suspect, 34-year-old daryn wint. >> this morning washington, d.c. police say this man is suspected in the brutal killings of the family and their house keeper one week ago. the police are now asking the public for help finding daryn wint, warrant for arrest. the break in the case came after police matched wint to dna found on the crust of a domino's pizza ordered to the mansion last wednesday as the four hostages were held captive inside. the announcement came after a source close to the family says hours before the fire the assistant delivered $40,000 cash to the home the money withdrawn from an account at american iron works. nbc station reports he called his office thursday morning asking his assistant to deliver

the cash. >> use caution. this is a crime scene. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived at the house the investigators say the $40,000 was gone and so was the family's porsche. it's unclear whether wint is the person of interest seen in this surveillance video running away from the car fire. public records show wint lived in several addresses in that area and has been arrested numerous times. overnight crime scene investigators searched the home for blood stains. sources familiar with the investigation say the fire began on the second floor in 10-year-old philip's room. all three adults were found down the hall in a separate room beaten and stabbed. our station wrc is reporting that police believe wint left the immediate d.c. area shortly after the murders took place a aweek ago. there is a $25,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. >> thank you. let me bring in clint van sant

let's talk about the major break in the case and how police got this suspect, a slice of pizza in that home tracing that dna to this individual. this is an individual they have to get off the street. this guy is not only a killer he is a sadistic killer. he tortured all three adults as well as the 10-year-old boy likely trying to force the father to come up with this $40,000 package. the significance of this csi type of identification with the dna is that the believed offender likely had dna on file because of prior arrests relating to assaults or sexual assaults. we are fortunate that dna was in a database that could be compared and right now the police believe they have at least one of the suspects. this is a crime that very easily could have seen at least two

people break into this house to control the four different people in there and then to commit the terrible crimes. >> here we are looking at this manhunt. this individual if he is the person responsible could have as much as $40,000 on him and a significant lead ahead of police given he was just identified yesterday. >> and this type of personality, this sociopath as you know this is someone who doesn't have any feelings of remorse. he doesn't feel guilt. he doesn't feel the pain he inflicts. he and perhaps one or two others were likely torturing this family at the same time they were ordering pizza. fortunately that they left their dna on. but have no doubt that this individual is fully capable of killing again. if somebody was involved with him he could kill that person to keep them quiet. the first law enforcement officer that encounters this

man, if it's a one-on-one he will probably think he can take the cop and will go after him. again, this is the type of guy if you have an overwhelming police force it will be hands up and down. he will surrender again. he is a coward at heart but a killer down deep. >> we have not heard if he has connection with this family meaning if he worked for a company owned by the family any ties to any individual. we know from peter's reporting at least some of the known addresses for wint were near the family's home. >> and in this particular case we know where the burned out vehicle, where the family vehicle was stolen and then abandoned which is consistent with this type of personality, take the car, drive away use it as a get away vehicle, dump it burn it. all of these terrible crimes murder burning, this is all to

conceal the evidence. he committed this murder in mayhem and it looks like he may well be not only identified but convicted by a piece of pizza. >> thank you very much. another developing story we are following a state of emergency in effect for part of southern california where officials say the oil spill threatening the santa barbara coast is much worse than previously thought and authorities are considering possible criminalurg chas. oil is spread across a nine mile stretch in santa barbara county and coast guard believes as much as 105,000 gallons of oil spilled five times more than initial estimates. while the cause is still unclear yesterday the district attorney announced her office along with the state attorney general is looking into possible criminal or civil charges. court records reveal the texas-based company has accumulated 175 safety and

maintenance infractions since 2006 and entered a settlement with the epa for a series of leaks in the midwest. the company says it is working to minimize the impact on the environment. joining me from the site of the spill is steve gonzalez with california department of fish and wild life. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> how would you describe to us what you have seen today? >> we have seen it all week. this is a big deal. no one wants to see any oil spills whether a drop or whether it is one of this size. we are doing everything we can to clean up the spill and to take care of any oiled wild life. >> what we are looking at according to the reports five times more oil than initially reported or believed to have leaked there. again, we have been following this from the beginning. the oil company says it is working to contain. do you see progress in that?

