the mass for beau biden will take place at 10:30 a.m. saturday in wilmington, delaware. it will be open to the public and the eulogy will be given by the president of the sides. the eulogy given by the president of the united states. it's wednesday, june 3rd. on "first look" new developments out of boston involving law enforcement and a man they feared might be preparing to launch an isis inspired attack. the fbi secretive airborne surveillance program is anything but ordinary. a tourist nightmare in china continues as rescuers search for survivors of a capsized cruise ship. heart-stopping scenes involving police and motorists as officers put their lives on the line. "first look" starts right now. good morning. happy wednesday to you. i'm betty nguyen. we are learning new details in a deadly showdown between boston law enforcement and a man being watched around the clock by an anti-terrorism task force. that man who police and federal

agents had gone to question was shot dead after he reportedly came at officers with a knife. at least one additional suspect has been arrested. authorities are trying to figure out whether or not others might have been connected. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington for us this morning. tracy, what is new this morning on this investigation? >> well what's new is today they'll continue to try to make those connections and see if anyone else may have been involved in this. a senior law enforcement official tells nbc that the arrest that we saw after the suspect wkilled was, in fact, connected to the same terror investigation. authorities tell us this man could face federal terrorism charges as soon as today. he was arrested in connection with the investigation of usaama rahim, officers shot and killed rahim in boston tuesday after they said he came after them with this knife. it was all caught on surveillance video. >> it's important that the public know that the officers approached this individual

without their firearms drawn. >> the officers are retreating and that's from the video we have available as well as witnesses account. >> reporter: a joint terror task force had been watching rahim 24/7. they were trying to question him, fearing he had been radicalized through isis inspired social media and was planning an attack on boston police within days. >> we've seen a sudden like attitude change in him basically. >> my parents told me to stay away from him. >> reporter: after the shooting authorities searched two homes ins massachusetts and rhode island. rahim's brother claims the suspect was shot in the back while on the phone with his father saying i can't breathe. authorities deny that. in fact boston police say that he was carrying that knife and threatening officers with it. that's why they insist the shooting was justified. >> all right. tracie, thank you so much for the update. a new investigation by the associated press is shedding light on the fbi's secretive airborne surveillance program.

it involves ordinary looking planes with extraordinary capabilities including video and locking on to your cell phone signal. stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: fbi investigations often rely on surveillance to either find criminals or catch them in the act, but what many may not realize is how often that surveillance comes from the sky. an associated press investigation found that fbi controls a fleet of planes mounted with sophisticated video cameras and often cell phone tracking devices called cell tower simulators. >> these are fake cell towers that send out a signal and force every phone within their range to send back identifying information. >> reporter: the planes possibly more than 100 are registered using fake companies. the ap identified at least 13. the fbi flew above 30 cities in 11 states in just one month. this plane with a camera underneath was used to conduct surveillance over baltimore this spring after riots broke out

over freddie gray's death. flight radar 24 tracked the plane's route, circling the city. the fbi says they have been conducting surveillance from the air for years. that it is easier from the ground and done legally. fake aviation companies are created to protect pilots and the secrecy of operations officials say. but civil liberty groups openly question whether current laws reflect new and potentially invasive technology. at a time when the public is openly debating what surveillance powers the government should have the fbi's program is creating even more concern. stephanie gosk nbc news, new york. now to china and the frantic scene at that capsized cruise ship. it's been two days since the eastern star overturned in the yangtze river. it was hit by hurricane-force winds and torrential rain. now most of the 456 people on board are still reported missing. for relatives waiting for word on their loved ones it has been agonizing. more than 3,000 rescue workers

