coming up on "early today," president obama delivers one of the most important political speeches of his career with a flurry of optimism, criticism of the donald and a look to the future. the america, you've vindicated that hope these past eight years and now i'm ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen. >> and with another night of power packed speakers, the democrats are hoping to maintain the momentum leading into tonight's historic hillary clinton moment but her opponent is fighting back, asking russia as only the donald could to hack clinton's e-mails.

subscribers worldwide. plus a whole lot more on a very busy thursday. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. analysts are calling it one of the most incredible convention speeches. president obama stood but the democratic national convention offering his strongest endorsement of hillary clinton yet. >> i can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman, not more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as president of the united states of america. now i'm ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen. so this year in this election i'm asking you to join me to reject cynicism and reject fear and to summon what is best in us to elect hillary clinton as the

goers. clinton herself was on hand for the moment but clinton's history making nomination wasn't the only topic on president obama's mind. just listen to his counterpunch to last week's republican convention. >> ronald reagan called america a shining city on a hill. donald trump calls it a divided crime scene that only he can fix. it's because he's selling the american we're not a fragile people. we're not a frightful people. our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. we don't look to be ruled. that's why anyone who threatens our values, whether fascist or communist or jihadist or home grown demagogues will always

>> there is also a who's who of political heavy weights who gave some of the strongest ataxoagainst donald trump so far. >> donald trump is a walking, talking recruiting poster for terrorists. >> i say trump is a fraud. >> a bottomless vessel of ecotism who exploits every fault line to advance his favorite cause, himself. >> no major party nominee in the known less or has been less prepared to deal with our national security. >> i say this out of a firm concern for the future of my children and my grandchildren. donald trump cannot become our commander in chief. >> trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? god help us. i'm a new yorker and i know a

>> the third night of the democratic convention focused on gun reform and national security with family members of those slain in charleston and orlando's mass shootings calling for change and it included the return of former arizona congresswoman delivering a moving speech five years since she survived an assassination attempt. >> fellow democrats speaking the difficult for me, but come january i want to say these two words. madame president. >> it was yet another night filled with celebrity activists taking the stage for the democratic party. the evening also served as tim kaine's introduction to the country and he went straight on the attack against trump.

he's got a way of saying the same two words every time he makes his biggest hugest promises. believe me. does anybody in this massive auditorium believe that donald trump's been paying his fair share of taxes? folks, you cannot believe one word that comes out of trump's mouth. not one word. >> but it was donald trump who stole the lion's share of the headlines when he denied any involvement with russia. instead trump said he hoped russians had successfully hacked hillary clinton's e-mail, even encouraging them to go after the former secretary of state. take a listen. >> i will tell you this. russia, if you're listening, i

i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. let's see if that happens. that will be next. >> trump later posted that very same statement on twitter. however, his campaign manager told reporters trump made the statement half jokingly while others are taking it as full value. in fact, msnbc analyst says one democratic senate tore thinks he ma tracie potts joins us with more. tonight's star will be hillary clinton herself so what can we expect to hear from her? >> well, what we can expect tonight, betty, is to see few headliners other than hillary clinton. there are some. new york's governor who has said he thinks it's almost over for donald trump. pennsylvania's governor will be here drawing a stark contrast to the fact that ohio's governor

chelsea clinton will introduce her mom torrent bnight but the will be on hillary clinton. there's been some key endorsemen endorsements. she had a lot of speeches last night that tried to put this election in the context of not just politics but a choice about what america is going to be. but there's still some democrats in this party, in this room who are skeptical, uncomfortable supporting clinton. so she's got to convince them regular politician. by the way, if you hear some construction going on behind me, they're actually making some stage adjustments, so not only will we have a program focused on hillary clinton tonight but it's going to look a bit different too. >> okay. we'll be looking forward to that. coming up on "today," matt lauri sits down one on one with chelsea clinton and be sure to catch our special live coverage of the final night of the democratic national convention.

