch of people are undecided. let me show you the newspapers here. the sun says independence day. the mirror on the other hand, don't take a leap in the dark. that reflects the two sides, the fear on one side, and the

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leading the news on nbc news.com. a house divided, an historic sit-in by dems. inaction on guns, sing, "we shall overcome", and we shall pass a bill some day. they chanted shame after paul ryan left the chair. #no bill trending on twitter. taking a queue from recent american history, the recent sit-in, this is unique, and it is driven by politicians rather than ordinary people.

however, it remains an act of civil dis obedience, and has never turned out like this. tracie potts is with us with the latest. zrchl >> reporter: early into this morning, and even this moment while per scope and live feed are our only window to what's inside, they adjourned hours ago. but democrats are still there, as of this morning, talking about gun violence, talking about the fact that they want a vote on gun control measures, specifically no fly/no buy. if you're on the no-fly list, you don't get to buy a gun in this country. now, it looks like they're not going really see a lot of action or any action until this break is over. it was unprecedented. it went into the early hours of the morning before initially they broke, and now, again, we have seen about a dozen or so

lawmakers continuing to make the podium here. not clear at all how long they may continue this house style filibuster, and it is not called that, but essentially that's what they're doing, even though the official business has ended. >> which means the cameras were turned off for c-span, so is that still periscope. >> yes. these are lawmakers and staff that are doing this, showing us what's going on inside. >> thank you so much for that. let's get a quick look, the pulse nightclub, organizers said it will benefit employees of the nightclub. it will be latin theme, just as it was the night of the horrific shooting. keep it here for nmore news weather and sports.

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