her that she has to go because she's chair of the republican governors association. she will have to go to cleveland. but she does not have to come out of hiding while donald trump is in her town. not yet, at least. not yet at least. "first look" is up next. it's wednesday, may 25th. right now on "first look" a donald trump rally in new mexico brought the protesters out in force. but is this just a sign of things to come for the republican front-runner? multiple massive tornadoes rip through the midwest. and america's one time tv dad turned defendant and facing a possible ten year prison sentence if convicted. muscle cars put to the test. which ones are the safest? a newly crowned winner of "the voice." "first look" starts right now. good morning. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. violence overtook the streets of

albuquerque, new mexico. hundreds of protesters blocked the intersections and set fire and threw rocks outside a donald trump rally. police officers used spray to try to disperse protesters. police say several officers are currently being treated for injuries. at least one protester has been arrested. here's what some protesters told nbc's hallie jackson. >> donald trump cannot come to our city after calling us rapists. lies. he is not in the spirit of people and the spirit of democracy and the spirit of the promise. we all have certain alienable rights and he acts like it belongs to the people that support him. >> anywhere from the banning the muslims, hating women and hating -- calling mexicans rapists. i mean, you're in new mexico. and what do you expect the

mexican community to act like? >> and hallie jackson joins us for more. what's the latest? >> reporter: hi, betty, good morning. and this morning, the streets have cleared out in downtown albuquerque after real protests last night. after that donald trump rally. the demonstrators interrupted his remarks several times. that's not u.nusual, but what ws unusual, what we saw in chicago several months ago, but police put out smoke canisters. police walked back block by block to try to the protesters somewhat under control. trump himself talked a lot about topics in the news. hillary clinton. he talked about the new mexico governor and many upset about his appearance in albuquerque at all. >> thank you for that. a trump senior adviser responded to the riots tweeting watching thugs and punks in

alker ri, they don't nope what they're protesting. new mexico's republican governor susana martinez was not atlas night's rally saying she was too busy to attend. all of that as trump remains just a handful of delegates away from officially taking the republican nomination. he won the washington primary last night. and while clinton is poised to also win washington's primary, it won't give her any delegates. washington democrats already awarded their delegates based on their caucuses in march. the primary comes as trump and clinton engage in a new round of mud slinging. trump dredged up a decades old conspiracy that the clintons were involved in the suicide of their close friend, vince foster. clinton released this new ad going after trump for the housing crisis. >> i kind of hope that happens

because then people like me would go in and buy. if there is a bubble burst as they call it, you know, you could make a lot of money. >> clinton is expected to double down on trump's housing record at campaign events today, but not before she enlisted the help of elizabeth warren who went after trump on the housing issue. >> donald trump was drooling over the idea of a housing meltdown because it meant he could buy up more property on the cheap. what kind of a man does that? what kind of a man roots for people to get thrown out of their house? a small, insecure money grubber who doesn't care who gets hurt so long he makes a profit off it. >> as clinton and trump wage their war of word, bernie sanders tried to take the june 7th california primary.

his campaign adviser ted devine says they're releasing a barrage of ads in the state. those ads are set to air this morning. now to extreme weather in the plains and several tornadoes in western kansas. authorities say two people were critically injured tuesday when a tornado struck near dodge city. storm chasers captured several on video, including the moment one started pulling apart a home. >> it hit that house. >> hold up. >> pieces of the house are flying around. >> oh, no. >> so frightening. there is no word on the extent of the damage to that structure. the national weather service warned residents ahead of time to take cover. meanwhile, storm chasers captured two separate instances of double tornadoes spinning near each other. the tornado outbreak caused

significant damage to a land filled building and other homes and strushctures. and meanwhile, hail came down on tuesday. bill karins will have more in a few minutes. right now, bill cosby's slow motion fall from grace under an avalanche of sexual allegations take a more serious turn tuesday. cosby is ordered to stand trial on criminal sexual assault charges. the comic icon is facing the possibility of a ten year prison sentence if convicted of a crime that allegedly occurred more than a decade ago. nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: once america's dad, now turned defendant. bill cosby needed assistance walking into court despite his lawyer's best efforts, the judge ruled there was enough evidence to go to trial. >> we are going to move forward on the case and look forward to getting a trial date. >> reporter: cosby is fighting criminal charges that he sexually assaulted former temple university employee andrea constand more than a decade ago in his home. a detective read a statement she