there is progress every day. we have more than 300 people out here working the spill. there are plans in place to take care of spills like this as the state of california we work with other agencies and we have plans in place for incidents like this. unfortunately, they do occur but we want to let people know that there are plans in place and we are executing the plans. >> two state beaches are closed ahead of the memorial day weekend. you said there are plans in place. can you explain to us in layman's terms what those plans are and what impact you have seen on the fish and wild life? >> you know we anticipated that there would be wild life effected by this oil spill. those plans include animals, plants sea birds that would be

affected by an oil spill. there are sensitive site areas along the coast. 600 sensitive site areas that are known. and we're aware of those. those are the first places that we protect with boons, with response crews, just to make sure that the wild life in this area aren't affected by the spill. >> steve gonzalez with the california department of fish and wild life. thank you. this morning an alarming new report on the long term impact on the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the study reveals a surge in the amount of dolphins found dead along the northern gulf is related to exposure of oil from the spill. according to researchers of the more than 1,300 bottle nosed

dolphins found along the coast since 2010 most had lesions indicating exposure to petroleum compounds. the authors concluded the spill likely drove the mass deaths. developing now syria's state tv acknowledges isis is in full control of the ancient syrian city. with that the terror group controls over half of syria and it is marking its second major advance this week after seizing the key iraqi city on sunday. all of this despite continuing u.s.-led air strikes. richard engel joins us now. when you look at the map around you and how much isis is now in control of you wonder has anything worked specifically these air strikes? >> the air strikes don't seem to be working. they work in certain areas. the air strikes have been working where there are effective partners on the ground. really that is only in one place and that is in the kurdish

regions of syria and iraq. you see isis continuing to spread and you don't see any real way to stop the group at this stage. so if you look here this is a part of the region. you will see around there there is a pocket that is still in kurdish hands, has u.s. support. all around it you have an isis band and then here more isis more isis. it just keeps spreading. a lot of people described it as a cancer that is still spreading across the country. and so far the u.s. policy to use allied partners on the ground doesn't seem to be working except where there is in this one region a true partner on the ground. >> give us perspective that many have noted here that the city that isis seized is the first

entire city taken from the syrian government forces. we talked about the iraq security forces fleeing but this is a different dynamic. >> you have a really dangerous problem right now. just falling a couple of days ago with the iraqi army dropping its uniforms once again withdrawing and leaving the city to isis. palmyra was the syrian government that couldn't hold on longer. it pulled back. and palmyra has a unique dynamic in that it is such an important historic city. it's 2,000 years old. it's a city of roman ruins. it is an incredibly beautiful place. and what we are all worried about is in the coming hours and days isis is going to take out the bull dozers and jackhammers and regular hammers and carry out a cultural crime. >> which is what we saw in

mozel. >> we saw it in several places. isis has said it is going to do it again. there has been an appeal put out by the syrian government. there has been an appeal put out. we are speaking today to historians and other academics who say this is going to happen and it is going to be another cultural tragedy let alone the humanitarian costs that this ongoing war is inflicting with the death toll well over 200,000. maybe 250,000, maybe 300,000. the "new york times" has obtained nearly 400 pages of hillary clinton's e-mails from the state department including what she wrote about benghazi a day after a federal judge ordered the e-mails to be released quickly. i will not let the patriot

act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged. >> senator rand paul stages a ten hour standoff against the patriot act, an issue that is dividing the republican field and why some call this talk-a-thon a political stunt. it is part of today's first read. nearly 40 years after roots became one of tv's most watched events actor burton is re-making the series for a new generation. why he says now is the right time to tell this story. he will join me live. did you watch a parade of a-list stars and four presidents saying good bye to david letterman. a look back at the send off after 33 years and nearly 20,000 guests. you can join our conversation online. you can find the team at news nation on twitter and find me on facebook, twitter and instagram.

