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the donald reacted. "early today" starts right now. happy friday to you, aim frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. it's hard to maenl this late in the election cycle, the birther issue is once again coming up. >> we have seen it all, from hair to health and now the focus on this. this morning, the birther issues come storming back into the 2016 race with donald trump refusing to say president obama was born in the united states. after asked directly by the "washington post" said, quote, i'll answer the question at the right time. i don't want to answer that right now. i don't want to answer that trump's response and refusal to answer is now spread across the headlines this morning. here's what the post, robert costa, said about the nominee's non-answer. >> so we're sitting there, i had a list of questions. up with of the questions i had

born in the united states, and i had not heard trump say that himself, so i asked trump, is kellyanne conway accurate. i asked it several times, he said i don't want to answer that question, when i said is kelly anne accurate? he said, okay. i will not talk about that. we had a lengthy exchange about it, and what he said i published tonight. >> the trump team responded by trying to walk back the nominee's comment wit statement, quote, in 2011, mr. trump was finally able to bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by compelling president obama to release his birthday certificate. mr. trump did a great service to the president and the country by bringing closure to the issue that hillary clinton and her team first raised. having successfully obtained president obama's birthday certificate when others could not, mr. trump believes that

several trump tweets that show the nominee continuing to question the president's citizenship as recent as 2014. >> the clinton camp also jumped on trump's answer with brian fallon tweeting, quote, trump needs to say himself on camera and admit he was wrong for trying to lelegitimize the first african-american president. hillary clinton took to task for the birth issue, herself. >> he was asked one more time, where was president obama born? and he still wouldn't say hawaii. he still wouldn't say america. this man wants to be our next president. when will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry? >> but on her first day back on the trail, clinton also found

as a series of battleground polls show trump leading 53 days before election day. >> i've always said that this was going to be a tight race. i've said it from the very beginning. whether i was up, down, it didn't matter. what matters is who registers to vote and who is motivated and mobilized to turn out to vote. i will keep doing everything i can to deliver my message about what's at stake in this election and my campaign is going to continue to work hard every day to turn out every voter we possibly can. >> and we now have word that clinton will deploy her strongest and most effective surrogates on the trail, all barnstorming swing states on clinton's behalf. >> the birther issue isn't the oefrbs trump controversy making headlines after trump's son donald jr. made this questionable remark.

but the media has built her up, they've let her slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every dnc game trying to get bernie sanders out of the thing. if the republicans were doing that, they'd be warming up the gas chamber right now. >> the anti-defamation league responded by calling trump jr. out on twitter, posting, the holocaust and gas chambers is never okay. we hope you understand the sensitivity and hurt of making holocaust joiques. we hop trump jr. told nbc he in no way meant the remark as anti-semitic but used the term as an expression for corporal punishment. >> but the billionaire nominee's son found himself in trouble with an interview with the pittsburgh tribune when he said this about his farth's taxes. >> he has a 12,000 page tax return that would create probably 300 million independent financial auditors out of

asking questions that are going to distract from his message. >> that came after house speaker paul ryan said the nominee should release his tax returns. >> do you think it's a good idea for donald trump to release his returns? >> i did release my returns. i'll defer to bl trump. he has an opinion, i'll defer to him on that. >> do you think it's a good >> i'll leave it to him when to do it. >> trump will hold a rally but not before meeting with gop officials at rnc headquarters in washington, d.c. he will meet veterans in his newly opened hotel as clinton delivers remarks in washington while first lady michelle obama campaigns for clinton for the first time in virginia. the federal government is dealing major blow to samsung,

smartphones by issuing an official recall of 1 million galaxy note 7s nationwide. it follows at least 92 reports of phones overheating, some combusting and catching fire. it comes from the lithium batteries which can generate an enormous amount of heat. >> because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, i am urging all consumers, all consumers, to take advantage of this recall right away. >> the federal order comes two weeks after samsung recalled 2.5 million phones world wide. samsung now advising note 7 owners to check their phone's serial nub on samsung's website. while samsung says it's already bought back 130,000 phones investigators are now looking at other fires that allegedly involve different samsung models. a man is in critical condition after attacking police in new york city.

head with an 11-inch cleaver. local newspapers called him a madman who allegedly became enraged after finding a boot on his car outside penn station. when officers approached the suspect, he ran away. the off duty officer tackled him, he slashed him with a cleaver, the officer is in serious condition in the hospital. it's a dramatic end to career. >> authorities in columbus, ohio, are pleading for calm as they try to figure out how a young teen wanted for questioning in an armed robbery wound up fatally shot by a police officer. investigators say the 13-year-old pulled a bb gun that looked very much like a real gun. community members held a vigil in columbus thursday evening to remember king. ron mott is in columbus with more.

drama. an armed robbery on thursday night. >> this man just had a gun on the street. >> according to authorities, a responding officer opened fire on one of the suspects when he reached for a gun. police confirm the 13-year-old was shot at the scene and killed, and that weapon authorities recovered was a bb gun, similar to this one, bearing close resemblance to real service weapons used by police. the officer involved w brian mason, a nine-year veteran on the force. he was cleared of wrongdoing in another fatal shooting from 2012. tyree king's death generated immediate comparisons to that of tamir rice, killed by cleveland police while also carrying a toy gun, set off nationwide protests. they have reached out to community leaders urging for calm and patience while the investigation continues.

probe. >> it's about making sure we have transparency in these investigations and we find out the truth. >> ron mott, nbc news, columbus. >> the washington post reports there have been at least 60 deadly shootings of people with dead guns since the start of 2015. >> thanks. just ahead, an eye-popping scene in florida. this you have to see to believe. >> but first, bill karins has a look at your weekend weather. >> the middle of the country is where all the problems last night wither they're going to continue to redevelop in the midwest. we'll continue that going across the country through the upcoming weekend. that's storm one. storm two is in the northwest, moving in the day, later on and on saturday. and that could continue within northern idaho and montana throughout your sunday. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. out before the storm system, very warm air moving up the coast.

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