between fox news and the republican party and new hampshire republican establishment and the new hampshire conservative media. this time tomorrow it will be a different story. who knows. see you again tomorrow. conservative media. this time tomorrow, it will be a totally different story. watch the space. it is thursday june 11th. right now on "first look." police admit they have no location on location of escaped murderers but new clues point towards vermont. three years after the role in iraq ended, we're sending hundreds of troops back to battle isis. is it the right plan? 33 million americans are at risk in the line of storms and potential tornados. when saving seats at a graduation goes terribly wrong, and athletes are behaving badly. good morning. stay in your homes and turn on your outside lights. that was the word from

authorities near the maximum security prison in dannemora, new york. new information reveals the escapees may be headed to vermont. al miguel reports on the daily drama that authorities say the men would kill a ken. >> in the search and fire power, the search for sweat and matt going door to door. this is joyce mitchell, an employee who worked at prison tailor shop who is is still being questioned. the employees at the prison say there are no metal detectors and duffle bags are allowed in and out without being checked. >> law enforcement sources revealed to me for a month they had access top inner workings of

the prison. >> sweat and matt used power tools to escape and navigated pipes of cat walks. >> there's no way they could do this in one night underneath the prison. >> the intense search growing, neighborhoods not far from the prison swept by s.w.a.t. teams. an hour south in willsboro, more tactical searches. >> officers draw guns as they search homes, campers near the prison. >> this man lives here and he is armed. 300 miles away a, police question david sweat's mother. his sister says he stopped writing home two months ago. those that know matt say they live in fear. we spoke to a former accomplice

a evicted murderer who testified against matt in court. he wants identity concealed. >> this is a very psychotic individual. it's somebody that did definitely has no regard for human life. >> that was nbc's miguel reporting. this morning new plans for the white house to send american troops to america, 450 of them mostly trainers raising the number of 4500. they're fighting an uphill battle against isis. tracey pots is live in washington. tell us where these americans are going, and will it make a difference on the battlefield? >> they're going to be a training camp there bringing more in from the united states new troops. that is the new focus, a that area the new focus for the fight.

whether or not it's going to make a difference that depends on who you ask here in washington. 450 hill tear advisors trainers headed to iraq. >> the president and his team are confident for thousand 450 troops are additional military personnel are what is necessary. >> necessary to take back ramadi key capital city lost to the islamic state. >> the president admitted the other day he has no strategy to win. >> critics come from all sides. republicans, democrats. >> you can't substitute for patriotism for the people of another country. the question is is there enough there? >> they want this to be a war between america is and islam. we can't fall into that trap. >> some say it's a joke to think our troops won't have to fight. >> this is exactly how vietnam started. if you don't think you're

putting them in harm's way, you're not livering in the real world. >> the real problem lawmakers say, a shiite government that won't let sunnis in. >> we need the iraqi government to deal with their sectarian governance problem. >> there are shiite troops fighting who have said they won't fight with the u.s. involved. we'll continue to watch that situation for you. >> tracey thank you. as more americans prepare to leave for iraq sad news confirmed by the state department. a young american fighting isis in syria is dead. his mother told nbc news he believed it was god 's will for him to go to syria. she's waiting on the body to come back home. fists flying at a graduation

ceremony. parents just started punching and pushing each other. a fight over seating sparked it. it wasn't just adults that were gets hurt. >> innocent people like adults and little kids were hit. >> police were called in to break it up. police are using the video to hopefully identify those involved. we're learning details in the murder investigation where four were brutally slain in d.c. last month. according to the newly released search warrants investigators found a bloody bat. one of the victims was found with trauma to the rear of his head. the other was found with lacerations to her throat and head. none of the victims are identified in the document. the murders took place in a multimillion dollars home. the four were murdered before the house was set on fire.

daron daron wint is held on murder charges. he signs $1 billion with the nba. nike will take over start of the 2018 season. he has endorsement deals with lebron james. richard is the billionaire behind the company. this is based on how long employees work at virgin companies. stocks rally with dow back in the black for the year. retail data is out today showing where americans are opening their wallets again. back to you. >> thanks landon.

