the lawyers we have tasked as a country representing these defendants. amazing story and amazing sacrifice. good thursday morning, everybody. right now on first look, win, lose or draw. excitement builds for today's big battle in brazil as the u.s. tries to stay alive at the world cup. a flood emergency in the upper midwest with rivers at the breaking point. land mark ruling. a federal appeals court says states cannot ban same sexy marriage. >> serena williams get up and close with wimbledon fans and facts of life reunion ends in an epic selfie. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. the big day is here. that means productivity in many offices might not be so hot today. the u.s. men's soccer team will have a chance to advance to the knockout round when it plays

germany today. >> reporter: the u.s. men's soccer team putting a few final touches on the ball. as the americans head into their last group game of this world cup. >> we are getting better. we are getting stronger. with every game that we play, you know, can build more and more stronger foundation. we want to beat germany. we want to be first in our group. so we are not thinking about a tie. >> reporter: a tie would advance the u.s. into elimination play, but a loss, well, then it becomes more about imagimath th match play. if ghana or portugal beat the other handily, well, the u.s. could see its hopes fade. one thing is for sure, u.s. fans in brazil. >> everything is possible. anything is possible.

but confident we are going to come out on top. >> reporter: and all across the nation. >> just brings everybody together as, like, a nation. really cool. >> reporter: we will be watching this game in huge numbers. >> it's different than the super bowl. one day, once a year. it's only once every four years, so the passion is there. >> from coast-to-coast on screens big and small. cheering on team usa. >> usa, baby! >> reporter: kurt gregory, nbc news. >> the game starts at noon eastern on espn. residents across the midwest are bracing for more bad weather today. a massive cleanup operation is under way in indiana days after a tornado ripped through the town of plain field. while in minnesota, several communities remain under water as rivers continue to rise. nbc's john yang reports from st. paul, minnesota. >> reporter: violent summer storms track through the midwest

this week. in indiana, tornadoes. in minnesota, record rain and widespread flooding. across the region, thousands have been driven out of their homes. and ef-1 tornado touched down in minneapolis. >> i seen it started to form. two minutes later i see debris every. >> reporter: from minnesota to ohio, flash flood warnings. >> up to my knees down the street. >> incredible. this doesn't happen. you get flooding in the spring but unbelievable right here. >> torrential storms downed trees and power lines and disrupting the most important plans. more than 25 inches of rain so far prompting 35 counties to declare imagines. >> to have river flooding like this in june is completely out of the ordinary and something

our communities never seen before. >> reporter: a wet spring and early summer have swollen rivers in four states. dozens of river gauges are reporting flooding. in st. paul, the mississippi river is already at about 20 feet, six feet above flood stage. >> that was nbc's john yang reporting. it is a court ruling hailed as victory for same-sex couples. they are declaring in unconstitutional. the three-judge panel voted 2-1 yesterday in favor of allowing couples to marry regardless of sexual orientation. the state of utah will appeal the u.s. supreme court -- to the u.s. supreme court, that is it. same-sex marriages won't take place while that appeal is being heard. it sparked mixed reactions. >> this decision is an absolute victory for fairness and equality, for all families in

utah, in every state in the 10th circuit and every state in this great nation of the united states. >> i'm disappointed because i do believe that states do have the right, through the democratic process, to make the determination on the definition of marriage. our people have spoken on that issue and that is part of our law. that being said, the sooner we can get to supreme court the better i would like it. >> reporter: it is called a major victory for privacy rights in a unanimous vote police officers must obtain a warrant to search people's cell phones. people are arrested every year for minor ovents and a century now the court says police can search they arrest to look for weapons and a crime but now cell phone searches are off limits unless there is warrant. supreme court dealt a blood to a company called areo allowed paid

users to watch tv over a mobile device and get around tv shows, areo claimed every user got a private performance with a separate antenna and separate video recording. the court said the company was distributing copyrighted programs without paying them. nbc was one of the networks that sued aere, op. >> lets talk more world cup. >> all right. >> luis suarez biting back, suarez was a no-show at practice maybe a third time biting another player. >> why? >> why not? hoping to avoid a maximum two-year suspension, suarez lawyer says the bite was casual play and it's a conspiracy

losing to opposing teams by biting up. fifa expected to decide before saturday's game. jonathan brack belt 12 bucks suarez would bite at the cup. >> there is an odds of him biting someone? >> yes. 175-1 and 23-year-old swede wins over $2,000. >> smart bet. >> not bad. ghana's players say pay us now, talking about money or who knows, they could strike. bonuses normally are paid after the tournament. teams get $8 million if knocked out in the current stage up to 35 million if this win the whole enchilada. a portion of the 3 million they say is on the way to satisfy those guys. fifa is evaluating. on the ground. bennett to posey and looks like he has done it again!

