break ever. personal information on more than 4 million current and former federal government employees stolen. it includes social security numbers and bank account information. but china is denying responsibility saying this morning, we hope the united states side could discard this kind of suspicion and stop groundless accusation. the latest now from nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea? >> this is believed to be the biggest cyberattack in u.s. history, targeting 4.2 million current and former employees and could be more. so who did it? most likely it's china. today the government is scrambling after a massive hack into personal information. names, social security numbers, birthdays, for millions of current and former government workers. if proved to be from china, the u.s. would likely retaliate. >> there are all sorts of ways that we can retaliate, both through diplomatic means and

perhaps by giving whoever is behind this if we can determine that for certain, a taste of their own medicine. >> the government is telling employees to monitor their bank accounts and offering identity theft insurance and free credit reports. after the hack into the office of personnel management opm, which warned of the threat in april. >> in an average month, opm thwarts almost 2.14 billion atells to hack its network. these attacks will not stop if anything, they'll increase. >> reporter: this happens after north korea sacked into sony and reading president obama's e-mails. >> the cyber world is sort of the wild wild west and to some degree we're asked to be the sheriff. >> the fbi is pointing to china. officials say the attack could have been prevented if a new

cyberdefense system had been installed government wide. >> it's possible to root out these threats from overseas and foreign hackers and do it in a way that does not violate the rights of law-abiding americans. >> a spokesman of china's embassy tells nbc news "jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusations is not responsible and is counterproductive." so far they don't think the hackers got what would be the crown jewels the identities of covert cia agents. alex? >> all right thanks so much for that. let's bring in adam levin, adam is the former director of new jersey's division of consumer affairs. adam, welcome to you. you're calling this breach a game changer. why is that? >> it's a game changer, because now they have something that they really haven't had before. they've got context.

the office of personnel management is the department of human resources for the united states government. now they have rosters, they have context. they have chains of command. they know who people are, where they are. they've had access to background checks on these people so they see what friends and family say. they see those people that might be exploitable, either through extortion or bribery, people having issues they are getting to understand the behavior of these people the information of these people just because some people say they haven't gotten the crown jewel yet, which is the undercover identities but the biggest problem is with all of this information, using fishing attacks, putting malware on systems, they are going to be in every corner of the federal government and highly likely they will get to that information. >> government hackers or private hackers, who stands more to gain from something like this theoretically? >> well, state sponsored

hackers. china is pretty famous they have a pension for getting as much as they can about people who are in positions of influence in government or people who work for government, that they can use as a conduit to get more and more information. and that's what it's about, information and intelligence gathering, private hackers will be looking at the financial aspect of this state sponsored hackers will be looking at every aspect of this. this is like breaking into fort knox personal identifying information is the gold standard in today's world. >> government situations government websites would be far more secure than this. >> unfortunately, they are not. this is an epidemic and this affects public sector private sector nobody's done enough and you see this was discovered because they are putting in a new system. where has this system been? why is it taking so long? if the government is to be that shining example for business and

consumers in america, and if they can't protect their own backyard, 1.5 million of the people on this database could be people in uniform. if we're not protecting those people that are protecting us what are we doing? >> make a very good point, rhetorical question at this point, thank you very much adam levin. developing now, a judge has sentenced a friend of boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev to 43 months in prison. he was convicted of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for removing tsarnaev's backpack and computer from his dorm room with another friend. also in boston rahim, the man accused of plotting to kill police officers in massachusetts, will be buried today. this while his family's now calling for a thorough investigation into his death. yesterday the family watched surveillance video which shows what happened when rahim was approached, then shot by boston police and the fbi. rahim's brother spoke to nbc

