more worthy opponent. >> reactions pour in overnight on senator john mccain been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. how he's battling the illness. if he was going recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job. i would have picked somebody else. >> a remarkable public break. the president says he regrets hiring jeff sessions as ag while bashing central figures in the russia probe, just as donald trump jr. and his campaign manager get summoned to appear before congress. after a decade behind bars could today be the day o.j. simpson is granted parole? a new law could get you pulled over for being under the

influence of your phone. and a gender revelation goes wrong. "early today" starts now. >> good thursday morning. i'm frances rivera. overnight we learned the heartbreaking news that john mccain has been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. it comes days after mccain underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his eye. while it's being thoroughly reviewed, he is now undergoing chemical therapy and radiation. expression of support poured in from lawmakers of all stripes. the president sent his thoughts and prayers saying mccain has always been a fighter. former president obama, mccain's 2008 rival said cancer doesn't know what it's up against.

he told mccain to, quote, give it hell. it was this loving tribute from his daughter that moved so many. he is the toughest person i know. the aggressions of political life could not break him. the aggressions of political life could not bend him. cancer may afflict him in many ways, but it will not make him surrender. nothing ever has. and then this from lindsey graham. >> it's tough news. it is tough. talked to john. i will have to stay here a little bit longer. literally wasn't five minutes until he turned away what most people had a hard time to focus. so pray. i don't know, god knows how this ends, not me. but i do know this, this disease has never had a more worthy opponent. >> mccain's colleague said they learned the news during an hour

long session on health care. they took a moment to pray for his recovery shortly after. >> o.j. simpson could soon be a free star. later today nevada officials will be deciding his fate. he spent the last eight and a half years behind bars for a robbery in las vegas. jay, what can we expect from today's high-profile hearing? >> reporter: well, the entire process will take an hour. simpson will saanswer some questions and then he'll wait like millions will while they make their decisions. >> if ever there were a candidate that deserved to be released, it's o.j. simpson.

>> i am sorry for what has happened. >> reporter: this is the second time sim pson will face the battle after he and two friends robbed someone for sports memorabilia. >> he may very well get paroled based on the merits of his conduct on this case. >> a case that's not supposed to have any impact on the hearing is simpson's controversial acquittal of the murder of his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron brown. >> i'm starting to get anxious because i believe he may get

paroled. >> reporter: if that parole is denied, simpson would have to wait at least a year for his next hearing. >> jay, thank you. >> back in washington unnerving news leading the "new york times" this morning. it was this major revelation that's causing an uproar. the president attacked his own attorney general and one of his earliest supporters, jeff sessions. here's part of that interview from a recording edited by the "new york times." >> sessions gets the job. right after he gets the job, he recuses himself. >> was that a mistake? >> well, sessions should have never recused himself. and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. >> he gave you no heads up at all? >> zero. how do you take a job and then

recuse yourself? if he would have recused himself before the job i would have said thanks and i never would have taken him. it's extremely unfair. >> the president effectively asked for his resignation. preet bharara was ousted by the president in march. sessions wasn't trump's only target in the nt view. according to the "times," he said robert muller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest, warning they'll cross the -- the president claims i'm not under investigation. for what? i didn't do anything wrong. as he continues to defend his son donald trump's jr. jr.'s

infannous meeting with a russian lawyer calling it unimportant. a trump's son-in-law, jared kushner is said set to also be interviewed in a closed session on monday. >> we're learning more about a bride to be's final moments before a police shot her. justine damond placed two calls about a possible sexual assault near her home saturday. she said "i can hear someone out in the back and i'm not sure if she's having sex or being raped. she goes on to say it sounds like she's saying help and sound distressed. the officers heard a noise, was

startled and shot her through the door. >> and researchers found 79% of all plastic has ended up in landfills with just 9% being recycled. in 2015 millions pounds of blastic end up in our oceans every year. there could be over 13 tons of plastic in the land full or in our environment by 2015. >> and a fire has scorched near 50,000 acres near yoz yoz. however, the fire struck and now over 3,000 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is only 7% contained.

and a large part of the country is in the midst of a heat wave. it's going to get worse before it get better. phil, good morning. >> obviously a few of our friend are really going to suffer today and tomorrow, st. louis, kansas city, omaha included. 71 million people across the nations. it's like portions of 18, 19 different states now. even the nation's capital in "new york times" is heating up today. 110 in omaha it will feel like, birmingham right around 100 and look at friday, the peak in omaha, you see the dallas in 08. we do cool it fof a few down to you in central valley of

california. still 100 in reading and 94 in sacramento. >> now here is a gender reveal that went terribly wrong. laura gardner pitched a ball filled with powder to her husband justin. did you see that? he hit his wife. the couple hit a home run to find out they are expecting a baby boy. >> that had to leave a mark, too. >> it's blue or. >> we all need second chances. yes, we do. a scare for commuters on a packed, rainy bridge in south carolina. you're watching "early today." noo

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and we )re one step closer to getting to the weekend. a live look outside at san francisco and the it is thursday morning and that means we are one step closer to the weekend. a live look at san francisco and the transamerica building, although you can't see the top of it. a layer of cloud and fog snuggled in tightly in the background. "today in the bay" starts now. >> a pyramid there. >> we've seen it before. we know it's there. >> i like the snuggled because that's what most people are probably doing in bed right now. don't want to get up. >> not that it's cold but it's comfortable. >> and it's going to be nice again today. we had beautiful weather yesterday, and today will be a repeat of that. so as we get closer to the weekend, a live look outside in san jose, all clear. high temra