stanley cup finals. the goalie making his first start of the stanley cup finals. he had 17 saves on 19 shot attempts. black hawks goalie crawford with 24 saves and 25 attempts. hawks win 2-1 and even up the series two games apiece. hoping to pick up their eighth straight win, nationals' taylor knocks it to right field. game tying hit for taylor fifth of the season. span gets the rbi as he stretches for the single. nationals win 5-4. minnesota twins outfielder tori hunter threw a tantrum yesterday. hunter did not appreciate the strike three called on him and made sure the referee knew about it. he was ejected but did not leave before airing out his dirty laundry. sat at a texas high school

softball championship game the catcher is seen using her elbow knocking down two at the plate. lebron james is two wins away from winning a championship and first ever from the cleveland cavaliers franchise. a hat tip for posting this 2001 interview with lebron when he was a 16-year-old sophomore in high school. >> what's your long term goal? >> get to nba. >> do you want to be the best? >> yeah. >> i read you want to be best defender best shooter. what do you have to improve on before entering the nba? >> maybe getting stronger defensively and shooting the three. >> 14 years later, james still wants to be the very best averaging 41 points 12 boards and 8 assists in the final so far. the king is well on his way. still ahead, mystery into the deadly philly amtrak train crash deepens.

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this has been ongoing the better portion of a week. runoff from the severe storms we had in may in texas and oklahoma. this is the red river still about 70 year record high levels throughout much of louisiana. let's take you to tampa. flash flooding yesterday. four to five inches of rain fell with thunderstorms. water was slow to recede throughout the city. one of the watch parties for the lightning was delayed. this is in illinois. that's a piece of hail that fell from the sky. ruler measures four and a quarter inches. that is considered softball size hail. that a would leave a dent no matter where it hit. a lot of rain in central illinois.

flash flood warnings there. des moines kansas city will eventually get wet too. the it's weakening but we could get enough heavy rain for flash flooding later today. roschester omaha and colorado. we could see two to three inches southern portions of minnesota, wisconsin, is and additional areas in kansas later today. if we get tornados and severe weather, it will likely be along the cold front and especially areas around iowa. we have enhanced risk of tornados. that little enhanced risk we could see a tornado or two today. it will be hot everywhere else. >> that hail was incredible. >> a softball. your windshield anything it hit it would crush. >> appreciate that. this morning the mystery is

deepening over what caused the amtrak derailment that left eight dead. here's peter alexander. >> the ntsb announced there's no evidence the engineer running amtrak train 128 was using his cell phone that night. >> there was no talking, texting or data use involved. >> brandon bostian wasn't on the internet operating the train. he gave investigators the pass code to his phone and told them he doesn't remember anything after the train left philadelphia bound for new york. lawmakers haven't concluded whether his phone was offer or in airplane mode. >> things of an a or other use of the phone has not been determined. in airplane mode one can watch a movie. the northeast regional train was

going 106 miles per hour when it derailed on a 50 miles per hour curve. in mckinney, texas we're hearing from eric casebolt. he was seen on tape breaking up a pool party and pulling his gun at one point. now he's speaking out. >> with all that happened that day, he allowed his emotions to get the better of him. he was not targeting minorities. >> casebolt's authority said he responded to two separate suicide calls before the pool part, and they had taken a toll on him. he resigned tuesday. a truck blew a tire and went into a ditch, the impact tossing and killing one shark. a sea world rescue team was called in to help. the sharks were heading here to new york. the obama cigarette controversy, chris christie's unwelcome party, and gop

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time now for your thursday decision of "scrambled politics." former president bill clinton says he won't accept money for speeches if hillary clinton becomes president. hillary clinton joined instagram yesterday. she has 6,000 followers in only three photos posted. her first one, red, white, blue outfits with the caption hard choices. a lot more than i do. new jersey governor chris christie took aim at his party

yesterday at the small business summit. >> my party, quite frankly, has been guilty in some respects of speaking in a way that doesn't sound very welcoming to new members. with a name like martin o'malley, you have to see this coming. the irish band released a song supporting his cam bane. "the daily campaign" called it a toe tapper that could be put to use in guantanamo. have a listen for yourself. ♪ ♪ >> that's to this week's least important controversy. is that a cigarette box in president obama's hand?

