>> that's what's happening "today in the bay." >> we'll see new a half hour. have a great one. see you tomorrow. good morning. breaking overnight, unprecedented chaos on the hill. an extraordinary sit-in on the house floor stretches into the early morning hours. democrats, refusing to leave, demanding action on gun control. republicans branding it a stunt and attempting to shut it down with a vote to end the session. >> the house stands adjourned. >> where does the fight go from here? outbreak. at least 15 tornadoes reported across the midwest overnight, several near chicago. 34 million facing more severe weather today. stay or go? voters head to the polls in great britain this morning to decide if their country will

leave the european union. the results could send markets all around the world into a tailspin. this morning, what it means for your bottom line. and full court prez. does president obama have his sights set on owning a team in the nba after he leaves office? what the white house is revealing about the commander in chief's hoop dreams "today," thursday, june 23rd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. that is a friday morning crowd on a thursday morning because macklemore is here. >> big concert for us on friday morning. we'll get out there and join those people a little later in the show. first, we have major news coming from capitol hill. >> that's right. that rocket scene on the floor of the house chamber. a democratic protest to force votes on gun control, a fight that appears to be far from over

this morning. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at the capitol for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, make no mistake. this was a scene like nothing we've ever seen before. the most dramatic demonstration on the house floor in modern america history. i left the house chamber a moment ago. a live picture right now. they are still broadcasting this staged sit-in by democrats now approaching 24 full hours. it broke into chaos overnight. the republican house speaker paul ryan basically wrapping up the week's business, forcing votes on anything but guns, adjourning with no votes on guns and a break now scheduled until july 5th. >> 88. the clerk will -- >> reporter: overnight, a democratic rebellion on the house floor demanding a vote on gun control on the house floor. chaos erupting as republican house speaker paul ryan tried to

restore order. >> but the chair would hope that the business of the house could be conducted. >> reporter: the demonstration producing this partisan confrontation. >> radical islam killed these people. >> reporter: democrats with signs bearing the names and faces of gun violence victims, breaking into song, rewriting the chorus to "we shall overcome." ♪ we shall pass a bill someday >> reporter: their voices echoed on the capitol steps, hundreds gathering in support rallied by congressman john lewis, the civil rights icon who spearheaded wednesday's sit-in. >> you must never, ever give up or give in. i felt like i'm reliving my life over again. >> reporter: speaker paul ryan earlier dismissing the demonstration. >> this is a publicity stunt. this isn't trying to come up with a solution to the problem.

it's trying to get attention. >> reporter: the tension beginning early wednesday morning. >> we will occupy this floor. >> reporter: loud chants disrupting the house session. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: republicans forced to go into recess. the cameras showing the sit-in turned off. cameras controlled by the republican house speaker. democrats taking to social media producing their own broadcast, violating house rules. >> give us the right to vote on these two bills. help make america safer, and let's do it now. >> reporter: hillary clinton standing by the sit-in tweeting, house republicans may have cut the cameras, but they can't cut off our voices. the democrats want votes on background checks and no fly, no buy bill, blocking gun sales to suspected terrorists. but house republicans aren't backing down. one conservative steve king tweeting, i've had it with the

gun-grabbing democrats and their sit-in anti-2nd amendment jihad. i'm going to go home and buy a new gun. >> reporter: the house minority leader nancy pelosi calling it a cowardly act. where does it go from here? congressman john lewis insisting we have other bridges to cross. beginning july 5th they'll start this all over again. matt and savannah? >> peter alexander, as this unfolds on capitol hill, thank you. let's bring in ari melber. the republicans wanted to shut down the house and head home for ho can you compare this to anything? >> this is truly unprecedented. there was wrangling about 13 years ago where capitol hill police were called. when we see civil disobedience or sit-ins we usually think of citizens against the government, not government officials against each other. >> the two measures that the democrats want to vote on are measures that were voted on in the senate and failed. what's the strategy here? for republicans, if they're

going to fail, why not just give them a vote and say, well, you had your vote and didn't have enough support. >> republicans don't want to put up a tough vote for their members if they don't have to. once this begin, as remarkable as it was breaking house rules, streaming viral overnight, you don't want as the speaker of the house in either party to set a precedent where you give into protest and hand over control of the calendar which is one of the speaker's most uniitary prerogative. >> people want more than a moment of silence after a mass shooting. they want some real change. but does this bring about anything other than a little discussion on a morning show for one day? >> i think it's a great question. the real truth is, we don't know the answer yet. we heard from some members of congress comparing this to john lewis and the civil rights struggle and how many things there were before you change public opinion and government

conduct. republicans say you didn't win enough seats to get these votes. you don't control the house. you want to control what the votes are held on, win an election and you'll control the house. we heard both sides of that. this was certainly an unusual late night on the hill. >> ari melber, thank you. a line of severe storms tore through parts of the midwest spawning a number of damaging tornadoes. some of them right near chicago. nbc's blake mccoy is in conneautt, illinois. good morning to you. >> reporter: people are waking up to get their first look at the damage. this morning, a slow-moving line of storms is now marching east after producing wild weather wednesday evening across illinois from terrifying tornadoes to 60-mile-an-hour winds.

and a deluge of rain. overnight a nightmare for work crews clearing downed power lines and motorists trying to get out of harm's way. >> we ran into down lines and tons of power lines down here. we started heading south and it's when we came across all this. >> reporter: this dramatic video from earlville. storm chasers taking a direct hit from a twister, pummeled by debris. this homeowner riding out the storm in his basement. shocked by the damage to his house. >> blew everything out. it took the whole sheeting off the roof and the singles and everything. >> reporter: 60-mile-an-hour winds ripped through seneca wednesday evening while lightning provided a spectacular but dangerous show overnight. one tornado left extensive damage and widespread power outages around the town of pontiac. a family was trapped as the twister cut through a trailer park shredding their mobile home. >> it did take out one, rolled

it off its foundation. >> reporter: the local walmart badly damaged. >> weather delay. lightning was in the area. >> reporter: in chicago, some 50,000 soccer fans took cover at soldier field when rain poured down during the copa america game between colombia and chile, causing a two-hour delay. before moving east, the storm also packing a one-two punch over parts of minnesota, pounding rain and even more tornadoes. there have been two reports of injuries this morning, no deaths. this is the worst of the damage we've seen, a damaged gas station. if you walk over here, you can see a semi on its side. crews working to get it upright. and crews working to restore power to thousands. matt and savannah? >> blake mccoy, thank you. that weather system is moving to the east. who is it going to impact? >> mid-atlantic states will take the brunt of this. from charleston to washington, d.c., heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing east.

we do have an enhanced risk of strong storms from eastern indiana all the way into central west virginia. 34 million people at risk. damaging winds and isolated tornadoes and hail as well, plus some torrential downpours. stationary front slowly moving south. wind gusts over 65 miles an hour possible with this. we see these storms reform from charleston to washington, d.c. it will be a fast-moving line anywhere from half an inch to an inch of rain. the big story, of course, will be the strong winds and the possibility of tornadoes. >> all right. al, thank you. we'll check back in, in a minute. now to this closely watched vote playing out today in great britain. questions facing voters there, should the country remain in the european union? nbc's keir simmons is in london on this very close vote. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the front page of one british newspaper this morning, independence day. imagine texas voting to leave the united states, or at least to do its own trade deals with other countries around the world.

it's not a perfect comparison but it underscores the fear of many folks here of huge upheaval that could result from this vote. >> i'm in. >> i going to be out. >> i'm voting in. >> i think i'll vote out. >> reporter: british citizens voting this morning in perhaps their biggest decision for a generation, whether to remain in the european union. 28 countries all sharing economic ties. the referendum on a british exit or brexit centers on issues like sovereignty, immigration, jobs and the economy. >> the economy is the most important thing. >> take back control. >> the polls too close to call. latest numbers showing the remain camp slightly ahead of the leave camp. a vote here in britain to leave the european union might ultimately affect your 401(k). the shockwaves felt here in france and across europe. even here, germany, a huge world economy, will be hit. a domino effect inevitably

affecting the u.s. politicians have been criss-crossing the uk, the tone aggressive. >> totally untrue. >> reporter: campaigning briefly suspended after the murder of a lawmaker last week, perhaps weakening the leave campaign. one restaurateur fears leaving the eu means an end to immigration. >> with an exit it seems our workforce would be depleted. >> reporter: politicians as well as celebrities are lined up in opposing camps. prime minister david cameron, sir richard branson, david beckham and james bond himself saying stay in europe while former london mayor, boris johnson has michael caine, liz hurley and john cleve wanting to leave. a vote that could divide europe with the world watching. the president and hillary clinton have said britain should stay inside the eu. donald trump has suggested britain should leave. like any divorce, both sides know it will be messy.

