army and this country he's going to take on this next stage of his service. congratulations to patrick murphy. we are so excited about this. that does it for us tonight, "first look" is up next. it's thursday august 6th. right now on "first look," it is go time for top republican candidates. donald is main attraction. what will the other candidates do to score points with the american voter? >> new details on what mr. trump and bill clinton discussed during a private discussion few weeks ago. it happened again. a night at a movie theater turned deadly. bill cosby forced to go under oath. "first look" starts now. good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. tonight is the night. top republicans on one stage

including # donald trump taking center stage. tracey pots is is where it's going down, cleveland ohio. a lot of people interested in tonight's debate. >> exactly. we're going to be busy watching candidates come to town. rick santorum will be here early. he's got an event nearby. couple of others are here. the strategy is show up early, and cameras will follow you. final preparations at the time arena where seven will debate this afternoon and top ten night. >> the happy hour debate earlier one. >> 40% of republicans know my name. don't worry, they will. >> if you pop with any answer you're going to get a lot of coverage.

wait for your moment. >> rubio is in town early telling nbc he's not worried about running against donald trump. >> i'm not running against any people on that stage, i'm running for president. >> donald trump reached out to bill clinton before deciding to run. that may not go well with conservatives. >> reaching other out to bill clinton for advice in any manner not helpful. >> no opening statements tonight, too many candidates no time. they'll go straight to questions which are still a closely guarded secret. >> reporter: so it's obviously all about the republicans here today. let's talk about the democrats take on this. hillary clinton's campaign say all 17 are in a weaker position than mitt romney or john mccain were at this point in last two elections. hillary clinton may come up here

tonight and be the focus as the candidates distinguish themselves. >> donald trump may have talked poll politics with bill clinton few weeks ago. we don't know what was said in that conversation but some associates for trump and clinton told the post clinton urged him. another source said it was only a casual chat. police are searching for a motive after another attack inside a movie theater. this time outside of nashville. police were able to stop the suspect before anyone was seriously injured. jay gray has the story in antioch, tennessee.

>> as the chaos started to unfold, two police officers were working a traffic accident outside the movie theater. >> one of the officers encountered the the suspect. he saw a gun come up saw the trigger about to be pulled. he disengaged. >> it happened during showing of the film "mad max." the 20-year-old smt used pepper spray on three people in the theetzer and attacked this man with a hat chet. >> i'm internal mri grateful. excuse me. for metro police department. >> he apparently tried to escape through a back door where he was shot and killed by members of the nashville swat team. the gun he was holding was a soft pistol. he had criminal history including assault and existing arrest. police say he had a history of mental problems. >> they are reporting he had

been committed four times, twice in 2004 and twice in 2007. >> part of a puzzle investigators are trying to piece together to identify a motive in the attack. jay gray nbc news antioch, tennessee. comedian he have be bill cosby will have to answer sexual assault questions. he is accused of sexually assaulting huff when she was 15 years old. the judge ordered him to give deposition october 9th. his lawyers call it a suit of distorting the star. he denies all allegations of the assault. ahead of the deal's congressional vote which both sides of the debate agree will

be the most important policy since the war, president obama went on attack and called out critics of the nuclear agreement in the inpassioned hour long defense. >> let's not mix words. the choice we face is diplomacy and some form of war. maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now but soon. >> president obama's critics called that a false choice saying the debate has never been an either or issue. before the speech senate majority leader mcconnel tweeted this. president obama doubled down after the speech the nuclear war accelerating if senate kills the

deal. the senate will debate september 8th after the month long recess. japan is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing in world war ii which decimated the city and killed 140 people. this was the cover of the new york times 70 years ago. earlier this morning, a solemn ceremony was attended by the japanese prime minister and caroline kennedy, u.s. ambassador to japan. it concluded a moment of silence at the time the bomb dropped and ringing of the bell. 10,000 firefighters continue battling wildfires from california up to washington state. the rocky fire north of san francisco burned 70,000 acre destroyed 40 homes and forced thousands to evacuate. >> you lose your house and everything in it. it's your life. it's things you've collected all

your life. it's a big concern for a lot of people. >> the wildfires are so massive, nasa posted photos taken from space. 7500 homes remain under threat. as you head to work imagine this. a ceo likely earns 216 times more money than you do. details are part of the securities and exchange guideline that forces companies to compare ceo and work per pay. then consider the ceos on your screen now earn over 1,000 times more than the median salary of their employees. 1,000 times. back many in 1950s, ceos made 20 times as much as the average worker. let's get down to business speaking of money with landon dowdy. good morning. >> that's a nice pay check will there. blue bell resumed ice cream at

the alabama plant. production stopped in alabama, oklahoma in april after ice cream was linked to three deaths in kansas. apple music locked in 11 million trial members as paid users. of 2 million, they are opting for family plan costing $14.99 a month. the app store did $1.7 billion in sales last month. cvs health is dropping viagra for list of drugs it will pay for under the insurance. you'll have to pay cash or switch to cialis. it's covered if you have another health insurer. >> very interesting. thank you. now to sports. mets taking on marlins. new york went to the ninth with a commanding lead. marlins scored six straight to

scare the mets. that completes the second sweep of the season. in russia the 200 free style. good for her. michael phelps vows not to take a drink until after olympics. he was suspended six months for second is arrest for dui. federal government is demanding records from lance armstrong's cancer treatment. the demand came in in the government's lawsuit to recover millions in sponsorship money the u.s. postal service paid to armstrong's team 1998-2004. penalties could approach $100 million. after leading the u.s. to world cup in 16 years, ellis received a contract extension to

lead for years to come. way to go coach. is pope francis about to change catholic doctrine on men and women that become divorced. wait until you hear who's house this was. and the typhoon is heading for taiwan. bill karins has more.