things got snippy at yesterday's press briefing about it. >> did he tell you what it was? >> you may not be surprised to hear that i have not raised this issue with the president. i told you it's not cigarettes. let's move on. >> from the real president to internet sensation kid president. he's promoting awareness for child hunger in the u.s. it's called hunger free summer. >> when we tell 22 million people, we'll be that much closeerclose closer to a hungry free summer. >> do you know what that means? >> i don't know what that means. >> we dance. >> go to his youtube page to help out. on "the tonight show." jimmie fallon had very specific top igs. >> jeb bush and rand paul we have who's first name sounds

like a sound effect from a tv show. next up lincoln chafee and carly feariorinafiorina, can which name sounds like a retired car from the 80s. >> and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." i'm joined by bob franken. good morning. lots to talk about here. let's start off by the comments made by governor christie. is this different than we've seen from other republicans? is he reaching out to a different base of conservative voters? >> perhaps so. consider how absurd some will think it is of all people governor christie who has told people to sit down and shut up at town meeting gings is talking about being welcoming. some consider that absurd.

>> we expect the official announcement from jeb bush at some point. seems like he's definitely running with paperwork that's been announced. seems like a broken record here. the republican field continues to have more and more candidates. is that going to be hard to diversify themselves among each other? >> at this particular stage, you always have quite a few people who are in the want to be category. the big debate has been, what are you going to do about the debates? how many people should be there? we have the this in republican party saying no we should include all of those announced candidates which revives the question of how would you fit them all on a stage? >> two quick questions about the clintons. how many instagram followers do you have? secondly what do you think of former president clinton saying he will not accept paid speeches if hillary clinton becomes the president? >> that's fairly obvious. the spouse of the president would not be expected, probably

wouldn't be allowed by law to accept paid speeches number one. number two, as for my instagram page, i don't have that many suits. >> bob franken live from washington. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. just ahead the creepy crawler attack that may not make this new reporter's resume real. it begins from the second we're born. after all, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned... every day... from the smallest detail to the boldest leap. healthier means using wellness to keep away illness... knowing a prescription is way more than the pills... and believing that a single life can be made better by millions of others. ♪ ♪ healthier takes somebody who can power modern health care... by connecting every single part of it. realizing cold hard data can inspire warmth and compassion... and that when technology meets expertise... everything is possible.

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safe preschool experience they might otherwise miss. weekend in jackson, mississippi mississippi, aykroyd will be participating in the trade-off of guns. he's a sworn deputy in the county. from the nbc affiliate in texas, police shut down a lemonade stand. two young sisters were trying to raise money for a father's day gift by selling lemonade. police shut them down. under texas law, the girls can't sell lemonade without inspection and permit. then this. >> okay no. >> i'm not going to laugh. trying not to laugh. that's a cicada attack. she's in kansas trying to report a standup.

they're out now. they can cause serious emotional distress. >> it makes it better she's on a military armored vehicle. >> sympathy goes out to her. this is the "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. we need to find these escapees. these are dangerous men, murderers, killers. there's no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again. >> a new area searched three miles from the manhole where two convicted murderers escaped in new york. are we closer to ending the man hunt? jeb bush says june for crying out loud. criticism and questions are mounting for the former governor 16 months before the election. how j crew went from the limelight to fraying at the

seams. this is "way too early." good morning everybody. it's thursday june 11. welcome to "way too early." i'm amy holmes. we begin in upstate new york with new developments in the man hunt for those two escaped killers on the run. in the past 90 minutes a perimeter was set up around a location three miles from the manhole cover, spot where the two escaped. it comes after a fresh tip triggered flurry of police activity overnight near the prison. residents were also told to turn on