one side thinks it will mean freedom, the other worried it will be a terrible mistake. matt? >> keir simmons in london. lots of debate over this. so what does the so-called brexit vote mean for you? nbc business correspondent olivia sterns just got back from europe. good to see you. americans aren't sure why this matters to them. as keir even hinted at in his piece, it does. let's start on if you're planning your retirement. >> half of all americans have some retirement savings in a 401(k), which means they have exposure to stock. if britain votes to leave the european union, yes, we are expecting to see a lot of panic in the stock market, a sell-off. it will be bad for the british economy. because economies and markets are also interconnected, what happens over there really will hurt us here. >> and sell off because of uncertainty? people don't know what the economic impact will be in europe? >> exactly. uncertainty is the number one thing investors don't like to see. yes, you could suddenly wake up and see thousands of dollars wiped off your 401(k). don't panic. the worst thing you can do is

sell right after. >> let's talk about the american dream. people want to buy a home. temporary good news here. >> if you're in the market to buy a new home, mortgage rates are really low right now. if britain does vote to leave the european union, it's very unlikely the central bake is going to raise rates any time soon because of this uncertainty. last thing they'll do is raise rates with all the uncertainty there. on the flip side if you have money in a savings account we're still talking about really low interest rates. that's not good news. >> hillary clinton wants britain to stay. >> yeah. >> in the european union. president obama wants that as well. donald trump said no. maybe the brexit is right. how will this impact the u.s. election? >> think about the message. make america great again. a lot of what brexit is about is making britain great again, harkening back to this perceived era of more prosperity than there currently is.

and other things driving the brexit, anger over immigration, right wing populism. if britain does vote to leave, it's sort of a victory for the forces driving the trump movement. secretary clinton is very much on the same page as president obama. she thinks britain is much better off in the european union because they're allies. and that's better to have our influence over there. we're following breaking news out of arizona over night. a domestic flight diverted because of an apparent threat on board. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. what can you tell us about this? >> compass air flight from texas to los angeles. f-16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort this plane to the ground after what the pilot determined was a serious and immediate threat. delta flight 5720 forced to make an emergency landing in tucson. police boarding the plane. >> you, come to me. >> reporter: pulling off this

unidentified man. another man who appears to be traveling with the suspect trails behind. >> stay right there. stay back. don't touch. >> reporter: a u.s. government official tells nbc news the younger man is accused of threatening another passenger, claiming he had a gun. one of the roughly 80 people on board tweeted, guy is uncooperative. appears to be having some sort of breakdown. the situation serious enough, the pilot ordered an emergency landing. the delta flight was flying from san antonio to los angeles but diverted to tucson, escorted there by a pair of f-16 fighter jets. >> that alerted us to the fact that there was definitely something serious or potentially serious going on in the aircraft. >> reporter: nervous passengers met by heavily armed police, then searched before being allowed back on the plane. >> they brought dogs in. it was a big thing once we touched down. i'm glad to be home. i'm tired. >> we definitely knew something strange was going on when we saw the f-16 off our wing and started to descend pretty

rapidly. it was tense but everybody was pretty focused and calm. >> it's unclear this morning if the passenger was having some sort of a mental health emergency, but airport police, border patrol and fbi all responded and took the suspect into custody. the fbi says that it is -- right now appears to have been no threat to public safety. >> scary, though. tom costello, thank you. as we mentioned at the top of the show, president obama seems to be making plans for life after the white house. it turns out basketball might be a big part of those plans. according to press secretary josh earnest, the president has discussed being part of an ownership group for an nba franchise under the right circumstances. president obama, of course, loves hoops. not the first time the idea has come up. he expressed interest in owning a team in "gq" magazine back in november. >> would you ever want to own a sports team if you could? >> i can barely invest in my

son's little league team to get one of those banners up in center field. that's about it. let's get the rest of al's forecast. >> rest of the country, wet weather, strong stormy weather in the mid-atlantic states. out west, some rain in the pacific northwest. heat continues from the southwest into the southeast on into the weekend. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out with mild temperatures and sunshine across

the bay. a few clouds hugging the coast. it's 55 in san francisco as well as the peninsula. as you head out today, our temperatures will be quicklyç warming and mostly sunny all throughout the day. up to 86 in the north bay. our temperatures coming down in a few spots and cooler in san francisco today with a high of 66. in the south bay expect 84. >> all right, al, thank you very much. coming up, a desperate search for a father and his three children missing off the coast of florida. we're live with new developments in that story. plus, surviving a flash flood. rossen reports, a demonstration on how to escape if your car is washed away. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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it's 58 in concord with highs today ranging from the low 60s along the coast to the 90s in parts of the south bay. san francisco will be in the mid 60s while we have 99 in brentwood. 89 in pleasanton, oakland up to 74. napa 84. we'll see more inland heat as we go into the next several days. let's see what's happening on the roads with mike. >> we are having trouble hearing you there. southbound routes were flowing smoothly. we'll have another local news update in about a half hour. join us then.

7:30 on a beautiful thursday morning in new york city. it's the 23rd of june, 2016. why is that crowd out there? we have a great concert in our 8:30 half hour, macklemore, ryan lewis set to take our summer concert stage. the music doesn't end there. another concert tomorrow, icon of rock 'n' roll and epic concert from steven tyler on the plaza. >> can't wait for that. inside studio 1a, here is a look at the headlines. democrats speaking out on the floor after an unprecedented protest on the hill, lawmakers pushing for a new vote on gun control legislation.

it happened last night, until they recessed the session until july 5th. last night in chicago, power knocked out to tens of thousands of people. owners of the pulse nightclub will hold a fund-raising event in an orlando park tonight, the first since the june 12th massacre. it's being billed as half memorial, half party. just like the night of the mass shooting, it will have a latin theme. an update this morning on the search for a father and his three children who disappeared while sailing in florida. the coast guard now has recovered a body that is believed to be one of the family members. nbc's janet shamlian is in st. petersburg with the latest. janet, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. we have heartbreaking news to report this morning. a family member now confirming to nbc news that the body found is that of the teenage daughter, becky kimberly.

the search for the others continue through the night. it is still going on right now. as the hours turn to days, hope is fading. this morning, devastating news in the search for ace kimberly and his three teenage children. >> it's with a heavy heart to announce that about 4:30 this afternoon, one of our coast guard helicopters located a deceased person in the search area. >> reporter: the coast guard wouldn't release the identity of the body but a family member tells nbc news it is 17-year-old rebecca kimberly. the girl's aunt. >> they hadn't heard from them since sunday so then i kind of figured that it wasn't good. feels like i've lost one of my own kids. >> reporter: the sailboat has not been located, but other items were found 33 miles off sanibel island, including life jackets, a pair of shoes, a propane tank, water jugs and a used flair.

two kayaks were also found. >> reporter: we immediately contacted the brother, the reporting source and found out that these items did, indeed, correlate to his brother's vessel. >> reporter: they left sarasota for ft. myers, a father's day trip to visit his brother and work on needed boat repairs when they hit a storm in rough seas, ace made a frantic call to his brother. >> his brother said he was experiencing rough seas and thunderstorms and he was worried and wanted his brother on land to send him some weather report. >> reporter: the brother then called the coast guard. using planes, helicopters and boats, the search has gone on around the clock. >> we're still hopeful for the three other people that are out there. >> reporter: but hope this morning colliding with reality. four days now after the family was last heard from. the coast guard tells us it is sending up a c-130 transport

plane this morning to search the island around -- search the area, rather, around sanibel island, what could be an eight to ten-hour flight. matt, savannah, they're not yet calling this a recovery mission. back to you. >> janet shamlian, thank you very much. news on that daring rescue mission at the south pole. we've been following this all week. plane carrying two sick workers from a remote station on antarctica has landed in the country chile overnight. kelly cobiella has more on that. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. not one but two sick workers from the south pole now safe, off that icy continent after that daring flight and a layover on the edge of antarctica. air lifted to safety in chile, this woman and a second worker from the south pole. they landed on ice on the tip of antarctica late last night. congratulations and a hug after the treacherous trip from the bottom of the world. a rescue so hazardous in the

polar winter, it's only been done twice before. the temperature 115 below zero with windchill. cold enough to freeze jet fuel and batteries. only half a dozen pilots in the world experienced enough to make the perilous trip over a barren landscape from the south pole to the antarctic peninsula, then another tough trip north over open water to chile and safety. this is what it looked like at the south pole during the first-ever winter rescue. the winds, whipping around the plane. the wing flap froze. the landing skis, stuck to the ice. this time, the crew had to make a tough choice. in addition to one passenger with a life-threatening illness, risk the limits of the twin prop plane and take another, not as sick. the last-minute call, risk the heavier load and take them both. >> the real peril is in the journey.

if something goes wrong, if the aircraft has to put down, because there's no lights and they're going into places that they only know a position on a gps. >> reporter: the ten-hour flight over massive icebergs and mountains a success. a daring mission against all odds accomplished. for the medical reasons behind this daring mission still a mystery. those details not being revealed out of privacy concerns for these two patients, both of them contractors with lockheed martin. we do know an awful lot about this twin prop, based in calgary, 3,000 miles from the north pole. guys, that means it's flown nearly the entire length of the planet, nearly pole to pole, in a little over a week. just incredible. guys? >> courageous crew there. kelly, thank you. mr. roker, we have a viewer outside anxiously awaiting your weather cast right there. >> like to leave my audiences riveting.