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we turn now to politics and senator rand paul's marathon speech yesterday to protest the renewal of the patriot act. the senator took to the floor wrapping up shortly before mid noig last night. the speech came amid warnings that it may have to end collection of phone records by tomorrow if congress does not renew the patriot act before leaving for week long recess. >> there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. that time is now. and i will not let the patriot act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged. >> senator paul's speech was not

technically a filibuster because he did not delay consideration of a bill. joining me now capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. before we talk about senator paul let's start with developing news regarding fast track trade bill. there have been developments there. >> there were surprises here. the trade bill that has been in some sense languishing actually passed a key hurdle. as you know the president wants this authority and he had the somewhat unusual partner in this effort mitch mcconnell and most of the republicans. there was a delay in getting the vote across the finish line and what happened is sort of the old fashioned bargaining among senators looking for ways that they could come together on issues, consider different amendments, vote on things that matter to them at a later date. that honest bargaining that can happen on the senate floor really materialized before our eyes. they got a number of democrats

to go along with this clearing the first hurdle. there will be tough roads to come but this morning we began the day thinking the trade promotion authority could be dead and suddenly there was a way to make it happen. that is a sign the senate is working. we will see it unfold over the next few days. a deadline, of course, of the recess for the memorial break is part of what is creating the urgency. this would give the current president and next president greater latitude to enter into trade agreements with the congress having a chance to vote yes or no but not tinker with the deal itself. that is something the white house thinks is valuable the republican leadership thinks it's valuable too. there are a lot of labor democrats with real misgivings about this. that is what made it complicated. >> as we started out discussing senator rand paul's talk-a-thon you have some questioning the motive was this about getting attention for presidential campaign and what if anything did he think would be accomplished. >> he did shine a light on an

issue long associated with and that is opposition to mass collection of phone data that sort of burst on to the public scene with edward snowden. the timing was interesting because he was not actually dealing with the patriot act extension which is expected to be considered in the next couple of days but he used the moment to try to get attention and then simultaneously his up and running presidential campaign was using social media and trying to drive donations. more than one thing was happening here. some might call it a stunt. the underlying issue is that paul has definitely had a record of being concerned about this. he was joined by ten senators seven of them democrats who have concerns about has the government gone too far in collecting information about ordinary americans when there isn't a suspicion. rand paul's take is that there has to be enough of a probable cause for a warrant and a long argument and in this case it was no expectation the senate would debate it so he was trying to

force that for being on his feet for almost 11 hours. >> i want to report some breaking news to audience. our nbc station in new york city is now reporting that the suspect in the murders of the three family members and their house keeper in washington, d.c. may be in the new york area. law enforcement sources tell wnbc u.s. marshals and the police are tracking leads in hopes of finding daryn wint. police say they identified wint through dna found on a pizza crust at the family's home where the bodies were found last thursday. we continue to follow this story and bring you any developments here. coming up the first post of the gop presidential debates decide who is in and who is out as the crowded field reaches 18 candidates. it is part of today's first read. plus a live look here at 30 rock where "america's got talent" host nick cannon is in

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and there they come around the stretch. welcome home! >> this morning matt lauer pedalled to the "today" show set here ending a grueling five-day 230 mile ride. it was all to raise $115,000 and counting for children's charities as nbc brings red nose day to the united states for the first time. so exactly what is red nose day? ♪ >> reporter: red noses here red noses there. red noses everywhere.

so what's with all of the red noses? well in britain red nose day is the national day of giving raising money to help the world's children have a chance of a good and safe life. over the last 30 years the brits have raised over $30 billion by answering the challenge, what are you doing for red nose day. dancing, painting faces, baking cakes, even smashing cakes. biking swimming rowing galloping and scaling cliffs. famed director richard curtis known for movies cofounded red nose day after visiting in the middle of a famine. >> why get involved with this? you are already a success. did you need to do something like this? >> well these are movies about love and the fact that people feel tender towards each other

