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good morning. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. donald trump is now the presumptive nominee for president after john kasich officially suspended his campaign. >> i always said that the lord has a purpose for me as he has for everyone. as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith, that the lord will show me the way forward. >> while there were some republican voters literally burning the registration cards in protest of trump's ascension, the establishment joined trump's side. mitch mcconnell, john mccain, susan collins, haley barbour and mike huckabee and others all offered support to the presumptive nominee. however, two former presidents will sit on the sidelines. former presidents bush 41 and 43 will not participate. a spokesman for the elder bush

said, quote, for first time since his own presidency george h.w. bush is planning on staying silent. meanwhile, president obama said he stood by his previous statements on the ban on muslims. >> do you stand for example by the idea of a ban against foreign muslims coming in? >> i do. we have to be vigilant and strong. we have to see what's going on in. you look at what's happening with the fly grace in europe. you look at germany, it's crime riddled right now. >> sounds like an urgent problem in first 100 days? >> it's an urgent problem in this country. i mean, san bernardino, look at what happened in paris. >> trump reversed course on a self-funded presidential campaign. >> well, i don't know about super pacs. maybe people like me and they have a form a super pac and i have nothing to do with it.

i'm not allowed to have anything to do with it. as far as the campaign i'm making decisions right now. but probably we'll work with the republican national committee, raise a lot of money and go out and beat hillary. try to raise over $1 billion which is what's going to be necessary. the democrats maybe will get as high as $2 billion but we want to raise up to $1 billion. maybe even over that. >> it's a surprising change from a candidate who beat his opponents for being beholden to politicians and special interests. trump said he's started the vp process but has yet to release names. he tells "the new york times" former presidential candidate and neurosurgeon ben carson will be part of the vp selection committee. one of the possible candidates, former house speaker, newt gingrich, told nbc he was not looking at, thinking about or counting on becoming trump's vp. gingrich did say it's quote very hard to turn down the president of the united states. john kasich's advisers said there's no way he would be on a ticket with trump. meanwhile, trump told fox news

that rudy giuliani, chris christie and ben carson would be wise selections for the cabinet. he said the wall with mexico would be designed, the immigration ban on muslims would be in place. the audit of the federal reserve would be under way and plans to repeal the affordable care act would be in motion. all of this as bombshell news on hillary clinton hit last night. a federal judge now says it may be necessary to depose clinton regarding her personal e-mail server. her testimony would be over the freedom of information lawsuit regarding her close aide, huma abedin. they responded with statement saying our focus remains on the independent review being conducted by the justice department. mrs. clinton has agreed to help them complete the work. we remain confident that review will affirm that nothing inappropriate took place. now that news came as the romanian hacker marcela czar makes a new claim.

he said he gained access to the unsecured server. he exclusively told nbc news, it was like an open orchid on the internet. there were hundreds of folders. he gave no proof to back up the claim and it showed no signs of hacking according to a source familiar with the case. clinton's press secretary blasted him, so we're supposed to believe that he hacked her e-mails yet decided not leak any of them? yeah right. on tuesday, she told andrea mitchell on msnbc she had no indication that her server was hacked by foreign hackers. new developments in the controversial north carolina bathroom law. the justice department says the law is a civil rights violation. the bathroom law known as hb-2 requires people to use the restroom corresponding to the gender of their birth. it's sparked protests throughout the state.

the civil rights division sent a letter to north carolina governor mccrory saying discriminates against people on the basis of sex. and governor mccrory has until monday to respond. if he refuses to change the law, north carolina could lose access to millions in federal dollars. the state is reeling from the law. a slew of performers from jimmy buffett to ariana grande have boycotted the state. president obama made a visit to flint, michigan. he called the water crisis a tragedy and he reassured angry residents that their frustration wasn't falling on deaf ears. >> and that's why i'm here. to tell you directly that i see you and i hear you. i also want to come here to tell you that i've got your back. [ applause ]