are on-site so far. only 14 people have been rescued including the 65-year-old woman who was found in an air pocket. 19 people are confirmed dead. your telephone data which was being collected by the national security agency will now be in the hands of telephone companies. president obama has signed the usa freedom act into law. it comes after a multiday showdown between senators who were arguing over key parts of the patriot act. under the new law if the feds want your phone data they will need a warrant, but the nsa will continue to sweep up our text messages e-mails, internet posts and searches. turning now to the campaign trail and the ever growing number of republicans running for president. they know only one of them can win the nomination but there are some big consolation prizes in the race for the white house. nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd explains. >> reporter: at mary ann's diner in new hampshire, senator

lindsey graham introduced himself. >> i look the at them all and i listen a lot and i think, oh, i don't know. it's just too many. >> reporter: the challenge for graham he's number nine in a growing republican field. >> i'm running. >> i'm running. >> i am running for president. >> reporter: by the end of the week ten candidates will be in the race by mid-summer more than 15. >> why are there 15 candidates? too it's an open seat. some have doing it to get their name out there. >> it's a rambunctious deal we have 75 people running. >> reporter: some think they're poised to be president. others like graham believe their candidacy is the best way to draw attention to favorite issue. for him, iraq. >> how do you get out? >> you don't get out. you don't get out. >> reporter: why else would candidates stuck in low single digits run? if they have little chance of winning. a former candidate. >> frankly they may have selfish interests around refreshing their brand as a way to commercialize their career.

>> reporter: tv contracts, book deals, million dollar lobbying jobs and speaker fees the surge of vanity candidates is only picking up steam. lindsey graham hopes a little truth telling will help him stand out. >> you believe hispanics are justified in believing the republican party doesn't care about them right now? >> yes, to some extent i do. >> reporter: expect the debate stage to be crowded. imagine adding seven more people to this picture. there's only going to be one nominee, but there are plenty of other candidates calculating they, too, can win, even by losing. chuck todd nbc news dairy, new hampshire. we do have shocking video out of austin to show you. a confrontation between police and a man ends in a fiery disaster. we want to give you a warning this individual is graphic. >> hey, hey, hey. >> this car on fire. >> oh! >> lay down lay down. get back. >> the driver allegedly uses a

lighter to start the fire. the explosion blowing him out of his car. police think he was trying to commit suicide. the driver is hospitalized in serious condition. the officer suffered minor burns but are okay. to south carolina a man is trapped inside another burning car. an officer does a arrive and quickly springs into acship. he puts out the fire and then he pulls the man to safety. the guy was allegedly intoxicated and cannot remember how the fire started. well the most powerful man in the world's most popular sport is abruptly stepping down. just days ago, he was re-elected to an unprecedented fifth term. now, fifa president sepp blatter says he'll leave office after a new election. that amid a whirlwind of alleged corruption investigations against several members of soccer's global governing body. blatter has not been charged, but a source familiar with the investigation confirmed to nbc news the fbi is looking into possible wrongdoing specifically by blatter. yesterday, the world reacted.

>> it's wonderful news i think. it's good news for football especially europe and all the other places. >> yes. about time. >> he has spent a lot of money in football in third-world countries and developing football and that is to be praised and he's done it well. the trouble is knowing mr. blatter, we all rather doubt his motives. >> what's next? front page of "the daily telegraph" reads russia and qatar world cups in doubt as blatter forced out. quote, his absence could open the way for a thorough review of the controversial decisions. meanwhile, on sunday night, while reporting on the fifa scandal, john oliver made this promise. >> budweiser, if you pull your support and help get rid of blatter, i will put my mouth where my mouth is and i will personally drink one of your disgusting items.