and parents love children. when you look around the world and you see people have a tough time i think it's fair to give a bit of time to that. also i would have written horrible sequels. would have had noting hill 2. >> instead of straightforward telethon he decided the best way to get people to give was to make them laugh. >> we decided to get everyone to buy a red nose and it would be like a badge. so we started selling red noses. this year i think we sold 7 million. every kid buys them. >> just last year alone school children raised over $13 million by buying a red nose and being funny for money. >> can someone give me a red nose? >> do i look good? >> thank you very much. and back here nbc will present a live star studded

three hour red nose day events starting tonight at 8:00 eastern time. leading up to that nick cannon is now in his 16th hour of a 24-hour nonstop dance athon to raise money for children's charities. can you hear me? >> i can hear you. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. >> i can't feel my legs and i lost my voice but i'm blessed and i'm happy because we are doing this for an amazing cause and having so much fun. me and my dancers here haven't stopped. 16 hours making it happen. >> making it happen. you lost your voice. you have been doing that much talking? >> we turn up. you can't dance without tearing it up. >> they are tearing it up. >> what made you decide on a dance athon? >> i could have done a lot of other things. i can't do what matt lauer did. i said i'm going to dance because people apparently think i'm a good dancer. i said i can do this for 24

hours. i might have bit off more than i can chew but we are working it out in hour 16. >> the dancers behind you, are they hanging with you for the entire duration? >> absolutely. they are rocking with me the whole time. i'm not going to tell the secrets but the dancers get shifts. that's all i'm saying. >> they get shifts. tell us the rules here for you. don't you get like a four minute break every hour? >> yes. four minute break to use the bathroom, get hydrated and rub my feet. >> so have you thought about what you are going to do to recover? >> no. i just want to make it through. >> you just want to make it through. >> earlier we were on the "today" show and you said you have a go-to dance and of course it's the nay nay. show our audience. and then you can throw the whip in there, too. >> and then you just nay nay it out. >> you guys are having fun. we may have to run down and

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the "new york times" has just published 349 pages of e-mails from hillary clinton's private e-mail can't but e-mail e-mail account. we have new details about the first gop presidential debate in august which will be limited to ten candidates. joining me now live senior political editor it's good to see you. >> good morning. >> i guess we are starting out with the "new york times" releasing the e-mails. we knew from the judge's decision that he told the state department to move quickly and here we are. >> here we are although it doesn't seem this is part of the state department release. this was coming from someone else. what is in these e-mails the ones i have been able to look at so far tell us a lot that we know. the "new york times" had a piece about how former hillary clinton adviser was sending her a lot of e-mails and memos about libya

and these e-mails contain the guidance and what she was forwarding to her aides and others. a lot also has to do with who knew what about the benghazi. i don't think this changes the narrative that much. that seems to be what is in the e-mails. >> let's talk about the impact the e-mails are having if they are at all. not the specific ones but the talk of the server. a focus group, as you well know in iowa. the caucus and they had interesting things to say. let's play a little bit of it. >> what's the thing that gives you the most concern about her as a potential candidate for your democratic party or as a potential president? >> i guess it would be her honesty. you were talking about this e-mail thing that she supposedly deleted the e-mails. she is just very closed quiet person. i think that is probably one of her down sides. >> it seems pretty silly to me

that she thought using a g mail account was acceptable for diplomatic related stuff, but really i don't care. i mean i've got e-mails that i don't want people reading not because there is bad stuff in it but that is my personal stuff. >> at least one other person was asked about the level of wealth in the clinton household and the man said would i like them to be more every day people but understands they worked for their money but they can still put policies in place. she can put policies in place to help the poorest americans. >> the democrats that i often speak with, people who kind of see the flaws and for the bill clinton era and hillary clinton they come out we want to be able to win and she seems to be the candidate with the greatest chance of doing that. it is kind of an important reminder when we are writing the stories and looking in the clinton e-mails and doing the

