children are now being used as a deterrent against immigrants who are appealing to us for asylum. >> human rights. >> a nation divided over how to handle immigration as congress gears up for key votes in a few days. >> a scathing report from the inspector general blasts former fbi chief james comey labeling him insubordinate over the handling of the clinton e-mail investigation. this morning new details. >> the new report on what doctors have found about vitamin d in reducing your risk of one of the most common forms of cancer. >> fly, eagles, fly. the unveiling of the philadelphia eagles super bowl rings. >> a wild and windy day at the u.s. open with four golfers tied atop the leaderboard.

"early today" starts right now. good friday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. the backlash is growing against the trump administration's zero tolerance policy on immigration. particularly the separation of children from their parents. thousands march in rallies across the country in poe test of the policy. demonstrators calling the practice cruel and inhumane. some saying it's unamerican. and now the administration is getting push back from its own party. house speaker paul ryan telling reporters he's not comfortable with the separation of parents and children. oklahoma senator mark langford tweeting video of him telling constiff white house to do everything to keep the families together. >> the white house is defending the policy. attorney general jeff sessions said it doesn't grant migrants from immunity quoting the bible as justification. >> i would cite the apostle paul in his clear and wise command in

romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because god has ordained the government for his purposes. >> white house press secretary sarah sanders later doubled down saying it's, quote, very biblical to enforce the law. also thursday the house gop's leader a draft of the immigration bill would stop the separation of families in for b security funds. speaker ryan says he hopes to bring it to a vote next week. >> now to the explosive inspector general report from the justice department, a 568-page scathing document that lit up washington with the d.o.j. faultling the fbi for its handling of the clinton e-mail investigation during the heat of the 2016 election, blasting then fbi director james comey for his, quote, insubordinate actions and bringing to light evidence that at least some fbi investigators did take politics into account during the lead up to the election. giving the president more ammunition as he seeks to discredit the very justice department tasked with investigating him for collusion.

nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: the inspector general says james comey broke long-standing rules in handling the e-mail case, but concluded that the fbi had no political motive to help or hurt hillary clinton or donald trump. as for comey's july 2016 statement, announcing no charges but severely criticizing clinton and her staff -- >> they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. >> reporter: the report says it was extraordinary and insubordinate for comey to do it without telling attorney general loretta lynch beforehand. the report found no good reason for why after more clinton e-mails were found on the laptop of anthony weiner in late september 2016. it took the fbi a month to start examining them. there is no evidence the fbi was biased in its slow response, the report says, but it reveals that in august fbi lawyer lisa page texted about trump. he's not ever going to become president, right? right? and peter strzok, a senior agent

on the investigation responded, no. no, he's not, we'll stop it. strzok chose to put more priority at the time on investigating russia's election meddling. the report says, we did not have confidence that strzok's decision was free from bias. >> this is a really a black mark for the department of justice and for the top levels of the fbi. not the 99% of the people who do a great job. >> reporter: the current fbi director acknowledges that mistakes were made. >> we're going to adhere to the appropriate disciplinary process and once that process is complete, we won't hesitate to hold people accountable for their actions. >> reporter: democrats praised the report. >> anyone who is hoping to use this report to undermine the mueller probe or prove the existence of a deep state conspiracy against president trump will be sorely disappointed. >> reporter: one of the reasons why the fbi may have been slow to act on the e-mails found on anthony weiner's laptop, comey told the inspector general he didn't know weiner was married

to huma abedin, clinton's closest aide. philip? >> peelt, thank you. overnight we got fresh reaction from the president's lawyer rudy giuliani who shows why the mueller probe should be shutdown as he calls for disciplinary action against the investigators who texted about stopping trump. here's what giuliani had to say. >> i believe that rod rosenstein and jeff sessions have a chance to redeem themselves and that chance comes about tomorrow. doesn't go beyond tomorrow. tomorrow mueller should be suspended and honest people should be brought in, impartial people to investigate these people like strzok. strzok should be in jail by the end of next week. >> now to president trump who has been hit with more legal trouble this time involving his personal charity. the attorney general for new york state filed a lawsuit against the president and his three oldest children alleging the trump foundation engaged in, quote, a pattern of persistent illegal conduct occurring over more than a decade. but this morning the president