no-hit san diego the padres for the second time in two years. >> you heard it, betty. that was only the second time in history a pitcher has twice no-hit the same team. >> amazing. >> san francisco giants pitcher tim lincecum destroying san diego admittedly the weakest hitting team in the majors but the last time this happened over a hundred years ago. >> yeah, exactly. another moment in history. men's baseball vanderbilt wins the college series for the first time ever. tied in the eighth inning with virginia. a home run. he is in the history books. virginia cannot score in the ninth and losing to vandy 3-2. a long time coming. vandy putting 73 players in the majors over the years. well deserved they get this one. wimbledon. the williams sister seeded eighth and working hard. serena chases down a ball and gets up close and personal. a laugh on their way to a 5-7,

6-1, 6-4 win. >> maybe she needed a break. >> it was a long match. two hours. >> best seat in the house. thank you, richard. heavy rain across china triggers a spectacular avalanche of mud and rock. the dramatic landslide dropped over 350,000 cubic feet of water-logged earth on a nearby highway. recent down pours and severe flooding led to 300 landslides in china. the cleanup job is expected to last five days. i don't know. maybe it will last a little bit longer. >> i've never seen a landslide that close. like they set dynamite off and purposely did it. looks dangerous. nothing like that around here. if you're up near new england, rain greeting you as you walk out the door and head to the car. we will be watching that in w t boston and providence. looks like the rain is about

over for hartford and new haven. your thursday forecast, there is early morning rain and some showers. we may get another little round late today but most of the day will actually be dry compared to what you just dealt with overnight and warm. d.c. near 90 today. rest of the country the southeast start out nice and dry. the exception being there around louisiana. the weather pattern in the days ahead the heat and humidity is on the way. it's going to build right into the weekend and to the beginning of next week. many of us are going to see temperatures above average and humid too. strongest thunderstorms today in the northern plains. i do not expect a lot of tornadoes today. looks like a typical summer weather pattern. >> we like that. keep it typical and normal. saturday mail delivery, a push. the best selling chevy. prince harry reportedly tears up in public. find out why, next. vo: once upon a time

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13 minutes past the hour. let's get down to business with cnbc courtney reagan. >> futures are lower after stocks rose on wednesday that is despite a report showing the economy performed even worse than previously thought in the first quarter. traders shrugging off the numbers and chocking it up to impact severe winter weather. look for data today on unemployment and personal income and spending. go pro goes public. the video camera maker prices ipo valuing the company at nearly $3 billion. could be the largest consumer electronics ipo in decades topping duracell in 1991. chevy crews may have an incorrect part in the air bag. gm could resume sales later this week. back to you, betty. >> other stories. house speaker john boehner says

he is falling a lawsuit against the obama administration on behalf of congress. he's accusing the president of going around the law by using executive orders in a memo he called it aggressive unilateralism that could lead to, quote, king-like authority. stay out. a stern warning from secretary of state john kerry. he urges other countries not to take action against insurgents in iraq saying it could worsen the country's sectarian turmoil and that turmoil is fueled largely by isis and new concerns this morning about their next large-scale attack. "the new york times" is reporting terrorists are advancing on the country's second largest dam and, if taken, it could cause devastating floods. a house panel in the united states votes on saturday mail delivery and figures to be a popular decision. it could save the u.s. postal service about a billion bucks a

year cutting down on four-day service. in brazil, prince harry reportedly cried talking to two girls who lost their mother. he lost his own mother when he was 12 prince diana. he told him, quote, he had never blubbed in public. duking it out for the 2006 rnc. will congress file a lawsuit against the president? bob franken weighs in next. ♪ ♪ higher and higher [ male announcer ] more gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze for three big things in one gain fling! it's our best gain ever. it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. it's important to know the difference. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs

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helping of scrambled politics. after being criticized for keeping reviews to herself, republican senator susan collins of maine announced her support for same-sex marriage on wednesday. collins is only the fourth gop senator to publicly support the issue. president obama says only in congress do some people believe climate change is a hoax, fad, or liberal plot. the president was speaking to the league of conservation voters in washington, d.c. when he made the comments. >> many who say that -- actually, know better than and they are just embarrassed, they duck the question. hey, i'm not a scientist which really translates i accept the man-made climate change is real but if i say so outloud, i will be run out of town by a bunch of fringe elements that think climate science is a liberal plot.