clinton foundation whether those stories are the ones that are matching up with what voters want on policy and what matters to them. of course we are at the stage right now the invisible primary where so much stuff is happening with so much information that it will be interesting to see once we get more into the policy debate. >> let me play what the focus group said some of the iowa republicans what they said about jeb bush. let's play that. >> why is there nobody in the room who is more enthusiastic or more curious about him? >> i think it goes back to his name. we talk about somebody who is electable. i don't know if he is electable or not. >> i think our country is a country and it should be run like a business. i don't think it should be run like a family business. >> i don't think he can beat hillary. it goes back to bush versus clinton. >> what do you think there? >> i think it is fascinating. the last is the one that

received chatter here in washington, d.c. that in a lot of ways jeb bush with the money, with his temperment with his ability to win over latino voters might seem like republican's best general election nominee on paper. if you want to litigate the past in the clinton years versus the bush years a lot of republicans have admitted that is probably a debate they can't win. if you are trying to be very strategic there that is something that gives people pause about jeb bush. >> let's talk about fox announcing plans for the first gop debate on august 6. you said if polls determine who participates in first debate then trump on idea alone will make the cut if he runs. >> fox has said they will take a rolling average of the last five big national polls and the people who finish in the top ten get in that first debate. and a lot of times polls measure name identification. the most famous people are able to pop.

if donald trump decides to run for presidency and he hasn't done the paperwork or made the announcement. the name idea might get him in the top ten. you end up leaving out a person like rick santorum or ohio governor where the first debate is taking place in ohio. >> or the only woman. >> it is a very difficult situation they are all in trying to have as many as 18 candidates and trying to have one watchable debate. >> thank you very much. great pleasure talking to you. coming up david letterman signs off in his star studded tributte. >> the only thing i have left to do for the last time on a television program, thank you and good night. >> we will have a bit more of the final good bye that brought in presidents and a-list celebrities. there is a lot going on this morning. the florida postal worker who landed that gyro copter on the

lawn of the u.s. capital last month is back in washington where he will be arraigned in about two hours. 61-year-old doug hughes drove to gettysburg pennsylvania and flew the gyro copter to the capitol. he is facing up to nine yours in prison and being indicted on half a dozen charges including violating national defense air space. he just spoke with nbc's peter alexander. >> i never expected i was going to walk away free for what i did but on the other hand 9 1/2 years i think is a bit outrageous. if we can't work out a deal then i'm satisfied with the jury of 12 people. >> more interviews coming up in the next hour. to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats®... 8 layers of wheat...

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leave. that tops stories. officer was shot in an exchange of gun fire yesterday while serving an arrest warrant. her fellow officers rushed to save her performing cpr on the scene. the suspect was also killed. she had been with the department for almost eight years. her baby girl was born prematurely in february and she put off her maternity leave until the baby was released from the hospital which is expected to be today. she leaves behind a husband and two young step children. domestic violence charges against ray rice have been dismissed thmpt judge dropped the charges after learning rice completed a pretrial intervention program which was required. the former baltimore ravens running back was captured on video punching his fiance in the elevator. rice was reinstated after an arbitrator ruled his indefinite

suspension was arbitrary. he has not signed with the team. turning now to the end of an era in tv. david letterman saying good bye for the last time after a record 33 years on tv. he had a star studded finale. willie geist stayed up late to watch it all. >> reporter: it was one last curtain call for a late night legend. >> thank you very much! >> reporter: david letterman signing off with his signature sarcasm. >> i'll be honest with you. it's beginning to look like i'm not going to get the tonight show. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: recounting his favorite moments. >> welcome to taco bell. >> reporter: spanning more than three decades and two networks. >> i want you to hold it down like this. >> you're down there. why don't you do it? >> reporter: taking parting shots from four presidents. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> our long national nightmare

is over. >> reporter: and a-list insults in one final top ten list. >> your extensive plastic surgery was a necessity and a mistake. >> thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale. >> reporter: letterman spoke from his desk and from his heart thanking his family. >> i love you both and really nothing else matters, does it? >> reporter: his band. >> and my good good friend as good a friend as you can have on television, as good a friend as you can have in life absolutely a musical genius paul schaffer. >> you changed our lives. >> reporter: and his audience. >> the people who watch this show, there is nothing i can do to ever repay you. thank you for everything. you have given me everything. >> reporter: before signing off for good. >> the only thing i have left to do for the last time on a

television program, thank you and good night. >> that was willie geist reporting. the show ended with a photo montage while foofighters played "ever long" which dave said had special meaning to him. up next lavarburton joins me about his plans to go back to where his career started. >> when i eat the white man food my stomach comes up. >> so does mine. >> that of course is a clip from the 1977 mini series "roots" that broke ground and shattered ratings records. now levar burton is behind a remake. i will talk about the project and how the iconic role inspired his love of reading and led to our favorite "reading rainbow."