after seeing the video. >> it's hard to look at that. and it was painful. and there were tears and there was a lot of emotions in the room, and our prayers, we lift them for osama. >> lawyers for the family also say questions remain about whether the shooting was justified. sarah dallof is joining me with the latest. what else is rahim's family saying about him and about the shooting? >> good morning, alex. the family describes him as this normal 26-year-old guy who's going to work every day trying to find his place in the world. they say there have been no changes in his personality that would indicate he'd been radicalized by isis. they were shocked by claims he had been planning to kill law enforcement. a family attorney pledges that they will work with authorities cooperatively during this investigation. yesterday both an aunt close to the family raised questions as to if the shooting was justified, the emom believes

rahim could have been arrested without violence. the morning rahim was killed he was overherd on the phone talking to a friend saying he was going to attack police also reportedly made a phone call to his father saying "you're not going to see me again after today." back to you. >> sarah, thank you for that. developing now, encouraging numbers on the economy this morning. the monthly jobs report released just a few hours ago shows employers added a greater than expected 280,000 jobs in may. however, the nation's unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point to 5.5%. that's because more people started looking for jobs. wall street's reaction to today's numbers mixed. right now the dow is down ten and change extending yesterday's big losses. the s&p and nasdaq though slightly up just a bit there. joining me now, politico magazine columnist, zachary carrabel. welcome to you. this strong job growth suggests

employers are remaining confident enough to keep hiring but you can always interpret the numbers different ways. >> we've been in a pattern, 200,000 jobs a month, but we have to have that many jobs a month in order to just keep pace with the amount of people entering this job market and the economy. and there's a lot of good signs, there's really interesting thing that went on in the past few months you wouldn't notice unless you're like me and pay attention to these numbers, which is labor costs are getting up. people are getting paid more some of it is benefits so you don't see it in your actual paycheck and the amount of output is not so great. so economic growth is really really mediocre job growth is okay, and wages are good but we're actually producing a little less with that money. >> but wages aren't great. one word to describe it tepid. you're not seeing much growth in your paychecks. >> but they are not going down

and we're not losing jobs and there's a little sign of just a little bit of economic gains for the average worker. that's the problem, too. these are really big averages doesn't necessarily tell you or me. so i think what this does is as we enter an election cycle, as the federal reserve tries to figure out do we raise rates, do we not, none of this data is changing the picture so dramatically. if you're not doing so well and have been struggling in the system none of this is like wahoo! and if you've been doing well none of this is that relevant. >> let's look at where some of the jobs are, professional and business services gained 63,000 jobs last month, leisure and hospitality up 57,000 maybe because of the summer months health care up 47,000 roadway tail 31,000. what does that tell you? >> these are not really -- these are not career jobs you would go, i'm set. professional and business services mean a temporary

secretary or could mean that. leisure and retail could mean the clerk at walmart and a bartender. these are good jobs if you're in your 20s and starting out. these are not great jobs if what you're trying to do is support a life. so even here one of the things we've been seeing these are not high quality jobs. i don't say that pejoratively. these are people trying to make a living but if we're thinking about this systemically, we're not going to create the future we're trying to create based on people hired as waiters and waitresses. >> zachary, thank you for interpreting the numbers for us. we have an update now to share on breaking news this surrounding former house speaker dennis hastert. a sister of a man who died in 1995 has told news outlets that her brother had a sexual relationship with hastert while he was still in high school. this is coming from reports by the associated press, as well as abc news though nbc news has yet to independently verify these reports.

joining me now by phone, lynn sweet from the chicago sun times. good day to you, what more can you tell us about this recent reporting? >> well, this is the first victim's name that's surfaced since hastert was indicted last week and this is somebody to let everyone know was said to be sexually abused by dennis hastert for a number of years in high school when hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach there. the sister said she tried to make these charges public before, no one believed her, she couldn't get any traction on it but now in the traction of this indictment, the story is going forward. interesting note alex no one has seen or heard of hastert since the indictment has gone down not even a lawyer on record that's stepped forward to represent him. >> lynn this person who's identified with just the letter