>> he was awake when the show started. i don't know what that says. >> wow! man! whoo-hoo! >> we've all had days like that. >> he's not moving at all. all right. let's see what we've got going on for today. this heat continues. no relief in sight going into the weekend. i mean, it's going to feel like 103 in tulsa, 102 in memphis. raleigh, you're going to feel like 103 degrees when you combine the heat and humidity. rapid city friday, air temperature almost 100. st. louis, 97. charlotte and birmingham both 95 degrees. we move into saturday, more of the same. and sunday, likewise, that heat continues from vegas, which will be 112 degrees all the way to new york city.

we are not the only ones feeling above average temperatures. we are watching a break today. we are having temperatures now in the low to mid 50s and heading into the 80s in the south bay as well as east bay. tri-valley in the upper 80s. north bay up to 86.

la corte suprema podría no haber that leaves the lower court ruling in place. that means a lower court order blocking the administration from carrying out this plan remains in place. as a practical matter it means the obama administration cannot begin to bring this program into force for the remaining days of the obama administration. now there is still a lawsuit. it's still down in texas. what this means is it will continue to work its way through the lower courts. and at some point, this case may come back to the supreme court. but the real future of president obama's proposal on immigration, which is to allow adults to remain here if they have children in the u.s. who are citizens or lawful permanent residents, the real future will be up to the next president.

hillary clinton has said that she would uphold the president's policy. she would embrace it and take it further. donald trump has said he's completely opposed to it. but it's dead for the remainder of the obama administration. >> just to make sure people understand, the state of texas has argued that not only did the president not have the legal authority to impose these new rules, but that it would impose an unfair cost on the state of texas. >> yeah, surprisingly, the argument that texas and 25 other states made in getting to the supreme court is that it would cost the state more to issue driver's licenses for all the people who would be eligible to stay here and get driver's licenses. now importantly, the obama administration had argued that the court should throw this case out. the obama administration said the states have no business on the issue of immigration that that's exclusively the province of the federal government and that as the lawyers say, they had no legal standing to bring

this case. but, obviously, the court couldn't resolve that. it couldn't resolve the key question of whether the president has the executive authority to do this or whether -- if this was such a change that it require an act of congress. so this is the supreme court saying we can't decide this case. eight justices split 4-4. a one line -- one line decision basically leaves everything as it is. >> and, pete, we should remind everyone, the reason we have eight justices, not nine is because of the passing of justice antonin scalia, a replacement that has not been filled yet. did the tie opinion there give you the breakdown. did this break down along the ideological lines on the court. this is it. this is all it says. it just says they are split 4-4. i can assure you that that means that justice kennedy joined the court's three other conservatives. justices thomas alito and roberts. andy to that is the reason for the tie. that's a guess.

but i think it's a pretty safe guess given they were 4-4. i'll tell you that we know from talking to people who are close to the justices, let me put it that way, that they were trying everything they could think of to try to avoid this outcome. they are really trying not to have tie votes. this is the second tie vote of this term. the first one involved question of union dues that a decision that could have potentially weakened public sector unions. they tried hard to avoid it but obviously couldn't get there. >> pete williams with a very quick read on a decision from the justices. pete, thanks for breaking it down for us. why appreciate it. >> for once it's a quick one. we've got more on msnbc and nbc news.com. we'll return most of you to

today jeff rossen is here with an eye-opening demonstration. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. you know how fast those summer storms pop right up without warning. al has been telling us about it. severe weather slamming the midsection of the country, impacting tens of millions today. the rain coming down in buckets. the water rising fast. sometimes as you know, it looks calm enough to drive right through. especially if you have an suv or four by four. this morning, we have a powerful demonstration for you. we're about to show you how much water it takes to sweep my car away. this summer, cars washing away. drivers trapped. >> i was shaken. it's scary. it happened fast. >> reporter: it overtakes you in an instant. first, the rain. then the wall of water. from colorado to texas. >> stop, stop, stop!

he needs to get out. >> reporter: all across the country, the power of floodwaters. just too ferocious. >> oh, my god, oh, my god! >> reporter: you would be surprised how little water it takes to float a car. that's why so many people get trapped. what happens if you get trapped? how do you get out? this morning, we are about to show you. we're here in whistler on this special training course. believe it or not, they're going to turn this into a raging flood. and today, i'm playing the victim. i'm going to get inside this pickup truck. they're going to turn the water on. we're going to see how long it takes for this thing to wash away and then how will i escape? let's get going. turn it on. oh, boy. here it comes. watching everything from the side, jim douglas, certified trainer with raven rescue. how much water does it take to float a car? >> not even a foot. just this much will make a car float. >> reporter: wow, what about suvs and 4x4s?

so many people that have 4x4s think they can drive right through standing water. >> those big tire also make a truck float even easier. they're like big buoys. they'll float even faster. >> reporter: in fact, watch how fast it does happen. the water is so low, you can still see the cement below when my pickup truck is swept away. thankfully, mine is tethered with strong chains. otherwise, i would be barreling out of control downstream. the water is now seeping into the car. this is crazy, and scary. i cannot open the door to get out. i can't open the door at all. >> you need to roll the window down. that's it. >> and that's a critical tip. roll the window down the second the water rises. it's your only way out. what do i do? >> you need to get out of the truck. get out on the roof. >> reporter: on to the roof? >> get on the roof of the truck! >> reporter: this is very scary. the water keeps pouring in as i struggle to escape.

it's much harder than it looks to climb out of a window. i get out just in the nick of time. in just seconds, the water is nearing the roof. already over the steering wheel. now that i'm on the roof, i have a new set of problems. now what? >> you need to get stable. stay low. hang on. with the truck moving you're going to have to ride with it. >> reporter: do i stand up on this? >> no. stay low. get stable. >> reporter: like this? >> exactly. >> reporter: can this car flip? >> it can flip in as much as six feet of water. you need to stay on the high side. >> reporter: oh, my lord. it is so scary with this water coming at you like this. and, remember, i know this is a drill. how it must feel in a real emergency. so i should just stay with the car no matter what? >> now you're going to be going downstream with the car. you'll have to wait for rescue. at least being on the roof you have a fighting chance. if you're inside and that car

flips over, you've got no chance. >> reporter: life-saving advice when the flash flood strikes. it was scary. simplest advice from experts, stay out of those flooded areas all together. real simple advice. even if the water looks calm. in fact, in arizona, it is such a problem, they've actually created something called the stupid motorist law. if you have been rescued after driving into floodwaters, you have to pay for the entire rescue operation yourself, which costs thousands of dollars. >> putting them at risk basically. >> yes. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. coming up next, why a lot of people are so upset about getting free concert tickets. what? right after this. ter this.

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dog 500 miles away. the vouchers are going quickly with every eligible event sold out. ticketmaster then posted late last night, given the overwhelming interest, ticketmaster is adding another $5 million worth of eligible tickets so more class members can redeem ticket vouchers. keep an eye out for updates later today. if you have some tickets and discounts, you want to log in to your account and on the bottom left you'll see active vouchers. click on that and you'll see if you have anything available. guys? i don't. >> okay. there you go. >> dylan, thank you. no voucher needed. a concert that is definitely worth it. macklemore, ryan lewis live on our citi concert stage. first your local news. lewis liv hello! lewis liv nice to meet you! today we're going to talk about the all-new 2016 chevy cruze, but here's the catch. you're only going to answer me in emojis. so, this cruze has built-in 4g lte wifi® with 24 gigs of data. wow. (message sent sfx) strong! it also comes with 24 months of siriusxm satellite radio.

