it's wednesday, july 13th. coming up on "early today," arrests made as a plot to kill baton rouge cops is stopped in its tracks. president obama leads the nation in mourning the five dallas police officers ambushed while protecting a peaceful protest. and the belated endorsement of bernie sanders to hillary clinton. and a formal announcement for donald trump's ticket on friday. and trump calls for the resignation of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. a bear in quite a pickle of a situation. and is this the next iron lady? "early today" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. a manhunt is under way in baton

rouge, louisiana. police say they foiled a credible plot to gun down officers on the street. in the wake of the killing of alton sterling by police last week, authorities have arrested three suspects who they believe planned to target officers using guns stolen from a pawnshop. one suspect is not shown because he is 13 years old. meanwhile, a fourth suspect has been arrested and charged with possession of one of the stolen firearms. one suspect remains at large. authorities say eight hand guns and a bb rifle were stolen from cash america pawn on saturday. two of the hand guns have not been recovered. >> our officers, in conjunction with these other agencies, have been working around the clock to get these firearms off the streets of baton rouge. so that they can't do any harm to anyone. >> as the nation mourns the dallas police officers, president obama spoke along with george w. bush. he eulogized the fallen while

addressing frayed race relations, calling for gun control, and commended police officers who have been asked to take on more and more. >> reporter: the obamas joined the bushes and biden in a sun of unity as they offered comfort to the families of the murdered police officers. >> like police officers across the country, these men and their families share a commitment to something larger than themselves. >> reporter: it's the 11th time this president has addressed a community after a mass shooting. even he seemed discouraged that he hasn't been able to do more. >> i've seen how inadequate words can be in bringing about lasting change. i've seen how inadequate my own words have been. >> reporter: but still, obama remained hopeful. >> i'm here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. and i know that because i know america. i know how far we've come

against impossible odds. > reporter: the president got a mixed reception from a law enforcement crowd when he urged americans to acknowledge racial bias in the criminal justice system. >> we can't simply dismiss it as a symptom of political correctness or reverse racism. >> reporter: and president bush said americans need to be more empathetic by the plight of not people like them. >> too often we judge others by their worst examples. while judges ourselves by our best intentions. >> reporter: the focus was on the fallen officers in dallas and their families. but the messages resonated across the country. donald trump is expected to name his running mate on friday. last night he campaigned alongside indiana governor mike pence. it's the latest in a series of public auditions for the veep slot which has included newt

gingrich and chris christie. yesterday, pence made his best pitch for the job. >> let us resolve here and now that from this day forward, we will unite, we will stand together, we will not rest. we will not relent until we make this good man our next president. my fellow hoosiers, i give you the next president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. >> pence's presence on the trail came after trump told the wall street journal he wanted an attack dog as his running mate. and a fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat. while pence has tepid support among conservatives, he received solid support from house speaker paul ryan. >> i'm just as anxious as the rest of you who the vp pick is. i'm familiar with this process. i have the highest regard for mike. he's a personal friend. >> ryan continued to defend his support for trump last night during a cnn town hall.

>> i do believe that i have certain institutional responsibilities and it is to help keep our party unified, to respect the will of the primary voter. so it's important. if i had not done that, i believe i would have contributed to cutting our party in half and giving the presidency to hillary clinton. and i couldn't do that. >> yesterday, trump strained his already fraught relationship with the african-american community by declining a speaking engagement before the naacp, becoming just the third presidential candidate to do so. meanwhile, hillary clinton plans to address the racial divide when she heads to springfield, illinois today. she's expected to call for unity just one day after president obama and former president george bush did the same in dallas. in new hampshire, bernie sanders finally joined clinton and pledged to support her bid in an effort to defeat donald trump. >> she will be the democratic

nominee for president. and i intend to do everything i can to make certain she will be the next president of the united states. >> sanders is yet to hand over his coveted donor list to clinton. while he has endorsed her, he still will be a nominee at the democratic convention. donald trump went after sanders for his endorsement. >> today, i see bernie sanders gave her this very, you know, sort of strange endorsement. i want to tell you, a lot of bernie sanders' people are so upset about it, they're going to be voting for trump. i really believe that. they're going to be voting for trump. >> and another potential clinton running mate has been confirmed by nbc news. retired admiral james savridis

is being vetted. the "new york times" reports that elizabeth warren will be speaking on the first night of the democratic convention, a spot that earlier than vice presidential picks typically appear. so we'll have to wait and see as clinton plans to make her vp announcement after the republican convention next week. something is getting under donald trump's skin and it may not be his democratic rival. he's waging a war of words against supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg after she criticized him. donald tweeting, she has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. her mind is shot. resign. it's a feud that's sure to grow. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: ruth bader ginsburg is the court's most outspoken justice off the bench. but her remarks about donald trump have legal experts saying she went too far. "the new york times" -- i can't