"a," is that the sister of this man or someone else? >> no that is someone else. so right now there are three alleged victims of sexual abuse. the young man who's the subject of today's story, who died in 1995 then there's individual "a," whose identity has not yet been made public who's mentioned in the federal indictment. then news outlets, including the chicago sun times, have reported that there is a second or now the third victim who has talked to fbi agents about his experiences with hastert. >> okay is there any known relationship between these thee individuals? >> no because we don't know publicly who the other two are and this is the first name and the sister is on record so this is -- this is -- what's interesting, hastert decides to take a plea deal and we'll know

maybe more when he makes his first court appearance next week, some of this may not come out if he goes to any trial on these charges we'll very likely know more. >> lynn sweet from the chicago sun times, you make a good point mr. hastert is unable to be found at this point. nbc news has made repeated attempts to reach him, as well, we've been unsuccessful thus far. thank you very much, lynn. developing now, wild weather in parts of colorado several tornados causing serious damage hail roughly the size of baseballs came down near denver. that punched holes in some roofs. that's one of the stories we're following around the "news nation." plus -- >> what part of democracy are they afraid of? i believe every citizen has the right to vote. >> presidential hopeful hillary clinton calls out republicans by name while giving a rousing speech on voting rights in houston, texas. it's today's first read. and tonight we'll hear more

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welcome back. tonight, two of the duggar daughters will speak out in a tearful interview about the molestation scandal that's rocked their family as the family comes under new fire as the parents spoke out this week. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: two of josh duggar's victims, his own sisters, showing a united front on fox news supporting the family and their brother. >> i do want to speak up in his defense against people calling him a child molestor.

that's so overboard and a lie, really. i mean people will get mad at me for saying that but i can say this i was one of the victims. >> reporter: in a 2006 police report uncovered by "in touch" magazine, the duggars say their son confessed to abusing four of his sisters and another girl. no one was charged with a crime, but the revelation has triggered a public outcry. >> i've heard them say, you know, you're hypocrites. well, if you go back and look at everything that people have seen on television you know we've never claimed to be a perfect family. >> reporter: on twitter, some have taken aim at the duggars' public disapproval of the gay and transgender communities. so you can molest your siblings as long as you're sorry, if you're born gay or transgender, well you're going to burn in hell. in 2014 the family asked her to

speak to their younger children about sexual abuse. without telling her what had previously happened in their home. she has stayed in contact with the family voicing her concerns directly to the duggars this week. >> i said i believe that you did not handle this the proper way. that you should have gone to the authorities immediately, and that josh should have never been allowed to live in that home again. >> reporter: some sexual abuse experts question the decision to let the daughters speak out publicly. >> the old wounds are going to be opened again with all of the new embarrassment that goes with this. >> reporter: leaving many to wonder whether the duggar's public stand to clear the air may be doing more harm than good. stephanie gosk nbc news new york. developing now, growing fears this morning that a serial sniper may be on the loose in colorado. police now looking into whether the shooting death of a man this week is linked to two other cases. the update on that next. plus --

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>> reporter: alex these otherwise safe and quiet communities north of denver have been rocked by the series of shootings, the third now in as many months. the fbi has joined a task force promising unprecedented manpower and resources to catch the person or people responsible. fbi and local law enforcement are desperately searching for what they fear is a serial shooter targeting northern colorado. >> help us look. keep our eyes open. pay attention in your neighborhoods. >> reporter: the first victim survived her attack shot in the neck in april while driving along interstate 25. other drivers in the area reported random shattered windows, but no injuries. several weeks later in nearby windsor, 47-year-old john jacoby was gunned down while riding his bike. the small town's first homicide in eight years. shortly after, law enforcement

announced the shootings were connected, formed a task force, and offer add $10,000 reward. then on wednesday night, 65-year-old was gunned down while walking near his home. >> there is no positive link between this new investigation and the two other cases being investigated by the task force, but there is -- we have not been able to rule out a link either. >> reporter: three roadside attacks in six weeks, the crime scenes just several miles apart. investigators in colorado now counting on the public to help them stop a killer who they hope isn't just getting started. the desperate man hunt picks up again this morning. investigators say tipped from the public have been critical in solving past serial shootings and are offering that $10,000 reward hoping the public will come through yet again. alex? >> all right, jacob rascon thank you for that. we continue to follow breaking news a woman has come forward claiming her brother was sexually abused by former househastert.