then there were two. republican national committee announced top two cities hoping to host the party's next national convention. on twitter the rnc posted is it cleveland or dallas? you choose. josh earnest took over for jay carney this weaniek and now is taking to twitter. yesterday, he wrote the following. i guess i'll ask some questions what is going on? former secretary of state hillary clinton says she doesn't need anyone to fit in her record. she made that remark on pbs after her husband former president clinton defended her situation and critics calling her out of touch. wednesday the anniversary of 30 years of "purple" release.

minnesota democrat keith ellison posted this video. he is not the only prince fan. new york democrat joe crowley posted a video of his own and in it, he is covering part of raspberry beret. that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." i'm joined by bob franken who, thankfully, won't be singing any prince songs, right? >> i was 5 years old when they came out. i wondered what the numbers of congress were doing all the time which, by the way, is a great segway into what we are going to be talking about here. isn't it? >> let's get down to it. house speaker john boehner plans to move forward with a lawsuit we have been talking about against president obama for misusing executive powers and side-stepping congress. is there a solid case here, bob? >> it's really kind of hard to remember this is an election year, isn't it?

>> oh, yeah, right. >> this is a new theme for the republicans that barack obama assuming dictatorial powers and never mind the fact that going back to glover cleveland have used more executive order. is there a constant tension between the legislative branch of government and the executive branch but chances are if a court even accepts this remembering that the judicial branch doesn't like to interfere with this kind of squabble, if this would make it to the courts it would be far beyond the barack obama presidency. >> who is going to pay for this? josh earnest says republicans want taxpayer money. will taxpayers support such a move? >> the answer they wouldn't probably have much choice about the matter. congress could certainly be able to come up with the money to do it. that is really not the issue. the issue is whether this is just ball politics that is being

used -- that is using taxpayer money or, in fact, that this is a sincere effort to try to legally resolve a matter that possibly couldn't be resolved. >> with mid terms coming up, everything is an issue, especially taxpayer money. >> everything is an issue including the ability of congress to get its job done. >> yeah, exactly. bob franken, always a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much for joining us today. "first buzz" is ahead. including things go amuck which a chinese tycoon offers cash to homeless. find out why when we return. it's data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm. so if your business deals with the unexpected, hp big data and cloud solutions

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all right. you got to chaek theck this out. a facts of life reunion. blair on the long running sitcom posted this pick of mrs. garrett adding she gave me good some good advice just like old times. i loved that show. i think jo was my favorite. >> do you remember that show? >> i don't. >> let's talk about "first buzzbuz buzz." >> where is bill? >> he'll be coming up. homeless folks are buzzing about what happened in central park. so there is this chinese millionaire who wanted to do something very nice. hosted this fancy smancy lunch for people in new york city at a boat house in central park but word was getting out not only was he giving them a free lunch

but he was going to pass out $300 to each of them. some of the shelters said, hold up. >> really? >> probably not a good idea for fearing that it may be used for things other than good, if you will? >> right. >> so he decided not to give the 300 bucks and that made many of the -- >> they got a meal and able to talk to each other? >> but they didn't get the money a lot of them came there for. another interesting thing that might not have been making the crowd very happy. he is saying we are the world to them. don't ask me why. >> i likes karaoke. >> it was still a good deed. give the guy a hand. what are you up to? >> let's talk about a parking app in san francisco. popular but the city has banned it. you can auction off your parking space. the board is saying you can't

auction what is public property so they put a halt to that. if you use it you get fined 3 300 bucks and the company 2500 per person. >> i'm betty nguyen. stay tuned for "way too early." not only does president ignore the law he brags about it and brags about his willingness to change it unilaterally. it's arrogance and competence down the line. in my view the president has not faithfully executed the laws. house speaker john boehner says he will sue the obama administration over its use of executive orders. two major rulings from supreme court acting your privacy and how you watch television. a sign that the law is finally starting catch up with technology. money misstep. hillary clinton once again tries to clear up those comments that her family was, quote, dead

broke after leaving the white house. who else is dead tired of dead broke? this is "way too early"! good morning, i'm bill karins in for on thomas roberts who is on assignment. i heard we have pictures of thomas and his assignment. this is what he has been working on in venice. that is his husband. he is on vacation. i hope you're joenjoying it, t y tommy. two big supreme court decisions. a ruling that will have an impact on millions of americans. the court ruled in no cases police needed a warrant to search someone's cell phone. legal experts say the ruling will papply to possibly your tablet and laptop. >> reporter: writing for