♪ the birther issue rears its ugly head back into the campaign. >> when will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry? >> back on the campaign trail and hitting the donald with everything she's got. >> new york city cops attacked by a man brandishing an 11-inch cleaver, 18 shots are fired, all during rush hour. police in ohio are investigating a shooting of a 13-year-old carried a bee-bee gun. the second lowest mark and the dangers of galaxy note 7. the new apple iphone 7 is flying off the shelf for early buyers. >> jimmy fallon really did go

there. a moment of how the donald reacted. "early today" starts right now. happy friday to you, aim frances rivera. >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. donald trump says he was born in the united states. >> jimmy fallon. this new issue. the birther issue comes storming back into the 2016 race with donald trump refusing to say president obama was born in the united states, after asked directly be i the washington post, trump said, quote, i'll answer that question at the right time. i don't want to answer that question right now. trump's response and refusal to answer is now spread across nationalhood lines this morning. here's what the post, robert costa, said about the nominee's non-answer. >> so we're sitting there, i had a list of questions. up with of the questions i had was kelly anne conway campaign manager said a week ago, trump

now believes president obama was born in the occupation him i had not heard trump, himself, say that so one of the questions i asked trump as we were signature across if his plane, is kelly anne conway accurate. i asked it several times, he said i don't want to answer that question, when i said is kelly anne accurate? he said, okay. i will not talk about that. we had a linkthy exchange. what he said i published tonight. >> the nominee tried to walk back the comment with this statement in 2011, mr. trump able bring this ugly incident to its conclusion by successfully compelling president obama to release his birth certificate. mr. trump did a great thing. rea. the campaign says the issue was laid to rest in 2011.

news reports have brought up several trump tweets that show the nominee continue to question the president as repeat as 2014. >> the clinton camp jumped on trump's answer with the brian fallon tweeted quote trump ned to say it himself, on camera, and admit he was wrong tore trying to delegitimize the first african-american president. hillary clinton took to task for the birth issue, herself. >> he was asked one more time, where was president obama born? and he still wouldn't say hawaii. he still wouldn't say america. this man wants to be our next president. when will he stop this ugliness, this bigotry? >> but on her first day back on the trail, clinton also found

herself defending her camp, a series of battle ground polls show trump leading 53 days before election day. >> i've always said that this was going to be a tight race. i've said it from the very beginning. when the polls were up, down, it didn't matter. what matters is who registers to vote and who is motivated and mobilized to turn out the vote. i will keep doing everything i can to deliver my message about what's at stake in this election and my campaign is going to continue to work hard every day to turn out every voter we possibly can. >> and we now have where clinton will deploy her strongest effective candidates to the campaign trail, all barn storming swing states on clinton's be half. >> the birther issue isn't the only thing making head lean, donald, jr. made this questionable remark during a radio interview. >> her media has been her number

one surrogate in this. without the media, that wouldn't even be a contest. but the media has built her up, they've let her slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every dnc. if the republicans were doing that, they'd be warming up the gas chamber right now. >> they posted on twitter, the holocaust and gas chambers is never okay. we hope you understand the sensitivity of holocaust jokes. >> he said he rather use the term as an expression for corporeal punishment. >> but the billionaire nominee's son found himself in trouble with an interview with the pittsburgh tribune when he said this about his father's tax returns. >> his tax return would create probably 300 million independent financial auditors out of every

person asking questions to distract from his main message. >> inaudible question ]. >> i don't know what he's going to do. >> that came after house speaker paul ryan said the nominee should release his tax returns. >> duping it's a good idea for donald trump to release his returns? smr i did release my returns. i will defer to drumpl i know he's got an audit. he has an opinion, i'll defer to him on that. >> reporter: do you have a good idea is. >> i'll leave it to him when to do it. >> trump released those citing an irs audit. he will meet with gop officials at rnc headquarters in washington, d.c. he will meet veterans in his newly opened hotel as clinton delivers remarks in washington while first lady michelle obama campaigns for clinton for the first time in virginia. the federal government is

dealing major blow to samsung, by issuing an official recall by 1 million galaxy 7s nationwide. they have reports of phones overheating or catching fire. the lithium batteries can generate an enormous amount of heat. >> because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, i am urging all consumers, all consumers, to take advantage of this recall right away. >> the federal order comes two weeks after samsung recalled 2.5 million phones world wide. they have note 7 owners to check the serial number. sam sung says it's already brought back 135 phones. investigators are looking at other fires that allegedly involve different samsung models. a man is in critical condition after attacking people

in ohio. he smashed an officer in the head with an 11-inch cleaver him locals called him a madman who came enraged after finding a boot on his car outside penn station. when officers approached the suspect, he ran away, an off duty officer tackled him, he slashed him with a cleaver, the so far as in serious condition at the local hospital. it's a dramatic end of the commissioner's career who retires today. now another shooting, for that i'm send it over to frances. >> ayman, thanks. authorities in columbus, ohio are pleading for calm as they try to figure out how a young teen wanted for questioning in an arm robbery, wound up fatally shot by a police officer. they say the 13-year-old tyree king pulled a bee-bee gun that looked very much like a real gun. community members held a village