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running for president of the united states. i have more experience with our national security than any other candidate in this race. that includes you, hillary. >> today, i am running for the presidency of the united states of america! >> republicans are systemically and deliberately trying to stop millions of american citizens from voting. >> joining me now, nbc news senior political editor mark murray. welcome, mark, lots to get to today, but i want to start with the breaking news report of the sister of a man who died in 1995 is claiming her brother told her he had a sexual relationship with hastert while he was still in high school. jolene berg was interviewed on "good morning america." let's play a bit of what she said. >> i asked him, when was your first same-sex experience? he just looked at me and said it was with dennis hastert. and i just -- i was stunned.

i said why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? i mean he was your teacher, why didn't you ever tell anybody? he just looked at me and said who is ever going to believe me? in this town who is ever going to believe me? >> was it your sense this happened more than once? >> uh-huh. looked at him, and i said i want to know why you did what you did to my brother. he just stood there and stared at me. and then i just continued to say, i want you to know that your secret didn't die in there with my brother, and i want you to remember that i'm out here and that i know. >> jolene talking about her brother, so your reaction to this? >> it's just been a tragic story, particularly once a week ago we first learned of all of this alex. you know i was reporter began my career in washington, d.c. just at the time of the entire monica lewinsky scandal, then of course denny hastert ended up becoming speaker after that

particularly after newt gingrich resigned being the house republican speaker. and, of course you know looking at that entire time where you had newt gingrich and denny hastert going after bill clinton for sexual improprieties with monica lewinsky just makes your head spin about what was happening in some of the alleged things that denny hastert's been accused of. >> of course we've been trying to reach him, he's not giving any comment to nbc news or any other news organization, but is that the way to handle this mark let the legal process do the talking for him? because i do believe he has a court appearance coming up soon. >> the silence has been stunning alex. of course, in a matter of kind of like this yes, you have your lawyers do all of the talking, but we haven't heard any type of defense coming from a lawyer or anyone else from the entire denny hastert orbit. i think that has been very very striking. >> indeed. let's move on to hillary clinton

and that speech on voting rights in houston yesterday. she offered some specific policy proposals, mark such as calling for a 20 day of early voting nationwide period as well as automatic voter registration but you also say she did something else for the first time as a candidate. can you tell us about that? >> yeah she called out the republicans by name when it comes to voting rights and being able to curtail voting rights in their states. she called out scott walker jeb bush ended up calling out, you know those republicans and said that you know what they have been doing is rolling back voting rights in their states. also a singling out of chris christie, as well. this is not by accident. this is a to make the republican feel her foil particularly she's starting to maybe have more of a general election focus rather than wanting to go toe to toe with the martin o'malleys and bernie sanders of the world,

she'd rather go face to face with some of the republicans. >> so it begins. let's move on to another candidate making headlines in texas, that being rick perry finally making it official. last time he was considered, mark an early front-runner, now an underdog. here's a bit of what he had to say on "morning joe" this morning. >> we've spent a lot of time in preparation for this moment. i knew that if i was going to be a legitimate candidate, give myself an opportunity to be successful, i had to spend substantial time and preparation on monetary policy domestic policy, foreign policy we've done that. >> jumped in too fast last time. >> not prepared. i wasn't prepared. >> so what's your read on his performance yesterday and will better preparation make a difference this time around? >> you know rick perry is a very good politician one of the reasons he was the longest serving governor of texas of all time but one thing that's so hard for him to overcome is that he finished in fifth place in the iowa caucuses in 2012. we've often seen that folks like

