if he is convicted before then, he will then automatically lose his seat. if his trial is ongoing, he could remain a state senator for the whole rest of the year while out on bond on sex crime charges. politicians disgrace comes in lots of different varieties. but disgrace and ceasing to be official are two very different things. "first look" is up next. >> it's tuesday coming up today behind the biker gang brawl, capitol murder. >> at last count we have 170 individuals that we have arrested. those individuals are being charged with engaging in organized crime. >> and then president obama weighs in on how much military style fire power local police should have. plus jumping into action to save lives from a burning wreck, and news of the disturbing and bizarre on a busy tuesday. good morning and thanks for joining us. police in waco texas are on high alert following a deadly

biker brawl. investigators are still trying to determine what led to the attack that left five dead and at least 18 wounded. right now police are on alert for possible retaliation by other ooiflgang members by rival gang members. >> we are prepared. >> this is just a small number of those arrested in the deadly brawl. at least 170 people are facing charges. those arrested are being held on a million dollars bond each. investigators are still pores over evidence. more than 100 weapons were recovered after the ?úáp y police in l.a. hqpñ their hands full last night in a rush hour chase. the sheriff's office says they were after three men who were apparently part of a home burglary. they tried to get away even driving the wrong way on a busy

street. they bailed in a driveway. it turns into a foot chase and one of them thought running on rooftops was a good idea. you can see him just fall off. police nabbed him but he slipped away. police eventually caught all three of them. across the country police departments are rethinking their tactics. this after a plan to scale back some military equipment issued to local officers. >> prohibit some equipment made for the battle field that is not appropriate for local police departments. >> let's go live to washington. is this an attempt to ease tensions between police and some local communitys? >> that's exactly it. the president is concerned about the militarization of police. right now certain military equipment will not be allowed to be used by police departments. also other equipment will not be allowed to be given to police departments.

>> baltimore, maryland, ferguson missouri. by executive order the federal government will stop giving left over military equipment to local police departments. critics argue it is too extensive for police. president obama is concerned about how the equipment is using, adding it sends the wrong message. >> we've seen how militarized gear can give people feeling there's an occupying force as opposed to a force serving them. >> weaponized aircraft will no longer be given out. a police chief says he's okay with some military gear staying with the military, not the police. >> if we show the community we're an occupying army, it's going to engender distrust. >> not everyone agrees. >> law enforcement has to match force with force. >> reporter: but president obama

is challenging police departments to rethink their tactics. >> and the president says reducing tension between the people and police will keep officers safe. >> thanks so much for that live report. now to north carolina and a remarkable car fire rescue to show you. cell phone video captured it. a fire erupting after an suv and a car collide. inside the burning vehicles, three people now a man in a red t shirt you see, jumped into action. the off duty army captain smashing the car's window and quickly pulled out two people and helped rescue the third person. >> we all have a calling. it was my calling to be there at that spot at that time. >> the three victims should be okay. the driver of the suv was charged with failing to stay in his lane. can someone jack a airline

computer? one person says he has. did he do it and could terrorist do it too? we have more. >> reporter: computer expert chris roberts claims he hacked into a commercial airline's cockpit flight controls. >> it is definitely possible to manipulate the electronics to get to the i'veive i'veonics of an airplane. >> he said he hacked into the flight management times in as many as 20 times and caused one of the airplanes to claim resulting in lateral movement. >> i don't believe it. >> reporter: two government sources close to the investigation tell nbc news initial data analysis shows no proof of the claims but a federal report says that doesn't mean a hack is simply fantasy. >> the gao just issued a report and the experts they spoke to

said any cockpit that is linked to the outside world should be considered vulnerable and in their words, open to malicious actors. >> the more we connect these systems, they're going to be more vulnerable. >> >>. >> reporter: but he was on planes that don't have the advanced fly by wire systems and therefore cannot be hacked. and the fly by wire system on one is closed. despite no proof of robert's claims, one of the airlines on which he was a passenger united has banned them from their flights forever. nbc news, miami. >> let's get down to business with landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning to you. texas governor signs banning fracking. the town of denton banned fracking last year. texas is home to two of the most

productive fields where frack is use. more than half of college grads expect to be support bid their parents for up to two years after their graduation. they say students and parents are new accepting of the new normal. and the federal trade commission is urging a court to collect data from customers from radio shack. the fdc says radio shack had promised not to sell the information. >> let's get you sports action. game two of the eastern conference semi finals. tampa bay and the rangers. tyler johnson recorded the first ever playoff hat trick in lightning history. the goalie gave up six goals.