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nearly 40 years after the iconic mini series "roots" booking one of the biggest in tv history, producers are bringing it back to the screen in the reimagined version. it's from slavery through the end of the civil war. >> you not eat? >> i eat the white men food my stomach comes up. >> so does mine but eat the food. listen to me. listen carefully. you are a warrior. >> it was ground breaking in so many ways including the actor portraying the abducted slave. burton went on to star in "star trek" and spent 32 years hosting

"reading rainbow." on the heels of his "reading rainbow" kick starter, he is making a sky library available to everyone. joining me on set is very busy he levar burton. glad to have you. i vividly remember watching with my mother and father at home and talking about it after what and what it meant. here you are now wanting the new generation to experience what we all felt. >> hard to believe it's almost 40 years a ago. however, there's a new generation of americans unfamiliar with the story of alex haley and his family. so we have decided -- we being the a and e networks along with the son of legendary producer that produced the original "roots" and is will packer.

we are the producing line that will be engaged in this retelling of the "roots" story for a new generation of americans. >> amazing in 1977 premiered. nine emmys, golden globe. 100 million watched the finale. we look at mostly african-american cast, we know for there to be 100 million watching, that was people from all walks of life, all races tuning in. >> without question. "roots" was a national event and shifted our nation's consciousness about slavery and idea of slavery. before it it was rarely discussed. it helped america rise to the super power it is today. "roots" educated black and white america about the cost of slavery, price of slavery in terms of human loss. >> why do you believe it's the

right time now? >> well you have only to look around. you know, to see the stories from michael brown in baltimore -- this is a good time for america to reengage in that conversation about how we got to where we are now. what are literally -- what are the roots of these really engrained social institutional examples of discrimination and prejudice. >> i mentioned you're launching a new project skybrary to books available to everyone. what inspired you was "reading rainbow" also linked to "roots." >> i believe everything happens for a reason. i did a term paper on malcom x. in researching malcom i read

the auto buyiography cowritten by alex haley. that was a real sign real indicator i was on the right track and something significant was about to happen. >> certainly significant in your life what you brought to that screen and we continue to celebrate "reading rainbow." my favorite t-shirt i wear. when i wear it people are like can i have it? i'm like no no special place in my heart. i appreciate you and that you care and that it makes reading for all of us. >> thank you. >> that's it for "news nation." i'm tamron hall. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. stunningly youthful. award-winning skin. from the world's #1. olay your best beautiful

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e-mail traffic between hillary clinton and her state department colleagues after the benghazi attack. making those public is something the presidential candidate said she wanted days ago in iowa. >> i want those e-mails out. nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than i do. i respect the state department. they have their process they do for everybody, not just for me. anything they might do to expedite that process, i heartily support. the man hunt. police think the suspect in the brutal murder of a family in an exclusive d.c. neighborhood may be in the new york city area. this as we cover discover $40,000 in cash was delivered to the home hours before it was set a blaze. >> now they've got the suspect. now it changes. he's a criminal actor with a lot of cash in his pocket. he won't be free long. his picture will be all over

national media. landing in court, the man that flew the copter into the white house lawn says despite the jail time he may face it was worth it. >> i never thought i'd walk away scot-free. nine and a half years i think is a bit outrageous. good day. i'm luke russert in washington filling in for andrea mitchell. we're getting a first look at e-mails hillary clinton demanded be made public. "new york times" publiced a third of personal e-mails hillary clinton turned over to state department from the time