mitt romney, you kind of finish second or you finish third and end up being the nominee four years later, but coming back from what most people realize was a disastrous performance is very tough. my colleague kasie hunt said in a lot of ways this is a redemption tour for rick perry, but it is such a stunning contrast when he got into the race four years ago, he vaulted into the forefront. he was one of the republican frontrunners in the field. now he's struggling just to get on that first republican debate stage. so that's really really striking turn of events. >> as you know he's got to make the top ten to get on the stage. mark murray thank you for that. >> thanks. today will be another emotional day in delaware. a public viewing for beau biden will be held this afternoon in wilmington. mourners have been paying respects to vice president's son and family since yesterday when his body lay in honor. the 46-year-old is the state's former attorney general and a decorated iraq war vet. he died last saturday. kelly o'donnell is joining us

with more on the service. kelly? >> reporter: hello, alex. for the biden family this will be a second day of public mourning, where they will be receiving friends and members of the public who want to say a farewell to beau biden. today, that will happen at the biden family's catholic church their parish in wilmington delaware. but all of this outpouring first began at the state capitol. for a grieving vice president, his sorrow was in certain moments so solitary despite this very public ceremony the flag-draped casket the final journey home for his oldest son. beau biden, just 46 when he died from brain cancer last weekend. had served as delaware's attorney general. >> the biden family is delaware's family. >> reporter: the state house reserved a place of honor. >> to say one word beau anywhere in this state, everyone would know immediately who i was

talking about. >> good evening. i'm beau biden, and joe biden is my dad. >> reporter: inherited, perhaps, beau biden's devotion to public service, an iraq war veteran. >> biden, joseph -- >> reporter: awarded in death what is known as the conspicuous service cross. >> beau smiled for many reasons. but his biggest smile was for his family. >> reporter: especially widow haley and their two young children. the vice president knows grief too well. in 1972 a car accident killed his wife and baby daughter and injured his sons. >> asking god to grant peace for today. >> reporter: but experience with grief does not lessen its burden. the vice president as story teller made his love well known. >> my dad used to have an expression, he'd say, a father knows his success when he turns and looks at his son and daughter and know they turned out better than he did. i'm a success.

i'm a hell of a success. beau i love ya. i'm so proud of you. >> reporter: these events to honor beau biden are open to the public and the vice president and his family have been greeting those who have stood in line and wanted to pay their respects personally individually. that went on for hours on thursday. we expect that will be the case again today. there was last night a bit of a happy milestone as the family also came back to washington to mark the middle school graduation for one of the biden granddaughters, so a happy moment mixed in a series of days that have been so filled with grief. of course today it is about beau biden in delaware and tomorrow the president of the united states will deliver the eulogy for beau biden at the church the family has known for years. alex? >> thanks so much we'll be covering that live tomorrow. >> new this morning, terrifying moments when the road beneath

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out just this morning after arriving here in new york on tuesday aboard a private jet his owner calls air horse one. he's won 6 of the 7 races he's won, including the kentucky der derby and the preakness. joining me live from belmont park jerry bosser who covers horse racing. welcome to you. only a mile and a half the distance in the belmont between american pharoah and immortality. a very elite group of horses as you know just 11 who have won the triple crown triple crown. did you watch the workout this morning, if so how did he look? >> i was there this morning. he looks like a machine. he's the michael jordan of horse racing. he's got a lean body muscular everywhere, it's what you want in a racehorse. >> i guess so. so affirmed became the last triple crown winner back in 1978. since then 13 horses have won the kentucky derby, the