gave police in 2005 detailing what happened the night of the alleged assault. cosby invited her over for dinner according to the statement. offering her wine and unspecified pills. he urged me to take them. constand told detectives the pills made her dizzy. i got scared. i thought i was having a bad reaction to something. i had no strength in my legs. in constand's account, cosby started inappropriately touching her under her shirt and pants as she slipped in and out of consciousness. she told detectives that my bra was over my breasts. up by my neck. in a statement cosby gave to police in 2005 that was referenced in court, he admitted sexual contact occurred but he said he was consensual. his attorney said constand's statement lacks credibility. >> the evidence presented in the montgomery county courtroom confirms that william cosby is not guilty. >> reporter: it's the only criminal case against cosby. but there are multiple ongoing

lawsuits. more than 55 women have come forward accusing cosby of sexual misconduct. cosby has repeatedly denied them all. some of the accusers could be called to testify in the andrea constand case. >> this case could be won or lost based on whether other women are allowed to speak at this trial. >> reporter: heidi thomas could be one of them. >> this is our case. i don't get a chance to face him in court for me. so andrea constand is doing it for all of us. myself included. >> nbc's stephanie gosk reporting there. the judge has set an arraignment date for july 20th. all right. so so-called muscle cars are known for their speed and the cool fact to but how are they with safety? the insurance institute for highway safety ran three top selling muscle cars through a series of crash tests. the 2016 camaro, ford mustang

and challenger. none performed well enough to earn a top safety pick. the ford mustang earned the highest rating, while the dodge challenger fared worse. a driver faces time in prison. she throws her car into reverse and then plows right into a police cruiser. deputies had stopped her for speeding but planned to impound her car because she lacked the license and insurance. she injured her mother and two deputies. freeman now faces five felony charges and the possibility of decades behind bars. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning on this hump day. >> hey, there. happy hump day. toyota is hailing a ride with uber. the automaker is investing an unspecified amount with the popular ride sharing service and reports say it's less than $100 million. the companies will let drivers lease cars from toyota and make

monthly payments with some of the money that they earn through uh- uber. apple is competing with amazon's echo, and they may also open up siri to outside developers. siri has an advantage over echo in that it's multilingo. meanwhile, over on wall street, the markets will look to build on tuesday's rally that saw the dow rise more than 200 points. the markets jumping on a big rebound in tech and bank stocks. oil prices are focused today, betty. trading above $49 a barrel on reports of a big decline in u.s. energy supplies. >> thank you, landon. straight ahead hulk hogan's billionaire backer is revealed. plus, practice makes perfect for the naivy's blue angels.

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well, welcome back to "first look." amazing pictures, we showed you the tornados earlier. in all, we almost had 30 tornadoes reported, many out in the rural sections. we have heavy rain, flash flooding in eastern oklahoma and now the storms are moving into arkansas with a lot of lightning. later on today we'll regenerate the storms as we have done each and every day as of late. 17 million people at risk of severe storms. the slight risk in the yellow from texas all the way northwards. it's minneapolis, sioux falls, all the way through sioux city, the quad cities, kansas city late tonight, they'll arrive in st. louis. the other stories, the heat. the switch is being flipped. i want is short -- it is shorts and t-shirts in ohio valley. we finally hit 80s in d.c. for the first time. we'll be 88 on thursday, even into friday, 89 in philadelphia. we go from like -- it was still

kind of cool, needed the jacket around. >> last week i had a coat. >> now a.c. will be blasting. >> a heat wave, thank you. well, the justice department announced it will seek the death penalty against dylan rough. nine people were killed last year at the emanuel ame church. he faces an indictment for hate and religious crimes. prosecutors say they'll also pursue the death penalty. a little higher, definitely not afraid. the navy's blue angels practiced barrel rolls, tight formations and hair pin turns. they'll perform later today as part of the commissioning weekend in annapolis. it is sure to be a breathtaking sight. paypal cofounder peter teal is reportedly to have financed hulk hogan's legal battle against gawker media. it was confirmed with a source

briefed on the arrangement of a forbes report that the billionaire is the ex-wrestler's source of legal funds. he has a history of animosity with gawker as they outed him as gay. hogan won a $140 million lawsuit for invasion of privacy. to some sports action now. after a record setting 73 wins in the regular season the golden state warriors are a single game away from being eliminated from the playoffs. oklahoma city rolled to the easy game 4 win, 118-94. they take a three-games to one lead. westbrook's triple double led the way. the nats stephen strasburg improved to the perfect 8-0 as washington crushed matt harvey and the mets with the help of five homers. final in d.c. -- 7-4. to seattle, ninth inning, down by one, one man on, here's the pitch. >> got him. >> high, fly ball. deep right field. >> go go!