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good thursday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. mt. tam, beautiful start to the day. we are at 53 napa, 60 oakland and 62 in palo alto. a look at our microclimates. expect another day of wide range in temperatures from the coast. up to 85 in los gatos. 75 in san mateo and castro. 66. mid 80s for santa rosa. oakland 74 and 89 in livermore. over the next few days our temperatures continue to rise. we are looking at a hot weekend all across the bay. let's head over to mike to see the roads. >> overall the bay is looking good. crash in the south bay smoothed out. we have your typical build.

right there there is a major injury crash reported. they blocked off that intersection. that is a problem for folks cutting through stanley. this could be an issue for folks cutting through there. good option for you. rest of the way approaching the bay bridge. oakland shows the biggest build. >> thank you very much. happening now, political standoff under way. house democrats staging a sit-in entering its second day. one tactic law makers are using to push for a vote on gun control. after months of negotiations and hours of heated debate, the police commission voted to change their use of force policy. the fate of a baltimore police officer in the death of

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, spray it ain't so. a new warning that the needle-free flu mist nasal spray vaccine, popular with children, is not effective and hasn't been for years. what parents need to know this morning about how to protect their kids. >> i'm a fireball. plus, ben's loose streak. >> deflate gate is the ultimate [ bleep ] [ bleep ] outrage of sports ever. it's so [ bleep ] stupid. >> ben affleck's passionate and expletive rant about deflate gate and why he is still fuming over football. ♪ downtown

♪ though i run the streets boy and we'll follow them right to the plaza. macklemore and ryan lewis are here to shake things up on a summer concert stage with a live performance of their greatest hits "today," thursday, june 23rd, 2016. ♪ >> we're here to see macklemore and ryan lewis. ♪ >> i'm a mack-le-mom. >> all the way from st. louis to see macklemore and ryan lewis. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." great crowd on our plaza. packed and ready for macklemore packed and ready for macklemore

and ryan lewis, getting ready to take our citi concert stage in a moment. we are so excited to have them here. >> we have wanted these guys on this show. we're so happy to have them here. we'll get to that in the next half hour. natalie is on assignment. craig melvin is over at the news desk. craig? >> house democrats are vowing that their renewed push for gun control is just beginning. that pledge, after a chaotic night on capitol hill. it started when the democrats held a sit-in. after cameras were shut off they took their case to social media. at one point a partisan shouting match broke out. republicans adjourned until after the fourth of july break without scheduling any gun legislation votes. donald trump is taking a

break from the campaign trail for business in scotland. and clinton is brushing off his insults. hallie jackson is at trump tower with more. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. donald trump is preparing to fly to scotland, taking some time off the trail to take care of business, one day after trying to take down hillary clinton. >> ready to visit his golf courses overseas, teeing off on hillary clinton here at home. >> she's a world-class liar. >> reporter: blistering attack, arguing clinton symbolizes the status quo that it's trump who is working for change. >> her campaign slogan is i'm with her. you know what my response is to that? i'm with you, the american people. >> reporter: trump later tweeting the #i'm with you, keeping his fact checkers busy like when he claimed clinton did favors in exchange for money as

secretary of state. >> she ran the state department like her own personal hedge fund. >> reporter: his blueprint for the attack? the book "clinton cash." >> have you proven a quid pro quo? >> reporter: even that author acknowledged to savannah he doesn't have evidence. >> that's a question i can't answer by using -- >> reporter: hours after trump's remarks -- >> i guess my speech yesterday must have gotten under his skin. he's going after my personally because he has no answers on the substance. >> reporter: clinton taking aim again, defending herself. >> all he can do is try to distract us. that's even why he's attacking my faith. sigh. >> reporter: all the mud slinging making it clear the general election now well under way. one of trump's former rivals

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we're back. 8:09. bad news for kids who are afraid of getting shots. >> saying the flu mist is not effective and now a cdc panel is recommending it not be used this year. an advisory committee for the cdc now says the popular needle-free flumist influenza vaccine has not effectively protected kids or adults against the flu for the past several years. >> this is a perfect example of governmental organization, vaccine manufacturers and science helping us know how to protect the public even better. >> the fda had approved the na nasal spray for people between the ages of 2 and 49, alternative to standard flu shots, very popular among kids, especially those afraid of

needles. in fact, it accounts for about one-third of all flu vaccines given to children. flumist sprayed up the nose and pain free contains live and weakened strains of the flu virus to stimulate the immune system. the flu usually hits the very young and the elderly the hardest. depending on the strain, between 4,00050,000 people die from the flu. >> we want safety and effectiveness. this year, the safest and most effective way to vaccinate your kids and your family and pregnant women and the elderly is to take the shot. >> dr. natalie azar is an nbc news medical contributor. natalie, good to see you. >> good morning. >> just as kids are getting out of school for the summer, all happy. now you have a reason to dread fall again. what is the effectiveness of the nasal vaccine versus the injected vaccine? >> last year for the season 2015 to 2016, the estimated efficacy

of the regular shot was 63% in kids age 2 to 17 compared to 3% in the cdc study they did on over 2,000 kids. >> wow! >> those are shocking numbers and the first thing i thought was how did this get approved in the first place? the fda studies these things, the effectiveness of a vaccine. it was approved. now we find out it really doesn't work. >> even as recent as a couple of years ago, cdc was making a strong recommendation that the children should get the flumist because it works better than the shot. we don't have a firm explanation for the discrepancy between this study's findings and the last couple of years' data and the previous. i suspect we will find out eventually, was it a methodology issue, was it truly something with the vaccine itself? we don't know at this point. >> so if you have a child who hates needles, if you're an adult who hates needles, are you out of options? >> you are out of options for this year. cdc is strongly recommending -- i should say the advisory committee on immunization practices, which informs the

guidelines, which is what the doctors will listen to, the flumist will not be recommended for this next season. of course, the season is, will we have enough? >> that's my next question. >> they're busy manufacturing right now. the cdc said they will work with all manufacturers to make sure we have an adequate supply come fall. >> put the pedal to the metal. >> uh-huh. >> dr. natalie, thank you. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by camping world. one-stop shopping everything rv at your camping world rv super center. >> we've been watching these storms fire up all night long. they came in from illinois, making their way through west virginia. severe thunderstorm warnings all the way to coastal virginia with these severe storms. lot of airport delays, washington, d.c., baltimore as well. we've got an enhanced risk of severe weather. 34 million people at risk for severe storms, including damaging winds, hail and can't rule out an isolated tornado or two. rainfall amounts generally about an inch as you get to coastal

virginia. as you get into interior sections of west virginia, you could be looking all across the bay area and some mild temperatures now. it is starting to warm up in the peninsula away from the coastline. into the rest of the day, expect a high of 80 degrees in the east bay. mid-8s for the south bay as well as north bay. san francisco will be clearing with a high of 66 degrees and we'll see those temperatures continuing to rise as we go into early next week. >> that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks very much. how about a little trending today? >> yes. >> yes. >> let's start with the new app called uber of babysitting. it launched in new york on wednesday. it claims to come through for desperate, disorganized parents. you're in a pinch. you need a babysitter. they will have one at your door in as little as an hour.

it's called hello sitter. parents will be charged $21 an hour for one child, $26 an hour for the maximum four kids. there's a $20 charge for the sitter's taxi to your door. hello sitter, fully insured, carefully vets everyone who signs up, performing criminal background checks and social media accounts. parents are checked out as well. how do we feel about this? >> this is a test, a parenting test. i love the idea because there are times something comes up and it's like i need a sitter and all mine are busy but i have to say having a complete stranger come watch your kid from the internet -- >> i do it for my dog. same prices. >> yeah. >> we love our dogs, but it's a dog. >> $26 for four kids? >> that's a screaming deal, i guess. >> it's all about the bargain. >> what a deal. go get a couple more kids. >> if the price is right, i'll

risk it. >> note to self, don't let your kids play at his house. is it ever okay to just quit a job on the spot? paper says actually growing number of employees are doing this. they're fed up, frustrated, overworked, underappreciated. experts say sometimes a quick exit is warranted. for example, if you suspect illegal activity at your company. in other cases, it burns bridges, leads to bad references and not such a good idea. >> unless it puts your health or safety at risk, you give warning. >> got to give the two weeks at least. but who hasn't dreamed -- >> then you get a job as a babysitter. >> remember the old honeymooners episode, and furthermore monahan, you're a bum.