preakness, then failed in the belmont and that includes california chrome just last year. what do you think it is about american pharoah that could succeed where all the other horses failed? >> well i think the one thing he has going for him is he was the 2-year-old champion last year, american pharoah. a lot of the horses that failed in the last 13 attempts they were horses who got hot this year, hot at the right time, but then they burnt out in the belmont stakes. i think american pharoah proved he was the best of the crop last year and it's the same horses he's facing this year and i think he is the champ of the still, right now, obviously, with a win in the derby and the preakness. i think that's something he's got going for him and a lot of the prior triple crown winners back in the '70s were 2-year-old champions, too. i think american pharoah has it and it's what's going to be a key reason. >> you heard that american pharoah really likes sloppy tracks. when you look at the margin by which he won the preakness, it was huge. if so with good weather

tomorrow, that might not be in his favor. >> i mean, he did love that day when he won by seven lengths, but he has won on fast tracks too, including the kentucky derby, he won by a length that day. he's a very good horse on the fast track. if it's a wet track, i think it moves him up a million more lengths. he could swim in the mud, this horse. he's a fast horse on a fast track. believe me the fast track's not going to slow him down. >> yeah. american pharoah is running at a number five post position against seven other horses. what others might we be talking about if at the end of the day it's not american pharoah? >> a horse on the outside name is number 8, materiality, he won the derby earlier this year had a bad trip in the kentucky derby, missed the break and still got up to the sixth. he's a talented horse, won his first three starts in the derby

f fiasco, so i give him a look an frosted a look. he was one of the few horses to actually make a move i don't know if you saw the kentucky derby, but top three horses stayed all the way around and this horse rallied to get up to be fourth. i think he could be a factor and the trainer has won this race already. keen ice is another horse who could come in at the end, a horse that wants to go the mile and a half. >> you talk about being a fast course, fast horse here, secretariat, of course holds the records, any chance that could be broken by american pharoah tomorrow? >> i don't think so it's a world record you'd have to be an exceptional horse to do that. to be honest although he's won both the derby and preakness, american pharoah's times have been on the slow side but the preakness was won in such a quagmire, a monsoon that day. he still got the job done that's what you need to do. >> it's going to be exciting.

jerry jerry bosser thanks so much for weighing in, appreciate it. a reminder you can watch the belmont on your local nbc station tomorrow afternoon, coverage begins at 4:30 eastern time ahead of the post time which is at 6:50 eastern. this is the topic of today's gut check, what does your gut tell you? what is your bet american pharoah will pull off the triple crown? go to newsnation.msnbc.com to vote. coming up, subway restaurants is announcing a major overhaul to its ingredients. plus -- >> i'm looking to take it looking at the ticket look at the computer then i just was like -- >> a staten island plumber becomes a millionaire many times over and has broken down his truck to thank for it. we're going to explain all that ahead. hey, you forgot the milk! that's lactaid. right. 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort?

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>> his theory of the unconscious mind. today in the same city researchers pushed the boundaries more growing miniature brains in their lab. >> it opens up the possibility to really study diseases that are very widespread and problematic like schizophrenia or autism. >> scientists have grown other tishsue but growing brains has been really tricky. >> can we take a closer look? >> of course. there you see them floating. each of these is a mini brain.

>> is this how we start? size is similar to developing brain at a very early stage around nine weeks of pregnancy pregnancy. >> they're so tiny and yet you feel like what you're looking at is such a big deal. >> until recently we could only use animal models. the mouse brain is really nothing compared to the human brain. >> researchers hope these mini brains will offer insight into brain disorders. these cells don't form a sensory brain. >> there's no sensory system whatsoever. i wouldn't want to grow something that could think and feel. >> not yet perhaps. >> that step from this to like a thinking brain that you have in scifi movies is very very big.

it could take decades if not centuries to reach that point. you need a body attached to a brain to make the brain think. >> scientists have crossed a frontier used for good. it could carry some risks. >> my idea is we need to take those risks. >> that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm alex whit in for tamron hall. i'm looking for you tomorrow. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." i'm looking for you tomorrow. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." hall. i'm looking for you tomorrow. up next, "andrea mitchell reports."

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