? the birther issue rears its ugly head back into the campaign. >> when will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry? >> back on the campaign trail and hitting the everything she's got. >> new york city cops attacked by a man brandishing an 11-inch cleaver, 18 shots are fired, all during rush hour. police in ohio are investigating a shooting of a 13-year-old carried a bee-bee gun. the second lowest mark and the dangers of galaxy note 7. the new apple iphone 7 is flying off the shelf for early buyers.

there. a moment of how the donald reacted. "early today" starts right now. happy friday to you, aim frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. donald trump says he was born in the united states. >> jimmy fallon. this new issue. the birther issue comes storming back into the 2016 race with donald trump refusing to say president obama was b directly be i the washington post, trump said, quote, i'll answer that question at the right time. i don't want to answer that question right now. trump's response and refusal to answer is now spread across nationalhood lines 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

manager said a week ago, trump now believes president obama was born in the occupation him i had not heard trump, himself, say that so one of the questions i asked trump as we were signature across if his plane, is kelly anne conway accurate. i asked iteraltimes, 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 linkthy exchange. what he said i published back the comment with this statement in 2011, mr. trump able bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling president obama to release his birth certificate. mr. trump did a great thing.

news reports have brought up several trump tweets that show the nominee continue to question the president as repeat as 2014. >> the clinton camp jumped on trump's answer with the brian fallon tweeted quote trump ned to say it himself, on camera, and admit he was wrong tore trying to delegitimize the first african-american president. hillary clinton took to task for the birth >> 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?

herself defending her camp, a series of battle ground 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. when the polls were up, down, it didn't matter. what matters is who registers to vote and who is motivated and mobilized to turn out the vote. i will keep doing everything i can to deliver my message about what's at stake in this election continue to work hard every day to turn out every voter we possibly can. >> and we now have where clinton will deploy her strongest effective candidates to the campaign trail, all barn storming swing states on clinton's be half. >> the birther issue isn't the only thing making head lean, donald, jr. made this questionable remark during a radio interview.

one surrogate in this. without the media, that wouldn't even be a contest. but the media has built her up, they've let her slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every dnc. if the republicans were doing that, they'd be warming up the gas chamber right now. >> they posted on twitter, the never okay. we hope you understand the sensitivity of holocaust jokes. >> he said he rather use the term as an expression for corporeal punishment. >> but the billionaire nominee's son found himself in trouble with an interview with the pittsburgh tribune when he said this about his father's tax returns. >> his tax return would create

person asking questions to distract from his main message. >> inaudible question ]. >> i don't know what he's going to do. >> that came after house speaker paul ryan said the nominee should release his tax returns. >> duping it's a good idea for donald trump to release his returns? smr i did release my returns. i will defer to drumpl i know he's got an audit. he has an opinion, i'll defer to him on that. >> reporter: do you have idea is. >> i'll leave it to him when to do it. >> trump released those citing an irs audit. he will meet 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

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in ohio. he smashed an officer in the head with an 11-inch cleaver him locals called him a madman who came enraged after finding a boot on his car outside penn station. when officers approached the suspect, he ran away, an off duty officer tackled him, he slashed him with a cleaver, the so far as in serious condition at the local hospital. it's a dramatic end of the commissioner's career who retires today. now another shooting, for that i'm send it over to frances. >> ayman, thanks. authorities in columbus, ohio are pleading for calm as they try to figure out how a young teen wanted for questioning in an arm robbery, wound up fatally shot by a police officer. they say the 13-year-old tyree king pulled a bee-bee gun that looked very much like a real

to remember king. >> a 911 called detailed the drama. an armed robbery wednesday night. >> this man just had a gun on this white dude on the street. >> reporter: according to authorities, after a short chase, a responding officer opened fire on one of the suspects when he reached for the gun. police confirm tyree king was shot and killed and weapon authorities recovered a bb gun, similar to this one, bearg weapons used by columbus police. a second suspect confirmed that king was involved with the robbery. the officer involved, who is white, was brian may son, cloord of a wrong doing shooting in 2012. tyree king's death compared to that of tamirrice, cleared by cleveland police carrying a toy gun. officials say they have reached

for calm and patience while the investigation continues. meantime, king's family retained a law firm to conduct a separate probe. >> it's about making sure we have transparency in these investigations and that we find out the truth. >> ron mott, nbc knew, columbus. the walk post reports there have been 67 people shootings since the start of 2016. it's an eye popping massive sink hole in florida this you bill karins has your week weather. >> we're all tracking this cold front. last fight the heavy rain in nebraska. the potential for flash flooding today in areas of iowa. kansas city will get early rain. we take the rain from today, then we take it to the ohio valley on saturday, areas around ohio, kentucky, memphis, then on sunday, the heavy rain shifts from pittsburgh all through the northeast. plan accordingly for your weekend.

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