to remember king. >> a 911 called detailed the drama. an armed robbery wednesday night. >> this man just had a gun on this white dude on the street. >> reporter: according to authorities, after a short chase, a responding officer opened fire on one of the suspects when he reached for the gun. police confirm tyree king was shot and killed and weapon authorities recovered a bb gun, similar to this one, bearing close resemblance to real weapons used by columbus police. a second suspect confirmed that king was involved with the robbery. the officer involved, who is white, was brian may son, cloord of a wrong doing shooting in 2012. tyree king's death compared to that of tamirrice, cleared by cleveland police carrying a toy gun. officials say they have reached out to community leaders, urging

for calm and patience while the investigation continues. meantime, king's family retained a law firm to conduct a separate probe. >> it's about making sure we have transparency in these investigations and that we find out the truth. >> ron mott, nbc knew, columbus. the walk post reports there have been 67 people shootings since the start of 2016. it's an eye popping massive sink hole in florida this you got to see to believe. bill karins has your week weather. >> we're all tracking this cold front. last fight the heavy rain in nebraska. the potential for flash flooding today in areas of iowa. kansas city will get early rain. we take the rain from today, then we take it to the ohio valley on saturday, areas around ohio, kentucky, memphis, then on sunday, the heavy rain shifts from pittsburgh all through the northeast. plan accordingly for your weekend. that's a look at the big weather

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to get in there and mess it up. >> if you watched the national convention last year, you may have noticed president clinton's fun with balloons. they decided to check it out. >> i did notice there is one thing that made you smile. so i wanted to give you the gift of balloons. so thank you so much. >> yay! >> the simple joy of balloons. >> who would have every thought? in theaters, edward snowden decides to leak classified information from the nsa. "bridget jones'" baby starring renee zellweger the third installment. and "zac blair witch" is the follow-up to the 1999 movie "the zac blair witch project." i remember when that first came out. that was extremely scary. >> i remember getting confused at the ending.

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for senate, a clear difference. katie mcginty: for background checks, for banning assault weapons, and banning high-capacity ammunition clips. and pat toomey? against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity ammo clips like those used in the orlando massacre. listen to pat toomey brag: "i have had a perfect record with the nra." pat toomey gets an "a" from the nra. he's not for you. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. fourteen americans killed in a san bernardino mass shooting... but after this tragedy - when pat toomey had the chance to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns - he voted against closing this loophole for terrorists - and with the gun lobby. katie: we have to do everything in our power to keep guns away from terrorists who threaten our way of life. i'm katie mcginty and i approve

this message because we can't risk our families' safety on a loophole. right now on "nbc 10 news today," a pistol-packing pastor's wife fights back when a would-be robber with a rifle hits her husband and threatens her family. batteries overheating or burning, federal regulators order a recall of(1!million samsung smartphones and are telling consumers stop using the device. can i mess your hair up? >> wow. can you believe he let him do that? jimmy fallon has a hair-raising experience with donald trump, presidential nominee. a funny moment on "the tonight show." . . nbc 10 news starts now. >> we'll be laughing about that

all morning. it's friday. i'm tracy davidson. it's "nbc 10 news today." >> i'm vai sikahema. hard to get that image out of your mind after seeing his hair messed up. let's go to krystal klei. >> officially next thursday, the first day of fall. we are in that very last stretch of summer with those temperatures this morning, a bit on the cooler side. it's going to be a nice day for a sawny and the 70s is what we're looking at as we move into your afternoon. maybe some scattered clouds but otherwise not expecting those showers quite yet. that doesn't come until your weekend, it will be a beautiful weekend as well. you have plans to kick off your weekend this friday night looking very good. here are the temperatures right now. we're at 60 in philadelphia but look at allen township. 49 degrees this morning, codesville at 54 and wilmington at 59. atlantic city at 56 and trenton, in those low 50s out there. check this out. what we're looking at is that

24-hour change. way cooler this morning than yesterday at this time. 9 degrees cooler in philadelphia. more than 10 degrees cooler,i areas like allentown and vineland, 20 degrees cooler than yesterday at this point in the morning. you'll notice it as you step out the door this morning, maybe wanting a light sweater. radar and satellite showing you no showers to track. some of the clouds stretching across the area. not going to be rain producers for us, not yet at least as we move though into your weekend, the forecast does call for some storm activity. we'll take a look at that coming up in a bit. for now, let's go to traffic with jessica boyington. >> thanks, krystal. the cameras around broad street showing you it's closed westbound and eastbound in between this point around broad street and the schuylkill expressway. cars are being diverted off at the broad street exit right now.