>> is that one of those -- >> there wasn't even a cable attached to it. >> let's go around the table. your favorite girl scout cookie. >> thin mints. >> tag alongs. >> in a partnership probably way overdue, the girls got to team up with the folks at pillsbury. that are selling cookie mixes you can make at home. so they are the cookie flavors in the form of cupcakes and brownies. the boxes sell for $3.29 apiece. >> this browny is really good. thin mint brownie, i have to say. >> how do you not like mints? >> these are really good too. >> we like it. >> once again, we need a nobel prize for things like this. >> sending a strong message to congress and ben affleck opened

up. let's start with the biggest names in music are lending their voices to a controversial cause. this morning, the stars joining billboard magazine and signing their names to an open letter urging members of congress to stop gun violence now. as well as our guest today ben macklemore and ryan lewis. in the wake of orlando, the stars call on congress to restrict access to guns. next to ben affleck and that expletive filled rant. he was on any given wednesday. he's a life long fan of the new england patriots. when ben was asked about tom brady and deflategate, he didn't hold anything back. >> this thing is an [ bleep ] outrage of sports ever. it's so [ bleep ] stupid. what they did was suspend tom

brady for four days for not giving them his [ bleep ] cell phone. if i got in trouble for all the things that my friends called themselves, i would be finished. we haven't done anything to address this crisis in domestic violence in blood pressu[ bleep the football better not be 8% lighter. >> and finally, the rolling stones finding a new way to bring their act to the u.s. an exhibition featuring some of the band's rarely seen artifacts will open here in new york in november. it includes artwork and even keith richards diary. chronicling the band's rise from the early '60s. tickets go on sale in september. you can find more pop culture news at "today's" facebook page.

>> did you see his first show? >> i think there might have been one or two. >> another thing, i wasn't that bad as batman! all right! you can all just -- [ laughter ] >> you started it. >> i came up to the line -- >> now to our ongoing series. we have you hit the reset button on everything from food and fitness to fashion. people choosing to make a loving of their own work. >> if you're tired of being tired at a 9:00 to 5:00, it's a fancy phrase used to describe americans who make a living through non-traditional means. freelancers, independent contractors, who support

themselves through app-enabled taps. one of those digital giggers is new york native, chris. >> how did you get started gigging? >> i began hosting with air b&b. i wanted to have my own business. it was a way to help pay the rent. >> but a growing number of giggers like chris are finding long-term success. 44% of u.s. adults have used these apps. either as a consumer or a provider. that's over 90 million americans. this boom of small scale entrepreneurs is a result in part of a society that wants more and more things done on demand. and a major part of chris' work, on task rabbit. >> the things that you get in terms of tasks for me at this point are what's known as available tasks. that's are people that want things done now. >> what do you do in a routine day? >> one of the major things i've

done is putting together furniture. nobody wants to do it. >> ikea furniture. >> nobody wants to do it. >> the attraction is an obvious one. flexibility and independence. you take on as many jobs as it takes to pay the bills. but being your own boss comes at a cost. there's no steady income, benefits, or paid holidays. >> i look at gigging as the new temporary staffing. >> it's really building a business. >> it's absolutely building a business. >> fill in the blank for me. being a gigger has made me -- blank. >> i would say more confident in being an entrepreneur. >> so in the spirit of helping out a fellow entrepreneur, i decided to make a 24-hour investment. >> and you know the rules. >> i know the rules. >> here's the keys. >> okay. have a good one. >> you, too. >> while chris headed out to continue building his business -- >> hi, chris.

>> i decided to give mine a well-deserved siesta. >> i hope you left the place in good shape. >> i took very good care of it. >> who is a good candidate for this kind of work. >> it's important that you be outgoing, be a people person, because you're dealing with strain engineers all the time. you need to also be very detail oriented. got to manage your listings on pretty much an hourly basis and be flexible enough to work when they want you to work. >> some people are saying sign me up. >> you apply. you go to these various sites. you just talked about one in pop star in trending. the new babysitting service. you may have to pass inspections. if you're going to drive for uber, you got to get your car inspected. then you go out and look at the marketplace and you write your listing figuring out what you

should charge based on other things in the area. photos are really important. chris' listing, he had more than two dozen pictures of this very small place. >> you want to make it look appealing. i wondered about putting personal information online. >> so you have to be really careful. and you have to read the fine print enough to understand what sort of insurance policies are in place, what sort of protections are in place for you. and the sites differ. air b&b for example, they have a $1 million liability policy in place for hosts. task rabbit is very up front that they are just a connector for the people providing service and the people buying it. so the liability is on you. you want to be very careful what you're leaving out and about in your home or car. a lot of id theft happens the old-fashioned way. >> and the bottom line, can you really support yourself pitting together all of these things of

things. >> you are building a business. you really have to approach it like that, and you can create a steady stream of income. for a lot of people, this has become a very good way to tide them over from job to job or bring in extra money. >> a shoe budget if you will. you can find more at today.com. dylon over to you. >> just ahead, macklemore and ryan lewis. the concert everyone here has been waiting for. that is all coming up after your local news and weather. ♪ i'm sam brock.

we are covingreakingews on morning....inud this good morning at 8:26 on your thursday. we are following breaking news on multiple fronts this morning including from our nation's capitol. the supreme court has issued decisions on two fundamentally important cases. the first, president obama's immigration plan which had been deemed unconstitutional by the lower courts. the supreme court split 4-4 in this case. what that means is that the lower court's decision stands and now up to 4 million people are no longer protected from deportation. the second case, a 4-3 decision found in favor of affirmative action at the university of texas. we'll have much more information throughout the day. right now, mike is tracking

an accident on the 101. >> southbound is looking really slow. there's a crash blocking your two right lanes. better news for 85, that crash has cleared up. and in pleasanton we still have the closure of this major intersection. you can use 580 over to the dublin interchange. that by comparison is a lot clearer. no surprises through oakland. back to you. thank you very much. a very busy morning. we'll have more updates in just 30 minutes. now back to the "today" show.

♪ all right. it's 8:30 now on a thursday morning. it is the 23rd day of june, 2016. but more importantly, it is macklemore and ryan lewis day here on the plaza, getting ready for a great crowd and a great concert in just a minute or two. >> the crowd is ready. by the way, this has been a great week of music so far. remember, we had meghan trainor here tuesday morning. tomorrow, the great steven tyler will be here. he will rock the plaza like only steven tyler can. >> wait, there's more. rachel platten, who broke on to the scene last year will be here next friday for the fourth of july weekend.

mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> actually it's dylan. >> oh, gosh. what happened? >> al had to go somewhere after that whole ben affleck thing. he to leave. he couldn't handle it. friday, a slight risk of stronger storms down through the carolinas and also across the northern plains with spotty showers across the pacific northwest. heat continues down south with humidity, too. saturday that slight risk will spread eastward into areas like minneapolis and stretching over into wisconsin, too. warm up and down the east coast with highs in the 80s and 90s. sunday, not really a whole lot going on, besides some spotty showers in the great lakes, through florida and the southeast. still hot and more humid in the northeast. it's hot and very humid down south with your feels-like temperature still well above 100 degrees by the time we get into sunday. we're still looking at highs up around 115 degrees through the afternoon in the desert southwest. much cooler along the coast with highs in the 60s along the

we will see our temperatures warming up quickly for the inland areas while staying nice and comfortable along the coast. 57 in san francisco. expect a high of 85 today. san mateo 75. in the financial district, 65 degrees. up to 90 in fairfield. oakland, 74. and some upper 80s to low 90s for the tri-valley today. more heat in the forecast for the weekend. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you very much, dylan. >> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. all right. our concert with macklemore and ryan lewis is about to start. but first, how these two guys became one of the most popular duos around. ♪

>> they hit it big in 2012 with "thrift shop" their first number one song. ♪ i'm gonna pop some tags only got $20 in my pocket ♪ >> for macklemore and ryan lewis, that was just the beginning. >> return of the mack. like a four-minute way to get out of bed instead of getting on the internet ♪ >> reporter: selling more than 2r5 million si25 million single worldwide. >> tackling social issues, drug epidemic or discussing lgbt life. >> reporter: their song "same love" is widely regarded as an anthem for gay rights and marriage equality. ♪ you don't want no beat boy though i run the streets boy ♪ >> latest album "this unruly mess i made" debuted number one on top r & b hip hop album chart. single "downtown" racking up

more than 20 million views on youtube. this morning they're bringing their talent right here to rockefeller plaza, headlining our summer concert series. ♪ downtown >> ladies and gentlemen, macklemore and lewis. ♪ ♪ salesman's like what's up what's your budget ♪ ♪ i got the one for you follow me ♪ ♪ it's too real zblrchlts coming at me i got a windshield ♪ ♪ 800 cash is a hell of a deal

♪ i'm headed downtown cruising through the alley tiptoeing in the street like dally pulled up, moped to the valley white walls on the wheels like mayonnaise dope my crew is ill and all we need is two good wheels ♪ ♪ got gas in the tank cash in the bank and i'm bad little mama ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ downtown downtown downtown ♪ ♪ she has her arms around your waist with a balance that will keep her safe have you ever felt the warm embrace downtown of the leather seat between your legs downtown ♪ ♪ let's go downtown you don't want no beef boy know i run the streets boy zblrchlts better follow me towards downtown ♪ ♪ what you see is what you get girl don't ever forget girl ain't seen nothing yet until you're downtown ♪ ♪ dope cut the bull get off my mu will.