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"scrambled politics." according to bloomberg, house speaker paul ryan may be closer to endorsing donald trump for president. he is reportedly is telling colleagues he wants the standoff to come to an end. paul manafort told some lawmakers that an endorsement can come this week. however, aides to ryan said nothing has been decided yet. a new interparty feud begins. this time between the billionaire businessman andm in governor susana martinez. here's what he had to say about after knee failed to appear at his rally. >> we have to get your governor to get going. she has to do a better job, okay? your governor has to do a better job. she's not doing the job. hey, maybe i'll run for governor of new mexico, i'll get this place going. >> the governor staff responded telling an albuquerque paper

saying that the governor will not be bullied into supporting a candidate until she's convinced that that candidate will fight for mexicans. and today hillary clinton will sit down with ellen degeneres will talk politic, her favorite "snl" sketches. she helped her to narrow down her vp choices in a game of who would you rather? check it out. >> mark cuban or joe biden? >> joe. >> all right. picking joe. >> oh, i have to go with tony. >> tony. >> tony. >> tony. >> bernie sanders? >> tony! >> tony. >> kanye? >> i have to go with tony. >> george clooney? >> well, tony could be the first term and george could be the second. >> all right. >> she wants both. okay. so that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." all right, to washington now and i'm joined by eliza collins,

politics reporter for "usa today." good morning, eliza. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> absolutely. so we watched more protesters erupt at a donald trump rally last night. it was in new mexico. will we see these continue to grow even after he clinches the nomination? >> i think the protests aren't going away. they have been around for a while. last night was a little different because it was more violent than usual. although we saw -- remember in chicago he had to shut down a rally because of protests. i can't imagine them going away. i think while republicans are getting behind him, he still is just as divisive with democrats and with the people that aren't in the party but are against donald trump. so i think protests aren't going away. hopefully they're less violent, but he has protesters at every rally. this isn't completely new. >> no, definitely not new. that's the point. is goitsing -- is it going to continue to grow? senator warren went after trump and his comments on the housing meltdown. she going to be one of hillary clinton's most lethal weapons in

all of this? >> we have seen elizabeth warren attacking donald trump recently, really going after him on twitter. kind of going where a lot of people won't go. definitely where hillary clinton won't go. her comments yesterday came with a lot of, you know, clinton surrogates. clinton came out with an ad yesterday attacking trump for comments that he hoped that the housing bubble burst so he could buy low. he came back after the ad and he said, you know, of course he did that. because the -- of course he wants to take advantage when situations are bad. that's what you want in a leader. which is kind of an interesting defensive move on trump's part. we haven't seen a statement like that. i think warre warren will keep after him. she is making it clear the division between the democrats and republicans. >> there's word that speaker paul ryan will be poised to endorse trump. will that help party unity?

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made. the smoke in what appears to be pepper spray was used to push back the crowds. and five arrested in the irs scam. they're cuban nationals living in the miami area and are allegedly responsible for fraud schemes affecting more than 1,500 people. the search continues for more people in the nationwide scam. to entertainment news, "the voice" crowned its season ten winner. alisan porter took home the big win. this marks the first time a female coach has won the season. and candice payne got an invitation to visit facebook. she is having it all. mark zuckerberg asked her to come there himself. she thing hung out with the real life chewbacca. it's the most watched facebook

live video of all time. >> give her a skit on "snl" or something. paul mccartney is promoting a new project. "pure mccartney" will have six virtual minidocuments in his own studio. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for wanting today. don't forget to like us on facebook. "way too early" starts right now. move it! [ bleep ]! get back! move. move. >> demonstrators turn violent in new mexico as police use pepper spray and smoke canisters against the protesters. we have the very latest of what happened inside that rally. plus -- >> people say to me, you know, you're going after trump. i say you bet i am, because i don't want what he is saying to go unanswered. honestly, you know, here's a person running for president who

calls in to shows and just basically says whatever the thought of the day might be. >> hillary clinton making it clear she will go after donald trump, but will she land a punch. the latest on the line of attack from her. and the tsa in the hot seat today, trying to explain to lawmakers what he's doing to make sure that people aren't waiting in security lines while their planes are taking off without them. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." hey, everybody. good morning. it's wednesday, may the 25th. i'm thomas roberts. good to have you with