is firing back, vowing never to settle in a suit brought forward by what he calls sleazy new york democrats. nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: in a blistering lawsuit, the new york attorney general says president trump and three of his adult children, ivanka, donald junior, and eric used his private foundation for personal and political gain for over a decade, calling the trump family actions, quote, extensive and unlawful, comparing the foundation to a checkbook for mr. trump. >> this is a straightforward case of violation of the laws governing charitable foundations and nonprofit corporations in new york. >> reporter: the suit says foundation donations were used to boost the campaign. >> i'm not going to do the debate out of respect for myself. >> reporter: citing an iowa fund-raiser that then candidate trump threw instead of attending a 2016 debate. $100,000 in grants from the event awarded to groups in the state just days before the iowa caucuses.

the suit also alleges the president spent $10,000 on a portrait of himself that hung in one of his golf clubs. the trump foundation called the suit politics at its very worst and president trump lashed out on twitter saying he won't settle this case, blaming it all on the sleazy new york democrats, note ing it all started under disgraced former new york attorney general eric schneiderman who resigned amid allegations of abuse which he denies. press secretary sarah sanders pushing back. >> the foundation raised $18 million while giving $19 million to charity while virtually having zero expenses. >> a charitable organization that gives away more money than it takes in can still violate the law if it's not run properly. for example, if its members use it as a personal piggy bank. >> reporter: the lawsuit is seeking $2.8 million from the trump foundation, calling for it to be dissolved which the president has vowed to do. and the lawsuit is seeking a temporary ban on the president

and his three adult children from operating any nonprofit in new york. frances. >> all right, kristen welker, thank you. >> members of congress put aside their partisan differences for the 57th annual congressional baseball game for charity at nationals park. but the game took on new meaning this year after a shooting at a team practice that nearly killed house republican whip steve scalise. he had to be helped to the base. the crowd cheered as they tossed out the first ceremonial pitch. scalise still walks with a limp but that didn't hold him back. he fielded that ground ball and he threw out rep pete aguilar of california. his teammates there immediately swarming him. the louisiana republican later joked on twitter that he still got it. but in the end the democrats crushed the republicans 21-5. >> an emergency rescue at a board walk amusement park in daytona, florida, firefighters and emergency workers rescued ten riders from a roller coaster

that derailed mid ride. two people at the front of the ride fell about 30 feet ground and two others were left dangling. rescuers used fireiddle and las cars to safety. in all six riders were transported to a hospital with injuries. >> coming off their historic super bowl win, the philadelphia eagles received their super bowl rings. you can see there that is some serious bling. the championship rings are made of pure 10 karat white gold adorned with 219 diamonds and they're dressed up in 17 rare green sapphires. in designing the ring eagles owner wanted to make sure every story line from the season was represented. on the outer band the eagles fight song fly eagles fly and n engraved on the outside. inside is a dog. they pay tribute to the philly special. a trip play that led to a nick foles touchdown catch in the super bowl. he said he wanted to embrace the players concept of something big

and blingy also being demonstrative. >> connor mcgregor appeared in court following a brawl. he was outside of the barclay w. the court appearance lasted two minutes giving them more time to work out a plea deal. the next scheduled court date has been set for july 26th. >> all right. let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning. >> good morning. let's talk about this heat that's coming and building in areas like chicago and st. louis. heat advisory of des moines, chicago under heat watch. in chicago looks like saturday to monday is the time frame. we're already in the midst of it and there is like st. louis. the growing heat is the story. it's been with us through may and june, the southwest and texas now it is memphis heat index 99, kansas city up around 100. by the time we get to saturday there is 96 for heat in indianapolis, and by fathers day, watch how the heat really expands to the east. d.c.,