i'm serious. it can be a bud light. i will drink a bud light lime despite the fact that all of the lime in the world cannot disguise the fact that this tastes like a puddle beneath a long john silver's dumpster. >> after blatter announced his resignation tuesday oliver tweeted this photo of bud light lime consist the caption, champagne. roger federer taking on his swiss cup teammate stan wawrinka. federer has won 16 of the last 18 meetings but stan made it look simple yesterday, won three straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 to cruise into the semifinals. scary scene at the french open. high winds caused a piece of the scoreboard to fall ones to the crowds there. three fans suffered minor injuries. seattle mariners lloyd mcclendon went berserk on four umpires tuesday after being ejected by the first umpire mcclendon made sure every umpire heard his

voice before he left the field, kicking his hat. but you could consider this display rather calm. back in 2001 managing a different team mec clen don was evicted after a close call and decided to take a souvenir with him, first base. nfl commissioner roger goodell confirms he will hear tom brady's deflategate suspension appeal scheduled for june 23rd. all right. they do the same job but one is paid less. find out who's getting the shaft. then one driver makes a very bad decision. details as "first look" continues.

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short list. as far as the weather today, yesterday, another brutal day in southern new england. cold and dreary. that has exited. still clouds left but the rain is down here in the carolinas. not a pretty morning for the early golf round in myrtle beach. probably rained out. wilmington same for you. raleigh scattered showers and storms and will continue throughout the day. the wider view shows one cluster of strong storms and all the severe weather today, the bad weather, tornadoes, damaging wind, hail will be in the central plains. one strong line of storms approaching the omaha area starting to weaken. kansas city we'll try to watch that as it approaches you. that's starting to week. additional strong storms nebraska wyoming and colorado today. two areas of enhanced, the orange, that looks like wind damage threat possible for kansas city towards topeka. if we're going to get tornadoes likely they will be in areas from denver northwards up into wyoming. we'll have to watch that towards cheyenne later today. otherwise, nice day today.

areas in the middle of the country not bad in the northeast. compared to how cold and raw it's been, we'll take a dry day and 60. >> i was looking at phoenix, triple digits and envying that at this point. okay. >> you would like that. >> i would. good news and bad news for obama care. 10 million people have actually enrolled and paid for the 2015 plans. now that means 9 out of 10 adults now have health insurance. that is the same number of americans who use their seat belts. here's the bad news the insured number would have been higher, but 1.5 million lost coverage because they did not pay for their plans. new details on beau biden's funeral. president obama will deliver the eulogy at saturday's mas in delaware. the vice president's son died saturday after a battle with brain cancer. beau biden was 46 years old. a study with surprising results. minorities in retail get paid less and promoted less. the naacp and demos conducted the study and found black

cashiers average $9.17, latinos $9.23, white cashiers make $10.06. sales people black employees pull $11.54 latinos, $11.71 their white counterparts $15.32. so to help close the pay gap many cities and states are considering raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. near jacksonville, florida, an amtrak train collides with a car slicing the vehicle in half. 171 were on the train. three were in the car including a pregnant woman. they were all ejected. >> all i could think about was my girls. i jumped out of the car to go find her. when i turned around the back of the car wasn't there. >> remarkably everyone in the car is okay. police say the driver was trying to beat the train. something you should never do. so rick santorum takes on pope francis. dick cheney embraces his inner darth vader.

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church should leave science to the scientists when it comes to climate change. president obama spoke to israeli tv about his relationship with prime minister netanyahu. >> when i'm with bibi we have good conversations. they're tough, they're forceful we disagree but i enjoy jousting with him. you won't see these beer bottles in new hampshire. governor hassan vetoed a bill to allow the images saying it would undermine the state's efforts to fight underage drinking. could it be darth dick cheney? the former vice president showed "the wall street journal" his trailer hitch cover. we found a look alike on ebay. that's not the first time he's been compared to the "star wars" villain. this from 2011. >> hi mr. vice president. it's jay leno. >> hey jay, i'll be right out, i'm brushing my teeth. >> is this the suit you're going to be wearing tonight? >> no.

