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politics put aside for the night as baseball took center stage after wednesday's horrific shooting as members of congress come together and honor steve scalise. trump administration revoke an obama era immigration program intended to protect parties. captured. the escaped georgia inmates have been caught. a new bomb shell in the mueller investigation of possible obstruction of justice. and honoring the late adam west. "early today" starts right now. good friday morning, i'm frances rivera. the pentagon is sending more troops to afghanistan putting another 4,000 americans in
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harm's way. that would put the total number of u.s. service members to 12,000. this is the largest deployment under president trump so far. these additional troops are being cents in order to break the stalemate in the 16 year war. most will train and advise afghan forces some will be assigned to counterterrorism operations. house majority whip steve scalise remains in critical condition after being shot in the hip after a baseball practice. yesterday he had a second operation to address internal injuries and a broken bone in his leg. he is improving but will require further surgeries and will be in the hospital for sometime. matt mika also remains hospitalized. his family said he was alert and communicating through notes. despite the shooting lawmakers proceeded with the annual bipartisan baseball game at
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national park last night. jay gray has more. >> reporter: pre-game players knelt at second base where skeef s -- steve scalise would have been playing and where he was gunned down at a practice field in virginia. a lot of players wore purple and gold f gold. scalise remains in critical condition in d.c. hospital but never far from the minds of colleagues and the crowd. david bailey threw out the first pitch and then as the game got under way at nationals park the teams were a little older, a little slower than tans are used to seeing here but no less determined. >> it's baseball. it's america. when america gets punched america punches back. >> reporter: they are not playing for a pennant but a purpose one shared by thousands
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of fans who showed up for tonight's charity game. >> let's see some good baseball but people are coming together after a tragedy. >> reporter: a unknity. >> doesn't matter when you're democrats or republicans we're all americans. >> reporter: players from both sides of the aisle come together to enjoy america's pastime. jay gray, nbc news, washington. breaking news. the leader of isis may be dead as the russian defense ministry issued a statement saying that they have information that abu bakr al baghdadi was killed in one of their air strikes. we go to london for more. >> reporter: well, i should caution that we must take this news with a grain of salt. this is just the information we're getting from the russian military. they said as you say in a statement that apparently in
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late may there was a meeting with abu bakr al baghdadi and other senior members of isis in a southern suburb of raqqah. raqqah is the de facto capital of the so-called islamic state in syria. they say they got this information, he was in the southern corridor and drones confirmed the data about the time and venue of this isis leaders' meeting and carried out this strike they claim on may 28th between basically 12:30 in the morning and 12:45 in the morning. again, we really do have to take this with a grain of salt. abu bakr al baghdadi has been claimed to have been killed in the past. that information hasn't panned out. it's difficult to verify this kind of information. some experts suggested he may have not have been in raqqah at this time. raqqah is in the midst of assault, u.s.-led forces, kurdish force, syrian fighters so it would not be the most practical place for him to be.