as minneapolis. denver at 95. not exactly cool but a little less humid. we'll get to everyone else as father's day forecast coming up. >> looking forward to it. thank you, bill. some golf greats suffered a reality check during the first round of the u.s. open. making his first appearance since 2015, tiger woods hit a triple bogey on the par 4, first hole set him way behind the pack. he finished at 8 over par. troubles only continued with phil mickelson making par at the last hole. he finished at 77. still dustin johnson was able to sink this amazitho out of the buncher on the par 4 8th hole. he and roussel henley lead in the second round later today. >> what doctors found reducing your risk to one of the most

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cooler where those clouds from what was hurricane bud. by the time we get into the forecast heading into friday and saturday, we watch the warm air expanding through the ohio valley. thunderstorms are also possible in the southeast, kind of your typical variety stuff. for that therz day, a little heavy rain possible in the houston area. we have a chance to be washed out. looking better for new orleans, very warm conditions are going to continue right around 95 near gardener, kansas. and wisconsin could even hit 97 degrees. it's also pretty nice in the mid-atlantic states. lot of good beach weather there. >> yeah, that's what we like to hear, bill. >> been waiting for it. thank you. still a battle between the lawyers at the center of the stormy daniels case involving president trump. and kamille and bill cause by. neutrogena® ultra sheer. no other sunscreen works better or feels so good. clinically proven helioplex® provides unbeatable uva/uvb protection to help prevent early skin aging and skin cancer

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head out to celebrate the special guy in your life make sure to tune in to "sunday today" with willie geist. he has a great show lined up. willie, tell them what you have this sunday. >> good morning, guys, good to see you as always. this week on sunday my host is daily show host trevor noah. we talk about his astounding journey from apartheid south africa where his biracial background literally was a crime. now to sitting in the chair previously occupied by john stewart. our sunday sit-down with trevor noah plus the latest in news and politics this weekend on "sunday today." remember, you can catch us in the morning live or set the dvr and watch us any time. for now i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip and i'll see you on sunday morning. >> looking forward to it, willie. thank you. >> now to the top stories, the president's long-time fixer and personal attorney michael cohen is looking to gag the lawyer for lawyer for actress stormy daniels. he is filing an order asking the judge to ask him to stop

speaking with reporters and giving information about the legal case about cohen and the president. avenatti has been tainting the case with a, quote, publicity tour that has included more than 100 tv interviews since march. avenatti calls the application a complete joke and says he will strongly oppose it. >> after initially standing by your husband after he was found another home in massachusetts.r the online publication also reports cosby'se of 54 years is considering rep for disgrace comedian refute that had report calling it absolutely false, cosby will be sentenced in september and faces up to 30 years behind bars. >> celebrating fathers day this weekend, here are some special treats for dads. meal deals, any dads dining at ruth's chris steak house will get a $25 gift card. hooters will be offering dad's ten free boneless wings. it's all about the wings at hooters. with the purchase of any drink

and ten wings. firehouse subs will give dad a free medium sub, for the purchase of a full-size sub and a drink. take him to tcby for a free yogurt. finally we'd like to recognize our dad's at "early today." happy fathers day to them all. grand dads, father figures, all of you. thanks for watching, have a great weekend and don't forget go out and do something special for them. the weekend.

so let )s get today started right. it is friday. so close to that weekend finally. let's get it started right.

taking a live look outside overlooking downtown san jose, a cool start to our friday morning. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura kbar sgarcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> much cooler for the inland areas and looking forward to a lot of sunshine away from the coast. the coast will be cloudy today. as we look at our south bay temperatures today, gilroy will be up to 75 degrees. 77 in mill meet 77 in antioch. upper 60s for san mateo. palo alto