>> the president also drank some of the city's water twice as a way of showing it has been safe for people to drink now. and he says he was inspired to visit flint after receiving a letter from an 8-year-old girl who said the water, quote smells like bleach and old fish. a state of emergency has been declared in alberta, canada, where an out of control wildfire has forced mandatory evacuations. it's devoured an area bigger than manhattan and forces tens of thousands to flee the flames. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest from canada. >> this is insane. >> reporter: panic and chaos on the highway. families fleeing for their lives from ft. mcmurray, canada. firefighters call this hell on earth. no stopping a wall of flames, exploding, racing out of control. >> get us out of ft. mcmurray in one piece. >> reporter: this is feeding on

the forest. it's generating its own weather, at least 1600 homes and businesses torched. a hospital evacuated. the scene, apocalyptic. >> this fire is absolutely devastating. it's a loss on a scale that's hard for many of us to imagine. >> reporter: 200 firefighters are overwhelmed and losing ground. reinforcements arriving in the air. the military called in. for families that escaped the fire now another disaster. gas stations are running out of fuel. lines are long. and stores are running out of food. tens of thousands are on the move. but so are the flames. a disaster unfolding and the worst may be yet to come. miguel almaguer, nbc news, ft. mcmurray, canada. in other news you may want to by a ticket for the powerball drawing on saturday. no one won last night so it's grown to an estimated $415 million. that is $269.7 million if you

choose to take it in one lump sum. powerball says the odds of winning the jackpot are one in more than 292 million. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning. well, wall street will look to bounce back from a second day of losses on wednesday. stocks fell on the back of reports showing weaker than expected hiring in the private sector last month and a drop in worker productivity. look for data on unemployment ahead of tomorrow's key monthly jobs report. also, watch shares of tesla today. they rose last night after they reported earnings that beat analysts' forecast. elon musk made a bold promise to sell 500,000 cars a year by 2018. that is two years earlier than the previously projected. the rampup is due to the excitement for the new and lower priced tesla model 3 which goes into production next year. and youtube is planning its

own streaming tv service which could launch next year. youtube has been in talks with content providers including nbc universal. it hopes to offer skinny bundles for less than $35 a month. back over to you. >> thank you so much. just ahead, johnny manziel turns himself in. plus, new details on prince's final hours. you're watching "first look."

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we're sandwiched between the two storms. it's a very slow moving weather pattern. we won't clear this out until sunday or maybe monday at the earliest. you know, at least for mother's day we'd like a break in the region. as we go throughout the day today, most of the wet weather will be found in areas of west virginia, virginia and north carolina. still kind of cloudy and drizzly up through portions of new england, but it's not a soaking rain type of day. even some showers and storms around pittsburgh too. some of that rain will clip boston as we go throughout this evening. then into friday, they combine into one. gusty winds will be along with this storm, especially coastal areas. bans of rain will rotate off the coast. we're not talking about flooding type rains but one to two inches down to the carolinas especially. up to an inch once again in pennsylvania, northern new jersey up. so the gloommy weather continues for the mid-atlantic. betty, 86 in billings.

it will be 88 in fargo, north dakota. near 90 in fargo. boston going to be 48. >> exactly. got the short end of the stick there. thank you. well, it's been two week now since prince's untimely passing. the cause of death is still a mystery, but as the federal investigation grows new revelations are coming to light about his final hours. nbc's stephanie gosk has those details. >> reporter: the urgent call for help came the night before he died. a representative of the pop star reached out to dr. howard kornfeld, a drug addiction specialist in california. according to the doctors, minneapolis attorney. >> he set into motion a plan to deal with what he felt was a life saving mission. >> reporter: kornfeld made prince an appointment for the next day and sent his son on an overnight flight to meet with the musician and to discuss the family's california addiction clinic recovery without walls. but according to the attorney, when andrew kornfeld was brought here on the morning of april 21, no one could find prince.

so they started searching. >> andrew heard the screams and went to the elevator where he saw that prince was unconscious. >> reporter: andrew called 911. >> medical to paisley park. not breathing. >> reporter: when investigators arrived andrew handed over a drug used to treat opioid addiction he had brought with him from california. stephanie gosk, nbc news, minneapolis. bob bennett has died at the age of 92. he was a moderate republican and he was one of the first incumbents ousted in the tea party led back in 2010. he died from complications of pan cree yat rick cancer. and california raises the age of buying tobacco from 18 to 21. anyone who gives tobacco to someone under 21 can be found