let stone washed so raw zblmplts moped like a bullet you can't catch me a popo can't reprimand me i'm in the b boy stance i'm not dancing ♪ ♪ i got your girl on the back going tandem cause i'm too quick i'm too slick whole downtown yelling out who that is ♪ ♪ i got one girl i got two wheels she a big girl that ain't a big deal i like a big girl i like 'em sassy going down the backstreet listening to black street running around the whole town neighbors yelling at me you need to slow down ♪ ♪ going 38 dan chill out mow your lawn and sit the hell down ♪ fts if i only had one helmet i would give it to you ♪

♪ cruising down broadway girl what a wonderful view there's layers to this player tiramisu tir machlt isu ♪ ♪ let my coat tail drag but i ain't tearing my suit tearing my suit ♪ ♪ downtown downtown downtown downtown she has her arms around your waist with a balance that will keep her safe ♪ ♪ have you ever felt the warm embrace of the leather seat between your legs downtown you don't want no beef boy know i run the streets boy better follow me towards downtown what you see is what you get girl don't ever forget girl ain't seen nothing yet until you're ♪ everybody! ♪ downtown ♪ what you see is what you get girl don't ever forget girl

ain't seen nothing yet until you're zblmplts downtown ♪ >> don't go anywhere. macklemore, ryan lewis with more music on a thursday morning. first this is "today" on nbc.

all right. welcome back to our summer concert series. this morning it belongs to the grammy winners, macklemore and ryan lewis. >> their latest album is called "this unruly mess i've made." so good to have you here. >> so good to be here. >> you're right in the middle of a world tour, nice enough to stop here. how do you like singing at 8:00 in the morning? fun? >> different. >> that's the politically correct answer, different. >> i asked ryan a second ago. thanks for getting up early or staying up late.

which one? and you said? >> hybrid. >> i don't know what that means. what is the unruly mess you've made exactly? >> ooh. >> how much time do you have? >> just a minute actually. >> big mack there. >> this unruly mess i made was a statement that we felt reflected what the journey felt like in the last three to four years, growing up, kind of being independent and small town guys, yada, yada, yada. >> people are used to you taking on big topics in your music and you continue that with your album. >> yeah. it's part of the music that we create. it's what's true to our hearts, speaking on issues that are bigger than us. and i think that that's always been kind of the backbone of the creativity. >> what are you going to sing for us now? >> a song about dancing. >> we know this one. ladies and gentlemen, macklemore

and lewis. ♪ >> new york! ♪ >> do it! ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ we need two people from the audience. >> to have a dance off in new york city! new york, are you ready?

one, two one, two, three, four. ♪ do it! ♪ >> make some noise! >> oh, yeah. we are back with more music from macklemore and ryan lewis in just a moment. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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this is an nbc news special report. here's brian williams. >> good day, and welcome from new york. i'm brian williams. we are on the air for remarks from president obama, in the white house briefing room in the west wing, on the heels of a court ruling, a 4-4 split of the supreme court on the subject of immigration. while the case now goes back to texas, it is a huge hit for the obama administration. our justice correspondent pete williams can explain the case and this ruling here, pete. >> the supreme court says nothing about the big questions, did the president have the authority, could the states have the legal authority to sue. basically, the supreme court says we can't decide it. so that leaves in place a lower court order that put a hold on the president's authority to enforce this law.

or his executive order. so it's a dead letter for the rest of his administration. >> pete williams, thanks. here's the president. >> i'm here about what the supreme court spoke on today. first, in the affirmative action case, i'm pleased that the supreme court upheld the basic notion that diversity is an important value in our society, and that this country should provide a high quality education to all our young people regardless of their background. we are not a country that guarantees equal outcomes, but we do strive to provide an equal shot to everybody. and that's what was upheld today. second, one of the reasons why america's such a diverse and inclusive nation is because we're a nation of immigrants. our founders conceived of this country as a refuge for the world. and for more than two centuries, welcoming wave after wave of immigrants has kept us youthful and dynamic and entrepreneurial. it has shaped our character and it has made us stronger.

but for more than two decades now, our immigration system, everybody acknowledges has been broken. and the fact that the supreme court wasn't able to issue a decision today doesn't just set the system back even further, it takes us further from the country that we aspire to be. just to lay out some basic facts that sometimes get lost in what can be an emotional debate, since i took office, we've deployed more border agents, and technology to our southern border than ever before. that has helped cut illegal border crossings to their lowest levels since the 1970s. it should have paved the way for comprehensive immigration reform, and, in fact, as many of you know, it almost did. nearly 70 democrats and republicans in the senate came together to pass a smart common sense bill that would have doubled the border patrol and offered undocumented immigrants

a pathway to earn citizenship if they paid a fine, paid their taxes, and played by the rules. unfortunately, republicans in the house of representatives refused to allow a simple yes or no vote on that bill. so, i was left with little choice but to take steps within my existing authority to make our immigration system smarter, fairer, and more just. four years ago, we announced that those who are our lowest priority enforcement, diligent, patriotic, young dreamers who grew up pledging allegiance to our flag, should be able to apply to work here and study here and pay their taxes here. more than 730,000 lives have been changed as a result. these are students, they're teachers, they're doctors, they're lawyers. they're americans in every way but on paper. and fortunately, today's decision does not affect this

policy. it does not affect the existing dreamers. two years ago, we announced a similar expanded approach for others who are also low priorities for enforcement. we've said if you've been in america for more than five years with children who are american citizens or legal residents, then you too can come forward, get right with the law, and work in this country temporarily without fear of deportation. both were the kinds of actions taken by republican and democratic presidents over the past half century. neither granted anybody a free pass. all they did was focus our enforcement resources, which are necessarily limited on the highest priorities, convicted criminals, recent border crossers, and threats to our national security. now, as disappointing as it was to be challenged for taking the kind of actions that other administrations have taken, the

country was looking to the supreme court to resolve the important legal questions raised in this case. today, the supreme court was unable to reach a decision. this is part of the consequence of the republican failures so far to get a fair hearing to mr. merrick garland, my nominee to the supreme court. it means that the expanded sort of common sense deferred action policies, the ones that i announced two years ago, can't go forward at this stage, until there is a ninth justice on the court to break the tie. i know a lot of people are going to be disappointed today, but it is important to understand what today means. the deferred action policy that has been in place for the last four years is not affected by this rule. enforcement priorities developed by my administration are not afe affected by this ruling. this means that the people who might have benefited from the expanded deferred action

policies, long-term residents who are americans or legal residents, they will remain low priorities for enforcement, as long as you have not committed a crime or limited resources are not focused on you. but, today's decision is frustrating to those who seek to grow our economy and bring a rationality to our immigration system and to allow people to come out of the shadows and lift this perpetual cloud on them. i think it is heartbreaking for the millions of immigrants who made their lives here, who have raised families here, who hoped for the opportunity to work, pay taxes, serve in our military, and more fully contribute to this country we all love in an open way. so, where do we go from here? most americans, including business leaders, state leaders, and law enforcement, democrats and republicans and

independents, still agree that the single best way to solve this problem is by working together to pass common sense bipartisan immigration reform. that is obviously not going to happen during the remainder of this congress. we don't have a congress that agrees with us on this. nor do we have a congress that's willing to do even its most basic of jobs under the constitution, which is to consider nominations. republicans in congress currently are willfully preventing the supreme court from being fully staffed and functioning as our founders intended, and today's situation underscores the degree to which the court is not able to function the way it's supposed to. the court's inability to reach a decision in this case is very clear reminder of why it's so important for the supreme court to have a full bench. for more than 40 years, there's been an average of just over two

months between a nomination and hearing. i nominated judge merrick garland to the supreme court more than three months ago. but most republicans so far have refused to even meet with him. they are allowing partisan politics to jeopardize something as fundamental as impartiality and integrity of our justice system. and america should not let it stand. this is an election year. and during election years, politicians tend to use the immigration issue to scare people with words like amnesty in hopes that it will whip up votes. keep in mind that millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country with ancestors putting in the painstaking effort to become citizens. and we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to american citizenship. but here's the thing -- millions of people who have come forward and worked to get right with the law under this policy, they've

been living here for years, too. in some cases, even decades. so leaving the broken system the way it is, that's not a solution. in fact, that's the real amnesty, pretending we can deport 11 million people or build a wall without spending tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money is abetting what is really just factually incorrect. it's not going to work. it's not good for this country. it's a fantasy that offers nothing to help the middle class and it demeans our tradition of being both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. in the end, it is my firm belief that immigration is not something to fear. we don't have to wall ourselves off from those who may not look like us right now or pray like we do or have a different last name because being an american is about something more than that.