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the big weather story on our planet in the next 24 hours will be what happened to taiwan as the typhoon heads that way. it devastated the u.s. territory here. we've got images of the storm. first this is japanese imagery from the japanese meteorology. you can see the eye and see it spinning around the center of the eye. that's the imagery i show is every 15 minutes. that's high-tech stuff they have there. let me show you an image.

look at that two by four thatslammed the base of that tree. it is headed for i taiwan. it will appear to get a direct hit. the eye is weaker now but will strengthen in the days ahead. tonight and tomorrow maybe up to 120 to 130 miles per hour like a category 3 hurricane. if you're in deep south, northern alabama, georgia through carolinas, chance of storms wind damage maybe. >> after looking at the typhoon, that doesn't look like a lot. >> anything we deal with is minor. the prime minister of malaysia confirmed part of the wing found on the reunion island was from the flight mh370. in march 2014 the plane was

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19 minutes past the hour. time for your thursday edition of "scrambled politics." two new election models have bad news for the gop. first up moodies t group that has a perfect record dating back to 1980 says democrats will win by two electoral votes in 2016. it's based on economic trends. they reserve the right to alter it as we move forward. >> if hispanic voters turn out in 2015 that could be the kiss of did death. they analyze population trends. the tool shows demographic margin of victory until 2024. nasa is reupping with russia to send astronauts to space.

$490 million in russia's pockets on the heels of sanctions on that country. congress did not provide enough funding to the commercial program. as for lawmakers, today congress starts the one month resource aka vacation time. before they left senator tim cane voiced displeasure. congress has still not debated war authorization. >> yeah what about the august recess? how can we go away and adjourn in the midst of an ongoing war? why, that's easy. the part of the statute that creates mandatory august adjournment only applies if there's a declaration of war by congress. because we haven't bothered to debate or authorize this war, in the year since it started, we are still entitled by statute to take the month of august off.

jepb bush is escalating the silliest swag for sell with this t-shirt. jeb's brother was doing his civic duty yesterday in dallas jury duty that is. plenty got the in line to take a picture. bush was not selected to be part of the jury. why? maybe has something to do with him being the former leader of the free world. if you're looking to get interact interactive with tonight's debate jimmy fallon has you covered. >> fox news has a way to track voters and post questions to the candidates. this will get weird when they say this next question is from someone named mit saying you miss me yet in. >> that's you're dish of "scrambled politics." 21 minutes past the hour.

i'm joined by bob franken. >> good morning. i'm the only person not in cleveland. >> that's all right. we want to hear what you have to say. chuck todd had an interesting point saying all talk is about donald trump jeb bush is the one with the most to lose. you agree? >> not necessarily. jeb bush is probably going to play it safe of late every time he opened his mouth, he's put his foot in it. this is really, to be perfectly honest about donald trump and the other guys. that's going to cause people to watch, most people to watch. that i think is going to be the question. how did they do against donald trump. >> giuliani says we may have ronald reagan in donald trump. he's a smart guy, don't underestimate his ability to

win. you agree with him? >> that would be the first time in history anyone ever underest hated donald trump. he makes it a point not to let that happen. he's the one in the center leading the polls. it's the donald trump show and everybody else. >> donald trump has been spending all week lowering those expectations. is that part of the strategy? is he going to hit hard and expect others not see him swinging? >> i don't think he has to play offense here. i think he needs to play aggressive defense which is particularly what he is saying. i expect a good strategy on the part of the other candidates would be not to mix it up with donald trump unless they're trying to get publicity that could easily backfire on then. >> who do you think they'll mix it up with? hillary clinton is the one being attacked during the debate if anyone is attacked? >> i suspect a lot of people will attack hillary clinton. particularly since her candidate, seems at the moment

at least, her campaign seems to lose traction. i suspect the name hillary clinton will be spoken quite a few times in the debate this evening. >> no doubt. you don't think there will be quick jabs between the gop candidates among themselves? there's a lot of people on that stage and a lot of voices that really want to be heard. >> some people think there are so many on the stage it will be like the tower of babble. the interesting one to watch is lounge act at 5:0 0rks0, the one with the under card on it. >> they are calling it happy hour. we'll see how happy they are. thank you. still head the end for jon stewart and his show. we'll see what to expect from his last episode. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer.

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in entertainment news it's the end of an era. >> on comedy central world muze headquarters in new york this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. >> stewart's 16 year run ends tonight. many details are secret. the episode is scheduled twice as long as normal. after he signs off, his desk will be sent to museum in washington. ice cube told what nwa does not stand for. >> nwa does not stand for nine white accountments. nwa does not stand for nickel back was awesome. nwa does not stand for new wine

abracadabra. you had to tell me what it stands for. >> i never knew. if you don't know look it up. "way too early" starts right now. scary moments inside a tennessee movie theater after a man with history of psychiatric issues. we'll have the latest on that. as jon stewart prepares to sign off we're learning power

the comedian yields. this is "way too early." ♪ good morning everyone. it's thursday august 6th. i'm ayman mohyeldin. we begin with another armed attack at a movie theater. this time in antioch tennessee, just outside of nashville. the suspect, 20-year-old montano. >> just before 1:15 local time reports came in of a man carrying a gun and hatchet at the hickory hollow cinemas. >>