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there is absolutely no chance that we will win the white house in 2016. the calculus has changed. confirm garland before it's too late. jimmy fallon had some fun last night with trump's now presumptive nomination. take a look. >> congratulations. you've just reached donald trump. [ laughter ] >> donald, donald, you called me. >> doesn't matter. did you see the news? i'm now the republican president. and come november, i'm going to be voted captain america. [ laughter ] >> all right. congratulations on indiana. >> thank you. i love indiana. the birth place of indiana jones. and army captain is suing president obama. captain nathan michael smith alleged that the president needs new congressional approval for the war on isis. smith says he supports the war on military and moral grounds. he considers isis an army of butchers but believes new authority is needed.

the white house is not commenting on the lawsuit. hillary clinton gave us a preview of what the general election ad wars will look like. she put out a new ad that scorches donald trump using his gop rivals word against him. >> i am a unifier. we'll be a unified party. >> he's a con artist. >> a phony. >> donald trump is the no nothing candidate. >> donald is a bully. >> this is an individual who mocked a disabled reporter. >> i don't remember. >> who attributed a reporter's questions to her menstrual cycle. >> blood coming out of her wherever. >> the most vulgar person to ever aspire to the presidency. >> the man who seems to only feel big when trying to make others look small. >> even the obamas are not immune to the power of the force. they were joined by a few friends and celebrated "star wars" day in style yesterday. >> come on up. ♪ come on. come on.

uptown funk. >> michelle obama has some nice moves there. that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." joining me from boston is alex kingsbury from the boston globe. good morning. >> good morning. >> so cruz and kasich dropped out and both had vowed to fight all the way to the convention. a contested convention. what happened? >> i mean, it's clear they just ran up against math. there aren't enough ways they could -- they could navigate a convention strategy that would emerge with one of them the winner. donald trump just won too many vote, has too much institutional support within the party apparatus nationwide. that sounds like a crazy thing to say, but even cruz and kasich couldn't muster a plausible strategy. so they had to call it quit. >> was it just math or did the party leadership really start putting pressure on them?

>> i mean, that's sort of tough to imagine. trump has a lot of momentum. obviously. but there's so much opposition from the institutional republican party in washington. you would have thought they would try as much as they can, you know, whatever means necessary to try and deny him that. then in the end, the numbers aren't there. trump will be the nominee. >> trump is not looking to fund his presidential bid. will he have enough donors to stack up against hillary clinton's well oiled machine? >> that's a good question. we have to see where trump comes down. he self-funded so he says to this point. but for a national campaign against somebody like clinton that's probably not a plausible strategy. >> he said he was going to look for donors and supporters. >> indeed. i mean, he has to search out some of that super pac money. because we're not just talking about a one-on-one presidential campaign. this is, you know, across the house and senate as well. so i mean, both parties have to ramp up that fund-raising organization. whether trump can attract the

dollars is an open question. >> but looking ahead to november, will it be the typical battleground states or has trump really changed the game completely? >> it's tough to see that trump has changed the game. i mean, the electoral math for donald trump to win the white house looks very difficult at this point. i mean, if you take a look at where the poll all stand, hillary clinton has a pretty large structural advantage going into the electoral college. >> and a judge has opened the door to clinton giving a deposition in her e-mail case. is this going to affect the campaign? >> it's hard know. anything can emerge from the probe as it continues to wend its way through the court. it doesn't have enough traction to derail her campaign. >> thank you for join us. i'm betty nguyen. this is "first look" on msnbc. don't forget to like us on facebook and of course "way too early" is up next so don't go away. real is making new friends.

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his own party. we'll play her new ad. plus an entire neighborhood destroyed and now an airport is in the line of fire. it's a race against time in canada to stop that raging wildfire from reducing an entire city to ashes. it's 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >> good morning. it's thursday, may 5th. i'm alex witt. the republican party's presidential primary race has come to an end. donald trump is the last candidate standing and therefore nbc news can now say trump is the republican party's presumptive nominee. it comes after john kasich suspended his campaign last night. making the difficult decision as his plane sat on the runway yesterday, waiting t