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where else he could escape to nobody knows but this is information we should take with a grain of salt. this is coming from the russian military. they informed the united states about this strike. no confirmation at this stage from any u.s. officials about whether this information is accurate. >> thank you. there's new development in special counsel robert mueller's investigation into alleged ties between the trump campaign and russians. "the washington post" reports mueller is now looking into the finances and business dealings of president trump's son-in-law jared kushner. the fbi reportedly been examining the finances of former campaign chairman and carter page. nbc's white house correspondent has more on the investigation. >> reporter: a major bomb shell in the russian probe. robert mueller is launched a criminal investigation into
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president trump for obstruction of justice. >> do you believe you're under investigation now? >> reporter: not holding back on twitter calling it the second greatest witch-hunt and in rare afternoon tweet storm tried to shift the focus to hillary clinton, crooked h. destroyed phones with hammer, leaked emails had husband meet a,g. days before she was cleared. fbi cleared clinton of any wrongdoing. last week james comey was asked whether he believed the president's request to back off the investigation into national security adviser michael flynn amounted to obstruction. >> that's a conclusion i'm sure the special counsel will work towards to tuned what the intention was and whether that's an offense. >> reporter: the former intelligence source says mueller requested interviews with top intelligence officials including daniel coates who appeared on
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capitol hill in a closed session. >> there's really a smoking gun. a prosecutor tries to string together a pattern of conduct, to paint a picture of someone who has tried to stop an investigation. >> reporter: trump surrogate newt gingrich tweeted should be clear mueller is the anti-trump special counsel but other republicans defending the probe. >> it's not a witch-hunt. he's got a job to do. >> reporter: the criminal inquiry coming 146 days into mr. trump's presidency starting earlier than any other president. >> thanks. vice president mike pence has retained an outside counsel to represent him. pence's new private attorney is richard cohen. the two escaped georgia inmates are back in custody captured in tennessee. tennessee police say they found
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ricky dubose and donnie russell rowe after they allegedly tied up a couple and stole their car. the pair led police on a highway chase firing around 20 shots at them after wrecking the car they ran into the woods and tried to steal another car from a private home. >> the homeowner stepped out. and held the people there by gunpoint until another neighbor came to assist him and at that point in time the sheriff's department was alerted and arrived on scene and aprespend two suspects without incident. >> authorities released these fots. they are being held in tennessee until they can be extra indicted georgia. they are accused of killing two correction officers. today is day five of jury deliberation in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. on thursday the jurors told the judge they were dead locked. cosby's legal team made a motion for a mistrial which the judge denied. he then extent jurors back to
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deliberate further. constand accuses bill cosby of drugging and assaults her in 2004. a historic heat wave is building as we head into father's day weekend. bill karins has our weekend forecast. >> so hot. severe storms. for today we're worried about severe storms in the midwest. this area could get very large hail producing storms and wind damage. saturday look how hot. oklahoma city 101. san antonio 100. phoenix 110. we'll deal with severe thunderstorms on dat. 35 million at risk from chicago to kansas city once again large hail is a problem and damaging winds. father's day, this is when the crazy heat starts to begin. 114 in phoenix. that's a warm up.
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near 120 good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cloudy start. clouds moving into easton. so far it is dry. the showers are in central pennsylvania. dry right now in trenton, philadelphia, and wilmington. these showers are heading to the north. the chance of showers will be with us this morning, and a better chance of showers and possibly thunderstorms later today. got your neighborhood forecast ahead at 4:30. >> all right. thanks. busy friday. here's a look at what we're working on for "nbc10 news today" -- >> deadlocked. jurors in the bill cosby trial say they cannot reach a decision on the comedian's fate. a judge ordered them to keep trying. this morning, it's day five of deliberations. two teenagers are missing at the jersey shore after witnesses saw riptides drag them under water. crews are waiting for daylight to resume their search. plus, philadelphia has its newest class in inductees in the hall of fame. and what's considered ground zero for the opioid epidemic in
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last night los angeles was transformed into gotham city. the city paid tribute to actor adam west. west was best known for playing the caped crusader on the 1960s tv show. he died last friday at the age of 88. first victim has been named in london's deadly high rise fire. the 23-year-old was a syrian rfrg studying civil engineering. his brother said they became separated trying to escape the burning tower.