right here on nbc. a man with a gun has been arrested after saying let's off some cops. it happened late last night. two men were allegedly smoking marijuana when one of them, an 18-year-old allegedly said, let's off some cops and showed the other a gun inside his bag. the other man was surprised and turned the suspect into police. the 18-year-old into custody and found a fully loaded revolver inside his bag. the man who turned him in was released after being interviewed by police. an investigation is still underway. at least 55 people and several others have been killed after massive landslides in nepal. the cause, three days of monsoon rain. watch as the suspension bridge collapses as the water takes out

in a landslide were rescued alive yesterday. more than 100 houses have been completely damaged. and it could not have come at a worse time. tens of thousands are still living in tents following deadly earthquakes that hit the country last year. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with our forecast. too much water there and seems like in some places here in the u.s., just not enough with those wildfires. >> the fires out west and it's been very dry. the droug northeast. this is actually our first chance of significant rain in a while. it's already raining in northern portions of kentucky. we are going to produce a quick half inch to an inch of rain in lexington this morning. this is the rainfall forecast in the next few days. it's been a while since we've had a soaking rain like this. this is the possibility of up to 2 inches of rain. the purple is about an inch and a half and later tonight into

philadelphia to the baltimore area. hopefully it won't come too fast because if it does we could get flash flooding. that's why we have flood watches. so today's forecast, a few hot spots too. very hot yesterday in the carolinas and it will be that again today with heat index from 100 to 110. here's a closer look at your day look at hartford today. could get up to 96 degrees and tomorrow the clouds will move in, cooler temperatures and the possibility of some rain. and look at charleston today. one of the hottest spots in the east at 100 degrees. a little bit of everything today. some heat and some thunderstorms and possibility of some flooding. >> summer in full effect. coming up, president obama picks the site of his presidential library. but facebook reports stellar

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>> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. ready the start off your thursday morning on 7news "today in new england." ism here are some stories we're working on for you today. crews battling a huge house fire in brookline. heavy flames could be seeing going through the roof in that home on winthrop road. no word yet on what fire. >> christa: and several people rushed to the hospital after a serious rollover crash in abington. police say a car hit a pedestrian and ended up on its roof. we're told two people were seriously injured, including a person who was walking. the cause is still under review. >> nick: a falmouth man is in custody at a hospital after an hour's long standoff in mashpee. the 41-year-old barricaded himself inside the building and told police he had an assault rifle. he surrendered several hours later.

how a substance developed at a local hospital saved this pup's life. >> nick: another hot one yesterday. >> christa: chris has our forecast. >> chris: good morning. another day filled with heat, especially away from the coastline. day number seven of your heat wave in bedfordish fitchburg, taunton and plymouth. boston fell just shy of it. sea breeze holding temperatures just below the 90-degree mark. so the boston record ends at six, the heat wave here, although we've had we will not break records with that heat wave, although inland, you're on day number eight coming up of your heat wave thanks to the temperatures running into the low to mid-90s again this afternoon. 76 in boston. low to mid-60s in the suburbs. so still a comfortable amount of humidity in the air. you notice yesterday afternoon that we didn't have a ton of humidity. we're not going to have an overwhelming amount of humidity today either. it is a muggy start for the cape and the islands.

fairly comfortable. it's a mild start. we do have a lot of sunshine as we go through the day. some building clouds, small risk of even a passing shower or thunderstorm across southern new hampshire. far northern mass late in the day. this is what we are watching for tonight and tomorrow. cold front to the north and west of us. wave of low pressure back into the ohio valley. they want us to merge right on top of us and give us a good dose of rain tomorrow especially along the south coast of new england. 92 this afternoon in boston. low to mid-90s inland. take a look at the fec but a different story tomorrow. we'll talk more on that forecast as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: good morning. now at 5:00 a.m., president obama delivering a powerful endorsement of hillary clinton at the democratic national convention. >> nick: the family of a young boy is demanding answers about how a child could disappear from a community center without anyone noticing. >> christa: and a sign of trouble in somerville. a protest set for today over a

>> nick: reporting for duty, the pats opening training camp. fans lining up this morning to get their first look at this year's team. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> nick: call it thursday. call it friday eve, whatever you prefer. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris anderson in for sarah french. >> christa: and as far as the heat wave, looks like we didn't make it. >> kris: last night was nice. chris. >> chris: humidity in check. we fell short in the city of boston, but just west of the city, plenty of towns hitting 90 degrees. and you folks, the heat wave will continue for day number eight. i think we'll hit 90 again today in boston. quiet today. tomorrow a big change in the pattern. it will be cooler, but we increase the chance of rain. we'll watch for these heavier batches of rain set up because localized downpours certainly a possibility as we get into friday. so we'll look for that.