the series is tied at one a miss. an indy driver is in stable condition at the hospital. he had just completed a lap at 221 when he slammed into the wall and toppled over. indy car officials announced they will return back to their turbo power levels. it will old cars under 230 miles per hour. the fight of the century may soon be called fraud of the century. in the aftermath of the floyd mayweather's suits have been filed saying the shoulder injury should be disclosed fire to the fight. it raked in more than $400 million. the lawsuits are seeking their money back. the question some people are

backing is who did he have a legal duty to explain his injury to. >> how concerned is a white house now that isis has taken a key iraqi city and caught on tape a boat on fire off the coast of fire. florida i hate cleaning the gutters. have you touched the stuff? it's evil. and ladders... awwwwwww!!!!! they have all those warnings on them. might as well say, "you're going to die, jeff". you hired someone to clean the gutters?

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welcome back to "first look." texas, western texas yesterday a couple of small tornadoes were spawned. no damage was done but the hail was impressive enough. let me get you out the door this morning. washington d.c. saw storms last night. those are about to exit off the coastline. you're fine this morning but carry the umbrella for this afternoon. we have numerous showers and storms to the north through areas of massachusetts

connecticut and rhode island and a shield of light rain across vermont. as we go throughout the day it sparks additional storms. 3:00, 4:00 philadelphia, new york city, isolated storms. toward boston this evening. the other area of concern this morning, the worst weather is san angelo texas. water rescues in the downtown area. the airport is closed for the entire day today because of flooding. a lot of problems there. that's where the problems are going to be throughout the day today. more flash flooding in oklahoma and texas. by the time we're done this week we could see all time record monthly rainfall totals broken in lubbock after ten years of drought. >> when it rains it pours,

right? this morning the fight for iraq. isis is scouring the city looking for progovernment troops. meanwhile this new video. a u.s. led coalition strike that was headed to ramadi. the white house is vowing to help reclaim the city. bill neely has our report. >> reporter: the retreat from ramadi was fast and humiliating. iraqi troops in a race for their lives. forcing them out, isis fighters who shot this propaganda video showing a city abandoned by the army. isis gunmen controlling the hospital in the city center. iraqi troops fought for just two days leaving behind american supplied weapons and tanks. but it's a setback for the u.s. a decade ago nbc news was in ramadi where hundreds of american troops gave their lives to hold the city.

today it is held by the world's biggest terror group and it will be tough to retake. >> it is possible to have the kind of attack we've seen in ramadi but i am confident in the days ahead that will be reversed. >> reporter: u.s. air strikes pounded them for weeks. air power has its limits. >> the fall of ramadi is huge. >> reporter: critics like john mccain are calling for u.s. boots on the ground which the obama administration has ruled out. nbc news london. >> in florida a private boat goes up in flames. the coast guard responded. one person was on board and was rescued. bristol payil season no longer engaged. the wedding was just days away.

no reason for the cancellation was given but one rumor has surfaced that meyer was still married to another woman. well bristol's response to that saying regarding salacious headlines, he was legally divorced years ago. >> chris christie on government eves dropping. scrambled politics is up next.