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>> i said come outside with me. 17 people have been confirmed dead in the blaze that number expected to rise. some reports 65 people are missing or feared dead. families say they are growing increasingly frustrated about the lack of information about their loved ones. it could take weeks to search the building. the trump administration revoked an obama era program for immigrant parents. homeland security secretary john kelly cancelled the deferred action for parties program or dapa. it was meant to protect parents of u.s. citizens and legal residents from deportation. it would provide them with a work permit for years. president obama introduced dapa in 2014 but it never got off the ground. 26 states sued over the program and blocked by a federal judge. some scary moments at the u.s. open golf tournament a
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blimp crashed right into an open field. huge explosion there. sending smoke pouring in to the air. the pilot was able to escape. officials say he suffered serious injuries and burns. cell phone footage captured the moments before the crash. no one on the ground was injured, the faa and national transportation safety board are investigating. certainly a busy day ahead for president trump who is about to enact a major reversal of president obama's cuba policy. and a lot of choices at the movies for this father's day weekend. you're watching "early today". yap yap yap yip is your dog trying to tell you something? allergic itch in dogs is a medical condition that's more common and treatable than you think. that's why there's prescription apoquel: the revolutionary medicine that's giving millions of dogs the relief they deserve. apoquel goes to the source of the itch to provide relief in as little as 4 hours. woof
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"the art of the deal." so maybe there's a hidden symbolic meaning. >> you think he maybe already has that book or somebody gave it to him to know what's in the mine of our president. >> i'm thinking it's some kind of a hint. >> the mermaid thing is the weirdest. >> one of those mermaid blankets. might as well just do that. >> you teased this earlier. startling number of american adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows. makes sense. a lot of white cows running around. 7% of american adults surveyed think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. no word about where they think strawberry milk comes from. and some adults admitted they have no idea where milk comes from. >> my husband would take the survey and go brown cow.
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>> i think this is utterly ridiculous. >> you missed it. totally missed the utter joke. >> all right. >> it's friday. >> went right over your head. you want to tell it again? >> no. i have no other cow jokes. >> maybe we'll get that. father's day is coming up. >> a big day along with the baseball game. >> that's it? >> that's all i know. >> kids got something up their sleeve for you. >> breakfast in bed and then i have to clean the sheets. >> more work than it's worth. speaking of got a father's day tribute. plus breaking news on the possible death of the leader of isis. we'll go live to london. that's next here on "early today". the carolinas. whether you golf or not, geico could help score you some great savings on car insurance.
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it's only here. plan your summer getaway at iloveny.com deadlocked. the jurors in the bill cosby trial say they can't reach a decision. recovery mission. two teenagers swept away by a riptide at the jersey shore and haven't been seen since. pride weekend. philadelphia's lgbt community hits the streets for a festival that's expected to bring 25,000 people to the city. a busy friday morning. almost 4:30. good morning. this is "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. bill has a briefing with producers every morning. i walked by and heard there's rain to the west. let's check in with meteorologist bill henley and find out more about that. bill? it is still to the west. we are dry this morning with the clouds moving in. and you might want to take an
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umbrella with you. we will see some showers, but we're not going to get an all-day rainfall. right now, dry in wilmington, philadelphia, and trenton. you see the showers to the west, the showers are scattered and light right now. williamsport seeing some steadier, light rainfall this hour. temperatures back where they were yesterday. 50s and 60s, low 60s for new jersey, philadelphia 66, and 64 in the lehigh valley. 59 degrees right now in the suburbs, and that 66 degrees in philadelphia will be warming just a little bit by 7:00. cloudy skies at 10:00. we're at 70 degrees with winds out of the east. as for the chance of showers, they'll be on and off at times this morning. mostly off. then possibly later this afternoon, we could see some thunderstorms in a couple of areas in the suburbs and the lehigh valley. temperatures in the low 80s today. getting even hotter this weekend. i'll look at the ten day on 10 coming up this half hour. i'll break this down coming up in just ten minutes. first, jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. that's right, right now
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we're watching the vine street expressway. more construction here around broad street. the camera we're watching here. and you see they're diverting traffic at the broad street off ramp. closed in between broad and the schuylkill expressway. it will be there until 5:00. another half hour for that. also watching the schuylkill expressway. no problem, 13 minutes from the blue route to the vine. speeds up there in both directions. same for the westbound side. watch for construction over the ben franklin bridge. that's going to be ongoing for like a little bit more of the morning. at least in the next hour or so. construction westbound, two lanes are closed there. the traffic is moving into philadelph philadelphia. the tacony palmyra and burlington bristol bridge are clear. back to you. today jurors in the bill cosby trial will again try to reach a verdict in the case. yesterday they said that they were blocked. the judge told -- they were deadlocked. the judge told them to keep deliberating. matt delucia has more live from the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. bring us up to speed
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