what makes us american is our shared commitment to an ideal that all of us are created equal. all of us have a chance to make of our lives what we will. and every study shows that whether it was the irish or the poles or the germans or the italians or the chinese or the japanese or the mexicans or the kenyans, whoever showed up over time, by a second generation, third generation, those kids are americans. they do look like us. because we don't look one way. we don't all have the same last names. but we all share a creed, we all share a commitment to the values that founded this nation. that's who we are. and that is what i believe most

americans recognize. so, here's the bottom line. we've got a very real choice that america faces right now. we will continue to implement the existing programs that are already in place. we're not going to be able to move forward with the expanded programs that we wanted to move forward on because the supreme court was not able to issue a ruling at this stage. and now we've got a choice about who we're going to be as a country, what we want to teach our kids, and how we want to be represented in congress, and in the white house. we're going to have to make a decision about whether we are a people who tolerate the hypocrisy of the system where the workers who pick our fruit, or make our beds never have the chance to get right with the law. or whether we're going to give them a chance, just like our fo forebearers had a chance to give their kids a better future.

we'll have to decide whether the cruelty of ripping children from their parent' arms, or whether we actually value families and keep them together for the sake of all of our communities. we're going to have to decide whether we're a people who continue to educate the world's brightest students in our high schools and universities, only to then send them away to compete against us, or whether we encourage them to stay and create new jobs and businesses right here in the united states. these are all the questions that voters now are going to have to ask themselves and are going to have to answer in november. these are the issues that are going to be debated by candidates across the country, both congressional candidates as well as the presidential candidates. and in november, americans are going to have to make a decision about what we care about and who we are. i promise you this, though. sooner or later, immigration reform will get done. congress is not going to be able to ignore america forever.

it's just -- it's not a matter of the, it's a matter of when. and i can say that with confidence because we've seen our history. we get these spasms of politics around immigration, and fear mongering. and then our traditions and our history and our better impulses kick in. that's how we all ended up here. because i guarantee you, at some point, every one of us has somebody in our background who people didn't want coming here. and yet here we are. and that's what's going to happen this time. the question is, do we do it in a smart, rational, sensible way? or do we just keep on kicking the can down the road? i believe that this country deserves an immigration policy that reflects the goodness of the american people, and i think

we're going to get that. hopefully we're going to get that in november. all right? i'll take two questions. two questions. go ahead. >> thank you. realistically, what do you see as the risk of deportation for these more than four million people? you say we can't deport 11 million. there's a chunk of time here. >> well, let me just be very clear. what was unaffected by today's ruling or lack of a ruling is the enforcement priorities that we've put in place. and our enforcement priorities that have been laid out by secretary jeh johnson at the department of homeland security are pretty clear. we prioritize criminals. we prioritize gang bangers. we prioritize folks who have just come in. what we don't do is to prioritize people who have been here a long time, who are otherwise law-abiding, who have

roots and connections in their communities. and so those enforcement priorities will continue. the work that we've done with the dream act kids, those policies remain in place. so what this has prevented us from doing is expanding the scope of what we've done with the dream act kids. keep in mind, though, that even that was just a temporary measure. all it was doing was basically saying to these kids, you can have confidence that you are not going to be deported, but it does not resolve your ultimate status. that is going to require congressional action. although i'm disappointed by the lack of a decision today by the supreme court, a deadlock, this does not substantially change the status quo, and it doesn't

negate what has always been the case, which is if we're really going to solve this problem effectively, we've got to have congress pass a law. i have pushed to the limits of my executive authority. we now have to have congress act. and hopefully, we're going to have a vigorous debate during this election. that's how democracy is supposed to work. and there will be a determination as to which direction we go in. as i said, over the long term, i'm very confident about the direction this country will go in, because we've seen this in the past. if we hadn't seen it in the past, america would look very different than it looks today. but whether we're going to get this done now, soon, so that this does not continue to be

this divisive force in our politics, and we can get down to the business of all pulling together to create jobs and educate our kids and protect ourselves from external threats, and do the things that we need to do to ensure a better future for the next generation, that's going to be determined in part by how voters turn out, and who they vote for in november. all right? one more question. go ahead, mike. >> reporter: two practical going forward questions. number one, are you going to be able to do anything more at all for immigrants going forward in terms of executive action before the election of the next president? and number two, do you in any way take this as some republicans presented this, as a slap at your use of executive authority, this tie vote? and will this in any way

circumscribe how aggressively or forcefully you use executive authority in the remainder of your time at all? >> okay. on the specifics of immigration, i don't anticipate that there are additional executive actions that we can take. we can implement what we've already put in place that is not affected by this decision. but, you know, we have to follow now what has been ruled on in the fifth circuit, because the supreme court could not resolve the issue. and we're going to have to abide by that ruling until an election, and a confirmation of a ninth justice of the supreme court so that they can break this tie. because we've always said that

we are going to do what we can lawfully through executive action, but we can't go beyond that. and we've butted up about as far as we can on this particular topic. and it does not have any impact, from our perspective, on the host of other issues that we're working on, because each one of these issues has a different analysis and is based on different statutes or different interpretations of our authority. so, for example, on climate change, that's based on the clean air act and the epa and previous supreme court rulings, as opposed to a theory of prosecutorial discretion that in the past, every other president has exercised. and the supreme court wasn't definitive one way or the other on this. the problem is they don't have a ninth justice, so that will continue to be a problem. with respect to the republicans,

i think what it tells you is that if you keep on blocking judges from getting on the bench, then courts can't issue decisions. and what that means is then you're going to have the status quo frozen and we're not going to be able to make progress on some very important issues. now, that may have been their strategy from the start. but it's not a sustainable strategy. and it's certainly a strategy that will be broken by this election. unless their basic theory is we can never confirm judges again. hopefully, that's not their theory. because that's not how our democracy is designed. [ inaudible question ] it was a one-word opinion that said we can't come up with a decision. i think that would be a little bit of a stretch. maybe the next time, if we have a full-court issuing a full

opinion on anything, then we take it seriously. this we have to abide by, but it wasn't any kind of value statement or a decision on the merits of these issues. all right? thank you, guys. >> in a paralyzed city reacting to a paralyzed tied supreme court with an outstanding vacancy, the president, who is so often motivated to come into that briefing room and before cameras in a combination of sadness and frustration, displayed both today, taking a big shot at republicans, at the paralysis that rules washington. even donald trump's wall on the way out. and a big statement there on immigration. this first african-american president reminding his fellow americans that all of us are from folks who came from somewhere else. a big issue, today's supreme court ruling, 4-4 tie gives a

big hit to the obama administration. there will be more coverage on your local news, on tonight's "nbc nightly news" and our live nbc news coverage will continue live on msnbc, as we return you to your programming on nbc. craisins® dried cranberries. flavor you can see. mmm. the newest traction for thrill seekers takes us out to los angeles. >> "today" contributor liliana vasquez went to check it out. how was it? >> it was incredible. high is a huge under statement. it puts you literally in the clouds for a one-of-a-kind ride. >> reporter: from its palm trees to its people, the city of

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relax. >> i will consider your watch request. >> hey, i'm just trying to make your life better. this ain't about me. by the way, what you want me to do while you're there? >> take notes. >> hold up. hold up. take notes. got you. >> danielle, good morning. >> good morning. >> we, of course, love tasty. >> thank you. >> we want to talk about you, sophia, the year you're having right now. first time on broadway. >> yes. >> color purple. you're nominated for a tony. congratulation. >> thank you so much. >> what's this little ride been like you the last few months? >> oh, my god. i keep saying i've been on cloud 500. i can't believe all this has happened in the past six months and what's come nth next six months now that "orange" has started back up. so grateful for all the opportunities that have come and people just allowing me to really live my dream. >> are you drawn to shows that have colors in the names? >> yes! i feel like my career is a crayola box now, you know,

orange, black, purple. it's hard to keep up with it, to be honest. >> how do you keep up? you're about to start taping for "orange" soon. >> yes. >> you are currently on broadway. >> yes. >> in "the color purple" right now. how does that balance out? >> yeah. well, i have a great team of people that really helped to keep me on a nice schedule. trying to sleep as much as i can. i actually only had five hours of sleep right now. i'm just running on adrenaline. but it's the stories, man. like they're so good and worth telling. i was telling someone a minute ago like last night, on color -- see, i can't keep up with the colors. "color purple," the audience was incredible. and the applause, it sounded like waves crashing. it was so -- >> such a rush? >> such a rush. the stories continuously keep me going. >> you came up, you were a theater kid. >> yes.