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george w. bush gave this speech this weekend. >> those of you graduating this afternoon with high awards and distinctions i say well done and as i like to see the c students you too can be president. >> you know it's bad when even he has george w. bush material in his about. >> and with that, it's time for a tuesday edition of scrambled politics. so when you get down to it, there are basically three ways to hint you are running for president without declaring first the head scratching tradition of announcing when you'll announce. that's what lindsey graham did yesterday. then there's tex mother tory committee like bobby jindal's. and finally talking national issues in any swing state that is not your own. chris christie in new hampshire. he railed against civil liberties and an urge to place a

clean extension of the patriot about. >> they want you to think that there's a government agent listening in every time you pick up the phone or skype with your grand kids. they want you to think our intelligence community are the bad guys. straight out of the born identity and they want you to think if we weakened our capabilities, the rest of the world would somehow love us more. all these fears are exaggerated and ridiculous. >> as for the trade bill in the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says they will stay in session as long as it takes to pass legislation. democratic senatrç elizabeth warren is not backing downwai from her battle over the transpacific partnership. she released a report yesterday attacking both parties on behalf of labor groups. and in less than 24 hours the

president's new twitter account as more than 1.5 million followers. he sent out his first tweet sitting on his desk. twitter exploded as it went around the world. here's what it said. six years in they're finally giving me my own account. bill clinton asked him if his user name stays with the office. the handle comes with the house. and during one of his final shows, david letterman added the shot. >> jeb says if you let gay people get married, the next thing you know women are going to want to vote. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >> 21 minutes past the hour. best selling author ellis is

here with us. you have a twitter account, right? >> i don't have quite $1.5 million -- >> i'm close. we have to work on that. the state department says it needs until january of next year to review hillary clinton's e-mails while she was secretary of state. why so long? >> have you ever tried to read 50,000 e-mails. >> hillary clinton wants it out there. >> deal with it, face it and take the heat but it does not seem like that's going to happen. >> what kind of affect will this timing have on our campaign? >> it does drag it out but i have to tell you, i don't think this is something that's going to make a huge difference in the long run. if you love her, you love her. if you hate her, the e-mails won't change it. it's one of many things out there that's the atmosphere

around hillary clinton. a dozen people full time at the state department. >> that's it? >> all they do is read her e-mails. wouldn't you like to see some of those. >> that's a boring job. >> i don't know. there might be juicy stuff. this is juicy. the governor of texas signed a bill banning fracking. they have the sole authority over it. they are saying studies prove it causes earthquakes. >> they have a pretty good point. first of all shouldn't the local community get the right to decide what happens inside its borderings. why should the idiots in the state capitol be deciding it. >> last time i was in texas i felt a tremor. i never felt one at all growing up. it was new to me. >> the oil industry gets what it

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check this out. in india this man was shot in the head with an arrow. you see it sticking out of his head. guess who shot him in his neighbors during his cousin's wedsing. what? more importantly, why? they were jealous of his family's wealth. that's what we're being told. police are serging for the suspects. if you thought women were more vain than men, think again. a british study shows the opposite. women look at their reflection just 16 times a day while men do it 23 times a day. among those guys 76 of them are all about their arms. >> you should see any arms. >> 54% also check out their legs and others their smiles. >> we have shown you creative ways to pull baby but never anything like this. in this video posted on youtube a parrot reaches in a boy's mouth and yanks out his tooth.

the parrot finally pulls it out. you'll see it come out height rear. the boy said it wasn't the first time. he said the bird pulled out another tooth three years ago. "way too early" starts right now. ♪ good morning. it's tuesday may 19th. welcome to "way too early." we begin this morning in waco texas where 170 biker gang members involved in sunday's melee that left nine people dead have been charged with engaging in organized crime. because of the numbers of victims, authorities say they expect some to face capitol

murder charges which can carry the death penalty in texas. meanwhile after speaking with witnesses yesterday police told the dallas morning news a dispute over a restaurant parking spot may have been what sparked the violence in theup first place. here's nbc's miguel am gar with more. >> reporter: police call the crime scene among the most violent and gruesome they've seen. a brawl between five rival motorcycle gangs leaves nine dead and 18 wounded. >> we have 170 individuals that we have arrested. those individuals are being charged with engaging in organized crime in reference to the shooting at twin peaks which is a capitol murder. >> reporter: what started as a fistfight in a bathroom turned into a rumble