imagine what the country would be with donald trump as our president. she said it reminded her of something her husband would have said. now it's time for us to move to new zealand. he's a faker. he says whatever comes into his head at the moment. how has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? asked by the ap about a trump victory, she says i don't want to think about that. trump himself calls her remarks a disgrace and says she should apologize to her colleagues, adding i hope she would get off the court as soon as possible. >> no matter how strongly she feels, part of the job of a judge is to keep her feelings to herself on these public issues and candidates for public office. >> reporter: one of her defenders asked, doesn't everyone has an outspoken jewish grandmother? she's soon off to a trip overseas. >> the pokemon go craze seems to be everywhere, and now it's

showing up in inappropriate places. some users are playing at the 9/11 memorial, even at arlington national cemetery. that forced officials to tweet, we do not consider this to be appropriate decorum. those registered with the google accounts no longer grant the company access to gmail, photos and documents. at least two deaths are being blamed on flooding in northern wisconsin, and it's washed out sections of roads and bridges. a state of emergency has been declared in eight counties. rivers and creeks are expected to rise over the next two days. how are we looking with turning the corner here on this and looking ahead to the weekend? >> trying to get over the hump in many ways. we do have some severe storms to

get over that hump in the midwest. they are rocking and rolling over portions of kansas this morning. that whole area from chicago west today will be under the gun for some severe weather. meanwhile, where it's not raining or pouring it's been to dry. we have red flag warnings across many portions of the west. relative humidity between 10 and 15%. burning campfires not advised. even a cigarette has to be disposed of carefully. meanwhile we're looking at temperatures in the 80s across the east coast. the heat will continue to expand. meanwhile, the west is best. we're looking at a lot of sunshine from seattle straight down to l.a., temperatures in the 70s and 80s with a lot of

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that's un unfolded here in britain in the weeks since the country voted to leave the european union. that was a historic vote and britain again due to make history later this evening by welcoming its second ever female prime minister, theresa may. she's expected to move into this famous address behind me, 10 downing street later this evening. theresa may may not be well known on this side of the pond. at 59 years old, she's a very famous, well-known conservative leader here in this country. a hard-nosed political survivor who is no stranger to political infighting in parliament. her supporters say that she has the stature and the experience necessary to lead britain through the very difficult divorce negotiations that are coming one the european union. david cameron due to step down today. he's due over at buckingham palace where he's going to meet with queen elizabeth to hand over his resignation. theresa may also to meet with the queen to formally take the reins. just ahead, jennifer anniston lashing out at the media.

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leading the news, britain gets a new prime minister, but larry the cat stays. the first feline didn't lose his whiskers over last month's brexit. he will continue the tradition of a long line of mousers who keep the residence free of rodents. >> pacquiao plans to return to the ring in november, ending his brief retirement. an opponent is yet to be chosen to take on the world champion boxer. and one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in history when a man jumped out of

a plane with a parachute and a bag of ransom money and disappeared. the fbi is closing the case over lack of leads. >> reporter: 45 years ago, d.b. cooper bailed out of a 727 with $200,000 strapped to his chest. it led to hundreds of news reports. >> he parachuted out of the plane. it landed in reno and he hasn't been seen since. >> reporter: inspiring a 1981 movie. and dus dozens of armchair detectives. what the case has not had is a resolution. despite the fbi pursuing thousands of leads and nearly as many suspects, the hijacker's true identity was never uncovered. and now he's not likely to be. the fbi officially ending what it called one of its longest and most exhaustive investigations. it was the day before thanksgiving in 1971. a man in a suit and tie identified himself as dan cooper.

he passed a note to a flight attendant, claiming he had a bomb. the plane landed in seattle, where he exchanged the passengers for that $200,000 and four parachutes. >> we saw the exchange of money. >> reporter: the then demanded to be flown to mexico. 45 minutes later, the rear door opened and he jumped 10,000 feet into a rainstorm, hurling himself into history as the perpetrator of america's only unsolved hijacking. >> he was not nervous. he seemed rather nice and other than he wanted certain things to be done. >> reporter: the fbi's point man on the case -- >> i think of him as being just another sleazy, rotten criminal. >> reporter: but the one who got away. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >> now keep it right here for more news, weather and sports. i'm frances rivera.

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good morning. i'm bob redell live in livermore where an overnight fire destroys a small business. what the fire department is saying about the circumstances surrounding this blaze. that story coming up. plus, a new chapter begins for the san jose police department. today officers begin wearing body cameras. south bay freeway goes high tech. how does the smart design expected to help traffic flow. "today in the bay" starts right now. >> and thank you for joining us in this mid week, wednesday morning. i'm sam brock. >> halfway there. living on a prayer. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> we have nice weather again today. it will start to get very hot for inland areas today. well, san francisco still stays