i thought i would wear this jay. and what do donald trump and soccer have in common? well, now that the billionaire is set to announce a possible white house bid "the tonight show's" jimmy fallon gives us that answer. >> i mean seriously, at this point donald trump announcing he's running for president is like soccers a's world cup, it happens every four years and no one in america cares. >> oh, that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. how about that. i'm joined by jonathan allen chief political correspondent for vox. good morning. >> good morning. maybe donald trump should run for president of fifa. >> oh, boy. there may be an opening. we hear there is. >> can't get any crazier. >> hillary clinton's poll numbers, talk about her, they showed she may have a problem when it comes to favorability and trust worthiness. >> absolutely. her favorability is upside down now. two polls that came out yesterday, one had her at 45% va forble one had her at 46%

favorable. the unfavorables 49 and 50. that's a tremendous drop for somebody who was enjoying approval ratings in the 60s when she was secretary of state. i think it's a problem for her and i think it is reflective of some of the secrecy she's shown on her e-mails and also some of the stories that have come out about the clinton foundation. >> but even with these numbers, though jonathan is she still so far ahead of her challengers it doesn't make a difference at this point? >> certainly if the democratic primary she looks set to run away with that. obviously things can change but she's in a much better position than she was in 2008 on that. in terms of the republicans the field is catching her. nobody has yet gotten ahead of her. rand paul in one poll was one point behind her and the poll had a three-point plus or minus margin of error and several other candidates were within that margin of error. if you're a democrat you're looking at that and thinking her numbers don't look as good today as recently. >> i'm going to shift gears because on the heels of caitlyn

jenner's ajoumts, word of the labor department issuing guidelines on whether there should be a transgender bathroom. what's the verdict on this? >> well what's going on here the osha rules or the osha guidelines will be that you shouldn't have a separate transgender bathroom and the model policy would be one that a allows people to make their own decision about which bathroom to use. this shouldn't really be an issue. nobody ought to be looking in the bathroom anyway. >> you do have a good point there. all right. jonathan, thanks so much. we appreciate your insight. >> take care. just ahead, clint eastwood follows "american sniper" with the story of another beloved american hero. can you guess what common animal makes this sound? at one point, did not work. you had some blocks and you had major thoroughfares and corridors that were just totally pitch black. those things had to change. we wanted to restore our lighting system in the city.

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well clint eastwood plans to direct and produce an upcoming biopic of captain sully sullenberger the u.s. airways pilot from the 2009 miracle on the hudson. multiple bird strikes caused both engines to fail on his plane. to the university of miami where two students stage a memorable graduation stunt. one held up a wwe championship belt. yep. the other kicks him and wrestles him to the ground. that's one way. >> they will be invited to ap event. they have to be. >> without a doubt. wonder what a deer sounds like? >> yeah i don't remember any deer sounding -- >> that's rudolph, like on steroids. >> maybe. hunters from nine european

countries gathered in belarus for the 17th annual deer calling championship. they imitated the sounds deer make in situations such as fighting. a deer -- >> stick to the duck calling. >> came in first place. thanks for watching. "way too early" starts right now. we passed the most significant surveillance reform in decades. we've done it by setting aside ideology setting aside fear mongering, say we'll protect the security of the united states, be but we also protect the privacy of a americans. >> the usa freedom act passes. president obama signed into law an overhaul to america's surveillance after a 67-32 vote in the senate. just days after winning a fifth term fifa president sepp blatter announces he is stepping down amid the soccer scandal. what changed between his defiant tone last week and his abrupt resignation?

a new project for clint eastwood. we'll tell you which american e ero the famed director will chronicle in a new movie. this is "way too early." ♪ good morning. it's wednesday, june 3rd. welcome to "way too early." the show that gives you everything you need to know to start your day, plus sports weather and the fun stories you may have missed while you were sleeping. i'm luke russert coming to you live from washington, d.c. we begin here in our nation's capital this morning, where lawmakers have approved the first major overhaul of government surveillance programs since the 9/11 attacks. the usa freedom act is nows the law of the land after president obama signed the measure last night. in a 67-32 vote the senate authorized key revisions of the patriot act that expired on sunday but the law eliminates th