>> going to juilliard. you are living your dream right now, aren't you? >> yes, i am. >> "color purple" is the first play? >> first show i had seen about 11 years ago and now to be starring in it as sophia, a role that oprah originated and a story that really ranks true to my heart that's about love and getting to -- just really love yourself and step into your best self when the world is hitting you with so much negativity. i'm grateful that i get to tell both stories. even "orange," you know, everything that we're talking about this season has really been cool to not just be entertaining, but educating people on what's going on with the issues these days. >> as you go back now to shoot next week, new season of "orange" for people that have tickets to "color purple," she's still going to be there. >> i'm there. >> going back and forth. where is tasty now? >> oh, my gosh, she has taken one of the biggest journeys thus

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with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. =vo= a ve busy d for the president--- who will touch down in the good thursday morning. it's 9:26. a very busy day for the president who will touchdown in the bay area later this afternoon. president obama is back, but not for fund-raising. he is speaking at the annual global enterpriseship summit in stanford. he will arrive about 5:30 and spend the night in san jose. his speech is set for tomorrow morning. this comes on the heels of a monumental supreme court decision. a huge blow this morning to the president's executive action on immigration. his plan had been deemed unconstitutional and now the highest court in the land split, 4-4 with justice scalia's seat still vacant. the lower court's decision still

stands. up to four million people are not protected from deportation. that takes up further from the country that we aspire to be. breaking news out of southern california where a pipeline leaked almost 210,000 gallons of crude oil. right now is a critical period. they are rushing to keep the oil from reaching the beach and barrelling into the ocean. woe will have updates throughout the morning.

>> good thursday morning. we are at 67 in the peninsula while san francisco is at 59. mostly clear, but we have coastal clouds around the peninsula and after going to the rest of the day, a high of 80 degrees and 84 in the south bay and 66 degrees in the north bay while san francisco sees more sunshine and 66 degrees as it continues into the weekend.

let's see what's happening on the roads. >> an odd day of traffic where we have a lot of slowing. 101 will see recovering from san mateo where the crash has cleared the lane about 9:20. there is the recovery and down towards palo alto. westbound 237, a crash from the center divider that caused delay through fremont. >> an l-shaped back up. see you in 30 minutes with more news. back to the "today" show.

taking a look at the headlines, government officials say nasal spray of the flu vaccine did not protect this past season, performing dismally for the third straight year while the traditional flu shot worked fairly well. nasal spray should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season, cdc panel said. approving a $1.1 billion bill to fight the zika virus, short of president obama's $1.9 billion request, though. democrats promise to filibuster because it includes $750 million in budget cuts to other health care programs. ikea is recalling child

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instagram page has more than 44,000 followers. let's get a check of the weather from dylan. >> now i want bread. thanks, craig. looking at the weather for the upcoming weekend, chance of stronger storms possibly across northern north dakota, northwestern minnesota and also down through the southeast. our best chance of seeing some of these storms through the afternoon and evening and could produce small hail, damaging wind gusts and always watch out for the lightning. saturday it shifts to eastern minnesota, northwestern or most wisconsin, including northwestern wisconsin. hot and humid across the southeast, down south, southwest. little closer to average at about 110 degrees. on sunday we're looking at spotty showers and occasional thunderstorms through the great lakes. highs in the 80s and 90s up and down the east coast. it's still with your feels-like temperatur catching a little bit of a break from the heat especially in san francisco and along the coastline.

inland temperatures are heating up with 69 in concord. palo alto at 67 and hot in gilroy. 90 there and pacifica at 64 and 65 degrees in the financial district. low 90s for fairfield and upper 90s for brent wood and oakland is 74 degrees. >> and that's the latest forecast. >> you don't need a table to do that? >> no. this is not that impressive. but if you think it is -- >> i'm easily impressed. >> i'll take your credit. so, card tricks. >> yes? >> you were doing a card trick earlier. can you throw cards? >> no, i cannot. >> want to try? >> should we explain why we're doing this? >> yes. >> a contest called "look what i can do," viewers showing off their hidden talent. rick smith jr., cleveland, ohio. look what he does, slicing celery into pieces by throwing card at it.

that's throwing cards, dylan. >> it is. >> throwing cards since his days as a pitcher. long time out in the bull pen, dylan. you were recently on the set of "now you see me 2," dave franco was showing you some tricks, right? >> yes. i used to throw cards -- the secret is, you take the card, grab the corner, top left corner. >> yep? >> and when you throw it, you throw down at the same time. like ready? >> our poor stage manager. getting it up in the wind too much. >> you have to have like a down thing. >> do we have a piece of celery? >> oh! >> okay. >> standing by with celery. who wants to hold the celery? wow! >> i was aiming for the celery. >> that's an hr --

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♪ ♪ when i was in the third grade i thought that i was gay 'cause i could draw my uncle was and i kept my room straight i told my mom tears rushing down my face she's like ben you've loved girls since before pre-k trippin' yeah i guess she had a point didn't she a bunch of stereotypes all in my head i remember doing the math like yeah i'm good at little league a preconceived idea of what it all meant for those who like the same sex had the characteristics the right-wing conservatives think its a decision and you can be cured with some treatment and religion man-made rewiring of a predisposition playing god ahh nah here we go america the brave still fears what we don't know and god loves all his children it's somehow forgotten but we paraphrase a book written 3,500

hundred years ago ♪ i don't know ♪ ♪ and i can't change even if i tried even if i wanted to and i can't change even if i tried even if i wanted to ♪ ♪ my love, my love, my love she keeps me warm she keeps me warm she keeps me warm she keeps me warm ♪ ♪ if i was gay i would think hip-hop hates me have you read the youtube comments lately man that's gay gets dropped on the daily we've become so numb to what we're sayin' our culture founded from oppression yeah, we don't have acceptance for 'em call each other behind the keys

of a message board a word routed in hate yet our genre still ignores it gay is synonymous with the lesser it's the same hate that's caused wars from religion gender to skin color the complexion of your pigment the same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins it's human rights for everybody there is no difference live on and be yourself ♪ ♪ when i was in church they taught me something else if you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed that holy water that you soak in is then poisoned when everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen i might not be the same but that's not important no freedom 'til we're equal damn right i support it ♪ new york! ♪ i can't change even if i tried even if i wanted to my love, my love, my love she keeps me warm she keeps me warm she keeps me warm

she keeps me warm ♪ ♪ we press play don't press pause progress march on with a veil over our eyes we turn our back on the cause 'till the day that my uncles can be united by law their kids are walkin' around the hallway plagued by pain in their heart a world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are and a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all but it's a damn good place to start ♪ ♪ no law's gonna change us we have to change us whatever god you believe in we come from the same one strip away the fear underneath it's all the same love about time that we raised up ♪ ♪ and i can't change even if i tried even if i wanted to and i can't change even if i tried even if i wanted to my love, my love, my love

she keeps me warm she keeps me warm she keeps me warm she keeps me warm ♪ ♪ love is patient love is kind love is patient love is kind ♪ ♪ i'm not crying on sundays i'm not crying on sundays i'm not crying on sundays ♪ ♪ love is patient ♪ i'm not crying on sundays i'm not crying on sundays ♪ ♪ i'm not crying on sundays ♪ love is patient i'm not crying on sundays ♪ ♪ love is kind ♪ i'm not crying on sundays >> hear more from macklemore and ryan lewis and all our summer concert artists at

applemusic.com/today. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast

hello, everybody! >> hi! >> we're down to two. >> we are. >> the waffles and ice cream, they just keep bringing it to me. would you like to try? >> it's a craving, right? >> one of many. i like to eat food. but it's a jersey shore thing. >> you like sweet food. >> i like sweets. >> yes, you do. you know what i like? i like jack wagner. >> and josie bissett, makeovers and

>> we have been seeing a few clouds along the coast, otherwise a lot of sunshine and cooler temperatures for parts of the bay area. in san francisco it will be 66 degrees and 86 up to a high of 80 degrees and mid 80s for the

south bay. upper 70s for the peninsula. in the trivalley a high of 87 and warming up in spots and more of this heading into the weekend. let's go to mike so see what's happening on the road. >> this is what a priple looks like. look at the maps. it comes back at the bottom of the screen where the crash was in the westbound direction. that's the back up at the top of the screen. we have recovery and rippling back here. it is clear and now we have it on the 101. southbound over the crash on the northbound crash. back to you. >> happening now, major developments in washington. about two hours ago, the supreme court made two rulings. one around affirmative action and the other with the president's immigration plan. the decisions and how they

impact you on our twitter feed. after hours of heated debate, the commission voted it approve a new use of force policy and you can read about the changes on our website.

♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. happy thirsty thursday to everybody. june 23rd. that's supposedly allegedly summer nights by john legend. is this the summer nights from greece? >> it's their on version. >> that shows you generationally -- never mind. we do have a terrific show. if you were a fan of "melrose place," everybody was back in the '90s, you know these stars very well. jack wagner and josie bissett. there might be a wedding finally